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Rea on pole at Brands BSB

Rea on pole at Brands BSB

Jonathan Rea is on pole position for tomorrow’s opening round of the Bennett’s British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch. The HM Plant Honda rider was only fifth in the morning’s free practice...

Hopkins backs Rossi and Pedrosa for title scrap

Hopkins backs Rossi and Pedrosa for title scrap

American John Hopkins has backed MotoGP rivals Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa to be the two main contenders for the 2007 premier class world championship crown. The Yamaha and Honda rivals are the...

Rea still setting the pace

Rea still setting the pace

Jonathan Rea continues to be the fastest man on track in free practice at Brands Hatch despite not going any faster in this afternoon’s session than he had this morning. Rea’s best time on the HM...

Rea continues lead in Brands first practice

Rea continues lead in Brands first practice

Jonathan Rea set the pace throughout pre-season testing and was fastest in the first free practice session of the new BSB season at Brands Hatch this morning. Rea clocked a 1:26.28, 0.45s quicker than...

Stoner laughs off Ducati speed advantage

Stoner laughs off Ducati speed advantage

Qatar GP winner Casey Stoner reckons his factory Ducati will be a serious threat even at tight and twisty tracks where the Bologna factory’s new GP7 won’t be able to maximise its top speed...

New superbike format

New superbike format

The AMA has ditched its superstock support class at AMA Superbike nationals and says it plans to incorporate some of the regulations from the production-based class into superbike – without actually...

Four tracks give Rossi speed concern

Four tracks give Rossi speed concern

Valentino Rossi has expressed his concern about Ducati’s horsepower and top speed advantage at four tracks which remain on the 2007 MotoGP world championship calendar. The seven-times world champion...

Polita's crashed bike

Polita's crashed bike

This is Polita’s trashed bike being taken away at Donington earlier this month.

Gentlemen

Gentlemen

Toseland appeared to have some last minute nerves before qualifying on saturday! I also bumped into another gent coming out of the loo, the one and only JR I just hope they washed their hands before...

Thanks WSB

Thanks WSB

I just wanted to write in and say a huge thank you to the World Superbike guys who appeared at Donington last weekend. My fiance, Tracey, has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age...

Top weekend at WSB

Top weekend at WSB

I had an excellent weekend at Donington watching Toseland, Bayliss, Haga, Sofuoglu et al and just thought I’d share a few pictures. I was absolutley gutted for Toseland of course, and Bayliss. I...

Nieto off at Coppice

Nieto off at Coppice

Fonsi Nieto takes to the Kitty Litter at Coppice in race two at the Donington WSB round then bins it. He wasn’t happy and unfortunatly he was unable to get the bike re started, which resulted in...

Troy Corser at Donington

Troy Corser at Donington

This is Troy Corser at Hollywood, Donington Park on April 1, 2007.

Stoner happy to be in early title hunt

Stoner happy to be in early title hunt

Aussie Casey Stoner is confident he will be able to maintain his brilliant start to the 2007 season and pose a genuine threat to ruining Valentino Rossi’s hopes of regaining the MotoGP world...

Rossi celebrates Jerez win

Rossi celebrates Jerez win

I travelled to the MotoGP in Jerez and managed to get this picture of Rossi celebrating his victory. Andy Lawson

Trying Bayliss's bike for size

Trying Bayliss's bike for size

My daughter Shelley wants one for Xmas! Here she is trying out Troy Bayliss’s championship winning Ducati for size

Toseland poses for a pic

Toseland poses for a pic

Barry and Martin have their picture taken with with James Toseland just before the second race at Donington last Sunday.

Changing my support from Max to JT

I’ve been a huge Max Biaggi fan for years but didn’t have the time off work or the money to go see a live race. That is until last weekend at Donington. I jumped in the car and travelled hundreds of miles, spent hundreds of pounds on tickets, b&b, petrol etc and had the best weekend ever. I spent time with James Toseland, Noriyuki Haga, Troy Bayliss and Bussei Giovanni. I also met a few BSB guys...

Polita's spectacular crash at Donington

Polita's spectacular crash at Donington

Here are some pictures I managed to get of World Superbike rider, Alessandro Polita crashing at Donington Park.

More photos from WSB Donington 2007

More photos from WSB Donington 2007

Here are a few more shots I took at Donington at the beginning of the month

My photos from Donington WSB 2007

My photos from Donington WSB 2007

Here are some shots at I took Donington when the World Superbikes were there last weekend

BSB showcased in London

BSB showcased in London

More than 250 people crammed into the Audi Forum near Piccadilly, London for the launch of the 2007 Bennetts British Superbike championship this morning (Wednesday, April 4, 2007). The championship...

Hodgson lands Ducati GP ride

Hodgson lands Ducati GP ride

Neil Hodgson moved a step closer to full time top-level racing after landing the job of official Bridgestone test rider for the Ducati MotoGP team, and makes his debut on the firm’s 800cc GP7...

Cecchinello proud to help Stoner career

Cecchinello proud to help Stoner career

Honda team boss Lucio Cecchinello has said he is proud to have played a part in helping Casey Stoner emerge from youthful prospect into one of the world’s top MotoGP riders. The 21-year-old Australian...

Win VIP treatment for WSB at Silverstone

Win VIP treatment for WSB at Silverstone

Race fans are being given the opportunity to win themselves a treat at this year’s World Superbike round at Silverstone. Classic Dreams is offering you the chance to win two tickets to spend the day...

Rossi waiting for rivals to fire

Rossi waiting for rivals to fire

Valentino Rossi has told MCN he doesn’t expect his battle to win back the MotoGP world championship crown to come down to a scrap with just Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner. A feature of the first two...

Xaus needs more power

Xaus needs more power

Hard charging Spaniard Ruben Xaus claimed his best result of the year with a fourth at Donington and reckons with more power he could go all the way. After crashing out of a safe fifth in race one,...

WSB dog fight for win

WSB dog fight for win

This is a picture taken during race two at Donington on Sunday. The picture says it all – what a scrap. It’s just a pity James Toseland and Troy Bayliss weren’t in it too though!

Donington camping

I attend every WSB round in England and some BSB at places such as Silverstone and Brands Hatch. When Donington was announced I just had to go. I had half a day off work on the Friday, loaded up my van with bed, food, clothes the usual stuff. I then had to endure a four-hour trip down the M1 (it’s gonna be worth it in the end I thought) I got to the camp site and to my amazement I was not allowed...

Hopkins expects wrist problems for the rest of the season

Hopkins expects wrist problems for the rest of the season

Factory Suzuki rider John Hopkins has shunned an operation on his right wrist in the Easter break, admitting he will have to ride through the pain barrier for the entire 2007 MotoGP world championship...

Martin gets help from his friends

Martin gets help from his friends

Steve Martin called upon members of the Foggy Petronas squad at Donington Park after nearly losing his ride just days before the event. Martin was told last week he didn’t have a ride by his DFX Honda...

Burgess determined to win back title

Burgess determined to win back title

Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess says he is determined to win back the MotoGP world championship crown in 2007, admitting last year’s shock defeat to Nicky Hayden ‘ground my guts’. Losing in...

Picture Exclusive: Bayliss injured

Picture Exclusive: Bayliss injured

This is the moment Aussie Troy Bayliss saw his hopes of retaining the World Superbike title suffer a crushing blow at last weekend’s Donington Park clash. Moments after he crashed at the Coppice...

McGuinness talks 131mph TT lap

McGuinness talks 131mph TT lap

You might think that John McGuinness has taken a ride with Padgetts in this year’s British Supersport series just to get race fit for the all-important Centenary TT but that’s not necessarily the...

Hill on record pace

Hill on record pace

The Virgin Media Yamaha team sneaked in one final day of testing at Cadwell Park on Friday (March 30, 2007) in preparation for Easter Monday’s BSB season opener at Brands Hatch. Although a cold...

Polita crash at Donington World Superbikes 2007

Polita crash at Donington World Superbikes 2007

We were at last weekend’s WSBK European round at Donington. I caught a cracking few pictures of Polita crashing in the first race. He hurt his arm and shoulder so we hope he gets better soon. It was...