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Le Mans MotoGP: Lorenzo takes victory and championship lead

20 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

2010 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has won the wet race at Le Mans by 9.9 seconds and taken the lead in the championship by eight points. Lorenzo got an excellent start to lead from flag to flag,...

Le Mans MotoGP: Luthi dominates wet Moto2 race

20 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Swiss rider Thomas Luthi dominated the wet Moto2 race at Le Mans to comfortably take his second Moto2 victory. It was Pol Espargaro who lead in to the first corner, with Brit Scott Redding making a...

Le Mans MotoGP: Louis Rossi takes first Moto3 win in torrential rain

20 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Frenchman Louis Rossi has taken his first Moto3 win at his home circuit of Le Mans in torrential rain after three other riders crashed out of the lead. Spaniard Maverick Vinales got a good start from...

Le Mans MotoGP: Marquez on pole despite crash

19 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Championship leader Marc Marquez has taken his third pole position in a row at Le Mans despite crashing with 25 minutes of the session remaining. The rain started to fall with five minutes of the...

Le Mans MotoGP: Pedrosa steals pole

19 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa will start tomorrow’s MotoGP race at Le Mans from pole position. Pedrosa stole pole position with only a few minutes remaining of the session. The session started in...

Le Mans MotoGP: Vinales takes first pole of 2012

19 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Spaniard Maverick Vinales has taken his first pole position of 2012 during a wet qualifying session at the Le Mans circuit today. Efren Vasquez qualified second, just under one second behind Vinales,...

Le Mans MotoGP: Stoner on top after FP2

18 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has ended the first day at Le Mans at the top of the timesheets. The Aussie – who yesterday announced he is to retire at the end of the season – posted a best time of...

Casey Stoner: “I've lost the passion for MotoGP”

17 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Reigning world champion Casey Stoner will retire at the end of 2012, the Australian saying he’s lost his passion and love for racing at a time when the Repsol Honda rider is arguably at the peak of...

Valentino Rossi vows to race on until end of 2014

17 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi will not be joining Casey Stoner in quitting the MotoGP world championship at the end of 2012. Double MotoGP world champion Stoner stunned the paddock in Le Mans tonight when he...

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo shocked at Stoner’s retirement decision

17 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo – two of the biggest rivals in Casey Stoner’s career – have spoken of their shock at the Australian’s decision to retire from MotoGP at the end of the 2012 world...

Casey Stoner announces retirement

17 May 2012 by Michael Guy

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2012 season. The shock announcement was delivered to a packed press conference at Le Mans ahead of this weekend’s...

Chris Vermeulen excited ahead of MotoGP return

16 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Chris Vermeulen is hoping to show the racing world that he is over his two-year injury nightmare when he makes a return to action in this weekend’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans. The Australian will...

Colin Edwards won’t rush injury return

15 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards has pledged not to rush back to MotoGP action from the broken left collarbone he suffered in Estoril earlier this month, but is still optimistic of a comeback in the forthcoming...

Poll: What should Rossi do?

14 May 2012 by MCN

It’s not going well for the Italian legend this year. Seventh at the Portuguese MotoGP is his best result so far and rumours of retirement persist in the media. If you were Rossi, what would you do...

James Ellison keeps Paul Bird ride for Le Mans

11 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

James Ellison will be on board the Paul Bird Motorsport Aprilia ART machine at next weekend’s French MotoGP round, despite threats to replace him with BSB title contender Shane Byrne. Bird had...

Colin Edwards: “My two big choices were Vermeulen or Haslam”

09 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards advised his Forward Racing MotoGP squad that Chris Vermeulen and Leon Haslam were his preferred options to replace him during next weekend’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans. The Texan will...

Chris Vermeulen to replace Colin Edwards in Le Mans

09 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aussie Chris Vermeulen will make a return to MotoGP action next week when he replaces injured Colin Edwards in the French Grand Prix. Forward Racing rider Edwards has been ruled out with the badly...

Valentino Rossi rubbishes retirement talk

09 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has moved quickly to dismiss reports claiming the Italian star was going to retire at the end of 2012. A report in today’s Daily Telegraph claimed Rossi would retire at the end of his...

Cal Crutchlow: Stoner is in another league

08 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

British rider Cal Crutchlow believes it will be tough for Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa to wrestle the MotoGP title away from Casey Stoner in 2012 based on the reigning world champion’s recent...

Estoril MotoGP: Cortese takes win

06 May 2012 by MCN

KTM rider Sandro Cortese has taken his first Moto3 victory of 2012 ahead of rival Maverick Vinales. Kalex KTM rider Luis Salom took the third step of the podium. The final lap was a tough saw a tough...

Oulton Park BSB: Hill on pole for triple header

06 May 2012 by MCN

Current BSB champion Tommy Hill will start tomorrow’s first BSB race at Oulton Park from pole position, with team-mate Noriyuki Haga also starting from the front row for the first time in 2012. Rapid...

Estoril MotoGP: Stoner victorious

06 May 2012 by MCN

Current MotoGP champion Casey Stoner dominated at Estoril today to take his second victory in a row onboard his Repsol Honda and his first ever win at the Portugese circuit. Stoner lead from start to...

Estoril MotoGP: Marquez takes second win of 2012

06 May 2012 by MCN

Moto2 title hopeful Marc Marquez has taken his second victory of the 2012 season at Estoril today after a last lap battle with fellow Spaniard Pol Espargaro. Thomas Luthi led for the majority of the...

Estoril MotoGP: Stoner takes first pole of 2012

05 May 2012 by MCN

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has taken his first pole position of the 2012 season at Estoril today, beating team-mate and title rival Dani Pedrosa. Tech 3 rider Cal Crutchlow continues his...

Estoril MotoGP: Stoner leads dry second practice

04 May 2012 by MCN

Casey Stoner tops the times from Friday free practice at Estoril. The dry second practice session of the day allowed the Australian Repsol Honda rider to post a time of 1:38.396. Yamaha’s Ben Spies...

Poll: Will Cal Crutchlow maintain his MotoGP form?

01 May 2012 by MCN

Cal Crutchlow scored another brilliant fourth place in last weekend’s MotoGP, making it three fourths in a row if you count the final race of last season. Is this enough to count as form? Can we...

Jerez MotoGP: Stoner takes first win of 2012

29 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Reigning MotoGP champion Casey Stoner has taken his first race win of 2012 at Jerez today despite suffering from arm pump in the latter stages of the race. The start of the race saw some of the best...

Jerez MotoGP: Pol Espargaro wins red-flagged race

29 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Pol Espargaro has taken his maiden Moto2 victory at Jerez after the race was red-flagged due to rain at the beginning of lap 19. Marc Marquez was in the lead when the race was red-flagged, but the...

Jerez MotoGP: Fenati takes first Moto3 win

29 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Romani Fenati has won the Moto3 race at Jerez by over 30 seconds in only his second race in the Grand Prix paddock. The young Italian stayed calm throughout the race in tricky conditions, with plenty...

Jerez MotoGP: Marquez takes Moto2 pole

28 April 2012 by MCN

Suter rider Marc Marquez set the fastest time during a drying qualifying session at Jerez to take pole position ahead of tomorrow’s race. Japanese rider Takaaki Nakagami starts from second on the...

Jerez MotoGP: Lorenzo takes home pole

28 April 2012 by MCN

Factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo will start tomorrow’s MotoGP race at Jerez from pole position. Lorenzo took advantage of the drying track to take pole position on his final lap of the...

Jerez MotoGP: Alex Rins secures Moto3 pole

28 April 2012 by MCN

Spanish 125 champion Alex Rins has taken his first pole position in Moto3 after a wet qualifying session at Jerez. By the end of the session a dry line appeared, starting a scramble for the front spot...

Jerez MotoGP: Pedrosa leads wet second practice

27 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa set the fastest time during a wet free practice 2 at Jerez today. Ducati rider Valentino Rossi was the early pace setter, with a best time of 1’51.440, but was unable...

The ultimate racing story

26 April 2012 by Mark Palmer

Finally the news story that bike racing fans have been waiting for! Rossi back on a Yamaha? No. Stoner unhappy with Honda’s development progress? Nope. The brilliant TT comeback of Connor Cummins? Good, but no. The feature on Playboy Bunny Lauren Vickers? Oh yes! Even my wife says she would!

Chatter costing Casey Stoner vital time, says HRC crew chief

25 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

The severe chatter issue that has plagued Casey Stoner on Honda’s new factory RC213V machine is costing the reigning world champion precious tenths-of-a-second per lap. Stoner’s Repsol Honda crew...

Casey Stoner unfazed by Yamaha’s early pace

25 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner says he’s not worried by the improved level of competitiveness from Yamaha’s new YZR-M1 1000cc machine, as he bids to capture an elusive first win in Jerez this weekend. The Australian...