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Valencia MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo wins thrilling 2010 finale

07 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo ended his stunning 2010 campaign in style at Valencia today, the new MotoGP world champion claiming a victory that saw him set a new premier class point-scoring record. The Fiat Yamaha...

Valencia MotoGP: Abraham 1st, Iannone 2nd

07 November 2010 by James Keen

Cardion AB Motoracing rider Karel Abraham claimed his first ever GP win in the Moto2 clash at this weekend’s Valencia MotoGP round. Second place went to Fimmco Speed Up rider Andrea Iannone, leaving...

Valencia MotoGP: Bradley Smith victorious, Marquez claims 125GP title

07 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Marc Marquez became the second youngest rider in history to win a world title in Valencia today when he was crowned 125GP champion in front of a jubilant home crowd. And there was final round joy for...

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi salvages fourth

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi will start his bid to end his Yamaha career in style with a victory in Valencia tomorrow from fourth on the grid. A problematic weekend for the Italian continued until the dying...

Valencia MotoGP: Marco Simoncelli targets first podium

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Marco Simoncelli has backed himself to challenge for a maiden MotoGP podium in Valencia tomorrow after he secured his first front row start with a stunning qualifying performance earlier today. The...

Randy de Puniet clinches Ducati deal

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Randy de Puniet will partner Loris Capirossi in the Pramac Ducati squad in 2011. The move has been on the cards since the Phillip Island round in Australia last month when it emerged that Toni Elias...

Valencia MotoGP: ‘Casey was on fire’, says Jorge Lorenzo

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo said he never had a chance of claiming pole position for tomorrow’s Valencia MotoGP race with Casey Stoner in such ominous form. Stoner blitzed to his fourth pole position of the season...

Suzuki poised to confirm one-bike plan

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki will officially confirm it will reduce its involvement in the 2011 MotoGP world championship to just one bike after tomorrow’s final race in Valencia. A statement is expected to be released...

Kenan Sofuoglu signs Moto2 deal

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Double World Supersport champion Kenan Sofuoglu will ride in the 2011 Moto2 world championship having signed a permanent deal today in Valencia. The Turkish rider has agreed a deal with the...

Tech 3 unveil 2011 line-up

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith took part in their first official engagement for the Tech 3 squad in Valencia earlier today. The British pair took part in a special photoshoot outside the Tech 3...

Valencia MotoGP: Elias on pole for Moto2

06 November 2010 by James Keen

Spaniard and Team Gresini Racing rider Toni Elias has qualified in pole position for tomorrow’s Moto2 race in Valencia. Stefan Bradl will start from second on the grid for Viessmann Kiefer Racing,...

Valencia MotoGP: Casey Stoner on pole for Ducati farewell

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner will start his last race for Ducati from pole position after he denied home favourite Jorge Lorenzo in qualifying at the Valencia circuit this afternoon. The Aussie claimed his fourth...

Valencia MotoGP: Bradley Smith third, Marc Marquez secures vital pole

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith clinched his 12th front row start of this year’s 125GP campaign in Valencia this afternoon. But the British rider could do nothing about Marc Marquez as the Spaniard romped to his 11th...

Valencia test highlights on British Eurosport

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Highlights of Valentino Rossi’s Ducati debut, Casey Stoner’s first factory Honda appearance and Cal Crutchlow’s first serious of taste of life in MotoGP will be shown on British Eurosport next...

Valencia MotoGP: Casey Stoner confident of final Ducati win

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner is confident he can end his factory Ducati career on a high note by winning Sunday’s final race of 2010 at the Valencia circuit in Spain. The Australian topped the timesheets in this...

Valencia MotoGP: Colin Edwards desperate to help Ben Spies

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards told MCN he will be doing all he can to ensure Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team-mate Ben Spies finishes the 2010 MotoGP campaign as top American rider and sixth overall. Spies is tied on...

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi laments ‘bad’ practice

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi conceded he will need to make drastic improvements to have a chance of ending his Yamaha career with a victory in Sunday’s Valencia MotoGP race. The Fiat Yamaha was left languishing...

Valencia MotoGP: Ben Spies sixth after early crash

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies shrugged off another crash to end the opening day of the final MotoGP race in Valencia in sixth position. Limping heavily after dislocating his left ankle in a sighting lap crash just...

Valencia MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo sets early pace

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo’s bid to end his stunning 2010 campaign in winning fashion got off to a perfect start at the Valencia track in Spain today. The new world champion, who is gunning for a ninth win of the...

Valencia MotoGP: Bradley Smith quickest in practice

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith topped the timesheets at the end of the opening day of 125GP practice at the Valencia circuit in Spain today. Third fastest this morning behind Spanish duo Efren Vazquez and world title...

Bradley Smith reveals Moto2 crew chief

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith has confirmed that Hiroshi Aoyama’s current Honda MotoGP chief engineer Tom Jojic will be his crew chief in the Tech 3 Moto2 squad in 2011. Jojic has worked with 2009 world 250GP...

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi ‘curious’ ahead of Ducati debut

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi admitted that he’s curious to find out what challenges await him as he prepares to make his much-hyped factory Ducati debut in Valencia next week. The 31-year-old will test for the...

Valencia MotoGP: Nicky Hayden frustrated not to challenge more

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden has admitted large parts of the 2010 MotoGP campaign have been frustrating, despite the American producing a vastly improved performance compared to his first season with Ducati last...

Valencia MotoGP: Crew move crucial, says Casey Stoner

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner has told MCN how crucial it is that his entire crew will join him in Honda’s official factory squad in 2011. Stoner has quit Ducati to join HRC and as part of the two-year deal, he will...

Valentino Rossi banned from Ducati comments

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has apparently been gagged by Yamaha and is unable to make any public comments about his factory Ducati debut in Valencia next week. One of the conditions of Rossi’s early release from...

Suzuki silent on one-bike plan

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki has so far ignored requests from Dorna to clarify its position on the number of bikes it will field in the 2011 MotoGP world championship. The Japanese factory first informed the Spanish rights...

Ducati feared Valentino Rossi Valencia test ban

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati feared Valentino Rossi was going to be banned from testing for the Bologna factory in Valencia next week. Ducati only got confirmation of Rossi’s release from his Yamaha contract at the recent...

Ben Spies fit for final race

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies will ride in this weekend’s final MotoGP race at the Valencia circuit in Spain. The Texan has declared himself fit to ride his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1 machine despite dislocating his...

Davide Brivio quits Yamaha

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

When Valentino Rossi opted to join Ducati in 2011 back in early July, it was widely expected that he would decimate his side of Yamaha’s factory’s garage by taking all of his crew with him. That...

Jorge Lorenzo shrugs off Estoril boo boys

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo brushed off a chorus of boos that greeted his third straight MotoGP victory at the Estoril circuit in Portugal last weekend. The Spaniard, who was recently crowned world champion in...

Scott Redding: ‘I made more moves than Michael Jackson’

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding had boasted prior to an epic Estoril Moto2 race last weekend that he would need to pull off more moves than Michael Jackson having qualified in a dismal 25th. So it was perhaps fitting...

Italian Moto3 bike breaks cover

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

This the new Ioda Racing project, the first bike being prepped for the new Moto3 four-stroke series in 2012 to break cover in public in Estoril last weekend. The prototype TR 001 features a 250cc...

2011 MotoGP grid to be finalised in Valencia

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

The full line-up for the 2011 MotoGP world championship will be finalised in Valencia this weekend with a flurry of announcements expected. A resolution to the political saga between HRC and Repsol...

Scott Redding to test 1000cc BMW MotoGP bike

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Rising British star Scott Redding will begin plans for a MotoGP future later this month when he tests a BMW-powered Suter machine designed for new 1000cc rules in 2012. But it is unlikely the...

Casey Stoner backs Ducati’s Screamer engine plan

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner reckons Ducati should seriously consider reverting back to its more powerful Screamer engine for Valentino Rossi in 2011. The Aussie selected a smoother but less powerful Big Bang engine...

Valentino Rossi denies V8 Supercar deal is close

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has denied he is close to agreeing a deal to test drive a V8 Supercar in Australia. Rossi was approached about a test and a possible race opportunity by more than one team at the...