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The Tech 3 Team is pleased to announce that the Yamaha-Dunlop project will continue in 2007 with a two-rider line-up. After signing Makoto Tamada last week, Tech 3 Yamaha has completed its 2007 squad with the addition of French 250cc rider and current Tech 3 test rider Sylvain Guintoli. Read more.....
Alex Barros will ride for the first time on the Ducati Desmosedici GP6 "Sat." 990cc with tyres Bridgestone during the test that will take place on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd November, on the Ricardo Tormo circuit of Valencia. The Brazilian rider of the Pramac D'Antin Ducati MOTOGP Team, already at Valencia for a first approach with his new Team, will have two days at his disposal to get confidence with the motorcycle, the tyres and to get to know his new Team better. Barros is really motivated and can't wait to make the firsts kilometres to get ready for the 2007 season. Read more.....
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Max Biaggi ended three days of testing the GSX-R1000 K6 at Vallelunga, Italy today in a positive frame of mind and is already looking forward to his next outing in Valencia early next month. Read more.....
TRecently proclaimed World Champion Nicky Hayden and team mate Dani Pedrosa unveil the RC212V with the number 1 plate and a new and spectacular design. Read more.....
The Konica Minolta Honda Team are pleased to announce the incorporation of Shinya Nakano in their ranks as official rider for the 2007 MotoGP World Championship. The Japanese rider will be onboard his new Honda 800cc for the first time at the Jerez de la Frontera Circuit later this year, in tests scheduled for November 28-30th.
Shinya Nakano made his MotoGP debut in 1999 in the 250cc category with the Yamaha Tech 3 Team, taking fourth place in the overall classification. The following year was his most successful in the quarter litre category, in which he battled for the title with team mate Olivier Jacque. The Japanese rider just missed out on the title in one of the closest finishes of all time in the class. Read more.....
Camel Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi slid out of the Grand Prix of Valencia today and lost his grip on the MotoGP World Championship for the first time in six years on the final day of an implausibly dramatic season. Nicky Hayden (Honda) lifted the title after claiming third place behind surprise winner Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi (both Ducati), with Rossi recovering to cross the line in 13th place but missing out on the title by just five points. Read more.....
Nicky's 2006 season began in January with the first of five three-day tests. Hayden and his Repsol Honda crew put in a tremendous amount work developing the 'next generation' RC211V, designed specifically to beat Valentino Rossi and Yamaha. Before the season even began Hayden had completed 3819 miles during test at Phillip Island, Barcelona, Jerez and two tests at Sepang in Malaysia. Read more.....
After seven years of great collaboration, success and satisfaction,
Fausto Gresini would like to thank Michelin for their support and help
this season. Read more.....
Dani Pedrosa: "I'm very happy for this result - for myself, for Nicky and for the team. The team has won every title this year - the riders' title, the constructors, the Team title and the Rookie of the year so this is very good for us. I think we did a good job today. Read more.....
The Kawasaki Racing Team will combine youth and experience in their rider line-up for the 2007 season, with former world champion, Olivier Jacque, making his full time return to the MotoGP grid, riding alongside current Kawasaki young gun, and fellow countryman, Randy de Puniet. Read more.....
The final round of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship season at Valencia also marked the end of Shinya Nakano's association with the Kawasaki Racing Team. Read more.....
Camel Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi will launch his bid for the MotoGP World Championship title in the best possible circumstances tomorrow after sealing pole position for the final race of the season in today's qualifying session at Valencia. The Italian repeatedly smashed the pole record here to make sure of the top spot, eventually clocking a best lap of 1'31.002 to hold off the twin challenge of Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi (Ducati), who join him on the front row. Tomorrow, in front of an expected crowd of over 120,000 fans, the five-time MotoGP World Champion will defend an eight-point advantage over Nicky Hayden (Honda) as he aims to secure his sixth consecutive title. Read more.....
More than 5000 fans and international media turned out to see Max Biaggi ride his Team Alstare Suzuki Corona GSX-R1000 Superbike at the Italian Vallelunga circuit today for the team's official presentation. Read more.....
Camel Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi today began preparations for the race that will decide the destiny of the MotoGP World Championship title as the first free practice sessions took place at Valencia. Fans have already begun to stream into the Ricardo Tormo circuit to witness the first exchanges of what promises to be another historic chapter in this sport's great history, with bright sunshine and warm autumn temperatures of 25ºC welcoming them to the eastern coast of Spain for the final round of the season. Read more.....
The Driving Standard Agency's Chief Executive, Rosemany Thew, has announced a new scheme for motorcyclists at the Motorcycle Show opening event at Birmingham's NEC today. Read more.....
The Tech 3 Yamaha Team have chosen Makoto Tamada to join their team for the 2007 MotoGP World Championship season. The 29-year-old Japanese will ride the new 800cc Yamaha and continue the development of Dunlop tyres of which the performance has significantly improved during the 2006 season. Read more.....
Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd is pleased to announce that Colin Edwards will continue with the Japanese factory for a third year in 2007, racing in the official Yamaha Factory Team. The 32-year-old American, who has previously won two World Superbike titles and has a best finish of fourth in the MotoGP World Championship with Yamaha, joined the Team in 2005 and has scored points in all but one of his 33 starts for them. Edwards has signed a one-year agreement, which will see him race on Yamaha's new 800cc bike alongside Valentino Rossi again next season. Read more.....
Leon Haslam won the most prestigious accolade of his career to date yesterday when he was voted Man of the Year at the MCN Awards. Read more.....
As the clocks go back this weekend, 90 per cent of people who have voted in an online poll run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents support the campaign for lighter evenings all-year-round. Read more.....
BMW Motorrad UK attended last night's annual Motor Cycle News Awards dinner, where the company was presented with the coveted Best Trailie, Best Sports-Tourer and Best Tourer awards. Read more.....
Today two-time former world superbike champion Troy Corser had his first outing with the Yamaha Motor Italia team with whom he will compete in the 2007 Superbike World Championship. Read more.....
Ducati Corse has completed its line-up for the 2007 World Superbike Championship with the announcement that Lorenzo Lanzi will remain with double WSBK champion Troy Bayliss for a second successive year in the Italian squad. Read more.....
CCM will officially unveil no less than five new models at 9.30 am on Thursday 26th October 2006 on Stand T172 Hall 19 - NEC - International Motorcycle and Scooter Show. Read more.....
The Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI) has spoken out against
proposals to introduce compulsory registration for all off-road
motorcycles. Read more.....
Chris Walker will race a Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the 2007 British Superbike Championship. Read more.....
Alex Barros will not be with Team Klaffi Honda in 2007. The 36 years old Brazilian decided to move back to MotoGP in the forthcoming season. Barros scored sixth in the World Superbike Championship with a total of six podium results and one victory in Imola at the penultimate round. The Klaffi-Honda-Team is in serious talks with several other top riders for 2007 and wants to line up with two riders in the World Superbike Championship in 2007. Read more.....
Makoto Tamada, racer of the Konica Minolta Honda Team since 2005, will leave the Team after the last Grand Prix of the season at Valencia on Sunday 29th October. Read more.....
RoSPA is urging people to make the Government see the light over the way Britain changes its clocks in a bid to save 450 deaths and serious injuries on the roads each year. Read more.....
The Team Pramac D'Antin MotoGP has reached an agreement with Alex Barros to take part in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship. Read more.....
Future West International are eagerly preparing for the 10th Annual Supercross Race at the Hallam FM Arena this weekend, Saturday 28th October. Set in the fantastic Hallam Indoor Arena the huge crowds expected will not be disappointed. Read more.....
One of the most exciting seasons in the history of the MotoGP World Championship reaches an intense climax next weekend as Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden (Honda) go head-to-head for the title in a final-round shootout at Valencia. The amphitheatre-style surroundings of the Ricardo Tormo circuit on the outskirts of the Spanish city provide the perfect stage for the ultimate instalment of a 17-round epic that began on the Iberian peninsular in less than perfect fashion for Camel Yamaha rider Rossi nine months ago. Read more.....
In 2007, the Isle of Man TT Races celebrates its 100th birthday! To kick off this very special celebration we've created an equally special compendium boxed set of TT Centenary products that includes some highly exclusive, limited edition collectables. Read more.....
Dougie Lampkin made a winning return to the World famous Scott time and observation trial held near Richmond, North Yorkshire yesterday. Having won the trial back in 1994, Lampkin had been absent from the event for twelve years, but returned in dramatic fashion as he put a stop to Graham Jarvis' run of recent victories. Dougie's victory also prevented the Sherco rider from taking the outright record of most wins at this specialist event. Currently Jarvis shares this title with Sammy Miller, both riders having won seven Scott trials each. Read more.....
The Ducati Marlboro Team have reached an agreement with Casey Stoner to take part in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship, with an option for the following year. Read more.....
The Spaniard Toni Elias will continue to ride for the Gresini Honda Team
in MotoGP next season having signed a one -year deal with Fausto Gresini. Read more.....
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), the UK's leading rider organisation says, the proposed amendment discussed recently in Parliament to the Road Safety Bill regarding compulsory lights for motorcycles illustrates the sad appetite for simple panaceas for road safety at which some politicians still grasp. Read more.....
The small operation the Spanish rider underwent yesterday went according to plan but Gibernau will not be able to take part in the final race of the season. Read more.....
Fresh from announcing the imminent launch of their new SR40 Street Scrambler, CCM has quickly served up a second surprise by revealing details of their soon to be released CR40 Café Racer. Both retro models are inspired by CCM's golden era of racing that stretched through the 70's and 80's. The two very differently styled machines are going to be officially launched at the NEC International Motorcycle and Scooter Show later this month. Read more.....
The Ducati MotoGP team's Spanish rider Sete Gibernau is to undergo further special medical treatment in an attempt to recover from his injuries as soon as possible. Read more.....
A fantastic team effort from Yamaha today saw Valentino Rossi take the lead in the MotoGP World Championship by eight points ahead of the final round of the season at Valencia, after taking second place in a race that saw Nicky Hayden (Honda) dramatically crash out at Estoril. Rossi missed out on victory by just 0.002 seconds after a photo finish with Toni Elias (Honda), the Spanish youngster slipstreaming the Italian to the line to take his maiden success in the class. Nevertheless the 20-point haul means that second place for Rossi at the final race in two weeks' time will be enough for the title, regardless of who wins. Read more.....
Rizla Suzuki's'S Chris Walker led from start-to-finish to win The Race of the Year at Mallory Park today and was followed home in second place by his team mate Cal Crutchlow. Read more.....
Camel Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards will start the Grand Prix of Portugal from the front two places on the grid tomorrow, after a sensational qualifying practice that saw the Italian seal his fourth pole of the season with a record time of 1'36.200. Edwards was just 0.278 seconds off the pace of his team-mate to equal his best qualifying position of the campaign ahead of what promises to be a mouth-watering penultimate round. Read more.....
Camel Yamaha Team racers Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards began preparations for the Grand Prix of Portugal with an intense day of work on the set-up of their YZR-M1 machines at Estoril today. Dust and dirt lifted by recent modifications at the track made for slippery conditions in the morning, whilst warmer temperatures than those normally experienced here in the afternoon tempted the teams into experimenting with their race setting and made it a challenging day at the office for the riders. Read more.....
Cal Crutchlow and Chris Walker tested their Rizla Suzuki race bikes for the first time at Mallory Park in Leicestershire today, in preparation for Sunday's Race of the Year. Read more.....
Fans favourite Chris Walker will ride a Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 at this weekend's Race of the Year at Mallory Park in Leicestershire with the clear target of impressing the team and securing a full-time ride in British Superbikes in 2007. Read more.....
Former GP star Max Biaggi had his first Superbike experience at Magny-Cours when he tested the Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 this week. Read more.....
Reigning British Supersport Champion Cal Crutchlow will race a Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 Superbike in 2007, pinning his colours to the light blue mast as he targets glory in the acclaimed British Superbike Championship. Read more.....
Fans Favourite Chris Walker will ride a Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 at this weekend's Race of the Year at Mallory Park in Leicestershire, with the clear target of impressing the team and securing a full-time ride in British Superbikes in 2007. Read more.....
The Ducati Corse World Superbike team is extending its title sponsorship of Xerox for a further two years. The renewal comes at the end of a remarkable season for the Ducati Xerox Team, which saw Australian Troy Bayliss crowned World Champion at Imola in Italy on 1 October 2006. Victory in the World Manufacturers' Championship was secured a week later at the final round at Magny-Cours in France on 8 October 2006. The partnership between Xerox and Ducati began in 2005 and will now see the dynamic red and white livery of the Ducati Xerox Team continue until at least 2008. Read more.....
Yamaha Motor Italia has signed Australian Troy Corser to ride alongside Noriyuki Haga in the 2007 Superbike World Championship. Read more.....
Five years to the week since he won the MotoGP World Championship for the first time, Valentino Rossi heads into the penultimate round of the 2006 season at Estoril in Portugal next Sunday aiming to finally overthrow Nicky Hayden from the top of the standings and set-up his sixth premier-class title in a row. After an amazing run of form for the Italian, who has made up 39 points over the last four races, he is now just 12 behind and on course to catch the American by the final round at Valencia. Read more.....
Talk of the of the BMF's imminent demise proved to be somewhat exaggerated when at its AGM on Saturday, named members of the BMF Management Team survived a no confidence motion. Read more.....
James Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda) scored his third race win of the 2006 season in the first 23-lap event at Magny-Cours, and after a third place in race two he confirmed his second place in the overall championship rankings, on 336 points. Karl Muggeridge (Winston Ten Kate Honda) equalled his season best result of sixth in race two, despite a fall in race one. He finishes his season 12th overall, on 123 points. Read more.....
Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) won both the Magny-Cours race and the 2006 World Supersport Championship after a stunningly dramatic afternoon of action in his home country of France. The 22-lap race was delayed because of the late finish to SBK Race One, and as Charpentier and Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) led the running order in the early laps, the championship leader, Kevin Curtain, fell on lap eight. Curtain needed to finish only eighth in the race to win the series, but Charpentier was now clear to win both race and title - and did so in some style, from second placed Sofuoglu and Broc Parkes, Curtain's team-mate. In taking his second title in as many years, Charpentier made history by becoming the first rider to score back-to-back WSS title wins. Read more.....
Marco Melandri will continue to ride for the Gresini Honda Team in
MotoGP next season having signed a one -year deal with Fausto Gresini. Read more.....
James Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda) scored his best lap of the weekend to earn a place on the front row at the final round of the 2006 season. His 1'39.355 lap was the second best overall, as Troy Corser scored pole. Crucially, Toseland's rival for overall second in the championship, Noriyuki Haga, was only fifth fastest, and now starts from one row behind Toseland. James is two points ahead of Haga currently, and only has to keep his nose ahead of the Japanese rider in the 23-lap races to secure second in the final points standings. Read more.....
James Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda) made a very positive start to the final round of the championship, running out second fastest at the same circuit he won the 2004 title on, despite concentrating more on machine set-up for race conditions than going for a single blitzing lap. The track was wet in the first session and delivered less grip than during a recent test in the timed session in the afternoon. Toseland is out to score an overall second in the championship in 2006, and a grandstand battle is promised, as his rival for that placing was the quickest rider on day one, Noriyuki Haga. Read more.....
The Chris Jones Memorial Auction was a resounding success at Brands Hatch and the total figure raised over the two evenings came to £33,136.62. This has played a huge part in the total figure, which stands at an estimated £70,595.56 and the money is still coming in through various sources and generous parties. Read more.....
Simon Buckmaster will start his new role as Team Manager for Rizla Suzuki when the squad takes to the track at 'The Race of the Year' at Mallory Park on October 15th. Read more.....
Rizla Suzuaki's MOTOGP's John Hopkins completed more than 10-laps of Brands Hatch GP circuit last weekend while demonstrating his ear-splitting GSV-R990 at the final round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship - and reckons the circuit would make a great addition to the MotoGP calendar. Read more.....
Now that the champion has been crowned, the Winston Ten Kate Honda Team hopes to be able to finish the season overall second in the world standings, courtesy of James Toseland. Read more.....
The EU consultation proposal to impose daytime lighting (DRL - Daytime Running Lights) requirements for all vehicles is desperate gimmickry say The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) UK. Read more.....
19-year-old Pete Spalding created history at the weekend by maintaining a 100% record throughout the British Supersport Cup Season. Spalding took his twelfth win from twelve starts at the final round of the British Supersport Cup Championship at Brands Hatch this weekend, 29th September - 1st October. Read more.....
Neil Hodgson finished off the 2006 season with a podium result at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and teammate Ben Bostrom was fourth to end the AMA Superbike season for Parts Unlimited Ducati. Hodgson ran strong in both ends of the red-flagged race, leading the event on lap 15. The Englishman challenged for the win on the Ducati 999 and in the middle portions of the race was especially strong in the "Thunder Valley" section of the track. Read more.....
HM Plant Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari was today (1st October) crowned the 2006 Bennetts British Superbike Champion at the famous Kent circuit of Brands Hatch after a win and a second place finish aboard his Michelin-shod Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade. The 24-year-old is the first Japanese rider to win the British Championship and in doing so brings home the coveted British title for the manufacture for the first time in twenty years. Read more.....
Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) won the World Superbike Championship for the second time today at Imola. In the penultimate round of the series, held at the Autodromo Enzo & Dino Ferrari in front of 86,000 spectators, the 37 year-old Australian, WSBK champion back in 2001, took the crown with a fifth place in race 1, won by Alex Barros (Honda). In the second race of the day Troy held the lead from start to finish, taking his eleventh win of the year in this extraordinary season. Bayliss's triumph takes the number of Riders' titles won by Ducati in the production-based series to twelve, while the battle for the Manufacturers' title is still open with one round left. Read more.....
A superb display of formation flying from Sebastien Charpentier (Winston Ten Kate Honda) and Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda) gave them the best result possible, with Charpentier's win keeping his championship hopes very much alive and Sofuoglu's second moving him up to third in the overall classification. Sofuoglu was the long-term leader, until Charpentier passed with seven laps to go, and other than a short excursion across the Variante Alta for Sofuoglu with just a handful of laps left, the race continued to a conclusion without major incident. Read more.....
