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Updates following Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi's surgeries

4 April, 2020
On Monday morning Nicky Hayden underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on the right shoulder that he had injured in late December in a pre-season training accident. The 40 minute procedure was carried out in Fremont, California by Dr Arthur Ting who…

Nicky Hayden fractures scapula and ribs in training accident

3 April, 2020
Nicky Hayden was still recovering from his scaphoid surgery when on Tuesday, December 27, he broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs while training near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Hayden was training at a private indoor flat track…

Bernhard Gobmeier: more evolution than revolution

3 April, 2020
Bernhard Gobmeier was officially presented to the public during this week’s Wrooom event, but new Ducati Corse Department manager has already some clear ideas on which direction to take in trying to make the Desmosedici a winning machine again, but…

Jorge Lorenzo celebrates title with his fan club

3 April, 2020
Over 200 Jorge Lorenzo fans showed up at a dinner to celebrate the new World Champion at a restaurant outside Barcelona.A very emotional Lorenzo, thanked all his ‘Spartans’ for coming to the races and supporting him during the good and…

Franco Battaini to become Ducati's new Test Rider?

3 April, 2020
If you’ve been following Grand Prix racing for a number of years, many of you may remember Franco Battaini. The Italian rider who presently races in the Italian Supersport series, may become Ducati’s new test rider, replacing the recently promoted…

Dani Pedrosa dominates in FP2 at Sepang

3 April, 2020
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa continued Sepang domination in this afternoon’s second free practice with a bevy of Honda RC212V’s in the top five spots.Pedrosa set a sensational 2’01″250 lap in the final minutes, shaving off almost seven tenths from his…

MotoGP Circus heads to Jerez

3 April, 2020
After a two week scheduled break and a further forced stop due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland, the 2010 World Championship will finally see it’s second round for the Gran Premio bwin de España at the famed Jerez de…

Xenophya designs EV-0RR electric superbike

3 April, 2020
Xenophya Design has come up with this surprising prototype of an electric superbike with some tempting features. It’s called hte EV-0RR and is a zero emissions bike created to race the TTXGP: a new gran prix for ecological and environmentally…

Dani Pedrosa takes new and solitary win at Motegi

3 April, 2020
Today’s MotoGP race at the Twin Ring Motegi, was pretty monotonous if we compare it to the Moto3 and Moto2 races (race reports to follow), but it was important for the MotoGP championship standings as Dani Pedrosa took another splendid…

Valentino Rossi: "I wouldn't have problems riding a CRT"

3 April, 2020
The Monza Rally Show was an occasion for Valentino Rossi to have a little fun after an extremely disappointing 2011 season. The Italian MotoGP rider has always passionate about four wheels and despite being linked to a hypothetical F1 career…

Yamaha M1 towed from New York to Indianapolis

3 April, 2020
Before the Indianapolis GP, Yamaha Fiat decided to promote the event in their special way, so they sent Italian DJ Albertino from Radio DJ and a journalist from GQ Italy on a road trip with a 1963 Fiat Cinquecento towing…

Dorna's New Ideas to Save MotoGP

3 April, 2020
On Tuesday evening at the five star Gran Hotel Baglioni in Bologna, Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta met with all the satellite team managers (Gresini, Cecchinello, Campinoti, Mularoni, Poncharal, not present Team Francisco Hernando Group) to discuss MotoGP’s future, the role…

MotoGP Sepang Test: Wednesday – Test Riders Only

3 April, 2020
Under the new rules (dumb, because the riders are hanging around the track or at the pool of the Pan Pacific Hotel) the first day of testing held at Sepang, was for test riders only. The weather is typically Malaysian…

Nicky Hayden to miss Brno GP

3 April, 2020
After having to miss the Indianapolis GP, Nicky Hayden will be also forced to skip this weekend’s round at Brno. The Ducati rider suffered a massive highside during qualifying (see video after the jump) that briefly knocked him unconscious and…

Bridgestone apologises to Dani Pedrosa

3 April, 2020
Bridgestone race tyre manager Tohru Ubukata has issued an official apology to Dani Pedrosa and Repsol for the condition of his front tire and has also promised to carry out a full investigation to find out why the tire was…

MotoGP Rider Quotes after Assen Qualifying

3 April, 2020
Ahead of tomorrow’s 80th Dutch TT race tomorrow we’ve got all the rider quotes from this afternoon’s qualifying session that saw Jorge Lorenzo head the timesheets and take the pole position.Jorge Lorenzo - 1st“I’m very happy to take my second…

Valentino Rossi's 2012 Misano special edition helmet

3 April, 2020
For his home races Valentino Rossi always debuts a special edition helmet and this morning in FP3 sported this new ‘boxer’ helmet design on his AGV lid.The cartoon, designed by Aldo Drudi, shows that Rossi hasn’t lost his sense of…

Aspar Martinez wants to field two Ducati's in 2012

3 April, 2020
According to Spanish website as.com Aspar Racing is interested in fielding two Ducati’s in 2012.Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez who’s contract with Ducati is up at the end of this season is already in talks with the Italian manufacturer to see if…

Roberto Rolfo's deal with IodaRacing falls through

3 April, 2020
Roberto Rolfo was to ride one of IodaRacing’s CRT bikes next season in MotoGP (the team was to expand), but unfortunately after less than a week the deal has already fallen through, as the Italian reported from his personal website.…

Andrea Dovizioso fast at Sepang on the Yamaha Tech3

3 April, 2020
During last month’s test at Sepang, Andrea Dovizioso was still recovering from his collarbone surgery in January and was unable to ride properly his Yamaha YZR-M1, but a month later and almost at complete fitness, the Italian is coming to…

Team Gresini will attend Valencia GP

3 April, 2020
Yesterday, Fausto Gresini was quoted by several Italian media sources that he would not take his MotoGP and Moto2 teams to Valencia to take part in the final event of the season.Apparently the Italian team manager who has lost two…