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Sylvain Guintoli to sub for Loris Capirossi at Sachsenring?

28 March, 2020
With Loris Capirossi out of action after breaking a couple of ribs and picking up a distorted shoulder after his highside crash during qualifying at Assen and is expected to miss at least the upcoming Sachsenring GP, Pramac Ducati will…

Anime style for MotoGP Motegi promo poster

28 March, 2020
This anime poster promotimg this year’s 2012 round of the AirAsia Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi (after last season’s ’should I stay or should I go’ BS by riders following the Fukushima radiation fallout) is one of the best we’ve…

Loris Capirossi to skip Motegi GP

28 March, 2020
Loris Capirossi will have to miss his last ever race in Japan.. The Pramac Ducati rider re-injured himself during last weekend’s Aragon GP when he clipped Toni Elias’s Honda in an overtaking pass and crashed out together with the Spaniard,…

MotoGP Interested in Imola Circuit?

28 March, 2020
Italian daily Il Resto del Carlino has reported that FIM’s Race Director Paul Butler has visited the Imola race circuit because it seems that Dorna is interested in bringing another MotoGP race to Italy.Butler seemed to approve the track and…

MotoGP riders Toni Elias and Cal Crutchlow undergo surgery

28 March, 2020
More surgery for MotoGP riders, after Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden, Moto2 World Champion and MotoGP returnee Toni Elias also went under the knife Tuesday evening. The Spanish rider went in to remove the screws from his left hand and…

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo video interviews

28 March, 2020
Yamaha has released two video interviews with Valentino Rossi and reigning World champion Jorge Lorenzo following the team’s 2013 presentation today at Jerez de la Frontera.Rossi gets asked about his return to Yamaha, his famous love letter to his 2010…

Wind and rain hampers MotoGP Day 2 testing at Jerez

28 March, 2020
As expected rain and wind hampered today’s second day of MotoGP testing at Jerez de la Frontera. In the first hour of the morning session from 10am to 11am and when it was still dry, Avintia CRT rider Ivan Silva…

Why was Ben Spies wearing Colin Edwards Helmet?

27 March, 2020
After the computer theft from the Aspar team garage that occured at Sepang, there was another small mystery in the paddock surrounding Ben Spies’ helmet. The Texas Terror usually wears a HJC FC-15 lid, but on Thursday Spies was sporting…

Repsol Honda riders have chatter issues in Qatar

27 March, 2020
The chatter issues that plagued the Repsol Honda riders during the pre-season tests in Sepang, but not at the IRTA test at Jerez came back with a vengeance during tonight’s first free practice session in Qatar.Casey Stoner despite his chatter…

Chris Vermeulen talks about Catalunya FP1

27 March, 2020
Chris Vermeulen talks about today’s free practice and about Bridgestone’s asymmetric slick rear tires they’re using this for this particular circuit. Vermeulen finished 13th and only 17th in terms of top speed. It would been interesting to know if the…

Nicky Hayden: official Ducati MotoGP rider

27 March, 2020
In a press release from today, the Ducati Marlboro MotoGP team announced the latest news about Nicky Hayden: the 27-year-old Kentucky kid will join the Ducati factory team in 2009 like we all expected already. Nicky and Casey will ride…

Ducati GP11 testing underway at Jerez

27 March, 2020
Ducati has taken their two test teams to Jerez de la Frontera, which also includes team manager Vittoriano Guareschi who took off his official cap to don his rider’s helmet again, to help Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden in their…

Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone fighting to regain fitness

27 March, 2020
Pramac’s Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies may be smiling in this picture at the 2013 Wrooom, but the two riders are still fighting to regain fitness ahead of the first official MotoGP test at Sepang early next month.The MotoGP rookie…

Andrea Iannone to sit out Laguna Seca round

27 March, 2020
Pramac’s Andrea Iannone will be forced to skip this upcoming MotoGP round at Laguna Seca.The MotoGP rookie crashed his Ducati GP13 during the fourth free practice at Sachsenring, dislocating his right shoulder.The Clinica Mobile fixed the shoulder, but he was…

Robertino Pietri to wild card in MotoGP for Avintia Racing

27 March, 2020
After spending two seasons with Italtrans in Moto2 (and picking up a single point), 26-year old Robertino Pietri will be making the leap to the premier class after reaching an agreement with CRT Avintia Racing (formerly known as BQR) to…

Hungarian MotoGP Round to be Cancelled

27 March, 2020
Balatonring Zrt, the event promoter for the Hungarian Grand Prix has spoken to MotoGP Rights Holders Dorna Sports requesting postponement of this year’s race until 2010. The decision to move back the September 20th race owes to a delay in…

Pramac Racing to field only one rider in 2011?

27 March, 2020
From the rumors that World Superbike’s Max Neukirchner would be heading to MotoGP and ride a Pramac Ducati with the latest item coming out of Sepang is that not only Neurkirchner will not be in MotoGP, but the Italian team…

MotoGP Sepang 2 – Final Day Rider Quotes

27 March, 2020
With four days of pre-season testing at Sepang already over, MotoGP will be heading to Qatar on March 18-19 for the final two days of tests, before the new season kicks off at Losail for the night race that takes…

MotoGP post race test cancelled – Ducati to test at Mugello

27 March, 2020
Due to the atrocious weather at Estoril the programmed MotoGP post race test that was to take place today has been cancelled.Following this decision, Ducati has decided to programme a three-day test at Mugello with both factory riders, Valentino Rossi…

Ivan Silva to return to MotoGP action at Motegi

27 March, 2020
After David Salom was dumped from Avintia Blusens CRT team after just two MotoGP races, it was officially confirmed that Ivan Silva (who finished second in the UEM European Superstock 1000 Championship for PL Palmeto Racing last Sunday at Albacete)…

Valentino Rossi on the Yamaha R1 through Paris

27 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi arrives for his media appointment on board his special edition Monster Energy Yamaha R1, midday in a rainy Paris. Riding his way down the Champs-Élysées before revving his bike to the max and performing a burn-out underneath the…

Nakano to Stay in MotoGP?

27 March, 2020
Just last week in Sepang, the Jorge Martinez deal to lease a Kawasaki ZX-RR for 2009 MotoGP season fell through after lengthy negotiations. The deal mainly failed due to the fact that Martinez and his Spanish sponsors were willing to…