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Ducati concludes two-day test at Mugello

24 March, 2020
Max Biaggi’s presence in the two-day Ducati test at Mugello completely monopolized the attention of the press that seemed to completely forget that it was an important development test for the factory riders who had time to concentrate on ‘laboratory’…

Nicky Hayden doesn't need surgery

24 March, 2020
After breaking his scapula and ribs in a training accident on December 27th, Nicky Hayden underwent further assessment by Dr. Dr. Arthur Ting in California yesterday to determine whether he would require surgery to fix his scapula and confirmed via…

Rider Quotes after MotoGP Silverstone Qualifying

23 March, 2020
Today’s MotoGP qualifying session at Silverstone was quite eventful with Jorge Lorenzo taking his first pole position of the season and Dani Pedrosa and Randy de Puniet both crashing in the dying moments of the hour, fortunately both Honda riders…

MotoGP 2013: the paddock girls of the Laguna Seca round

23 March, 2020
The Laguna Seca round showed us for the umpteenth time that the incredibly talented Marc Marquez is indeed a serious contender for the MotoGP crown, but obviously this did not make everyone happy, first and foremost his main rivals for…

Sete Gibernau's New D16 Livery

23 March, 2020
Sete Gibernau and his Ducati Desmosedici GP9 showed up at Jerez della Frontera IRTA test with an all new livery. Gone is the elegant white-gold-and black color scheme used during winter testing, his bike is now sporting a white- green-red…

Alvaro Bautista receives contract extension for 2014

23 March, 2020
Last November, Go & Fun Honda Gresini annnounced they would continue with their technical collaboration with Showa, with Alvaro Bautista being the only MotoGP rider to use the Japanese made suspensions, while the rest of the field uses and pays…

More gossip on Valentino Rossi's silly season

23 March, 2020
This year’s silly season theme song regarding where Valentino Rossi is going in 2013 could be Fleetwood Mac’s song “Tell me Lies”, because after learning that several people from Marc Marquez’ entourage stated that the Moto2 star would like to…

Dorna's proposals to save MotoGP

23 March, 2020
2012 will be a monumental transition year for MotoGP with GP and CRT bikes running together while Dorna is trying to push the MSMA hand in making the prototypes more affordable, but this will not be enough to save the…

MotoGP: Stoner, Rossi and Bridgestone

23 March, 2020
As the battle between Rossi and Stoner continues, we should remember it’s hard to race against Valentino. Stoner won the fight against Rossi last year, the package from Ducati was very strong with the Desmosedici, the Bridgestone tyres and the…

Jorge Lorenzo beats Pedrosa for pole position at Motorland Aragon

23 March, 2020
This afternoon’s MotoGP’s qualifying session at Motorland Aragon was fortunately dry, but the asphalt was cold just 16°C and even if the riders didn’t have any dry set-up time they immediately starting pushing and in the opening minutes Dani Pedrosa…

Moto2 and Moto3 almost as popular as MotoGP in Spain

23 March, 2020
Yesterday we did a post on Italy’s viewing audience for all three classes of Le Mans GP, wondering if Valentino Rossi’s second place in the race had anything to do with the rise in the numbers and if in other…

Lin Jarvis talks Riders

23 March, 2020
Italian website Gpone has a interesting audio interview in English with Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing.Jarvis is now negotiating with Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies, both riders contracts are up at the end of the year and…

Valentino Rossi has given up hope

23 March, 2020
Filippo Preziosi defended Valentino Rossi after his horrible qualifying session in Qatar saying that Rossi’s talent is out of the question, however after yesterday’s lowly 10th place finish, the former World Champion in a post race interview with Sportmediaset very…

MotoGP Misano Paddock Babes

23 March, 2020
How can you have a MotoGP race without pretty umbrella girls? These are from the Misano MotoGP and you get an extra this time, a few pics of the Rizla Suzuki babes hanging around a hotel pool, but unfortunately for…

Simoncelli like Tomizawa

23 March, 2020
I’ve been very torn since I saw the images and had to decide whether to post the following amateur’s video (after the jump because of the contents) on how Marco Simoncelli’s accident was handled by track side EMT’s at Sepang,…

Jerez GP in doubt again?

23 March, 2020
Of the four Spanish GPs on the calendar, the one at Jerez de la Frontera is probably the most loved by fans, so it will be another blow to hear that the 2012 GP at the highly popular venue may…

Moto2 race bike by Eskil Suter

23 March, 2020
Swiss motorcycle manufacturer Eskil Suter has revealed the new Moto2 creation, shown for the first time at Misano, for the San Marino MotoGP. Suter is a partner of MuZ and Petronas SBK and this bike, costing about 75,710 euros, is…

Suzuki quits MotoGP?

23 March, 2020
Dorna’s last Friday’s deadline for Suzuki to commit to the 2012 MotoGP season has come and gone with no official word from the Hamamatsu manufacturer, however the authoritive GPWeek is reporting that Suzuki will not be on the grid next…

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo testing at Brno (w/videos)

23 March, 2020
While Honda and Suzuki were testing at Motegi, Yamaha’s MotoGP riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi were at Brno also testing.Strangely enough Yamaha has not released any information regarding the two-day test, and whether they finally debuted the seamless transmission,…

Dani Pedrosa takes first 2012 pole position at Le Mans

23 March, 2020
In wet, then drying and dry conditions of this afternoon’s MotoGP qualifying session at Le Mans saw an in house Repsol Honda battle between Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner for the pole position, with the Spaniard delivering a blistering 1’33″638…

Lorenzo tops warm-up practice as Marquez bins it

23 March, 2020
For the first time this Misano weekend Marc Marquez hasn't topped the timesheets. During the 20 minute warm-up practice, today's polesitter crashed out at the Tramonto during his last flying lap as he was trying to beat rival Jorge Lorenzo.…