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Not so secret meeting between Dorna and BMW

19 March, 2020
Rumors of BMW and Aprilia entering MotoGP in 2012 have been floating around for some time now, with Aprilia more or less denying that they want to enter the premier racing series, but BMW has a slightly different attitude, and…

Ducati Desmosedici GP10 Video

19 March, 2020
Here’s a video from Wrooom with a first look at the Ducati’s new 2010 ‘weapon’ as Nicky Hayden calls the Desmosedici GP10, with all it’s sponsor stickers in place. Claudio Domenicali, Ducati’s General Director has stated that the GP10 has…

MotoGP – Casey Stoner Interview with Shell

19 March, 2020
Shell is a pretty unobtrusive sponsor for Ducati and the last time we saw something from them was when they interviewed Nicky Hayden before this year’s Mugello GP.This time they’ve got Casey Stoner and more or less asked him the…

Mattia Pasini Gets Another Chance to test a Ducati

19 March, 2020
It looks like that Mattia Pasini is trying out for a Ducati GP ride next year. The Italian will again be testing the Desmosedici GP9, during a three day test that was already organized at the Mugello race track this…

MotoGP Motegi: Casey Stoner tops the charts in FP1

19 March, 2020
In the first free practice at the Twin Ring circuit at sunny Motegi, it was business as usual for Casey Stoner who started this Japanese weekend with a best lap 1.47.289, and the only rider to break the 1.48 barrier…

More from the Kawasaki Soap – The Hurricane

19 March, 2020
Not Dornaski nor Kaworna, but Hayate. This is the name that has been chosen by Kawasaki for their private team. The new team will be equipped with Kawasaki motorcycles and supporting materials, but has opted to change its name because…

Yamaha factory riders leave Jerez happy

19 March, 2020
Casey Stoner may have pipped Jorge Lorenzo for the top spot on Day 3 at Jerez, but the Mallorcan rider can head to Qatar for the first race of this 2012 season with a Yamaha M1 that is in the…

Ossa in 2011 trial championships with TR280i

19 March, 2020
The revival of the Ossa Spanish offroad bike brand will see the new Ossa TR280i compete in next year’s World Trial Championship after success at the trial nations event in Polond last weekend. Spain won for the seventh year in…

Balatonring – First stone laid

19 March, 2020
The first stone of the new £50 million Balatonring circuit, which will host next year’s Hungarian Grand Prix was laid on the construction site near Savoly in Western Hungary on Thursday.Among those attending the event was local star Gabor Talmacsi,…

Sepang MotoGP Paddock and Grid Girls

19 March, 2020
We’ve got a small gallery of pics of the paddock and grid girls from the Malaysian round of the MotoGP championship. After the jump you’ll also find a highlight video with the best racing moments from Sepang.

Dani Pedrosa's collarbone fracture was complete and not small

19 March, 2020
Dani Pedrosa’s heroic ride to fifth during the U.S. GP at Laguna Seca, and his subsequent pass on the other walking wounded, Jorge Lorenzo, has taken on even more significance.Returning to his native Spain after the race, Pedrosa underwent more…

Silly Season becomes Serious Season

19 March, 2020
The Brno MotoGP round is not known only for its racing, but for most team managers and sponsors its also time to settle talks with riders and their managers and confirm or deny contracts for the following season.Friday saw the…

Rossi and Hayden to test Ducati GP12 at Jerez

18 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden will be getting their first chance to ride and most importantly test the first GP12 prototype bike at Jerez.Rossi will be getting one-on-one time today, while team mate Nicky Hayden will ride it on Saturday…

MotoGP, Montmelò: a photo gallery from the paddock

18 March, 2020
Here is a nice bunch of shots collected away from the track during the MotoGP race weekend in Montmelo (Barcelona), which saw Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Racing) clinching a well deserved win which allowed him to extend his lead in…

MotoGP Indianapolis: Ben Spies on Pole!

18 March, 2020
Today’s MotoGP qualifying session at Indianapolis saw Monster Yamaha Tech3 rider Ben Spies stun the paddock by taking his first ever pole position with a blazing lap of 1′40.105 that not even his future Yamaha factory team mate Jorge Lorenzo…

Fastweb thanks Valentino with a full page ad

18 March, 2020
We’ve already shown you a couple of Fastweb commercials starring Valentino Rossi. Now Rossi is officially tied to Ducati and their official sponsors Telecom/TIM (he’s previously worked with them), so Fastweb is losing their testimonial and they took out this…

Ducati – Filippo Preziosi: “Who wouldn’t want Rossi?”

18 March, 2020
After Valentino Rossi’s interview with BBC2 about going to Ducati and subsequently saying that his words were wrongly interpreted, now Ducati has come out with their own statements. Filippo Preziosi, Ducati’s General Director and genius behind the Desmosedici, which we…

Casey Stoner reveals that he still has wrist problems

18 March, 2020
We knew that Casey Stoner had been dogged by arm pump problems at the Silverstone and AssenGP’s and that he had undergone acupuncture to help him through the pain and that his team had change the handlebar position and brake…

MotoGP riders preview Motorland Aragon GP

18 March, 2020
The 14th round of the MotoGP championship will be kicking off with tomorrow’s free practice sessions at the Motorland Aragon circuit and in this afternoon’s pre-event press conference we hope to find out why Jorge Lorenzo changed his mind on…