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Sepang MotoGP test times

15 March, 2020
The first Motogp test on the newly resurfaced Sepang circuit after the winter test ban started off with Ducati factory rider Casey Stoner quickly taking the top of the timesheets closely followed by Honda HRC rider Dani Pedrosa.Test times at…

IMF asks that Marco Simoncelli's racing number be retired

15 March, 2020
Following Marco Simoncelli’s tragic death, many Italian fans have requested that Simoncelli’s racing #58 be retired from MotoGP racing and the President of the Italian Motorcycle Federation, Paolo Sesti has taken up the cause, writing the following letter to Dorna:…

Marc Marquez faster than Alvaro Bautista on day 2 at Sepang

15 March, 2020
The weather at the Sepang International Circuit finally took a turn for the better for the second day of Honda’s private test with Marc Marquez, Alvaro Bautista and test riders Kousuke Akiyoshi and Takumi Takahashi.The Spanish rookie was able to…

MotoGP: Marco Simoncelli Heads to Japan

15 March, 2020
While Grand Prix racing teams and riders were unpacking their suitcases after the official announcement that the MotoGP round at Motegi was postponed, Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini’s rookie rider was lucky enough to get on a plane in…

Fitness programme for Sete Gibernau

15 March, 2020
Sete Gibernau returns to MotoGP next year and has admitted to not being in good shape. He will start an intensive training programme to build the fitness level needed to ride the Ducati Desmosedici in the new Onde 2000 team.Sete…

Confirmed! Valentino Rossi will Try to Ride at Sachsenring

15 March, 2020
Well it looks like that the Italian websites were right on target. Valentino Rossi has confirmed that he plans to return to action at the upcoming Sachsenring GP.The 9 times World Champion who broke his right tibia and fibula six…

Casey Stoner: I had to disconnect from racing

15 March, 2020
Casey Stoner’s decision not to contest three races left fans not only wondering when he would be back and as speculation ran wild like bush fire, if he would be pulling out of racing altogether, but everyone close to the…

Casey Stoner sets blistering pace in FP3 at Phillip Island

15 March, 2020
Stoner’s Corner? They should change Phillip Island’s entire name to Casey Stoner’s Island - at least when MotoGP is in town - as the Repsol Honda rider again utterly dominated the session during this morning’s third and final practice. Stoner…

Nicky Hayden Shows Us the Ducati GP10

15 March, 2020
You’ve just got to love the innocence of Nicky Hayden, most manufacturers try to keep, be it new models of cars or motorcycles, under tight wraps until the official unveiling where they can get oohs and ahhs of the press…

More Ducati GP12 testing for Valentino Rossi

15 March, 2020
After Nicky Hayden on Tuesday, Valentino Rossi got his third day of testing on the Ducati GP12 yesterday at the Mugello and turned 80 laps on the new bike, but the Ducati wasn’t just testing the GP12 and Franco Battaini…

MotoGP: Randy de Puniet to Ducati?

15 March, 2020
MotoGP’s silly season should soon wind down, but there’s a little less than three weeks before the 2010 season ends and several riders have yet to be confirmed and one of these is Randy de Puniet.While Lucio Checchinello is trying…

Prince Harry on Ducati D16 with Randy Mamola

15 March, 2020
Prince Harry showed up at Donington to take in the British Gran Prix races. Usually royalty likes to lay low and avoid the paps like the plague, but in this case young Harry got photographed while riding pillion behind Randy…

MotoGP Assen: Jorge Lorenzo sets the pace in FP1

15 March, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo set the pace in this morning’s free practice at the TT Circuit Van Drenthe at Assen with a best lap of 1.35.106 but it ended up being a very tight session for the top three riders with just…

Sepang organizers fined

15 March, 2020
Normally it’s the GP riders getting fined for doing some half-assed thing on track and putting other riders in danger, but this time it was the Sepang International circuit organizers who got fined € 15.000 following this morning’s Moto2 first…

Valentino Rossi rules out Suzuki move in 2015

15 March, 2020
In an interview with Germany’s Speedweek, Yamaha Factory rider Valentino Rossi has released some interesting statements regarding his recent past (in Ducati), the present (with Yamaha) and the plans for the near future, which apparently do not include the possibility…

Nicky Hayden's Special 'Make a Wish' Helmet

15 March, 2020
Nicky Hayden will be wearing a very special one-off Arai helmet, designed by Starline during the Indianapolis MotoGP race this weekend that will be auctioned off after the race to raise money to support the Make a Wish Foundation, a…