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WSBK Phillip Island Day 1: Carlos Checa fastest

6 April, 2020
The first day of official testing at Phillip Island, saw three Ducati’s on the top of the charts, with Carlos Checa, the fastest overall. The Spaniard who won race 2 at the Australian circuit last year put down a hot…

Motorcycle helmets may cause loss of hearing

6 April, 2020
Wearing helmets could increase the loss of hearing. The study carried out by researchers from Britain’s University of Bath and Bath Spa University and described in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, reveals that the biggest source of noise…

Moto2 – Alex De Angelis in Scot Racing

6 April, 2020
Alex De Angelis has finally come to an agreement with Scot Racing to ride their prototype bike next season in the Moto2 category in its first ever season next year.The Sammarinese has signed a one year contract and an option…

Cardion AB Motoracing debuts team livery

6 April, 2020
While the media was captivated with the 2011 Vrooom and Valentino Rossi, the newest team in MotoGP, Czech based Cardion AB Motoracing debuted their Ducati GP11 livery for the upcoming race season, which to say the least, is much more…

WSS: Broc Parkes to sub for Joan Lascorz

6 April, 2020
It didn’t take Broc Parkes very long to find another ride to finish the season after leaving Echo CRS world superbike team. The Australian will be replacing the very heavily injured Joan Lascorz in the Kawasaki Provec Motocard WSS squad…

Moto2 rider Michele Pirro also becomes a cop

5 April, 2020
Moriwaki Gresini Racing Moto2 rider Michele Pirro has joined the Italian police force, under the Fiamme Oro (golden flames) sporting group. The group now counts two GP riders, as Pirro follows the footsteps of Moto2 rider Simone Corsi who joined…

Aligi Deganello is Max Biaggi's new crewchief

5 April, 2020
Aligi Deganello was the late Marco Simoncelli’s crewchief from 2007 and Simoncelli had insisted bringing his beloved crewchief and 250cc pit crew into MotoGP after winning the 250cc title despite Fausto Gresini’s doubts regarding the team’s complete inexperience in setting…

Troy Bayliss Will NOT Be Making a Comeback

5 April, 2020
It wasn’t a pleasant day at the World Ducati Week at Misano for Troy Bayliss fans.The three times World Superbike champion, less than a month after saying he had retired to early and was missing racing and wanted to make…

John Hopkins in BSB to be announced

5 April, 2020
John Hopkins will be getting a fresh start in racing after seven years in MotoGP, less than a season in WSBK’s and a somewhat sticky and controversial injured season in the AMA . The Anglo-American rider according to Crescent Suzuki…

WSBK: Team Pedercini to continue with Kawasaki in 2011

5 April, 2020
World Superbike and Superstock 1000FIM Cup Team Pedercini in a press release have confirmed that will continue their collaboration with Kawasaki in 2011 and will be using the new version of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R that the we saw testing…

MotoGP Qatar TV ratings drop in Italy

5 April, 2020
We can put the blame on the fact MotoGPs Qatar round was broadcasted at 9pm (CET) and on Easter Sunday to boot, or that Valentino Rossi qualified 12th and his fan’s knew that there was very little to expect from…

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden talk about FP1

5 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi may have only taken fifth place in last night’s free practice in Qatar and was off pace by 0.767s but it was his best outing so far on the Ducati GP11, and a big booster shot in in…

WSBK Bombshell – Davide Tardozzi leaves Ducati!

5 April, 2020
What’s happening in Ducati’s Corse Racing teams? First we have the rumor, that’s getting stronger by the hour, that Livio Suppo will be leaving his postion in Ducati to head for Honda HRC, we have Serafino Foti that lead Ducati’s…

Casey Stoner: Australia's 4th highest paid sports earner

5 April, 2020
At the beginning of this year we published Australia’s Business Reviews Weekly’s Top 10 Sports Earners of 2009 where Casey Stoner was ranked 8th saying that the Australian racer would probably be getting a pay hike, and we guessed it…

Valentino Rossi to move to the A1GP Championship?

5 April, 2020
Team Italia is still talking with Valentino Rossi to come over to car racing and join the A1GP Championship, as confirmed by Team Italia boss Piercarlo Ghinzani, according to the British magazine “Autoblad”. Rossi has tried race car driving a…

Valentino Rossi – Yamaha deal to be announced tomorrow

5 April, 2020
After the Italian media anticipated on Tuesday the not-so-shocking news that Valentino Rossi has decided to return to Yamaha next season and the announcement would be made on August 15th, however Italian sports daily Gazzzetta dello Sport is now reporting…

Moto2 : Luca Boscoscuro talks Moto2, Honda Engine and Costs

5 April, 2020
We’ve come across this video interview by Giovanni Zamagni of Italian website Moto.it with Speed Up Team owner Luca Boscoscuro at the Valencia Moto2 offical tests that are seeing former MotoGP rider Gabor Talmacsi and former 125cc rider, but better…

No Alstare -MV Agusta racing team in Supersport

5 April, 2020
Francis Batta’s dreams of fielding MV Agusta F3 in World Supersport have been definitely put aside for the 2012 season along with their idea of a couple of wildcard partecipations, which was confirmed by Batta’s wife, Patricia Dethor via their…

WSBK: Shane Byrne to Althea Ducati?

5 April, 2020
It looks like Shane Byrne is going to be leaving Marco Borciani’s Team Sterilgarda BRC Racing and is heading towards Althea Ducati in 2010.The British rider had been spotted entering the Althea Honda (before switching to Ducati ) truck during…

Ducati's Power Cruiser in first public crash

5 April, 2020
Ducati’s new power cruiser bit the dust yesterday afternoon at Imola. One of Ducati’s test riders was out on the bike, that has been dubbed Diavel (even if in Bolognese dialect it should be written and pronounced dièval) was hit…

KTM and Ajo Motorsports to continue Moto3 partnership

5 April, 2020
After winning the inaugural Moto3 manufacturer’s title thanks to Ajo Motorsports and Sandro Cortese, KTM has officially confirmed - after their verbal commitment - that the Finnish team will continue to manage the Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto3 Factory Team…