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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…

Kawasaki WSBK team to test at Almeria

15 March, 2020
With the official winter testing ban now finally over - it ended January 15th - three World Superbike teams (Kawasaki, Fixi Crescent Suzuki and Althea Aprilia) will be heading to the Almeria circuit in Spain tomorrow for two-days of private…

John Hopkins has ring finger amputated

15 March, 2020
John Hopkins MotoGP free practice crash at Brno last August has ultimately cost him his ring finger. The Crescent Suzuki rider who has suffered through six surgeries and months of rehab to cure the damaged finger had to capitulate and…

Marc Marquez discharged from hospital, Valencia in doubt?

15 March, 2020
Marc Marquez was not able to compete in last Sunday’s Moto2 race at Sepang after being judged unfit following his highside during the first free practice, which was caused by a wet patch at turn 10 that the marshals failed…

Coriano to erect a statue in honor of Marco Simoncelli

15 March, 2020
Coriano, Marco Simoncelli’s small home town has decided to dedicate a statue to the late GP rider “to keep alive the memory of the great motorcycle champion who died tragically on Sunday October 23rd during the Malaysian GP, a memorial…

World Superbikes to head to Russia

15 March, 2020
Infront Motor Sport just one upped Dorna as they have announced that the World Superbike Championship will be heading to Russia as soon as 2012.The partnership agreement was reached between Paolo Flamini’s Infront Motor Sports and Yakhnich Motorsport who is…

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…

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…

Santa Claus Ducati Gives Fernando Alonso a Desmosedici RR

15 March, 2020
Everyone knows that Ferrari and Ducati are tied together in more ways than one, you just have see the week long Wrooom event to understand how important these two iconic Italian companies are on a marketing level.Ducati has decided to…

World Superbike gets new rules for 2013

15 March, 2020
The Superbike Commission (for Infront Motorsports it will be the last time, with Dorna doing the deed from 2014) has released the new rules for the 2013 season - some we’ve already known for several months, while others were only…

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…

AGV's new PistaGP helmet – Taking it to the next level

15 March, 2020
During the first Sepang test Valentino Rossi debuted this new AGV helmet dubbed PistaGP (pista in Italian means track) that sparked a lot of interest after the Italian said “it feels like I am not wearing a helmet. Its aerodynamics…

Kevin Schwantz explains that he was banned from COTA

15 March, 2020
The legal battle between Kevin Schwantz and the Circuit of the Americas regarding the alleged rights to the 10-year contract to promote MotoGP went up a couple of notches during the recent MotoGP tests at the Austin circuit, when the…

Katsuyuki Nakasuga to sub for Jorge Lorenzo at Sepang

15 March, 2020
Two time Japanese Superbike champion (2008 and 2009) and Yamaha M1 test rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga has been called on to sub for recovering Jorge Lorenzo in this weekend’s MotoGP race at Sepang.For Nakasuga it will be his first MotoGP appearance,…

Hector Barbera to return to action at Sepang

15 March, 2020
Hector Barbera is ready to return to action in the upcoming Sepang GP. The Spanish rider who fractured his collarbone in a high speed crash during the Motegi race and missed the Phillip Island round, admitted that he’s still not…

The Marco Simoncelli Foundation

14 March, 2020
A non-profit foundation in memory of Marco Simoncelli came from an idea of Carlo Pernat and the Simoncelli family embraced the idea wholeheartedly and now the foundation has been legally formed.The president of the foundation will be Rossella, Marco’s mother,…

Texas GP is a now official

14 March, 2020
The Texas/Austin GP has been finally confirmed for the 2013 season. The event will be held at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) and will be held on April 21st, 2013 and it will be the third round of the…

Danny Kent joins Tech3 Moto2 team

14 March, 2020
Tech3 boss Herve Poncharal certainly loves English speaking riders. His 2013 MotoGP squad will be all British, with Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith and his 2013 Moto2 team line-up will see two talented rookies take their place on the Moto2…

Althea Racing to field Aprilia machinery in 2013

14 March, 2020
When World Superbike team Althea Racing couldn’t reach an agreement to continue with Ducati, team owner Genesio Bevilacqua needed to find a new partner in order to continue in World Superbikes and after discussions with both BMW and Aprilia, the…

Ben Spies ruled out of Indianapolis GP

14 March, 2020
Ben Spies has been ruled out of this weekend’s MotoGP round at Indianpolis. The hapless Pramac Ducati rider suffered a horrific looking highside during the third free practice, hitting his shoulder first on his Ducati as it pitched him forward,…

Ducati to test GP12 at Jerez

14 March, 2020
Over the last year Ducati’s second testing track has become Jerez and they too will be present at the Spanish circuit with test rider Franco Battaini who will continue development work on the GP12 1000cc with the help of 2011…

Valentino Rossi testing fitness at Misano with a Ducati 1198

14 March, 2020
We certainly should have expected that Valentino Rossi would want to test his shoulder condition before heading to Sepang for the official pre-season MotoGP tests next week, because the Italian rider is currently at the Misano Adriatico race circuit with…