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Mini restyling for Cooper and Clubman

8 April, 2020
These shots from Motorauthority show a new Mini on the road, and depending on your take, it could either be a version to celebrate 50 years or the first test of the facelight. Whatever the case, Mini has been testing…

APC helmet with airbag

8 April, 2020
APC, a Spanish company is developing helmets, working on an innovating project: a crash helmet with airbag. It protects the rider’s neck and particularly the cervical area and works with a cable to be connected to the control box, placed…

Chris Pfeiffer crashes at Intermot, breaks ribs

8 April, 2020
You are all familiar with freestyler Chris Pfeiffer who stunt rides a modified a BMW F800 R and is a four-time World champion.The German born stunt rider was performing at the Intermot fair in Cologne when he lost his balance…

MotoGP to South Korea, Brazil and Chile?

8 April, 2020
While MotoGP is popular across Europe, many consider it to be too Eurocentric as twelve of the eighteen races on the calendar are hosted on the old continent, but this will be changing in the near future as the economic…

Lamborghini and Audi – no overlapping ?

8 April, 2020
The dutch newspaper Telegraaf interviews Stephan Winkelmann, Lamborghini’s CEO. The interview is in Dutch, so between Babelfish and me, some errors might creep in …Anyway, as for future Lamborghini projects, Winkelmann says that there are no definite plans about a…

Marc Marquez sanctioned for taking out Simone Corsi in FP2

8 April, 2020
Marc Marquez topped the timesheets during this afternoon’s Moto2 second free practice at Valencia and pipping Pol Espargaro by just 0.037s, but the reigning Moto2 World Champion added another controversial maneuver to the long list he’s already compiled this season.Marquez’s…

Moto2: Matteoni Racing team axes Lukas Pesek

8 April, 2020
Moto2 team Matteoni Racing has decided to axe Lukas Pesek from their team and the Czech rider will not be taking part in this weekend’s Moto2 race at the Motorland Aragon circuit. According to the press release Pesek was dropped…

Upcoming auction of Nascar anniversary edition

8 April, 2020
After celebrating the 60th anniversary of Nascar, with a special motorcycle reflecting the stars-and-stripes spirit of this series, the final number 60 in the series will be up for auction from July 3 to 5. The model, designed by Bruce…

PBM reveals MotoGP livery

8 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo and James Ellison were the first riders to head out on track at Jerez just a few minutes ago for the final pre-season MotoGP test and the PBM (Paul Bird Motorsport) team revealed their 2012 red, white and…

2013 MV Agusta Brutale 800 Mega Gallery

8 April, 2020
Since the first time we saw it, we rated the MV Agusta Brutale 800 as one of the most most beautiful naked on the market - if not ‘the’ most beautiful and original naked bike out there. The new Brutale…

Leaked pic of new Volkswagen Passat

8 April, 2020
This leaked photo is the first official pic of the new Volkswagen Passat, according to AutoBild magazine who hasn’t revealed the source of the photo, though. If what we’re looking at is, in fact a photo and not a rendering…

Valentino Rossi – The Dancin' Doc

8 April, 2020
The guys over at RacingReality having a little fun invented this 3D video of Valentino Rossi strutting his stuff in a dance routine.It’s a cute and original vid, but we just hope never to see a retired Rossi in something…

Behind the scenes videos from WSBK Valencia

8 April, 2020
video platform video management video solutions video playerHere are some great scenes from all the action of the qualifying round, Race 1 and Race 2 from the WSBK Valencia round, thanks to Bikechannel.com. We get a close-up look at some…

Toni Elias and Nicol Terol in Mapfre commercial

8 April, 2020
Mapfre is the leading insurance company in Spain and they are the title sponsor’s of Aspar’s Moto2 racing team that fields the last 125cc World Champion Nico Terol and 2010 Moto2 World Champion Toni Elias.You can check out the company’s…

A Valentino Rossi Celebration – Part 2

8 April, 2020
Last Sunday we showed you the first video of the Italian show Matrix celebrating Valentino Rossi, this week its Rossi’s rivalry with Manuel Gibernau –Bultò, better known to the racing world as Sete “Hollywood” Gibernau. Some of Gibernau’s best racing…

McLaren: first image of the new MP4-12C Spider released

8 April, 2020
McLaren has released the first image of the new MP4-12C in Spider configuration, a new model that retains setting and content of its coupe variant. The car uses a MonoCell frame made of carbon fiber and the well-known 3.8-litre twin…

Porsche electric Boxsters in testing

8 April, 2020
Porsche will be field-testing three all-electric Boxster models as part of its development of electric drive technology. Porsche is splashing out more trying to keep its sports style while developing its environmental qualifications more. The Cayenne hybrid is the first…

Motorcycle stunt goes wrong (w/video)

8 April, 2020
Even the most practiced and choreographed motorcycle stunt can go wrong. This video comes from Beto Carrero World theme park in Penha, Brazil where rider Denis Borges and Anderson Sanches perform their daredevil stunts in the Extreme Show.Borges misjudges the…

MotoGP – Suzuki and Rizla for Another Two Years

8 April, 2020
Dorna can breathe a sigh of relief, because will be seeing the Suzuki bikes on the MotoGP grid for at least two other seasons. Suzuki has extended it’s partnership deal with Rizla (owned by Imperial Tobacco Ltd) and we will…

Photos from MotoGP Assen

8 April, 2020
We’ve got our first gallery of images from the Assen circuit with the riders relaxing or psyching up in their garages before practice sessions and having last minute talks with their techs, all for your enjoyment.