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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…

Bill Gates invests in two-stroke engines

15 March, 2020
Microsoft head Bill Gates has invested a whopping $23.5 million US in engine producer EcoMotors International. The company is a start-up company who is working on research and development of environmentally-friendly engine technology. One of EcoMotors main projects is the…

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…

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…

General Motors EN-V electric urban vehicles pics and video

15 March, 2020
We’re going to call these General Motors EN-V concepts scooters, for want of a better word. Developed in collaboration with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, the concepts are a vision for new urban mobility vehicles, which were developed with help…

More Photos from MotoGP test at Valencia

15 March, 2020
After yesterday’s small gallery of photos from the MotoGP Valencia test, with Valentino Rossi’s photos dominating the day, we’ve got another gallery from yesterday’s first day of testing but this time we’ve got pics of Ben Spies on the 2011…

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…

WSBK Aragon: FP1 goes to Marco Melandri

15 March, 2020
The World Superbike championship is debuting for the first time at the Motorland Aragon circuit for its seventh round and during the first free practice the fastest rider on the circuit wasn’t Carlos Checa as we expected, but Marco Melandri.Melandri…

Bajaj raises stake in KTM

15 March, 2020
The KTM-Bajaj project has seen the Indian company slowly acquire more KTM stock over time, with a recent 1.21 percent acquisition taking it to a total of 39.3 percent ownership of KTM stock. Majority shareholder CROSS has a 50.1 percent…

HIRP 2008: Starting 25 April

15 March, 2020
After 150 applications and 90 riders on the track, only 24 made it. With trials having been conducted on the Aprilia track on the 12th and 13th of March, the Honda Italia Racing Project 2008 is officially taking shape. The…

GSR Kawasaki Wins 24 Hours Of Le Mans

15 March, 2020
It took them eleven long years but Kawasaki finally got back on the top of the podium in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans with Julien da Costa, Olivier Four and GrĂ©gory Leblanc of GSR Kawasaki taking the first…

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…

Ducati Hypermotard 1100 Evo SP onboard video

15 March, 2020
Here’s an onboard video of the new Ducati Hypermotard 1100. This particular version is the Hypermotard 1100 Evo SP, which is equipped with a Desmodue Evoluzione 1100 cc engine, with bore and stroke of 98×71,5mm. Other modifications increase the power…

Ryota Haga and Ben Spies: "You've got a Friend"

15 March, 2020
I was checking out SPEED.Tv.com website yesterday and found this great story about Noriyuki Haga’s son, Ryota and new WSBK rider Ben Spies. This story was so lovely and heart warming that I just had to share. A special thanks…

Casey Stoner sets MotoGP tests on fire

15 March, 2020
What we can say about today’s MotoGP testing at Valencia except wow! Casey Stoner adaption to the Honda RC212V is simply amazing. The Australian blitzed the testing field and put down the fastest lap of the day and was faster…

Gérard Depardieu on the Münch Mammut (w/video)

15 March, 2020
Actor Gérard Depardieu in the movie Mammuth, a sort of French road movie that was first seen at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival rides a Münch Mammut.Münch is one of the rarest names in motorcycling, with less than 250…

New Ford Focus ST

15 March, 2020
These are the first pictures of the Ford Focus ST facelift. With the freshened up car the brand wants to keep fighting german hot-hatches such as VW Golf GTI and Opel Astra OPC. Under the hood we still find the…

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…