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Laverty and Guintoli conclude two days of testing at Jerez

22 April, 2020
After dominating the first round of the season at Phillip Island, with Sylvain Guintoli and Eugene Laverty each sharing a victory and a second place podium, the Aprilia Factory team decided to head to Jerez de la Frontera for a…

More pics BMW 6 Series cabrio

22 April, 2020
BMW’s love affair with its 6 Series Cabrio model continues with this new flurry of pics. The model appears in the range next to the recently released 6 Series CoupĂ© and will be released with two engine options: the 650i…

Video: the Macau Grand Prix 2008

22 April, 2020
Doosan Honda rider Stuart Easton won the Macau Grand Prix 2008, the 42nd edition. Stuart rode a few races in the WK Supersport in 2006. Second for the NW200 Ducati from M. Rutter and third was J. McGuinness riding the…

Yellow Vespa sidecar at Vinitaly wine fair

22 April, 2020
While at Vinitaly to go exploring the world of Italian wine, I came across this vintage style Vespa with a sidecar as a promo piece for white wines from Friuli. With a topless woman clutching a bottle, and saying “the…

MotoGP Jerez: Dani Pedrosa confirms competitiveness in warm-up

22 April, 2020
MotoGPs warm-up practice at Jerez was done in the same half-and-half conditions that we’ve seen all weekend long, which forced the riders to go out with their rain tires.Dani Pedrosa once again confirmed his competitiveness in these difficult conditions as…

MotoGP Silverstone picture gallery

22 April, 2020
After all the paddock girls that have helped you through the day, we’ve finally gotten around to the main event, a super gallery of pictures from the weekend’s AirAsia British Grand Prix at Silverstone for you to enjoy. Just click…

Valentino Rossi's buddy "Uccio" in court for DUI and perjury

22 April, 2020
Everyone knows Alessio Salucci or ‘Uccio, he’s so well known as Valentino Rossi’s BFF, that he also gets requests for autographs.Uccio got into a little trouble a couple years ago and yesterday had to appear in court to contest charges…

Casey Stoner takes incredible pole position at Assen

22 April, 2020
Today’s MotoGP qualifying session at Assen seemed longer than the usual hour as it was interrupted twice due to rain, but when the track dried out for the second time, the time attack actually started it with four minutes left…

WSBK Portimao Tests – Day 2 with rider quotes

22 April, 2020
Jonathan Rea was once again the fastest rider on the final day of testing at Portimao posting the fastest time of 1’41.7s. Rea’s lap on race tires was almost a second faster than his best qualifying time from the weekend…

MotoGP, Le Mans: the paddock girls (photo gallery)

22 April, 2020
We close the 2012 French GP chapter with the usual photo gallery starring the hottest ‘paddock girls’ seen hanging around in Le Mans. This time around we got a 91-pic strong gallery that shouldn’t let anybody down, with the lovely…

MV Agusta F3 live pics from EICMA 2010

22 April, 2020
Hot on the heels of the mega gallery of the MV Agusta F3, here are live pics of the F3 from the 2010 EICMA show which started in Milan today. What’s there to say really? The pics come courtesy of…

No Volkswagen Polo sedan for US

22 April, 2020
Given that the US is currently undergoing a love-affair with the newly released Volkswagen Jetta, there probably won’t be too much disappointment that the Volkswagen Polo sedan will unlikely get a stateside debut. Volkswagen is steadily shoring-up its US market…

Suzuki Boulevard cruiser offered with 12 months free registration

22 April, 2020
Suzuki Australia has gotten generous on its Suzuki Boulevard cruiser range, offering all 2009 models and remaining 2008’s with 12 months free registration, free CTP insurance, free stamp duty and a pair of WileyX sunglasses.The offer only lasts until the…

Moto2 Silverstone: Pol Espargaro continues dominance in FP2

22 April, 2020
The Moto2 category concluded the first day of practice at Silverstone with Pol Espargaro continuing his domination of the English circuit. The Spaniard after taking this morning’s wet session also topped the second one with a late lap of 2’08″826…

Norton to field two bikes at the 2013 Tourist Trophy

22 April, 2020
British manufacturer Norton has confirmed its participation to the 2013 Tourist Trophy, but this time around they will go to the Isle of Man with two SG1 bikes: one for the confirmed Ian ‘Mackers’ Mackman and the other for new…

Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA videos and a Giulia Sprint

22 April, 2020
To continue our news on Italian cars today, we take another look at the Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA concept. It has been seen all over the place in the last few days, and here are some videos of the snappy…

Jerez Moto2: Thomas Luthi leads in rain hampered day 1 test

22 April, 2020
Yesterday saw another three day Moto2 official test begin at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, with the riders able to use their official Honda engines for the first time.Having received the engines they’ll be using from Geo Technology, we’ll…

200 Miglia of Imola Revival Event (video and pics)

22 April, 2020
Over 10,000 fans showed up at the 200 Miglia of Imola revival event that took place at the beginning of October was a big hit. The event organized with the help of Dr. Claudio Costa, saw some of the great…

Jorge Lorenzo in black and white (w/video)

22 April, 2020
Here’s an interesting behind the scenes video in black and white of Jorge Lorenzo from Blackmedia who did this photoshoot of the reigning MotoGP champion for Rockstar Energy USA.Check out more or less the same video after the jump, only…

Aprilia and Alitalia Together in 2010

22 April, 2020
Back in November we reported that Alitalia would probably sponsor Aprilia in WSBK as a marketing move to promote both Italian brands.Alitalia and Aprilia (Piaggio Group) are both part of CEO’s Roberto Colaninno’s financial empire and will officially announce in…

Ben Spies Takes Race 1 in the Qatari Desert

22 April, 2020
Ben Spies won his second race of the WSBK season in Qatar on his Yamaha R1, even if he didn’t have a brilliant start from the pole position he obtained yesterday, leaving the lead to an impressive Max Biaggi on…