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Alessio Salucci: Out of the Shadow, Into the limelight

4 April, 2020
I bet most of you are thinking who the hell is Alessio Salucci? You’ve seen him hundreds of times at the parc ferme with a yellow towel and cap in his hands, he’s better know by his nickname “Uccio.”Salucci has…

Casey Stoner given MotoGP legendary status

4 April, 2020
Casey Stoner started racing in GP when he was fifteen and now 12 years later the two-time World champion will be retiring the age of 27, with 45 victories, 89 podium finishes and 43 pole-positions, and to honour the Australian,…

Nicky Hayden Talks Ducati and 2010

4 April, 2020
Before heading to the MotoGP Qatar tests that took place week last week, Nicky Hayden was in Daytona taking in Bike Week and watch his brother Tommy finish 2-2 in the season opener. The excellent guys from OTT (On The…

Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso visit Red Bull F1 HQ

4 April, 2020
After their four wheel karting experiences, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso decided to try something a little more different when they visited the Red Bull Racing facilities in Milton Keynes and got the chance to test the F1 Simulator ahead…

Casey Stoner says good-bye

4 April, 2020
Casey Stoner turned up at the Valencia circuit during today’s test - wet and with not very interesting lap times with only 14 riders of 21 turning a wheel - to say goodbye to the paddock that was part of…

Kel Carruthers visits Benelli headquarters

4 April, 2020
A little piece that will please those die-hard Benelli fans - Kel Carruthers recently visited Benelli headquarters, after a visit to Italy’s Asimotoshow on May 17, and completed a factory visit, granting photos and autographs to the factory workers. Carruthers…

Moto2: Giacomo Agostini Racing Team?

4 April, 2020
The well informed Italian website Motosprint is reporting that motorcycle racing legend Giacomo Agostini is thinking of entering a team in the new Moto2 series.The project if it goes through would see the involvement of number of high profile people…

Marc Marquez meets Freddie Spencer

4 April, 2020
In a special Alpinestars event that was held at the Maxxess Megastore in Bordeaux, France last weekend, MotoGP rookie and the latest racing superstar Marc Marquez got to meet racing legend and three-time World Champion Freddie Spencer. The encounter was…

Yamaha Confirms Valentino Rossi's test at Misano

4 April, 2020
It wasn’t all media gossip that Valentino Rossi would try to ride a streetbike at Misano to check out his physical conditions since his accident during free practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, because Yamaha Racing has released…

Loris Capirossi talks about his problems and Ducati

4 April, 2020
That scrappy Loris Capirossi isn’t pleased with his results so far this season is a big understatement and he’s even getting beat by a rookie like Karel Abraham on the same satellite Ducati who has less a racing pedigree than…

Lorenzo and Checa at Nolan 2011 launch

4 April, 2020
The 2011 Nolan helmet range has been presented with brand ambassadors Jorge Lorenzo, Carlos Checa and Marco Melandri all on board to enjoy the 2011 range launch. The new year sees some innovative and exciting helmet development from Nolan, including…

Valentino Rossi's Monza Rally Car livery

4 April, 2020
We’ve already mentioned that this upcoming weekend’s Monza Rally Show will be dedicated to late Marco Simoncelli and friend Valentino Rossi will also be taking part as he usually does every year (last year he missed it, as he was…

Valentino Rossi explains Bridgestone's Battlax S20 w/video)

4 April, 2020
After Valentino Rossi’s first video as Bridgestone’s ‘ambassador,’ promoting the Japanese manufacturer’s Battlax BT-023 here’s the second giving the low down on the Battlax S20 tires.The Doctor becomes The Professor (he does have a degree honoris causa in communications from…

Valentino Rossi hints again at WSBK switch

4 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi is a fan of World Superbike racing and in many interviews talks about how much he enjoys watching WSBK racing (he’s always present at the Misano round), how much more exciting it is compared to MotoGP, and the…

Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez talk Repsol Honda history

4 April, 2020
Before flying to the US for next week’s private MotoGP test in Austin, Repsol has released another video with Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez in a double interview talking about the history of Repsol Honda, from 1995 in the Spanish…

Jeremy Burgess: Ducati's new crewchief

4 April, 2020
Jeremy Burgess in an exlusive interview with Enrico Borghi (who also co-authored Valentino Rossi autobiography “What if I had never tried it”) of Italy’s Motosprint magazine comes across as usual; pragmatic, calm and almost seraphic in the way he talks…

Loris Capirossi continues to have shoulder problems

4 April, 2020
The Pramac Ducati team has been particularly unfortunate in these last two MotoGP rounds, Randy de Puniet crashed out both in Qatar and Jerez, while Loris Capirossi was clipped by his own team mate in the season opener, and had…

Jorge Lorenzo takes off his leathers to play Fashion Model

4 April, 2020
Playing male model for this month’s Spanish magazine DT, Jorge Lorenzo took off his Dainese D-Air leathers and his Nolan X-lite helmet to don some high class threads for this photo shoot.Thankfully they didn’t do the extreme makover that Riders…

John Hopkins to take time off from racing to heal

3 April, 2020
If there has been a rider that has always suffered tremendously from injuries which in turn conditioned in his racing career that has to be John Hopkins. The popular American racer has barely had a season that hasn’t been marred…

Jorge Lorenzo celebrates title with his fan club

3 April, 2020
Over 200 Jorge Lorenzo fans showed up at a dinner to celebrate the new World Champion at a restaurant outside Barcelona.A very emotional Lorenzo, thanked all his ‘Spartans’ for coming to the races and supporting him during the good and…

Franco Battaini to become Ducati's new Test Rider?

3 April, 2020
If you’ve been following Grand Prix racing for a number of years, many of you may remember Franco Battaini. The Italian rider who presently races in the Italian Supersport series, may become Ducati’s new test rider, replacing the recently promoted…

Troy Bayliss says he wants to make a comeback

3 April, 2020
Why does Troy Bayliss keep saying certain things, if he doesn’t really mean them and keep illuding his millions of orphaned Superbike fans?Last year, the former three times World Superbike champion was at the World Ducati Week at Misano and…

Photo of the Day: Ben Bostrom Butt Shot

3 April, 2020
Pro motorcycle racers usually play down injuries and bruises that they pickup after crashing, but AMA (DMG) Superbike rider Ben Bostrom isn’t shy about letting it all hang out and shows off this gargantuan bruise to his fans. Ouch! Can…

Drifting Jorian Ponomareff style (w/video)

3 April, 2020
Jorian Ponomareff is one of the best freestyle motorcycle stunt riders in the world and he hails from Montepellier France and his stunt videos are garnering attention around the world.He’s gone from a virtual unknown to a superstar in just…