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Moto3 Le Mans: Maverick Vinales does a Stoner in qualifying

31 March, 2020
Maverick Vinales took his maiden pole position in Moto3’s qualifying session at Le Mans. Unfortunately for the Moto3 riders the rain Gods decided they had been too lenient and decided to piss on the French track and then just tinkle…

Moto2 Qatar: Thomas Luthi takes first free practice

31 March, 2020
The first free practice of the 2012 Moto2 season at the Losail circuit in Qatar went to Swiss rider Thomas Luthi. The Interwetten Suter rider was the fastest rider on track after posting a best time 2′01.284 on his last…

Ki-yip-pee-yi! Race 2 also goes to Spies

31 March, 2020
In Race 2 in the second round of the WSBK in Losail, Ben Spies showed the WSBK world that he may be a rookie, but he is going to be the force to be rekoned with this year, when he…

Confirmed: John Hopkins to ride for Stiggy Honda

31 March, 2020
The rumors that were having John Hopkins in Stiggy Honda’s WSBK team after Kawasaki’s pullout from MotoGP have finally been confirmed today, when Hopper’s agent Bob Moore confirmed to Roadracing World that the 25 year old Anglo-Californian will riding a…

Team Guandalini sells a Ducati 1098 R WSTK

31 March, 2020
On sale on the site Ducati Corse Friends is a Ducati 1098R, ready for the Superstock 1000 Championship.The Ducati 1098 R, 1200cc, is nothing less than the second bike of Team Guandalini Superstock 1000. The price is 42,000 euros, negotiable.…

Moto2 World Champion Stefan Bradl to test MotoGP 800cc

31 March, 2020
Marco Simoncelli’s death, even if it cruel to say and think about, forced Fausto Gresini and Honda to scurry to find someone to replace the late Italian for the 2012 season.Andrea Iannone will be testing a Honda MotoGP on Tuesday…

MotoGP, Laguna Seca: photo gallery from the pits

31 March, 2020
In the wake of the massive photo gallery we published a while ago featuring some of the best imeages of the MotoGP race that has taken place at the Laguna Seca racetrack yesterday, here is a cool photo gallery with…

NCR-Ducati wins again

30 March, 2020
NCR Ducati wins at Mosport in the Canadian Superbike Championship.Two races at Mosport in the Thunder Class of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship. After a win under dry weather conditions, the Italian Valter Bartolini won again under wet conditions using…

MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 2012 provisional entry lists

30 March, 2020
FIM has released today the 2012 provisional entry lists for all three GP classes. In MotoGP, as expected there will be 21 riders: 12 riders between factory and satellite machines and 9 CRT entries with Aprilia RSV4 engines and with…

TT3D: Closer to the Edge now available on Blu-ray and DVD

30 March, 2020
2011 has finally seen a bumper crop of motorcycling racing documentaries, from Fastest to I, Superbiker, Charge and TT3D: Closer to the Edge, all different, but all have to be seen by any hard core racing fan who can’t get…

Marc Marquez wins Moto2 thriller in Qatar

30 March, 2020
Marc Marquez spent the whole nightmarish pre-season recovering from his eye injury, taking part only in the final test at Jerez, but the CatalunyaCaixa Repsol rider and Andrea ‘Crazy Joe’ Iannone offered some of the wildest racing in this first…

CIV riders to wear medical safety alert bracelet

30 March, 2020
It’s still in the experimental stage, but Ivan Capelli’s company Motivegeeks Labs (an ICT company) in collaboration with the Italian Motorcycle Federation has decided that this year’s CIV riders will be using a medical safety bracelet in order to improve…

MotoGP: It's Official, Hungarian GP Out, Aragon GP In

30 March, 2020
Carmelo Ezpeleta will have to open his wallet and buy dinner for the entire MotoGP Safety Commission. Dorna’s CEO lost his bet with Loris Capirossi. The FIM has just announced that the Hungarian Grand Prix at Balatonring has been cancelled.The…

Casey Stoner from 30th to 14th in Clipsal 500 race 2

30 March, 2020
After yesterday’s DNF in race 1 of the Clipsal 500 Dunlop series due to a punctured tire, in today’s race 2, Casey Stoner had to start thirtieth and the former two-time MotoGP World champion (38 victories and 69 podiums) drove…

Chris Vermeulen says Casey Stoner may struggle this Season

30 March, 2020
While Chris Vermeulen is sitting out this weekend’s WSBK round in Valencia after undergoing keyhole surgery on his damaged right knee, the Aussie rider got around talking about friend Casey Stoner and his chances of snaring a second MotoGP title…

MotoGP, Phillip Island: all the pics from paddock and pits

30 March, 2020
At the latest Australian GP Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) and Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) were the two undisputed stars of the MotoGP class, with the former winning his home GP for the sixth consecutive time and the latter clinching…

WSBK Imola Race 1- Haga Bounces Back

29 March, 2020
Italian engineering ruled during race one of the WSBK Championship at Imola. The podium saw Noriyuki Haga on Ducati take first, Max Biaggi on the Aprilia RSV4 take second and Haga’s team mate Michel Fabrizio, third place.Max Biaggi led most…

Niccolò Canepa joins Barni Racing's World Superstock Team in 2013

29 March, 2020
Niccolò Canepa’s World Superbikes rookie season with Red Devils Roma team ended during the Nurburgring round when he crashed out during practice sustaining multiple fractures to his right tibia and fibula.The young Italian rider will no longer be racing in…

Gabor Talmacsi's racing career at a crossroads

29 March, 2020
Gabor Talmacsi’s racing career is at a crossroads. The former 125cc World Champion finished 6th in this year’s Moto2 championship with Fimmco SpeedUp and was set to race the 2011 season with the Jack&Jones by Antonio Banderas squad.Unfortunately, the 29-year…