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Jorge "Aspar" Martinez Gets his MotoGP Team

26 March, 2020
It has been finally confirmed that Jorge “Aspar” Martinez will get his MotoGP team for 2010.Martinez has been trying to to add MotoGP to his stable of racing teams and in these last three years has been knocking on all…

Moto2 Assen: Pol Espargaro dominates FP1

26 March, 2020
After dominating the entire Moto2 British GP weekend, Pol Espargaro seems to be in a state of grace, not withstanding having his team appeal rejected following the controversial crash at Catalunya, as in this morning’s first Moto2 free practice the…

Moto3, Le Mans: massive photo gallery from the French GP

26 March, 2020
The French GP of the Moto3 class surely provided for some unexpected turn of events: the bad weather conditions and the consequent lack of grip allowed young Frenchman Louis Rossi to seal away and clinch his first victory ever in…

Moto2: CIP Moto confirms Tomizawa and Aegerter

26 March, 2020
Another Moto2 team has confirmed their riders, Shoya Tomizawa and Dominique Aegerter have both signed up to ride with French Technomag-CIP team run by Alain Bronec.Tomizawa raced this year on a Honda with team CIP –GP 250 team finishing 17th…

Moto2: Hayate Racing Team changes name

26 March, 2020
The Hayate Racing Team that ran the 2009 season with an unbranded Kawasaki NinjaZX-RR after the factory’s decision to pullout of MotoGP, and last minute agreement between Dorna and the Japanese manufacturer saw the Hayate team run by Andrea Dosoli.The…

Crescent Suzuki admits talks with John Hopkins

26 March, 2020
Sometimes when there’s smoke, there’s also a burning pot roast in the oven and in this case the rumor concerning John Hopkin’s, who may be moving to the British Superbikes is true, as recently confirmed by Crescent Suzuki team manager…

MotoGP: New Rules for 2009 and 2010

26 March, 2020
In today’s press conference in Jerez, Vito Ippolito President of the FIM and Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta outlined the new rules that will be introduced for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.2009:1) From the Czech Republic GP in Brno and for…

Althea Racing to withdraw from World Superstock 1000?

26 March, 2020
Rumors from Italy are reporting that Genesio Bevilacqua’s World Superstock 1000 squad is withdrawing from the championship and will not be at Monza this weekend.Federico Sandi debuted at Imola qualifying 11th, but he DNF’d in the race after coming into…

MotoGP Assen Qualifying – Rossi back on Pole

26 March, 2020
This afternoon’s qualifying started with Valentino Rossi hitting the top of the timesheet almost immediately and the positions would continue to change during the hour with Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and Colin Edwards exchanging the top position. Rossi wasn’t giving…

WSBK Donington Race 1 – Spies takes 9th win

26 March, 2020
Ben Spies took his ninth World Superbike victory of the season in race one at Donington Park.Off the starting line Ben Spies race pace was impressive as it was all weekend, but the surprise came from Max Biaggi and his…

Ducati 1198R vs Tiger Helicopter

26 March, 2020
Here at Twowheels we usually don’t talk about the Australia Superbike Championship, but these pics with were too hard to pass up and not share.These Ducati 1198R Superbikes from Ducati Motologic factory team were just metres away from a hovering…

Marc Marquez to stay in Moto2 in 2012

26 March, 2020
Marc Marquez will be staying in Moto2 for another season. The rumors that he would be switching to MotoGP in 2012 in these last couple of months have finally been laid to rest as Emilio Alzamora and Marquez informed the…

ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse test at Cartagena

25 March, 2020
Giuliano Rovelli’s ParkinGo MV Agusta Corse team riders, Roberto Rolfo and Christian Iddon gave their two new MV Agusta F3 675’s in Supersport trim, a first shakedown during a two-day private test that was held at the Cartagena circuit, in…

2010 Isle of Man TT Zero readies for Wednesday race

25 March, 2020
The second Isle of Man TT Zero practice takes place today before the official race scheduled for Wednesday, June 9th. The first practice on Saturday was an exciting event, with MotoCzysz looking to create some seriously fast competition before it…

Valentino Rossi to retire at the end of the season?

25 March, 2020
While rumors regarding Casey Stoner retiring at the end of the season came from the Spanish and Italian press - and was shot down by the 2011 World Champion, this new rumor regarding Valentino Rossi comes from the English media.According…

Gardner and Moriwaki team up again

25 March, 2020
In 1981 Wayne Gardner launched his international career with Moriwaki Engineering. Now, thirty years later the famous Gardner/Moriwaki pairing are set to further cement their historical partnership.Team Gardner prepares to relocate to Barcelona Spain to advance the road racing careers…

Marco Melandri to test in Qatar

25 March, 2020
Marco Melandri has written on his Facebook profile that he will be present at the official night test this weekend in Qatar and will be joining the other Motogp riders after his appearance at the SpeedCar Series in Dubai, the…

MotoGP Assen Qualifying – Rider Quotes

25 March, 2020
Rider quotes from today’s qualifying session at the Assen circuit. Valentino Rossi - 1st - 1:36.025“This is a really good pole position because I’ve only had one other this season, at Motegi in strange conditions. I had a lot of…

Moto 2 Explained – Video

25 March, 2020
Still don’t understand the new Moto2 series that will be substituting the 250cc championship next year? Check out this video interview with Mike Webb, technical director for MotoGP and Jeremy Ferguson of Dunlop who’ll explain the new class for us.During…