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John Hopkins confirmed as Bautista's replacement for Jerez GP

26 April, 2020
John Hopkins will be making his return to MotoGP much sooner than he expected, because Rizla Suzuki has officially confirmed that their former rider will take Alvaro Bautista’s place in the second round of the season at Jerez.Bautista broke his…

John Hopkins to return to action at Imola

25 April, 2020
John Hopkins will finally be able to debut in this season’s World Superbike Championship during this weekend’s second round at Imola.The unlucky Crescent Fixi Suzuki rider who had broke his right hand in a pre-season test at Phillip Island that…

John Hopkins nabs Superpole at Silverstone

25 April, 2020
Superpole 1 saw one rider less on the grid at Silverstone after Tom Sykes crashed during FP2. The Kawasaki rider sprained his ankle and picked up a mild concussion. The first stint went to Eugene Laverty with a best lap…

Alvaro Bautista breaks femur in Qatar FP3 practice

23 April, 2020
We won’t be following Alvaro Bautista in this weekend’s Qatar GP. The sole Suzuki rider had a massive highside during the third free practice session at turn 15 and was stretchered out, now the unfortunate news coming for Losail is…

John Hopkins: I don't have osteoporosis

23 April, 2020
A familiar face was seen at the Sachsenring paddock this weekend, former MotoGP rider John Hopkins showed up with his wife Ashleigh at the Alpinestars hospitality.Answering questions regarding speculation that he may skip the WSBK round at Brno due to…

News about Roberto Rolfo

23 April, 2020
What’s Roberto Rolfo former WSBK rider doing after he got the axe from Stiggy Honda who dropped him for John Hopkins? He’s got a new manager and is thinking of competing in the Moto 2 CEV championship next year. Fabio…

Roberto Rolfo after the Stiggy Honda Axe

23 April, 2020
Roberto Rolfo who was axed by Stiggy Honda to make room for ex MotoGP rider John Hopkins has finally decided to talk and gave this interview to Italian website SBK Point with his side of the story: Roby, this has…

In John Hopkins, Out Roberto Rolfo

21 April, 2020
After the official announcement that John Hopkins would be joining the Stiggy Racing Honda Team from the third round of the Superbike Championship at Valencia, many fans were wondering if the team would put another bike on the grid or…

John Hopkins withdraws from Malaysian GP

20 April, 2020
John Hopkins has been forced to withdraw from the rest of this Sepang GP weekend. The American rider has suffered a relapse of the same hand injury that ruled him out of his wildcard appearance at Brno last August. At…

John Hopkins in WSBK? Maybe Not

20 April, 2020
With still no news about Kawasaki and the fate of riders John Hopkins and Marco Melandri and official MotoGP tests starting on Thursday, Hopkins is now being rumoured to be considering a move to the WSBK Championship to partner up…

John Hopkins and his M4 Suzuki

18 April, 2020
After FB Corse’s last press release who placed the blame on John Hopkins management and sponsor for loosing the American rider, Hopkins has now officially confirmed that he will race the 2010 AMA Pro season with Team Hammer.Here’s the American…

MotoGP: FB Corse to take part in Qatar Tests

17 April, 2020
FB Corse’s 3 cylinder bike is getting more and more into the news these days, but the Italian company has yet to give the bike it’s first official shakedown (it’s been a little over 3 months since we first saw…

John Hopkins to test in Qatar MotoGP test

12 April, 2020
It looks like Paul Denning team manager of Rizla Suzuki, actually wasn’t teasing when we reported the rumor that John Hopkins could get a wildcard ride in MotoGP this 2011.According to British website MCN.com, Hopper will actually be testing the…

John Hopkins with FB Corse in 2010

12 April, 2020
Early October, Andrea Ferrari of FB Corse stated that he wanted to hire MotoGP and WSBK refugee John Hopkins to develop and debut their three cylinder MotoGP bike, but it looked like negotiations were stuck, when rumors speculated that the…

FB Corse to Lose John Hopkins?

12 April, 2020
Former MotoGP and WSBK rider John Hopkins has been constantly linked and unlinked to ride for FB Corse, however the Italian race team who plans to debut during the MotoGP tests in Qater may find themselves without a rider, because…

FB Corse Dreams Shattered. John Hopkins to AMA

12 April, 2020
After a couple of months and tons of free publicity for both FB Corse and John Hopkins, it seems that the Anglo-American rider has decided to drop the idea of riding Andrea Ferrari’s 3 cylinder MotoGP bike like a hot…

John Hopkins to wildcard with Rizla Suzuki at Brno

12 April, 2020
After his excellent 10th place at Jerez when he replaced Alvaro Bautista who was out with a broken leg, former MotoGP rider John Hopkins is fast becoming a hot item around the Grand Prix paddock. The Anglo-American rider who is…

John Hopkins first test with Stiggy Honda

11 April, 2020
John Hopkins has concluded his first test onboard the Stiggy Racing Honda Superbike at the Almeria track in southern Spain before making his World Superbike Championship debut in Valencia this weekend. Hopkins took to the track for the first time…

Kawasaki ZX10R Race Replica John Hopkins

11 April, 2020
After some great replicas from Kawasaki, including last year’s ZX-10R MotoGP Replica, the Ninja ZX-RR Replica and the more recent ZX-6R Replica Monster , Kawasaki is now offering the Race Replica John Hopkins version, published on the Kawasaki Racing Team…

John Hopkins has not signed with FB Corse

9 April, 2020
We really goofed up this time and probably jumped the gun, but after posting the news just last week that John Hopkins had signed up to ride for the new MotoGP team FB Corse, we have now found out that…

WSBK – John Hopkins Health Update

9 April, 2020
John Hopkins and wife Ashleigh have updated their video diary so fans can check up on Hopkin’s road to recovery after his crash at the Nurburgring circuit, that left him with a small bruise on his brain and numerous torn…