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Tommy with Worx Suzuki

Gary Pinchin, 11 November 2009 10:09

Tommy Hill lines up with Yukio Kagayama in the Worx Suzuki BSB team next year.Hill was at Crescent Suzuki in Verwood last Thursday to sign his 2010 contract with the team and told MCN: “I had a lot of interest in me but it all came down to two main options, Hydrex Honda or Worx Suzuki. I opted for Suzuki ...

Hodgson close to Motorpoint Yamaha deal

Gary Pinchin, 02 November 2009 12:26

Neil Hodgson is thought to be close to agreeing terms to ride for Rob McElnea’s Motorpoint Yamaha team next year. McElnea was the former WSB champion’s first port of call when he visited the Croft BSB round back in September – when Hodgson admitted to MCN he was looking to make a return to BSB. And he’s also to visit ...

Andrews survives monster crash

Gary Pinchin, 15 October 2009 12:11

Simon Andrews was concussed, battered and bruised after he had barrel-rolled across the gravel trap on the first lap of the final race at Oulton on Sunday. The MSS Kawasaki rider had finished sixth and ninth (with a stone through the radiator casuing his engine to overheat) in the previous two races but highsided at the brow of the hill ...

Guintoli operation

Gary Pinchin, 15 October 2009 11:59

Sylvain Guintoli was due in surgery today to have one screw removed from the plates and pins that were used to repair the tibia and fibula smashed in his Donington Park crash early in the season. Guintoli told MCN: They are taking out one of the screws just below my knee that seems to be inflaming the joint. My leg ...

Tommy Hill aims for Oulton podium

Gary Pinchin, 08 October 2009 17:58

Tommy Hill goes to the final MCE British Superbike round at Oulton Park this weekend, still aiming to achieve his goal of at least one podium finish this year. He said: “At Silverstone we improved the result from Croft, and had two consistent top five finishes, but as I said in the interviews at the time, I still haven't achieved ...

Valentine says keep FIM superbike rules

Gary Pinchin, 02 October 2009 15:22

Worx Suzuki team boss Jack Valentine is not convinced that the new Evo rules that call fro superstock engines and control ECUs are the way forward for BSB. He told MCN: “The FIM superbike rules (which allow full engine tuning and full engine management systems) are by far the best. Suzuki’s philosophy is that want to follow the FIM too. ...

Rutter: One BSB season. Five different bikes

Gary Pinchin, 02 October 2009 15:16

Michael Rutter finally achieved something few of his rivals would never wish to contemplate – riding every make of machine in one season of BSB.Rutter pulled the dustsheets off the Ducati he rode all through the 2008 season to run it at Silverstone having previously ridden Yamaha, Suzuki Honda and Kawasaki machinery. But it was no fairy tale return. The ...

Cooper back in BSB on Co-ordit Yamaha

Gary Pinchin, 22 September 2009 10:58

Richard Cooper is back in the MCE British Superbike Championship at Silverstone this weekend with the Co-ordit Yamaha team. Cooper joins the Cup competition for the second time this season after an outing earlier in the year at Mallory Park, when he qualified on the front row and scored a top five finish. The Co-ordit Yamaha team will also be ...

Seeley tests superbike

Gary Pinchin, 17 September 2009 18:05

Recently-crowned National Superstock champion Alastair Seeley has been testing the Relentless by TAS Suzuki superbike at Kirkistown today in preparation for a potential MCE BSB debut at Silverstone next weekend. Seeley rode the Magneti Marelli-equipped GSX-1000 that Atsushi Watanbe has been racing in BSB this year and team boss Philip Neill told MCN: “He’s had a handful of laps on ...

Rutter back in BSB on Ducatis

Gary Pinchin, 17 September 2009 09:21

Michael Rutter makes a return to BSB at Silverstone, riding the ex-NW200 Ducatis that are still owned by Irish Businessman Alastair Kennedy. Rutter has secured backing from Black Horse Finance, Shoei Helmets and Bathams Brewery to rekindle his BSB career and will also race the Italian V-twins in the final BSB round at Oulton. He said: “I was sitting around ...