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Estoril MotoGP remains in doubt

Matthew Birt, 16 January 2012 14:38

The Portuguese MotoGP round at the Estoril circuit, scheduled to take place on May 6, remains in doubt with no current agreement in place with rights owners Dorna. Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta confirmed to MCN in Italy last week during an appearance at Ducati’s 2012 MotoGP team launch that talks were on-going with Estoril management. But the Spaniard confirmed no ...

Rossi and Hayden keen to check CRT performance

Matthew Birt, 12 January 2012 11:24

Factory Ducati duo Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden are both keen to gauge the performance potential of the new production-based 1000cc MotoGP machines (CRT) in 2012. Nine of the 21 bikes that will start the new season in Qatar on April 8 will be privately developed projects like the Suter/BMW and FTR-Kawasaki. The new CRT rules allow an independent team ...

MotoGP boss pledges cheaper bikes and closer racing in 2013

Matthew Birt, 12 January 2012 09:57

MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta has laid out his vision for MotoGP in 2013 and beyond by pledging to get manufacturers to supply cheaper bikes while cutting the gulf in performance between factory prototypes and the new production-based 10000cc machines. Ezpeleta is adamant that if Yamaha wants to keep leasing bikes to Cal Crutchlow’s Tech 3 squad or Honda to supply ...

Dorna gauging factory opinion on future MotoGP rules

Matthew Birt, 16 December 2011 21:28

Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta is in the process of staging individual meetings with senior management from Honda, Yamaha and Ducati over plans to introduce radical changes to technical rules in MotoGP. With the on-going global economic crisis continuing to have a major impact in the MotoGP paddock, Ezpeleta has threatened sweeping rule changes to slash costs in world championship racing. ...

Tech 3 to build MotoGP chassis

Matthew Birt, 06 December 2011 13:27

Cal Crutchlow’s Tech 3 MotoGP squad will design and build a chassis for a new 1000cc MotoGP bike that could be raced as early as 2013. The French-based squad will commence work on developing its own 1000cc project as part of a master plan by MotoGP bosses to get all current satellite teams to instigate a drastic change in their ...

Suzuki confirms MotoGP withdrawal

Matthew Birt, 18 November 2011 10:19

Suzuki has officially announced it has withdrawn from the MotoGP world championship with immediate affect, ending months of speculation about the future of the Japanese factory squad. A short statement issued today said that the impact of the global economic crisis had been a major influence on Suzuki’s decision to suspend its MotoGP effort for 2012 and '13. The Hamamatsu ...

Suzuki poised to officially confirm MotoGP withdrawal

Matthew Birt, 14 November 2011 11:49

Suzuki is expected to officially confirm it will withdraw from the MotoGP world championship before the end of this week. The Japanese factory was set a deadline by Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta to commit to the new 1000cc MotoGP class by last Friday (November 11), as was first reported by MCN. There was no public confirmation from Suzuki that it ...

Suzuki set Friday deadline to commit to MotoGP in 2012

Matthew Birt, 08 November 2011 16:24

Suzuki has until Friday to commit to the 2012 MotoGP world championship, MCN can reveal. Suzuki team boss Paul Denning and Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta met in Valencia yesterday (Monday) to discuss the future of the British-based squad. Ezpeleta said that he would wait until Friday for a final decision, with his ultimatum demanding an assurance from Suzuki that if ...

Over 50,000 fans expected to attend Marco Simoncelli’s funeral

Matthew Birt, 26 October 2011 17:31

Marco Simoncelli’s funeral will take place in Italy tomorrow (Thursday) with more than 50,000 fans expected to attend. Italy has been a nation united in grief since the popular 24-year-old died from multiple injuries sustained in a second lap incident during Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. Simoncelli lost control of his Honda RC212V machine at Turn 11 and was ...

MotoGP paddock pays tribute to Simoncelli

Ped Baker, 24 October 2011 08:55

MotoGP riders, managers and teams have been paying tribute to Marco Simoncelli, the charismatic and talented rider who was tragically killed at the Malaysian MotoGP on Sunday. The Italian was seen as a natural successor to Valentino Rossi, with his youthful exuberance, sharp wit and larger than life personality. Valentino Rossi left the Sepang circuit too distraught to speak to ...