HM Plant Honda’s Josh Brookes made history at Silverstone by becoming the first rider to win on the all-new Arena circuit after coming out on top in an immense five-way battle on the final lap in Saturday’s National Superstock 1000 Championship race. Brookes had been second on the opening lap, before taking the lead from pole-sitter Sam Warren. The battle ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 20 June 2010
Sam Warren annexed pole position in a damp and gloomy second qualifying session at Silverstone this evening, riding his Midland Motorsport Honda. His best time of 2:39.36 was just 0.08s ahead of BMW rider Jon Kirkham. Glen Richards sits third on the Padgetts Honda only 0.133s further back and BSB star Josh Brookes completed the front row in a rare ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 18 June 2010
The first bikes out on track on the Silverstone GP track today were those in the National Superstock support class. Glen Richards posted the quickest time of 2:13.064s on the Padgetts Honda, from HM Plant Honda's Josh Brookes and Richard Cooper on the Jentin BMW. Richards said: "It's weird, there's no braking markers and you're not really sure of where ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 18 June 2010
Hiroshi Aoyama strengthened his grip on the 250cc World Championship with a start-to-finish victory in difficult conditions at Donington Park today. With the track still wet from earlier rainfall, the clouds threatening to bring more rain, and the race declared wet (which means the race goes full distance regardless of conditions), virtually the entire grid started the race on wet ...
- Motorcycle Sport
- MotoGP
- 26 July 2009
