April

Year: 2007

Month: April

Cadwell lap times set to tumble

19 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Lap times at this year’s August Bank Holiday British Superbike race at Cadwell Park are set to tumble thanks to resurfacing work at the Lincolnshire circuit. The majority of work has been carried out...

McCoy still looking for a ride

19 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Former 500GP and WSB race winner Garry McCoy hasn’t given up on making a return to top flight racing. McCoy has been on the sidelines since being dropped by the Illmor MotoGP squad at the start of...

Edwards eyeing Rossi and Pedrosa threat

19 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Fiat Yamaha rider Colin Edwards has targeted team-mate Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa as the big threats in the 2007 MotoGP world championship, despite Casey Stoner’s promising start to the new...

WSB Valencia pictures

19 April 2007 by Mark Smith

Thought I would send in some pictures of the Valencia round of world superbikes. Xaus won the first race with Toseland winning the second after a brilliant battle with Haga. I am lucky as my...

Bennets Babes at Thruxton

19 April 2007 by Kerry Green

The Bennetts babes were kind enough to pose for pictures with Joseph and Laurence Green at Thruxton BSB. Dont they look fantastic. The girls look great too eh! Have a great 2007 BSB Kerry Green

Hopkins ready to take Suzuki engine gamble

18 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

American John Hopkins is willing to gamble on running a new Suzuki V4 800cc motor on the opening day of this weekend’s Turkish GP in Istanbul. Suzuki rolled out a new motor for Hopkins and Rizla...

Gibernau ties the knot

18 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Retired Spanish MotoGP racer Sete Gibernau continued to build his life away from racing recently when he married supermodel girlfriend Esther Canadas. The pair wed at a ceremony in Girona, just...

Stoner talks Turkey

18 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner is confident he can repeat his 2006 podium finish in Istanbul this weekend to keep the pressure on early MotoGP world championship leader Valentino Rossi. Istanbul was the venue of...

Rossi to erase '06 Istanbul disaster

18 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Former world champion Valentino Rossi will look to continue his brilliant start to the 2007 MotoGP world championship in Istanbul this weekend on a track where he is still to register a victory. The...

Brands behind the scenes

18 April 2007 by Peter Bladen

We won the Chris Jones auction and are getting a special year at all BSB rounds including pit access, safety car laps and helicopter flights. Here are a few behind the scenes pictures from BSB...

Thruxton Photos

18 April 2007 by Steve Guest

Ron Haslam and Michael Rutter have seen my son has an ice cream. MEanwhile, Chris Walker has a word with his mechanics after the second race at Thruxton. And I do not care if you are leading the...

Fantastic day at Brands

18 April 2007 by rideout-sw

Here are a couple of shots from the BSB round at Thruxton. There is one of Chris Walker and another of Shane Byrne. What a fantastic day’s racing.

Thruxton picture gallery

18 April 2007 by Kevin Langridge

Here are some pictures I took at Thruxton last weekend at the British Superbikes. They include Cal Crutchlow, Scott Smart and Gregorio Lavilla.

I now like racing

17 April 2007 by Marta

I don’t know much about motorcycles, and wasn’t particularly interested in it in the past. But then my boyfriend took me to the Bennetts British Superbikes at Brands Hatch. To be honest I found it...

HMRC Endurance at Snetterton

17 April 2007 by Gary Bransgrove

The weekend of April 7 and 8 saw the first round of the HMRC two-hour junior tag endurance race at Snetterton and this is how my weekend went. Not everything went to plan. In the morning practice my...

BSB pictures from Brands Hatch

17 April 2007 by Terry Evans

Here are some pictures I managed to get standing at Hawthorn’s at Brands Hatch. The first is the two Leons – Camier going past Haslam – in the second BSB race The second picture is Steve Plater on...

Kagayama told not to crash

17 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Yukio Kagayama had a disappointing weekend in Valencia after receiving strict instructions by his Alstare Suzuki team boss Francis Batta not to crash. In the last two rounds at Phillip Island and...

Hayden remaining positive ahead of Turkey

17 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Reigning world champion Nicky Hayden is refusing to let his bitterly disappointing start to the defence of his MotoGP crown dent his morale as he prepares for this weekend’s Turkish GP in...

Chilled out Gregorio

17 April 2007 by Mark Wagstaff

Gregorio still had time to let me have my photo taken with him. This is as well as winning both races at Brands Hatch. What a top bloke, cheers, Mark

Grant and Lowry come together at Thruxton

17 April 2007 by Kerry Green

Thruxton Supersport Race Tom Grant and Ian Lowry came together and this was the result. This is one picture from a great sequence where Lowry runs over Grant’s neck. Fortunately both riders seemed...

BSB Racing Sunday, April 9

16 April 2007 by Chris Slow

Here are some of my photo’s that I took at the BSB event on Sunday, April 9 at Brands Hatch. I hope that you enjoy the photo’s.

Coghlan gets Turkish GP ride

16 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Scottish teenager Kev Coghlan will make a shock world championship comeback in this weekend’s Turkish 125 GP in Istanbul. Coghlan, who has a 100 per cent podium record in the 2007 British 125...

Sufuoglu takes Valencia supersport win

16 April 2007 by Sarah Carnell

An early battle for first place saw Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda), Andrew Pitt (Honda) and Pere Riba (Kawasaki) Broc Parkes rode through the pain barrier at Valencia following his broken collar bone injury...

Video: Valencia WSB race 2 highlights

16 April 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Watch the highlights from the second World Superbike race at Valencia. Check out the video below to see some fantastic acion from James Toseland as he extends his title lead even further. Video...

Video: Valencia WSB race 1 highlights

15 April 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Watch the highlights from the first World Superbike race at Valencia. Check out the video below to see some fantastic acion from Ruben Xaus and a very gutsy performance from the recently injured Troy...

Lavilla survives Honda onslaught in race two

15 April 2007 by MCN

Gregorio Lavilla took his second double victory from two rounds of the British Superbike championship, despite a last lap onslaught from four Hondas. The race was red-flagged around lap 11, with...

Toseland triumphs in Valencia race two

15 April 2007 by MCN

James Toseland took a hard-fought victory in the second race at Valencia to triumph over Max Biaggi by 0.287. The top six places were close together for much of the race, until the top three of...

Xaus takes WSB win at Valencia

15 April 2007 by MCN

Ruben Xaus took his first win since 2003 in race on at Valencia, triumphing in changing conditions. The Spaniard was in fifth away from the line but battled his way through to take the win from...

Lavilla wins first race at Thruxton

15 April 2007 by MCN

Race one at Thruxton saw Gregorio Lavilla come throught the field to take his third win in three races, after getting away from the line in fifth place. He took the win by a comfortable margin from...

Video: Valencia Superpole highlights

14 April 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Troy Bayliss took an incredible ppole position for the Valencia round of World Superbikes and you can watch the highlights here. Click the video below to watch the wet session that saw Ruben Xaus and...

Bayliss secures wet Superpole

14 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Troy Bayliss survived a trip through the gravel trap in the final ten minutes of the wet Superpole session to take pole position for tomorrows two WSB races at Valencia. Bayliss set a best lap of...

Hill takes first BSB pole at Thruxton

14 April 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy Hill scored his first ever BSB pole and the first pole for Pirelli in the series with the fastest ever lap around the 2.356 mile Thruxton circuit in this afternoon’s qualifying session for...

Brookes fastest in wet, but Bayliss stays on pole

14 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Troy Bayliss remained in provisional pole position this morning after rain in Valencia meant no one was able to improve on their lap time from the opening qualifying on Friday. The fastest time in the...

Camier quickest in Saturday BSB practice

14 April 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Leon Camier set the pace in this morning’s BSB free practice at Thruxton for tomorrow’s second round of the Bennett British Superbike Championship. The Bike Animal Honda rider was the only one to...

Brands BSB photos

13 April 2007 by Mark

Here are some photos from the Brands BSB meeting. I was lucky enough to get a pit-pass, so I managed to get some close-up’s of the riders. Also, I got a photo of Shakey and Leon having their...

Lavilla heads Thruxton second practice

13 April 2007 by MCN

Gregorio Lavilla continues the form he showed at Brand Hatch last weekend by setting the pace in this afternoon in free practice for Sunday second round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship...