May

Year: 2007

Month: May

Hobbs wins Supersport race

07 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Padgetts Motorcycles rider Dennis Hobbs took the honours at Oulton Park today (Monday) following a race-long battle with Relentless Suzuki’s Ian Lowry. Lowry had the upper hand following this...

Kiyonari takes race two but Lavilla weaves through

07 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Ruichi Kiyonari secured win number three of the season at Oulton Park this afternoon in a thrilling second race. The Japanese rider and defending champion had to fight hard for his win. Despite...

Lavilla claims race one at Oulton Park

07 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Gregorio Lavilla was back to winning ways in race one at Oulton Park this afternoon (Monday, May 7, 2007). The Spaniard, who won the first four races of the season, diced with teammate Leon Haslam...

Kiyo fastest in morning warm up

07 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

HM Plant’s Ryuichi Kiyonari set the pace in this morning’s warm up session on a damp track at Oulton Park. The Japanese rider set a best time of 1:45.876, completing eight laps around the Cheshire...

McGuinness snapped at Oulton

06 May 2007 by mark bolland

I got this picture of John McGuinness and my mate, Andy ‘mad dog’ Brown’s, wife Carol at Oulton Park. This was taken at Sunday’s pit lane walk. They will be thrilled to see this. Bolly

Lavilla pole at Oulton

06 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Gregorio Lavilla claimed his and Dunlop’s first pole position of the year for tomorrow’s fourth round of the Bennetts’ British Superbike championship at Oulton Park. The Airwaves Ducati rider just...

NW200 and IOM TT

06 May 2007 by skanner30

Anyone off to the NW200 or TT this year? I intend doing both this year, and am going to be doing photography of practice and races. Anyone got suggetions on where to be on the IOM TT circuit for...

Steve Plater and Spanish team-mate Julien Mazuecos dominated Saturday’s Six Hour Nightime Endurance race at Albacate in Spain. The Kawasaki France factory duo won by a lap from their Suzuki Endurance...

Three wins out of four for Stoner

06 May 2007 by Rob Hull

Casey Stoner has continued his superb start to the season by taking his third win of the season at the Shanghai GP at China. Stoner stretches his lead in the title race to 15 points over Valentino...

Lorenzo extends 250 Championship lead

06 May 2007 by Rob Hull

Defending 250cc World Champion, Jorge Lorenzo, celebrated his birthday weekend with a dominant performance, taking pole and the win in China. Despite a mistake early on in the race Lorenzo, who...

First 125 win for Pesek

06 May 2007 by Rob Hull

Czech rider Lucas Pesek scored his first Grand Prix victory this morning at the fourth race of the season in China. The Derbi rider took the win in front of a freight train of around ten riders all in...

Haslam tops first day at Oulton

05 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Leon Haslam topped the afternoon session at Oulton Park in practice for Bank Holiday Monday’s fourth round of the Bennetts British Superbike championship. Haslam, still badly bruised from his 174mph...

Rea tops BSB practice

05 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Jonathan Rea set the pace in the first free practice session at Oulton Park in preparation for Bank Holiday Monday’s fourth round of the Bennett’s British Superbike Championship. His best time on the...

Capirossi rues missed opportunity after Vermeulen crash

05 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Veteran Italian Loris Capirossi reckons he could have claimed a place on the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s Shanghai GP had he not crashed out with Aussie Chris Vermeulen at the end of...

Stoner favourite for Shanghai glory

05 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has backed Casey Stoner as favourite for tomorrow’s China GP in Shanghai despite his brilliant pole position in final qualifying this afternoon. Rossi, who said his 1.58.424 lap was...

Rossi storms to Shanghai pole

05 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi will start tomorrow’s China GP from pole position after an awesome qualifying display this afternoon saw him smash the Shanghai pole record. The Italian clocked the only sub 1.59 lap...

Roadtester and racer: Michael Neeves MRO Powerbikes Cadwell Park

05 May 2007 by Michael Neeves

MRO Powerbike championship. Round 3 – Cadwell Park 28th/29th April 2007. Saturday Qualifying position: 9th Superpole race: 9th Sunday Race 1: 9th Race 2: 8th For the week leading up to the third round...

Sweep Travels

05 May 2007 by Chilly

Sweep has been travelling the world getting pictures from all around the globe with famous landmarks. And so Sweep wanted to see his favourite racer Leon at Silverstone. This pic was taken a short...

Clash of the titans at Albacete

04 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

A clash of the titans is set to take place at the Albacete Six Hour night-time endurance race this weekend. The Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, reigning World Champions and first and second place...

Hopkins praises Bridgestone

04 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

American John Hopkins has praised Bridgestone’s new 800 tyres after he topped the timesheets in Shanghai today. The factory Suzuki rider topped an incredibly close second free practice session this...

Neevesy's MRO Powerbike Cadwell blog

04 May 2007 by Michael Neeves

MRO Powerbike championship. Round Three – Cadwell Park April, 28-29, 2007. Saturday Qualifying position: 9th Superpole race: 9th Sunday Race 1: 9th Race 2: 8th For the week leading up to the third...

Pasini sits on provisional pole for 125s

04 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Italian Mattia Pasini has put himself on provisional pole position for Sunday’s 125 race in Shanghai. The Polaris World man has failed to finish a race so far this year on his Aprilia but is hoping...

Hodgson ready if Kawasaki come calling

04 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Neil Hodgson has told MCN he is ready and willing to replace factory Kawasaki rider Olivier Jacque if the Frenchman is forced to miss forthcoming MotoGP races through injury. Jacque suffered a deep...

Lorenzo on provisional 250 pole

04 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Jorge Lorenzo has secured provisional pole this afternoon in Shanghai by going fastest in the first qualifying practice sessions. The Spaniard was second quickest this morning in free practice, but...

Talmacsi continues impressive form in 125s

04 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Current 125 championship leader Gabor Talmacsi continued his run of good form this morning in Shanghai by posting the fastest time. The Hungarian Aprilia rider recorded a time of 2:14.777 just a...

Barbera quickest for 250s in Shanghai

04 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Aprilia rider Hector Barbera recorded the fastest time of the first practice for the 250s in Shanghai. The Spaniard, whose best result so far this season was a third place at the opening race in...

Arm injury rules Jacque out of Shanghai clash

04 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Olivier Jacque’s nightmare return to the MotoGP world championship continued in Shanghai today when a crash in this afternoon’s second free practice session left him with a serious puncture wound in...

Hopper springs Shanghai surprise

04 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

American John Hopkins topped the timesheets in this afternoon’s second free practice session in Shanghai to show top speed isn’t everything in the MotoGP world championship. The factory Suzuki rider...

No new Suzuki motor until Le Mans

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Factory Suzuki duo John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen will have to wait until the French GP at Le Mans before they can get their hands on Suzuki’s new GSV-R motor. As expected, this weekend’s Shanghai...

Edwards fit and ready with engine upgrade

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards reckons a painful right knee injury won’t be a severe hindrance in this weekend’s Shanghai GP. This is as he prepares to run the upgraded Yamaha YZR-M1 engine Valentino Rossi used last...

WSBK spectator with a difference

03 May 2007 by Peter Troutt

Imagine our surprise when we saw this Dutch WSBK spectator sitting in the stand!

Stoner: Ducati start a dream come true

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP world championship leader Casey Stoner has admitted the start to his Ducati career has been like a ‘dream come true’ as he goes in search of a third win in four races in this weekend’s China...

Michelin boss worried about China challenge

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Michelin tyre boss Jean-Philippe Weber has admitted he is ‘afraid’ ahead of the China GP in Shanghai following Valentino Rossi’s rear tyre disaster in the recent Istanbul race. Hard casing tyres will...

Engine lease deals way forward for MotoGP

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

More projects like Kenny Roberts’ Honda deal could be a two-fold solution to some of the current financial problems hitting MotoGP teams. Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta believes other teams following...

Chaz Davies talks about AMA Supersport

03 May 2007 by Henny Ray Abrams

Brit Chaz Davies is in the States this year, racing for Celtic Racing in AMA Formula Xtreme and AMA Supersport. Here’s his story from the latest race at the California Speedway in California. Chaz...

Ecclestone: Rossi would have been mad to leave MotoGP

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi would have been ‘stupid’ to have made a multi-million pound switch to Ferrari’s Formula One team for 2007. That’s the view of F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone – the man who was desperate...