January

Year: 2010

Month: January

Yamaha boss doubts Ducati move for Valentino Rossi

15 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi will shun any chance to complete a multi-million switch to Ducati in 2011. That’s the confident prediction of his current Fiat Yamaha team manager Davide Brivio, who believes Rossi...

Nicky Hayden’s attitude like Carl Fogarty’s

15 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati boss Claudio Domenicali has likened Nicky Hayden’s steely determination and desire to succeed to British World Superbike legend Carl Fogarty. The popular American started his Ducati MotoGP...

Dakar stage 12 - Lopez Contardo takes 3rd win

14 January 2010 by James Keen

With a win in stage 12 Chilean rider Francisco Lopez Contardo has taken the 3rd victory for Aprilia and claimed 2nd place in the overall standings. The Chilean said: “It was a wonderful stage and very...

Video: Ducati shows off new GP10 MotoGP machine

14 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati rolled out its new 2010 MotoGP challenger in Italy yesterday (Wednesday). The GP10, which features a revised Big Bang firing order, was unveiled at the Madonna di Campiglio ski resort, with...

Ducati boss talks about 2010 GP bike

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati race boss Claudio Domenicali has given some insight into the significant changes made to the Bologna factory’s new GP10 MotoGP challenger. The new bike was officially unveiled today at Ducati’s...

Ducati unveil 2010 MotoGP contender

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

This is the bike Ducati hopes will end Yamaha’s recent domination of the MotoGP world championship in 2010. The GP10 was officially rolled out at Ducati’s 2010 team launch at the spectacular Italian...

Valentino Rossi set for Ferrari F1 test

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi will be back behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula One car next week. The reigning MotoGP world champion will get a two-day run out in an older version of Ferrari’s F1 car at the...

Dakar stage 11 - Verhoeven victorious for BMW

13 January 2010 by James Keen

Dutchman Frans Verhoeven took an unexpected victory for BMW in the 11th Dakar stage. It looked like we were set to witness another victory for Catalan rider Marc Coma and KTM, but a navigation error...

Interwetten squad unveil Moto2 plan

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Hiroshi Aoyama’s Interwetten Honda MotoGP squad has announced it will also contest the new Moto2 600cc four-stroke world championship in 2010. The new squad will run former world 125GP champion Thomas...

2010 HM Plant Honda: talking tech

13 January 2010 by Gary Pinchin

MCN talked to the team’s two crew chiefs Adrian Gorst (with Ryuichi Kiyonari in 2010) and Chris Pike (in Brookes’ corner this year) to find out what they think about their rider’s chances in 2010 –...

Honda Racing’s stats makes them top team in BSB

13 January 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Honda Racing, based in Louth since 1990 (and home to the HM Plant Honda team), is Britain’s most successful racing team. Don’t believe it? Check out the stats! 57 – WSB race wins between 1994 and 2002...

Michael Laverty signs for Relentless Suzuki

13 January 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Laverty has signed to ride for the Relentless by TAS Suzuki team in BSB this year. He joins National Superstock champion Alastair Seeley in the all-Irish team line-up. Laverty won the 2007...

Video: Ducati duo talk illness, new bikes and team changes

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Former MotoGP world champions Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden have ended the annual factory Ducati launch at the spectacular Madonna di Campiglio ski resort in Italy. But before they were allowed to...

Kev Coghlan rides FTR in Spanish Moto2 ride

13 January 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Spanish and European Supersport champion Kev Coghlan is racing in Spain again this year with the title-winning Joe Darcy team – but is switching to ride in the national Moto2 championship on a...

Ducati duo excited about 1000cc MotoGP switch

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Factory Ducati duo Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden have spoken of their excitement and anticipation ahead of MotoGP reverting back to a 1000cc capacity limit for 2012. MotoGP bosses thrashed out an...

Nicky Hayden optimistic for 2010

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden has backed himself to impress on Ducati’s new GP10 machine this season after a tough debut MotoGP campaign for the Bologna factory last year. Hayden scored a solitary podium in 2009 and...

Tom Sykes: “We’ve still got a lot to test”

12 January 2010 by Michael Guy

Tom Sykes has revealed that he still have a host of new parts and settings to test on his factory Kawasaki when he heads to the three day test at Portimao next week. The 24 year old who switched from...

Relentless back North West 200

12 January 2010 by Stephen Davison

Relentless Energy Drink was named today as the title sponsor of the 2010 International North West 200 road race, which takes place on Saturday, May 15 on the famed 8.9-mile course that links to the...

Dakar stage 10 - Coma claims consecutive stage win

12 January 2010 by James Keen

KTM rider Marc Coma took his 4th victory for the KTM team in the 10th Dakar stage in Chile. Yamaha riders Frétigné and Rodrigues finished in second and third respectively. Catalan Coma said: “Now...

Dakar Stage 9 – Coma takes stage victory from Despres in thrilling head to head race

12 January 2010 by Michael Guy

KTM riders Marc Coma and Cyril Despres showed their dominance on stage nine of the Dakar with a wheel to wheel race to the finish line. After countless passes during the 170KM special stage, Coma won...

Casey Stoner: ‘Valentino Rossi is the man to beat’

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner reckons Italian rival and nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi will be his main adversary as the Aussie sets his sights on regaining the MotoGP crown in 2010. Speaking at the launch...

Casey Stoner confident, fit and raring to go

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Factory Ducati rider Casey Stoner is confident he will mount a much stronger challenge for MotoGP glory in 2010 having overcome the health issues that killed off his prospects last season. The Aussie...

Yamaha unveil Jorge Lorenzo’s new team boss

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha has confirmed that Wilco Zeelenberg will be the new boss of Jorge Lorenzo’s factory MotoGP squad in 2010, as was revealed by MCN over three weeks ago. Dutchman Zeelenberg joins the team from...

Ducati 2010 team launch kicks off

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden have kicked off Ducati’s spectacular 2010 MotoGP team launch at the annual pre-season event in the Italian ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio. The event officially gets underway today (Tuesday), but before proceedings started with various media engagements, Aussie Stoner took to the slopes to show off his skiing prowess. The 2007 world champion looked relaxed as he...