November

Year: 2011

Month: November

Rea and Aoyama working well in Qatar test

16 November 2011 by Michael Guy

Castrol Honda riders Jonathan Rea and new to WSB, Hiroshi Aoyama are mid way through their second day of testing at the Losail circuit in Qatar. The two men have benefited from near perfect testing conditions with 33 degree air temperature and 50 degree track temperature. Grip levels at the circuit are also good due to the amount of rubber on track following the 8 hour Qatar World Endurance race...

Dani Pedrosa pondering fresh shoulder surgery

16 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Dani Pedrosa is contemplating whether to have a plate removed from his right collarbone in the near future or delay further surgery until the end of the 2012 MotoGP world championship. The Repsol...

Westmoreland stays at WFR

16 November 2011 by Gary Pinchin

James Westmoreland has been confirmed for the Team WFR Honda team for 2012. He joined the team late in the season from Motorpoint Yamaha, James Westmoreland and rode their 2012 development bike in the...

Walker launches road race school

16 November 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Chris Walker will launch his new road racing school at Motorcycle Live, NEC Birmingham on Saturday. Only two weeks ago the BSB star announced Stalker MX, the motocross practice track he has bought at...

Team WFR sign Alex Lowes

16 November 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Team WFR Honda has brought Alex Lowes back into their fold alongside 2011 BSB Evo sensation Graeme Gowland and James Westmoreland for the 2012 British Superbike season. Following a brilliant start in...

Lowes back with WFR Honda

16 November 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Alex Lowes has returned to Team WFR Honda for 2012 and will line-up in a three-man team alongside Graeme Gowland and James Westmoreland. Lowes had three sensational meetings for the team in BSB Evo at...

Gowland gets second year with Team WFR

16 November 2011 by Gary Pinchin

BSB Evo sensation Graeme Gowland will get a second season with Team WFR Honda. Gowland was one of the stars of the show in the second half of the 2011 BSB season, bouncing back from a wrist injury to...

Michael Dunlop to race Sidecar TT

16 November 2011 by Stephen Davison

Double TT winner Michael Dunlop has announced that he intends to race in both the sidecar and solo classes at the TT next year – in an attempt to become the first winner on both two and three wheels...

More Donington Park race days in 2012

16 November 2011 by MCN Sportsdesk

Donington Park Racing has planning permission approved for 60 race days per annum for the next two years. It is the culmination of six month’s work by the Donington Park team who have been working...

FTR to build chassis for new Gresini 1000cc project

15 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

British specialists FTR will design and build the chassis for Fausto Gresini’s new Honda CBR1000RR-powered MotoGP project in 2012. The Italian team owner has chosen the Buckingham company, who have...

Nicky Hayden undergoes successful wrist surgery

15 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden has undergone successful surgery on the right wrist he broke in two places during a multi-rider collision at the first corner of the final MotoGP race in Valencia earlier this month. The...

Loris Capirossi at ease with retirement decision

15 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Loris Capirossi says he’s 100 per cent convinced that he made the right choice to quit MotoGP at the end of the 2011 campaign. The Italian veteran retired after 22 years in the world championship...

Manx GP under scrutiny

15 November 2011 by MCN Sportsdesk

The Isle of Man Department of Economic Development has launched a comprehensive consultative review to clarify the costs, benefits and future potential to exploit the Manx Grand Prix Festival. The...

Casey Stoner confident new Honda will get faster

14 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner believes Honda’s impressive new RC213V machine has plenty of room for improvement, despite the Aussie and team-mate Dani Pedrosa’s domination of last week’s 1000cc test in...

Suzuki poised to officially confirm MotoGP withdrawal

14 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

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...

TT Legends fifth in Doha

14 November 2011 by MCN Sportsdesk

The Honda TT Legends inaugural Endurance World Championship came to a close today with a fifth place finish in the Eight Hours of Doha at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. The resulting...

Ducati happy with testing rule boost

11 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

New testing regulations for MotoGP will help Ducati try and bridge the gap to Japanese rivals Honda and Yamaha, according to the Bologna factory’s technical guru Filippo Preziosi. MotoGP bosses have...

Alvaro Bautista determined to honour Marco Simoncelli in 2012

11 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Alvaro Bautista has vowed to give his all to honour the memory of late Italian rider Marco Simoncelli in 2012 after he joined the Gresini Honda squad this week. Bautista quit Suzuki with the Japanese...

Ben Wilson and David Jones stick with Gearlink Kawasaki

10 November 2011 by MCN

Gearlink Kawasaki have announced that Ben Wilson and David Jones are to ride for the team in 2012 Fuchs Silkolene British Supersport championship. Wilson missed out on the championship win by just one...

Great final race!

10 November 2011 by alan winstanley

Great race at the weekend to see out the 2011 MotoGP season!

Meeting Marco in 2009

10 November 2011 by den wilson

Marco and me at Donington, 2009.

Andrea Dovizioso seeks rear stability from Yamaha

10 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso made a solid rather than spectacular Yamaha 1000cc debut in Valencia this week after he ended the first test for 2012 with the fifth quickest time. The Italian clocked a best time of...

Valentino Rossi looks ahead to crucial Sepang test

10 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi quickly turned his attention to a crucial first test of 2012 at the Sepang track in Malaysia next January after he finished over 1.5s away from the fastest pace during a two-day test...

Cal Crutchlow impresses on Yamaha 1000cc debut

10 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow made an impressive start to the new 1000cc MotoGP era in Valencia this week when he ended a two-day test session at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in fourth place. The British rider finished...

First pic: Alvaro Bautista tests Gresini Honda

09 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Alvaro Bautista has made his debut for the Gresini Honda squad at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia this morning. The Spaniard has moved to the Italian squad after confirming he was leaving Suzuki...

Alvaro Bautista leaves Suzuki

09 November 2011 by Matthew Birt

Alvaro Bautista seems certain to move to the San Carlo Gresini Honda squad in 2012 after Suzuki confirmed in Valencia today that the former 125GP world champion has left the Japanese factory. Suzuki...