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MotoGP: Johann Zarco joins Castrol LCR Honda for 2024 season

MotoGP: Johann Zarco joins Castrol LCR Honda for 2024 season

LCR Honda has confirmed the signing of two-time Moto2 World Champion Johann Zarco for the 2024 MotoGP season. The news comes days after Zarco’s upcoming departure from Pramac Racing Ducati was...

Manx Grand Prix 2023: Gary Vines has died

Manx Grand Prix 2023: Gary Vines has died

Manx Grand Prix rider Gary Vines has died following a crash during the first qualifying session of the 2023 event on Sunday August 20. Vines, aged 33, was involved in an incident at Ballagarey in...

BSB: Luke Stapleford joins DAO Racing Kawasaki for Cadwell Park

BSB: Luke Stapleford joins DAO Racing Kawasaki for Cadwell Park

Luke Stapleford will stand-in for Dean Harrison at DAO Racing next weekend as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship heads to Cadwell Park. Harrison, who will be leaving the team at the end of...

Roads: Davey Todd joins Milwaukee BMW by TAS Racing for 2024 season

Roads: Davey Todd joins Milwaukee BMW by TAS Racing for 2024 season

Davey Todd will contest the 2024 Isle of Man TT and other road racing events onboard a BMW M1000RR after signing a deal with TAS Racing. Todd will run under the Milwaukee BMW by TAS Racing banner...

BSB Thruxton: Jason O'Halloran doubles up with sensational race two performance

BSB Thruxton: Jason O'Halloran doubles up with sensational race two performance

Jason O’Halloran performed yet another Thruxton masterclass to take his second Bennetts British Superbike Championship victory of the weekend. The McAMS Yamaha racer started the race from the third...

BSB: MSVR appointed European Promotional Partner for MotoAmerica King of the Baggers Series

BSB: MSVR appointed European Promotional Partner for MotoAmerica King of the Baggers Series

Bennetts British Superbike Championship organisers MSVR have been appointed European Promotional Partner for the MotoAmerica King of the Baggers series. Interest in the championship, which includes...

BSB: OMG Racing to become official factory Yamaha team in 2024

BSB: OMG Racing to become official factory Yamaha team in 2024

OMG Racing will become the factory Yamaha team in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship next season following Steve Rodgers’ decision to step back from racing. The McAMS Yamaha boss’ decision...

MotoGP: Triumph and Dorna agree new five-year engine deal in Moto2

MotoGP: Triumph and Dorna agree new five-year engine deal in Moto2

Triumph Motorcycles will remain as the exclusive engine supplier to the Moto2 World Championship until at least the end of the 2029 season. It was confirmed at Silverstone on Thursday evening...

WSB: Jerez to host 2023 season finale in October

WSB: Jerez to host 2023 season finale in October

Jerez will host the final round of the 2023 World Superbike Championship season following the removal of the Argentinian round from the calendar. The Circuito San Juan Villicum was due to host the...

MotoGP: Yamaha sign Alex Rins for 2024 season

MotoGP: Yamaha sign Alex Rins for 2024 season

Alex Rins will leave LCR Honda at the end of the 2023 MotoGP season and join Fabio Quartararo at Yamaha. Rins will replace Franco Morbidelli at Yamaha, with the latter’s departure confirmed earlier...

MotoGP: Franco Morbidelli to leave Yamaha at the end of 2023

MotoGP: Franco Morbidelli to leave Yamaha at the end of 2023

Yamaha has confirmed that Franco Morbidelli will not continue with the team following the conclusion of the 2023 MotoGP season. The 28-year-old joined the factory Monster Energy Yamaha squad during...

BSB: McAMS Yamaha to leave championship at the end of 2023

BSB: McAMS Yamaha to leave championship at the end of 2023

McAMS Yamaha will not be on the 2024 Bennetts British Superbike Championship grid following owner Steve Rodgers’ decision to scale back on his involvement in racing after three decades. Rodgers’...

MotoGP Silverstone: Iker Lecuona to replace Alex Rins at LCR Honda

MotoGP Silverstone: Iker Lecuona to replace Alex Rins at LCR Honda

Iker Lecuona will replace Alex Rins at LCR Honda next weekend for the British MotoGP at Silverstone. Rins is still recovering after breaking his right leg in a crash during the sprint race at...

MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow to make wildcard appearance at Motegi

MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow to make wildcard appearance at Motegi

Cal Crutchlow will make his return to the MotoGP grid later this season as a wildcard entrant at the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi. Yamaha’s test rider will race under the Yamalube RS4GP Racing...

BSB Brands Hatch: Tommy Bridewell extends championship lead with Race Two victory

BSB Brands Hatch: Tommy Bridewell extends championship lead with Race Two victory

Tommy Bridewell has extended his Bennetts British Superbike Championship series lead after securing victory in Race Two at Brands Hatch. The BeerMonster Ducati rider made his way through the field...

BSB: Dean Harrison to leave DAO Racing Kawasaki at the end of 2023

BSB: Dean Harrison to leave DAO Racing Kawasaki at the end of 2023

Dean Harrison and DAO Racing Kawasaki will part ways at the end of the 2023 Bennetts British Superbike Championship and road racing season. The partnership has been a successful one on the roads...

BSB: Organisers reveal new National Sportbike and Kawasaki British Superteen Championships for 2024

BSB: Organisers reveal new National Sportbike and Kawasaki British Superteen Championships for 2024

Bennetts British Superbike Championship organiser MSVR have revealed two new support classes for 2024 – the Pirelli National Sportbike Championship and Kawasaki British Superteen Championship.

BSB Brands Hatch: Liam Delves replaces injured Hector Barbera at TAG Racing Honda

BSB Brands Hatch: Liam Delves replaces injured Hector Barbera at TAG Racing Honda

Liam Delves will replace the injured Hector Barbera at TAG Racing Honda this weekend as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship heads to Brands Hatch. Delves parted company with Rapid CDH...

WSB: Sam Lowes and Marc VDS Racing join forces with Ducati for 2024 season

WSB: Sam Lowes and Marc VDS Racing join forces with Ducati for 2024 season

Sam Lowes and the Marc VDS Racing team will switch from Moto2 to the World Superbike Championship next season. Lowes will be equipped with a Ducati V4 R, the bike which propelled Alvaro Bautista to...

BSB Snetterton: Tommy Bridewell makes it two from two in Norfolk

BSB Snetterton: Tommy Bridewell makes it two from two in Norfolk

Tommy Bridewell produced another Snetterton masterclass to win his second Bennetts British Superbike Championship win of the weekend. The BeerMonster Ducati rider came on top in an eight-lap...

BSB: Franco Bourne to make debut at Snetterton with Honda Racing UK

BSB: Franco Bourne to make debut at Snetterton with Honda Racing UK

Franco Bourne will make his Bennetts British Superbike Championship debut this weekend at Snetterton after joining Honda Racing UK. Bourne, one of Britain’s brightest prospects, is stepping in for...

BSB: Tito Rabat joins McAMS Yamaha for Snetterton and Brands Hatch

BSB: Tito Rabat joins McAMS Yamaha for Snetterton and Brands Hatch

Tito Rabat will make his return to the Bennetts British Superbike Championship this weekend at Snetterton. The Spaniard will race for McAMS Yamaha in Norfolk, stepping in for Tim Neave, who has...

WSB Donington: Alvaro Bautista claims UK double as Danilo Petrucci seals maiden podium

WSB Donington: Alvaro Bautista claims UK double as Danilo Petrucci seals maiden podium

Alvaro Bautista’s stranglehold on the World Superbike Championship continued at Donington Park as he claimed Ducati’s first victories at the circuit since 2011. Victory in Saturday’s opening race...

BSB: Damon Rees dies following battle with unexpected medical condition

BSB: Damon Rees dies following battle with unexpected medical condition

British Supersport racer Damon Rees has died at the age of 28 after losing his battle against a sudden unexpected medical condition. The New Zealander raced in the Supersport class this year...

BSB Knockhill: Glenn Irwin leads BeerMonster Ducati one-two in race three

BSB Knockhill: Glenn Irwin leads BeerMonster Ducati one-two in race three

Glenn Irwin bounced back from his crash in race two by winning the third and final Bennetts British Superbike Championship race of the weekend at Knockhill. Irwin took the lead of the race away...

MotoGP Sachsenring: Jorge Martin beats Pecco Bagnaia to secure the double

MotoGP Sachsenring: Jorge Martin beats Pecco Bagnaia to secure the double

Jorge Martin came out on top in a bar-to-bar battle with Pecco Bagnaia at the Sachsenring to secure his second career MotoGP Grand Prix victory. Martin completes the double in Germany having won...

MotoGP Sachsenring: Marc Marquez withdraws from the German Grand Prix

MotoGP Sachsenring: Marc Marquez withdraws from the German Grand Prix

Marc Marquez has withdrawn from the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring after suffering yet another crash during this morning’s warm up session. The Repsol Honda rider had a highside going through...

MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa to make KTM wildcard appearance at Misano

MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa to make KTM wildcard appearance at Misano

Dani Pedrosa will return to the MotoGP grid in September as a wildcard entrant for the Red Bull KTM team at Misano. Pedrosa, the Austrian manufacturer’s test rider, last raced at Jerez this season...

MotoGP: Joan Mir ruled out of German Grand Prix with hand injury

MotoGP: Joan Mir ruled out of German Grand Prix with hand injury

Joan Mir will not take part in this weekend’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring after injuring his hand at Mugello last weekend. The Repsol Honda rider fell during the second practice session,...

MotoGP: Alvaro Bautista to take part in two-day Ducati test at Misano

MotoGP: Alvaro Bautista to take part in two-day Ducati test at Misano

Reigning World Superbike Champion Alvaro Bautista will take part in a two-day MotoGP test at Misano on June 20-21. The Aruba.it Racing Ducati racer has dominated so far in 2023, winning all but one...

Isle of Man TT Round-Up: Michael Dunlop completes Supersport double with record-breaking 130mph lap

Isle of Man TT Round-Up: Michael Dunlop completes Supersport double with record-breaking 130mph lap

Michael Dunlop continued his stunning form at the 2023 Isle of Man TT this afternoon with a record-breaking victory in the second Supersport race. Dunlop became the first rider to break the 130mph...

Isle of Man TT 2023: Raul Torras Martinez has died

Isle of Man TT 2023: Raul Torras Martinez has died

Raul Torras Martinez has been killed in a crash during the opening Supertwin race at the 2023 Isle of Man TT. The 46-year-old crashed at the Alpine section of the course between the 16th and 17th...

BSB: Jason O'Halloran gets his hands on 2023 WorldSBK parts at Knockhill Test

BSB: Jason O'Halloran gets his hands on 2023 WorldSBK parts at Knockhill Test

McAMS Yamaha’s Jason O’Halloran got the chance to test new 2023 parts from their World Superbike Championship counterparts during a two-day test at Knockhill earlier this week. The Aussie’s 2023...

BSB: Andrew Irwin suffers fractured right humerus in Knockhill test crash

BSB: Andrew Irwin suffers fractured right humerus in Knockhill test crash

Andrew Irwin has been diagnosed with a fractured right humerus following an incident during the private Bennetts British Superbike Championship test at Knockhill. The Honda Racing UK rider crashed...

WSB: Toprak Razgatlioglu to join BMW in 2024 following Yamaha departure

WSB: Toprak Razgatlioglu to join BMW in 2024 following Yamaha departure

Toprak Razgatlioglu has signed a deal with the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team and will race for the German manufacturer next season in the World Superbike Championship. The announcement comes...

BSB Donington: Jason O'Halloran secures first win of 2023 in chaotic second race

BSB Donington: Jason O'Halloran secures first win of 2023 in chaotic second race

Jason O’Halloran clinched his first Bennetts British Superbike Championship victory of the season in a chaotic second race of the weekend at Donington Park. The riders were left with a five-lap...