2010

Year: 2010

Month: ALL

Suzuki boss expectant ahead of Qatar test

15 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki boss Paul Denning has told MCN the acid test of how much the 2010 factory GSV-R machine has improved will come during this week’s final winter test session in Qatar. A major target for Suzuki...

Motivated Dani Pedrosa reveals 2010 targets

15 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Factory Honda rider Dani Pedrosa has targeted a consistent challenge for race wins in 2010 as the MotoGP paddock prepares to conclude pre-season preparations in Qatar this week. Speaking at the...

Jorge Lorenzo confirms Qatar test participation

15 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Last year’s MotoGP world championship runner-up Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed he will participate in the final winter test session in Qatar later this week. The Spaniard was a major doubt having broken...

Lorenzo doubtful for Qatar test

09 March 2010 by Marc Potter

Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed to MCN that he is unlikely to make the next pre-season testing following a broken right hand in a motocross training accident on February 12. Lorenzo, 22, was speaking...

Valentino Rossi urges re-think from Marco Simoncelli

05 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has urged close pal Marco Simoncelli to take time to analyse why he has having such a baptism of fire in MotoGP, Rossi has tipped his compatriot to emerge as a major future star in...

Colin Edwards praises Yamaha development

05 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards has heaped praise on Yamaha after his impressive start to the 2010 MotoGP world championship testing campaign. The Texan has finished in the top five in both Sepang tests in Malaysia...

Suzuki delighted with Alvaro Bautista impact

05 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki’s factory MotoGP boss Paul Denning has spoken of his delight at the early performances of new recruit Alvaro Bautista. The Spaniard produced easily his best performance on the new GSV-R machine...

Marco Melandri expects good relationship with Marco Simoncelli

05 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Former MotoGP world championship runner-up Marco Melandri is confident the fact that he will partner another big name Italian star in the same team in 2010 won’t be a major issue. The former world...

Nicky Hayden cautious after Sepang test

04 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden has played down hopes he could emerge as a regular podium contender in 2010 after his impressive top three finish in the recent Sepang MotoGP test in Malaysia. The American gave his...

Hungary on course for September clash

04 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

The Hungarian GP at the new Balatonring looks certain to go ahead later this year. The circuit was due to host the first Hungarian GP since 1992 last season but was dropped off the calendar because...

Scott Redding upbeat despite lowly finish

04 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

British teenager Scott Redding declared himself happy with progress on his Marc VDS Racing Moto2 machine despite finishing a lowly 28th at the first official test in Valencia. Using Honda’s new spec...

Ben Spies grateful for Casey Stoner advice

03 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

American Ben Spies reckons the help and advice he’s getting from the likes of former world champion Casey Stoner is proving a massive help in him adapting to the MotoGP world championship. The...

Injury no big blow for Jorge Lorenzo, says Yamaha boss

03 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi’s Fiat Yamaha team boss Davide Brivio doesn’t believe Jorge Lorenzo’s early 2010 MotoGP title assault will be badly hindered by the Spaniard missing a third of pre-season testing. The...

Julian Simon heads close Moto2 timesheets

03 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Reigning world 125GP champion Julian Simon headed the timesheets on the second day of official Moto2 testing at the Valencia circuit in Spain yesterday. And hopes that a spec Honda engine, controlled...

Toni Elias fastest at first official Moto2 test

02 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Toni Elias showed why he is a hot favourite to win the inaugural Moto2 world championship after he topped the timesheets on the first day of the opening official test session in Valencia. The...

Dani Pedrosa Q and A

02 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Dani Pedrosa is confident he will be competitive when the new MotoGP season kicks off in Qatar next month. The Spaniard has had a tough pre-season campaign so far and issues in setting up his new...

Andrea Dovizioso Q and A

02 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

British GP winner Andrea Dovizioso has praised the effort Honda is putting in to try and claim its first 800cc MotoGP world championship in 2010. The Repsol Honda rider reckons development of the new...

Valentino Rossi is overwhelming title favourite, says Colin Edwards

01 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards has tipped former factory Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi as an overwhelming favourite to retain his MotoGP world title in 2010. Rossi has been in sensational pre-season form and the...

FB Corse told to prove competitiveness

01 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

The new FB Corse squad will only be given clearance to race in the 2010 MotoGP world championship if it can demonstrate its new three-cylinder 800cc machine is competitive. International Race Teams...

Jerry Burgess happy with Yamaha engine performance

01 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess reckons Yamaha has achieved its double target with the new 2010 factory YZR-M1 engine. With a team now restricted to using only six engines for the entire...

Valentino Rossi ends on top in Sepang

26 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi’s domination of the 2010 MotoGP pre-season continued today when the Italian topped the timesheets at a scorching hot Sepang circuit. The Italian has now topped each of the four days of...

Marco Simoncelli suffers second big Sepang crash

26 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

Marco Simoncelli’s baptism of fire in MotoGP continued at the Sepang circuit today after the Italian suffered a second massive high-side crash in three weeks at the Malaysia venue. The former 250GP...

Yamaha plan to continue racing 800cc YZR-M1 in 2012

25 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha intends to continue racing its prototype 800cc YZR-M1 machine in the MotoGP world championship in 2012, MCN can reveal. The Japanese factory is the first of the big four to signal its intention...

Has anyone seen FB Corse?

25 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

The future of the FB Corse squad still remains shrouded in mystery with the Italian-based team yet to be seen in track testing ahead of a planned 2010 MotoGP assault. But it seems that the FB Corse...

Moto2 engine well short of performance target

25 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

Honda’s official Moto2 engine will produce a miserly 125bhp. That is nearly 30bhp lower than initial targets and makes the spec CBR600RR motor around 20 to 25bhp less powerful than current World...

Valentino Rossi continues Sepang winter domination

25 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

Having dominated the opening winter test session of 2010 in Sepang, Valentino Rossi picked up where he left off earlier this month to comfortably head the timesheets in Malaysia today. The reigning...

FTR team up with Talmacsi and Iannone

25 February 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

FTR Moto has extended its 2010 Moto2 World Championship involvement by supplying machinery to the Speed Up Team of former 125cc World Champion Gabor Talmacsi of Hungary and Italian star Andrea...