2010

Fewer mistakes vital for Jorge Lorenzo, says new Yamaha boss

Fewer mistakes vital for Jorge Lorenzo, says new Yamaha boss

Jorge Lorenzo’s new team boss Wilco Zeelenberg reckons the key to the Spaniard mounting a stronger challenge for MotoGP glory in 2010 will be making fewer mistakes than last season. Zeelenberg, who...

MotoGP bosses set for more 1000cc talks in Sepang

MotoGP bosses set for more 1000cc talks in Sepang

The introduction of a new 1000cc capacity limit for the 2012 MotoGP world championship campaign will be further discussed at this week’s Sepang test session in Malaysia. MotoGP bosses thrashed out an...

Swiss Moto2 squad shows of 2010 project

Swiss Moto2 squad shows of 2010 project

The Technomag CIP squad has shown off its new Moto2 contender that will challenge for honours in the new 600cc four-stroke world championship class in 2010. The team will run Swiss rider Dominique...

Valentino Rossi: ‘Yamaha is my first choice’

Valentino Rossi: ‘Yamaha is my first choice’

Valentino Rossi has reiterated his desire to remain at Yamaha in 2011 if he opts to delay retirement. Rossi’s premier class future has already been the subject of frenzied speculation with the...

Casey Stoner backs Bradley Smith for title assault

Casey Stoner backs Bradley Smith for title assault

Casey Stoner reckons rising British star Bradley Smith will be a serious 125GP world title contender in 2010. The Aussie has been monitoring Smith’s career closely and was impressed with the...

Rizla sign new Suzuki MotoGP deal

Rizla sign new Suzuki MotoGP deal

Rizla will remain as title sponsor of Suzuki’s factory MotoGP effort in 2010 and 2011, as was first reported by MCN at the beginning of December, Suzuki announced today (Monday) that it had secured a...

McCoy back in MotoGP with FB Corse

McCoy back in MotoGP with FB Corse

Garry McCoy will make a sensational return to the Grand Prix paddock where he made his name after signing a two-year deal to ride for FB Corse in MotoGP. MCN can confirm that the 37 year old...

Tech 3 boss confident in Moto2 line-up

Tech 3 boss confident in Moto2 line-up

Tech 3 Moto2 boss Herve Poncharal believes Yuki Takahashi and Raffaele de Rosa will be strong contenders for victories in the new 600cc four-stroke world championship in 2010. The pair completed a...

Positive test for Tech 3 Moto2 in Valencia

Positive test for Tech 3 Moto2 in Valencia

Despite poor weather ruining two out of three scheduled test days at the Valencia circuit in Spain, the Tech 3 squad was still happy with an encouraging performance from its new Moto2 contender this...

Scott Redding’s Moto2 debut set for Catalunya

Scott Redding’s Moto2 debut set for Catalunya

Scott Redding’s first chance to test for his new Marc VDS Moto2 squad will be at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona on February 17. The Gloucestershire rider will take part in a three-day test...

Brits excited after checking out Silverstone revamp

Brits excited after checking out Silverstone revamp

British Grand Prix trio Bradley Smith, Scott Redding and Danny Webb have spoken of their excitement and anticipation ahead of this year’s Silverstone MotoGP clash. Smith, Redding and Webb all got...

Bradley Smith heads 27-strong 125GP grid

Bradley Smith heads 27-strong 125GP grid

Bradley Smith will start the 2010 125GP world championship campaign as clear pre-season favourite after a 27-rider grid was unveiled today. Smith, who became Britain’s most successful rider since...

Scott Redding ponders tough Moto2 field

Scott Redding ponders tough Moto2 field

Scott Redding will face five riders who raced in MotoGP last season and three world 125GP champions in what promises to be a fiercely fought inaugural Moto2 600cc series in 2010. Toni Elias, Alex de...

2010 MotoGP entry list released

2010 MotoGP entry list released

As expected, only 17 riders will start the 2010 MotoGP world championship with all eyes on the hugely anticipated title scrap between Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Dani...

Dani Pedrosa looks to cut out mistakes

Dani Pedrosa looks to cut out mistakes

Dani Pedrosa has admitted he will need to cut out costly errors if he is to claim an elusive MotoGP crown in 2010. The Spaniard has failed to seriously challenge for the premier class campaign in his...

Jerry Burgess hails Yamaha YZR-M1 machine

Jerry Burgess hails Yamaha YZR-M1 machine

Yamaha’s factory YZR-M1 MotoGP machine will be remembered as one of the greatest bikes in racing history, according to Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess. Burgess and Rossi transformed the...

Valentino Rossi impresses in Ferrari F1 test

Valentino Rossi impresses in Ferrari F1 test

Rain and fog couldn’t prevent Valentino Rossi from showing his prowess on four wheels as the Italian bike legend ended a two-day test session in a 2008 Ferrari F1 car thrilled with his pace. Rossi,...

Debon to ride British-built FTR in Moto2

Debon to ride British-built FTR in Moto2

FTR Moto will supply machinery to the Motor Sport 69 Team of Spanish rider Alex Debon for his campaign in the inaugural Moto2 World Championship in 2010. Debon will race the M210 in the 17-round...

Interview: Bradley Smith - ’I don’t feel like an adult’

Interview: Bradley Smith - ’I don’t feel like an adult’

Nice. It’s a suffocating thing to be called. But only if you’re as vacuous as the average vacuum-packed, teeth-whitened teenage overachiever. MCN talks to a man who’s looked beneath his...

No New Year weight loss for Hiroshi Aoyama

No New Year weight loss for Hiroshi Aoyama

While millions of people embark on a weight loss regime for the New Year, reigning 250GP world champion Hiroshi Aoyama is looking to do the opposite. The Japanese rider has embarked on a rigorous...

Suter MMX: the most popular bike in Moto2

Suter MMX: the most popular bike in Moto2

A third of the bikes taking part in Moto2 could be Suter MMXs, the provisional list of entries reveals. The Swiss firm – which built Kawasaki’s MotoGP chassis and will supply slipper clutches to the...

Rain fails to dampen Valentino Rossi’s Ferrari fun

Rain fails to dampen Valentino Rossi’s Ferrari fun

Rain and a couple of early spins failed to dampen Valentino Rossi’s enjoyment as he got behind the wheel of a Ferrari F1 car for the sixth time at the Catalunya circuit in Spain yesterday...

Video: Inmotec MotoGP bike on track

This is the new Inmotec MotoGP machine seen in track testing recently in Spain. The Spanish V4 800cc contender was ridden by test rider Ivan Silva and has now completed 12 successful days of testing as Inmotec still hopes to be part of the MotoGP world championship in 2010 with selected wild card appearances. Test rider Silva said: “The engine is very powerful and very easy to ride. This is very...

John Hopkins to race in MotoGP and American superbikes?

John Hopkins to race in MotoGP and American superbikes?

John Hopkins could go from having no ride to two in 2010. Hopkins’ representatives have informed MCN that he could make a shock MotoGP return this season riding for the Italian-based FB Corse...

Casey Stoner wants to stay at Ducati

Casey Stoner wants to stay at Ducati

Casey Stoner has given Ducati a massive boost ahead of the 2010 MotoGP world championship by stating he has no intention of quitting the Bologna factory when his current contract expires. The...

Size doesn’t matter, says Ben Spies

Size doesn’t matter, says Ben Spies

Ben Spies reckons he’s calmed his apprehension about being too heavy to be a serious contender in MotoGP in 2010. The reigning World Superbike champion weighs in at 70kg and will be one of the...

Loris in Belfast

Loris in Belfast

Guess who I bumped into last Friday (15/01/10) in Belfast. Non other than MotoGP legend Lori Capirossi!

Toni Elias confirms Gresini Moto2 ride

Toni Elias confirms Gresini Moto2 ride

Spaniard Toni Elias will join the new Moto2 world championship in 2010, riding a Moriwaki machine for Fausto Gresini’s squad. The 2006 Estoril MotoGP winner, who tested the Moriwaki MD600 machine in...

Nicky Hayden praises ‘special talent’ Casey Stoner

Nicky Hayden praises ‘special talent’ Casey Stoner

Nicky Hayden has heaped praise on factory Ducati team-mate Casey Stoner ahead of the 2010 MotoGP world championship. Ever since the Aussie joined Ducati in 2007, he has single-handedly turned the...

Casey Stoner feeling relaxed for title assault

Casey Stoner feeling relaxed for title assault

After an injury and surgery free winter, Australian rider Casey Stoner believes he’s much more relaxed and ready for a serious assault on the 2010 MotoGP world championship crown. Stoner has been...

Nicky Hayden beats Ferrari F1 duo in kart race

Nicky Hayden beats Ferrari F1 duo in kart race

Nicky Hayden claimed his first win of 2010 when he claimed a surprise success over Ferrari F1 duo Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in a go-kart clash on ice last week. Hayden also defeated factory...

Valentino Rossi treated for appendix problem

Valentino Rossi treated for appendix problem

Valentino Rossi won’t require surgery after undergoing treatment for an inflamed appendix in Italy yesterday (Thursday). The nine-times world champion, who is bidding for a third successive MotoGP...

John Hopkins’ MotoGP return in doubt

John Hopkins’ MotoGP return in doubt

Hopes that John Hopkins will make a shock return to the MotoGP world championship in 2010 appear to be fading fast. It has been rumoured for several weeks that Hopkins was poised to make a premier...

Yamaha boss doubts Ducati move for Valentino Rossi

Yamaha boss doubts Ducati move for Valentino Rossi

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

Nicky Hayden’s attitude like Carl Fogarty’s

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...

Video: Ducati shows off new GP10 MotoGP machine

Video: Ducati shows off new GP10 MotoGP machine

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...