March

Year: 2011

Month: March

Re-live classic MotoGP races on British Eurosport

09 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP fans will be able to re-live some of the best races of the modern era in a special series of ‘Best Battles’ to be screened on British Eurosport during 2011. British Eurosport will screen a...

Andrea Dovizioso expects to mount title challenge

09 March 2011

Andrea Dovizioso believes he can mount a serious threat to win the 2011 MotoGP world championship. The Italian has been in impressive form during the winter testing campaign with the new factory Honda...

Valentino Rossi’s best mate unveils Moto2 squad

09 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi’s lifelong best friend Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci unveiled the new Moto2 squad he is helping run in 2011 in Milan yesterday (Tuesday). Salucci helped show off the new Speed Master Team...

Casey Stoner against extended Qatar MotoGP weekend

08 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner says he is against the new format for the season opening night race in Qatar, with the schedule extended to four days for 2011. Five pratice sessions will take place on Thursday night...

Casey Stoner predicts wide open title fight

08 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner says he’s expecting the 2011 MotoGP world championship fight to be a wide open contest. The Aussie has made an impressive switch to the Repsol Honda squad for the new season and he...

Ben Spies won't be fazed by Jorge Lorenzo threat

08 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies won’t be fazed at all by having current MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo as his team-mate in 2011, according to former team boss Herve Poncharal. Spies hasn’t been defeated by a team-mate...

Yamaha more united without Valentino Rossi

08 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha will attempt to win a fourth successive MotoGP crown in 2011 as a much more united force, according to new factory rider Ben Spies. Following the departure of talisman Valentino Rossi to...

Alvaro Bautista: 'I'm better off alone'

08 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Alvaro Bautista reckons it will be more beneficial for him to operate as the lone rider in Suzuki’s factory MotoGP squad for 2011. The Spaniard will be Suzuki’s single entry this year following the...

Norton continuing MotoGP talks for 2012

07 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Norton continues to be in regular contact with Dorna about a potential 2012 entry in the new 1000cc MotoGP class. But Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta said there was still no guarantee that the legendary...

Rossi's potential tough to gauge, says Colin Edwards

07 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi’s true potential on Ducati’s new factory GP11 will be difficult to fully understand until the Italian has regained 100 per cent fitness. That’s the view of Colin Edwards as Rossi...

Honda desperate for final 800cc glory

07 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Honda bosses have admitted failure to win the final 800cc MotoGP world title in 2011 would be a massive disappointment. HRC hasn’t seriously challenged for an 800cc world title since the class was...

Scott Redding: 'I'm ready to bang fairings again.'

07 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding says he can’t wait for the cut and thrust of competition again having completed his Moto2 world championship preparations in Jerez yesterday (Sunday.) The 18-year-old ended the...

Rain disrupts Jerez Moto2/125 testing

04 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

After the recent three-day Estoril test was virtually washed out by persistent rain, hopes that the Moto2 and 125GP field would benefit from more favourable conditions in Jerez were quickly dashed...

Yamaha can cope without Rossi and Furusawa, says race boss

04 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis is adamant the double blow of losing star rider Valentino Rossi and the major engineering influence of Masao Furusawa in the space of a few months will not hurt the Japanese...

Andrea Dovizioso: Internal battle helping Honda

04 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso reckons the intense internal competition at HRC in 2011 is helping lift the performance of the impressive new RC212V machine. Honda is going all-out to win the final 800cc world title...

Dani Pedrosa to make last minute chassis choice

04 March 2011

Dani Pedrosa will leave it to the last minute to decide which factory Honda chassis he will begin his quest to win a first MotoGP world title on later this month. Despite only two days of pre-season...

Colin Edwards: Rossi not holding back

03 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards dismissed suggestions that Valentino Rossi is deliberately avoiding showing his true potential ahead of his competitive Ducati debut in Qatar next month. American Edwards mocked gossip...

Cal Crutchlow's 2011 MotoGP livery unveiled

03 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

This is the new Monster Yamaha Tech 3 livery that Cal Crutchlow and Colin Edwards will race in the 2011 MotoGP world championship. Racing with his favourite number 35, former World Supersport champion...

Casey Stoner: Ducati won't be worried

03 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner isn’t expecting Ducati’s current dip in form to drag on for long with the Australian convinced Valentino Rossi will be competitive in the early part of the 2011 MotoGP world...

Motorland Aragon clinches long-term MotoGP deal

01 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

The popular Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain has secured a long-term place on the MotoGP calendar having signed a deal with Dorna today to host a race until at least the end of 2016. The new Spanish...

Suzuki set sights on top six challenge

01 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki is aiming to become a more consistent threat for the top six when the new MotoGP world championship kicks off in Qatar later this month. Alvaro Bautista has impressed during winter testing so...

Loris Capirossi: Phillip Island must move in 2012

01 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Italian veteran Loris Capirossi is adamant there will be no climb down from the powerful MotoGP Safety Commission over demands to move the date of the Phillip Island race in Australia next year. A...

Tech 3 rules out Moto3 bid

01 March 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow’s Tech 3 Racing squad will not expand its Grand Prix effort to be involved in all three world championship classes in 2012. The French-based squad already competes in MotoGP with...