May

Year: 2012

Month: May

Colin Edwards won’t rush injury return

15 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards has pledged not to rush back to MotoGP action from the broken left collarbone he suffered in Estoril earlier this month, but is still optimistic of a comeback in the forthcoming...

Poll: What should Rossi do?

14 May 2012 by MCN

It’s not going well for the Italian legend this year. Seventh at the Portuguese MotoGP is his best result so far and rumours of retirement persist in the media. If you were Rossi, what would you do...

James Ellison keeps Paul Bird ride for Le Mans

11 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

James Ellison will be on board the Paul Bird Motorsport Aprilia ART machine at next weekend’s French MotoGP round, despite threats to replace him with BSB title contender Shane Byrne. Bird had...

Colin Edwards: “My two big choices were Vermeulen or Haslam”

09 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards advised his Forward Racing MotoGP squad that Chris Vermeulen and Leon Haslam were his preferred options to replace him during next weekend’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans. The Texan will...

Chris Vermeulen to replace Colin Edwards in Le Mans

09 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aussie Chris Vermeulen will make a return to MotoGP action next week when he replaces injured Colin Edwards in the French Grand Prix. Forward Racing rider Edwards has been ruled out with the badly...

Valentino Rossi rubbishes retirement talk

09 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has moved quickly to dismiss reports claiming the Italian star was going to retire at the end of 2012. A report in today’s Daily Telegraph claimed Rossi would retire at the end of his...

Cal Crutchlow: Stoner is in another league

08 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

British rider Cal Crutchlow believes it will be tough for Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa to wrestle the MotoGP title away from Casey Stoner in 2012 based on the reigning world champion’s recent...

Estoril MotoGP: Cortese takes win

06 May 2012 by MCN

KTM rider Sandro Cortese has taken his first Moto3 victory of 2012 ahead of rival Maverick Vinales. Kalex KTM rider Luis Salom took the third step of the podium. The final lap was a tough saw a tough...

Oulton Park BSB: Hill on pole for triple header

06 May 2012 by MCN

Current BSB champion Tommy Hill will start tomorrow’s first BSB race at Oulton Park from pole position, with team-mate Noriyuki Haga also starting from the front row for the first time in 2012. Rapid...

Estoril MotoGP: Stoner victorious

06 May 2012 by MCN

Current MotoGP champion Casey Stoner dominated at Estoril today to take his second victory in a row onboard his Repsol Honda and his first ever win at the Portugese circuit. Stoner lead from start to...

Estoril MotoGP: Marquez takes second win of 2012

06 May 2012 by MCN

Moto2 title hopeful Marc Marquez has taken his second victory of the 2012 season at Estoril today after a last lap battle with fellow Spaniard Pol Espargaro. Thomas Luthi led for the majority of the...

Estoril MotoGP: Stoner takes first pole of 2012

05 May 2012 by MCN

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has taken his first pole position of the 2012 season at Estoril today, beating team-mate and title rival Dani Pedrosa. Tech 3 rider Cal Crutchlow continues his...

Estoril MotoGP: Stoner leads dry second practice

04 May 2012 by MCN

Casey Stoner tops the times from Friday free practice at Estoril. The dry second practice session of the day allowed the Australian Repsol Honda rider to post a time of 1:38.396. Yamaha’s Ben Spies...

Poll: Will Cal Crutchlow maintain his MotoGP form?

01 May 2012 by MCN

Cal Crutchlow scored another brilliant fourth place in last weekend’s MotoGP, making it three fourths in a row if you count the final race of last season. Is this enough to count as form? Can we...