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BSB: FS-3 Racing Kawasaki join forces with Cheshire Mouldings in title sponsorship deal
Yesterday 17:16 by
FS-3 Racing has joined forces with Cheshire Mouldings in a deal which sees the latter become the team’s new title sponsor in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. Cheshire Mouldings,...
WSB: Exclusive Q&A with Crescent Yamaha boss Paul Denning
Yesterday 16:53 by
Crescent Yamaha made history last year by becoming the first British team to win the Riders’, Teams’, and Manufacturers’ Championships. They did that by ending Jonathan Rea and Kawasaki’s stranglehold...
Roads: John McGuinness joins SMT Racing for TT Supersport races
18 May 2022 by
John McGuinness will reunite with the returning SMT Racing team in the Supersport class at this year’s Isle of Man TT. McGuinness will ride a Honda CBR600RR in the two four-lap races, as he joins...
MotoGP: Enea Bastianini secures third victory of the season at Le Mans
16 May 2022 by
Enea Bastianini is proving to be a genuine MotoGP title contender this season after storming to his third victory of the 2022 season at Le Mans. The Gresini Racing star, who is the only rider to...
North West 200: Glenn Irwin extends unbeaten Superbike streak to six races with 2022 double
16 May 2022 by
Glenn Irwin’s dominance of the Superbike class at the North West 200 continued on Saturday as he won both races onboard his official Honda Fireblade. The results mean that Irwin has now won the...
MotoGP: Suzuki confirms plans to quit at the end of 2022
12 May 2022 by
Suzuki has confirmed that talks are underway with Dorna regarding the possibility of the manufacturer leaving MotoGP at the end of the season. Rumours began to circulate last week that Suzuki could...
BSB: Chrissy Rouse documentary launched on Amazon Prime
11 May 2022 by
A new documentary which tells the story of Chrissy Rouse’s 2020 National Superstock 1000 title-winning campaign has been released on Amazon Prime. The film, directed by Dave Baum, is titled Chasing...
Roads: Josh Brookes to race for PBM Ducati at the North West 200
27 April 2022 by
Josh Brookes will race in both Superbike races at this year’s North West 200 after securing the seat vacated by Michael Dunlop at Paul Bird’s Ducati team. Dunlop revealed that the deal between him...
Roads: Michael Rutter set for TT and NW200 return with Bathams Racing
27 April 2022 by
Michael Rutter and the Bathams Racing BMW racing team will return to the Isle of Man TT and North West 200 road racing events this season. At the NW200, Rutter will compete in the Superbike and...
BSB: Harrison Crosby joins Danny Buchan’s Pro83 Academy
20 April 2022 by
Danny Buchan’s Pro83 Academy had added Harrison Crosby to its portfolio of riders for the 2022 season. Crosby joins British Supersport rider Zak Corderoy and CIV R6 Cup contender Evann Pendrill in...
BSB Silverstone: Tarran Mackenzie to miss opening round following ankle surgery
12 April 2022 by
Reigning Bennetts British Superbike champion Tarran Mackenzie will miss this weekend’s season opener at Silverstone after undergoing successful ankle surgery. Mackenzie fractured his left ankle in a...
WSB Aragon: Alvaro Bautista wins twice on his Ducati return
11 April 2022 by
Alvaro Bautista ensured that his second debut with Ducati was a positive one by winning two of the three World Superbike Championship races at Aragon. Bautista lost out to Jonathan Rea in a stunning...
MotoGP COTA: Enea Bastianini secures his second victory of 2022
11 April 2022 by
Enea Bastianini has returned to the top of the MotoGP standings after clinching his second win of the season at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas. The Italian came out on top in a Ducati battle,...
BSB Silverstone Test: Rory Skinner tops day one as Tarran Mackenzie suffers suspected left ankle fracture
06 April 2022 by
Rory Skinner was the fastest rider overall on the opening day of the official Bennetts British Superbike Championship test at Silverstone, but reigning champion Tarran Mackenzie was taken to hospital...
WSB: Leon Haslam to make four wildcard appearances with Team Pedercini Kawasaki
06 April 2022 by
Bennetts British Superbike Championship rider Leon Haslam will make wildcard appearances at four World Superbike Championship events with Team Pedercini Kawasaki this season. Haslam returns to the...
MotoGP: Marc Marquez to make his return at the Americas Grand Prix
06 April 2022 by
Marc Marquez will make his MotoGP return this weekend for the Americas Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas. The Repsol Honda rider missed the Argentina Grand Prix after being diagnosed...
BSB: Steve Day joins Eurosport as lead commentator
04 April 2022 by
Discovery Eurosport has confirmed that Steve Day will take over as lead commentator for the 2022 Bennetts British Superbike Championship season. Day takes over from veteran BSB commentator Jack...
WSB: Phillip Island to host 2022 season finale
01 April 2022 by
Phillip Island will host the 12th and final round of the 2022 World Superbike Championship season. The iconic Australian circuit will close-out the season on November 18-20, once week after the...
BSB: Tarran Mackenzie to make WorldSBK debut in Assen wildcard
01 April 2022 by
Tarran Mackenzie will make his World Superbike Championship debut this month in a wildcard appearance at Assen. The reigning BSB champion will race a WorldSBK specification Yamaha R1 with his McAMS...
MotoGP Argentina: Friday practice cancelled due to freight delays
31 March 2022 by
The opening day of the 2022 Grand Prix of Argentina has been cancelled due freight arriving late to the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit. The delays have been caused by two separate issues affecting two of...
MotoGP: Takaaki Nakagami to miss Argentina round after positive Covid-19 test
31 March 2022 by
Takaaki Nakagami will not race at this weekend’s Grand Prix of Argentina after testing positive for Covid-19. The LCR Honda rider tested positive on Monday and has since had two more positive test...
BSB Exclusive: Danny Buchan launches the Pro83 Academy
30 March 2022 by
Bennetts British Superbike Championship rider Danny Buchan has launched his own academy to try and help young British riders make their way up the motorcycle racing ladder. Named Pro83, the academy...
Roads: 2022 Isle of Man TT start numbers revealed
25 March 2022 by
The top 20 start numbers for this year’s Isle of Man TT Superbike and Senior Race have been revealed by the organisers. On his return to Honda, John McGuinness MBE will start at number one and will be...
WSB: Garrett Gerloff and Kohta Nozane unveil 2022 GRT Yamaha livery
24 March 2022 by
Garrett Gerloff and Kohta Nozane have revealed the 2022 GRT Yamaha World Superbike livery ahead of their two-day test in Barcelona. GRT Yamaha are the third team to unveil their new colours this week,...
WSB: Pata Yamaha unveil 2022 livery ahead of Barcelona Test
24 March 2022 by
The Pata Yamaha with Brixx 2022 livery has been unveiled by reigning World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and Andrea Locatelli. For the first time in Yamaha’s history the illustrious number...
MotoGP: John McPhee ruled out of Argentine Grand Prix
24 March 2022 by
John McPhee will not be able to make his return to action at next weekend’s Argentine Grand Prix. The Scot missed the Indonesian round after fracturing two vertebrae during a Supermoto training...
WSB: Kawasaki unveil 2022 ZX-10RR livery ahead of Barcelona test
24 March 2022 by
Jonathan Rea and Alex Lowes have revealed their 2022 Kawasaki ZX-10RR World Superbike livery ahead of a private test in Barcelona. The KRT team hosted a special launch event at the Circuit de...
BSB: Tim Neave joins Edwards 1902 Yamaha for 2022 Superstock campaign
23 March 2022 by
Tim Neave has joined the McAMS Yamaha backed Edwards 1902 squad for his 2022 Pirelli National Superstock Championship campaign. The Edwards 1902 Yamaha set-up will again receive full support from the...
BSB: Jack Kennedy unveils Mar-Train Yamaha livery ahead of Snetterton test
23 March 2022 by
Mar-Train Racing has unveiled its new livery for the 2022 Quattro Group British Supersport Championship season. The Northern Ireland based team will field four-time Supersport champion Jack Kennedy...
MotoGP: Front ride-height devices banned from 2023
23 March 2022 by
Following a meeting of the Grand Prix Commission it has been determined that use of front ride-height devices will be banned in MotoGP from 2023 onwards. It’s technology that has been introduced into...
BSB: Charlie Nesbitt joins VisionTrack Suzuki for 2022 Superstock campaign
21 March 2022 by
Reigning GP2 champion Charlie Nesbitt will move into the Pirelli National Superstock Championship with VisionTrack Suzuki this season. Nesbitt dominated the GP2 class in 2021, taking 14 victories and...
BSB: Billy McConnell joins C&L Fairburn Properties Jackson Racing Honda
21 March 2022 by
Billy McConnell will remain in the Pirelli National Superstock Championship this season after signing for the new C&L Fairburn Properties Jackson Racing Honda team. McConnell departs the Rich Energy...
MotoGP Indonesia: Miguel Oliveira masters the wet conditions to take victory for KTM
21 March 2022 by
Miguel Oliveira produced a wet-weather masterclass at the Indonesian Grand Prix to secure his fourth MotoGP victory. Fans were forced to wait an additional 75 minutes for the start of the MotoGP race...
MotoGP: Kunimitsu Takahashi has died
17 March 2022 by
Kunimitsu Takahashi, the first Japanese rider to win a Grand Prix, in either the two or four-wheeled categories, has died at the age of 82. Takahashi was a legend on both two and four wheels, and...
Exclusive interview with seven-time Trials World Champion Emma Bristow
16 March 2022 by
Emma Bristow was awarded the 2020 Royal Automobile Club Torrens Trophy on Monday after clinching her seven consecutive FIM Women’s Trial World Championship title two years ago. Bristow, like 2019...
Royal Automobile Club’s Torrens Trophy awarded Peter Hickman, Emma Bristow and Crescent Yamaha
15 March 2022 by
The Royal Automobile Club has awarded the Torrens Trophy to Peter Hickman (2019), Emma Bristow (2020) and Crescent Yamaha (2021). The ceremony took place at the Pall Mall clubhouse in London last...