2006

Year: 2006

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Rookies to ride for KTM

24 June 2006

KTM will field young German rider Randy Krummenacher at Donington and the Sachsenring as a replacement for the injured Julian Simon. Simon broke his right thigh in the 125GP at the Catalunya GP and...

New riders for Brit GP

24 June 2006

The British GP is set to throw up some surprises on Sunday, July 2, 2006, with several changes to the regular ride line-ups for the weekend. Not only is Michel Fabrizio riding on the Honda RC211V...

Brit MX round five

24 June 2006

The fifth round of the Maxxis British Motocross championship at Desertmartin in Northern Ireland took place on June 24, 2006, with Josh Coppins and Ken De Dycker dominating MX1. CAS Honda star...

Foggy back to racing

24 June 2006

World Superbike boss and four-time WSB champion Carl Fogarty will be making his return to racing – in selected motocross events on a new Yamaha YZ250F. Foggy plans on also competing in selected ‘Hare...

WSB Results: Misano

24 June 2006

A dramatic days racing at Misano sees Troy Bayliss and Andrew Pitt share the race wins. Race 1: T. BAYLISS J. TOSELAND 6.94 Y. KAGAYAMA 10.14 A. BARROS 15.02 N.HAGA 15.38 R. LACONI 16.76 L.

Everts continues to win

17 June 2006

Stefan Everts has continued his unbeaten run in this year’s world MX championship with two more wins at the British Grand Prix in Matterly Basin. The Belgian rider admitted this was his toughest...

Nakano tops GP practice

17 June 2006

Shinya Nakano has set the fastest lap in the opening qualifying session for the Assen GP. Nakano set a time of 1:39.619, beating second placed man John Hopkins by a quarter of a second. Quality...

Podium hopes crash

17 June 2006

Continued from page 2 “A great shame after the Team had done so fantastically this weekend and been lying in third with just two hours to go!” was all Miles needed to say. Alex was unhurt but totally...

Rossi injury update

17 June 2006

Valentino Rossi completed just four pain-stricken laps this morning in the third free practice session for tomorrow’s Dutch GP at Assen. Seriously hampered by a fracture in his right wrist, Rossi...

Where do we sign?

17 June 2006

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Haslam takes Snet pole

17 June 2006

Leon Haslam has taken pole position for the Snetterton round of the world superbike championship. Haslam set the fastest ever lap around the circuit to take the top spot ahead of his team-mate...

Long way down

17 June 2006

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No speed limits for IoM

17 June 2006

Plans to introduce a blanket national speed limit in the Isle of Man have been abandoned – and Manx authorities have said they will not be re-considering a limit in the foreseeable future. Although...

Checa suprises in FP2

17 June 2006

Carlos Checa has set the second fastest time in FP2 at the Dutch TT in Assen. Camel Yamaha’s Colin Edwards took provisional pole setting consistently fast times keeping him at the top of the time...

Don't be blue

17 June 2006

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Rossi back on pole

17 June 2006

Valentino Rossi has qualified on pole position for the first time since the British GP last year. The Italian was back on form for the Catalunya GP putting in a string of fast laps at the end of the...

Edwards takes QP1

17 June 2006

Colin Edwards has taken provisional pole position after topping the first qualifying session at the Assen GP. Edwards finished the session almost a second faster than the top time from Thursday and...

Bayliss tops first day

17 June 2006

Troy Bayliss has taken provisional pole for the Misano round of the World Superbike championship. The Ducati rider topped the first qualifying session that saw exactly the same top three as the...

A wide smile...

17 June 2006

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Club Racer report: 7

17 June 2006

Round 4 took place on Saturday and again waking out to brilliant sunshine, Alex said his foot was “fine” a word he uses for a lot of things, How’s the Bike? “fine”. How’s the suspension? “fine” How’s the gearing for that corner? “fine” How’d it be if I stuck my foot up your…………… I watched how he was managing, as I was not happy to let him race if the pain from his foot was going to be a any kind...

Hodgson secures fourth

17 June 2006

Neil Hodgson had to settle for staying static in fourth place in the American Superbike championship after fourth and sixth place finishes. The former world champion fought to fourth place in...

Hofmann in for Gibernau

17 June 2006

Alex Hofmann will replace Sete Gibernau on the Ducati Desmosedici at this weekend’s Assen GP. The German rider was chosen by Ducati to stand in for Gibernau after horror crash that saw him break his collar bone in the Catalunya GP on Sunday. Hofmann is currently riding an 06 spec Ducati Desmosedici so wont need to get used to anything radically different and he already has experience with...

Elias out after crash

17 June 2006

FORTUNA Honda’s luck goes from bad to worse after Toni Elias was ruled out of the Dutch and British GP following a crash at Assen this morning. Elias crashed his Honda RC211V and injured his right...

Three in a row

17 June 2006

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Bayliss top at Misano

17 June 2006

The two Troys are again battling it out for the top spot after the first practice session for the Misano round of World Superbikes. Troy Bayliss took his Ducati to the fastest lap but Troy Corser was...

Rossi ok but still in pain

17 June 2006

Valentino Rossi fans, Yamaha, and the owners of Donington Park breathed a collective sigh of relief a few moments ago when the Italian was given the all-clear to ride later to today and for the rest...

Knight is unbeatable

17 June 2006

British rider David Knight has continued his domination of the World championship with another win in the E3 class. Knight has still to be beaten after four rounds and finished the weekend as the...

A sign of the times

17 June 2006

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Rossi wins dramatic GP

17 June 2006

Valenitino Rossi has taken his third win of 2006 after a dramatic GP at Catalunya. The race was red flagged after just one corner after a massive pile-up that saw Sete Gibernau, Marco Melandri, Loris Capirossi, John Hopkins, Dani Pedrosa and Randy De Puniet all off the track. Gibernau caught his front break lever on Capirossi’s bike on the entrance to the corner and was flipped over the bars...

Don't turn away....

17 June 2006

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Crash hospitalises Rossi

17 June 2006

VALENTINO ROSSI’S world title resurgence is in jeopardy after a huge crash this morning saw him hospitalised for chest and hand injuries. It’s not know yet if he will be cleared to race on Saturday or...

Smith looking for points

17 June 2006

Bradley Smith will start tommorows A-Style Assen TT from 22nd as he goes in search of his first GP championship point. After finishing one place away from the points last time out at Catalunya, Smith...

Melandri to race Assen

17 June 2006

Marco Melandri is set to ride at Assen this weekend after his horror crash at Sunday’s Catalunyan GP, which involved him and five other riders. The Italian star will be on the track on Thursday to see how he feels and will make a final decision then. When Melandri fell he got himself entangled in Dani Pedrosa’s Honda, his arm caught between the exhaust and swingarm. For bike reviews Click...

MotoGP Catalunya result

17 June 2006

125cc finishing positions: Alvaro BAUTISTA Hector FAUBEL Sergio GADEA Mattia PASINI Lukas PESEK Thomas LUTHI Pablo NIETO Gabor TALMACSI Joan OLIVE Fabrizio LAI Nicolas TEROL Raffaele DE ROSA Pol ESPARGARO Manuel HERNANDEZ Lorenzo ZANETTI Bradley SMITH Andrea IANNONE Mike DI MEGLIO Sandro CORTESE Michele PIRRO Karel ABRAHAM Federico SANDI Vincent BRAILLARD Mateo TUNEZ Lorenzo BARONI Dino...

Hopkins takes pole

17 June 2006

John Hopkins has taken pole position for the Assen GP after a storming final lap. The American rider got his first pole position in MotoGP with his last lap in the final qualifying session giving...

BSB Results: Snetterton

17 June 2006

Ryuichi Kiyonari has taken the double win at Snetterton after dominating the days British Superbike racing. Race 1: Ryuichi KIYONARI Leon HASLAM 0.298 Gregorio LAVILLA 5.629 Jonathan REA 9.584 Michael LAVERTY 10.074 Tommy HILL 12.036 Michael RUTTER 12.230 James HAYDON 18.694 Billy McCONNELL 21.233 Ben WILSON 22.477 Dean THOMAS 22.564 Craig COXHELL 22.722 Glen RICHARDS 25.601 Peter...