May

Year: 2007

Month: May

Biaggi searching for grip

03 May 2007 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi claims a lack of traction is preventing him from running at the front in WSB and that his team has to focus more on electronics. So far this season Biaggi has won one race and holds second...

Minimoto Racing SEMRC round 1

03 May 2007 by phoenix-racing

Minimoto Racing Round 1 SEMRC 30th / 31st March 2007 Fine but windy weather was the theme of the weekend with 150 competitors turning out for round 1 of the Southern Minimoto Racing...

WSB teams glue tyres in place

03 May 2007 by Michael Guy

WSB teams are having to take drastic measures to stop their rear tyres spinning on the rim and have even resorted to gluing them in place. So far this year both Troy Corser and James Toseland have...

Chicanery!

02 May 2007 by neiljt

Taken during the first Northern regions Superbike heat at Midvaal Raceway, south of Johannesburg on 28th April. From the back; entering the chicane, mid chicane, exiting the chicane.

Seeing the difference

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

In today’s print MCN (available from Wednesday, May 2, 2007) Kenny Roberts’ team has revealed just how different the new generation of 800s are to ride compared to the bigger 990s from last year. We...

Dorna chief: 'Teams too weak in finding sponsors'

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP teams are currently too weak and not professional enough to secure big budget sponsorship deals that will safeguard their world championship future. In a brutally honest self assessment of the...

BSB blog: Oulton a refreshing chane

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Oulton Park and its changes of elevation in the glorious rolling Cheshire parkland will be a refreshing change after the flat, featureless and frankly tedious Silverstone. It may host the British F1...

Mladin vies with Spies at California Speedway

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin and team mate Ben Spies dominated the second leg of the AMA Superbike Championship double-header at California Speedway in Fontana, with Mladin taking the victory by...

Stewart secures AMA Supercross title

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

James Stewart won his 12th Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series race of the season riding a Monster Energy Kawasaki at Qwest Field in Seattle. This win saw him clinch the 2007 AMA supercross title with...

Melandri hoping early season nightmare is over

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Italian Marco Melandri is hoping his early season nightmare is behind him as he focuses on breaking his 2007 MotoGP world championship podium duck in Shanghai. Melandri has struggled so far on Honda’s...

Iddon takes first supermoto win

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Christian Iddon got his 2007 World Supermoto campaign off to the best possible start in the European round at Castelleto Di Branduzzo, Italy with his first world championship race win. The...

Edwards hopeful of Rossi engine for Shanghai

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards is hoping that he will get his hands on Yamaha’s new factory YZR-M1 motor for the Shanghai GP in China. Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi used the upgraded in-line four-cylinder...

Haydon on Virgin leave

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

James Haydon has been replaced in the Virgin Media Yamaha team due to an alleged shoulder injury. He is being replaced ‘for at least two races’ by South African Hudson Kennaugh, currently placed...

Video: Foggy talks MV WSB deal

01 May 2007 by Michael Guy

Carl Fogarty has revealed to MCN that he will be returning to WSB in 2008 with MV Agusta factory backing. Watch our exclusive interview with Foggy below and read more about his plans in the all new...

Having a ball at the WSB in Assen

01 May 2007 by splattercash

We went to the WSB in Assen at the weekend had a ace time, except the camp site wasn’t the same as the last few years. The spoil sports have been cutting down on the late night party’s and noisy...

Potential future champion

01 May 2007 by Kevin Langridge

BSB action from Silverstone on April 29th including possible future BSB champion, number 86!

Minimoto Racing SEMRC round 2

01 May 2007 by phoenix-racing

Minimoto Racing SEMRC Championships – round 2 Lydd Raceway April 14-15, 2007 Once again, sunshine was the order of the day, not to mention nearly 180 competitors. The day promised much and didn’t...

Minimoto Racing SEMRC round 1

01 May 2007 by phoenix-racing

Minimoto Racing SEMRC Championships – round 1 Ellough Park, March 30-31, 2007 Fine but windy weather was the theme of the weekend, with 150 competitors turning out for round one. Junior A’s were...