May

Year: 2009

Month: May

Mugello MotoGP: Marco Melandri plays down home hopes

29 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Marco Melandri has played down his hopes of springing another major surprise in this weekend’s Italian MotoGP clash in Mugello. Melandri has been the sensation of the 2009 season so far and heads into...

Mugello MotoGP: Jorge Martinez targets 2010 MotoGP entry

29 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Martinez is launching another determined bid to join the MotoGP world championship in 2010. The Spaniard has been knocked back by Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki and Kawasaki in flawed attempts to move...

Valentino Rossi to race Lawson, Rainey and Roberts

28 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Italian icon Valentino Rossi will race fellow Yamaha MotoGP world champion’s Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey and Kenny Roberts in a special karting clash at the Laguna Seca GP in early July. The...

Rutter’s TT Suzuki takes shape

28 May 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Rutter was at the Crescent Suzuki workshop yesterday in Verwood for a fitting on Sylvain Guintoli’s Worx Suzuki which he’ll race in the BSB round at Thruxton on Sunday. Rutter also got the...

Brit rider becomes Schumacher’s team mate

28 May 2009 by Laura Kennerley

Michael Schmacher will get a new team mate in the German Superbike series…a 28-year-old from Newcastle. Chris Burns, who competed in the 2008 British Superbike Cup, was scouting around the BSB...

Mugello MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo chasing famous win

28 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo has admitted he will need to ride at the peak of his form to have any chance of ending Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi’s incredible home record in Mugello. Lorenzo heads into this...

Discovering why Brookes crashed into Guintoli

28 May 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Why did it take so long to decide that Josh Brookes was the guilty party in the crash, which left Sylvain Guintoli with a badly broken lower right leg? The decision to hand Brookes a one race ban,...

Rutter to ride Worx Suzuki at Thruxton

27 May 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Rutter will ride injured Sylvain Guintoli’s Worx Suzuki at Thruxton this weekend. Ruter said: “I’m sorry that Sylvain’s hurt but I’m absolutely peaking at the chance of getting a BSB ride with...

Valentine picks ‘safe option’ Rutter

27 May 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Worx Suzuki boss Jack Valentine has picked Michael Rutter to stand in for injured Sylvain Guintoli at Thruxton this weekend. But even though Guintoli is likely to be out for the full season, Rutter’s...

Guintoli out for season

27 May 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Worx Suzuki boss Jack Valentine says that Sylvain Guintoli could miss the rest of the BSB season as a result of injuries sustained at Donington on Bank Holiday Monday. Initial thoughts were that he...

Farquhar blitzes Scarborough record book

27 May 2009 by Phil Wain

Ryan Farquhar notched up a unprecendented 18 wins in 18 rides at the Barry Sheene Classic Festival at Scarbought this weekend In his record-breaking spree Farquhar recorded the most number of wins in...

Mugello MotoGP: Valentino Rossi feeling home pressure

26 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi has admitted he is feeling the weight of expectation ahead of this weekend’s crucial Italian MotoGP race in Mugello. The 30-year-old is looking to notch an...

Mugello MotoGP: Casey Stoner predicts tough fight

26 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner is confident he can challenge Valentino Rossi’s domination of the Mugello race this weekend. Stoner is level on points with Rossi and is just a single point away from the Italian’s Fiat...

Mugello MotoGP: Nicky Hayden hopes to impress Ducati fans

26 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

American Nicky Hayden is hoping thousands of Ducati fans will inspire him to a major breakthrough on the GP9 MotoGP machine in this weekend’s massive Mugello clash. The Kentucky rider has had a...

Mugello MotoGP: Bradley Smith looks to strengthen title tilt

26 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Briton Bradley Smith is looking to strengthen his 125GP title bid in Mugello this weekend as he goes in search of a second podium of 2009. The 18-year-old goes into the Italian GP weekend trailing...

Rutter on Worx bike at Thruxton?

26 May 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Rutter is expected to race injured Sylvain Guintoli’s Worx Suzuki at Thruxton this weekend. Though neither Rutter nor Worx Suzuki team boss Jack Valentine are prepared to comment on the...

Video: Isle of Man TT preview

26 May 2009 by Andy Downes

The Isle of Man TT kicks off in just four days and this official TT promotional video should be just the ticket to remind yourselves what an awesome event it is.

Donington BSB Blog: A level playing field

26 May 2009 by Phil Wain

Airwaves Yamaha and Worx Suzuki teams have been grabbing the BSB headlines but it’s highly refreshing to see several other teams fighting it out at the head of the field. In recent seasons we’ve seen...

Does life get any better than BSB weekend?

26 May 2009 by kyabya

Does life get any better – We are watching a fabulous days racing at VISK BSB at donington park and where is number one son – in the paddock chatting up the Babes. Best regards to Slyvan for a fast...

Racing results round-up: May 24-26

26 May 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

Each week we will have a full list of the racing results from the previous weekend. Click on the name of the championship you wish to see the results of. BRITISH SUPERBIKES, DONINGTON PARK, LEICS,...

Donington snippets

26 May 2009 by Steve Hackett

Good racing and lots of unexpected spills and thrills. In BSB Sylvain Guintoli ended his day early with a crash on the sighting lap suffering a broken leg. Karl Harris had a sixth in race 1 but...

Kapital Moto Racing Conquer Anglesey 6-Hour Event

26 May 2009 by Phill Clarke

Kapital Moto Racing certainly proved their point at last weekend’s Hottrax National Endurance round, held at the UK’s Anglesey circuit. After barely completing the previous 6 hour event at Mallory...

Donington Park BSB: Ellison takes race two win

25 May 2009 by Phil Wain

James Ellison made it a day to remember when he followed up his first race second with his first ever British Superbike Championship win, taking the second 20-lap race at Donington Park. The Airwaves...

Who will replace Sylvain Guintoli?

25 May 2009 by Phil Wain

With Sylvain Guintoli’s dramatic exit from the British Superbike Championship thoughts are already turning to will replace him at the Crescent Worx Suzuki team. The Frenchman is expected to miss the...

Donington Park BSB: Steve Plater takes Supersport win

25 May 2009 by Phil Wain

Steve Plater put in a barnstorming ride to come through from ninth on the grid to take victory in this afternoon’s Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport race at Donington Park. A faller in practice at...

Donington Park BSB: Failure to operate the brake system caused Guintoli’s crash

25 May 2009 by Mike Nicks

A failure to operate the brake system on Josh Brookes’ HM Plant Honda caused the crash that took Sylvain Guintoli out of the British Superbike Championship, race director Stuart Higgs has revealed at...

Donington Park BSB: Guintoli ‘Out for 10 Weeks’

25 May 2009 by Mike Nicks

Sylvain Guintoli, the Worx Crescent Suzuki rider who crashed during the sighting lap for the British Superbike Championship at Donington Park, has a broken tibia and fibula in his right leg and may be...

Donington Park BSB: Leon Camier takes victory in race one

25 May 2009 by Phil Wain

Leon Camier dominated a drama-filled first British Superbike race at Donington Park today, leading home team-mate James Ellison for an Airwaves Yamaha 1-2, their first of the season. However, a coming...

Donington BSB: Guintoli crashes on sighting lap

25 May 2009 by Mike Nicks

Sylvain Guintoli, the 26-year-old Frenchman who has electrified the British Superbike Championship this year, was sensationally knocked out of the first race of the third round of the series at...

Donington BSB: Seton Racing’s classic all-nighter

25 May 2009 by Mike Nicks

Five litres of Relentless energy drink got South African Hudson Kennaugh to pole position on his Linxcel-Seton Tuning Yamaha in the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport race at Donington. The drink was...

Donington BSB: Engine woes hit Buildbase Kawasaki

25 May 2009 by Phil Wain

Buildbase Kawasaki are investigating five mystery engine blow ups that have hit Tristan Palmer in his last three track outings. At Donington, Palmer suffered a seized piston in Saturday’s first free...

Donington Park BSB: Rutter brings four sets of leathers!

24 May 2009 by Mike Nicks

Michael Rutter, who has split from Rob McElnea’s Motorpoint/Henderson Yamaha team, has brought four sets of leathers with him to Donington Park in case disaster hits another rider and he is asked to...

Donington BSB: Camier fights cold and new power delivery

24 May 2009 by Mike Nicks

Pole-sitter Leon Camier is fighting an energy-sapping cold as he aims to build on his run of three consecutive race wins on the Airwaves Yamaha in the British Superbike championship. “It’s difficult...

Donington Park BSB: Leon Camier takes pole

24 May 2009 by Phil Wain

Leon Camier took his second pole position of the year when he topped qualifying on Sunday for the third round of the British Superbike Championship at Donington Park. The Airwaves Yamaha put in a lap...

Donington BSB: Guintoli targets victory on his only known track

24 May 2009 by Mike Nicks

Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli, who is only 11 points behind series leader Leon Camier in the British Superbike championship, must win at Donington Park this weekend because it is the only one of the 11...

Donington BSB: ‘Now We’ve Got 1,000rpm More’

24 May 2009 by Mike Nicks

Airwaves Yamaha riders Leon Camier and James Ellison are enjoying an extra 1,000rpm on the top end of their Yamaha YZF-R1s at Donington Park this weekend. The bikes’ performance has been boosted with...