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Michael Dunlop finalises his 2010 plans

03 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Dunlop finalises his 2010 plans

Michael Dunlop has finalised his superbike ride for 2010 – the Gareth Robinson-owned, Honda Fireblade with a Chris Mehew-built motor that Michael smashed the Southern 100 lap record with last year and...

Mason fighting fit for MSS Kawasaki

03 March 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

Mason fighting fit for MSS Kawasaki

Privateer Cup champion Gary Mason has been using the winter break to good effect with a brutal martial arts training regime to prepare himself for the new season on the MSS Colchester Kawasaki. Mason...

Black Bear in XR1200 Trophy

03 March 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

Black Bear in XR1200 Trophy

Black Bear Harley-Davidson in Newmarket  has put the finishing touches to the bike they will run for 38-year old Warren Scott in the Harley-Davidson XR1200 Trophy. The series features at selected BSB...

Swan Honda gear up for Spanish test

03 March 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

Swan Honda gear up for Spanish test

The Swan Honda team are preparing for their main pre-season test ahead of the opening round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship as the countdown to the start of the season...

Cameron Donald back in Ireland

03 March 2010 by Stephen Davison

Cameron Donald back in Ireland

Aussie road race star Cameron Donald brought the sunshine with him when he arrived back into Northern Ireland this week to begin his racing season with the Relentless Suzuki squad.  Donald always...

Peter Linden back with Phase One Endurance for Classic Bol d'Or

03 March 2010 by MCN

Peter Linden back with Phase One Endurance for Classic Bol d'Or

Peter Linden, 2000 Endurance World Champion, will be re united with his old team at this year’s Classic Bol d’Or. The Swedish fighter pilot will partner UK Endurance racer Hugh Brasher, on Phase One’s...

Ben Spies grateful for Casey Stoner advice

03 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies grateful for Casey Stoner advice

American Ben Spies reckons the help and advice he’s getting from the likes of former world champion Casey Stoner is proving a massive help in him adapting to the MotoGP world championship. The...

Injury no big blow for Jorge Lorenzo, says Yamaha boss

03 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Injury no big blow for Jorge Lorenzo, says Yamaha boss

Valentino Rossi’s Fiat Yamaha team boss Davide Brivio doesn’t believe Jorge Lorenzo’s early 2010 MotoGP title assault will be badly hindered by the Spaniard missing a third of pre-season testing. The...

Edmeades to debut KTM at TT

03 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Edmeades to debut KTM at TT

KTM will be at the TT for the first time ever this year James Edmeades riding  Redline Motorcycles RC8Rs in the two superbike races and the Superstock TT. Edmeades is no stranger to the TT course,...

SMT sign Christian Iddon

03 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

SMT sign Christian Iddon

Supermoto star Christian Iddon has signed to ride for sorrymate.com SMT Honda in BSB this year. Iddon, a nine-times British Supermoto champion and former factory Aprilia rider in the World Supermoto...

Julian Simon heads close Moto2 timesheets

03 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Julian Simon heads close Moto2 timesheets

Reigning world 125GP champion Julian Simon headed the timesheets on the second day of official Moto2 testing at the Valencia circuit in Spain yesterday. And hopes that a spec Honda engine, controlled...

BMW make historic TT return

03 March 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

BMW make historic TT return

Having recently re-joined the International stage, German manufacturer BMW has wasted no time in tackling the biggest test of all with the announcement that an official manufacturer supported team...

Christian Iddon: From supermoto to superbike

03 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Christian Iddon: From supermoto to superbike

Supermoto star Christian Iddon will make his BSB debut this year riding for the sorrymate.com SMT Honda team. He told MCN about his switch from supermoto to superbike. So you’ve got a BSB ride with...

Toni Elias fastest at first official Moto2 test

02 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Toni Elias fastest at first official Moto2 test

Toni Elias showed why he is a hot favourite to win the inaugural Moto2 world championship after he topped the timesheets on the first day of the opening official test session in Valencia. The...

Dani Pedrosa Q and A

02 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Dani Pedrosa Q and A

Dani Pedrosa is confident he will be competitive when the new MotoGP season kicks off in Qatar next month. The Spaniard has had a tough pre-season campaign so far and issues in setting up his new...

Andrea Dovizioso Q and A

02 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso Q and A

British GP winner Andrea Dovizioso has praised the effort Honda is putting in to try and claim its first 800cc MotoGP world championship in 2010. The Repsol Honda rider reckons development of the new...

Valentino Rossi is overwhelming title favourite, says Colin Edwards

01 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi is overwhelming title favourite, says Colin Edwards

Colin Edwards has tipped former factory Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi as an overwhelming favourite to retain his MotoGP world title in 2010. Rossi has been in sensational pre-season form and the...

FB Corse told to prove competitiveness

01 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

FB Corse told to prove competitiveness

The new FB Corse squad will only be given clearance to race in the 2010 MotoGP world championship if it can demonstrate its new three-cylinder 800cc machine is competitive. International Race Teams...

Jerry Burgess happy with Yamaha engine performance

01 March 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jerry Burgess happy with Yamaha engine performance

Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess reckons Yamaha has achieved its double target with the new 2010 factory YZR-M1 engine. With a team now restricted to using only six engines for the entire...

Good times at Snetterton

28 February 2010 by RDBARKER

Good times at Snetterton

Happy times at Snetterton. The racing was fun too!

Phillip Island WSB: Checa takes the win on the last lap

28 February 2010 by James Keen

Phillip Island WSB: Checa takes the win on the last lap

Althea Ducati rider Carlos Checa won the second World Superbike race at Phillip Island after a last-lap pass on race 1 winner Leon Haslam. Alstare Suzuki rider Haslam finished just 0.3 secs behind...

Phillip Island WSS: Laverty takes clear victory

28 February 2010 by James Keen

Phillip Island WSS: Laverty takes clear victory

Parkalgar Honda rider Eugene Laverty claimed victory in the opening World Supersport race at Phillip Island today. Laverty dominated the race from the start. He got into a comfortable rhythm at the...

Phillip Island WSB: Haslam claims maiden victory in race 1

28 February 2010 by James Keen

Phillip Island WSB: Haslam claims maiden victory in race 1

A photo finish was need to confirm Brit Leon Haslam’s first ever World Superbike victory in race 1 at Philip Island today. The Team Suzuki Alstare rider finished just 0.004secs ahead of Ducati Xerox...

Phillip Island WSB: Haslam secures maiden pole position, four Brits on first two rows

27 February 2010 by Michael Guy

Phillip Island WSB: Haslam secures maiden pole position, four Brits on first two rows

Leon Haslam claimed his first ever World Superbike pole position with a stunning 1m 31.229 second lap around the Phillip Island circuit today. Onboard his Alstare Suzuki GSXR1000, Haslam survived a...

Phillip Island WSS: Lascorz quickest in 2nd qualifying

27 February 2010 by James Keen

Phillip Island WSS: Lascorz quickest in 2nd qualifying

Kawasaki motocard.com rider Joan Lascorz proved fastest today in the second World Supersport qualifying session at Phillip Island.   Turkish rider Kenan Sofuoglu claimed second for the Hannspree Ten...

Phillip Island WSB: Checa stays on top in second qualifying

27 February 2010 by Michael Guy

Phillip Island WSB: Checa stays on top in second qualifying

Carlos Checa remained in provisional pole position during the second qualifying session at Phillip Island despite not improving on his first qualifying lap time. Like Checa both Michel Fabrizio and...

Valentino Rossi ends on top in Sepang

26 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi ends on top in Sepang

Valentino Rossi’s domination of the 2010 MotoGP pre-season continued today when the Italian topped the timesheets at a scorching hot Sepang circuit. The Italian has now topped each of the four days of...

Marco Simoncelli suffers second big Sepang crash

26 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

Marco Simoncelli suffers second big Sepang crash

Marco Simoncelli’s baptism of fire in MotoGP continued at the Sepang circuit today after the Italian suffered a second massive high-side crash in three weeks at the Malaysia venue. The former 250GP...

NW200 press launch

26 February 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

NW200 press launch

Stuart Easton, one of the UK’s leading motorcycle riders, will be returning to this year’s Relentless International North West 200 in association with Black Horse following a three year absence from...

Phillip Island WSS: Lascorz from Laverty in first qualifying

26 February 2010 by Michael Guy

Phillip Island WSS: Lascorz from Laverty in first qualifying

Eugene Laverty had to settle for second position behind Joan Lascorz in the opening qualifying session today despite an impressive final lap which escalated him up the leader board. Onboard the...

Phillip Island WSB: Checa leads the way in first qualifying

26 February 2010 by Michael Guy

Phillip Island WSB: Checa leads the way in first qualifying

Carlos Checa began his 2010 WSB campaign in the best possible way by setting the fastest time in the opening qualifying session at Phillip Island. The Spanish rider posted a 1m 32.155s best to deny...

McWilliams to race Harley

26 February 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

McWilliams to race Harley

Warr’s Harley-Davidson, established on London’s Kings Road in 1924, has signed former MotoGP star Jeremy McWilliams to ride in the inaugural Harley-Davidson XR1200 Trophy race series at selected BSB...

Phillip Island WSS: Friday Free Practice times

26 February 2010 by Michael Guy

1 37 K. FUJIWARA JPN Kawasaki Motocard.com Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’35.260 2 26 J. LASCORZ ESP Kawasaki Motocard.com Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’35.371 3 54 K. SOFUOGLU TUR HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR600RR 1’35.530 4 50 E. LAVERTY IRL Parkalgar Honda Honda CBR600RR 1’35.586 5 51 M. PIRRO ITA HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Honda CBR600RR 1’35.847 6 99 F. FORET FRA Team Lorenzini by Leoni Kawasaki ZX-6R 1’35.872...

Phillip Island WSB: Haslam dominates opening Free Practice

26 February 2010 by Michael Guy

Phillip Island WSB: Haslam dominates opening Free Practice

Alstare Suzuki man Leon Haslam completely dominated the opening free practice session at a scorching Phillip Island circuit today. The 26 year old was the only man to lap in the 1m 32s bracket, but it...

Yamaha plan to continue racing 800cc YZR-M1 in 2012

25 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha plan to continue racing 800cc YZR-M1 in 2012

Yamaha intends to continue racing its prototype 800cc YZR-M1 machine in the MotoGP world championship in 2012, MCN can reveal. The Japanese factory is the first of the big four to signal its intention...

Has anyone seen FB Corse?

25 February 2010 by Matthew Birt

Has anyone seen FB Corse?

The future of the FB Corse squad still remains shrouded in mystery with the Italian-based team yet to be seen in track testing ahead of a planned 2010 MotoGP assault. But it seems that the FB Corse...