2010

Year: 2010

Month: ALL

Randy de Puniet clinches Ducati deal

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Randy de Puniet will partner Loris Capirossi in the Pramac Ducati squad in 2011. The move has been on the cards since the Phillip Island round in Australia last month when it emerged that Toni Elias...

Valencia MotoGP: ‘Casey was on fire’, says Jorge Lorenzo

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo said he never had a chance of claiming pole position for tomorrow’s Valencia MotoGP race with Casey Stoner in such ominous form. Stoner blitzed to his fourth pole position of the season...

Suzuki poised to confirm one-bike plan

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki will officially confirm it will reduce its involvement in the 2011 MotoGP world championship to just one bike after tomorrow’s final race in Valencia. A statement is expected to be released...

Kenan Sofuoglu signs Moto2 deal

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Double World Supersport champion Kenan Sofuoglu will ride in the 2011 Moto2 world championship having signed a permanent deal today in Valencia. The Turkish rider has agreed a deal with the...

Tech 3 unveil 2011 line-up

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith took part in their first official engagement for the Tech 3 squad in Valencia earlier today. The British pair took part in a special photoshoot outside the Tech 3...

Valencia MotoGP: Elias on pole for Moto2

06 November 2010 by James Keen

Spaniard and Team Gresini Racing rider Toni Elias has qualified in pole position for tomorrow’s Moto2 race in Valencia. Stefan Bradl will start from second on the grid for Viessmann Kiefer Racing,...

Valencia MotoGP: Casey Stoner on pole for Ducati farewell

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner will start his last race for Ducati from pole position after he denied home favourite Jorge Lorenzo in qualifying at the Valencia circuit this afternoon. The Aussie claimed his fourth...

Valencia MotoGP: Bradley Smith third, Marc Marquez secures vital pole

06 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith clinched his 12th front row start of this year’s 125GP campaign in Valencia this afternoon. But the British rider could do nothing about Marc Marquez as the Spaniard romped to his 11th...

Valencia test highlights on British Eurosport

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Highlights of Valentino Rossi’s Ducati debut, Casey Stoner’s first factory Honda appearance and Cal Crutchlow’s first serious of taste of life in MotoGP will be shown on British Eurosport next...

Valencia MotoGP: Casey Stoner confident of final Ducati win

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner is confident he can end his factory Ducati career on a high note by winning Sunday’s final race of 2010 at the Valencia circuit in Spain. The Australian topped the timesheets in this...

Valencia MotoGP: Colin Edwards desperate to help Ben Spies

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards told MCN he will be doing all he can to ensure Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team-mate Ben Spies finishes the 2010 MotoGP campaign as top American rider and sixth overall. Spies is tied on...

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi laments ‘bad’ practice

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi conceded he will need to make drastic improvements to have a chance of ending his Yamaha career with a victory in Sunday’s Valencia MotoGP race. The Fiat Yamaha was left languishing...

Valencia MotoGP: Ben Spies sixth after early crash

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies shrugged off another crash to end the opening day of the final MotoGP race in Valencia in sixth position. Limping heavily after dislocating his left ankle in a sighting lap crash just...

Valencia MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo sets early pace

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo’s bid to end his stunning 2010 campaign in winning fashion got off to a perfect start at the Valencia track in Spain today. The new world champion, who is gunning for a ninth win of the...

Valencia MotoGP: Bradley Smith quickest in practice

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith topped the timesheets at the end of the opening day of 125GP practice at the Valencia circuit in Spain today. Third fastest this morning behind Spanish duo Efren Vazquez and world title...

Mason and not Linfoot at Tyco Honda?

05 November 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Dan Linfoot has still not signed the contract to secure the second Tyco Honda alongside Tommy Bridewell on the ex-HM Plant 2010 title-winning bikes in BSB next year. From what was virtually a done deal at the penultimate round of the 2010 BSB series at Silverstone when the team was announced, Linfoot could actually end up losing out if the deal is not concluded in the next few days. Team owner...

Relentless by TAS run Suzuki motocross team

05 November 2010 by Gary Pinchin

The Relentless by TAS team are now running the official Suzuki GB motocross team. Team boss Philip Neill, along with the team’s new motocross manager Adam Lyons, were at the Dirt Bike Show,...

Bridewell at Dirt Bike show

05 November 2010 by Gary Pinchin

BSB star Tommy Bridewell and his Tyco Honda crew chief James Buckingham were at the Dirt Bike Show, Stoneleigh with motocross star Adam Chatfield. Bridewell and Chatfield live about 10 minutes apart...

Tunstall’s BSB Honda at off-road show

05 November 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Tom Tunstall’s BSB Honda took pride of place on the Doodson Motorsport stand at the Dirt Bike Show, Stoneleigh. Insurance company Doodson’s are also heavily in motocross, backing the official CMC...

Bradley Smith reveals Moto2 crew chief

05 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith has confirmed that Hiroshi Aoyama’s current Honda MotoGP chief engineer Tom Jojic will be his crew chief in the Tech 3 Moto2 squad in 2011. Jojic has worked with 2009 world 250GP...

Valencia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi ‘curious’ ahead of Ducati debut

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi admitted that he’s curious to find out what challenges await him as he prepares to make his much-hyped factory Ducati debut in Valencia next week. The 31-year-old will test for the...

Valencia MotoGP: Nicky Hayden frustrated not to challenge more

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden has admitted large parts of the 2010 MotoGP campaign have been frustrating, despite the American producing a vastly improved performance compared to his first season with Ducati last...

Valencia MotoGP: Crew move crucial, says Casey Stoner

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner has told MCN how crucial it is that his entire crew will join him in Honda’s official factory squad in 2011. Stoner has quit Ducati to join HRC and as part of the two-year deal, he will...

Ellison to join Parkalgar Honda in WSS?

04 November 2010 by Michael Guy

James Ellison has put the World Supersport rumour mill into overdrive after he was seen by MCN testing a Parkalgar Honda at Mallory Park on Wednesday. Ellison competed in the British Superbike...

Valentino Rossi banned from Ducati comments

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has apparently been gagged by Yamaha and is unable to make any public comments about his factory Ducati debut in Valencia next week. One of the conditions of Rossi’s early release from...

Suzuki silent on one-bike plan

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki has so far ignored requests from Dorna to clarify its position on the number of bikes it will field in the 2011 MotoGP world championship. The Japanese factory first informed the Spanish rights...

Ducati feared Valentino Rossi Valencia test ban

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati feared Valentino Rossi was going to be banned from testing for the Bologna factory in Valencia next week. Ducati only got confirmation of Rossi’s release from his Yamaha contract at the recent...

Ben Spies fit for final race

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies will ride in this weekend’s final MotoGP race at the Valencia circuit in Spain. The Texan has declared himself fit to ride his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1 machine despite dislocating his...

Davide Brivio quits Yamaha

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

When Valentino Rossi opted to join Ducati in 2011 back in early July, it was widely expected that he would decimate his side of Yamaha’s factory’s garage by taking all of his crew with him. That...

Jorge Lorenzo shrugs off Estoril boo boys

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo brushed off a chorus of boos that greeted his third straight MotoGP victory at the Estoril circuit in Portugal last weekend. The Spaniard, who was recently crowned world champion in...

Scott Redding: ‘I made more moves than Michael Jackson’

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding had boasted prior to an epic Estoril Moto2 race last weekend that he would need to pull off more moves than Michael Jackson having qualified in a dismal 25th. So it was perhaps fitting...

Italian Moto3 bike breaks cover

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

This the new Ioda Racing project, the first bike being prepped for the new Moto3 four-stroke series in 2012 to break cover in public in Estoril last weekend. The prototype TR 001 features a 250cc...

My wife and Michael Dunlop

02 November 2010 by wullum

My wife with Michael Dunlop and my Bruce Anstey tattoo on my leg.

Video: Haslam working hard at Aragon WSB test

02 November 2010 by Michael Guy

Leon Haslam completed his second test for the BMW factory squad last week in Aragon. The 2010 WSB runner-up endured a tough test before making a break through during the final two hours of day three...

2011 MotoGP grid to be finalised in Valencia

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

The full line-up for the 2011 MotoGP world championship will be finalised in Valencia this weekend with a flurry of announcements expected. A resolution to the political saga between HRC and Repsol...

Scott Redding to test 1000cc BMW MotoGP bike

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Rising British star Scott Redding will begin plans for a MotoGP future later this month when he tests a BMW-powered Suter machine designed for new 1000cc rules in 2012. But it is unlikely the...