2011

Year: 2011

Month: ALL

Catalunya MotoGP: Rear set-up mistake costs Valentino Rossi

06 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi believes a wrong rear set-up cost him the chance to notch his second successive podium for Ducati in the Catalunya MotoGP race yesterday. For the third successive race, the nine-times...

Catalunya MotoGP: Seventh heaven for Cal Crutchlow

06 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow warmed up for his British Grand Prix debut at Silverstone this weekend with a career best seventh place finish in yesterday’s Catalunya MotoGP round. The British rider got the better of...

Catalunya MotoGP: Colin Edwards denied race start

06 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards saw his record of never missing a MotoGP race in his career ended yesterday in Catalunya when he was banned from racing after failing a late medical check on his injured right...

Catalunya MotoGP: Ben Spies relieved with podium return

06 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies put a difficult start to 2011 behind him in Catalunya as the factory Yamaha rider claimed his first MotoGP podium since last August. Two sixth places in the opening four races had left the...

The first winners of TT 2011

05 June 2011 by JOK

The first winners of TT 2011

Catalunya MotoGP: Stoner dominates to take win

05 June 2011 by Liam Marsden

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has dominated the Barcelona MotoGP at Catalunya to take his third win of the 2011 season. World champion Jorge Lorenzo got a good start to lead for the first couple of...

Catalunya MotoGP: Bradl wins Moto2 race from pole

05 June 2011 by Liam Marsden

German Stefan Bradl has won an incident-packed Moto2 race at Ctalunya after starting from pole position. Stefan Bradl was unable to pull away from the res of the pack early on, but a crash from Thomas...

Catalunya MotoGP: Terol wins after Zarco gets 20 second penalty

05 June 2011 by Liam Marsden

Nicolas Terol has won the Catalunya 125GP race after Johann Zarco was given a 20 second penalty for what race direction feel was an ‘illegal overtake’ on the final sprint to the line. Championship...

Catalunya MotoGP: Marco Simoncelli vows to race hard but fair

04 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Italian Marco Simoncelli has vowed to race hard but fair in tomorrow’s Catalunya MotoGP race after he stormed to a brilliant maiden pole position at the Montmelo track today. Simoncelli’s riding will...

Catalunya MotoGP: Valentino Rossi pushing for Ducati upgrades

04 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has urged Ducati to continue rolling out new parts for his factory GP11 machine after he finished over 0.8s off pole position in Catalunya today. The Italian emerged unscathed from a...

Catalunya MotoGP: Bradl takes Moto2 pole

04 June 2011 by MCN

Stefan Bradl continued his 100% pol position record in 2011 today with another pole position at Catalunya. The German dominated tha majority of the qualifying session, setting a best time of 1’46.753.

Catalunya MotoGP: Terol on pole

04 June 2011 by MCN

125GP championship leader has continued his dominance of the 2011 season by taking pole position at his home GP at Catalunya. Team-mate Hector Faubel stole pole position from Terol towards the end of...

Catalunya MotoGP: Simoncelli takes first MotoGP pole

04 June 2011 by MCN

San Carlo Honda rider Marco Simoncelli has taken his first pole position in MotoGP at Catalunya. Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner had to settle for second on the grid, just 0.016 seconds behind...

Isle of Man TT 2011: John McGuinness takes Superbike win

04 June 2011 by Liam Marsden

Honda TT Legends rider John McGuinness has won the Dainese Superbike TT race to record his 16th win at the Isle of Man TT. The race got underway right on time under excellent weather. Ryan Farquhar...

John Hopkins turns down Repsol Honda and Tech 3

04 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

MCN understands that John Hopkins has turned down approaches from Repsol Honda and Monster Yamaha Tech 3 to ride in next weekend’s British MotoGP round at Silverstone. HRC apparently approached...

Isle of Man TT blog: Anstey tops practice

03 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Bruce Anstey laid down his marker tonight for tomorrow’s six-lap Dainese Superbike TT with a 131.431mph on the Padgetts Honda – the first 131mph lap of the 2011 TT and it could have been even faster...

Colin Edwards out of British Grand Prix

03 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards will miss next weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone after he broke his right collarbone in a heavy crash during practice at the Catalunya track in Spain earlier today. The...

TT 2011: The party

03 June 2011 by Stephen Davison

Where to get your fix of the 2011 TT Friday, June 3 1820-2050 TT practice Tourist: Take a stroll along Douglas Prom with a ride back on the horse-drawn tram. Or ride the steam train down to Castletown...

Isle of Man TT blog: oil stops practice

03 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

TT Thursday night. Traditionally the night to find out who’s really on the pipe. The riders are well dialled, the course has rubber down and it’s time for some seriously fast laps. Tonight was perfect...

Catalunya MotoGP: Ben Spies looks to revive fortunes

02 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies is confident he can put a disappointing start to his second season in the MotoGP world championship behind him in this weekend’s Catalunya clash near Barcelona. The Texan is currently...

Catalunya MotoGP: Rivals surprised by Dani Pedrosa withdrawal

02 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Dani Pedrosa’s late withdrawal from his home race in Catalunya was a big surprise for his MotoGP rivals. Repsol Honda team-mate Casey Stoner and factory Ducati rider Valentino Rossi both said they...

Catalunya MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo urges restraint from Spanish fans

02 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo has urged Spanish fans to refrain from giving Marco Simoncelli a hostile reception during this weekend’s Catalunya MotoGP round. After Simoncelli’s controversial...

Honda unveils new NSF250R Moto3 bike

02 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Honda has taken the wraps off its new Moto3 250cc four-stroke racer in Catalunya this afternoon. The new NSF250R was given its first public viewing during a special HRC presentation in the Montmelo...

Lorenzo practices start at Barcelona traffic light GP

02 June 2011 by Tom Cambio

Commuters in downtown Barcelona faced some tough competition at the traffic light GP yesterday, with reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP team descending on the...

Isle of Man TT blog: Anstey setting pace

02 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

I can’t believe how busy the Island is so early. Normally things are quiet early in the week then there’s a huge influx of visitors on the Thursday and the atmosphere comes alive. This year I was...

Pedrosa to miss Catalunya race

01 June 2011 by Tom Cambio

Dani Pedrosa will miss this weekend’s race at Catalunya, as the Spaniard is still recovering from surgery to repair his right collarbone that was broken in a controversial collision with Marco...

Double fatality in TT sidecar practice

01 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Sidecar practice was marred by a double fatality. Bill Currie and Kevin Morgan both lost their lives when they crashed their Yamaha outfit at Ballacrye on the first lap of practice. The session was...

Isle of Man TT blog: TT is go!

01 June 2011 by Gary Pinchin

I don’t know why the Thruxton BSB round had to be scheduled to clash with the opening of TT 2011 but it certainly played havoc with those teams who compete in the short circuit series and the...

Marco Simoncelli remorseful over Pedrosa collision

01 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Marco Simoncelli has moved to calm the storm of controversy surrounding his collision with Dani Pedrosa in the recent French Grand Prix by admitting his aggressive overtake was wrong. In the initial...

Marco Simoncelli kicks off contract talks with Honda

01 June 2011 by Matthew Birt

Honda has kicked off talks with Italian star Marco Simoncelli over a new two-year factory deal. Although the former 250GP world champion rides for the satellite San Carlo Gresini Honda squad, he is a...

Marco Simoncelli to face Race Direction in Catalunya

31 May 2011 by Matthew Birt

Marco Simoncelli has been summoned for talks with Race Direction ahead of this weekend’s Catalunya MotoGP clash near Barcelona. The Italian was embroiled in a storm of controversy after an aggressive...

Checa does the double at Miller, winning second WSB race

31 May 2011 by Tom Cambio

Championship leader Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) completed his consistent domination at Miller Motorsports Park to win the second World Superbike race on a considerably drier track, enabling...

Checa wins race one in Utah

30 May 2011 by Tom Cambio

Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) won an eventful race one at Miller Motorsports Park, Utah. Leading an all-Ducati podium, Checa took first on the seventh lap and pulled away from the chasing pack,...

Thruxton BSB: Byrne dominates race two to secure victory

30 May 2011 by Tom Cambio

Shane Byrne (HM Plant Honda) dominated the second race at Thruxton. Starting from pole, the championship leader set the fastest lap of the day and created a 10 second lead over the following...

Thruxton BSB: Laverty takes race one win

30 May 2011 by Tom Cambio

Michael Laverty took his first win of the season for Swan Yamaha at a rain-soaked Thruxton. In a closely contested race one, Michael Rutter (Rapid Solicitors-Bathams Ducati) finished second ahead of...

Checa snatches pole position at Miller

29 May 2011 by Tom Cambio

Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) continued his domination at Miller Motorsports Park, snatching pole position back from Jakub Smrz (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) in the last lap of the wet, cold...