September

Year: 2011

Month: September

Phillip Island back on winter testing schedule?

14 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Phillip Island could make a surprise return to the MotoGP winter testing schedule in 2012. Plans are under discussion to let factory teams like Marlboro Ducati, Repsol Honda and Yamaha test at the...

Dani Pedrosa shrugs off HRC criticism

14 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Dani Pedrosa has dismissed shock criticism from senior Honda management, who believe the Spaniard played a major role in the incident that destroyed his 2011 MotoGP world title hopes. Pedrosa broke...

Argentina back on MotoGP calendar in 2013

14 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Argentina is set to make a return to the MotoGP world championship calendar for the first time since 1999 after Dorna signed a new deal to race in the South American nation from 2013. A three-year...

Elias tests BMW Motorrad Italia Superbike

13 September 2011 by Michael Guy

Toni Elias got his first World Superbike test underway at Misano today. The 28 year old Spaniard rode the BMW Motorrad Italia S1000RR as a replacement for James Toseland who announced his retirement...

Club racing Ninja 250 warriors

13 September 2011 by MCN Sportsdesk

The British Motorcycle Racing Club has announced a new Kawasaki powered National Junior Cup for the 2012 season. Using the Kawasaki Ninja 250R twin four-stroke machine, the new series will feature a...

Gresini to enter Honda CBR1000RR in MotoGP?

13 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Marco Simoncelli’s 2012 MotoGP team-mate could be riding a tuned Honda CBR1000RR-powered bike. Fausto Gresini is struggling to raise the budget required to lease a pair of RC213V 1000cc bikes for next...

No pressure to race in Japan, says Dorna boss

13 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP bosses have denied putting Valentino Rossi and a host of other top MotoGP riders under immense pressure to travel to the forthcoming Twin Ring Motegi race in Japan. Dorna chief Carmelo Ezpeleta...

Bradley Smith looking for rear grip boost

13 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith is confident he can be a consistent podium finisher in the ultra-competitive Moto2 class if his Tech 3 Racing Team can create more rear grip. Smith has started and finished the last two...

Valentino Rossi slams testing restrictions

13 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has slammed the cost-saving testing restrictions in MotoGP because it handicaps a factory from trying to develop a better bike too severely. The winter testing schedule has been...

John Hopkins hopes for another Suzuki chance in 2011

12 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

John Hopkins is trying to secure at least one more wild card with Suzuki’s factory MotoGP squad before the end of the 2011 campaign. The American was due to race in last month’s Brno clash in the...

Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies to race in Japan

12 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies have confirmed they will attend the forthcoming Japanese MotoGP round at the Twin Ring Motegi. A short statement released this morning by Yamaha’s factory MotoGP squad...

Donington BSB: Hopkins leads showdown with double win

11 September 2011 by Liam Marsden

Samsung Suzuki rider John Hopkins has won the second race at Donington Park today to do the double and move to the top of the championship standings with two rounds remaining. Swan Yamaha rider Tommy...

Donington BSB: Hopkins takes first showdown win

11 September 2011 by Liam Marsden

Samsung Crescent Suzuki rider John Hopkins has won the first race of the showdown at Donington Park in his first race back from injury. Swan Yamaha’s Michael Laverty was quickest off the line, with...

Donington BSB: Hill secures pole with new lap record

10 September 2011 by Liam Marsden

Swan Yamaha rider Tommy Hill has secured pole position for the first race of the showdown at Donington Park and set a new lap record. Hill continued his form after dominating all free practice...

Haslam re-signs at BMW

10 September 2011 by Liam Marsden

Leon Haslam will stay at BMW for 2012 after extending his contract with the the factory WSB team. Haslam joined Troy Corser at the team at the start of 2011 after a good season which saw him finish...

Disability forces Toseland’s racing retirement

09 September 2011 by Michael Guy

Double World Superbike Champion, James Toseland is retiring from professional motorcycle racing with immediate effect following a visit to Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mike Hayton, yesterday. The...

New Ducati chassis spied in Mugello

08 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ducati have been spotted testing the new British-built aluminium frame that they hope will transform Valentino Rossi’s woeful MotoGP performance this season. The frame, built by Buckingham-based FTR,...

Valentino Rossi unlikely to accept Carlos Checa’s WSB challenge

08 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has virtually ruled out making a shock World Superbike wild card appearance for Ducati later this year. The nine-times world champion was challenged to a duel by WSB championship...

Jerry Burgess: ‘We need some more help’

07 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi’s legendary crew chief Jerry Burgess said it is time for Ducati to start making radical changes to its struggling Desmosedici MotoGP project. Rossi finished seventh in his home race in...

Ducati not consistent enough, admits technical boss

07 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ducati technical guru Filippo Preziosi has admitted one of his main future targets is to deliver a bike capable of running a more consistent pace to Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden. Rossi will...

Title chase no influence on Motegi decision, says Jorge Lorenzo

07 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo has brushed off suggestions he will have to race at the Twin Ring Motegi in Japan next month to have any hope of retaining the MotoGP world title. Lorenzo’s brilliant victory in Misano...

Esposito BMCRC Rookie 1000 champion

07 September 2011 by James Sharpe

Gennaro Esposito wrapped up the British Motorcycle Racing Club’s Rookie 1000 championship at Snetterton in the final round of the season. Esposito, on a Kawasaki ZX-10R, went into the weekend leading...

New Yamaha potential thrills Lorenzo and Spies

06 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies both expressed their delight at the early potential of Yamaha’s new 1000cc MotoGP machine after they completed a second successful test on next year’s bike in Misano...

New MCN September 7: All-new Triumph Adventurer 1200 spied

06 September 2011 by MCN

In this week’s issue of MCN, on sale September 7, we have world exclusive spy shots of the all-new Triumph Adventurer 1200, along with details of Ducati’s high spec Diavel AMG SE. Plus, MCN tests MV’s...

Aragon win impossible, says Valentino Rossi

06 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi says it is unrealistic to consider emulating Casey Stoner’s 2010 victory at the Motorland Aragon next week. The Motorland Aragon race was the weekend last season when Aussie Stoner...

Ducati boss: Rossi is a ‘lion in a cage’

06 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ducati’s engineering expert Filippo Preziosi reckons Valentino Rossi is like a lion trapped in a cage and he warned the Italian’s rivals to expect a much more competitive threat once the Bologna...

Nicky Hayden hoping for Aragon boost

06 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden is hoping a return to the Motorland Aragon track in Spain next week will spark a major revival in fortunes for the American. Hayden enjoyed his best race of 2010 at the impressive new...

Casey Stoner defends Indy criticism

06 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner said he stands by his recent criticism of the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Aussie, who dominated the Indy race last month, has never been a big fan of the circuit, which...

Cairoli joins motocross greats

05 September 2011 by Richard Mellor

Antonio Cairoli yesterday claimed his third consecutive MX1 motocross world title. The reigning world champion took his radical Red Bull-sponsored KTM 350 to second place at the Germany round in...