June

Year: 2015

Month: June

Amor the latest rider ruled out of TT with injury

09 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

RigDeluge Racing rider Keith Amor has become the latest rider to be ruled out of the 2015 Isle of Man TT, after he Scottish racer crashed heavily at Stella Maris during Monday’s opening Supersport...

Dream TT continues for Hutchy with superstock win

09 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ian Hutchinson’s dream return to the Isle of Man TT has continued to improve, after the Bingley Bullet took his second win of the week in today’s Superstock race, holding off Michael Dunlop for his...

Speedway: Brits lose out in qualifier

08 June 2015 by Tony Hoare

Britain’s speedway team face a cut-throat meeting if they’re going to make it through to this year’s world team championship final. The Brits finished second to Australia in their qualifying round at...

Hutchinson completes fairytale comeback with TT win

08 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ian Hutchinson has finally completed his return to the form that saw him become the only ever five-in-a-week TT winner, by standing on the top step of the podium at the Isle of Man TT five years after...

Rea leads after morning test session

08 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

A Superbike only test at the round seven venue of Portimao, only one day after the race weekend itself, was held in dry and occasionally hot weather in the morning. Nineteen riders were present at the...

William Dunlop out of TT

08 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tyco BMW rider William Dunlop is out of the 2015 Isle of Man TT after only one race, after a crash during this morning’s practice lap on his BMW superstock machine. Dunlop crashed out at Laurel Bank...

Guy Martin to ride in 2015 TT Zero race

08 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Guy Martin has secured a last minute entry for the TT Zero class at this year’s Isle of Man TT race, taking over from injured teammate William Dunlop on Victory’s new electric machine. Dunlop was...

Birchalls dominate opening sidecar race

08 June 2015 by Steve English

After a delay to the start of the sidecar race the masses of crowds lining the Mountain Course saw the Birchall brothers, Ben and Tom, claim the spoils by over 24s from the team of John Holden and Dan...

Superstock race moved to Tuesday

08 June 2015 by Steve English

A road traffic accident caused further delays to the TT schedule and meant that the organisers have once again had to avail of a reserve race day to host a race. The Superstock race had been scheduled...

Dunlop ok after Superbike TT crash

08 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Michael Dunlop has escaped unscathed after his crash out of third place in the closing stages of yesterday’s Superbike TT race. The new Buildbase BMW rider became entangled in a backmarker’s crash...

Revised Monday schedule

07 June 2015 by Steve English

The schedule for tomorrow’s action at the Isle of Man TT has been revised once again with a practice lap added for the Supersport/Superstock riders at 10.30 followed by the first race of the race with...

Bruce Anstey takes first ever TT superbike win

07 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Bruce Anstey has taken his first ever superbike win at the Isle of Man TT, after seeing off an early charge from Ian Hutchinson to take his tenth TT win. Hutchinson was an early leader on the PBM...

Portimao WSB: Rea doubles up

07 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

In a dry 20-lap race two Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) completed a double at Portimao, winning by 5.416 seconds from Davide Giugliano (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WSB) and having time to wave at...

Portimao WSS: Cluzel breaks Sofuoglu's winning streak

07 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

After the wet of the first Superbike race finish, the track was dry for the WSS race start, with eventual winner Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) taking an early advantage. He and Kenan Sofuoglu...

Portimao WSB: Rea clinches victory in the rain

07 June 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) and Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) were disputing the win in dry conditions until lap 14 of the 20-lap WSB opener in Portugal, when gentle and then heavy rains...

New schedule for Sunday and Monday at the TT

06 June 2015 by Steve English

Race organisers have announced their updated schedules for the next days after high winds led to the postponment of today’s TT schedule. Sunday will now see the opening Superbike run to it’s full six...

High winds lead to cancellation of Saturday action

06 June 2015 by Steve English

Today’s action at the TT has been cancelled after high winds on the island left the organisers with no option but to call off the planned programme of the first Sidecar race and a solo practice...

Delays at the TT after helicopter crash and high winds

06 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

The start of racing at the 2015 Isle of Man TT has been hit by delays once again, after a helicopter crashed in high winds near the 33rd Milestone on the circuit early this morning. The event was...

Anstey sets the pace

05 June 2015 by Steve English

Bruce Anstey was fastest in this evening’s Superbike session with the Australian missing out on a 130mph lap on an evening where the times were slower than expected. Anstey has been in strong form all...

Opening Superbike race delayed until Sunday

05 June 2015 by Steve English

The opening Superbike race of the TT has been delayed until Sunday afternoon with the big bikes start to start at 2pm. With the numerous delays in practice week race organisers have decided to...

Crutchlow recovering and training ahead of Catalunya

04 June 2015 by Steve English

Cal Crutchlow is on the road to recovery from his dislocated ankle with the LCR Honda rider cycling in Italy with his friend and Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish. The Englishman suffered his...

Barbera and Rins join the masses with arm pump surgery

04 June 2015 by Steve English

Alex Rins and Hector Barbera have both underwent arm pump surgery with the Spaniard’s both going under the knife in Barcelona. Both riders used Dr Xavier Mir for the surgery and for Barbera the...

Hutchinson fastest but Dunlop already on front runners’ pace

04 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ian Hutchinson has laid down his superbike intentions ahead of Saturday’s first race of the 2015 Isle of Man TT, setting the first 130mph lap of practice week to top the second timed session from John...

Dunlop battles the clock to qualify on BMW

04 June 2015 by Stephen Davison

As the accusations and counter accusations start to fly after Michael Dunlop’s defection from Yamaha to BMW, the Ballymoney racer is getting on with the task of trying to win a TT in 2015. Dunlop’s...

Michael Dunlop dumps Milwaukee Yamaha to ride BMW at TT 2015

04 June 2015 by Sports desk

Michael Dunlop has sensationally announced that he will ditch the R1 Milwaukee Yamaha he was contracted to race at this year’s Isle of Man TT. It is understood the 11 times TT winner will now ride an...

Franck Petricola loses life in TT crash

03 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

French rider Franck Petricola has lost his life in a crash during tonight’s qualifying session for the Isle of Man TT. The thirty-two year old lost his life following an incident at Sulby Crossroads...

Anstey tops first timed session of TT2015

03 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Padgett’s Honda rider Bruce Anstey has topped the first timed practice session of TT 2015, finishing the evening’s session from John McGuinness by only seconds. A resurgent Ian Hutchinson, carrying on...

James Hillier to take H2R to TT course

03 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Isle of Man TT racer James Hillier will take to the famous 37.73-mile course on Kawasaki’s new supercharged H2R as part of a special parade lap at this year’s TT. Joining World Superbike champion Tom...

Frustrated McPhee struggling to find setup solutions

03 June 2015 by Steve English

Mugello was another difficult race for John McPhee with the Scotsman finishing outside the points for the second consecutive race. With a new Ohlins engineer on board the Racing Team Germany rider was...

Cummins pleased despite less than ideal conditions

03 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Conor Cummins says he’s pleased with the progress he’s made on the opening night of practice for the 2015 Isle of Man TT, despite less than ideal conditions that saw the evening’s supersport session...

Rain causes further delays at TT

02 June 2015 by Steve English

The weather has once again played a hand in practice for the 2015 Isle of Man TT with the opening night disrupted by bad weather and bad luck. With the sessions untimed because of high winds around...

Aprilia to discuss Melandri's future

02 June 2015 by Steve English

Marco Melandri’s performances in recent races have led to plenty of questions about his motivation to succeed on the Aprilia in MotoGP. After finishing last at Mugello the Italian squad has started to...

Manx Museum reunites bikes from ‘greatest ever TT’

02 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

Manx National Heritage and the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham have joined forces to reunite the two bikes responsible for the race widely held as the greatest TT race in its 108-year...

Marquez crash sequence photos

02 June 2015 by Steve English

When Marc Marquez crashed out of Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix the reigning world champion was dealt a body blow to his title hopes. Falling 49 points behind Valentino Rossi he is now in danger of...

Espargaro lucky to avoid further injury after Petrucci clash

02 June 2015 by Steve English

Aleix Espargaro had a lucky escape at Mugello after the Suzuki rider was punted out of the race by an out of control Danilo Petrucci. The Italian had a gearbox failure and it left him in neutral and...

TT practice rained off as severe storm hits Isle of Man

01 June 2015 by Simon Patterson

The second night of practice for the 2015 Isle of Man TT – and the first night of track action for the superbike, supersport and superstock bikes – has been rained off, after a severe storm forecast...