March

Year: 2010

Month: March

Walker back in BSB with a GSX-R1000

31 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Chris Walker will be racing a privately-run Suzuki GSX-R1000 at Brands Hatch on Easter Bank Holiday Monday in the first round of the British Superbike championship. Walker’s last-minute ride is thanks...

Easton’s Cadwell crash injury

31 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Swan Honda’s Stuart Easton sent us this image, taken by his crew chief Pete Jennings, of the deep laceration to the back of his leg after his crash at Cadwell Park during testing. WARNING: Do not view...

MAP Centurion Triumph ready for Brands

30 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

The MAP Centurion Triumph team of Dan Cooper and AJ Venter are ready for the opening British Supersport round of the season at Brands Hatch on Easter Monday. The team has tested in Spain, and at...

Neil Hodgson at the Motorpoint Yamaha launch

28 March 2010 by Sam williams AKA Biker Angel

Meeting Neil Hodgson for the first time at the Motorpoint Yamaha launch in Derby

Brookes and Hill go faster at Cadwell

25 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Josh Brookes went even faster on Wednesday afternoon in testing at Cadwell Park, than he had on Tuesday but admitted the times came harder. The HM Plant Honda rider clocked a 1:27.87 and told MCN: “I...

Stuart Easton crash update

24 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Stuart Easton was due to be picked up from Lincoln Hospital this morning, after surgery last night, to repair the deep gash in the back of his left leg, sustained during a crash at Cadwell Park. ...

Brookes climbs the Cadwell mountain

24 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Josh Brookes was impressively quick first time out at Cadwell on the HM Plant Honda in today’s BSB test. He spent the best part of the entire day on track and clocked a best time of 1:28.1, matched...

Easton’s Cadwell crash

24 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Stuart Easton crashed the Swan Honda during testing at Cadwell Park today. According to his crew chief Pete Jennings, he suffered a ‘nasty deep cut in the back of his knee which required surgery to...

Bridewell set up for Brands

22 March 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

Tommy Bridewell’s testing on the Quay Honda that Gary Mason rode to the BSB Cup title last year continued at Brands Hatch last week. He lapped the Brands Indy course on the ex-Gregorio Lavilla Honda...

Lowes on the pace at Brands test

22 March 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

British Supersport Championship Team GNS Racing concluded their hectic pre-season testing schedule with Sam Lowes and Paul Jordan taking part in the official BSB test at Brands Hatch. Following...

BSB Blog: Easton fastest in final day of Spanish testing

12 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Stuart Easton and James Ellison topped the leaderboard on the final day of BSB testing at Guadix, Spain. The Swan Honda pair were separated by less than a tenth of a second after dominating the final...

BSB Blog: Sun shines on Guadix BSB test

10 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

After the heavy early morning snow had cleared the Guadix BSB test got underway at around 14.45pm yesterday. An hour later the track had virtually dried out and Guadix looked picture postcard perfect...

Tunstall undecided on BSB Evo

09 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Tom Tunstall is facing an agonising decision whether or not to switch to BSB Evo or stay in the BSB class. The former Privateer Cup Honda rider tried both configurations of engine at Cartagena and is...

Relentless Suzuki create impression in Spain

09 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Relentless by TAS Suzuki pair Alastair Seeley and Michael Laverty showed their potential with some impressive laps times at the Cartagena BSB test, despite having about half the track time of their...

Lougher’s TT plans on track

09 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Ian Lougher was testing at Cartagena with his own Black Horse Finance Kawasaki team. He’s riding on the roads with a brace of Kawasakis this year but is fielding Conor Cummins in National Superstock...

Hodgson adapts to Motorpoint Yamaha

09 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Motorpoint Yamaha rider Neil Hodgson got his first chance to ride the ex-Airwaves factory R1 at Cartagena last week. He explained to MCN what the experience was like. “I couldn’t believe it when I was...

Tommy Hill and the Cartagena test

09 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy Hill was satisfied with his and the Worx Suzuki team’s progress at Cartagena, the first time they’ve been up against BSB rivals in pre-season testing. He finished the test with the same 1:33.5...

BSB blog: Spanish test hit by snow

09 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

I got a bit of a shock this morning at 07.00am when I yanked open the shutters of my hotel window here at Guadix to see a white out! Yes, the terrible weather that hit Barcelona yesterday has found...

Gossip from the Cartagena pit lane

08 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Joe Dickinson and Graeme Gowland were both at the Barry Symmons-run Cartagena Pro Test with their ex-Eugene Laverty Parkalgar Hondas that they’ll race in British Supersport this year. 16-year old...

Don’t always believe the lap time hype

08 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Even if the weather was more Mallory than Malaga, there were some real revelations at Cartagena in the first real BSB pre-season test of 2010. First came the shock of seeing Rob McElnea’s team...

Hill and Suzuki top Cartagena testing

07 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Worx Suzuki pair Tommy Hill and Yukio Kagayama set the pace in four days of testing Cartagena, Spain. Hill was in sensational form, clocking a 1:33.5 on the final day to go 0.9s inside the unofficial...

Tommy Hill still setting the pace in Spain

06 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy Hill continues to set the pace on the Worx Suzuki in the first major BSB pre-season test at Cartagena. He posted a best lap of 1:34.5 to go three tenths quicker than James Ellison on the Swan...

Hodgson and Linfoot get works Yamahas

05 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Motorpoint Yamaha duo Neil Hodgson and Dan Linfoot have got the works R1s that Leon Camier and James Ellison raced to a resounding 1-2 in the 2009 British Superbike championship. In a shock and...

Relentless reveal their 2010 BSB GSX-R1000

04 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Relentless by TAS Suzuki took the wraps off their 2010 BSB GSX-R1000s to reveal this sensational new skeletal paintjob. It’s not just the paint that’s different. There’s a host of technical changes...

BSB Blog: The 2010 season starts here

04 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

BSB testing starts in earnest this week (Thursday, March 4) for some of the top teams at Cartagena, Spain. It’s a hectic four-day test, swiftly followed by another three at Guadix with the influx of...

Mason fighting fit for MSS Kawasaki

03 March 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

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 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

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...

SMT sign Christian Iddon

03 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

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...

Christian Iddon: From supermoto to superbike

03 March 2010 by Gary Pinchin

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...