2010

Year: 2010

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Ducati boss talks about 2010 GP bike

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati boss talks about 2010 GP bike

Ducati race boss Claudio Domenicali has given some insight into the significant changes made to the Bologna factory’s new GP10 MotoGP challenger. The new bike was officially unveiled today at Ducati’s...

Ducati unveil 2010 MotoGP contender

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati unveil 2010 MotoGP contender

This is the bike Ducati hopes will end Yamaha’s recent domination of the MotoGP world championship in 2010. The GP10 was officially rolled out at Ducati’s 2010 team launch at the spectacular Italian...

Valentino Rossi set for Ferrari F1 test

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi set for Ferrari F1 test

Valentino Rossi will be back behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula One car next week. The reigning MotoGP world champion will get a two-day run out in an older version of Ferrari’s F1 car at the...

Interwetten squad unveil Moto2 plan

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Interwetten squad unveil Moto2 plan

Hiroshi Aoyama’s Interwetten Honda MotoGP squad has announced it will also contest the new Moto2 600cc four-stroke world championship in 2010. The new squad will run former world 125GP champion Thomas...

Video: Ducati duo talk illness, new bikes and team changes

13 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Video: Ducati duo talk illness, new bikes and team changes

Former MotoGP world champions Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden have ended the annual factory Ducati launch at the spectacular Madonna di Campiglio ski resort in Italy. But before they were allowed to...

Kev Coghlan rides FTR in Spanish Moto2 ride

13 January 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Kev Coghlan rides FTR in Spanish Moto2 ride

Spanish and European Supersport champion Kev Coghlan is racing in Spain again this year with the title-winning Joe Darcy team – but is switching to ride in the national Moto2 championship on a...

Ducati duo excited about 1000cc MotoGP switch

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati duo excited about 1000cc MotoGP switch

Factory Ducati duo Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden have spoken of their excitement and anticipation ahead of MotoGP reverting back to a 1000cc capacity limit for 2012. MotoGP bosses thrashed out an...

Nicky Hayden optimistic for 2010

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden optimistic for 2010

Nicky Hayden has backed himself to impress on Ducati’s new GP10 machine this season after a tough debut MotoGP campaign for the Bologna factory last year. Hayden scored a solitary podium in 2009 and...

Casey Stoner: ‘Valentino Rossi is the man to beat’

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner: ‘Valentino Rossi is the man to beat’

Casey Stoner reckons Italian rival and nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi will be his main adversary as the Aussie sets his sights on regaining the MotoGP crown in 2010. Speaking at the launch...

Casey Stoner confident, fit and raring to go

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner confident, fit and raring to go

Factory Ducati rider Casey Stoner is confident he will mount a much stronger challenge for MotoGP glory in 2010 having overcome the health issues that killed off his prospects last season. The Aussie...

Yamaha unveil Jorge Lorenzo’s new team boss

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha unveil Jorge Lorenzo’s new team boss

Yamaha has confirmed that Wilco Zeelenberg will be the new boss of Jorge Lorenzo’s factory MotoGP squad in 2010, as was revealed by MCN over three weeks ago. Dutchman Zeelenberg joins the team from...

Ducati 2010 team launch kicks off

12 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden have kicked off Ducati’s spectacular 2010 MotoGP team launch at the annual pre-season event in the Italian ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio. The event officially gets underway today (Tuesday), but before proceedings started with various media engagements, Aussie Stoner took to the slopes to show off his skiing prowess. The 2007 world champion looked relaxed as he...

New Belgian Moto2 team confident in Scott Redding

11 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

New Belgian Moto2 team confident in Scott Redding

The new Belgian Moto2 team that will run Scott Redding in 2010 is confident the British teenager will be a big success in the inaugural 600cc four-stroke world championship. The 17-year-old has penned...

Valentino Rossi eager for MotoGP race in India

11 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi eager for MotoGP race in India

Despite walking out of a special media presentation as Valentino Rossi’s first public appearance in India degenerated into chaos and confusion, the Italian hopes to race in the South Asian country in...

Scott Redding ‘over the moon’ at Moto2 deal

11 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding ‘over the moon’ at Moto2 deal

Scott Redding has spoken of his delight and relief at clinching a top ride in the new Moto2 600cc world championship in 2010. The 17-year-old has signed a deal to join the new Marc VDS Racing Team and...

Tech 3 Moto2 test disrupted by snow in Valencia!

08 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Tech 3 Moto2 test disrupted by snow in Valencia!

Plans by the French-based Tech 3 squad to get in more crucial development miles on its new Moto2 contender have been badly disrupted by severe weather in Valencia. The team planned a three-day private...

Nicky Hayden focused on big improvement for 2010

08 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden focused on big improvement for 2010

Nicky Hayden has admitted he will need to make a massive improvement in 2010 after a largely frustrating and disappointing debut MotoGP campaign with Ducati’s factory squad. The 2006 world champion...

Engine restrictions ‘daunting’ says Jerry Burgess

08 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Engine restrictions ‘daunting’ says Jerry Burgess

Valentino Rossi’s legendary crew chief Jerry Burgess has admitted planning to use only six engines for the entire 2010 MotoGP world championship is a ‘daunting task’. Under cost-cutting measures for...

Scott Redding poised for Moto2 deal

04 January 2010 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding poised for Moto2 deal

Scott Redding’s anxious wait on his world championship future appears to be over, with MCN learning the British teenager is poised to clinch a Moto2 deal for 2010. Redding has been sweating on his...