November

Year: 2010

Month: November

Suzuki silent on one-bike plan

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki has so far ignored requests from Dorna to clarify its position on the number of bikes it will field in the 2011 MotoGP world championship. The Japanese factory first informed the Spanish rights...

Ducati feared Valentino Rossi Valencia test ban

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati feared Valentino Rossi was going to be banned from testing for the Bologna factory in Valencia next week. Ducati only got confirmation of Rossi’s release from his Yamaha contract at the recent...

Ben Spies fit for final race

04 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies will ride in this weekend’s final MotoGP race at the Valencia circuit in Spain. The Texan has declared himself fit to ride his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1 machine despite dislocating his...

Davide Brivio quits Yamaha

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

When Valentino Rossi opted to join Ducati in 2011 back in early July, it was widely expected that he would decimate his side of Yamaha’s factory’s garage by taking all of his crew with him. That...

Jorge Lorenzo shrugs off Estoril boo boys

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo brushed off a chorus of boos that greeted his third straight MotoGP victory at the Estoril circuit in Portugal last weekend. The Spaniard, who was recently crowned world champion in...

Scott Redding: ‘I made more moves than Michael Jackson’

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding had boasted prior to an epic Estoril Moto2 race last weekend that he would need to pull off more moves than Michael Jackson having qualified in a dismal 25th. So it was perhaps fitting...

Italian Moto3 bike breaks cover

03 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

This the new Ioda Racing project, the first bike being prepped for the new Moto3 four-stroke series in 2012 to break cover in public in Estoril last weekend. The prototype TR 001 features a 250cc...

2011 MotoGP grid to be finalised in Valencia

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

The full line-up for the 2011 MotoGP world championship will be finalised in Valencia this weekend with a flurry of announcements expected. A resolution to the political saga between HRC and Repsol...

Scott Redding to test 1000cc BMW MotoGP bike

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Rising British star Scott Redding will begin plans for a MotoGP future later this month when he tests a BMW-powered Suter machine designed for new 1000cc rules in 2012. But it is unlikely the...

Casey Stoner backs Ducati’s Screamer engine plan

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner reckons Ducati should seriously consider reverting back to its more powerful Screamer engine for Valentino Rossi in 2011. The Aussie selected a smoother but less powerful Big Bang engine...

Valentino Rossi denies V8 Supercar deal is close

02 November 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has denied he is close to agreeing a deal to test drive a V8 Supercar in Australia. Rossi was approached about a test and a possible race opportunity by more than one team at the...