2007

Year: 2007

Month: ALL

Brands Hatch World Supersport: One-two start for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda pair

04 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Sebastien Charpentier and Kenan Sofuoglu recorded a one-two for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda for the World Supersport race at Brands Hatch tomorrow. Charpentier did not manage to improve on his best time...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss tops qualifying after practice two

04 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Troy Bayliss was the man of the moment in qualifying practice two at Brands Hatch this morning. The Australian Ducati rider shot to the top of the timesheets just after the half way point of the...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Craig Jones produces weekend best to go third in practice two

04 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Britain’s Craig Jones produced his best performance of the weekend so far to go third quickest in the second World Supersport free practice at Brands Hatch this morning. The Reve Ekerold Honda Racing...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland fired up by Troy Bayliss' comments

04 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda’s James Toseland reckons Troy Bayliss’ comments in MCN saying that spoiling the party for James Toseland at Brands Hatch is his goal have only fired up the 26-year-old Brit to...

Corona’s exit – what it means

03 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Corona’s announcement that they will withdraw their backing of the Alstare Suzuki squad at the end of the year leaves the biggest team in the paddock without a title sponsor. The factory Suzuki team...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland battles it out to go fastest in qualifying one

03 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Britain’s James Toseland was back on the pace for the first qualifying practice session this afternoon following a scintillating battle with Ducati Xerox rider Troy Bayliss at Brands Hatch. Hannspree...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Sebastien Charpentier secures provisional pole

03 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Sebastien Charpentier secured himself provisional pole position for Sunday’s World supersport race at Brands hatch following the first qualifying practice session. The French Hanspree Ten Kate rider...

Neil Hodgson's Brands Hatch interactive video guide map

03 August 2007 by Angus Farquhar

With Brands Hatch World Superbikes this weekend we’ve put together a special interactive video map of the track to give you a guide to the best places to watch. Click on the icons on the map below to...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss' party spoiling plans on track

03 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Troy Bayliss’ plans to spoil James Toseland’s party at brands Hatch are on course so far after the Ducati Xerox rider pipped Toseland to top the times in the first free practice at Brands Hatch. The...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Yamaha's Tommy Hill impresses despite crash

03 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Tommy Hill made an impressive World Supersport debut onboard the Yamaha World SSP Racing R6 to finish the first session in fourth place. Tommy Hill was on the pace straight away and topped the time...

Corona end Suzuki and WSB sponsorship

03 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Corona Extra has announced that their long term sponsorship of the Alstare Suzuki squad will finish at the end of the season. Corona have been a sponsor of Alstare for ten years, which is far longer...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss out to spoil the party

02 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Ducati rider Troy Bayliss is out to spoil the British party at the Brands Hatch World Superbikes round this weekend by beating Ten Kate Honda’s James Toseland. Here the Australian talks to MCN’s World...

Breaking motorcycle news: James Toseland's MotoGP future - decision imminent

01 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Rumours are breaking out all over the racing world right now that World Superbike rider James Toseland has just signed for Tech 3, to ride their machine in MotoGP next year. Although nobody will...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Max Biaggi uses a car to learn Brands Hatch circuit

01 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi has attempted to learn the Brands Hatch circuit in preparation for this weekend’s World Superbike race by completing laps of the short circuit in a car. The Italian Alstare Suzuki rider...

World Superbikes: Kawasaki confirm factory support

31 July 2007 by Michael Guy

Kawasaki has announced they will be upping their factory involvement in the World Superbike Championship for the next four years starting in 2008. The Japanese factory currently run their Superbike...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Decision time for Ten Kate Honda's James Toseland

31 July 2007 by Michael Guy

James Toseland will sit down with his manager Roger Burnett today (Tuesday) to evaluate his options to either ride in MotoGP or stay in World Superbikes with Honda in 2008. James Toseland has a...

Brands Hatch WSB: GR Motorsport's British wild card entry

31 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

GR Motorsport have one of the few British wild card entries at this weekend’s Brands Hatch World Superbikes round but are intending to use it as a springboard to a return to the European stage. The...

Beowulf Racing star Gino Rea faces a busy weekend

31 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Seventeen-year-old Gino Rea faces a busy weekend aboard the Beowulf Suzuki GSX600-R. He’s not only racing in the the eighth round race of the 2007 European Superstock 600 Championship, but also be...

Iannuzzo lobs it at Brno

30 July 2007 by michael mcelhatton

Vittorio Iannuzzo drops it at the recent Brno WSB round.

Suzuka Eight Hour: James Toseland on provisional pole

27 July 2007 by Michael Guy

James Toseland made his mark on the Suzuka 8-hour race by taking provisional pole position in the first qualifying session for Sunday’s prestigious event, setting the best lap so far in any...

World Superbikes set for US return in 2008

25 July 2007 by Michael Guy

Next year’s WSB calendar is already taking shape with confirmation that the series will head to America to race at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah. It looks likely that only the Superbike class will...

Tommy Hill tests Supersport R6 in preparation for Brands Hatch

25 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy Hill acclimatised for next weekend’s World Supersport ride on the SPP Yamaha R6 by riding the Virgin Yamaha R6 at Cadwell on Tuesday afternoon. Tommy Hill was at Cadwell primarily to test his...

Video: Brno World Supersport highlights

25 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Britain’s Craig Jones has taken a fantastic second place in the Brno round of the World Supersport championship behind championship leader Keenan Sofuoglu. Check out the video below to see the highlights of the race. Get more at WorldSBK.TV

James Toseland's Suzuka adventure starts

24 July 2007

James Toseland has just arrived in Japan for the start of the most important few days of his season. The World Superbike title leader is on his way to the Honda-owned Suzuka circuit to take part in...

Video: Brno World Superbikes race 1 highlights

23 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

James Toseland took the win in the first race at the Brno round of the World Superbike Championship after a race-long struggle with Max Biaggi. Check out the video below to watch the highlights of the race. Get more on Worldsbk.tv

Heroes in Misano

23 July 2007 by lysknight

My husband Harold and myself went to the FIM Rally in Cesenatico, Italy in June. When it finished we went down to Misano Adriatico where we met my hero Frankie Chilli on his beach. As you can see,...