2007

Year: 2007

Month: ALL

2008 World Superbike technical rules and regulations announced

16 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Technical regulations for the 2008 World Superbike Championship have finally been anounced allowing 1200cc twins to compete in next year championship. As predicted in MCN three weeks ago the new rules...

Troy Bayliss leads Misano World Superbike final qualifying

16 June 2007 by MCN Sports Desk

Troy Bayliss posted the fastest time in the final qualifying session of the Misano round of World Superbikes, posting a time of 1:35.395 on the factory Xerox Ducati. He demoted Tory Corser, with whom...

Troy Bayliss switches places with Troy Corser on the World Superbike timesheets in Misano

15 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Australia’s Troy Bayliss was fastest in this afternoon’s first qualifying session for the World Superbikes at Misano in Italy. The Ducati rider recorded a best time of 1:36.479 and knocked 0.4secs...

Craig Jones second in World Supersport qualifying one in Misano

15 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Craig Jones clicked instantly with the revised Misano circuit to finish the opening World Supersport qualifying session and just missed out on provisional pole by 0.001sec. Jones riding the...

Troy Corser sets the pace for World Superbikes in Misano

15 June 2007 by Michael Guy

World Superbike’s Australian pair Troy Corser and Troy Bayliss put their knowledge of the revised Italian circuit of Misano to good use by finishing the opening free practice session in first and...

Anthony West heads Supersport practice in Misano

15 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Australian Anthony West was the fastest Supersport rider in the first free practice session in Misano this morning (Friday). The Yamaha rider, who has been deputising for the injured Kevin Curtain and...

Misano resurfaced with hours to spare ahead of world Superbikes

15 June 2007 by Michael Guy

The Misano circuit had over 500 metres of tarmac replaced less than 48 hours before the World Superbike’s top men got out on track due to an excessive amount of bumps around the revised circuit. ...

JT and friends

14 June 2007 by spud1098

Two of my friends, Becky and her step-mum Nicky, finally meet James Toseland, after watching at Silverstone, and then playing with his band Crash.

Video: Corser in flying stunt display

14 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

The World Superbike paddock was treated to some amazing flying from the Blades stunt plane team and we’ve got some great video of Troy Corser, Steve Parrish and our own Michael Guy and they were thown around over Silverstone by the acrobatic pilots before the World Superbike race.

Former team boss Bertocchi under investigation after Alto Evolution truck hijacking

12 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Italian police are reported to have former team boss Sergio Bertocchi under investigation following the theft and kidnapping of the Alto Evolution team truck and driver. The truck, which has...

Second round of testing for Ducati 1200

12 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Ducati will complete their second full track test of their new 1200cc Superbike they plan to race in WSB in 2008 at Mugello this week. The Ducati 1200 was first tested eight weeks in the hands of...

Martin turns down Misano rides in favour of commentating

12 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Steve Martin has turned down two World Supersport rides for this weekend’s Misano race and instead he’ll be at the Italian circuit TV commentating on Sunday’s races. Martin officially parted company...

Jones ready for Misano World Supersport race

11 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Brit Craig Jones is hoping that improvements to his Reve Ekerold Honda CBR600RR following the Silverstone race will be enough to enable him to fight at the front during this weekends Misano World...

Truck theft and Kidnapping rule out Alto Evolution from Misano WSB

11 June 2007 by Michael Guy

The Alto Evolution WSB team of Karl Muggeridge and Josh Brookes will miss this weekends Misano race after their race truck and bikes were stolen and their driver kidnapped. The incredible turn of...

Positive test for Alstare Suzuki

07 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi and Yukio Kagayama wrapped up their two day private test at Lausitzring in Germany with both riders improving their lap times from the opening day. Biaggi took half a second off his day one...

Fogarty still chasing money

06 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Carl Fogarty has admitted he is still months away from making an official announcement on his 2008 MV Agusta team as he still doesn’t have the sponsorship to fund the high profile project. At the...

Kagayama from Biaggi at Lausitz test

06 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi and Yukio Kagayama have been flat out testing new engine and electronic components in an effort to get their Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000R back to the front in World Superbikes. Riding in a...

Honda want Toseland in World Superbikes

06 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

Honda will fight what looks likely to be a futile battle to keep James Toseland in World Superbikes next season. With rumours intensifying at last weekend’s Italian GP in Mugello that he will switch...

Ellison to get help from Ten Kate and Honda

03 June 2007 by Michael Guy

James Ellison is set to get a technical boost to his American Superbike campaign after Ten Kate and Honda America agreed to work together to further develop the Honda CBR1000RR Superbike. Ellison...

Toseland impresses in Suzuka Eight-hour test

01 June 2007 by Michael Guy

James Toseland has impressed during a two day ‘Audition Test’ in Japan for the prestigious Suzuka Eight-hour race. Riding at the technical circuit for the first time in his career, Toseland got to...

Yukio's ferry happy to meet his fans

31 May 2007 by Brett Amey

We spoke to Yukio Kagayama on the ferry returning from Le Man MotoGP the other day. He seemed fit and was on his way to Silverstone.

We met Chris Walker!

31 May 2007 by Roger Spencer

Here’s a picture of us two ‘oldies’ on our nine-year-old Fazer and my wife Shirley with Chris Walker at Assen World Supers in 2006. Great paper, look forward to reading the next issue.

Biaggi snubs MotoGP return

31 May 2007 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi has snubbed a return to MotoGP after revealing to MCN that he’s happy in WSB. At Silverstone last weekend Biaggi’s Alstare Suzuki team stated their intention to switch to MotoGP with team...

Nori supporters' day out at Silverstone

31 May 2007 by P Berriman

Please find attatched a few pics of my son Daniel putting up his Nori banner with his sister Rachel. Also a few other pictures including a ‘rare’ Biaggi photo. P.Berriman

Aspar stand in the way of Alstare's MotoGP switch

31 May 2007 by Michael Guy

Alstare Suzuki could have a fight on their hands if they want to be the second factory Suzuki team in MotoGP next season. As revealed in MCN this week (May 30, 2007) Alstare want to switch from WSB...

WSB Silverstone

30 May 2007 by Andrew Tilley

Just a few photos I took at Silverstone.

We won't go again

30 May 2007 by Anonymous

Me, my son and brother went to watch the WSB at Silverstone. We sat in the freezing rain waiting for the second race to then hear that it was to dangerous for the riders. I thought we might have had some sort of a refund… We wont be going again

Silverstone surfing

29 May 2007 by Clive McNeil

Just a few more pictures from a wet Silverstone…

Vankeymeulen injury woes

29 May 2007 by Clive McNeil

Speculation that Didier Vankeymeulen will be out of the Superstock 1000 and World Endurance championships for 3 months after his Silverstone crash may be slightly pessimistic. The TTSL-MGM Racing rider has broken his L1 vertebrae, along with a wrist but hopes to be back on a bike earlier than was feared.

Video: Toseland's Silverstone highside

29 May 2007 by Angus Farquhar

James Toseland survived an amazing highside in the first race at Silverstone only to get back up and finish in eigth place. Check out the video below to see the crash and highlights of the rain soaked...

Wash out at Silverstone

29 May 2007 by Steve James

If it’s not F1 Siverstone are not interested! It seems all they’re interested in is making money, they do not care about the fans. Having decided to brave the rain to support our local hero JT we arrived at the circuit and paid our £45. We decided to go to Becketts Corner as this had been recommended as a good spot. We noticed that despite the wheather conditions all the stands except for the...

Craig Jones misses out on World Supersport podium

29 May 2007 by chickste

Craig Jones fell victim to the soaking Silverstone conditions after they had promised to bring him his first podium finish of the season. The Rêve Ekerold Honda rider carved through the field from his...

Kagayama crash

29 May 2007 by silfox

Yukio Kagayama falling off during Silverstone’s Saturday practice. He had a problem with his brakes.

Seat fiasco made Silverstone dangerous

28 May 2007 by scottdb

Did anyone like the “roaming grandstand seat” arrangement at Silverstone for the WSB meeting? I have been to many racing events and never seen so many arguments. The idea is everyone who paid entrance had a grandstand seat. However, hundreds of fans either hadn’t been there before or weren’t aware that not all grandstands were covered. My friend and I knew we wanted to be at the dodgy chicane in...

Rain at Silverstone

28 May 2007 by Paul Bennett

I was unfortunate enough to attend WSB at Silverstone and witness half a day’s racing with no mention of a refund. The riders who I admired so much said conditions were too dangerous to race so I expect relaxed in the corporate entertainment of the hospitality areas provided by various sponsors whilst I rode in the same pi**ing rain back to north Devon. Like hundreds of other bikers I had handed...

WSB pictures

28 May 2007 by littlenorty

Just a couple of pictures from the Silverstone round of WSB: Troy Corser at Bridge and Karl Muggeridge at Farm on the cool down lap after Superpole.