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Donington Park given two week reprieve

14 October 2009 by Michael Guy

Donington Park given two week reprieve

Following reports in the National press suggesting that Donington Park will lose the 2010 Formula One race, the Leicestershire circuit has been granted a two week extension by F1 boss Bernie...

James Toseland’s crew chief to move to Moto2

14 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

The departure of James Toseland from MotoGP has proved costly for the crew chief at the centre of a bust-up between the British rider and Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team-mate Colin Edwards last winter. Gary Reynders, who left Texan Edwards at the end of the 2008 MotoGP world championship to make a controversial switch to work with Toseland, will move to the new Tech 3 Moto2 squad. The arrival of Ben...

Celebrations!

14 October 2009 by Mandy Richards

I was at Oulton Park for the final round of the BSB last weekend and actually stood at the front of the podium when Leon Camier was presented his trophy for becoming the MCE BSB Champion 2009. The atmosphere was fantastic and I felt truly honoured to be there to share his moment and get covered in the celebratory champagne! What a fantastic weekend! Thanks to all the riders for making it a truly...

James Toseland to test R1 WSB bike in Portimao?

14 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland to test R1 WSB bike in Portimao?

James Toseland looks certain to make his Yamaha World Superbike debut before the end of the month, MCN can reveal. The British rider is hotly-tipped to make a shock R1 appearance at the Portimao test...

My son at BSB

13 October 2009 by nigaltomlinson

My son at BSB

This is my one year old son at the BSB final having his picture taken with Sylvain Guintoli and the Worx Crescent Suzuki girls. What a fab day.

Big Ed at Oulton Park

13 October 2009 by G Jones

Big Ed at Oulton Park

Josh with Big Ed at BSB Oulton Park

Australia MotoGP: Casey Stoner targets home hat-trick

12 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Australia MotoGP: Casey Stoner targets home hat-trick

Casey Stoner is confident he can claim a third successive victory on home soil at Phillip Island this weekend. All eyes will be on the 23-year-old in only his second race since his comeback from...

Australia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi looking to bounce back

12 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Australia MotoGP: Valentino Rossi looking to bounce back

Valentino Rossi is aiming to bounce back from his bitterly disappointing performance in the recent Estoril MotoGP when his title fight with Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo resumes in Australia...

Australia MotoGP: Bradley Smith looks to extend podium run

12 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Australia MotoGP: Bradley Smith looks to extend podium run

Bradley Smith is targeting a fourth successive podium to continue his recent impressive 125GP form in Australia this weekend. After a dip in from at the halfway stage in the world championship, the...

Australia MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa aims for strong finish

12 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Australia MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa aims for strong finish

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa is confident he can finish a disappointing 2009 campaign on a high. The Spaniard has again failed to mount a serious world title threat this season but goes into the...

Contract? What contract?

12 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Contract? What contract?

When I got the tip-off on Saturday morning at Oulton Park that Sylvain Guintoli had been snatched from the Worx Suzuki team to ride for Alstare Suzuki in WSB I simply didn’t believe it. fter all, I...

Neukirchner confirmed at Ten Kate Honda

12 October 2009 by Michael Guy

Neukirchner confirmed at Ten Kate Honda

Max Neukirchner will make a dramatic switch to Ten Kate Honda in 2010 to ride alongside Britain’s Jonathan Rea. MCN exclusively revealed on Saturday that Neukirchner met with the Dutch team at their...

Guintoli to Alstare Suzuki WSB

12 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Guintoli to Alstare Suzuki WSB

Sylvain Guintoli will make a dramatic switch to WSB with Alstare Suzuki – replacing Max Neukirchner, who has signed for Ten Kate Honda. Guintoli’s move has been sanctioned by the Suzuki factory – even...

On the grid with Steve Plater

12 October 2009 by Gail Middlemore

On the grid with Steve Plater

Me and Platerman on the grid at Oulton minutes before setting off on his championship winning ride !

Plater takes British Supersport title in style

12 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Plater takes British Supersport title in style

Steve Plater clinched the British Supersport title the best way possible on Sunday at Oulton Park – by taking an emphatic win in the final race of the championship. For Plater it was the end to a...

BSB releases 12-race 2010 calendar

12 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

BSB releases 12-race 2010 calendar

Next year’s BSB series features 12 races with two of them – Brands in August and the final Oulton round – again scheduled as triple headers with one race on a Saturday and two races the following...

Multiple crash stops Weston Beach race

12 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Multiple crash stops Weston Beach race

The 27th running of the Weston Beach Race was cancelled today, following a major incident on the main straight involving more than a dozen riders. A collision within the main pack, as the competitors...

The last round of BSB 2009

12 October 2009 by kierongriffiths

The last round of BSB 2009

The last round and the last race of the season. I think the picture says it all!

Mascots at Oulton Park

12 October 2009 by kierongriffiths

Mascots at Oulton Park

At Oulton Park for the final round of BSB I think the mascots had reached breaking point!

BSB Oulton Park: Race 3 results - Camier victorious

11 October 2009 by MCN

BSB Oulton Park: Race 3 results - Camier victorious

Leon Camier finished his title-winning 2009 MCE British Superbike season in style at Oulton Park with his 19th win of the season on the Airwaves Yamaha. Camier led from the first lap to the finish,...

BSB Oulton Park: Race 2 results - Camier fends off determined Easton

11 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

BSB Oulton Park: Race 2 results - Camier fends off determined Easton

Leon Camier won his 18th race win of the year after another frantic scrap with Stuart Easton at Oulton Park. Following on from yesterday’s race won by Easton, the race went down to the wire with the...

BSB Oulton Park: Race 1 - Easton beats Camier in first Oulton race

10 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

BSB Oulton Park: Race 1 - Easton beats Camier in first Oulton race

Stuart Easton claimed his second BSB race win of the season after a real head-to-head scrap with recently crowned champion Leon Camier to produce what most experts in pit lane were calling the race of...

Harris Promo Racing Moto2 tested

10 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Harris Promo Racing Moto2 tested

Brit-based Harris Performance has completed the latest development tests of its Moto2 race machine and announced that it is ready to accept orders from confirmed Moto2 teams and other interested...

Max Neukirchner to Ten Kate Honda

09 October 2009 by Michael Guy

Max Neukirchner to Ten Kate Honda

Max Neukirchner is poised to make a dramatic switch to the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda squad in 2010. MCN understands that the 26 year old German is set to leave his current position in the Alstare...

Harris tops Oulton BSB practice

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Harris tops Oulton BSB practice

Karl Harris set the pace during both of Friday’s free practice sessions at Oulton Park today in the final round of the MCE British Superbike Championship. With a new spec engine build for the weekend,...

Wilson stays supersport with Gearlink for 2010

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Wilson stays supersport with Gearlink for 2010

Gearlink Kawasaki has announced that Ben Wilson has signed for the 2010 season to challenge for the British Supersport championship on the Kawasaki ZX-6R.  The Lincolnshire rider is currently fourth...

‘I’ll help Ben Spies’, vows Colin Edwards

09 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

‘I’ll help Ben Spies’, vows Colin Edwards

Colin Edwards has vowed to do all he can to help fellow Texan Ben Spies become an instant success in the MotoGP world championship in 2010. Both hailing from Texas, Edwards and Spies are good friends...

Suzuki deny engine crisis

09 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki deny engine crisis

Suzuki has denied it will be the first factory to fall foul of new engine reliability rules in the MotoGP world championship. Factory boss Paul Denning denied rumours that both Loris Capirossi and...

Honda boss angry at new engine penalty

09 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Honda boss angry at new engine penalty

Honda boss Shuhei Nakamoto has spoken of his ‘disappointment’ at recent changes to MotoGP engine durability rules. Cost-cutting rules introduced for the final seven races of 2009 meant riders could...

Suzuki delay Chris Vermeulen’s Kawasaki WSB debut

09 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki delay Chris Vermeulen’s Kawasaki WSB debut

Suzuki will not give special permission for Aussie rider Chris Vermeulen to make his Kawasaki World Superbike debut before the end of the MotoGP season. Kawasaki will test immediately after the final...

Plater and McConnell shape up for Oulton scrap

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Plater and McConnell shape up for Oulton scrap

Everything hangs on the final race of the British Supersport series at Oulton Park this weekend with Steve Plater leading Billy McConnell by just 11 points. At Silverstone two weeks ago the pair...

Team Green road race

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Team Green road race

Kawasaki’s ‘Team Green’ has been in existence in the UK for well over 25 years but in recent years has primarily been focussed on off-road racing. But, from next year, Team Green will re-enter the...

Camier aims for 20 race wins at Oulton Park

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Camier aims for 20 race wins at Oulton Park

Leon Camier might have wrapped up the BSB title at Silverstone two weeks ago but now his target is taking his season tally of race wins to 20 – in the season ending triple header at Oulton Park in...

Simpson headlines Weston Beach Race

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Simpson headlines Weston Beach Race

Factory KTM star Shaun Simpson and former World Motocross Champion Stefan Everts headline this weekend’s Weston Beach Race. Everts won last year’s race from Simpson and the pair of them line up...

Kymco back British 125 race team

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Kymco back British 125 race team

Danny Kent will be riding the Aztec GP125 bike with new backing from Kymco UK in this weekend’s 125cc British Championship round at Oulton Park. Kymco UK and Aztec are working on a plan 2010 to...

Guintoli to race at Thruxton

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Guintoli to race at Thruxton

Worx Suzuki star Sylvain Guintoli will line-up for the MRO Powerbike club race at Thruxton on October 17. Ironically a year ago on the corresponding weekend, the Frenchman was finishing 14th in the...