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03/10/2010 01:33 PM
Silverstone track developments on schedule Silverstone’s new track developments are nearing completion with the new layout and spectator facilities expected to be finished by the end of the month. The Northamptonshire circuit will host BSB, WSB and MotoGP events during 2010. Silverstone’s Managing Director Richard... |
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03/10/2010 09:22 AM
BSB Blog: Sun shines on Guadix BSB test After the heavy early morning snow had cleared the Guadix BSB test got underway at around 14.45pm yesterday. An hour later the track had virtually dried out and Guadix looked picture postcard perfect – the neatly manicured circuit, framed by... |
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03/09/2010 04:22 PM
Tunstall undecided on BSB Evo Tom Tunstall is facing an agonising decision whether or not to switch to BSB Evo or stay in the BSB class. The former Privateer Cup Honda rider tried both configurations of engine at Cartagena and is sure which way to... |
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03/09/2010 02:48 PM
Relentless Suzuki create impression in Spain Relentless by TAS Suzuki pair Alastair Seeley and Michael Laverty showed their potential with some impressive laps times at the Cartagena BSB test, despite having about half the track time of their rivals. MCN asked them about their test: Michael... |
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03/09/2010 02:36 PM
Lougher’s TT plans on track Ian Lougher was testing at Cartagena with his own Black Horse Finance Kawasaki team. He’s riding on the roads with a brace of Kawasakis this year but is fielding Conor Cummins in National Superstock and 16-year old Manxman Dave Pearce... |
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03/09/2010 02:21 PM
Hodgson adapts to Motorpoint Yamaha Motorpoint Yamaha rider Neil Hodgson got his first chance to ride the ex-Airwaves factory R1 at Cartagena last week. He explained to MCN what the experience was like. “I couldn’t believe it when I was told we were getting the... |
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03/09/2010 02:01 PM
Tommy Hill and the Cartagena test Tommy Hill was satisfied with his and the Worx Suzuki team’s progress at Cartagena, the first time they’ve been up against BSB rivals in pre-season testing. He finished the test with the same 1:33.5 time as his team-mate Yukio Kagayama,... |
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03/09/2010 01:28 PM
BSB blog: Spanish test hit by snow I got a bit of a shock this morning at 07.00am when I yanked open the shutters of my hotel window here at Guadix to see a white out! Yes, the terrible weather that hit Barcelona yesterday has found its... |
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03/09/2010 10:03 AM
Lorenzo doubtful for Qatar test Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed to MCN that he is unlikely to make the next pre-season testing following a broken right hand in a motocross training accident on February 12. Lorenzo, 22, was speaking exclusively to MCN at a Dainese exhibition... |
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03/09/2010 09:33 AM
Coghlan finishes fifth in Daytona 200 Kev Coghlan finished fifth in the 69th Daytona 200. It was the Scot’s first time on the famed Daytona banking and he was one of five riders to lead the race for ‘Daytona Sportbike’ class machines. Even though he crashed... |
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03/08/2010 12:06 PM
Superbikes back for 2011 Daytona 200? The Daytona 200 could be making a shock return to Superbikes after possibly the smallest crowd and one of the smallest fields in the 69 year history of the season-opener. Tyre concerns forced the switch to middleweight motorcycles in 2005,... |
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03/08/2010 11:50 AM
Gossip from the Cartagena pit lane Joe Dickinson and Graeme Gowland were both at the Barry Symmons-run Cartagena Pro Test with their ex-Eugene Laverty Parkalgar Hondas that they’ll race in British Supersport this year. 16-year old Manxman Dave Pearce looked impressive on the Ian Lougher-run Black... |
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03/08/2010 11:39 AM
Camier backs Sport Relief Factory Aprilia World Superbike rider, Leon Camier is making the most of his Superpole crash at Phillip Island in the opening round of the series by auctioning off his damaged screen in aid of Sport Relief. Camier crashed at Honda... |
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03/08/2010 11:14 AM
Don’t always believe the lap time hype Even if the weather was more Mallory than Malaga, there were some real revelations at Cartagena in the first real BSB pre-season test of 2010. First came the shock of seeing Rob McElnea’s team unloading two factory Yamahas out of... |
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03/08/2010 10:10 AM
Zemke’s Daytona Superbike double After ten years of riding Hondas, Jake Zemke switched to Suzuki with immediate success. The former Daytona 200 winner gave basketball hall of famer Michael Jordan his first Superbike victory by beating Tommy Hayden (Suzuki) in Thursday’s race by 0.258s,... |
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03/07/2010 08:21 PM
Hill and Suzuki top Cartagena testing Worx Suzuki pair Tommy Hill and Yukio Kagayama set the pace in four days of testing Cartagena, Spain. Hill was in sensational form, clocking a 1:33.5 on the final day to go 0.9s inside the unofficial lap record of 1:34.4... |
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03/06/2010 07:03 PM
Tommy Hill still setting the pace in Spain Tommy Hill continues to set the pace on the Worx Suzuki in the first major BSB pre-season test at Cartagena. He posted a best lap of 1:34.5 to go three tenths quicker than James Ellison on the Swan Honda. Hill... |
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03/05/2010 05:07 PM
Hodgson and Linfoot get works Yamahas Motorpoint Yamaha duo Neil Hodgson and Dan Linfoot have got the works R1s that Leon Camier and James Ellison raced to a resounding 1-2 in the 2009 British Superbike championship. In a shock and secret last-minute deal, the team took... |
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03/05/2010 03:11 PM
Valentino Rossi urges re-think from Marco Simoncelli Valentino Rossi has urged close pal Marco Simoncelli to take time to analyse why he has having such a baptism of fire in MotoGP, Rossi has tipped his compatriot to emerge as a major future star in MotoGP. But two... |
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03/05/2010 02:59 PM
Colin Edwards praises Yamaha development Colin Edwards has heaped praise on Yamaha after his impressive start to the 2010 MotoGP world championship testing campaign. The Texan has finished in the top five in both Sepang tests in Malaysia last month and the double World Superbike... |
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