2013 MotoGP: Ben Spies Returns at Indianapolis, Feels Confident Once More
12 Aug 2013, 09:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Good news for Ducati and Ben Spies fans as the Texas rider is back in business and announced he will be riding again at Indianapolis, at the end of this very week. It's been a very nasty hal...
MotoGP: Suzuki and Randy De Puniet Complete MotoGP Tests in Japan
9 Aug 2013, 08:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Successful testing for Suzuki and their riders Nobuatsu Aoki and Randy De Puniet, "borrowed" from Team Power Aspar Electronics. Planning to make a comeback in MotoGP in 2015, Suzuki ha...
Colin Edwards Races Baja 1000 with Yamaha
7 Aug 2013, 16:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's no secret that off-road riding is one of the side-activities of most motoGp riders, and NGM Mobile Forward Racing's Colin Edwards is no exception. He will not ride with Valentino Ross...
Paulo Gonçalves Wins the Dos Sertões Rally
7 Aug 2013, 12:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves won the longest round of the FIM Cross-Country Rally World Championship, the Dos Sertões Rally in Brazil. Riding his Speedbrain Husqvarna machine, Goncalve...
Casey Stoner Pleased with Honda Bikes, Denies Wildcard Rumors
7 Aug 2013, 11:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Former 2007 and 2011 MotoGP champion Casey Stoner spent two days in Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit testing Honda's 2013 RC213V machine and the 2014 prototype. Despite the first day of...
2014 Dakar: KTM Prepares Major Upgrades and a Completely New Chassis
6 Aug 2013, 15:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / In an interview on the company's blog, the KTM CEO Stefan Pierer spoke about the plans for the 2014 Dakar rally and mentioned that the new motorcycle the Austrian manufacturer is working on wil...
2013 MotoGP: Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki Testing Bikes During Summer Break
6 Aug 2013, 09:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / August may bring a break in the MotoGP season, but this is only as far as racing itself is concerned, as the factories are still working hard to better their machines for the second half of the worl...
2014 MotoGP: Pol Espargaro Replaces Crutchlow at Tech3 Yamaha from 2014
2 Aug 2013, 13:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As rumored some months ago, it looks like Yamaha's satellite team Tech3 has indeed been in advanced talks with the Moto2 rider Pol Espagaro for a MotoGP seat in 2014 and 2015. Today the officia...
Cal Crutchlow Officially with Ducati in 2014
2 Aug 2013, 13:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As we reported yesterday, it's been less than 24 hours and the official announcement from both Ducati and Cal Crutchlow is now public: the Coventry-born Englishman will ride a Ducati bike for t...
Australian GP Officials Try to Lure Casey Stoner Back for Phillip Island
31 Jul 2013, 12:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Speaking with AAP, the Australian GO Corporation Andrew Westacott was rather blunt and openly admitted the racing company is making moves to try and lure Casey Stoner back into the MotoGP world, pos...
2013 MotoGP: New Bridgestone Hard Tire Introduced at Brno
30 Jul 2013, 16:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bridgestone, the official tire supplier of the 2013 MotoGP announced they are ready to introduce a new Hard compound rear tire at the Bwin Grand Prix at Brno, the Czech Republic. Bridgestone offe...
Yamaha, Tech3 and Monster Join Efforts to Retain Cal Crutchlow
30 Jul 2013, 11:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Cal Crutchlow's decision future is expected before the Indianapolis race, Yamaha Racing Team boss Lin Jarvis said in an interview he gave MotoGP.com. He mentioned there are not one, not two, bu...
Dorna Releases the Final Regulations for 2014 MotoGP
29 Jul 2013, 14:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dorna Sports has finally released the full documentation for the next MotoGP season, after receiving sanctioning from the FIM. While most of the chances for the 2014 season were already kind of ...
Honda Wins 2013 Suzuka 8 Hours Race, Schwantz Shows He's Still Great
29 Jul 2013, 12:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A great victory for Honda at Suzuka, Japan his weekend, as the Japanese manufacturer topped the 8 Hours endurance race. Honda powered the Mushahi RT Harc Pro team, with Leon Haslam, Michael Van d...
2013 MotoGP: Complete Collarbone Fracture for Dani Pedrosa
27 Jul 2013, 09:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Even though a broken collarbone is not exactly the most popular expression for luck, Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa can consider himself a lucky guy. Having crashed before the German round at Sach...
2013 MotoGP: Best of Laguna Seca
26 Jul 2013, 07:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With its 3.61 km (2.243 miles), the Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca in California, is the shortest circuit in the whole MotoGP calendar, and this means a hefty 32 laps of anti-clockwise fast racing for...
Breaking News: BMW Retires from World Superbike
24 Jul 2013, 13:11 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bad news for the fans of World Superbike BMW riders Marco Melandri and Chad Davies, as BMW Motorrad has just announced they will no longer have a factory involvement with the series after the 2013 s...
Casey Stoner to Test 2014 Honda MotoGP Bikes at Motegi
23 Jul 2013, 09:56 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Two-time world champion Casey Stoner will be testing Honda's 2014 RC123V prototype in August at Motegi in Japan, MCN reports. Rather freshly-retired from MotoGP last year at Valencia, Stoner...
Tom Sykes Already Confirmed for Kawasaki Racing Team
22 Jul 2013, 15:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Kawasaki Racing Team (KRT) has announced they signed a new deal with tehir top rider Tom Sykes for the 2014 World Superbike championship. The 2012 runner-up, Sykes will start his fifth full year ...
2013 MotoGP: Bradl's Maiden Pole Position and Podium as Marquez Wins at Laguna Seca
22 Jul 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Great weekend for LCR Honda rider Stefan Bradl at Laguna Seca, as he got his first MotoGP pole position in his career and following that, his first-ever podium finish. Bradl crossed the finish line ...