2013 MotoGP: No More Private Tests with Contracted Riders in 2014
12 Apr 2013, 07:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Assembled for the Qatar rounds, the Grand Prix Commission, MotoGP's rulemaking body has come up with a new ban on private tests, due to become effective in 2014. The most important change i...
MotoGP Visits Argentina for Test Riding
11 Apr 2013, 12:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Good news for the MotoGP fans in South America: MotoGP is said to include Argentina in the 2014 calendar. But the really good news is that the Argentinian fans will be able to see the MotoGP stars i...
News from Scuola Federale Corsetti, the Official Superbike Riding School
9 Apr 2013, 09:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Official Superbike Riding School, Scuola Federale Corsetti in Italy announces the opening of the 2013 season, on April 21. The Scuola Federale Corsetti is one of the official riding schools s...
2013 MotoGP: Lorenzo, Rossi and Marquez on the Podium
8 Apr 2013, 12:05 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Jorge Lorenzo wins the first round of the 2013 MotoGP championship, the race at the Losail circuit in Qatar. Lorenzo was accompanied on the podium by Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez, with Dani P...
2013 MotoGP: An Interview with Michael Laverty, the 31 Years-Old Rookie
7 Apr 2013, 06:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / MotoGP Northern Irish rookie Michael Laverty set out for a rally high goal: not only to start his career in the world's fastest moto series, but to develop a race bike together with his team, P...
2013 MotoGP: Marquez 0.001 Seconds Faster than Lorenzo
6 Apr 2013, 07:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Free Practice 2 and 3 at the Losail circuit in Qatar saw rookie Marc Marquez stepping in the first position and leading these two stages. While during FP2 Marquez had a 0.268s lead over Lorenzo, the...
15 Years of BMW M Safety Cars in MotoGP
5 Apr 2013, 07:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BMW M is celebrating their 15th season in MotoGP as a provider of safety cars. BMW M has started providing safety cars for MotoGP back in 1999 and since then, their fleet was renewed and upgraded...
2013 MotoGP: Yamaha Reigns the Free Practice 1 in Qatar
5 Apr 2013, 07:20 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha bikes have been quite fast during the first Free Practice at the Losail circuit in Qatar. The reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo had the fastest lap in Qatar, on a track which still le...
2013 MotoGP: Bridgestone Upgrades the Tire Supply
4 Apr 2013, 14:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bridgestone has announced the changes they made in the MotoGP tire supply program, and taking a look at the official data they've released, things have improved. And that's really good bec...
Valerie Thompson Does 212 MPH at the Texas Mile
4 Apr 2013, 10:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember Valerie Thompson? She's a really fast lady and speeds in excess of 200 mph are not a strange thing to her. She aimed to enter the "200 MPH Club of Texas" and she made it. So ...
2013 MotoGP: Qatar 10th MotoGP Anniversary
4 Apr 2013, 09:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2013 MotoGP season kicks off this very weekend in Qatar, and it's more to this race than just the opening of the championship: this is the 10th anniversary of these races. The official r...
2013 MotoGP: New Footage from Marc Marquez' Honda at the COTA
3 Apr 2013, 11:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Well, that's something really different in terms of watching "a lap aboard a MotoGP bike": while most of us expect yet another tank-mounted camera or the awesome footage a camera moun...
2013 MotoGP: Marquez Is Nervous before the Kick-Off Race in Qatar
2 Apr 2013, 14:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / MotoGP's rookie sensation, Honda rider Marc Marquez declared he is a bit nervous before the first race of the season, which will take place at the Losail circuit in Qatar, Sunday April 7. Th...
2013 Isle of Man TT: Maria Costello Shows that Girls Can Ride
2 Apr 2013, 13:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Girl racer Maria Costello announced she will be racing in the 2013 Isle of Man TT. And if some of you think she'll be riding some girlie-bike, think again. Costello will race on the Mountain...
Adventure Bike Racing, a New Dorna Idea
1 Apr 2013, 15:09 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / At the recent tests in Jerez, SuperBike chief Javier Alonso has discussed with Honda's Shuhei Nakamoto about some of the new ideas brewing on Dorna's pots: namely, a potential new racing c...
2013 MotoGP: Wilco Zeelenberg on Lorenzo and His Bike
1 Apr 2013, 12:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP team has just posted a very nice and interesting interview with Willem "Wilco" Zeelenberg, Team Manager for Jorge Lorenzo. Some of the things Wilco said wer...
World SuperBike Is Up to Massive Changes
1 Apr 2013, 09:44 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things are about to change in the world of the 2-wheeled motorsport, and if you thought that Dorna's take on MotoGP with spec ECU and the like was all, you were far from the truth. Dorna wants ...
Kevin Schwantz Shows Proof Against COTA, Massive Support Actions Planned
29 Mar 2013, 12:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like the rough times between the former racing legend Kevin Schwantz and the management of the Circuit of the Americas are about to get even rougher, as the Texan racer responds to the clai...
2013 MotoGP: Carlo Pernat - Rossi or Marquez Winning in Qatar Changes Racing
28 Mar 2013, 16:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Carlo Pernat: manager, racing director, talent scout and visionnaire. He looks at the MotoGP season which will kick off in just few days and sees an already decisive round in Qatar. The Italian m...
Zero Motorcycles and Hollywood Electrics Race at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
28 Mar 2013, 15:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Zero Motorcycles and Hollywood Electrics are two of the best-known names in the all-electric motorcycle industry: the first is making then, and the latter is selling them. Now they both plan to take...