Assen TT winner Ben Spies could not have picked a better stage to bag his maiden MotoGP victory with Yamaha celebrating their 50th anniversary of GP competition at the famous Dutch track. The American also planted a few new milestones with his success…
Dovizioso talks bikes and MotoGP
HRC have issued an interesting interview (and insight) into one of the ‘invisible’ men of MotoGP, Andrea Dovizioso. Although it is in their unusual verbatim style, the words of the Italian are still intriguing, especially about the 2011 RC212V…
Desalle vulnerable ahead of Sweden
Rockstar Suzuki rider Clement Desalle will have a job on his hands this weekend in Sweden for the eighth round of fifteen in the FIM MX World Championship to guard or extend his lead of one point in the MX1 series. We were able to chat with the Belgian this afternoon …
MotoGP trivia for Mugello
The usual dose of stats and interesting facts ahead of the Gran Premio D’Italia TIM this weekend at Mugello, some good ones here including a high speed record set in 2009…
Ten years at Mugello
The eighth round of eighteen in the MotoGP season inhabits the Tuscan hills of Mugello this weekend. Thanks to Dorna here is a run down of what has happened at the past nine years at the definitive Italian circuit…
MotoGP Trivia for Silverstone
Aside from Yamaha and Honda tying on 63 MotoGP wins each and Nico Terol equalling a 54 year record by Carlo Ubbiali in 1957 for fourteen consecutive 125cc podiums, here are some other interesting stats on the eve of the Grand Prix at Silverstone…
Zecchina gets factory-backed Suzuki for French MXGP
‘Zecchina who?’ you may think. The Italian is leading the 125cc two-stroke European championship; which has been pushed by the powers-that-be as the first rung on the scale of being a fully-fledged Grand Prix racer…