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…
Ten years at Mugello
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…
MotoGP facts and numbers
Statistician Dr Martin Raines serves up some more trivia and info ahead of the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya this weekend…
Yamaha wake up the neighbours
The residents around the wondrous Sagrada Familia in Barcelona are used to the noise of tourists and their buses, construction work (for over a century now) and the odd police siren but this morning the growl of a world champion’s Yamaha M1 was something kinda different…
USA/Brazil MXGP trip Blog Part7
The first full day of activity in Brazil took place under a sun hot enough to cook an egg. Finding shade at the splendour of Hotel Dona Carolina meant dodging girls in bikinis but the Mormaii pre-event press gathering was good fun. Then onto the track for day one of the Grand Prix…
USA/Brazil MXGP trip Blog Part6
Across the Atlantic and back again. Before gliding over one ocean I was able to take in the beauty of another as our last day in California prompted a cruise through Malibu. Then the 26-odd hour hike back to Europe and to Sao Paolo for Brazilian fun…
