Archive for July, 2011
Althea boss dismisses rivals’ Ducati advantage claims
Add Comment Yeah right. How come they are faster than last year’s factory team with one of the oldest riders still riding who has done **** before on factory machinery. WSBK is rapidly becoming crap with their ever changing different rules for different bikes (Italian bikes) and looks like a heaven for failed MotoGP pensioners [...]
Carlos Checa takes Ducati’s 300th World Superbike race victory
Carlos Checa’s victory at Silverstone’s round 9 of the 2011 World Superbike series in the UK on Sunday protected his lead in the Riders’ championship, maintained Ducati’s advantage in the Manufacturers’ title and marked an incredible 300 race win milestone for the famous Italian motorcycle brand from Bologna. Racing under Team Althea colours, Carlos Checa [...]
Hopkins on Silverstone pole
Wildcard John Hopkins showed his MotoGP credentials at Silverstone by claiming pole position for the World Superbike Championship round. The American Samsung Crescent Racing Suzuki rider, a British Superbikes regular this season, produced a track best two minutes 4.041 seconds in Superpole 3 to come in ahead of Irishman Eugene Laverty of Yamaha (2:4.068) and [...]
Ducati’s Alessandro Cicognani explains first ten rounds of 2011 MotoGP season …
Ducati’s Alessandro Cicognani explains first ten rounds of 2011 MotoGP season – MotoGP news Ducati’s Director of MotoGP Project Alessandro Cicognani has shared his views about the first ten rounds of the 2011 MotoGP season. Along with Cicognani, Rizla Suzuki Team Manager Paul Denning was also present at the occasion. He also expressed his views [...]
Ducati Team rider Valentino Rossi rules out chance to win a MotoGP event in …
Ducati Team rider Valentino Rossi rules out chance to win a MotoGP event in 2011 season Ducati Team rider Valentino Rossi has claimed that his chances to win a MotoGP event in the ongoing 2011 season are very low. In the last race at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the Italian was merely able to [...]
Yoshimura Suzuki Japan takes provisional pole for Suzuka 8-Hour
Yoshimura Suzuki Japan’s Yukio Kagayama put his team on provisional pole position for the 2011 Suzuka 8-Hour endurance race by being the only rider to have clocked a lap under the 2:08 mark during provisional qualifying held Friday at the famed Japanese circuit. The former World Superbike rider put in a lap of 2:07.884, setting [...]
Radio inactive? Japanese GP given green light
MotoGP rookie Crutchlow scored 30 of his 34 points in the first five rounds, but is now languishing 15th in the championship and 12 points behind fellow rookie Karel Abraham. Photo: GETTY Their position has been met with criticism and derision amongst large sectors of the media, who accuse them of double standards (they [...]
MotoGP is set to replace the 125cc two-strokes | Drawing the Line
While Moto2 and Moto3 are set to prosper, MotoGP languishes. The grids are small, with just 17 bikes forming the official field. Of those, there are nine “factory” bikes and eight “satellite” entries. There are only four makes represented, with Honda, Yamaha and Ducati fully committed, and Suzuki running one bike out of a significantly [...]
Kagayama Puts Yoshimura on Top In Suzuka Qualifying
Yukio Kagayama kept the Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Team at the top of the timesheets after the second day’s running at the Suzuka 8 Hours. This event is the only in the FIM World Endurance Championship where the quickest individual lap times decide the grid, as opposed to the average time of the team’s riders. As [...]
Japanese Grand Prix given the all clear despite radiation concern
MotoGP rookie Crutchlow scored 30 of his 34 points in the first five rounds, but is now languishing 15th in the championship and 12 points behind fellow rookie Karel Abraham. Photo: GETTY Their position has been met with criticism and derision amongst large sectors of the media, who accuse them of double standards (they [...]