The 2011 MotoGP calendar, which is normally announced directly after the mid-season break (in other words, after Brno), has not yet been published. It is believed that the organisers are massaging a … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
A couple of thought-provoking articles from David Emmet.
David Emmet, the head honcho of the well-respected motomatters web site, has published a couple of very interesting articles this morning and I provide a link to each of them for your information. … [Read more...]
Team Gresini celebrates a milestone.
Victory for Toni Elias in last Sunday's Czech Republic Moto2 race at Brno marked the 100th podium, in all classes, for Team Gresini. Team Gresini, which is headed by double 125cc world champion … [Read more...]
Words of wisdom…
Amongst the plethora of stuff that I read each day, I came across this link to Randy Mamola's regular column on the Alpinestars web site Now I have huge respect for this guy, one of the band of great … [Read more...]
Another Norton comeback.
Like the legendary Australian opera singer of last cenntury, Dame Nellie Melba, who became nearly as famous for her "retirements" as she was for her singing, the possibility of a comeback to racing of … [Read more...]
Testing, testing, is this thing on?
This morning it's all about testing. Yesterday World Champion-elect, Jorge Lorenzo descended on the new Aragon Circuit, about 2 hours from Barcelona, to have his first look at the track that will … [Read more...]
Brno testing stuff.
Hiroshi Aoyama tested at Brno yesterday and, while he said he felt comfortable, he was still a fit bit off the pace and is reserving judgement as to whether he will ride at Indianapolis this … [Read more...]
Make your next party a real blast.
Ian Wheeler, pit lane commentator for the BBC TV broadcasts, bought some cans of this local energy drink at Brno last weekend but he says that he thought better of trying to take any of it onto the … [Read more...]
GP Commission clarifies some points.
As well as announcing the basic tenets of Moto3 on the weekend (see below), the GP Commission also clarified several other points of contention. 1. They spelt out exactly the basis on which Suzuki … [Read more...]
Rossi sees red – and the rest of the dominoes start to fall.
The worst kept secret ever in MotoGP was finally revealed last night as Valentino Rossi's press team announced that he had signed a 2 year deal with Ducati. The Italian web sites have gone into … [Read more...]
