Yesterday I graded the MotoGp top 10 riders for their performances in 2012. Today I'll look at Moto2. With much bigger fields and with a more even spread of riders, filling out a report card for this … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
End of year report
The season is over in the two major classes of international racing so it's time for me to send the riders out their Report Cards for their efforts. I'll start with MotoGp. Here goes. A+ Jorge … [Read more...]
..and you’re….OUT!
Last night's announcement of new technical regulations for MotoGp come 2014 makes it clear that this has been a complete and total knockout by DORNA. All the talk of compromise has gone completely out … [Read more...]
The troublesome Senor Marquez
It seems that Marc Marquez has got himself in hot water again. In FP1 yesterday at Valencia, Marquez, pressing on on a hot lap, aimed for a gap that was JUST there and tipped Simone Corsi off into the … [Read more...]
Max hangs it up
As foreshadowed in my posting yesterday, current WSBK champion, Max Biaggi, announced his retirement from motorcycle racing last night, aged 41. At an age where most serious riders have already … [Read more...]
Gotta love special builders
On an irregular basis I visit the excellent kneeslider web site. These guys have an eye for the unusual, the special and the sometimes way out but it's always worth a read. Today I stumbled across … [Read more...]
Weighty issues
In the lead-up to the final MotoGp meeting of the season at Valencia this weekend, there is a lot of chatter about a minimum weight limit for Moto2 in 2013. Most strident in his criticism of the lack … [Read more...]
Seeing red
With just one race to go in the 2012 MotoGp world championship it's probably an appropriate to review the Ducati/Rossi experiment. Since Vale went to Ducati at the end of the 2010 season we have been … [Read more...]
A confidence trick
photo courtesy of the Herald Sun Like most Australian motorsports fans I have been glued to the set this weekend watching the unfolding drama at Phillip Island. After Casey Stoner's horror crash at … [Read more...]
Stuff from all over
Here's a bit of a potpourri of stuff that I've accumulated over the last few days. In no particular order or significance. 1. Restored de Havilland Mosquito. A group of aviation enthusiasts in … [Read more...]
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