"Fortunately I have won a lot in my career, and I no longer need to achieve certain results. I prefer a challenge and now I'm trying to win with Ducati," Who would have thought that we would hear … [Read more...]
Clarifying the silly season
Confirmation that last weekend's rumours concerning the scrapping of the so-called "rookie rule" has helped to clarify the silly season situation just a little more. (it seems funny talking about 2013 … [Read more...]
Rules are made to be broken
Photo courtesy of Red Bull To absolutely nobody's great surprise, Caramello Koala, the boss of DORNA, came out last night and said the the so-called "rookie rule" (that says that a new MotoGp rider … [Read more...]
The domino effect
Phew, so much has happened since the last time I posted. A frantic WSBK meet at Donington, another Casey Stoner whitewash at Estoril, a BSB meet that saw Josh Brookes climb in the points, a very … [Read more...]
Quo vadis, Valentino?
((thanks to topsportracing for this photo) A year ago, Valentino Rossi debuted for Ducati MotoGp at Losail after the most hyped-up pre-season testing session on record. The Doctor's defection to … [Read more...]
A classic weekend
Yeah, I know, that is the lamest title for a post that I've used in a long while, but it's also true because I've just got back last night from the most excellent weekend calling the races at … [Read more...]
Moving right along.
Lots of stuff to talk about today. This weekend sees the 14th round (of 18) of the MotoGp World Championship. Casey Stoner heads to Aragon in Spain with a slightly reduced but still healthy points … [Read more...]
Is that a new frame I see?
The Ducati MotoGp team completed a test day at Mugello on Monday with both Rossi and Hayden testing the 2012 bike, already nicknamed the GP21.1 by the journalists. While details are sketchy … [Read more...]
Weekend wash-up
Jorge Lorenzo's win on Sunday has breathed some life back into a championship that was rapidly heading for boredom with the Repsol steam roller flattening the opposition so far this year. Lorenzo … [Read more...]
Indy!
This weekend the MotoGp circus ping-pongs back to the USA (whose dumb idea was it to programme this calendar? Laguna Seca, Brno, Indianapolis - d'uh) for the second of the two MotoGp events to be run … [Read more...]