Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca MotoGP Post-Race Wrap-Up “Soft-option” Bridgestone...
Casey Stoner won the 10th round of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship, 32 laps of Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California. At the start, three strong riders—Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and...
View ArticleStopping Power! Brembo identifies the “best of the late brakers” at the Red...
Reigning MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner has won the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca two years in a row, and both times, the Repsol Honda rider made the winning pass on...
View ArticleRiders’ Raise $1 million For Health Care In Africa
Riders For Health Press Release: The money raised in the appeal will help 'Riders' ensure that more health workers in Africa have the reliable transport they need to deliver health care to everyone...
View ArticleMotoGP: Crutchlow Claims Career Best in Le Mans
Yamaha Tech 3 Press Release: Cal Crutchlow produced the ride of his MotoGP career in Le Mans today to claim a heroic podium in the home race of the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team. Just 24 hours after a...
View ArticleMotoGP: Round #6 – Bridgestone Catalunya Qualifying Report
Bridgestone Motorsport Press Release: For the second consecutive race Dani Pedrosa set a new pole position record in qualifying, the Repsol Honda rider setting a remarkable lap time of 1’40.893 to...
View ArticleMotoGP: Crutchlow Claims First Ever Pole at Assen
Bridgestone Motorsport Press Release: Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow’s stunning form this MotoGP season hit a new high after the British rider claimed his first ever pole position in an...
View ArticleMotoGP: TT Assen Wrap-Up Valentino Rossi victorious, Yamaha teammate Jorge...
Valentino Rossi is back on top after winning the dry 26-lap MotoGP race at TT Circuit Assen on his Yamaha YZR-M1 by 2.170 seconds against the Repsol Honda steamroller of world championship...
View ArticleMotoGP: Sachsenring Wrap-Up Marc Marquez snatches victory in Germany and...
More crashes were the fare at Sachsenring, where tires are slow to warm, lose their properties rapidly and riders must cope with difficult Turn 11—the “Waterfall.” This is a downhill, off-camber...
View ArticleMotoGP: Yamaha Signs Two Year Deal with Pol Espargo
Yamaha Motors Press Release: Yamaha Motor Company is delighted to be able to announce that it has concluded a two-year agreement with current Spanish Moto2 rider Pol Espargaró. As a result of this...
View ArticleDucati Hires Cal Crutchlow! Brit will switch from satellite Tech 3 Yamaha to...
Ducati’s announcement that it had hired Cal Crutchlow to ride its MotoGP bike for two years came out neat and smooth—no need to exploit an off-the-cuff statement made by the CEO, like I did three...
View ArticleOn The Record: Cal Crutchlow Yamaha Tech 3 MotoGP rider.
My first year in MotoGP, I was adamant that I could ride the Yamaha like a Superbike. If I were on a Honda, maybe. But with the Yamaha, you really have to change your riding style. These are difficult...
View ArticleMotoGP: About Fuel Tanks Would two gas tanks—one within the other—be better...
Rex and Cromie McCandless, motorcycle designers from Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed the “Featherbed” twin-loop frame for Norton in 1949-50. Its two horizontal top tubes made a perfect place to...
View ArticleMotoGP: Round #12 – Bridgestone British GP Debrief
Bridgestone Motorsport Press Release: Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo rode one of the races of his career at Silverstone last Sunday to claim a special victory over Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez...
View ArticleMotoGP: Round #13 – Bridgestone Misano World Circuit Preview
Bridgestone Motorsport Press Release: Round thirteen of the 2013 MotoGP season sees the series return to Italy, with this weekend’s San Marino and Rimini Grand Prix taking place at the Misano World...
View ArticleSliding With The Stars On track at American Supercamp with MotoGP racer Cal...
It was a dark, stormy, and surprising morning. My son, John, and I arrived for the opening session of American Supercamp, the traveling dirt-bike school, on this occasion staged at an arena in City of...
View ArticleDucati: “Why Join The Navy When You Can Be A Pirate?” Will Dorna’s spec ECU...
How can we make sense out of Ducati’s recent decision to go “Open,” to leave the ranks of prototypes to embrace the advantages and compromises of the formerly CRT (Claiming Rule Team) category in...
View ArticleMotoGP: Sepang Test 2 – Ducati Team Report
Ducati Press Release: The Ducati Team concluded the second IRTA pre-season testing session at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia in a positive way, with an excellent third place for Andrea Dovizioso and...
View ArticlePHOTOS: New Ducati MotoGP Racer (Press Conference Video) Desmosedici GP14...
Ducati Motor Holding CEO Claudio Domenicali presented the Bologna-based factory’s official MotoGP team—along with the new “Open”-specification Desmosedici GP14 in its official colors—today at the...
View ArticleMotoGP: Akrapovic and Ducati Join Forces for 2014
Akrapovic Press Release: Akrapovič is pleased to announce that it has become an Official Sponsor of Ducati Corse in MotoGP from the start of this season. Akrapovič will support the factory Ducati Team...
View ArticleCal Crutchlow: “It’s A Complete Disaster” First-year Ducati MotoGP factory...
A furious Cal Crutchlow retired from Sunday’s Grand Prix of Spain after just four laps due to a problem with the front brake system on his factory Ducati. Teammate Andrea Dovizioso finished fifth, 27...
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