Valentino Rossi achieved his 69th premier class win yesterday at the rain soaked Indianapolis grand prix, with Nicky Hayden second and Jorge Lorenzo in Third. Hurricane Ike hit the circuit as predicted at midday, forcing the 125 race to be red flagged, the 250 race to be re-scheduled and later cancelled. Luckily for the fans the [...]

From a season of up and downs, De Angelis has signed with the San Carlo Honda Gresini team for a second season. De Angelis has had mixed results over the course of the season with some crashes and some impressive results at Mugello and Sachsenring. The signing is a result of the commitment and confidence [...]

Suzuki Motor Corporation announced that both Chris Vermeulen and Loris Capirossi will continue racing for the Rizla Suzuki team for the 2009 MotoGP season. Both riders are delighted to be staying with Suzuki for 2009 and are pleased everything has been finalised, so they can concentrate on winning and achieving podiums for the team. Chris has been [...]

Valentino Rossi wins at Brno extending his championship lead by 50 points. The race looked as if it was going to be a two horse race, as the two championship contenders left the rest of the pack, until lap 6 when the current world champion crashed his Marlboro Ducati leaving Rossi to take the win. Toni [...]

Due to a foot injury sustained riding a supermoto at the X Games, Nicky Hayden will be unable to participate in this weekends MotoGP race at Brno. The decision to not race this weekend was advised by Dr. Arthur Ting, Hayden’s trusted surgeon, and other specialists. Hayden was riding a Honda CRF450 and landed heavy after [...]

Unfortunately Craig Jones, aged just 23, lost his life this morning from the injuries sustained in yesterday’s supersport race at Brands Hatch. Jones was sitting in second place, battling with Rea and Pitt up until the end of lap 7, when Jones seemed to have lost the rear of his Honda and fell off. Jones was [...]

The stalker will be riding back into the world superbike championship aboard the Vent Axia VK Honda. Paul Bird Motorsport announced that Walker will ride at this weekend’s race at Brands Hatch and continue until the end of the 2008 season. Walker is relishing the opportunity to ride a world superbike again after a disappointing half [...]

Shinya Nakano currently riding for the San Carlo Gresini team will be using a factory Honda from the Brno Grand Prix on August 17th. Honda wants Nakano to assist in the development of the 2009 satellite Honda and hopefully to improve his own results in the process. Nakano has finished every race in the [...]

The 2009 provisional road racing world championship grand prix calendar was released by the FIM last Friday. The calendar is as follows: April 12 — Qatar — Doha/Losail* April 24 — Japan — Motagi May 3 — Spain — Jerez May 17 — France — Le Mans May 31 — Italy — Mugello June 14 — Catalunya — Catalunya June 27 [...]

Stoner probably expected to run away with a win from his practice and qualifying pace at Laguna Seca, but the Doctor used his skill and determination to keep stoner behind him throughout the race and then go on to win the race. The U.S grand prix turned out to be one of the best races this [...]