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05/18/2012 10:55 AM
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North West 200: Farquhar claims supertwins victory
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Ryan Farquhar claimed an historic victory in the first ever North West 200 Supertwins race this evening (Thursday). Ireland’s top road racer led the four-lap race from start-to-finish in the Vauxhall-backed race to cross the line 2.94s ahead of former GP rider Jeremy McWilliams with Michael Rutter third – all three riders on Farquhar built Kawasakis. Farquhar has been instrumental ...
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05/18/2012 10:33 AM
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North West 200: Seeley claims Superstock victory
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As many expected, Alastair Seeley was a class apart in the opening race of the 2012 Relentless International North West 200. The Tyco TAS Suzuki rider dominated the LiveWire Solutions Superstock six-lapper to cross the line a whopping 22.51s ahead of his rivals. Declared a wet race, the pack started the race on wet tyres but the sun was out ...
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05/17/2012 09:45 PM
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Casey Stoner: “I've lost the passion for MotoGP”
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Reigning world champion Casey Stoner will retire at the end of 2012, the Australian saying he’s lost his passion and love for racing at a time when the Repsol Honda rider is arguably at the peak of his career. Disillusioned with constant rule changes, weary of criticism that he was a prolific crasher and rumours that the lactose intolerance issue ...
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05/17/2012 09:40 PM
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Valentino Rossi vows to race on until end of 2014
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Valentino Rossi will not be joining Casey Stoner in quitting the MotoGP world championship at the end of 2012. Double MotoGP world champion Stoner stunned the paddock in Le Mans tonight when he confirmed he will retire at the end of 2012, when the Australian will be only 27. But Italian Rossi once again dismissed recent speculation that he will ...
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05/17/2012 09:30 PM
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Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo shocked at Stoner’s retirement decision
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Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo – two of the biggest rivals in Casey Stoner’s career – have spoken of their shock at the Australian’s decision to retire from MotoGP at the end of the 2012 world championship campaign. The Repsol Honda rider, who has won two out of the opening three races, dropped a bombshell in today’s pre-event press conference ...
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05/17/2012 05:32 PM
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Casey Stoner announces retirement
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Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2012 season. The shock announcement was delivered to a packed press conference at Le Mans ahead of this weekend’s MotoGP round. The 26-year-old who was crowned World Champion in 2008 and 2011 currently leads the 2012 standings by one point from Jorge Lorenzo. Stoner ...
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05/17/2012 01:22 PM
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Joan Lascorz injury update from Kawasaki
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After the last statement issued on April 27, Joan has been recovering respiratory capacity after post-traumatic complications after the accident. A few days ago the medical team at Hospital Vall d'Hebron withdrew the cannula tracheostomy thanks to good performance of Joan’s respiratory system. Joan remains fully conscious, talking, without any mental consequences and remembers all the Imola crash, which in ...
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05/17/2012 11:49 AM
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Injured Hopkins set to race at Miller Motorsports Park
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Following his crash at Monza and subsequent hip and foot injury, John Hopkins is set to make a return to the World Superbike Championship at Miller Motorsports Park in America on 26th to 28th May.The Fixi Crescent Suzuki rider was forced to sit out of the Donington Park round and instead of riding went to see a top UK hip ...
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05/16/2012 10:55 AM
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Get £25 off Silverstone MotoGP tickets!
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MCN and Silverstone have teamed up to offer MCN readers a whopping £25 off weekend tickets for this year’s British MotoGP. The first 3000 readers to call the number below will be able to buy a weekend ticket for just £95 (normally £120), which gets you a guaranteed seat in the MCN grandstand at Luffield, in the thick of the ...
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05/16/2012 10:33 AM
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Chris Vermeulen excited ahead of MotoGP return
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Chris Vermeulen is hoping to show the racing world that he is over his two-year injury nightmare when he makes a return to action in this weekend’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans. The Australian will step out of the wilderness to ride the Forward Racing Suter-BMW machine, with Colin Edwards sidelined after breaking his left collarbone in a qualifying ...
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