World Superbike Monza 2010 Highlight Videos

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Tommy Wood Derek Woodman Ruben Xaus Kazuya Yamada Tetsuya Yamaguchi

Official 2013 Calendar announced

2013 Formula 1 calendar

17/03 AUS Grand Prix of Australia
24/03 MYS Grand Prix of Malaysia
14/04 CHN Grand Prix of China
21/04 BHR Grand Prix of Bahrain
12/05 ESP Grand Prix of Spain (Barcelona)
26/05 MCO Grand Prix of Monaco
09/06 CAN Grand Prix of Canada
16/06 USA Grand Prix of Jersey (New York) *
30/06 GBR Grand Prix of Great Britain
14/07 DEU Grand Prix of Germany
28/07 HUN Grand Prix of Hungary
25/08 BEL Grand Prix of Belgium
08/09 ITA Grand Prix of Italy
22/09 SGP Grand Prix of Singapore
06/10 KOR Grand Prix of Korea
13/10 JPN Grand Prix of Japan
27/10 IND Grand Prix of India
03/11 UAE Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi
17/11 USA Grand Prix of USA (Austin)
24/11 BRA Grand Prix of Brazil

* TBC


Thoughts - the new Jersey GP will never happen and will be replaced by either Valencia or hopefully Turkey (which belongs on the schedule)
Once again a long 1 month break between Hungary and Belgium. other than that no surprises

But as I said, I have very little faith that the New Jersey GP is going to happen

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John Hartle Wil Hartog Gary Haslam Leon Haslam Ron Haslam

One Industries Casual Blowout!!

Check out the great deals we have going for the MotoSport.com One Industries casual sale! We have everything from One Industries hats to One Industries Hoodies!

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Tomoyoshi Koyama Ewald Kluge Bruno Kneubühler Randy Krummenacher Hiroaki Kuzuhara

Spies tops wet Aragon afternoon

Yamaha's Ben Spies set the pace during a wet second free practice session for the Aragon MotoGP.

Heavy rain had followed this morning's delayed, damp session - when only nine riders set a lap time - with track conditions fully wet throughout FP2.

The wet but stable conditions prompted track action from the off, with constant changes at the head of the timesheets culminating in a 2m 0.219s lap by Spies, who is still searching for his first podium of the season.

For comparison, the fastest lap time this morning had been a 2m 4.890s by Nicky Hayden (Ducati), while Dani Pedrosa set a 1m 47.943s in dry testing earlier this month.

Repsol Honda rider Pedrosa was second by just 0.066s this afternoon, with Spies' team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in third (+0.527s).

Lorenzo's MotoGP title lead has vaulted from 13 to 38 points due to victory - and a DNF for Pedrosa - last time at Misano.

Hayden, who has the latest Ducati chassis for the first time this weekend, was the final rider within one-second of fellow American Spies, with Tech 3 Yamaha's Andrea Dovizioso the top satellite rider in fifth (+1.160s).

Honda LCR's Stefan Bradl took sixth (+1.407s) with Dovizioso's team-mate Cal Crutchlow seventh (+1.446s) after having a lap disallowed for cutting the track.

Valentino Rossi had been second fastest behind team-mate Hayden this morning, but dropped to eighth place (+2.193s) this afternoon.

Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Ducati) and Misano podium finisher Alvaro Bautista (Gresini Honda) completed the top ten.

Jonathan Rea, who recently re-signed with Honda for World Superbikes next season, began his second weekend in place of Casey Stoner with eleventh place for Repsol Honda.

Randy de Puniet led the CRT challenge in twelfth for Aspar Aprilia.

The factory Honda and Yamaha teams, plus rookie Bradl, attended the private Aragon test in early September.

Free practice (2): 1. Ben Spies

2. Dani Pedrosa

3. Jorge Lorenzo

4. Nicky Hayden

5. Andrea Dovizioso

6. Stefan Bradl

7. Cal Crutchlow

8. Valentino Rossi

9. Karel Abraham

10. Alvaro Bautista

11. Jonathan Rea

12. Randy De Puniet

13. Aleix Espargaro

14. James Ellison

15. Mattia Pasini

16. Yonny Hernandez

17. Michele Pirro

18. Hector Barbera

19. Danilo Petrucci

20. David Salom

21. Colin Edwards

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/Sfmqvr1eJpd/Spies+tops+wet+Aragon+afternoon

Fabricio Perren Lukáš Pešek Bill Petch Roland Pike Paolo Pileri

Kawasakis Still Suck

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Hideo Kanaya Takazumi Katayama Daijiro Kato Ken Kavanagh John Kocinski

2013 Ducati 1199 Panigale R Coming Soon

In about six weeks, Ducati will be unveiling its 2013 model line-up. The star of the show will be the new liquid-cooled Hypermotard, but the Italian brand has several other new models it plans on debuting as well. We have already seen the updated 2013 Ducati Multistrada 1200, with its implementation of the Ducati Skyhook Suspension (DSS), as semi-active suspension package developed by Sachs. The updated Ducati Multistrada 1200 also features the second-generation Testastretta 11° DS ...

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Leon Haslam Ron Haslam Bjorn Hasli Yasumasa Hatakeyama Mike Hawthorne

Maiden pole for Folger

The Moto3™ grid was greeted by a continually drying track for qualifying at the Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón where it was Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3's Jonas Folger who stormed to his maiden GP pole position ahead of Luis Salom and Sandro Cortese. Under threatening skies but a track that was almost fully dry by the end of the session it was Folger's time of 2.01'715 that saw him take his first ever Grand Prix pole position, with RW Racing GP's injured Salom less than two tenths behind him in second. There had been concerns that Salom may not be able to contest qualifying after a crash this morning, yet he was declared fit despite a very sore shoulder. Red Bull KTM Ajo's Sandro Cortese completes the front row in third, as the German was unable to match his compatriots pace in the final stages. Team Italia FMI's Romano Fenati heads the second row in fourth, having had a terrific session at the Spanish track, ending the afternoon just under five-tenths off the top. Lining up next to him in fifth is Cortese's teammate Danny Kent, whilst the final spot on the row belongs to Blusens Avintia's championship pursuer Maverick Viñales. Viñales had been lingering further back in the field when the track was damp at the start, yet soon made his way up once conditions improved. In seventh, AirAsia-SIC-Ajo's Zulfahmi Khairuddin was unable to repeat his top spot from this morning, but will no doubt be pleased with his performance. Next to him in eighth, JHK t-shirt Laglisse's Efrén Vázquez looked as if he might make it onto the second row in the latter stages, yet was unable to match the pace in the final laps. Yesterday's pace-setter, Estrella Galicia 0,0's Miguel Oliveira completes the third row, with his teammate Alex Rins rounding out the top ten.

Source: http://www.fim-live.com/en/media/news/news-detail/article/1348943136-maiden-pole-for-folger/

James Haydon Dirk Heidolf Franz Heller John Hempleman Pat Hennen

Korea appearance for Gangnam Style star

PSY, the Korean superstar recording artist behind global hit Gangnam Style, is to perform an exclusive concert for all grandstand ticket holders at the Korea International Circuit (KIC) following next month's Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix.Rapper PSY, whose song Gangnam Style has taken the world by storm, racking up almost 300 million hits on YouTube since it debuted in July, has also been announced as an ambassador for the race by organisers

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Osmo Hansen Gregg Hansford Tetsuya Harada John Hartle Wil Hartog

Maverick Vinales To Remain In Moto3 For 2013 Season, Moto2 For 2014

The Blusens Avintia team have announced that they have extended their contract with Maverick Vinales for the next two seasons. The deal will see the 17-year-old remain in Moto3 for the 2013 season, before moving up to Moto2 in 2014, complete with his entire crew.

The announcement had not been expected for a few weeks yet, but had to be brought forward once rumors emerged at Aragon that he was on the verge of moving up to Moto2. Instead of just issuing a denial, the team decided to make an official announcement on what their plans with Vinales were for the future. Vinales had originally planned to move up to Moto2 in 2013, but the Spaniard and his management felt that taking another shot at moving up as champion was the most sensible move to make.

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Kenny Roberts Kenny Roberts Jr Raymond Roche Angel Rodríguez Graziano Rossi

WRC calendar for 2013 confirmed

Story from www.wrc.com

The dates shown below are the Sunday of each rally weekend. However, the exact itinerary of each round is subject to final confirmation by the individual event organisers.
Rallye Monte-Carlo: 20 January 2013
Rally Sweden: 10 February 2013
Rally Mexico: 10 March 2013
Rallye de Portugal: 14 April 2013
Rally Argentina: 5 May 2013
Acropolis Rally (Greece): 2 June 2013
Rally d’Italia: 23 June 2013
Rally Finland: 4 August 2013
Rallye Deutschland: Date TBC
Rally Australia: 15 September 2013
Rallye de France: 6 October 2013
Rally de Espana: 27 October 2013
Rally of Great Britain: 17 November 2013





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Chas Mortimer Stefano Musco Benoit Musy Shinya Nakano Aldo Nannini

Philip Island World Superbike Results 2011

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Godfrey Nash Billie Nelson Kim Newcombe Angel Nieto Fonsi Nieto

France is victorious in all three main classes

Day 6: France have triumphed at the 87th edition of the FIM International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) in Saxony, Germany, topping the FIM World Trophy team competition while Australia and Italy finished in second and third. The final day motocross races ensured the event came to a spectacular close at the Sachsenring race circuit. In the FIM World Trophy team competition France ended the weeklong race as undisputed champions. With a thirtyfive minute lead entering the sixth and final day, they successfully secured the title that they last won in Mexico in 2010. Delivering one of the most impressive results at the FIM ISDE, Australia rode a tactical day six to end the event as runner-up to France. With three of the team's riders – Matthew Phillips – Yamaha, Josh Strang – KTM and Toby Price – KTM – finishing inside the top ten in the individual overall classification, Australia placed ten minutes clear of Italy. Setting some impressive times in the final day's motocross races, Italy consolidated their third position in the FIM ISDE to end the race on the final step of the podium. In the battle to secure the final two places in the top five standings, USA capitalised on crashes by Finland's Eero Remes – KTM and Antti Hellsten – TM to steal fourth by only two seconds. Unable to recover from their costly crash, Finland dropped back to fifth. Like their senior countrymen, who topped the FIM World Trophy team competition, France was also victorious in the FIM Junior World Trophy classification. Holding a two-minute and forty-three second advantage over their nearest rivals Great Britain, the French were able to successfully defend their FIM ISDE title. As the only nation to consistently challenge France, Great Britain ended day six in a closely placed runner-up position. Going from strength-to-strength throughout the week, the USA finished in an impressive third place. As many predicted, France easily secured the FIM Women's World Trophy team race with victory on day six. Unchallenged throughout the week, they finished over one-hour and fifty-two minutes ahead of second placed Germany. With a healthy nine-minute advantage over Australia, host nation Germany set the fourth fastest team time of the day to secure second overall. With Australia finishing on the third step of the podium, Sweden and Finland completed the top five. In the individual overall standings the battle for outright victory was a close one between France's Christophe Nambotin – KTM and Antoine Meo – KTM. By setting the fastest time of the day, Nambotin was finally assured of the overall win. In the Enduro 1 category, Meo took the class win with Remes in second and Rodrig Thain – Honda completing the top three. Husaberg's Pela Renet overcame a six-second deficit behind KTM's Johnny Aubert to record victory in the Enduro 2 class. With Aubert settling for second, Italy's Alex Salvini – Husqvarna finished third. By topping the individual overall classification, Nambotin also won the Enduro 3 class. Toby Price placed as runner up to Nambotin on the final day with Sweden's Joakim Ljunggren – Husaberg completing the top three. Live and full event results can be found at www.fim-isde-live.info

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Bill Ivy Olivier Jacque Sid Jensen Mika Kallio Hideo Kanaya

MotoGP: Riders Give Mixed Reactions to Spec-ECU News

With the MotoGP paddock assembled at the Motorland Aragon circuit, the press got their first chance to gauge rider reaction to the proposal of a spec ECU which Dorna is looking to introduce into MotoGP, most probably from 2014. The reaction was guardedly positive among the MotoGP regulars, though all five riders questioned in the pre-event press conference raised concerns over safety. Only Jonathan Rea, standing in for Casey Stoner in the Repsol Honda team ...

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Santiago Herrero Tom Herron Wilfred Herron Manfred Herweh Sanadori Hikita

Perez gets his big chance – but not with Ferrari | 2013 F1 season

Perez gets his big chance – but not with Ferrari is an original article from F1 Fanatic. If this article has been published anywhere other than F1 Fanatic it is an infringement of copyright.

Having lost Lewis Hamilton to Mercedes, McLaren wasted no time singing up Sergio Perez to take his place.

The 22-year-old Sauber driver has racked up three podium finishes in his second season. And on more than one occasion he’s come close to ending Mexico’s 42-year wait for a Grand Prix winner.

Arguably he should have won the second race of the year in Malaysia, but for a conservative final pit stop which cost him time on a drying track, and a costly mistake while hunting down winner Fernando Alonso.

Earlier this month he finished second to Hamilton at Monza having ripped through the field from 12th on the grid, passing both Ferraris on his way to finishing second.

But following this drive Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo poured cold water on suggestions Perez could join his team. For the second time this year di Montezemolo insisted Perez, who joined Ferrari’s drive academy in 2010, was insufficiently experienced to drive for Ferrari.

“Next season is too early,” he said, adding: “To put a young guy to Ferrari with the pressure of Ferrari, you need more experience.”

McLaren clearly don’t feel Perez lacks the experience to drive for them having snatched him from under the nose of their bitterest rival. In the press release announcing Perez’s arrival, Martin Whitmarsh praised Perez’s “string of giant-killing performances, trio of podiums and brilliant fastest lap in this year’s Monaco Grand Prix that showed us that Sergio lacks nothing in terms of speed and commitment”.

His performances have not gone unnoticed by F1 Fanatic readers either, who have voted him Driver of the Weekend three times in his 31-race career (twice so far this year, once last year).

Perez gushed with enthusiasm for his new team on Twitter: “McLaren is the best place to be in the world of F1!” he said, thanking Whitmarsh: “for his faith he had on me and all the McLaren family”.

Graciously, he also admitted a debt of thanks to those who had not quite as much faith in him, a few hours later.

It goes without saying that being signed by a team as successful as McLaren is a considerable vote of confidence in Perez’s abilities.

McLaren’s mantra when it comes to hiring drivers, recently reiterated by group chairman Ron Dennis, is to sign the best two available drivers. Given who was available after Hamilton had made his decision to join Mercedes, it’s hard to argue they haven’t done that here.

With Perez out of the picture, it is unclear who Ferrari might turn to as a replacement for Felipe Massa. Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg might offer the requisite blend of potential and appetite for success, but neither has significantly more F1 experience than Perez.

Michael Schumacher returning to his old team is a romantic but surely fanciful notion.

The signs increasingly point to Massa staying put, perhaps as a seat-warmer for one year until Sebastian Vettel exercises his rumoured option to join Fernando Alonso at the team in 2014.

The idea of Ferrari as a team of two number one drivers, both multiple-champions, is an exciting one, though not one that tallies with their history of preferring a strong number one and a solid back-up driver.

And retaining Massa even on a short-term basis may prove undesirable. Mired in a shocking season, he’s scored barely more than a quarter of Alonso’s points haul so far.

What Ferrari need is a new Massa – a fresh young driver who’s had a few years in a Ferrari-powered Sauber and done a spot of testing in a pukka prancing horse. The problem is, he’s just signed for McLaren.

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Johnny Lockett Bill Lomas Dino Lombardi Enrico Lorenzetti Jorge Lorenzo

2013 Ducati 1199 Panigale R Coming Soon

In about six weeks, Ducati will be unveiling its 2013 model line-up. The star of the show will be the new liquid-cooled Hypermotard, but the Italian brand has several other new models it plans on debuting as well. We have already seen the updated 2013 Ducati Multistrada 1200, with its implementation of the Ducati Skyhook Suspension (DSS), as semi-active suspension package developed by Sachs. The updated Ducati Multistrada 1200 also features the second-generation Testastretta 11° DS ...

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Recall: 2006-2009 Triumph Street Triple & Daytona 675

Triumph is recalling 10,366 units of its 2006-2009 S Street Triple, Street Triple R, and Daytona 675 motorcycles for a faulty regulator/rectifier, which can overheat and prevent the motorcycle from charging properly, or at all. With the electrical system not charging the battery, the battery could fully discharge, and ultimately stall the motorcycle. As such, there is a risk of a crash and personal injury to the rider and/or passengers should the motorcycle stall because of the ...

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Michele Pirro Manuel Poggiali Patrick Pons Sito Pons Sebastián Porto

Pedrosa second as tricky conditions continue to plague MotoGP

The Repsol Honda Team went back on track for the first day of free practice for the Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón, with Dani Pedrosa setting the second fastest time in the combined classification and Jonathan Rea placed in eleventh position.

In the morning, the first free practice saw a repetition of the conditions in Misano with bad weather marking the start of the fourteenth round at Motorland Aragón. After a 1 hour delay to the session, caused by oil on track from the previous Moto3 session, Pedrosa did not complete any flying laps and Jonathan failed to go out at all, deciding nothing could be learnt from the 50/50 track conditions.

Pedrosa, on the quickest bike on track with a top speed of 330.5km/h, was just 0.066 off the fastest time in FP2 in the afternoon with cold temperatures and full wet conditions, while Rea finished 11th, 3.8 seconds behind pace man Ben Spies.

Dani Pedrosa

"At least we had a full wet session this afternoon to work with the bike and I felt quite good. I was catching the pace step by step, even though the grip was not very high in the rear, and we still have to adjust the setting a little more to improve in some corners. It looks like the weather forecast is also bad for tomorrow, so it will be important to take advantage of the morning practice to be well prepared for qualifying."

Jonathan Rea

"It's been pretty frustrating because I feel like we've lost another day, it's the same story as Misano! It was the first fully wet session we've had and the big difference for me was with the tyres and when they lose traction you can play with the rear grip slightly. I was riding a little too cautious today and I feel I need to push the tyres more and be more comfortable with the bike moving around. I wasn't too happy with myself as in the last few laps this afternoon I was on personal best sectors and I made a few mistakes as the front tyre didn't feel very stable. I guess we need to be thankful we were able to test here a few weeks ago and we completed over a hundred laps so for the dry we should be ok, but in the wet my feeling is still not 100%. Let's see what the conditions bring tomorrow."

Repsol Honda Press Release

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John Hartle Wil Hartog Gary Haslam Leon Haslam Ron Haslam

2012 Aragon MotoGP Friday Round Up: The Paddock Panic Over The 2014 Rules

Dark clouds hang over the MotoGP paddock at Aragon, and it's not just the ones from which the rain fell for most of the day. There is a sense of malaise, a black funk which pervades the paddock here, a lack of the usual sparkle and cheer which raises the mood at the racetrack. Maybe it's because all three championships are more or less sewn up; maybe it's because the excitement of silly season is mostly over; maybe it's the location: Motorland Aragon sits in of the most beautiful regions of Spain, if arid desolation is what you seek. Or maybe it's just me.

Most of all, what ails the paddock is a sense of uncertainty and a lack of direction. There is only one topic of conversation, but it is large enough to cast a pall over every discussion. What is uppermost in everyone's mind is the future of MotoGP, more specifically the introduction of a standard electronics package, the effect it will have on the series, and most importantly, when and even whether it will be announced.

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Cromie McCandless Garry McCoy Niall Mackenzie Eric McPherson Jeremy McWilliams

Power Electronics Aspar take CRT title fight to Motorland

The fight for the MotoGP World Championship continues this weekend as the series heads back to Spain for the third time this year for round fourteen at Aragón. Two Spanish riders will go head-to-head on home soil in their personal duel for the title, with Jorge Lorenzo's victory at Misano combined with a crash for Dani Pedrosa giving the former a 38-point advantage going into the final five races. With the season to be decided in a seven-week period the pair know anything can still happen and at five kilometres in length the Motorland layout will not forgive any lapse in concentration.

Randy De Puniet heads into the final stages of the season as the leading CRT rider in the championship after a season-long battle with his POWER ELECTRONICS Aspar team-mate Aleix Espargaró. With just three points separating the pair and another twenty back to their nearest CRT challenger it looks certain to be a two-way fight to the finish in the new concept of MotoGP. Both riders enjoy the Motorland layout and as usual they are determined to push each other to find the limit of their ART machines.

Randy De Puniet: 

“Motorland is a fast circuit with some steep hills and I find it interesting to ride. I have always had a good feeling there although never managed great results. Hopefully this weekend the result matches the feeling! We want to continue to be the reference point in CRT. I have checked the weather forecast and it looks like it is going to rain although I hope we can get a dry session. We have had a good base setting for the last few races so we won't touch much this weekend – just a few small tweaks.”

Aleix Espargaró: 

“Motorland is a track I really like, especially with all the elevation changes. I have good memories of the year I raced there in Moto2 and after slipping up at Misano we need another good weekend now to get the better of Randy any way we can. It has been an interesting battle between us all year and now we have to push hard in the final sprint. Motorland has a lot of blind corners and I especially like the 'Corkscrew' in sector two. It is a very complete circuit and you need to ride it well. We'll be using the same base set-up as Misano and the previous races.”

Power Electronic Aspar Press Release

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Fabrizio Lai Teuvo Länsivuori Carlos Lavado Eddie Lawson Eugenio Lazzarini

Wet First Day for Hector Barbera at Aragon

The opening day at the MotorLand Aragon took place on a wet circuit and all the MotoGP riders took the track to test their set-up in these tricky weather conditions.

In particular, the Pramac Racing Team rider, Hector Barbera, used the first free practice sessions to re-acquaint himself both with the bike and the wet track, following a long summer break due to his injury and the difficult weekend in Misano, two weeks ago.

Héctor worked with the Pramac Racing Team today, not looking for the best race set up, but only trying to improve his confidence with the Ducati machine.

Tomorrow’s final practice and qualifying sessions are expected to be run in wet conditions, but dry conditions have been forecast for Sunday’s race.

Hector Barbera

“Getting back to the track with these poor conditions is the most difficult thing to do. In Misano, two weeks ago, I had a painful weekend after more than a six-week absence through injury so today I tried only to regain the confidence with my bike.

I’m sure that tomorrow we will have a much more productive day and I will able to make a big step forward.”

Pramac Ducati Racing Press Release

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Manuel Poggiali Patrick Pons Sito Pons Sebastián Porto Umberto Praga