The winter testing ban is over and the Kawasaki Racing Team is getting to work. Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes have just completed a two testing session in Spain. Sykes and Lascorz both put in impressive times during the first testing session of 2012. Sykes ended the two-day test with a 1’34.6 lap time while [...]
Ducati just finished a three day test at Jerez on the new GP12. The Italian manufacturer didn’t allow any cameras on the track and they didn’t say much about how testing went. Carlos Checa, who rode the GP12 this week, was also tight lipped about the new Ducati details. So let’s all give a big [...]
Ducati has just finished up its three day testing session on the GP12 at the Jerez circuit. Carlos Checa and test rider Franco Battaini handled the driving duties during the three day test. Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden will get their chance to test out the bike during the first official MotoGP pre-season test at [...]
After 15-years, Andrew Pitt has officially retired from racing. The two-time World Supersport champion announced today that he’ll be hanging up his helmet. Pitt started his career road racing in Australia before joining the Autralia Supersport championship series. Pitt claimed the title in the Australian Supersport Championship series before moving on to the World Championship [...]
James Rispoli is switching teams for the 2012 AMA Supersport season, but he isn’t switching goals. The “Rocket” will be aiming for the 2012 AMA Supersport Championship with the Celtic-Orient Express Racing Team. Rispoli, who won the AMA Pro Supersport East Division, AMA Pro Supersport Overall, and Young Gun titles in 2011, could be tough [...]
During the 2012 Wrooom event Ducati Racing’s Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden had a little space time for some extracurricular activities. The Ducati duo were able to go snowmobiling and snowboarding in Madonna di Campiglio. And when they got bored with the typical winter sports, they brought out the motorcycles for some ice road riding. [...]
There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that John Hopkins won’t have to deal with his troublesome injury during the 2012 season. The bad news is that he’ll have to compete with just nine fingers. Hopkins had the top of his right middle finger amputated after numerous surgeries and complications that [...]
The 2011 MotoGP season didn’t work out too well for the Ducati team. Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden struggled to find the perfect setup throughout the season and only managed a couple of podiums. But Hayden is confident that last year’s work will start paying off in 2012. “2011 didn’t go as we hoped; we [...]
Jorge Lorenzo has 17 MotoGP race wins to his name, an additional 26 podiums, and one MotoGP World Championship. But today is undoubtedly the most proud day in his motorcycle racing career. Today, Jorge Lorenzo passed his motorcycle theory test. Lorenzo posted a picture of himself at a testing facility in Spain on Facebook, saying: [...]
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