Sidi Vortice boots with the Italian pilot from Team Tech 3 Yamaha Andrea Dovizioso has officially joined the stables of Sidi champions. The Italian rider recently visited the Sidi headquarters in Maser (Treviso) Italy before taking off for the Malaysian circuit in Sepang, where he’ll face his first tests on his new official Yamaha supplied [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
Seven-Time MotoGP Champion Valentino Rossi could be a few years away from his next championship victory. The Ducati rider failed to win a race for the first time in his career during the 2011 season, a problem that he hopes to rectify in 2012. But Rossi isn’t getting ahead of himself. The Doctor knows that [...]
With the motorcycle industry booming in India, 2010 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo believes that motorcycle racing’s premier series will soon find itself racing in New Delhi. Lorenzo is currently in India to promote his company’s products, but he’ll also have a chance to ride the Buddh International Circuit, which could be the host of a [...]
Andrea Dovizioso is “as good as new.” The MotoGP rider suffered a broken collarbone last week while training on a motocross bike. Dovi has had successful surgery and is confident that he’ll be able to attend the Sepang test later this month. Dovi wrote on Twitter: “I’m almost as good as new!” The next MotoGP [...]
Marco Simoncelli is gone but he’ll never be forgotten. Following Super Sic’s death at the Sepang GP, Dovi decided to honor the fallen racer with a tattoo. Dovizioso posted on twitter (with some translation help from Crash.com): “After what happened, here is to Sic my thoughts in a Polynesian tattoo with the sun god (life), [...]
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