Marco Melandri to Gresini Honda for 2010
Well it’s official, Marco Melandri will join Marco Simoncelli at Team Marco Gresini Honda for the 2010 season. With Kawasaki out of MotoGP for 2010, the fact that Melandri would find roots elsewhere...
View ArticleMotoGP: Qualifying Pole Record Smashed at Indianapolis GP
MotoGP returns to the USA for the second time this year, this time trading in the heat and surf of Laguna Seca for the rain of Indianapolis. Riders battled a wet then dry track this week, and a...
View ArticleMotoGP: Championship Heats Up at Indianapolis GP
The second running of the Indianapolis GP found much better weather than last year, with a bone dry track this time around. With a strong showing from Dani Pedrosa all week, the Americans on the second...
View ArticleVIDEO: San Marino Crash – Another “Dumb-Ass Italian at the Italian GP” [UPDATED]
Americans Nicky Hayden and Colin Edwards may not be podium regulars, but they certainly bring the down-to-Earth, good old boy, tell it how you see it mentality to an otherwise very rigid sport, and the...
View ArticleDe Angelis to Announce 2010 Ride as Early as Estoril
Overshadowing his podium finish from the Indianapolis GP, Alex de Angelis didn’t make too many friends in San Marino, and certainly didn’t impress any teams in paddock with his turn 2 performance. So...
View ArticleToni Elias to Moto2, Alex de Angelis to Scot Honda?
Reports are coming in that Alex de Angelis will be headed to Scot Honda (thus ending any rumor that Toni Elias would be joining the satellite Honda team), and that Elias will be headed to Moto2 with...
View ArticleSometimes You Get the Bear, And Sometimes…
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=RegC32Uzd3c Alex de Angelis had some rotten luck last weekend while competing in the Moto2 race at Le Mans, France. Minding his own business, de Angelis was unaware that...
View ArticleThe Suzuki Silly Season Roundup: The Rookie, The Veteran, & The Frenchman
Noticeably absent from the silly season slogging has been the factory Suzuki MotoGP team. Although we know that Suzuki intends to stay in MotoGP for at least one more season, despite a continued...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week: Proper Positioning
The real question about the 2012 MotoGP season may be this: will the switch back to liter engines, and the rules that accompany that change, mean that non-factory teams can compete for the...
View ArticleSunday Summary at Sepang: Of Championships, Red Flags, Rulebooks, & Riders on...
The Grand Prix Circus came to Sepang with three titles in the balance. Only one of them got wrapped up on Sunday, though, tropical rainstorms throwing a spanner into the works of the other two, but...
View ArticleMotoGP: Alex De Angelis to Replace Ben Spies at Laguna – Spies Expected Back...
Ben Spies’ absence due to his shoulder injury will extend to Laguna Seca. The Texan is still going through physical rehab to get the shoulder he injured at Sepang last year up to strength, and he hopes...
View ArticleMotoGP Silly Season Update: Forward’s Privateer Yamaha M1s, Hayden’s Future,...
With all of the prototype seats occupied for 2014 – barring a contractual bust up between Ducati and Ben Spies, which is only an expensive theoretical possibility at the moment – battle has commenced...
View ArticleColin Edwards Announces Early Retirement, Will Wild Card Rest of Season as...
It seems the rumors out of Indianapolis were true, as Colin Edwards’ role at the NGM Forward team has come to awkward end. Officially “retiring early” Edwards will continue to ride for the team by...
View ArticleMotoGP: Alex De Angelis Injury Update
Alex De Angelis has suffered serious injuries as a result of a very heavy fall during the FP4 session of practice for the MotoGP class, losing control of his bike on the exit of Turn 9 and ending up...
View ArticleAlex De Angelis Injury Update – Still Critical, But Speaking
Alex De Angelis remains in hospital in Japan after his horrific crash during practice at Motegi. He suffered multiple injuries in the accident, including fractured vertebrae, broken ribs and contusions...
View ArticleSunday Summary at Motegi, Part 2: On Tire Wear, Moto2 And Moto3, & The...
With the title chase so incredibly tight, it is inevitable that every MotoGP race from now until Valencia will result in journalists and writers – and I include myself in that group – spend most of...
View ArticlePreview of the Australian GP: The Greatest Track on Earth
Phillip Island, like Mugello, is one of the tracks which any motorcycle racer worth their salt puts at the very top of their list of favorite tracks. And rightly so: swooping over gently undulating...
View ArticleMotoGP: Further Updates on Alex De Angelis’ Condition
The Ioda Racing team have posted another update on Alex De Angelis’ condition after his horrific crash at Motegi. Overall, it is good news, though there is still plenty of reason for caution. De...
View ArticleAlex De Angelis Stable & Cleared To Fly Home
More good news on Alex De Angelis’ condition. On Saturday, the Ioda Racing team issued a press release announcing that De Angelis had been cleared to fly home by the doctors at the Dokkyo University...
View ArticleMotoGP: Alex De Angelis Discharged from the Hospital
Alex De Angelis is home at last. After spending nearly two weeks in a hospital in Japan, recovering from serious injuries suffered in a big smash at Motegi, the Iodaracing rider was flown home on...
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