2016 will see the full return of racing for 250cc two-stroke GP machines around the TT Mountain Circuit with the introduction of a new Lightweight Race into the schedule for the Classic TT Races presented by Bennetts. A mainstay of the TT programme for decades, 250cc two-stroke machines were fazed out of the event in […]
Ducati Corse is delighted to announce that two-time MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner will return to the Italian manufacturer next year in the role of brand ambassador and test rider. Casey Stoner won the 2007 MotoGP World Championship on the Ducati Desmosedici GP with ten wins in eighteen races, results that also helped the Italian […]
Debutant Sébastien Loeb features in the largest ever entry of Red Bull competitors in the 2016 edition of the Dakar Rally starting in Buenos Aires in January. The team, known as the Desert Wings, features multiple champions as well as exciting rookies. The squad will be out to master the harsh terrain and conditions that […]
The Michelin and Nissan NISMO partnership has yielded the fourth Super GT Championship in five years in the GT500 category, following the season’s finale at Motegi 250km, last weekend. The No.1 NISMO-run Motul Nissan GT-R were forced to start the Motegi GT 250Km Race, final round of Japan’s 2015 Super GT Championship, from 12th on […]
Launch at EICMA Exhibition, Yamaha Flagship Model of MT Series — New ‘Naked’ 2016. IWATA November 17, 2015—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today plans to launch the MT-10 in Europe at the end of May 2016. This new performance motorcycle features a 998cc water-cooled, in-line four-cylinder engine with a crossplane crankshaft. The MT-10 will […]
The German venue returns in 2016 hosting a round for the FIM Superbike World Championship. As part of the 2016 WorldSBK calendar, Dorna WSBK Organization (DWO) is delighted to announce the partnership with Lausitzring in Germany. The circuit will host an official round of the Motul FIM Superbike World Championship with a signed three-year period […]
The WorldSBK Paddock Show will host a remarkable series of activities, welcome gifts and future stars of the championship. The eni FIM Superbike World Championship and EICMA (the International Motorcycle Exhibition) will be teaming up for the fifth successive year to bring the best of the 2015 racing season to the Milan show, underlining its […]
Andrea Dovizioso finished seventh in the final round of the 2015 season, the Valencia GP held at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Cheste, while his team-mate Andrea Iannone was forced to retire after a crash on lap 3. Wild-card Michele Pirro ended the race in twelfth place. Both Ducati Team riders got off to a […]
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), FIM Europe and DWO are pleased to announce that a new exciting format will be introduced for the upcoming season. The 2016 edition of the FIM Superbike World Championship will witness a historical change for the important and renowned World Supersport class. After successfully introducing technical and sporting rule […]
It was an outing that was not meant to be when the Lamborghini Gallardo FLII caught fire at the start of the third and final Free Practice session for the GT Asia 2015 season, ending the team’s hope of completing the season. Zen Low, who was driving at the time, was taking turn seven when […]
