Entries by The Motor Bug

World Superbike adds Jerez de la Frontera to championship calendar

Rome (Italy), Friday 21 September 2012 – Infront Motor Sports and Jerez de la Frontera have announced that the Spanish circuit will join the eni FIM Superbike World Championship calendar from 2013 onwards following an agreement signed today in Jerez. The agreement is for three years from 2013 to 2015 inclusive and next year’s race can […]

Laguna Seca returns to the World Superbike calendar in 2013

Rome (Italy), Friday 21 September 2012 – Following a three-year agreement between Infront Motor Sports and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, the United States Round of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship will take place at the Californian circuit next season and in 2014 and 2015. The confirmed date for the 2013 event will be 27-29 September, […]

Promising test for Ducati Team at Misano

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden returned to action today at Misano for a one-day test that the Ducati Team spent doing chassis and electronics tests. The American, who only rode in the morning due to his still-healing right hand, tried the frame and swingarm that his teammate had used in yesterday’s race, and he had […]

World Superbike title battle now virtually down to three contenders

Rome (Italy), September 18, 2012 – The 2012 eni FIM Superbike World Championship enters into a crucial phase this weekend as the title battle is virtually whittled down to three names on the eve of the penultimate round at the Autodromo Internacional Algarve circuit at Portimao. Max Biaggi and Marco Melandri, two of the most famous riders […]

FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP – ROUND 5 : 6 HOURS OF SAO PAULO

NELSON PANCIATICI IS EFFICIENT   The G-DRIVE RACING BY SIGNATECH team and their drivers discovered the famous Jose Carlos Pace circuit in Interlagos, Brazil and produced some fine results during practice. Nelson Panciatici made the best time in the last session. For the qualifiers, he missed pole position by just over one tenth of a […]

Ducati announces agreement with Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone for 2013 MotoGP World Championship

Ducati announces that it has signed an agreement with American Ben Spies and Italian Andrea Iannone to compete in the 2013 MotoGP World Championship. Having already confirmed Nicky Hayden and announced Andrea Dovizioso for the Ducati Team, the Italian manufacturer now reaffirms its confidence in and commitment to the MotoGP World Championship, finalizing its lineup […]

5th ROUND FRENCH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

It had all started so well for Simon Gachet, the “VOLANT EUROFORMULA” 2011. Indeed, after some solid qualifiers in which he placed himself brilliantly in fourth and third place on the Navarra circuit in Spain, which he was discovering for the first time, Simon fought two difficult races and finished in seventh place in the […]

Biaggi back in front after Nürburgring dramas unfold

Nürburgring (Germany), Sunday 9 September, 2012 – Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) once more heads the points table in the eni FIM Superbike World Championship, after two races in Germany laden with incident and frequent accidents for the top two championship runners. Biaggi won race one in impressive style, taking his 21st career win and his fifth […]