2012 KAWASAKI ZZR 1400 The battle for the coveted title of “World’s fastest Supertouring Bike” is literally fast and furious. Suzuki Hayabusa was holding the title for a short period of time before being “smoked” away with the launch of the Kawasaki ZZR-1400 or otherwise also known as the ZX-14 in some parts of the […]
Castletown’s Chris Palmer, an adopted Manxman, won his third Manx Grand Prix title with victory in today’s 350cc Classic Grand Prix Race. It was a welcome return to the top spot for the man who had placed second in all three of his races at the Manx last year. Tamworth based Peter Symes took the […]
The whole G DRIVE RACING by SIGNATECH NISSAN was impatient to get to Silverstone and set a positive dynamic before attacking the second part of the championship. Nelson Panciatici and his co-drivers, the Frenchman Pierre Ragues and the Russian, Roman Rusinov, reached their objective with a superb podium after six hours of an endurance race […]
Moscow Raceway (Russia), Sunday 26 August, 2012 – After winning race two at the all-new Moscow Raceway Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) took the lead in the eni FIM Superbike World Championship for the first time in 2012, following up a second place finish in race one in perfect style. Melandri reversed the opening race finishing […]
Following a very promising warm-up session on a wet track, Valentino Rossi’s race in the Czech Republic proved to be more difficult than anticipated. An oil leak, which didn’t hurt engine performance, nonetheless certainly affected riding conditions for the Italian. When he also suffered a loss of tyre grip, he was forced to slow and […]
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap 1 25 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.4 42’51.570 2 20 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 166.4 +0.178 3 16 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 165.6 +12.343 4 13 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha […]
Moscow Raceway (Russia), Saturday 25 August 2012 – Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) obliterated the previous track best from practice at the all-new Moscow Raceway during Tissot-Superpole qualifying, in readiness for the eni FIM Superbike World Championship races on Sunday. The top 16 riders in Superpole were whittled down to a top eight and Checa proved […]
– Andrew Dudgeon and James Cowton take SuperTwin (B) and Lightweight (C) races respectively. The 2012 Manx Grand Prix Race schedule got underway this evening with the Newcomers races for 600’s, SuperTwins and Lightweight machines, which run concurrently on the Mountain Course. Kamil Holan became the first rider from the Czech Republic to win […]
Moscow Raceway (Russia), Friday 24 August 2012 – The Althea Racing Ducati pairing of Davide Giugliano and Carlos Checa led the field in the eni FIM Superbike World Championship first qualifying session at Moscow Raceway with Giugliano setting the best lap so far of 1 minute 35.074 seconds. They each had a trip onto the gravel […]
The Ducati Team today began its preparations for Sunday’s Czech Republic Grand Prix, with Valentino Rossi posting the sixth-best time in the first two free-practice sessions. On a sunny day with mild temperatures, the Italian rode at a good, consistent pace. On his fastest lap, his gap to the front was under half a second. […]
