Can the Valentino Rossi/Ducati partnership be made to work or will need to switch manufacturers to claim an 80th MotoGP win…If ever Valentino Rossi needed a strong performance, it’s this weekend at round two of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship at Jerez in Spain.Having gone public with criticism of Ducati after struggling to tenth place [...]

ASBK NewsExcitement and anticipation is building in the Northern Territory ahead of this weekend’s second round of the QBE Australian Superbike Championship at Hidden Valley Raceway.Now celebrating its third year running in the Top End, Chief Minster Paul Henderson wanted to ensure that there was something for all ages so this weekend will mark the [...]

SINGAPORE — With robust interest in motorcycle racing across Asia, ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has boosted its coverage of the sport by introducing a new motorsports racing programme 2 Wheels, targeted at motor-cycle racing enthusiasts. The programme focuses on premier motorcycle racing series – covering MotoGP and SuperBike World Championships – as well as a [...]

Wheels Unplugged –  With robust interest in motorcycle racing across Asia, ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has boosted its coverage of the sport by introducing a new motorsports racing program 2 Wheels, targeted at motor-cycle racing enthusiasts. The program focuses on premier motorcycle racing series – covering MotoGP and SuperBike World Championships – as well as a [...]

Cal Crutchlow believes that his strong start to the 2012 MotoGP campaign has come from regaining self-confidence as well as finding the new 1000cc bikes more suited to his style. After an often difficult rookie campaign in 2011, Crutchlow began the new season with a maiden MotoGP front row start at the Qatar Grand Prix [...]

Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo overtook defending champion Casey Stoner with three laps to go to win the opening race of the MotoGP season in Qatar. Lorenzo started the night race from pole position on his new Yamaha Factory Racing bike but slipped to second behind Australian Stoner after three laps. Spaniard Dani Pedrosa moved from seventh [...]

DOHA, Qatar – Pole-sitter Jorge Lorenzo of Spain overtook defending MotoGP champion Casey Stoner of Australia with three laps left to cruise to victory in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday. By Karim Jaafar, AFP/Getty Images Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo of Spain celebrates at the Losail International Circuit. By Karim Jaafar, AFP/Getty Images [...]

Casey Stoner fastest during warm-up for the Qatar MotoGP, the opening round of the 2012 season.Casey Stoner and Honda climbed back to the top of the timesheets during warm-up for the season-opening Qatar night race.Second on the grid Stoner, winner at Qatar for four of the last five years, will have been trying last-minute chatter [...]

Jorge Lorenzo ended Casey Stoner’s early dominance of the Qatar MotoGP, going fastest during third practice. Reigning world champion Stoner was quickest on his Repsol Honda in both the first two sessions, but Lorenzo hit back in third practice at the Losail International Circuit. The Yamaha rider set a time of one minute 55.302 seconds [...]

Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo halted world champion Casey Stoner’s Grand Prix of Qatar surge when he clocked the fastest time in Friday’s second and final practice ahead of Sunday’s floodlit season-opener. The Yamaha rider, the world champion in 2010, had been second best to the Australian Honda star in Thursday’s session and Friday’s first stretch, but [...]