Superbike News (Free subscription) | 04/02/2010
The San Carlo Honda Gresini team pairing of Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli had their first contact with the 2010 RC212V at Sepang on Thursday.
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 27/01/2010
There was much consternation among Marco Melandri's many fans when the FIM issued the provisional entry lists for MotoGP earlier today. For besides Melandri's name was not the #33 which the Italian has used since he moved up to the MotoGP class in 2003, but instead #24. Had Marco Melandri wanted to put his past behind him and start with a new number? Was he tired of #33 and wanted a change? To the...
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 27/01/2010
The FIM today released the provisional entry lists for the MotoGP class, and the list has no surprises in it. The list contains official confirmation of the numbers the MotoGP rookies will be using, most of which are the numbers they used previously. Hiroshi Aoyama is the only exception, taking number 7 as the number 4 which he used in the 250 class has already been claimed by Andrea Dovizioso - who...
Superbike News (Free subscription) | 15/01/2010
The 2008 250cc World Champion will form an all-Italian line-up at San Carlo Honda Gresini with Marco Melandri next season.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 17/12/2009
Marco Melandri's reputation soars in 2009 as he shows Kawasaki what could have been by turning Hayate Racing into competitive podium winners.
bike blog (Free subscription) | 14/12/2009
Following two years of competition in the premier class, Alex de Angelis will step down to the all-new Moto2 Championship in 2010, it has been confirmed – after the Gresini Racing Honda refugee agreed terms with Scot Racing for the campaign ahead, what he stresses he hopes will be strictly a single-year endeavour ahead of a return to the top in 2011. de Angelis' time in MotoGP yielded a solitary...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Fabrizio Corona found guilty of blackmailing footballers A notorious Italian photographer has been jailed for three years and eight months after trying to extort thousands of euros from celebrities in return for not selling embarrassing photos of them to gossip magazines. "King of the paparazzi" Fabrizio Corona was found guilty today of blackmailing sports stars including the Brazilian footballer...
MotoGP EN (Free subscription) | 07/12/2009
The Italian rider, who finished tenth in this season’s MotoGP World Championship, is first in the motogp.com riders’ season review series.
Motorcycle Blog (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
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Superbike News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
With a list of riders that reads like the who’s who of the biking world flooding to the NEC in Birmingham from the 27th November to the 6th December, the 2009 Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show will set a new benchmark for the number of celebrity names appearing at the industry event. Complementing a [...]
Superbike News (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Valentino Rossi was, not for the first time, centre of attention last weekend as he and a host of MotoGP stars past a present headed to Cavallara for a charity motocross event. Rossi was joined by Marco Simoncelli, Mattia Pasini, Marco Melandri, Loris Capirossi, Kevin Schwantz, Raffaele De Rosa, Alex De Angelis, Michel Fabrizio, Roberto Locatelli, [...]
MotoGP EN (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
A selection of World Championship riders took part in a charity motocross event organised by Valentino Rossi on Sunday.
MotoGP EN (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Marco Melandri’s reacquaintance with the RC212V got off to a good start at the Valencia test this week, with Marco Simoncelli also making progress.
Superbike News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Marco Melandri’s reacquaintance with the RC212V got off to a good start at the Valencia test this week, with Marco Simoncelli also making progress.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Marco Simoncelli finished his first test as a MotoGP rider tenth out of twelve at Valencia on Wednesday and second fastest of the four 250cc graduates.
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