Sports presenter Jennie Gow is today announced as the new presenter of the BBC's MotoGP coverage. She will join the team of Charlie Cox, Steve Parrish and Matt Roberts for the first race of the 2010 season on 11 April with exclusive live coverage from the season's opening MotoGP race in Losail, Qatar.
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3:00PM CET today an incredibly well loved character gets laid to rest at his home town of Coriano in a private ceremony of family, close friends and loved ones. I would imagine it a rarity that anyone with a love for motorcycling has not been touched by the death of this extremely talented racer who for a brief period in MotoGP treated us to the kind of racing we al love to see, fast, exhilirating and exciting to the extreme, this type of racing is never without risk and Marco had become embroiled in a couple of incidents in 2011 that raised a question over his riding style, for me though Marco was simply the best thing that happened to MotoGP in recent years.
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The 20th edition of the Wrooom Press Ski Meeting concluded today with two spectacular races on the frozen lake in Madonna di Campiglio.
The first, in Panda 4x4 cars, was won by Felipe Massa and the Brazilian was joined on the podium by Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden, with Fernando Alonso crossing the line fourth ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella.
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Valentino Rossi the 9 time MotoGP World Champion was recently rushed into hospital for emergency treatment due to abdominal pain, spending several hours in San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro the rider known as The Doctor - as well as The GOAT (greatest of all time) has undergone a number of tests during his stay.
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FIM President Vito Ippolito and Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta confirm engine capacity changes, which will come into effect for the 2012 season.
Today the Grand Prix Commission members reconvened in Geneva at the FIM headquarters to discuss future developments for the MotoGP World Championship.
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In a statement released by the FIM Media Service it has been announced that the 2010 Hungarian MotoGP will no longer take place due to construction delays on the Balatonring, a 4.650 km long circuit. This is not the first delay in the launch of the inaugral MotoGP event penned for Hungary with a reported funding setback almost exactly a year ago in 2009 meaning it was taken off the race calendar.
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New for 2010 to the Bike It MotoGP range of accessories are these premium paddock stands. The solid one-piece construction means that the stands are manufactured from uncut continuous tubing, and are supplied as a single ready-to-use stand requiring no assembly. This superior production method minimises potential weakening and movement of the stand, as compared to a conventional multipart paddock stand.
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Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore attracted over 38,000 fans last night in the biggest pre-season party ever organised by the Italian motorcycle manufacturer, an incredibly spectacular send-off for the Ducati MotoGP Team and factory riders, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden. The “Ducati MotoGP Night” event came at the end of an action-packed day that included an emotional visit to the Ducati factory in Borgo Panigale, Bologna during which Rossi and Hayden toured the production lines and met the workers.
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Marco Simoncelli will be visiting Dainese’s flagship D-Store on Saturday 16 April as part of a whistle-stop tour of European stores before the third round at Estoril at the end of the month. The former 250cc champion will be at the Manchester store between 16:00 – 18:00 to meet and greet his UK fans. Known for his big hair, Simoncelli finished the first race of 2011 in Qatar in fifth position – ahead of other Dainese stars Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden. During the second race at Jerez last weekend, Simoncelli was leading before slipping off in the tricky conditions.
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Professional coaches from the School, which has been teaching riders the art of cornering for 30 years, will take passengers for a thrilling ride around the mile-long Stowe circuit that runs inside the Grand Prix track. Helmets, leather suits, boots and gloves can be provided if required. This year's British MotoGP is held at Silverstone in Northamptonshire from Friday 10th-Sunday 12th June. Pillion rides operate out of the new Stowe complex between 11-12 and 2-3pm on Friday, 10.30 to 11.30am and 2-4pm on Saturday and 11.45-12.10 and 1.45-2.45pm on Sunday.
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