THIS YEAR'S WSB championship will be a 15-round season, as the franchise enters it's 26th year.The 2013 championship will get underway at Phillip Island in Australia, as is tradition. New additions to the schedule are Buddh International Circuit

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BRITON Cal Crutchlow believes that his team Tech 3 Yamaha may struggle to reproduce their 2012 success this season as rivals on satellite bikes are receiving more support from their parent factories. He is particularly concerned by the progress of

for 2013.'It is great to be team-mates with Danny as I think we will be able to push each other all season and to have someone young and talented like him in the garage means I can pass on some of my experience as I was fortunate enough to have

TOMMY BRIDEWELL will join Michael Rutter at Bathams Honda for the 2013 British Superbikes season. Bridewell surprised many in 2012 with new team Supersonic Racing, taking them all the way to the 'title showdown'.Unable to secure funding for another

to beat because I won the last championship, but Pedrosa won a lot last season, including the finale, so he has to be a favourite and then there's Marquez.'On the subject of his new team mate Valentino Rossi, Lorenzo had this to say: 'Valentino is also a

are the missing sponsors - corporate insurer Generali, Italian energy giant Enel, clothing company Diesel are all absent. The bike is broadly the same as the bike that finished last season, although technical specifications are yet to be finalised - pre-season

SAMSUNG HONDA has announced the return of Ryuichi Kiyonari, who will ride alongside hot prospect Alex Lowes in the 2013 season.The most successful rider in the history of the championship has been away for a year, racing in the Asia Road Racing

JUST IN TIME for Christmas comes this year's Motocourse offering, the grandaddy of motorcycle racing annuals.This year is Motocourse's 37th, and the resulting product does a just service to that illustrious record. Covering, as always, all major

. It never stops.'Rossi has returned to his former team Yamaha for the 2013 season, where fans will eagerly anticipate a resurgence. Stoner has now retired from the sport.