position in Qatar qualifying then 11th in the race is a pretty solid start. He ended 2010 as one of the best world's best superbike riders but the 800cc Moto GP machines require different riding skills. Watching trackside it is easy to see the the riders

of events comes after the QMMF team decided to drop West’s fellow countryman, Cudlin after he was unable to put in competitive laptimes during testing and struggled with the Moriwaki machine, finishing 31st out of 33 riders in the final Jerez test. His

Honda taking Rea's seat on the Ten Kate Honda Fireblade for two rounds whilst he was injured.Since joining MSS Kawasaki Lowes has been unable to continue the form shown at Thruxton and the location of his best finish on the bike with seventh

How do you best immortalise the great Mick Doohan and the big bang Honda NSR500 with which he dominated Grand Prix racing in the 90s? An Australian artist has answered this by creating an art installation that sees a hand-created replica of the bike

be Vinales who made a calculated pass for the win, leaving a photo-finish to decide the remaining podium places. Cortese claimed second from his KTM team-mate Kent, who eventually took third a meager thousandth of a second ahead of Salom.The race was easily

corner and then just settled in to a steady pace and finished the race 25th out of 31 riders. My best lap was 1:16.The second race I was placed 25th on the grid and finished 24th out of 30 riders which meant that I had overtaken someone, more pleasing

Edwards takes fighting fourth in Germany as Rossi slides outFiat Yamaha Team rider Colin Edwards rode a strong race in sweltering conditions today to take a best-ever Sachsenring finish of fourth, after starting from thirteenth on the grid

for this feature.The whole session from start to finish will take you one hour.Most of us don't have thousands of pounds to buy a full valet setup, so I kept this feature realistic and spent £70 on products from Halfords - as most of us have a local Halfords store

supremacy Ducati shared with Honda and no one else - forcibly finished. The ability to put down their big torque and jump out of corners ahead of the best fours - no longer useful when riders frequently indicate that tyres spin earlier and go off sooner

Hayden and Alvaro Bautista after working his way into the top ten from a poor qualifying position. Ultimately Rossi would finish the second best of the Ducatista in ninth, and both would lose out to the sterling work of Bautista in an inspiring ride