race was won by the now-retired Ryan Farquhar on an ER-6. Kawasaki dominated the 2012 event, taking the top eight positions, but McGuinness's entry is set to change the dynamic for 2013.

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

third quickest over the three days was fellow Repsol Honda rider and 2013 rookie Marc Márquez whose personal best time was 2’00.643.  Valentino Rossi ends the test in fifth place, just behind Cal Crutchlow.Power Electronics Aspar was the quickest CRT

DESPITE vowing never to hit race speeds on a motorcycle ever again after a serious accident in 2009, Michael Schumacher has been testing this week at Valencia with the Holzhauser Racing team. German news sources report that he had hoped to keep

GERMAN magazine Motorrad have produced a mock-up of what they believe the forthcoming new Honda RCV will look like. The mock-up shows something akin to a 2012 Fireblade combined with a MotoGP RC213V, sporting racing swing arm, suspension and stubby

CARL ROBSON was diagnosed with terminal cancer in December 2012. Given 6 months to live, his last wish was to share a track weekend with best friend Daryl. With a weekend booked at Cartagena in Spain, it looked as though Carl's wish might come true

THE second MotoGP test's first day has finished and it's Dani Pedrosa who leads the timesheets. Valentino Rossi posted the fifth best time, just ahead of Cal Crutchlow.The track wasn't perfectly dry which caused a few riders, including Bradley Smith

contract with Tech 3.Speaking on his local radio station, Smith did not sound overawed by the big names he will now be competing with. He said: 'These are the best riders in the world but I have a lot of belief in myself and the programme I have been given

of the last five races at Phillip Island and clearly has the tools for the job.Melandri, Sykes, Fabrizio and Rea were all within a quarter of a second of Checa's best time. What's impressive about Sykes' time is that he has a hairline fracture in his wrist

and it had nothing to do with racing. Unfortunately they didn't like my honesty." Honda were desperate to keep hold of Stoner, offering the twice world champ a £10m annual contract to stay with one of the best teams in the top flight of MotoGP. However Stoner