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2012 motorcycle racing calendar
By Visordown on 16/02/2012 11:08:32
One stop shop for the 2012 MotoGP, World Superbike, British Superbike and road racing calendars
FebruaryWSB: 26th - Phillip Island, AustraliaAprilWSB: 1st - Imola, ItalyMotoGP: 8th - Losail, QatarBSB: 8-9th - Brands Hatch IndyBSB: 15th - ThruxtonWSB: 22nd - Assen, NetherlandsRR: 27th/28th - Cookstown 100, IrelandMotoGP: 29th - Jerez, SpainMayMotoGP
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Spies Like Us
By Michael Scott & Ben Spies on 20/10/2008 14:58:30
The British MotoGP was Ben Spies' first race abroad and his first Grand Prix. We were there
, badly enough for even this legendary tough guy to have to miss the British GP. And in stepped Ben.Spies is Texan, tall, and can eat a quarter-pound of steak in one mouthful (I’ve seen it). Otherwise, he doesn’t conform to stereotype. He’s thoughtful
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Chris Walker columns from TWO magazine
By Chris Walker on 27/10/2002 11:02:07
Chris Walker, GP, World Superbike, British Superbike; he's done it all. And here it is, in his own words
, though. They're circuits that I know, and that'll give me a bit more of a true indication of how wank I really am on a GP bike!I come out of the garage now, and it's like walking the plank as I get near the bike. People behind me with knives and swords
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Debate: Do we put too much pressure on British racers?
By Visordown on 01/07/2008 13:33:09
Given Toseland’s recent disaster at the British MotoGP, is it the case that as a nation, we expect too much, too soon out of our budding GP riders? Do British fans put too much pressure on them by expecting them to perform?
I think Toseland puts too much pressure on himself to perform for the British race fans. However, on the other hand, he’s paid to get results, he obviously wants to win, so we should expect to see him win and one day win the Championship.T509Speedy
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8 hours at a MotoGP: The story of six people
By Jon Bentman on 08/06/2010 09:06:01
Six completely different people who completely unaware of they were part of a 90,000 cast of the British MotoGP at Donington Park in 2007
The British GP is made up of a variety of different characters all with their own different stories to tell.Here are six different people and the roles that they played during the eight hours of the Donington Park race day in 2007. From the model
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Patriot Games - The British Grand Prix
By Bertie Simmonds on 16/06/2010 14:34:51
From the Isle of Man to Silverstone via Donington Park, the story and the thrilling races that make up the history of the British Grand Prix
into the British event. Gilberto was leading the race in rainy conditions before he crashed fatally on the Mountain. The TT struggled on as a championship event until 1976, but by then the podium on the Island was filled with circuit specialists rather than GP
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Settling the score - Mackenzie v Whitham
By Visordown on 28/03/2008 15:52:00
In 1996 Niall and James were team mates in the British Superbike championship. Niall won the title and James came second. Now, for the first time in 11 years, they prepare to face each other on track again on identical Yamahas for one final showdown
returned from the GP scene and James' typical light-hearted approach to life the team gelled perfectly. But there was still a title at stake, which both riders desperately wanted to win. In the end Niall lifted the trophy and was crowned British Superbike
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Creche Course - They start 'em young these days
By Mark Forsyth on 17/06/2008 14:51:06
MF goes racing with the fastest 8-year olds in the country as we go looking for the next generation of MotoGP talent
Bradley Smith, at the ripe old age of 16, is currently something of an ambassador for British motorcycle racing. His 3rd place finish at the French Grand Prix lit a beacon of hope for hundreds of other British kids who until that weekend had
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Made In Britain
By Gordon Ritchie on 01/09/2005 20:25:31
Britain can be considered, in many regards, as an epicentre of world racing. Come again?
.Chris Vermeulen was one high profile Aussie who went onto other things, tipped as Honda's Next Big Thing in MotoGP. "Barry Sheene was the reason I went to England," said Chris. "It was perfect for the language, it's part of Europe and British Superbike teams
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3-11-90 - The first Day of Champions
By Visordown on 01/12/2010 14:09:04
When GP racing found its conscience and the Day of Champions was born
The Day of Champions takes place each year before the British GP. It has grown into something special - a day when race fans can get closer to their heroes than at any other time, and all in a very good cause.But the event's beginnings have largely
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