HRC has announced that Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez will line-up for the Repsol Honda team for the 2013 and 2014 seasons, finally killing speculation that Valentino Rossi could return to a Repsol Honda ride next year:Honda Racing Corporation (HRC

for the Samsung Suzuki outfit, securing his debut win on the way to claiming the Rider's Cup for the first non-Title Fighter. He added: “It is absolutely fantastic for me to be joining the official Honda team as they are well established and the most successful

or British firm FTR. Both companies are already developing their own alloy beam framed MotoGP machines; a 'claiming rules' BMW-powered bike for the Marc VDS squad from Suter and a Kawasaki-engined bike from FTR for the BQR team. FTR is also developing a

in the Dunlop Series and said he's giving himself a year to find his feet but he hasn't ruled out a return to MotoGP.Stoner retired from MotoGP at the close of the 2012 season and has recently claimed that fans spat at him in the paddock and tried to knock him

of the 2001 season. The plan was to build a 989cc triple to lease out to teams but, for reasons still largely unknown (Foggy himself claims not to know), that plan changed. Petronas shocked the biking world when it announced a move to World Superbikes

the possible consequences of the rule changes, first to the four strokes, and then by reducing the capacity. And although it would be going too far to claim that the manufacturers were aiming at increasing costs, they were fully aware of the fact that any

Ecclestone, and with Bridgestone (already sole suppliers to Formula One) already producing the new bike tyres that will be needed the day after the Valencia GP. That’s when the 2008 season officially starts, and the riders switch to their new bikes, teams

? In that light, MotoGP seems to make more sense.Several people are already suggesting that the BMW S1000RR engine is probably the best basis for a claiming rules team in 2012 with Suter leading the way for a prototype chassis surrounding the engine. As a

In theory, motorcycle racing is incredibly simple. Rent a racetrack for a weekend, invite a bunch of riders to bring their bikes with them, lay a set of ground rules to try and ensure fair competition, give the riders a couple of sessions to get

for Kawasaki, whose Z1 and Z1000 had ruled for the last five years. The angular, bikini-faired new Z1-R was the best of the family so far but couldn’t live with the GS. The days of Italy’s superbike supremacy were over, especially as Ducati and Moto Guzzi had