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Honda to build low cost RCVs
By Visordown News on 22/06/2012 11:03:53
Honda to offer production racers in MotoGP
.If Suzuki go down a similar route with their bike, that was spied testing last month, it would see a welcome return of the production race bikes like the Suzuki RG, Yamaha TZ and Honda RS.
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MOTOGP: Dorna announce cost cutting measures
By Visordown News on 19/02/2009 10:47:50
It's back to basics (sort of) for motorcycle racing's premier class
ELECTRONIC RIDING aids will be limited and the amount of practice time will be cut in an official move to try and curb spiralling MotoGP costs.The Grand Prix Commission met yesterday (Wednesday) to decide the immediate future of the championship
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MotoGP: Race series boss considers cost-cutting
By Visordown News on 08/01/2009 09:11:37
With less than 17 bikes on the grid for 2009, Carmelo Ezpeleta says Dorna must work hard to find new resolution
costs in MotoGP, in an effort to encourage more bikes and riders and Ezpeleta said that he is trying to work out what to do: "I have many ideas but what we end up with is also down to what the technical designers can come up with also."Less than 17 bikes
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Moto2 to cost 10 times LESS than 250GPs
By Visordown News on 30/03/2010 10:19:09
Replacement 250 class deemed financial success - so far
RACING IN this year's inaugural Moto2 series will cost 10 times less than competing in 250GPs, a survey has shown.Spanish website AS.com has revealed the cost of racing in the new 600cc four-stroke class will cost around £625,000 per season
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New Honda deal for Simoncelli...
By Visordown News on 26/08/2011 09:50:39
...but at a cost of his technical crew
AT Brno Marco Simoncelli finally made it to the podium taking third and a finish that has chanced the opening of a door to extending his contract with Honda.HRC look set to choose Simoncelli after the dilemma faced by Honda from a need to downsize its factory effort from four rid...
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Suzuki dominates Le Mans 24-hr with one-two result
By Visordown News on 21/04/2008 10:14:02
Costes, Dietrich and Veneman handed lead after World Champions crash out
SUZUKI ENDURANCE Racing Team's number two squad led a SERT GSX-R1000 one-two at the opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Le Mans in France at the weekend.Riders William Costes, Guillaume Dietrich and Barry Veneman took the lead
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Dorna CEO: BMW will enter MotoGP
By Visordown News on 03/04/2012 10:25:20
Cost cuts will introduce new manufacturers says Carmelo Ezpeleta
DORNA CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has said that cost-cutting measures in MotoGP would mean that BMW would enter a team in the championship.Ezpeleta said in an interview that he'd like to see a 15-million Euro cap on costs per team, excluding marketing
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Michelin to support speedway World Championships
By Visordown News on 09/02/2009 15:29:54
William Costes, Hugo Marchand and Josep Monge to ride in Michelin Power Research Team
MICHELIN HAS announced it is to participate in three motorcycle speedway racing competitions in 2009 – the Endurance World Championship, along with national speed championships in Spain and Italy.Michelin will provide tyres for the Yamaha Austria
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Free IOM healthcare to end on April 1st 2010
By Visordown News on 10/03/2009 20:53:34
Competitors and race fans face extra cost of personal medical insurance from next year
COMPETITORS AND race fans visiting the Isle of Man could face extra financial burden when the Island's reciprocal free healthcare deal with the UK mainland ends on April 1st next year.This week the termination of the long-running health agreement
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Rossi: ''Make MotoGP bikes more affordable''
By Visordown News on 13/03/2009 10:25:12
Rossi asks manufacturers to reduce costs and wonders why his bikes get crushed at the end of every year
: “The motorcycles are so sophisticated that only some manufacturers can do them. The gap between the factory machines and privateer equipment is enormous. MotoGP has become rather elitist and that is not good”. Rossi says the answer is for “the
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