were looking good for the shootout for us. My team lost a load of sponsorship money because of it all. Put it this way, I wouldn’t have tried that move.The golden period for British Superbike in terms of earning was late nineties to about 2005 or 2006

for "joyriding" purposes — just that it is only a minutely small percentage that involves any violence. That said, when you return to the spot where you left your R1 unanchored for less than 2 minutes while you rushed indoors for a leak, only to see a 14 year

become somewhat muted.To some, excessive pre-season publicity was the venerable racing factory's biggest mistake with the new YZR M1, which was quickly nicknamed "Mission Impossible" by the Biaggi-friendly Italian press, when it finally faced

was warming up for a big Italian-style funeral. But then just one year later in 2007, Ducati posted its part-year results in September. You wouldn’t believe the numbers came from the same company. Instead of a £3.2m loss Ducati made a net profit of £12.2m from

supersports market. Aside from its jaw-dropping looks, talk of a 17,000rpm rev limit and a genuine 110bhp at the rear wheel have made the R6 the supersport bike to have. And in a country obsessed with supersports bikes, clearly this bike alone is a winning

the stops in the race today and earned himself another 10 points, taking him to 50 overall and 12th position in the championship.Team mate, West, despite never having ridden at Laguna, yet again fulfilled his wish to improve his race position at every round

I was at Donington on 1st August for my first try at track racing. It was an xmas pressie from my dear lady wife who tries even more crazy presents each year. After racing a Ferrari, flying a Tiger Moth, and sledding with huskies in the arctic, she

really earn our money all year. I've looked up 2005 on the calendar and I've got 17 races in 365 days. I've got shit like 'four days here, six days there' - I've worked out I'll only have 120 days at home in total. Four months in twelve! I know a lot

become somewhat muted.To some, excessive pre-season publicity was the venerable racing factory's biggest mistake with the new YZR M1, which was quickly nicknamed "Mission Impossible" by the Biaggi-friendly Italian press, when it finally faced

losing the points lead irrevocably when he crashed out of the lead in Germany. In his case, it was Michelins earning the criticism, and he was far from alone in slamming the French rubber.And three races later, the first two of which had seen Michelin