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Shoya Tomizawa dies following crash in Misano Moto2 race
By Visordown News on 05/09/2010 13:56:42
Popular 19-year-old dies in hospital following horror crash
. Tomizawa, aged just 19, won the opening race of the 2010 Moto2 season at Qatar.From MotoGP organisers:On Sunday 5th September during the Moto2 race at the Misano World Circuit, rider Shoya Tomizawa aged 19 suffered a serious crash and subsequent cranial
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Rossi fit for Japan MotoGP following MotoX crash
By Visordown News on 16/04/2010 15:33:17
World champ ruled fit to race following medical check up
REIGNING MOTOGP World Champion Valentino Rossi escaped with minor injuries after a fall in a motocross training exercise on Thursday near Pesaro.Rossi underwent a series of X-Rays following the accident, but the scans confirmed the 31 year
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Gardner: Burgess will follow Rossi
By Visordown News on 19/08/2010 14:23:20
'I reckon he hasn't told Yamaha what he's doing and I reckon this is a very smart move'
VALENTINO ROSSI'S crew chief Jerry Burgess will follow the Italian to Ducati - that's the view of outspoken former 500cc World Champion Wayne Gardner.The 1987 champ says, via his personal website, that Burgess once confided in him that he would stay
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Stoner slams safety following Tomizawa death
By Visordown News on 09/09/2010 11:42:51
"The race should have been stopped, you could see from the television that this was a crash you couldn't walk away from"
FORMER MOTOGP World Champion Casey Stoner has spoken out over the death of Shoya Tomizawa - the popular Japanese racer killed in a crash at Misano during last weekend's Moto2 event.Tomizawa, 19, died from multiple head and internal injuries after
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Pedrosa on course for 2011 return
By Visordown News on 20/12/2010 10:22:16
Spaniard's shoulder mending well following surgery
is in the best possible shape for the first MotoGP test of 2011 at Sepang, Malaysia, from February 1st to 3rd. Pedrosa, who finished the 2010 MotoGP World Championship second overall, was told by specialists to rest the shoulder, which sustained heavy trauma
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Marco Simoncelli: MotoGP team statements
By Visordown News on 23/10/2011 16:41:55
Statements from the teams following today's tragic news
, for example after his first MotoGP podium in Brno when I told him: "Lucky podium!" and he was so angry... but I wanted to motivate him as I knew he was able to do even more. I was thinking that when he won his first race we would have been able to celebrate
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Simoncelli/Pedrosa crash sequence
By Visordown News on 16/05/2011 11:27:00
Reactions from the two following the collision at Le Mans
it, and I want to avoid any controversy regarding penalisation, but I believe that my ride through was a result of all the talk over the past few days."The paddock and the MotoGP world are divided in their opinions on the penalty to Simoncelli. What
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Motegi round moved to October
By Visordown News on 15/03/2011 15:55:04
Japanese GP postponed to October 2 following the earthquake and tsunami disaster
Following the earthquake and tsunami disaster that have hit Japan the Motegi round has been rescheduled to October 2.The Japanese GP will fall in the weeks between the Spanish round at Aragon and Phillip Island in Australia, due to damage sustained
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Rossi surgery update: Sepang test
By Visordown News on 30/11/2010 11:23:07
Nine-time world champ confident of fitness following shoulder surgery
with a view to taking part in the MotoGP tests in early February."Official 2011 MotoGP testing commences at Sepang, between 1-3 February
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Qatar MotoGP in doubt?
By Visordown News on 09/03/2011 11:56:00
Political instability rising in Qatar following the detainment of a blogger
unrest in Qatar. Al Jazeera went on to question the opening round of the MotoGP championship at the Losail circuit in Qatar.Despite Al Jazeera's speculation, it is unlikely that the MotoGP opening round will be affected.MotoGP has other pressing issues
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