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Batpod makes its Formula 1 debut
By Visordown News on 07/07/2008 10:35:22
Batman's mega-cool supercycle makes F1 debut at Silverstone
Now that's a weapon...FORMULA ONE driver Jarno Trulli got to sling a leg over the Batpod this weekend at the British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone.With fatter tyres than Trulli's F1 race car, we reckon the Batpod's one seriously cool machine
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20 Questions: Martin Brundle
By Visordown on 10/04/2008 15:57:00
Martin Brundle ITV's Formula 1 commentator
Martin Brundle ITV's Formula 1 commentator 1. If you were a bike, what would you be?Hayabusa. Fast but ugly.2. Describe you in a word'Honest'.3. What's the most embarrassing bike you lusted over in your youth?Honda 250 Super Dream.4. What were you
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MotoGP: Qatar to undergo massive facelift
By Visordown News on 01/04/2008 16:18:53
Losail circuit to receive major revisions to accommodate Formula 1
QATAR'S LOSAIL circuit is going to face a massive facelift so it can bag future Formula One race, the head of the Gulf country's motor sports federation has said. "We are planning a massive upgrade of the Losail circuit to make it possible to host
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Cox out at BBC MotoGP?
By Visordown News on 15/09/2010 15:44:49
Paddock rumours link BBC presenter to Formula 1 in 2011
BBC MOTOGP pundit Charlie Cox could be leaving the series following paddock rumours the portly Australian is heading off to commentate on Formula 1 in 2011.The news, fed to Visordown by our MotoGP man, has said the BBC is to axe the corporation
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Schumacher to quit bike racing for F1 return?
By Visordown News on 28/07/2009 13:39:05
Formula One guru linked to F1 return as stand-in driver for injured Ferrari ace
's horrendous accident at the weekend.Schumacher, who retired from Formula 1 three years ago, told the BBC in that he was not interested in returning to F1, but following recent developments the seven-time champion's spokeswoman told the Beeb:"The whole thing
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MotoGP announces significant qualifying changes
By Visordown News on 15/10/2012 12:51:50
MotoGP has followed Formula 1 & World Superbikes by announcing knockout qualifying
DORNA has announced changes to MotoGP qualifying in 2013, a move that will give privateer teams more TV coverage and therefore sets out to encourage more CRT teams into the sport.MotoGP's tiered qualifying is less straight forward than that in F1
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10 Minutes with John Surtees
By Bertie Simmonds on 25/03/2008 11:00:06
If Valentino Rossi jumps ship to Formula 1 he'll want to follow the example of John Surtees
The only motorcycling World Champion to have beaten F1, too.This is the one we all want the answer to: can Rossi win the F1 championship?He might do! He will have the advantage of all the facilities of Ferrari behind him, as well as a year's testing
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Niall Mackenzie Column - Sep 2007
By niall mackenzie on 01/09/2007 19:30:08
Lewis Hamilton is leading the way for Britain in Formula One and that's good for us all, says Niall. But every sport needs its heroes and villains, and where are the characters in F1?
There are no Rossi-types in F1, says NiallIt's fantastic to see Lewis Hamilton chewing up the best racers the world has to offer in Formula One. Anything to make that sport more interesting, and put a Briton in the limelight, can only be good for us
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Problem with Simoncelli 'can be solved'
By Visordown News on 05/07/2011 14:12:39
Ferrari's Luca di Montezemolo would hire Stoner and Simoncelli for F1
should he hire MotoGP riders for Fomula 1, “One would be Stoner, a good guy and mentally strong, I’ve always liked him. The other would be Simoncelli, who reminds me a little of Villeneuve in the early years."Sharing the colour red with Ducati
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Motorcycle Radar: 1985
By Roland Brown on 25/11/2010 16:02:24
International roadtester and motorcycling sage Roland Brown looks back at the years that changed motorcycling over the decades…
none of the impact of the legendary Le Mans of the Seventies. Ducati, recently bought by the Castiglioni brothers, unveiled a stylish, fully-faired 750 F1 Replica that had cheap suspension, mediocre brakes and a high price. Once-mighty Laverda still had
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