, Yamaha and Aprilia. • In part due to continued improvements in tyre performance, following the first season, average race time times have fallen year after year1: -0,2 secs (2005), -1,2 (2006), -0,8 (2007), -0,6 (2008), -0,7 (2009) and -0,2 (2010

BRITISH WSB star Leon Haslam has blasted tyre manufacturer Pirelli following his disappointing results in both of Sunday's races at Brno.The Alstare Suzuki man, who scored an uncharacteristic 8th and 11th in Sunday's Czech round of the 2010 WSB

. Dorna, the promoters of MotoGP have also been rumoured to be interested in holding a MotoGP round in India.The 2011 WSBK calendar is already set, so it's not going to happen this year but it could happen in 2012. Watch this space.

EUGENE LAVERTY made a cracking start to his 2010 season, finishing third in the pre-season tests at Phillip Island at the weekend.Laverty and Miguel Praia, who finished 12th after the official two-day test in Australia, took to the track ahead

MICHEL FABRIZIO says that his season is going from strength to strength after testing three new Pirelli tyre compounds in the extreme heat of Imola at the recent two day test.With track temperatures nudging 60 degrees, conditions were far from ideal

adapting to the Pirelli shod Honda CBR1000RR whilst Jonathan Rea is working on testing 2012 parts on his 2011 bike.Castrol Honda are spending three days at Qatar, choosing the desert circuit to kickstart their 2012 preparation so to avoid the poor weather

basic set up changes to fit his physical shape on the bike. On qualifying tyres, Melandri posted a lap only 0.2secs slower than Valentino Rossi's best lap at the previous day’s MotoGP test.Team-mate Eugene Laverty posted a best time of 1:34.9 and clocked

BRITISH SUPERBIKE star and former MotoGP racer Sylvain Guintoli will join Suzuki WSB squad in 2010 as a replacement for Max Neukirchner. The Frenchman will partner Leon Haslam in the 2010 squad; Visordown exclusively revealed Haslam would be joining

more or less been the first real test since the start of the championship.”Shinya Nakano did 135 laps, including 16 in the wet, and was just slower than Biaggi, with a time of 2m 00.78 set on the first day. The Japanese rider also had a crash from which

-based race bike, although hampered by a small crash he spent the day setting the correct positions on the bike and gaining an understanding of the adjustments of the WSB-spec S1000RR. On the second day the Moto2 champion was able to lap for a few hours