. And as for safety and less speed - forget it. Since when has racing ever been about that?Age concernWhat a curious reversal of fortune for Honda's two granddads. Alex Barros (34) was awful leading the factory team last year, and was demoted to the satellite Camel

the bike properly,” he continued. This meant the tyre companies were developing tyres to suit particular bikes. The new regime reverses this situation.Motorcycle racing tyre chief Hiroshi Yamada added: “If the setting is good, then both specification

the bikes will be just as fast, but much more of a handful. Safer? Rather the reverse.There seems just one way out. Forget trying to slow the bikes down; just continue working on technology to make that performance easier to use and less of a menace to life

people are now realising that this is a facade for a fearsome and dangerous competitor. Has this dented his popularity? Quite the reverse. Instead it reflects badly on the hapless Gentleman Gibernau, who comes out of it all looking a touch wimpish

runs including three wins in six races, one more than Vale.It was comforting - and mighty impressive - how he reversed his fortunes with his masterpiece at Mugello. He rode with aggressive artistry - more Damien Hurst than da Vinci, perhaps, but a true

’s demands for Bridgestones, reversing a decision made when he made the same demands at the end of last season.“HRC were talking to Bridgestone and Michelin after that, but it was not moving as fast as we expected,” continued Sus. So we decided to intervene