the Fireblades of Rea and team-mate Carlos Checa up to speed.Severely lacking in competitive pace come the end of the WSB races so far, the Ten Kate bikes have recently found better form after the squad found big changes in set up.Although no official comment has

-wheel event for the next 17 years, following Donington Park's failure to secure the Grand Prix. The East Midlands circuit was due to take on the world class, four-wheel event but have since lost the rights after failing to meet financial deadlines set by F1

ZERO EMISSION cars and motorcycles are set to take to the streets of Paris next year in a world first combined two and four-wheel e-powered event.Levallois-Perret, a borough of Paris, will host the GP-Elec, the first combined electric car

FORMER 500cc World Champion Wayne Gardner's son looks set to contest in next year's Spanish CMV pre-GP Championships.Thirteen-year-old Remy Gardner has said he wants to follow in his father's footsteps by making a name in motorcycle racing; it

from Kawasaki in the 3-lap race.The Lightweight TT is being re-introduced to the TT this year. Formerly it was for 250cc two-strokes, however it was dropped in 2005 due to a lack of entries. The lap record stands at 118.29mph, set by John Mc

to the last spot on the podium by one hundredth of a second by Ryan Farquhar.Dunlop set the fastest lap of the race on his final lap at 125.60mph."I needed this win after all the disappointments I have had this week, the trouble we have been through

THE long standing rivalry between Valentino Rossi and Troy Bayliss finally happened with the Australian coming out on top - albeit in a drag race on Ducati Diavels.Taking place at World Ducati Week, the Diavel drag race was run in heats, between

was heading to BMW World Superbike to race an S1000RR. Spies signed a letter of intent with the German manufacturer, but has decided to stay in MotoGP.Last month we heard that BMW were talking to five riders: Melandri, Haslam, Spies, Davies and Guintoli

in the afternoon.Fastest at Sepang last week with qualifying tyres, the 2006 MotoGP World Champion only used race tyres today, making plenty of progress in excellent weather conditions with ambient temperature at 21 degrees and track temperature reaching 40 degrees

few gremlins, as a brand new bike always takes a bit oftime to run in, so we hope we have solved those problems before next week's race. "We've tried different things today with regard to set-up and I managed to complete 55 laps. Lap times were good