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Electronics to ruin 1,000cc MotoGP slides?
By Visordown News on 20/04/2011 14:50:12
Nicky Hayden doubtful that 1,000cc MotoGP engines will increase excitement
THE introduction of 1,000cc engines to MotoGP may save the dwindling grid size but an increase the excitement factor is questionable, thinks Hayden.The major factor holding back the tyre-sliding entertainment is the progression of the electronics
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2010 MotoGP racers break cover
By Visordown News on 09/11/2009 14:50:00
Visordown gets the first shots of the MotoGP boys sliding their stuff at Valencia
THE MOTOGP men were back out in action on their 2010 machines today, just a day after the final race of the 2009 MotoGP season at Valencia, Spain.We've brought you the first shots of the best of the action, as the fearless riders slide their 220bhp
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McCoy to start testing FB Corse MotoGP bike mid-March
By Visordown News on 05/03/2010 15:21:57
Sliding Aussie to prove newborn MotoGP bike can hold its own in 2010
THE KING OF SLIDE - Garry McCoy - will be putting FB Corse’s FB01 MotoGP bike through its paces later this month, when the team start initial pre-season testing. FB Corse has confirmed they will be testing at Valencia’s Ricardo Torno circuit March
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Red Bull to back factory squad in 2011?
By Visordown News on 22/06/2010 12:38:55
As Monster Energy slide into MotoGP, word is giants Red Bull want a slice of the action
should the Italian move to Ducati.However there may be at least one other big sponsor ready to move in. Red Bull is a major backer of teams in every other top motor sport, with MotoGP the exception.Should either Honda or Yamaha become available
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McCoy back in MotoGP for 2010
By Visordown News on 01/02/2010 11:10:19
Aussie sensation signs for FB Corse after team favourite defects to Suzuki AMA squad
AUSSIE SLIDING sensation Garry McCoy is back in MotoGP, riding for FB Corse in the 2010 championship.McCoy, recently laid-off by the BE1 Triumph World Supersport team, will ride a triple-cylinder 800cc machine in the upcoming MotoGP series. The 37
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Rossi: "I want to race in Superbikes"
By Visordown News on 23/07/2010 16:00:32
Bikes for racing, cars for fun, says nine-time world champion
and the level of riders in MotoGP?VR: For me, our level is clearly higher than Superbikes. No doubt. I don't know the people that continue to say that we have a fight with the two. So, the best riders race in MotoGP, and the Superbike motorcycles are easier
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Lorenzo: "I had to disconnect my brain"
By Visordown News on 12/04/2010 08:41:39
Hardy Spaniard battles through pain to clinch podium position in season opener
his way through the pack and onto the podium, after a poor start from the front row of the grid.Lorenzo's team-mate Valentino Rossi secured victory in the 22-lap race, giving the Fiat Yamaha MotoGP squad a one-two win in the opening race of the season
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Luthi: the toughest man in MotoGP?
By Visordown News on 06/07/2010 10:51:34
Three podiums in as many races - all with a buggered collarbone
weekend's Catalunya GP, Moto2 title contender Thomas Luthi completed a run of three races with a dislocated, then broken, then finally re-plated left collar-bone. The Swiss former 125 World Champion was on the rostrum at all three races.Luthi dislocated
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Bradley Smith ruled out of Sepang Moto2
By Visordown News on 21/10/2011 15:00:19
Brit suffers broken left collarbone
INJURY has forced Bradley Smith out of the Moto2 race at Sepang after the Tech 3 rider crashed in free practice.The Oxfordshire rider has been diagnosed with a broken left shoulder after falling heavily at a wet turn 10 where there had been
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Bradl-Vettel swap denied by Red Bull
By Visordown News on 05/12/2011 09:02:57
Red Bull ban Sebastian Vettel from riding Stefan Bradl's Moto2 bike
laps, the Kalex Moto2 bike for the Red Bull Racing car.Following the likes of Valentino Rossi testing the Ferrari and John Hopkins sampling the Toro Rosso car, 22-year-old Bradl broached the idea speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport: “I would gladly try
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