IN the morning warm-up session ahead of the Le Mans race Casey Stoner punched Randy De Puniet after highspeed near-miss, the Repsol Honda rider was fined €5,000 for his antics.Stoner, who had blitzed all the sessions over the race weekend, was on a

THE FIM has announced the provisional line-up for the 2012 MotoGP championship with 21 bikes making up the grid for the start of the new 1000cc era.With the inclusion of CRT bikes the grid is increased from 17 riders in 2011 up to 21.Provisional

rider line-up and team set-up after securing the backing of former Olympic athlete Derek Redmond.For Laverty, the signing marks his return to racing after a career-threatening crash at Oulton Park nine months ago. The 2008 British Superbike Cup champion

was denied the opportunity as the proposal was turned down by Yamaha Europe's Racing Manager Laurens Klein Koerkamp.Although unconfirmed at the moment, the word from various news outlets is that Chaz Davies will instead make his superbike debut leading a one

HONDA TT LEGENDS have announced that John McGuinness and Cameron Donald will be joined by Simon Andrews and Gary Johnson for the 2012 FIM Endurance World Championship and selected road race events.The team goes into their second season

THIS HORRENDOUS first corner Race One crash at this weekend's WSB round at Monza left German rider Max Neukirchner and Australian ace Brendan Roberts both seriously injured.From the short clip it appears that Neukirchner was hit by Roberts, while

is another possible.Another strong candidate is the Finnish KTM 125 and 250 star Mika Kallio, known to be keen to move up to the top class.The Gresini-owned San Carlos team has yet to finalise riders, with a 50-percent chance of retaining one of their current

BATTLING BRIT Tom Sykes reckons he’s cracked some part of the Yamaha R1’s set-up before getting serious at Brno this weekend. The Yamaha man, who despite a string of good rides in 2009 has been overshadowed by the phenomenal performances by team

BOURNEMOUTH Kawasaki have strengthened their line up for the 2013 British Superbike Championship as Chris ‘Stalker’ Walker is joined by youngster Danny Buchan.The team achieved its maiden victory at Oulton Park last season, with Walker securing his

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi’s achievements in 2008 have been recognised with a nomination for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award, an honour that will be decided at the tenth edition of the Laureus World Sports Awards.Rossi was one of six sportsmen to...