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

-time MotoGP champion swapped his new Desmosedici for the 1198 superbike.“Today I did a total of 25 laps on the 1198 Superbike, which is sort of a 'historic' motorcycle for Ducati: beautiful and fast. I liked it!"“The track more or less confirmed what we

from his riding career to concentrate on building up his one-man team: he manages every aspect of the team including finding sponsorship.Smith was 125 championship runner-up to Aspar team-mate Julian Simon last year, but his hopes of moving up to Moto2

TYPICALLY the quiet one in MotoGP Andrea Dovizioso, interviewed in an Italian magazine, has spoken about his lack of desire to partner Valentino Rossi at Ducati.“I would never accept to be teamed up with Valentino Rossi,” Dovizioso told MAX magazine

DANI PEDROSA is heading to Phillip Island with a view to defending his second place in the 2010 MotoGP World Championship the rider has announced.The Spaniard was released from hospital on Tuesday after successful surgery – a titanium plate

FAST becoming a desirable option for MotoGP in 2012 Marc Marquez could be moving up to the premier class with Honda next season; a year earlier than planned.After crashing out of the first three races and learning his limit the painful way Marquez

and it could prove to be the future of MotoGP. We will work our hardest and I am sure we will have great results together.”CEO of FTR Moto, Steve Bones added: “We are absolutely delighted to start up a partnership with Team San Carlo Honda Gresini and to join

WE'RE NOT QUITE sure what this is all about but check out the MotoGP mannequins that are ready to go on display ahead of the final round of the championship at Valencia this weekend.Have you ever seen anything quite so pointless and bizarre? Dani

on a GP track outside of Japan. This has allowed him to test some fundamental changes in readiness for the ‘real world’ conditions of next year’s race season and Nobu did a very detailed and committed job at the test. Nobody in Suzuki or in the team