Jul28

Smith and Espargaro claim Suzuka 8 Hour Victory

Yamaha take the win at the iconic Suzuka 8 Hour race as Casey Stoner crashes out on only his fifth lap. On their return to the Suzuka 8 Hour as a factory effort, Yamaha claimed pole position with a 2’06.000 from Pol Espargaro. This incredible lap set a new record time around the iconic Japanese track as both he and teammate Katsuyuki Nakasuga set times faster than all other riders in the qualifying shootout. The majority of the...

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Jul28

Stoner: “I decided to lay it over and hit the barrier”

A stuck throttle forced Casey Stoner and MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO out of the Suzuka 8 Hour. After two consecutive Suzuka 8 hour victories in 2013 and 2014, team MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO began this year’s race from third spot on the grid, but was unable to covert this to win number three. After 24 laps, Takumi Takahashi entered the pits in 2nd position and two-time MotoGP™ Champion Casey Stoner took over the reigns. Stoner worked his way up to...

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Jul28

Forward MotoGP team to skip Indianapolis following team boss arrest

The Forward Racing MotoGP team will miss the next round at Indianapolis following the arrest of team owner Giovanni Cuzari. Cuzari was arrested in Switzerland on corruption, money laundering and bribery charges earlier this month. A Forward statement said while every effort had been made to continue operating as usual, sponsors had withheld payments in response to Cuzari’s arrest and the situation could not be resolved in time....

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Jul28

Giugliano out for rest of season

Press release from Aruba.it Racing-Ducati SBK Team: A series of comprehensive and specialist medical checks have, unfortunately, revealed a fracture of the T3 vertebra for Davide Giugliano. The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike Team rider, the victim of a crash in the second race of the American round at Laguna Seca, is therefore forced to interrupt his 2015 racing season, given the doctors’ prognosis of three months’ recovery...

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Jun25

SuperGP

Mathew Scholtz showed what fans can expect for the remainder of the 2015 DEOD SuperGP Champions Trophy season when he powered his EmTek Racing Nashua Yamaha R1 to two convincing wins at the Mpumalanga SuperGP at Red Star Raceway on Sunday, 14 June. The king of SuperPole Clint Seller (NeoLife Africa Yamaha R1) did the job yet again – he has only been beaten in once SuperPole – leading a Yamaha lockout of the front row of the grid....

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