18-Year-Old Jett Lawrence Secures AMA Pro Motocross 250MX Championship in Dramatic Style
14 Sep 2021, 13:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Jett endured a very slow start to the first heat of the race as well as several crashes, one of which involved avoiding a rider who’d fallen off.
FIM Announces New Regulations for Moto2 Series
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It has now become official. The 250cc class of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix will become the Moto2 class starting 2011, as the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme released ...
KTM Withdraws from MotoGP 250cc
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / KTM Racing officially announced that the team will withdraw from the 250cc World Championship at the end of the season in order to concentrate more on the development of the 125cc series group. Acco...
Bautista Clinches Controversial Maiden Win
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Alvaro Bautista 's first win in the quarter litre class did not come without controversy, as reigning champion and current leader of the overall standings Jorge Lorenzo blasted his fellow count...
FIM Urges MotoGP to Make Cost-Cutting Changes
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After Formula 1 and the WRC, the MotoGP has also lost an important constructor ahead of the upcoming season. Following Kawasaki's withdrawal from the sport, the International Motorcycle Federat...
Mike Di Meglio Considering Move to 250cc
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nobody saw him a potential title contender but he managed to do it. Mike Di Meglio won his first championship title after he finished the 2007 season on position number 17 with only 42 points. Meanw...
Mike Di Meglio Is the Boss, Giampiero Sacchi Thinks
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although he may leave his team in order to move to the 250cc class, Mike Di Meglio remains one of the best riders in the world, the head of the Piaggio Group, Giampiero Sacchi, said in an interview ...
Aoyama Pays Tribute to Daijiro Kato, Changes MotoGP Number
5 Jan 2010, 12:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hiroshi Aoyama will switch to MotoGP racing next season, but he will not take with him the #4 he took to the world title in the 250cc class last season. The Japanese rider will have to change bike n...
Aprilia Quits Moto2 Series, Blames Rules
24 Nov 2009, 15:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Italian bike manufacturer Aprilia today announced it will not compete in the newly-formed Moto2 series next year, as it considers the FIM programme to be detrimental to the image of the company. Alt...
Simoncelli Joins Gresini in 2010, Team Extends San Carlo Sponsorship
25 Jun 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Both Fausto Gresini and Marco Simoncelli must be two happy people right now, as they both got their way this week. The former managed to extend his team's partnership with title sponsor San Car...
Simoncelli to Miss Qatar Race Due to Hand Injury
7 Apr 2009, 11:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Reigning 250cc champion Marco Simoncelli is close to missing the season opener in Qatar this weekend due to a hand injury he picked up when motocrossing back in Italy. The Italian rider was training...
Rookie Rules Agreed Despite Works' Teams Opposition
1 Apr 2009, 08:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The new rule stating that no MotoGP manufacturer will be allowed to sign rookies in the series is to be implemented from as soon as the 2010 season. MotoGP promoter Dorna – through the voice o...
Factory MotoGP Teams Not Allowed to Sign Rookies From 2010
30 Mar 2009, 14:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A new rule to restrict factory MotoGP teams from signing rookie riders will be introduced in 2010, FIM president Vito Ippolito said this weekend at the Jerez testing track. Obviously, such a move is...
Melandri Is Yet to Commit to Kawasaki Role
27 Feb 2009, 16:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Kawasaki have officially confirmed the continuance of their MotoGP programme inside the MotoGP, Marco Melandri is yet to confirm his presence in the series. The Italian has been announced a...