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Cal Crutchlow Eyes MotoGP Move with Tech 3
Cal Crutchlow Eyes MotoGP Move with Tech 3

4 Aug 2010, 13:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Former World Supersport title holder and current World Superbike rider Cal Crutchlow hinted that he may move into the MotoGP series from as early as next season. Despite the fact that he's curr...

 
Ben Spies to Replace Rossi at Yamaha
Ben Spies to Replace Rossi at Yamaha

28 Jul 2010, 14:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With Casey Stoner making the first move on the riders' market for next season's MotoGP series, all the championship's big guns are now trying to secure their deals for the year to com...

 
Lorenzo Takes Dominant Win at Silverstone
Lorenzo Takes Dominant Win at Silverstone

21 Jun 2010, 06:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jorge Lorenzo had no problem clinching his 3rd win of the season at Silverstone, as the Spaniard dominated the British Grand Prix from beginning to end to stretch his lead in the overall classificat...

 
Hayden Insists US Must Have a MotoGP Winner Soon
Hayden Insists US Must Have a MotoGP Winner Soon

29 Apr 2010, 09:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Following his MotoGP title in 2006, Nicky Hayden has been the highest rated American rider in the series for the past 4 years. Although he struggled a lot after his winning campaign in the premier m...

 
Ben Spies Aims High in the 2010 MotoGP
Ben Spies Aims High in the 2010 MotoGP

8 Apr 2010, 11:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / North American racer Ben Spies has big plans for the upcoming season of the MotoGP championship, due to start this weekend, in Qatar. The reigning World Superbike Champion has posted some impressive...

 
Valentino Rossi Wins Casco d'Oro Award for Motorcycle Racing
Valentino Rossi Wins Casco d'Oro Award for Motorcycle Racing

17 Dec 2009, 11:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Valentino Rossi might just have had his most successful season in the MotoGP series. Apart from clinching his 9th world title in the FIM World Motorcycle Championship (and 7th in the MotoGP), the It...

 
Tech 3 Yamaha Wants "Forever" Role for Colin Edwards
Tech 3 Yamaha Wants "Forever" Role for Colin Edwards

8 Dec 2009, 11:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Colin Edwards' switch from Yamaha's factory team to their satellite Tech 3 outfit a couple of years ago seems to be the best thing that happened to the French organization in years. And it...

 
Yamaha Racing Announces International Prize Draw
Yamaha Racing Announces International Prize Draw

16 Nov 2009, 10:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Yamaha’s racing division is currently celebrating a extremely successful season and offers, in an international prize draw,  a replica of one of the World title winning-Yamaha Factor...

 
Stoner Tops Testing Session at Valencia
Stoner Tops Testing Session at Valencia

10 Nov 2009, 10:37 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Casey Stoner and Ducati seem to have a head start for the upcoming campaign of the MotoGP series, as the Aussie rider topped the first test session on his new 2010 machinery at Valencia's Ricar...

 
Toseland Holds No Regrets over MotoGP Move
Toseland Holds No Regrets over MotoGP Move

9 Nov 2009, 08:18 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / James Toseland will be returning to the World Superbike series next year as a defending world champion. However, his 2-year stint in the MotoGP resembled little to a world champion-like effort, as h...

 
Dani Pedrosa Wins Season Finale at Valencia
Dani Pedrosa Wins Season Finale at Valencia

8 Nov 2009, 16:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The Spanish crowd at Valencia had every reason to feel happy with this year’s finale of the MotoGP championship, as it was one of their own who ended the season on a high note. Spaniard Dani P...

 
Yamaha Reveals Special Ben Spies Livery for Valencia
Yamaha Reveals Special Ben Spies Livery for Valencia

5 Nov 2009, 11:42 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Yamaha is making intensive preparations for the arrival of WSBK Champion Ben Spies to the MotoGP team the following season. The special one-off paint scheme and sticker design to be featured on the ...

 
Ben Spies Becomes World Superbike Champion at Algarve
Ben Spies Becomes World Superbike Champion at Algarve

26 Oct 2009, 09:25 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ben Spies only needed one season to make a name for himself in the European-based World Superbike Series. After making a huge impression within the North American motorcycle fans, the Texan came to ...

 
Hayden Warns Spies About MotoGP Debut
Hayden Warns Spies About MotoGP Debut

7 Oct 2009, 10:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The United States will have 3 riders in the MotoGP series in 2010, as Ben Spies has recently been confirmed in the Yamaha Tech 3 lineup for the upcoming season. However, when talking about his fello...

 
Haga and Spies Share Wins at Magny-Cours
Haga and Spies Share Wins at Magny-Cours

5 Oct 2009, 07:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Both Superbike title contenders Noriyuki Haga and Ben Spies managed to grab one win each during the Magny Cours weekend, but it was the Japanese rider who managed to extend his lead in the overall c...

 
Toseland, Back to World Superbike
Toseland, Back to World Superbike

1 Oct 2009, 15:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After there was no room left for him in MotoGP, James Toseland will return to Yamaha World Superbike Team in 2010. The double World Superbike Champion will therefore replace Ben Spies, who will move...

 
Edwards Continues with Tech 3 in 2010
Edwards Continues with Tech 3 in 2010

1 Oct 2009, 14:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Yamaha has just announced that the newly signed rider Ben Spies, who will leave World Superbike Championship next year and move to MotoGP, will be paired with Colin Edwards during the 2010 season. ...

 
Ben Spies to Join Tech 3 Yamaha Team in 2010
Ben Spies to Join Tech 3 Yamaha Team in 2010

1 Oct 2009, 12:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Though Spies has been initially confirmed for another year in World Superbike, Yamaha announced today that the 25-year-old rider will move to MotoGP Championship in 2010, one year earlier than plann...

 
Haga and Fabrizio Score Perfect Wins for Ducati at Imola
Haga and Fabrizio Score Perfect Wins for Ducati at Imola

28 Sep 2009, 08:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ducati stole the show at Imola during the course of the weekend, both its works riders managed to walk away from San Marino with a win in their pocket. After clinching his first ever Super Pole in t...

 
Spies Takes the Championship Lead at Nurburgring
Spies Takes the Championship Lead at Nurburgring

7 Sep 2009, 10:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Yamaha's Ben Spies has done his best at the Nurburgring GP circuit this weekend, as he managed to take the World Superbike Championship lead from Nori Haga. Ducati’s Japanese rider, howev...