2010

FIM World Supersport Championship contender Kenan Sofuoglu has been dealt a blow after breaking his ankle in a motocross accident.The 25-year-old Turkish rider will be on the sidelines for around three months with the injury, meaning he is likely to miss out on vital testing time as the Hannspree Honda Ten Kate team look to regain the crown they relinquished to Yamaha in 2009.Sofuoglu won the titl...

Former Ducati boss Davide Tardozzi has taken over as BMW team manager, according to Motorcycle News.The 50-year-old Italian, who was a racewinner in the first ever World Superbike round at Donington in 1988, left the Bologna team at the end of the 2009 FIM World Superbike Championship season.Ducati enjoyed a sustained period of success with Tardozzi at the helm, with Carl Fogarty, Troy Bayliss, Ne...

Roger Lee Hayden is to step up to the FIM World Superbike Championship in 2010 after agreeing a deal with the Pedercini Kawasaki team.The 26-year-old American, the younger brother of 2006 FIM MotoGP World Champion Nicky Hayden, has agreed a one-year deal with the customer team.Hayden has forged his career in his homeland's AMA Championships, taking race victories in both the Supersport and Superbi...

Motorcycling is the only sport that has ever given rise to a major humanitarian organisation. Twenty years ago three members of the motorcycling racing community made a discovery that would shape their lives for the next two decades, and prove that in the right hands, motorcycles can save lives. Motorcycles saving livesIn the years leading to the founding of Riders for Health the thirteen time 500...

Motor Cycles with an accelleration of 0-60 kph faster than a Formula 1 car, 400 28mm sharpened steel spikes in their tyres, and no brakes, ICE RACING: the fastest Winter sport on two wheels returns to Saalfelden on January 10th.With 20 heats of fast, exciting action. The 500cc bikes complete four laps of the 400 meter oval in under a minute, as the riders corne within inches of each other at speed...

Gresini Honda rider Marco Simoncelli admits it will take him time to learn how to adjust to riding an 800cc bike when he steps up to the FIM MotoGP World Championship this year.The Italian, the 2008 FIM 250cc World Champion, has been tipped by many as a future champion in the top class, but acknowledges he must not try to run before he can walk.He told Gazzetta dello Sport: "The beginning in ...

Tech 3 Yamaha boss Herve Poncharal believes new signing Ben Spies has the speed to be on the podium from the start of the 2010 FIM MotoGP World Championship.The Texan, who won the 2009 FIM World Superbike Championship, comes into the team as a replacement for Britain's James Toseland and Poncharal believes he has what it takes to succeed.He told crash.net: "I am going to push an open door whe...

Cal Crutchlow is backing new team-mate James Toseland to easily adapt upon his return to the FIM World Superbike Championship in 2010.The Briton, who won the title in 2004 and 2007, has spent the last two seasons races in the FIM MotoGP World Championship but failed to impress with the Tech 3 Yamaha team and lost his ride, with the Japanese manufacturer handing him a ride with their factory Superb...

Marco Melandri hopes his move to the Gresini Honda squad will improve his fortunes in the FIM MotoGP World Championship in the 2010 season.The Italian impressed on the Hayate machine which was born out of Kawasaki's withdrawal from MotoGP following a poor season with Ducati.But Melandri believes his fortunes are on the way up again after rejoining Fausto Gresini who worked with him when he recorde...