2012

Nicki Pedersen insists reaching the World Championship’s top three remains his target, despite putting himself into title contention by winning the FIM Mitas Czech Speedway Grand Prix in Prague on Saturday. The Danish champion defeated Aussie legend Jason Crump, Polish icon Tomasz Gollob and world champion Greg Hancock in a star-studded final, contested by four men with nine world individual tit...

Rodrig THAIN, Johnny AUBERT and Christophe NAMBOTIN secure victory on day one at round four of the Maxxis Enduro World Championship in Torres Vedras, Portugal. Mathias BELLINO claims a winning result in Enduro Junior while defending champion Ludivine PUY tops the Women’s Cup. Marking the halfway point in the 2012 season, day one at the GP Polisport of Portugal was full of surprises as the series...

Donington (UK), 12 May 2012 - Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) went over 0.3 seconds faster than the existing track best  in the third Superpole run, with a 1 minute 27.716 second lap that gave him his fourth Tissot-Superpole win of 2012. Close behind was his fellow Englishman Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport), the only other rider inside the 1’27 bracket.  Haslam’s team-mate Marc...

Decidedly this year, the KTM Super Test success admirably well to the Frenchies. After Rodrig THAIN (F – HM Honda) in Chile, Marc BOURGEOIS (F – Yam) in Basque Country it is Fabien PLANET (F – Sherco) who won it in Torres Vedras. From the first duels, the public felt that this really fast Super Test can gives them nice emotions. Everything was proceeding quietly in FIM Youth Cup 125cc with a Gi...

Jakub Smrz (Liberty Racing Team Effenbert Ducati) loves Donington Park and today it loved him right back as he took provisional pole after posting the fastest lap in the opening qualifying session. After the rain flags came out momentarily at the start of the 45-minute session track conditions improved and a flurry of fast times in the last few minutes of qualifying put Jonathan Rea (Honda World...

Long Track is often compared to Speedway, but there are a few differences between the two.So what are they?Long-Track tracks are 800 to 1300 metres long and are greylag, sand or grass.There are six riders on the line (versus four for Speedway) and they cover four laps at speeds of more than 120 km/h!Long-Track bikes are built with a two-speed gearbox and rear suspension, and they are bigger than t...

Newcomer from the Motocross to the Enduro, Luis CORREIA (P – Yam), multiple Portugal Champion and accustomed to the podium in MX3 World Championship, take few minutes of his time for this interview.Luis CORREIA, first of all… present you!Luis CORREIA: “I come from Motocross where I made the National Championship last year. Now I’m a rider of the team Yamaha O. Pons and it is my first season in End...

For the first time in the history, Mexico will host one Grand Prix of the FIM Motocross World Championship. The track is located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, at about 1600m on the sea level and high temperatures are assured for the whole weekend.All the teams are already in Guadalajara and the bikes and all the material transported from Europe were already at the track on Wednesday, so everything is r...

The FIM Long Track World Championship will start in Forssa, Finland, on 9 June, on one of the biggest tracks of the series.The 17 best riders will compete in the first event of the series of six Finals in 2012.Reigning FIM World Champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi is the man to beat on his home track, and he will certainly be trying to hang on to his title. Newcomers Cameron Woodward and David Howe, local ...

Monster Energy Yamaha will head to the Grand Prix of Mexico this weekend with the Rinaldi division of the squad fully fit and ready for the first FIM Motocross World Championship event to hit Guadalajara and the Nico España circuit.Steven Frossard has felt a major improvement in his right knee since his anterior cruciate ligament surgery and unfortunate attempt to enter the motos at Fermo for the ...