2012

For second year in a row SCOTT Sports has been one of the main supporters of the Monster Energy FIM Junior Motocross World Championship, which took place in Sevlievo, Bulgaria, during the 26th August weekend. The three 2012 Junior World Champions, Caleb Grothues (65cc), Brian Hsu (85cc) and Tim Gajser (125cc) did not only received the gold medal for having won the Title, but they also received a t...

Yamaha Factory Racing riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies today completed the second of two days of testing at the Aragon circuit in Spain. Current Championship leader Lorenzo spent the first of the two days testing chassis settings and day two a different engine specification along with general bike settings to prepare for the Aragon Grand Prix later in the month. Team mate Spies worked throughout...

Reigning World Champions and current series leaders Suzuki Endurance Racing Team has signed-up Japanese Superstock rider Takuya Tsuda to ride alongside Vincent Philippe and Anthony Delhalle at this weekend's fifth and final round of the 2012 Endurance World Championship; the 24 Heures du Mans in France.Tsuda, who led the Suzuki SST Moto Map Team to fourth overall at the Suzuka 8-Hour race in July ...

Monster Energy Yamaha are thrilled to be able to announce that their former rider and Grand Prix star Josh Coppins will be joining the Rinaldi-led division of the team for the upcoming FIM Motocross World Championship events in Italy (Faenza) this weekend and Germany (Teutschenthal) on September 23rd. The New Zealander and 2012 Australian motocross champion will make his final appearances at the t...

The Repsol Honda Team returned to work today at Motorland Aragon for a two-day private test. Dani Pedrosa and Jonathan Rea took full advantage of the track in perfect weather conditions, which helped the riders complete their planned testing program.Dani Pedrosa, victor of the last two races and currently second in the MotoGP Championship, 13 points off the lead, worked with suspension and electro...

Penz13.com Kraftwerk Herpigny Racing Team is approaching the upcoming weekend like a poker game: All-In! The finals of the FIM Endurance World Championship are set to go ahead at the legendary Circuit Bugatti with the 24 hours of Le Mans and the Superstock-World Cup is still possible to grab for the squad of team boss Rico Penzkofer. But to realise that, there is just one chance: “We have to win t...

German rider Paul Friedrichs passed away last Thursday 30 August, aged 72. He spent the last two months in a hospital. He won three consecutive FIM 500cc Motocross World Championship titles from 1966 to 1968. Born on 21 March 1940, Paul Friedrichs grew up in Mecklemburg (then East Germany) where he became member of motor sport clubs. Following intensive training, he was to become a world Motocros...

The legendary Bernd Diener had a bad crash in Berghaupten, Germany last Sunday.Diener crashed with French rider Jerome Lespinasse  during heat 5 of this invitational race. Both riders were transported to hospital, Diener with a dislocated shoulder and Lespinasse with a head injury. The German rider had to undergo surgery this week.It is therefore the next on the substitution list, Jeffrey Woo...

700 kilometers as the crow flies, less than three degrees of latitude north of Sweden, but totally another reality: colder, not so appealing. So, with a bit of sorrow, the Enduro World Championship leaves Karlsborg to go through the Baltic, reaching Heinola to play the second last GP of this season. A superbly well organized GP, as usual around here, characterized by a nice weather,expecially on ...

The fight for the 2012 Endurance World Championship title will reach its climax this weekend at the final round of the year – the 35th edition of the prestigious 24 Heures du Mans in France. The Honda TT Legends have had a successful and consistent season, being one of only two permanent EWC teams to complete every race on the calendar so far. The achievement places them joint second with BMW Moto...