2012

With round six of the Enduro World Championship in Sweden now a distant but successful memory for the Husqvarna Enduro team by CH Racing, the squad’s riders now have their sights set on the seventh and penultimate round, being held in Heinola, Finland on September 1/2. Eager to build on the winning momentum gained by the team’s Enduro 2 class rider Juha Salminen during the GP of Sweden, the eight...

Monster Energy Yamaha’s David Philippaerts was a recent visitor to the British Grand Prix at Matterley Basin last week. The Italian was in good shape after the operation on his wrists in early July (in the wake of a crash at the Grand Prix of Sweden) and should very soon be given the all-clear by medical experts to start riding his YZ450FM. Here the former MX1-GP World Champion chats about his swi...

Only a week after the Grand Prix Husaberg of Sweden, the Maxxis FIM Enduro World Championship takes the direction of Finland and more precisely in Heinola for the 7th and penultimate race of the season.Seven years later!After Riihimäki in 2009 and the ISDE last year, Finland found back the EWC on his land and Suomen Moottoriliitto ry (SML) has decided, with the approval of the Federation Internati...

The first day of a two-day test for the Ducati Team at the Misano circuit was marked by weather that was sunny but not too hot, as Valentino Rossi joined official test rider Franco Battaini. Rossi, together with the Italian technicians from his team and the Ducati engineers, worked on the chassis updates that he had first tried in the test after the Mugello Grand Prix. The changes are intende...

Riders for Health’s lifesaving work in Lesotho has been featured on international news network, Al Jazeera.Many people in Lesotho live in isolated villages in the mountains. This means that without reliable transport it is almost impossible for health workers to reach their patients. In a country where an estimated one-in-four people are living with HIV, this inability to reach people who need car...

It was Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow who topped the timesheets in an eventful day of testing at the Brno circuit ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo, as potential MotoGP™ newcomers made their mark.Crutchlow, who recorded his first-ever MotoGP podium yesterday, was tasked with testing some small parts on his Yamaha, yet also focussed heavily on race consistency. Apart from running o...

The Repsol Honda Team were back on track in Brno today after Dani Pedrosa's fantastic win in yesterday's Grand Prix of the Czech Republic.Dani spent the day completing a busy testing programme covering many areas, including chatter issues and also a new rear shock. Also on track for Repsol Honda was Jonathan Rea, replacing the injured Casey Stoner. Jonathan used this first test to familiarise hims...

Husqvarna Enduro Team by CH Racing , riders Juha Salminen and Alex Salvini enjoyed podium success at the sixth round of the Enduro World Championship, the GP of Sweden, with Salminen winning the Enduro 2 class on day one before again finishing on the podium on day two in second. Salvini, who had a day to forget on day one, bounced back in style to place third in class on day two – the Italians sec...

The Gorna Rositza track hosted today the ninth edition of the Monster Energy FIM Junior Motocross World Champion and Caleb Grothues from Australia, Brian Hsu from Germany and Tim Gajser from Slovenia became the 2012 FIM 65cc, 85cc and 125cc Junior World Champions respectively. Team The Netherlands was on the top of the podium this weekend as the winning team of this year’s edition thanks to their ...

It’s another triumphant day for the French in the Maxxis Enduro World Championship as France claim victory in all classes on day two at the GP Husaberg of Sweden in Karlsborg… Once again proving that they are the most dominant nation in the EWC, French riders, Antoine MEO (KTM), Christophe NAMBOTIN (KTM) and Mathias BELLINO (Husaberg) secure their second win of the weekend in Enduro 1, Enduro...