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World Superbike will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at the Monza Round this coming weekend, offering Italian fans a unique opportunity to be able to get up close with the bikes and riders that since 1988 have helped to create the history of the championship. The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is one of the historic venues of the production-based series and due to its tradition and fascination ther...

With Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) at the top of the points table, the eni FIM Superbike World Championship returns to Italy for the second of three events, this time at Monza, the fastest round of the calendar. The production-based racing series will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at the fourth of its 14 rounds, with a glittering array of riders and bikes present throughout the four days. The ...

Following an enthralling race weekend at the inaugural European round in Jerez, the MotoGP™ World Championship heads across the border to contest the Gran Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril.With all three races going right down to the wire, the riders have just four days to recover before testing their machines on the Estoril track, which combines a long straight, some tyre-punishing corners, hea...

After another classic Moto2™ thriller in Jerez, during which Spanish youngster Pol Espargaró took his maiden victory in the Moto2 class, the riders are set to continue their battle at the Gran Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril this weekend.Moto2 was the only class to be affected by rain during the Spanish GP, cutting the race short after 19 laps, after which Espargaró was declared the winner. Ch...

After a Moto3™ race in which almost half the field failed to finish and Italian youngster Romano Fenati confirmed himself as a talent to be watched for the future, riders and teams will be hoping for a somewhat more normal race when they head out on track at the Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril.Team Italia FMI rider Fenati is the first rider since Noboru Ueda in 1991 to have finished on ...

Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport is preparing for its second Italian outing in the 2012 FIM Superbike World Championship. The fourth race weekend of the season is scheduled for this weekend (4th to 6th May) at the “Autodromo Nazionale di Monza” (ITA). After three strong opening rounds, the team is looking to challenge at the very front of the field again with its two factory riders, the Italian local ...

The weekend’s last rain shower fell less than an hour before the Spanish Grand Prix, leaving time for the water to evaporate enough to have the race declared dry, so the MotoGP riders started on slick tyres. Nicky Hayden, who started from the first row, was involved in a back-and-forth battle for third place with Crutchlow and Pedrosa. The American then steadily lost ground as grip decreased, even...

The weather stepped aside to allow the Repsol Honda Team riders to take centre stage in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, the second race of the MotoGP season. Reigning World Champion, Casey Stoner, took his first win of the year and also his first at the Circuito de Jerez, whilst teammate Dani Pedrosa joined him on the podium alter claiming third place. The Repsol riders have now both taken two r...

Lorenzo Baldassarri, the reigning Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion, stormed back to form with a brilliant victory in race 2 at Jerez. The 15 year old Italian stole the win at the Spanish Grand prix right on the line from 15 year old Portuguese Ivo Lopes, with 14 year old Spaniard Diego Perez taking 3rd just as he did in race one on Saturday.“It was a fantastic race,” said Baldassarri. “I was r...

Reigning World Champion Casey Stoner took his first ever premier-class victory at the Gran Premio bwin de España as he fought an epic battle with championship rival Jorge Lorenzo.After the preceding Moto2™ race had been red-flagged due to rain, the weather improved just enough for it to be declared dry five minutes before the start.The race was a thriller from the start as Repsol Honda Team´s Pedr...