Interview: Kyle Ryde – Story of a talented young rider
Kyle Ryde and his dad invited me for a chat under the camping awning / makeshift garage where it was clear the youngster is getting a lot of support from his whole family, from his little sister to his mum. Sean Ryde (Kyle’s Dad) also explained how the whole community near their Nottinghamshire town rallies around Kyle and participates in regular events to keep raising money for his racing career to continue. In 2010, Kyle Ryde started racing... [Read More...]
World Supersport Interview – Luca Scassa
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World Superbike Interview: Eugene Laverty
The wonderful Phillip Island track hosted the first round of the World Superbike championship for 2011, a season that can be easily one of the best in the history of the series. Lots of talented riders, as well as the most experienced ones, mixed together with super fast machines that are getting closer and closer to the prototypes missiles. At least five riders are title contenders and even more riders will fight to get a chance for a podium finish... [Read More...]
Lorenzo’s Blog Translated – Chapter 1
Just like last year, I am translating Jorge Lorenzo’s blog in English. Bear in mind that I am not from Spain so if anyone bilingual out there decides things should be tweaked a little, please let me know. Jorge and his team are also aware of the translation being done. You can read Jorge’s original blog HERE Nothing is impossible Jorge Lorenzo - Qatar podium - Photo: Yamaha Factory Racing It is my first blog of the season (and you can... [Read More...]
Vale’s Motorcoach for Sale
You can’t buy his bike, but you can buy his bus: Read More →
World Superbike Interview: Sylvian Guintoli
Sylvian Guintoli is entering his second year of World Superbike, switching from the factory team to the private Effernbert Liberty team. He will be campaigning the former factory Ducati bikes with Jacob Smrz. He had a difficult year last year but as he showed before his accident in the British SBK Championship, he has the pace to run at the front. We were able to chat with Sylvian at the World Superbike opener at Phillip Island. A front row... [Read More...]
Australian Rookie, Josh Waters Impresses in WSBK Debut
Josh Waters may not be a name you are familiar with – or at least weren’t until this weekend. When Yoshimura Suzuki decided to field their Suzuki GSR-R1000 as a wildcard bike in this weekend’s season opener at Phillip Island, they called on Waters for the ride. He beat out other bigger names for the ride, something that hasn’t escaped him when we caught up with him. “I am so grateful to the team for this opportunity, there were big names... [Read More...]
World Superbikes, 2011. Rider preview
It’s that time of year again! With the racing season about to start, we need to look at the riders in the World Superbike championship and guess wildly about how they will do. [Read More...] Read More →
Moto2 Interview – Scott Redding – Phillip Island
Great race finishing second in the Moto2 with the Marc VDS team, can you take us through the race? Scott Redding: The race was really good for me. It started off great and we were leading. There was no pressure, I was really focused this weekend. I had a great race with Andrea [Iannone] and Alex [de Angelis].It was a fantastic race – for me it was a great race to end up second. I am happy with that. When Iannone was coming at me, I was... [Read More...]
125cc Interview – Marc Márquez – Phillip Island
Pole-sitter Marc Marquez at Phillip Island (Photo Credit: Sam Tickell/MotoRaceReports) Thanks Marc for joining us, the weather this weekend has been quite awful with the rain and the wind, how difficult has it been to handle that on a 125cc machine? Marc Márquez: Sure, it is difficult because in the rain you can just put the rain tyres on but with the wind. It is so fast and on the 125 you can feel it more. On some parts of the circuit it is... [Read More...]
