At Thursday’s pre-event press conference at the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France in Le Mans, Repsol Honda Team’s Casey Stoner surprised the racing world by announcing his retirement at the end of the 2012 MotoGP™ season. At the same time Valentino Rossi confirmed he will be continuing in the sport for at least another [...]

Donington Park (UK), Sunday 13 May 2012 – A 48,500 strong crowd saw some astounding race action at Donington in two sun-blessed 23-lap races, which culminated in a moment of history for one of the world’s most important motorcycle manufacturers, some of the best SBK racing ever seen and changes near the top of the [...]

Bologna, April 18, 2012 – AUDI AG is acquiring from Investindustrial Group the tradition-steeped Italian sports motorcycle manufacturer Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., which has its registered office in Bologna. The transaction will be completed as quickly as possible once authorized by the competition authorities. The Supervisory Boards of AUDI AG and Volkswagen AG approved the [...]

Ian Lowry sensationally secured a maiden race victory following a hard-fought slip-streaming battle in the first of the two races at the second round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Thruxton and then a fifth place put the Padgetts Honda rider at the top of the title standings. The Ulsterman had been on [...]

Monday Apr 9th 2012 – Jon Kirkham enjoyed a winning debut with the Samsung Honda team in the opening round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch but the Derby rider was denied the opportunity of challenging for a double victory by deteriorating conditions. Kirkham snatched the advantage back from Alastair Seeley on [...]

Round 1 – Brands Hatch Indy Circuit – 7/8/9 April- Josh Brookes will start the Easter Monday opening race of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch from pole position after a dramatic qualifying session during which the reigning title holder Tommy Hill crashed out. Defending champion Hill will start the race from the eighth row [...]

Imola (Italy), Sunday 1 April 2012 – Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) was a force to be reckoned with once more at Ducati’s home circuit, and he duly posted his desired double in the FIM Superbike World Championship races in front of 81,000 fans at Imola. The final result of his winning labours is that [...]

Sun 26th Feb- Race 2- Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) recovered from his big race one crash to post his first win of the year but arguably an even greater performance came from second place finisher Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing). Checa hit the front early on but Biaggi had run of track on lap one, kept [...]

Phillip Island (Australia), Friday 24 February 2012 – Jonathan Rea pulled off the surprise of the day in first qualifying at Phillip Island as the Honda World Superbike man put in the only sub-1m32s lap in the last couple of minutes to head the field. Rea’s time of 1 minute 31.959 seconds put him in [...]

UK, Feb 22nd, 2012-Winchester-based Moto Rapido Ducati have confirmed they will run a two-bike squad in partnership with the Saudi Falcons racing team in the 2012 British Superbike Championship. Existing rider Scott Smart is to be joined by Saudi Falcons racer Abdulaziz Binladen and both will be riding the new 1199 Panigale. Ducati Corse have chosen [...]