
Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda) has won the first round of the World Supersport championship in Qatar. Second place overall went to Kevin Curtain (Yamaha R6 equiped with Akrapovic exhaust) and third place to Katsuaki Fujiwara (Honda). World champion Sebastien Charpenier (Honda) chrased on the penultimate lap...
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Valentino Rossi will leave Jerez with a crucial psychological advantage over his title rivals after winning the 40 minute ‘qualifying session’ at Jerez (Spain). The five time MotoGP World Champion took the 2007 BMW M Award at the MotoGP Official test with time 1’38.394, clocked with just five minute...
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2007 WSBK season started in Qatar desert with two exciting races under burning sun. Max Biaggi and James Toseland each took a win and a second place to jointly lead the championship. The Italian won the day’s opener, his first ever superbike race, while British rider Toseland held the advantage in t...
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Chris Pfeiffer from Germany is the first Indoor Streetbike Freestyle World Champion! Thousands of visitors followed the qualifications of the 16 competitors of 9 nations. The Championship was part of the Swiss Motorcycle, Scooter and Tuning Exhibition SWISS-MOTO in Zurich which attracted 61,000 visi...
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The curtain finally came down on the first official test of the 2007 season after three non-stop days at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. Frenchman Randy de Puniet showed some great speed by clocking sixth fastest time on his Kawasaki with Akraopovic exhaust system. His team mate Olivier J...
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Team Yamaha Motor Italia completed final preparations for upcoming 2007 WSBK season that will start in Qatar on 24th of February. Australian Troy Corser was fastest man out of the group of total four riders that attended private test session. That is a promising result for new Yamaha R1 equiped with...
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The official launch of WSBK Team Kawasaki PSG-1 has taken place in the skiing resort of Sestriere in the Italian Alps. Regis Laconi and Fonsi Nieto were present for two days of celebrations ahead of the first race of the championship in just under a month, at Qatar on the 24th of February....
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The legendary Belgian racer and 10-time world MX champion who went from professional racer to KTM motocross race director tried out new factory machines equipped with Akrapovic racing exhaust systems. All KTM factory riders had a pre-season training session at Stefan's Motocross School in Spain....
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On the final day of the second Sepang Test of 2007, the teams present at the Malaysian circuit rounded off their week of fine tuning their new 800cc machines ahead of the season curtain-raiser next month. Colin Edwards was once again the fastest rider at Sepang. The factory Yamaha team rider clocked...
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Stefan Merriman will be Aprilia’s top rider for the 2007 World Enduro Championship. Merriman was Enduro World Champion (2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004) four times, while in 2005 he finished second in the E2 class. In 2006, despite a period of bad luck, he finished the season in third place having won th...
>>Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda) has won the first round of the World Supersport championship in Qatar. Second place overall went to Kevin Curtain (Yamaha R6 equiped with Akrapovic exhaust) and third place to Katsuaki Fujiwara (Honda). World champion Sebastien Charpenier (Honda) chrased on the penultimate lap, while he was batteling for the lead with Sofuoglu and withdrawed.
Standings after round 1:
1. TUR Sofuoglu .... 25
2. AUS Curtain ....... 20
3. JAP Fujiwara ..... 16
4. FRA Foret ........... 13
5. ESP Riba ............ 11
6. DEN Harms ........ 10
7. ITA Roccoli ........... 9
8. ITA Nannelli ......... 8
9. NED Veneman .... 7
10. FIN Kallio ............. 6