MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The Rossi-to-Ducati saga continues apace, with maneuvering for the 2011 contract negotiations taking place even on the grid of the final race of 2009. Interviewed for BBC television , Valentino Rossi got in a powerful blow, demanding that Yamaha make a decision about which of their two star riders they want to build their future on. "Yamaha have to choose between me and Jorge for 2011,"...
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Casey Stoner continues his domination of proceedings at Valencia, the fastest rider once again in the morning session of MotoGP practice. The Australian topped the timesheets just about all session, with only Jorge Lorenzo to get close. Lorenzo looked to have a firm grip on 2nd, but was bumped down to 3rd by Dani Pedrosa, who put in a blistering lap in the dying minutes of practice. Pedrosa leapfrogged...
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Casey Stoner continued his domination of the MotoGP class during the first session of free practice at Valencia, coming in fresh from victory at Sepang to top the timesheets during practice. The Ducati rider took his time, though, spending most of the session as 2nd fastest behind Jorge Lorenzo. With 5 minutes to go, the Australian finally found the extra pace he was looking for, putting nearly four...
SPEED (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Ducati have announced that team boss Livio Suppo is leaving the team following the season finale. Meanwhile, Yamaha discuss Valentino Rossi's future.
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Stunning news from the MotoGP paddock at Valencia. According to the well-informed Superbikeplanet.com website , Livio Suppo, Ducati's MotoGP project manager, is to leave the Ducati team at the end of the season. The news follows on from earlier reports that current Ducati test rider Vito Guareschi is to be promoted to Team Manager, a position which would be much more hands on between the riders and...
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The final MotoGP round of the 2009 season may not yet be over, yet the jockeying for position in contract negotiations for the 2011 season has already begun. After Yamaha expressed the hope that Valentino Rossi would end his career with the Japanese firm, today it was the turn of Jorge Lorenzo to express the same desire. Speaking at the launch of the game Forza Motorsport 3 at the Circuit de Catalunya...
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Yet another unmissable charity event with a MotoGP connection, but this time in the dirt rather than on tarmac. Valentino Rossi is helping to organize a charity motocross event to be held on November 15th at the Crossodromo di Cavallara, in Mundavio, not far from Pesaro on Italy's Adriatic Coast. The event is due to feature a host of big names from the MotoGP world, including Andrea Dovizioso, Marco...
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The motorcycle racing season is winding down, and is due to reach its conclusion at the final race of the season, the Valencia MotoGP Round. Should you have any funds squirreled away for a rainy day (and here in Northern Europe, it is a VERY rainy day), then traveling to Valencia to celebrate the season's end with 130,000 crazed MotoGP fans is not a bad way to spend it. While you're there, you can...
FOOTBALL: Just Love The Game (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Inter Milan moved four points clear at the top of Serie A after winning an eight-goal thriller against Palermo. Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring with a penalty in the seventh minute after Mario Balotelli had been brought down by Cristian Melinte. Balotelli then scored in the 34th and 42nd minute, then set up Eto'o for his second of the match just before the interval. Palermo managed to reduce their...
Motorsports Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Yamaha Racing 2009 MotoGP Malaysia Sepang 25/10/2009 The indomitable and irrepressible Valentino Rossi took his ninth World Championship crown in Malaysia today, riding to third place in a dramatic rain-hit race at Sepang. It was the Italian's seventh title in...
Motorsports Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Yamaha Racing 2009 MotoGP Malaysia Sepang 24/10/2009 Qualifying 1 Valentino Rossi smashed the pole record at Sepang this afternoon to take his sixth pole position of the season ahead of tomorrow's Malaysian Grand Prix, the Italian's first championship 'match point.'...
Rambles from my Chair (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
On Sunday Gareth, Jo, Helen, Ian and I went to Thurstaston and had a look across the River Dee to Wales. We had coffee in Church Farm and then Gareth left to pick up his Mum and start his journey back up North. Helen and Ian left after lunch and, fortunately, had a better journey down South. A wet MotoGP race in Sepang gave my hero Valentino Rossi (the GOAT - Greatest of all time) a third place which...
MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
After winning his 7th MotoGP World Championship, his 9th world title in total, and his 4th for Yamaha, Yamaha's bosses were naturally effusive in their praise for Valentino Rossi. At a press conference after the race , which featured Yamaha Racing's Managing Director Lin Jarvis alongside Yamaha's MotoGP project leader Masao Furusawa, the pair heaped praise on the Italian. "Bringing Valentino...
FOOTBALL: Just Love The Game (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Valentino Rossi received a special gift from Inter Milan after winning his ninth World title of his career in Malaysia on Sunday. Rossi is a huge Inter fan and and has been spotted frequently in the stands at the San Siro in recent years and the Nerazzurri have been quick to congratulate the 30-year-old on their official website. A club statement read: "He had to wait until the end of a violent...
SPEED (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Living legend Valentino Rossi took his ninth World Championship crown. Rossi talks about the accomplishment while the numbers help to put it in perspective.
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