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Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup - Assen Practice 1 - June 26th

Sturla Fagerhaug sits on provisional pole after the first of two qualifying sessions for Saturday’s Dutch round of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The 16 year old Norwegian was fast and consistent throughout the 30 minutes and was 0.297 seconds quicker than Cup leader Luis Salom at the end.
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Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup - Donington Race - June 21st

Miguel Oliveira won the 6th Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race of the year on a wet and cold midsummer’s day at Donington. The 13 year old Portuguese was having only his second race in the Cup after being a wild card rider at his home event back in April. In very slippery conditions he […]

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Bitter sweet victory for Stoner at Donington

Casey Stoner got his title defence back on track at the British GP following a dominant performance at the Donington circuit and then immediately hit out at sections of the crowd.
The Australian claimed he was booed on the podium and ‘abused’ during the slow down lap.
Stoner cruised to his second British victory in a row […]

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Sensational Redding becomes youngest GP race winner

Fifteen-year-old Scott Redding became the first Briton in 22 years to win a MotoGP race on home tarmac, claiming a thrilling 125cc victory. The last British rider to triumph in a Grand Prix race of any class was Ian McConnachie, who won the 80cc race at Silverstone 22 years ago.
The Blusens Aprilia Junior rider, taking […]

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British 125GP - Tim Hastings report from Snetterton

Round 5 - Snetterton
A third consecutive Cup podium and half a lap away from a stunning Championship race victory only tell part of the story of an amazing weekend for Falkirk’s Tim Hastings at Snetterton.
Tim’s strongest ever BSB 125GP performance saw him take almost four seconds off his best 2007 lap time, and he wasn’t […]

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World Supersport - Graeme Gowland - Report from Nurburgring

Britain’s Graeme Gowland made his debut on the Berry Racing Honda CBR600RR at the Nürburgring in the sixth round of the World Supersport Championship. The weekend proved to be hard as Gowla had not tested the new bike so he had to adapt to it and find a base set up over the race weekend […]

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British Junior Superstocks - Alex Gault

165 MPH But Still Not Fast Enough!
Young motorcycle racer Alex Gault was touching speeds of 165 mph last weekend when Snetterton the circuit in Norfolk which is billed as one off the fastest in the country, hosted round 5 of the British Super Bike championship.
In a weekend fraught with problems Gault struggled to stay with […]

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Tom Weeden - 15th June EMRA Round 3 - Mallory Park

After his class wins at Brands Hatch Tom Weeden really wanted more success at Mallory with EMRA this year to top his runner up in the championship from last year.
Tom went well in qualifying and put his bike on the front row in 3rd.
In the race he got a good start and was 2nd into […]

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British 125GP - McAleer happy with her best race this season

Following on from her brief test session at Mallory Park on Wednesday, Nicole McAleer and her SP125 Racing team noticed that her 125 Honda frame was bent, possibly due to her big off at Donington Park during qualifying. On discovering this problem the teenager was forced to change to a new frame and during the […]

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