2007

I've decided to split my opinions into two threads. Here's the teams and riders for '07 thread. Teams in general: Like I said in the other thread, I loved seeing the kind of teamwork Barbera and Lorenzo had going, and if it were up to me, teams would have to be made of two people who can't...

Well the end of the 2006 Moto GP season is upon us sadly. Well done to all the riders and teams who have competed in Moto GP this year, and of the course the world champion. I feel that we need a thread to keep us up to date of what's going on in the Moto GP world until the 2007 season (e.g. the...

With the recent events and obvious crazy attention on the Valencia race, this topic will probably be hotter in the off season. But I figured what the hell.... A few articles that I've read lately on Crash.net and The Soup point out that with the Dani crash, the Repsol garage next year will be...

The following is from the FIM... The 2007 calendar of the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the following : March 10 - Qatar, Losail March 25 - Spain, Jerez April 22 - Turkey, Istanbul May 6 - China, Shanghai May 20 - France, Le Mans June 3 - Italy, Mugello June 10 -...

cant find any infomaion on them for next season, anybody no if they are going to use the honda 800 engine in there chassis.

2007 Yamaha YZF-R1: Illegal For Superbike? by dean adams Wednesday, October 11, 2006 The '07 R1 that Yamaha debuted this week looks to have all of the hardware and software a speed junkie would include on a list if he were building a machine to race in the Superbike class. The new R1 features...

MOTOGP: Barros Likely Back to MotoGP Written by: Dennis Noyes Madrid, Spain – 10/11/2006 Alex Barros (Photo: Honda Pro Images) After failing to reach an agreement with Ducati Corse on Sunday evening after the final round of the World Superbike Championship, talks between the Brazilian and the...

The FIA published the 2007 Formula One calendar on Tuesday morning. The San Marino and European Grands Prix have been dropped, while Belgium returns, making for a 17-race schedule. The San Marino and European races were this year staged in Italy (Imola) and Germany (Nurgurgring)...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>18 races on provisional 2007 calendar. Against the wishes of world champion Valentino Rossi, and other leading riders, the MotoGP calendar looks set to expand to 18 events next season. Rossi and many of his rivals have expressed concern...

I'm just wondering if anyone has heard much about who will be where in the AMA MX/SX scene next season. It's been confirmed that Chad Reed will be running his own team with L&M sponsorship, factory support from Yamaha, Nathan Namsey as a second rider and will be managed by Larry Brooks. Brooks...

<span style="color:#FF0000I had to write all this down sadly as copying was disabled from the site! As expected, Red Bull Racing have confirmed that Mark Webber will join David Coulthard for the 2007 season. It will be a homecoming of sorts for the 20 year old Australian who drove for the team...

Hi All, found this site while trying to find travel info for next years motogp, and thought why not ask you guys! I am interested in going to Europe next tear probably June and following the MotoGp for the month should be about 4 meets, I'm trying to find a travel company that organises this...

353:attachment] Rossi at the recent Laureus Awards Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd is delighted to announce that Valentino Rossi will remain with the Japanese factory in 2007, racing for a fourth year with Yamaha’s Factory Team in the MotoGP World Championship. Rossi will continue to spearhead Yamaha’s...

Anybody find any juicy rumours about what factory is building what for next year? I Know we got another thread on the pros and cons of the new bikes for the riders and we know about Ducati and can guess about Honda but if you guys come accross any other stuff on engine configurations or 'not so...

I read some interesting stuff in this week's Motociclismo. Casey @ Camel Yamaha or stays Honda Casey's dad was spotted talking with Lin Jarvis, Yamaha's Euro boss. None of them acknowledged talking about a possible contract with Yamaha but it wasn't neccesary it was too obvious. Also HRC's...

I've just been reading on Crash.Net about the GSE BSB team and the possibilty of them running Ducatis and replacing the d'Antin team next year. Call me a ....... but this is something I've never thought of before and I haven't heard it mentioned here either as far as I know. There won't be any...

There's a feature article by Dean Adams at www.superbikeplanet.com in which he goes on to say that this will be the last season Hayden stays with HRC. He has no proof or any sort of facts supporting his claim other than the fact that Hayden is American. Adams goes on to claim that there have...

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Ferrari will only be interested in offering Valentino Rossi a race seat in 2007 if Michael Schumacher remains with the team. Ferrari feels that should Schumacher leave the team and is replaced by Kimi Raikkonen then there will already be enough...

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