Petronas is going to be taking over tech 3 at Yamaha. so there will be open seats at yamaha. i cant imagine who will be going there.
side note petronas sponsors F1 Merq Lewis Hamilton, and also is sponsored by monster. a certain ducati rider is sponsored by monster and is very good...
Saw this over on Asphalt and Rubber.
If this is the case, it's going to make Honda's decision to end the CBR600RR in Europe look even more foolish, unless of course they plan to take a year off and come back with a new spec in 2018.
Either way, my interest is piqued, and I would genuinely be...
Bloomberg is reporting that in the wake of the emissions scandal, VW is looking to possibly start cutting costs, and non-core assets could be up on the chopping block when they start reviewing everything. Ducati is considered a non-core asset, so it has the potential to be unloaded. I don't know...
A friend of mine told me that Pedrosa might have already signed. My friend doesnt work for Honda Japan. Well, actually, he doesnt even have a job, but he sent me this link. So im just speculating. But in reality, what is there to speculate, does anybody really think Honda would send him...
I have it on good authority from somebody inside Yamaha that Lorenzo has signed (somewhere) and things are about to kick off. I don't know where or when the announcement will be made, but you heard it here first!
That Dorna has informed AMA/ DMG that their club racing rules will not be in play when they run the GP/ AMA event at Laguna. No safety car or now,no safety Buell and no rolling starts.
The rumor is that the tv deal that DMG has negotiated will show races on a ONE ....... WEEK DELAY.If this is true,Im 100% done.I had already pledged to boycott attendance.If i have to wait a week to see a race,i wont do that either.Like i said,its a rumor from a so called insider so im not going...
<span style='color:#000000;background:#000000'>hugeHi gang. had a great day at work today. I found out from a reliable source a guy I know well is a g.m. for a suzuki/ducati/triumph/misc dealership. and he said that he was talking to his ducati rep this week and that nicky IS onboard...
Finally, Dean Adams of Superbikeplanet.com is reporting that Nicky Hayden is looking a very strong candidate to take Marco Melandri's seat at Ducati at the end of the year. Hayden has been with Honda for most of his racing career, but fell out of favor with the Japanese factory after the arrival...
In WSBK no less. Suzuki has nothing but bad luck when it comes to riders, or is it as simple as their bike sucks hairy, salty, ballsacks? The article below was taken from visordown.com.
WSB: Vermeulen tipped as Bayliss replacement
By Visordown News
Paddock gossip is rife over Aussie's return...
Who goes where? who retires and who stays...any new faces...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>Kimi Raikkonen may have an option to join the Renault team should Michael Schumacher decide to prolong his Formula One career for another year, according to rumours in the Spanish...