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First podium for the new BMW S1000RR in BSB

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

British Superbike Championship: BMW racers enjoy success at Thruxton. Peter Hickman (GBR) claimed the first podium for the new BMW S 1000 RR in the British Superbike Championship (BSB SBK) superbike class. The BMW rider […]

BMW Motorrad Development under new leadership of Mechanical Engineer

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Munich. Effective 1 August 2019, Christof Lischka (48) will take over as head of BMW Motorrad Development. The mechanical engineer succeeds Karl Viktor Schaller, who is retiring after five years as head of Development at BMW […]

Beach Edges Johnson In Thrilling Buffalo Chip TT

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

STURGIS, S.D. (August 4, 2019) – JD Beach (No. 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) blasted past teammate Jake Johnson (No. 5 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) just a few feet short of the checkered flag to steal […]

BUILDBASE SUZUKI MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THRUXTON BSB

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 4. Bradley Ray – BSB Class – 12-13th Luke Stapleford – BSB Class – 14-12th Richard Cooper – SST Class – 4th Buildbase Suzuki’s Bradley Ray and Luke Stapleford […]

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Take Sixth and Tenth at Czech GP

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales had difficulties finding their earlier form from the Monster Energy Grand Prix Ceské republiky weekend during today’s mixed race. The team-mates lost some time at the […]

Andrea Dovizioso finishes 2nd in Czech Republic Grand Prix MotoGP

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Andrea Dovizioso stepped onto the podium of the Czech Republic Grand Prix today at the Brno circuit after a great run in second place. The Italian, who powered away well at the start from the […]

Febvre 1-Point Shy of the Grand Prix Victory As Seewer Strengthens His Position in the Championship Standings

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Romain Febvre narrowly missed a second consecutive Grand Prix victory by 1-point. After an impressive opening race win, followed by a fourth in Race 2, the ‘461’ finished second overall at […]

SOLID RESULTS FOR JASIKONIS AND JONASS AT MXGP OF BELGIUM

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING RIDERS CLAIM SIXTH AND EIGHTH OVERALL AT ICONIC LOMMEL TRACK Marking round 14 of the FIM Motocross World Championship, the MXGP of Belgium was held on the notoriously demanding Lommel […]

HANDY FOURTH PLACE FINISH FOR ALEX RINS IN BRNO

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 4. Alex Rins: 4th (+ 4.858) Sylvain Guintoli: 20th (+ 48.938) Joan Mir: DNF • Alex Rins sticks with lead group to finish in a sensible 4th. • Joan […]

Third-Row Start for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP at the Czech GP

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP‘s Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales had shown solid pace in the wet and the dry so far this weekend at the Automotodrom Brno, but during the mixed Q2 session they weren‘t […]

ALFREDO GOMEZ RUNNER-UP AT ROMANIACS 2019

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing rider Alfredo Gomez has completed the five-day Romaniacs Hard Enduro Rallye as runner-up. In an event where the overall winner wasn’t decided until the very last kilometre, Graham Jarvis brought […]

SIXTH PLACE FOR ALEX RINS AS RAIN HITS BRNO

Aug 5, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 3. Alex Rins: 6th – 2:06.172 Sylvain Guintoli: 15th – 2:05.551 Joan Mir: 19th – 2:06.554 • Alex Rins fights conditions to secure second row. • Joan Mir struggles […]

BACK ON TRACK FOR SUPER-FAST FP1 AT BRNO MotoGP

Aug 3, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – August 2. Alex Rins: 6th – 1:56.225 (+ 0.423) Joan Mir: 11th – 1:56.620 (+ 0.818) Sylvain Guintoli: 17th – 1:57.098 (+1.296) • Alex Rins 6th as he debuts new […]

Quartararo and Morbidelli back with a bang at Brno

Aug 3, 2019 Michael Le Pard

The PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team duo of Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli have ended the first day of action at the Czech Grand Prix with a bang, coming back from MotoGP’s three-week summer break […]

Czech Republic GP: Ducati Team riders conclude Friday practice inside the top 10

Aug 3, 2019 Michael Le Pard

The Ducati Team returned to the track at Brno following a three-week summer break since the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring circuit.At the end of today’s two scheduled free practice sessions, Andrea Dovizioso had […]