Casey Stoner once again managed to judge racing conditions and the reaction of his sportbike to the track to perfection to produce a complicated, yet ruthlessly professional display of sportbike racing and take the victory in the Gran Premio d’Italia Alice held at the Mugello circuit in Italy on Sunday. This was the second straight flag-to-flag victory in two rounds of the MotoGP, which also gave Ducati their first victory at Mugello, and ended Valentino Rossi’s streak of consecutive wins at this Italian circuit.
The majority of the race was determined by strategy as the crowd of 80,000 sportbike fans once …read more

The Moto Grand Prix World Championship series travels from the track at Le Mans onto the boot of Italy for this Sunday’s competition on the track at Mugello in a few days time. The current standings leader, Jorge Lorenzo, is ready to compete and hoping to improve his points total in the race to the world championship after his unexpected victory at Le Mans. Lorenzo’s win maybe a surprise victory to many and maybe not expected by Jorge but it’s certainly not a feat that was beyond his ability.
A humble racer, Jorge would never go into a race expecting to …read more

Last weeks Grand Prix de France was the first flag-to-flag ride of this year’s Moto Grand Prix championship, when two riders and their sportbikes were basically the race and the others riders as much spectators as the rest of us. This was a new experience for seven riders on the grid, being a spectator of the race between two of the world’s greatest sportbike racers and certainly one they hope to emulate and be part of in the future.
One of these racers who was experiencing the two racer scenario for the first time is Monster Yamaha Tech’s James Toseland, who …read more