Born Don Wayne Shobert in Lubbock, Texas, on January 29, 1962, he began riding at the age of 6 on a Briggs and Stratton minibike. He ran his first race on [...]
January 30, 2016
“Bubba” Shobert
MotoGP™ back in action at Sepang
Riders take to the track for the first time in 2016 for the Sepang test, with tyres and electronics the focus. With the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP and Octo [...]
January 28, 2016
2016: Aprilia alter testing plans
The Aprilia Gresini Racing Team had looked set to debut the new 2016 Aprilia in Sepang, but have chosen to move the reveal. In 2015 it was all about [...]
January 28, 2016
1975 Harley Davidson RR500
‘MICHEL ROUGERIE FINISHED SEVENTH ON ONE IN HIS HOME GP AT PAUL RICARD’ As a pub quiz question, it has few equals. When did Harley-Davidson compete in the [...]
January 26, 2016
2016: A quest for records
After a dramatic end to 2015, the 2016 MotoGP™ World Championship is set to be a hard fought, and record breaking, season. The 2016 season will be the 68th [...]
January 26, 2016
Angel Nieto
Ángel Nieto Roldán born 25 January 1947 in Zamora, (Spain) is a multiple Grand Prix motorcycle roadracing World Champion. He is one of the most successful [...]
January 25, 2016
Johnny Cecotto
Alberto “Johnny” Cecotto (born January 25, 1956 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan former Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion and Formula [...]
January 25, 2016
MotoGP has ‘never seen such big changes’
“We have never seen such big changes in the same season” – Kouichi Tsuji, Yamaha. The switch from Bridgestone to Michelin tyres and introduction of a [...]
January 24, 2016
John Cooper “Moon Eyes”
John Cooper (born 24 January 1938 in Derby) is an English retired garage proprietor who was a prolific short-circuit motorcycle road racer during the 1960s [...]
January 23, 2016
Read, Gardner discuss Rossi, Marquez clash
500cc world champions Phil Read and Wayne Gardner feel Valentino Rossi’s Sepang MotoGP penalty was ‘wrong call’ 500cc legends Phil Read [...]
January 23, 2016
Fausto Gresini
Fausto Gresini (born 23 January 1961) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He is currently team manager for the Gresini [...]
January 23, 2016
Finland looking to host MotoGP™ round
Speaking to autosport.com, Timo Pohjola, the project manager for Finald’s KymiRing circuit, discussed their aim to return the MotoGP™ World Championship to [...]
January 23, 2016
Giuseppe Visenzi
Giuseppe Visenzi (born January 22, 1941 in Brescia) is a former Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1969 when he finished third [...]
January 22, 2016
Pramac Ducati 2016 Launch
The Pramac Ducati team has officially unveiled the pair of Desmosedici GP15 bikes it will field in this year’s MotoGP championship. The satellite [...]
January 20, 2016
Marco Simoncelli
Marco Simoncelli; 20 January 1987 – 23 October 2011) was an Italian professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Road Racing World Championship for 10 [...]
January 20, 2016
Yamaha MotoGP 2016 Unveil
The factory Yamaha team gathered in Barcelona to show off what their 2016 bikes will look like as they aim to repeat their 2015 success. Movistar Yamaha [...]
January 18, 2016
Hugh Anderson
Hugh Robertson Anderson, MBE (born 18 January 1936 in New Zealand), is a four-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion and a 19-time New [...]
January 18, 2016
Jack Miller
Jack Peter Miller (born 18 January 1995) is an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for being the championship runner-up in the 2014 Moto3 [...]
January 18, 2016
Cromie McCandless
Cromie McCandless (17 January 1921 – 18 January 1992) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1951, when he finished in third place [...]
January 17, 2016
Mike Di Meglio
Mike Di Meglio (born 17 January 1988) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and 2008 world champion in the 125cc class. Of Italian descent, his [...]
January 17, 2016
Alberto Puig
Alberto Puig (born January 16, 1967 in Barcelona) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Spain. Puig had his best year in 1994, when he finished [...]
January 16, 2016
Mike Baldwin
Mike Baldwin (born January 15, 1955 in Pasadena, California) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer. He was a top contender in AMA [...]
January 15, 2016
Heinz Rosner
Heinz Rosner (born January 14, 1939) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the former East Germany. He had his best year in 1968 when he rode [...]
January 14, 2016
Maverick Viñales
Maverick Viñales Ruiz (Figueres, Girona, January 12, 1995), Spanish motorcycling world championhip rider. In 2013 proclaimed World Champion in Moto3 in the [...]
January 12, 2016
Bruno Spaggiari
Bruno Spaggiari (born January 11, 1933 in Reggio Emilia[1]) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1960 when he [...]
January 11, 2016
Guzzi V8 (1955)
In mid 1957; the Guzzi V8 500cc was finally ready to express itself fully in races… Unfortunately; no one wasNaked North-East View there to ride [...]
January 10, 2016
Gyula Marzowsky
Gyula Marsovszky (January 3, 1936 – December 17, 2004) was a Swiss Grand Prix motorcycle road racer of Hungarian descent. His best years were the 1968 [...]
January 10, 2016
Stuart Graham
Fils du premier champion du monde 500cc en 1949 Leslie Graham, Stuart Graham démarre sa carrière en 1961 en 125cc sur Honda. Puis participe aux Grand-Prix [...]
January 9, 2016
Moto Martin
Taking the opportunity of the birthday of Georges Martin; maker of those superbe frames. Moto Martin is a French engineering company, started by Georges [...]
January 8, 2016
Steve Webster
Steve Webster MBE (born January 7, 1960), is an English sidecar racer who has won a record ten FIM Sidecar World Championships, making him the most [...]
January 7, 2016
Sandro Cortese
Alessandro “Sandro” Cortese (born January 6, 1990) currently competing in the Moto2 Grand Prix World Championship. Having contested every race [...]
January 6, 2016
Alfredo Milani
Alfredo Milani (born on January 6, 1924 in Garbagnate Milanese), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1951 when he won two Grand [...]
January 6, 2016
Jan De Vries
Jan de Vries (born 5 January 1944, Sint Jacobiparochie) is a Dutch former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1971 he became the first Dutchman to win a [...]
January 5, 2016
Scott Redding
Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993), is an English Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the MotoGP World Championship for Pramac [...]
January 4, 2016
Roberto Gallina
Roberto Gallina (born January 4, 1940 in La Spezia) is a former Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing team owner. His best year was in 1973 [...]
January 4, 2016