Scassa slipstreams his way to WSS win for Yamaha

Sunday, 27 February 2011 04:51

On its return to World Supersport Yamaha scored a fantastic slipstreaming win as Luca Scassa took the flag on the ParkinGO machine by just 0.009 seconds from Broc Parkes (Kawasaki Motocard.com).
Third at the flag as the top 3 flashed across the line, was Sam Lowes (Parkalgar Honda), who scored a great podium in the first race of his first full championship season. Fourth was poleman David Salom on the second Motocard.com Kawasaki.

Checa seals a double win at Phillip Island

Sunday, 27 February 2011 07:34

Spain's Carlos Checa (Ducati Althea Racing) scored a splendid double win at Phillip Island, a repeat of his double win at Imola last September.
Just like in the first race, no one was able to run with the Spanish rider and he finished a couple of seconds ahead of Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia).

The reigning world champion battled it out for the runner-up slot in the final stages with an impressive Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team), just getting the edge at the line.

Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) emerged from a battering and bruising weekend with a fourth place that partially repaid him for his testing misfortune when he crashed heavily.

Rea finished ahead of the two Leons, Haslam (BMW Motorrad) and Camier (Aprilia Alitalia).

Salom steps up to the mark

Saturday, 26 February 2011 07:54

David Salom (Kawasaki Motocard.com) emerged as the surprise poleman for tomorrow's Supersport race after practice and qualifying was turning into a battle between Fabien Foret (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Broc Parkes (Kawasaki Motocard.com).
Salom's time of 1 minute 34.070 seconds came right at the very end of the session but it was good enough to earn the young Spaniard his best qualifying result so far. The front row was completed by Sam Lowes (Parkalgar Honda) and Parkes in fourth.

Two Italians line up in fifth and sixth on row 2, both on Yamahas, with ex-SBK man Luca Scassa (ParkinGO) just ahead of a very competitive Roberto Tamburini (Bike Service). They will be flanked by Florian Marino (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Chaz Davies on the second Yamaha ParkinGO.

After two big crashes this weekend, one in which he tore a tendon in his thumb, Gino Rea could only manage tenth for Step Racing Honda, while James Ellison was one place behind on his Bogdanka PTR version.

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Officially Approved Teams for 2011 Motocross World Championship 02 February 2011 - World MX

Youthstream announces the officially approved teams for the 2011 Motocross World Championship season. The list of the official riders will be published soon.   Please find below the list of the 2011 officially approved teams: Team Name Brand 1 3C Racing Yamaha Yamaha 2 Andalucia Yamaha Castro Team Yamaha 3 Beursfoon Suzuki MX Team Suzuki 4 Bike-it Cosworth Wild Wolf Yamaha Yamaha 5 Bud Racing / Rockstar / Kawasaki Kawasaki 6 DIGA Racing Team KTM 7 HM Plant Red Bull KTM UK KTM 8 ICE1 RACING Kawasaki 9 IST T.I.S.C.O. Racing Kawasaki 10 JK Aprilia Racing Aprilia 11 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 12 KTM HDI MX Team KTM 13 KTM Scott Racing Team UG KTM 14 KTM Silver Action KTM 15 Latvia Elksni Honda Honda 16 Lieber Racing Team KTM 17 LS Honda Racing Honda 18 Monster Energy Yamaha  Yamaha 19 MVR-D Mark Chamberlain Honda 20 Nestaan JM Racing KTM 21 Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX1 KTM 22 Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX2 KTM 23 Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 Suzuki 24 Sturm Racing Team Kawasaki 25 Suzuki Europe MX2 Suzuki 26 Suzuki International Europe Motocross Suzuki 27 Team CLS - Monster Energy - Kawasaki - Pro Circuit Kawasaki 28 Team Gold Fren Schmidinger World MX1 Honda 29 Team Husqvarna - Ricci Racing Husqvarna 30 Team MX Honda Racing Honda 31 Team Yamaha Van Beers Racing Yamaha 32 TM Racing Factory Team TM

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Ducati Riding Experience

Two more intermediate courses: check the calendar.

The  Ducati Riding Experience 2011 is here! All motorcyclists - from complete beginners to experienced track riders -can take part in this training course that has acquired legendary event status.

All sorts of new features have been introduced for the new year, the most exciting being that Troy Bayliss, an icon of Ducati motorcycle racing, will be among the DRE instructors!

Troy's presence will in fact be major, thanks to a specific, dedicated course - the Troy Bayliss Academy, during which riders will use magnificent 1198 SP.

This course will not replace any of the existing ones: it's a new addition that will extend the range on offer at the Ducati Riding Experience. Only four lucky riders will be able to take the course on each occasion, benefiting from a day with that extraordinary concentration of technology and performance that is the 1198 SP, under the guidance of the three-times World SBK champion.

But that's not the only new feature this year. At DRE 2011 you'll be able to experience the new 848EVO in the Track I and II Courses as well as the 1198SP in the Master Course - taught by the former World Champion Marco Lucchinelli, oozing personality and now a DRE mainstay.  

Many more champions will be there, too, to make your experience at DRE 2011 truly unforgettable. Among them, Alessandro Polita, Ducati's Italian SBK champion 2010 and World Superstock champion 2006.

Dario Marchetti, having recovered from the serious accident he was involved in last summer, will continue in his role as technical supervisor of the Ducati riding school.

Passion, riding technique, fun: there are more and more reasons to attend a DRE course!

Ducati Riding Experience and AMG Driving Academy
Want to improve your driving technique too? AMG Driving academy has special offers for DRE participants: call +39 0541 655161.

Ducati in theaters with "I Am Number Four"

 

Opening Friday, February 18th

“John is an extraordinary teen, masking his true identity and passing as a typical high school student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him.
Three like him have already been killed ... he is Number Four.”

Design, Power, Innovation and Appeal have landed the Ducati 848 in first blockbuster of 2011!

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