James Ellison is set to make a return to MotoGP™ for the 2012 season, aboard a CRT bike on the Paul Bird Motorsport team. motogp.com caught up with the British rider to talk about his reappearance in the premier class this time around. Much has changed since James Ellison’s first stint in MotoGP, a two [...]
Conducted and issued by the Mahindra Racing press office Q. This is your first visit to MotoGP, what are your impressions? Well, firstly I should say that I arrive here at an obviously difficult time for everyone involved in the sport. I have become a big MotoGP fan this year and have watched as many [...]
We continue our lengthy interview with Michael Bartholemy from Silverstone. After shedding light upon his early career as team manager and the pros and cons of the Moto2 class in the first part, we now go on to discuss the pains and joys of being Scott Redding’s new personal manager, the pressing question how suited [...]
When the children of big names in racing start getting on bikes themselves, it’s often viewed with suspicion and perpetually accompanied by the inevitable comparisons to their famous fathers. But Taylor Mackenzie seems to have skirted past all that so far with apparent ease. The perky 18-year-old, son of British Superbike Champion Niall Mackenzie, has [...]
In the racing circus Michael Bartholemy is a real trouper, having spent two decades in the paddocks of the world. After racing bikes himself for some years, he started to manage teams in Supersport & Superbike before making his entrance to the MotoGP scene with Kawasaki until the team had to fold at the end [...]
Moto2 chassis supplier FTR [ridden by Kev Coghlan, among others] have published and interesting Q&A with FTR Moto director Steve Bones. Q. With the second Moto2 World Championship campaign now well under way and considering you’ve gone from four riders in 2010 to 12 riders for 2011, how is the current series looking for FTR [...]
First points in Catalunya and a fifth place in front of his home crowd at Silverstone were the first real results for Scott Redding this season after starting the year with high hopes and thoughts of fighting for the title. But even though things have not gone quite as planned so far for the youngster [...]
Kev Coghlan tackles his first full season in the world championship after a thorough education in the Spanish Championship over the last few years. After a stint the MotoGP Academy, where he learned from Alberto Puig and Raul Jara, and some successful years in the British and Spanish 125cc Championships Kev moved up to Supersport [...]
Bradley Smith went from zero to hero this weekend. After a horrid qualifying he started from 28th position on the grid and fought back in the wet race to storm to second place in front of his home crowd. It’s the first Moto2 podium for the class Rookie and he’s of course delighted with the [...]