Marco Simoncelli’s memory is being honoured in a number of ways at this weekend’s Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana, the final round of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship. Just under two weeks on from the 24 year-old’s tragic death in Malaysia the entire MotoGP community is marking the close of the 2011 season [...]

Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo will not participate in this weekend’s season finale at Valencia. The Mallorcan is still recovering from finger surgery following a crash in warm up in Australia. Lorenzo continues to make good progress in recovery following plastic surgery to repair damage to the ring finger of his left hand sustained [...]

A Western Australian physicist driving a little two-litre litre Ford Fiesta has proved one of the surprise packets in this year’s Bosch ARC by leading the two wheel drive Championship heading to the final round of the series in Victoria on November 11-12. Razvan Vlad, 33 from Perth, who is partnered by young co-driver, Daymon [...]

Tasmanian motorsport personalities Jamie and Simon Vandenberg will contest their first ever rally outside of the Apple Isle when they hit the tarmac for Mazda at next month’s Targa High Country in Victoria. The multiple Tasmanian rally champion siblings will pilot Mazda Motorsport’s turbo rotary RX-8 SP at the event held around Victoria’s North Eastern [...]

ŠKODA has won its first FIA World Rally Championship title in its history, after the Red Bull ŠKODA Fabia S2000 crew of Juho Hänninen and Mikko Markkula (Finland) secured victory on the last rally of this year’s Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC) – the RACC Rally de España (20-23 October). The world title is [...]

36-year-old Josh Hayes has been drafted in by the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 squad to ride in the final round of the MotoGP Championship. Seasoned rider Edwards, is unable to participate in Valencia while he recovers from injuries sustained during the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Sepang on October 23. Edwards was due [...]

Vettel has won his 11th grand prix this year for Red Bull Racing and he is on course to equal the record for the most number of wins in one season: 13, held by Michael Schumacher from 2004. The brand-new Buddh circuit on the outskirts of Delhi evolved considerably over the course of the weekend, [...]

A huge gathering of fans, friends, family members and prominent figures from the world of sport attended the funeral service for the MotoGP rider who passed away on Sunday. The funeral was held at 3pm on Thursday at the Santa Maria Assunta church in Coriano, Simoncelli’s hometown, close to Riccione in the Italian province of [...]

Round two of the 2011 Super X Championship at Wollongong this weekend will see the CDR Rockstar Yamaha duo of Jay Marmont and Jake Moss swap their regular racing gear for special set of Pink Fox gear to promote breast cancer awareness. The pair, both from the South Coast region and competing in front of [...]

A wet start to the night didn’t slow the action down at the season opener of Super Speedway at Perth Motorplex in Kwinana on Saturday night, with Geraldton driver Mark Wells taking out the title.   Wells was a strong contender from the beginning of the race, starting from position four before quickly to moving [...]