|
|
Alstare Sign Neukirchner Until 2010
14 May 2008
It is with great pleasure that Team Suzuki Alstare would like to announce that Max Neukirchner has agreed terms and has signed a contract with the team for 2009 and 2010. The young German is one of the rising stars of the Superbike World Championship and his signing is seen as a great coup for the Belgian based outfit.
|
|
|
|
Tamada to Ride for Kawasaki in 2008 SBK Championship
03 December 2007
Kawasaki is delighted to announce that SBK and MotoGP race winner Makoto Tamada is to join Regis Laconi in a strong two-man PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse team for the 2008 World Superbike Championship. Negotiations between Kawasaki and Tamada reached a successful conclusion on 30 November, and now Tamada returns to the championship in which he first came to international notice, thanks to three victories as a wild card entrant on home ground at Sugo.
|
|
|
|
Edwards & Toseland Join Forces With Yamaha Tech 3
13 November 2007
It is with great pleasure that the Yamaha Tech 3 team wishes to announce the signing of two world champions to contest the 2008 MotoGP World Championship. American rider Colin Edwards, will be joined by Brit, James Toseland with both riders bringing a wealth of riding experience to the Yamaha Tech 3 Team. Texan Edwards, after four years in the elite class and winning two World Superbike Championships in 2000 and 2002, possesses an invaluable amount of development knowledge while Toseland is the recently crowned 2007 world superbike champion after first claiming his first world title in 2004.
|
|
|
|
Suzuki Confirms Loris Capirossi Signing For 2008
05 November 2007
Suzuki Motor Corporation is proud to officially announce its agreement with Italian star Loris Capirossi to join its MotoGP squad for the 2008 season. Capirossi joins new team-mate Chris Vermeulen in the two-man Suzuki MotoGP team after the final round of the current MotoGP Championship, at Valencia yesterday, and the experienced racer will begin evaluating the 2007 and 2008 versions of the prototype 800cc GSV-R during a two-day test at the Spanish circuit.
|
|
|
|
Valentine Ready To Roll
05 November 2007
Jack Valentine, the newly appointed Team Manager to the Rizla Suzuki British Superbike team, is raring to go and is determined to get the squad back to winning ways. Valentine started his professional race career in 1982 when he set out with Steve Mellor as V&M Racing; at that time he was still competiting and claimed 10 national and three European motorcycle drag racing titles over a seven year period. He gave up his own racing in 1990 to concentrate on the management and technical side of V&M. His team went on to have considerable success in the British Championship and the International road racing scene.
|
|
|
|
Elias To Ride For Pramac D'Aantin Team Next Season
25 October 2007
The Pramac-Dantin Team and Toni Elias have reached an agreement that sees both parties committed to working together next year. The young pilot of 24 years, native of Manresa, already has nine years of experience racing in the World Championship, and for the 2008 season he will ride a Ducati GP8 for the Pramac-Dantin Team.
|
|
|
|
Dream Team For Bradley Smith
24 October 2007
Sixteen year-old Bradley Smith has been rewarded for a brilliant season in the 125cc World Championship by joining a top team in 2008. Yesterday (Tuesday) in Spain the Oxford–based rider signed a contract to compete in next year’s 17-round 125cc World Championship with the Polaris World team that have already won four grands prix with Italian Mattia Pasini this season. Smith will ride one of the latest factory Italian Aprilia machines that have dominated the Championship this year winning 13 of the 16 rounds.
|
|
|
|
Shinya Nakano Signs For Konica Minolta Honda Team For The 2007 Season
31 October 2006
The Konica Minolta Honda Team are pleased to announce the incorporation of Shinya Nakano in their ranks as official rider for the 2007 MotoGP World Championship. The Japanese rider will be onboard his new Honda 800cc for the first time at the Jerez de la Frontera Circuit later this year, in tests scheduled for November 28-30th.
|
|
|
|
Kawasaki Combine Youth With Experience For 2007 MotoGP Season
31 October 2006
The Kawasaki Racing Team will combine youth and experience in their rider line-up for the 2007 season, with former world champion, Olivier Jacque, making his full time return to the MotoGP grid, riding alongside current Kawasaki young gun, and fellow countryman, Randy de Puniet. The 2007 season will be de Puniet's second with the Kawasaki Racing Team. The 25-year-old Frenchman enjoyed a solid debut year in the MotoGP class with Kawasaki, during which he showed his potential on a number of occasions, whilst also gaining valuable experience with every outing aboard his Ninja ZX-RR.
|
|
|
|
Makoto Tamada Joins Tech 3 Yamaha For 2007
28 October 2006
The Tech 3 Yamaha Team have chosen Makoto Tamada to join their team for the 2007 MotoGP World Championship season. The 29-year-old Japanese will ride the new 800cc Yamaha and continue the development of Dunlop tyres of which the performance has significantly improved during the 2006 season.
|
|
|
|
Ducati Xerox Team Completes 2007 Line-up With Confirmation Of Lorenzo Lanzi And Troy Bayliss
27 October 2006
Ducati Corse has completed its line-up for the 2007 World Superbike Championship with the announcement that Lorenzo Lanzi will remain with double WSBK champion Troy Bayliss for a second successive year in the Italian squad. 24-year-old Lanzi joined the Ducati Xerox Team at the start of 2006 and despite a difficult year in which he was unable to express all of his potential, Ducati Corse has decided to renew its confidence in the talented young Italian by confirming him for a second year.
|
|
|
|
Walker Signs For Rizla Suzuki
25 October 2006
Chris Walker will race a Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the 2007 British Superbike Championship. Fans’ favourite Walker earned his seat with Rizla Suzuki by winning the Race of the Year at Mallory Park in Leicestershire on October 15th - and by bringing a fresh, professional and hungry-for-success approach to the team.
|
|
|
|
Alex Barros With The Team Pramac D'Antin Next Season!
24 October 2006
The Team Pramac D’Antin MotoGP has reached an agreement with Alex Barros to take part in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship. Next season, when the 800cc bikes will take the place of the 990cc powered machines in the premier-class, the fast Brazilian rider will have at his disposal the new Ducati Desmosedici GP7 that already showed to have a good potential during the first tests.
|
|
|
|
Casey Stoner Joins The Ducati Marlboro Team
19 October 2006
The Ducati Marlboro Team have reached an agreement with Casey Stoner to take part in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship, with an option for the following year. The start of a new era for MotoGP, which will see 800 cc bikes taking the place of the 990 cc powered machines, also marks the start of a fresh chapter in Ducati.
|
|
|
|
Champion Cal Signs For Rizla Suzuki
11 October 2006
Reigning British Supersport Champion Cal Crutchlow will race a Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 Superbike in 2007, pinning his colours to the light blue mast as he targets glory in the acclaimed British Superbike Championship. The 20-year-old from Coventry is one of the hottest talents Britain has to offer. After winning six out of 12 races to take the prestigious British Supersport title in 2006, he had his pick of teams to join and chose Rizla Suzuki as his best chance for adding more silverware to his mantelpiece.
|
|
|
|
Corser And Haga Sign To Race The Yamaha R1 In 2007
09 October 2006
Yamaha Motor Italia has signed Australian Troy Corser to ride alongside Noriyuki Haga in the 2007 Superbike World Championship. The spectacular line-up demonstrates Yamaha’s commitment to a series they returned to in 2005. Haga has won races on the R1 in each season – ending the 2005 and 2006 campaigns third in the standings.
|
|
|
|
Foret And Riba Next Year In WSS For Kawasaki
04 October 2006
The next to last event of the 2006 Championship did not respond to the Team Gil Motor Sport Kawasaki’s expectancies, but good news is that two riders for the next season have been declared officially. Fabien Foret, the World champion in this category in 2002, and Pere Riba, the Spanish rider, who has been a Kawasaki development rider for three years now, will stand up for the colours of the Luxembourg team. No good news on the track though: Stephane Chambon is ranked the 16th, while Maxime Berger gives up.
|
|
|
|
Nieto And Laconi Re-sign For PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse In 2007
04 October 2006
After scoring points in each of the two 21-lap Imola races, two of the current PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse riders, Fonsi Nieto and Regis Laconi, were confirmed as the team's riding duo once more for the 2007 season.
|
|
|
|
Nicky Hayden Re-Signs With The Repsol Honda Team
22 September 2006
Nicky Hayden will continue to ride for the Repsol Honda Team in MotoGP next season having signed a new two-year deal with Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) at the Grand Prix of Japan. The talented 25-year-old American, who leads the riders’ world championship, put pen to paper at the Motegi circuit today to extend a partnership with the factory Honda team that began in his rookie season in 2003.
|
|
|
|
Tommy Hill Signs For Team Virgin Mobile Yamaha For 2007!
16 September 2006
Tommy Hill has resigned to ride for the Team for 2007 and will once again spearhead the Virgin Mobile Yamaha Superbike campaign. Tommy has pledged his commitment to Rob McElnea and will begin the development of the all-new Yamaha R1 in the winter months.
|
|
Tag Search
Here's a random selection of the latest hi-def images we have for this tag.
Tags relate items to each other by subject. This page shows the latest items we've published for 'Signings'.
|
|
Tags: 
