Tony Carter

Anyone looking to inject a bit of life into a formula motorsport championship should first cast an eye or two in the direction of the British Superbike Championship set-up. I've been in the BSB paddock for a long time and certainly over the past few years it has been getting better and better. From a...More

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"You know, I really that Rossi bloke. 'Eee is the best int'e? Nobody is as good as 'im, are they? I mean, it's all easy now on those bikes innit? It's the electronics innit? They make it all easy now. None of 'em would get near Rossi if the bikes...More

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The next few months in the racing world will seem pretty quiet as the on-track effort winds down over Christmas. Internet sages will relay their theories on the kind of people certain riders are when they're not at the track. They'll continue to debate whether Rossi is the greatest and...More

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British Superbikes 2011 is already starting to loom on the horizon. And while the first frosts of winter chill chase and bite at those of us still riding motorcycles, we can at least look forward to what is already looking like another brilliant year of domestic racing.I think we can...More

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Lorenzo, Stoner, Spies; then Stoner, Lorenzo, Spies. And Lorenzo packs up his test halfway through day two, happy with his work. That tells us everything.No, not the times that were posted, or even where certain riders ended up on bikes that are brand new to them (I'm sure you know...More

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All you Jorge Lorenzo doubters out there are right - his MotoGP title victory this year is hollow. We saw proof of that in Valencia.Yeah, right.I know what you'll say: with the title already gone, Valencia didn't matter. It was just a testing run-out for next season. It wasn't worth...More

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Well, that's a bit weird... why would Davide Brivio go and leave the Yamaha MotoGP team, and why would he and Yamaha announce it before the end of the year, a year when they won not only the rider's world championship but the manufacturer's crown too (and for the first...More

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Casey Stoner is many things. Incredibly fast, very intelligent, a racing brain that's right up there with the best, a rider who can get speed out of a bike when nobody else can and an all-round nice bloke.One thing Casey Stoner isn't is a crasher.So when the back end of...More

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This weekend sees the Estoril MotoGP round in Portugal. This is the penultimate round of the championship and it's effectively the 'other' Spanish round. Thousands of Spaniards travel to watch this race. The atmosphere is electric and for that nation this is the first time they are going to be able...More

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