Suzuki returns to MotoGP

At the end of November 2011 Suzuki Motor Corporation has officially announced the suspension of activity in global motorsport, particularly in the world championship MotoGP. Until recently, the plant was considering returning to MotoGP in 2014, but yesterday it became clear that Suzuki motorcycles will be on the grid "royal class" only in 2015.

Yesterday, in Catalonia, which is currently undergoing official tests MotoGP, the factory racing project Suzuki Motor Corporation has publicly confirmed his plans to return to the FIM Road Racing Grand Prix MotoGP in 2015. After two years of "freezing" of the project since the beginning of 2012, the corporation Suzuki again bringing together a test team to side-by-side with the regular participants of the championship conduct several tests of its prototype.

Only after extensive testing in Japan and beyond, the end of the development process and improve the prototype, Suzuki Motor Corporation will participate in the race MotoGP. The new test team that will work in Europe in 2013, will join the project manager Davide Brivio and pilot developer Randy De Puniet. The prototype Suzuki HRH1 is equipped with a 4-cylinder in-line engine capacity of 1000 cc.

On the first day of official testing at Circuit de Catalunya racetrack test team has achieved sensational results: Randy De Puniet, piloting the latest prototype of the 1000-cc Suzuki, the leader gave tests, the Grand Prix winner of the Lorenzo de Catalunya just 0.7 seconds.

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MotoGP to Losail: Stoner satisfied with the progress of the GP9, Hayden to the hundredth "token" in the class queen

After 5 longest months of stop, the protagonists of the motorworld one return in footprint. The traced out one is that of Losail, who holds the first one and to the Big single moment I Award a prize in night of the calendar. That one of Doha will be the most important rendezvous.

We are talking about the Great Prize that it will give her to a series of radical changes that aim to reduce in short the costs of the MotoGP and to return impassioned garlic that show that too many times has lacked during the last years. Monorubber and sessions of proofs reduced for the moment.


Friday will be begun, with the single turn of free ones, in order that then each one continues with another two turns on Saturday all 45 minutes. Team Ducati Marlboro has unwound the perfect work last winter with the newborn one GP9. Casey Stoner, whom somewhat for the time is recovering at the intervention in the left wrist, will try to lead to house the third consecutive victory on the circuit of the Qatar.

“In Australia I have left the summer end and of the holidays but to say the truth I do not see the hour of the season begins.” - it reveals the Southport ventitreenne to us - “I am a content of the development carried ahead by the engineers in Ducati and tests that we have done in footprint. The motion it has improved under several outlines: the motor has a better disbursement of the power, the loom in carbon has improved the stability and it is that I satisfy also of the new forcellone in carbon, which we have tried only in the last two tests. Even if the buongiorno sees himself the morning, we know that the competitions are always another history: we must not lower absolutely the guard not to repeat the error of last year, when I have begun the season not much too trustingly. The Qatar is a not particularly exciting footprint, we hope only that the temperature is gentler compared to the tests”.

It proceeds slowly, but with constant progress, the adaptation of Nicky Hayden to the Desmosedici of Borgo Panigale. In the GP number 100 in career, ”Kentucky Kid” hopes to find again the enamel of the beautiful times and to manage to hit the centre of a placing that could infondergli the necessary trust to face the course of the championship.

“It is beautiful to run finally again: this year we begin the season later than the usual one even if we have not done many tests.” - Nicky declares -

“By now the moment has arrived of doing on the serious one. If I must choose on which footprint to make one's debut with the Ducati I would have chosen really the Qatar, where a few weeks ago we have done a good session from proofs, then I would say that I am lucky! I cannot hide that I would like to be more ahead of what there are, but they are whichever very glad to begin because I love the competitions, I love to run and to put myself in competition with others. I do not manage to believe almost of being arrived at the hundredth GP: I have liked all … well someone much more than others, but it is however that may be, an honour to run them against so many great pilots, on fantastic footprints and before a public aroused passion in the whole world. I know that it will not be easy but I hope that the best wall should still to arrive.!”

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The first tests of new motorcycle Norton

In Great Britain on a track of Donington park where the British stages of MotoGP is passing, have taken place the first tests of a new motorcycle of legendary mark Norton with rotor engine.

According to eyewitnesses, the sound with which this rushes on a track bolid under modelling designation Norton NRV588, is simply unique. According to preliminary data, capacity two-cylinder rotor engine of this motorcycle hasf 588 cubes – 160 h.p. However, on the first test to the racer was possible to pass only two cycles, and on the third exhaust system of the bike has broken.


We will remind, businessman Stuart Garner has redeemed the rights to trade mark Norton literally last year, and already during the current year the company plans to create the new modern motorcycle designed by last word technicians. Now for these purposes the new factory is under construction – building is conducted in Donington park, nearby to the well-known line where races on Grand prix of Great Britain are held.

In ambitious plans of the company-manufacturer – again to make mark Norton known and authoritative all over the world. Besides actually motorcycles, it is planned to let out spare parts and accessories, and also equipment under own brand. Now company Norton Racing Ltd is engaged in working out new racing bike with rotor engine. And the new road motorcycle as already it was marked above, is planned to present to general public in 2009.

In the early nineties brand Norton and a number of others have been redeemed American Norton Motorcycles, Inc. The company planned to develop new motorcycle Commando for the American market. For preliminary workings out it has been spent about 10 million dollars. Norton Commando has been presented in 2004, but then this project has calmed down, and now on the sly revives in new hands – brand Commando too is got by Garner.

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