Eupen, Belgium – Having recently concluded successful tests at Almeria and Mugello, BMW Motorrad France Team Thevent are confident of a strong start to the 2012 Endurance World Championship, which gets underway with the Bol d’Or at Magny-Cours in just …
Team Suzuki’s Indoprix riders Harlan Fadhillah and Achmad Kohar raced to solid points-scoring positions in the opening round of the 2012 Indoprix road racing championship in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday.
The Yoshimura-backed 110cc and 125cc riders fin…
We’re not crash-bang-wallop types at crankandpiston, as you know. We’re more impressed with close on-track competition and superlative driving skills than crumpled carbon fibres and ‘lol’ comments. Every so often thou…
Wording the World Rally Championship’s pre-event press release last week must have been tricky. TV rights may have been finalized at the eleventh hour, but a series promoter – following the departure of North One Sport
Hard to believe that amidst the relaxed atmosphere at the Dubai Autodrome, there was a race weekend taking place. As the first Sportbike race screamed down the pit straight, participants of the headline UAE GT Championship ca…
The Solberg brothers have faced a lot together. Both are former-Norwegian Rally Champions (Henning a five-time consecutive winner) and both have proved their mettle in the World Rally Championship (Petter winning the title ou…
Nissan is something of a watchword in the crankandpiston office at the moment. The team’s management fleet now boasts a Juke (more of which to come), and we’re quite keen to see its R-tuned bigger brother in actio…
Re-live the most significant events and exciting races of the MotoGP decade with the official MotoGP⢠History app.
From its inception into the FIM World Championship in 2002 when the 500cc category became MotoGP with the introduction of four-stro…
Sidecar outfits to join forces with leading BSB teams in 2012
With the recent news that the 2012 Eastern Airways British F1 Sidecar Championship will be held over 9 rounds, 8 at British Superbike Championship meetings, an exciting, new initiative will…
British F1 Sidecars to continue with BSB in 2012
After a hugely successful 2011 season, the Eastern Airways British F1 Sidecar Championship is set for an even bigger, and better, year in 2012 with news that it has now been made an official partner to …
