The UK’s electric car revolution is becoming a bloody affair. From initially resisting the new technology on cost grounds including writing off established investments in petrol and diesel engine technology and having to develop hybrid or pure electric powertrains, along with making tens of thousands of workers redundant, manufacturers have struggled to convince buyers into showrooms or on-line … [Read more...]
Motorbikes
Wales host FIM World Supercross Championship
Wales will host Europe’s first FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX) event, which will see some of the globe’s best off-road motorcycle racers compete at the Principality Stadium on Saturday 8 October from 5pm. The Australian-based WSX promoter, SX Global, has chosen the Cardiff venue for Round 1 of the inaugural WSX series, ensuring that the famous Principality Stadium will go down in … [Read more...]
British Motorsport Day Westminster presentation
Motorsport UK and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Motorsport yesterday presented Our Eclectic Future at British Motorsport Day in the Palace of Westminster to showcase the vision of a world powered by a range of use-appropriate systems and fuels. Fossil-fuels will continue to power existing vehicles around the world for quite some time, and therefore solutions are needed to shift to … [Read more...]
Yamaha Off-Road Experience centre officially opens in Wales
British Superbike champion Tarran Mackenzie has officially opened a new £200,000 Welcome Centre at the Yamaha Off-Road Experience in the Cambrian Mountains near Llanidloes. The business, which attracts around 2,000 visitors annually and generates around £600,000 for the local economy, is run by former 10-time British Enduro champion Geraint Jones, his wife Jane and their sons Rowan and Dylan, who … [Read more...]
Aberdare road races return this week
The Aberdare Park National Road Races return this weekend attracting top riders from around the country and a maximum of 4,000 spectators per day. In line with Welsh Government guidance, the Aberdare Park Road Races will take place on Saturday and Sunday. To facilitate this event, Aberdare Park will be closed to the public from 6:30pm on Friday, 6 August to 6:00pm on Sunday 8 August. The … [Read more...]
British attempt on electric motor-bike speed record
White Motorcycle Concepts has unveiled a revolutionary 250mph-plus pure electric prototype motorcycle. Company founder and Chief Executive Officer Rob White will use it in attempts to break both the British and world electric land speed records over the next 12 months in Britain and Bolivia. The WMC250EV high-speed demonstrator, White’s brainchild, is more than two years in the … [Read more...]
Bennetts British Superbike Championship launches on tv
Ahead of the start of its 2021 season, the Bennetts British Superbike Championship has launched a dedicated channel on Motorsport Network’s OTT platform Motorsport.tv. The channel will bring fans behind-the-scenes of the bike series, delivering insights from the paddock and highlights from every round of the championship. Rider interviews and updates from the world of British Superbikes will … [Read more...]
Anglesey Circuit pushes off with motorcycle season
Anglesey Circuit gets the 2020 motorcycle racing season pushing off this weekend with a two-day Wirral 100 Motor Club meeting, writes Andrew Hughes. In recent years this first race weekend of the year has comprised a day of testing on the Saturday and a race-day on Sunday. This year, however, both days are race days in line with the club’s ‘Racing for Sport’ format. Each of the bike-category … [Read more...]
Electric motor-bike hits 197mph
MADMAX Team Rider Zef Eisenberg raced in to the record books 21-22 September 2019 setting four new motorcycle records at the Straightliners Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme World Speed Records event at Elvington, North Yorkshire on board the Nottingham University Isle of Man TT zero bike. International multiple ACU Motorbike speed record holder and self-proclaimed ‘Speed Freak’ Zef … [Read more...]
Thundersport GB Moto Super Prix of Wales
The bank holiday weekend of 24 – 26 August sees Anglesey Circuit hosting the annual visit of Thundersport GB and the Moto Super Prix of Wales. Thundersport GB, commonly hailed as 'The Home Of Sportsman Racing', offers an absolute plethora of magical diversity when it comes to motorcycle racing, with 32 races over Sunday and Monday. From the now famous BTS GP3 Superteens that spawned the likes of … [Read more...]
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