William Dunlop has died after an incident during practice at the Skerries 100 road race event in Ireland. The Ballymoney rider, 32, was involved in an incident during Saturday’s practice sessions and has passed away from his injuries.
Having just celebrated its 130th Birthday on June 14, British tyre manufacturer Dunlop heads into this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend looking to claim an eighth consecutive victory at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
Michael Dunlop has delivered the perfect start to the renewed Carl Cox Motorsport deal with victory in the opening Supersport race at the Cookstown 100 event which was marred by poor weather.
Michael Dunlop has confirmed he is “currently considering options” for his Superbike ride at the Isle of Man TT for 2018 and will enter his own Superstock and Supersport machines as an independent entry.
Michael Dunlop takes to the Sepang track with the Suzuki GSX-RR for his MotoGP test debut as a reward for his 2017 Senior TT victory at the Isle of Man TT.
Michael Dunlop will travel to Malaysia to test for the factory Ecstar Suzuki MotoGP squad at Sepang before the first official test on the 28-30 January.
When megastars of the music world cross into motorsport it seems only natural they’d gravitate to the premier levels of Formula 1 and MotoGP but DJ Carl Cox likes to keep things ‘grassroots’ – but that hasn’t stopped him from rubbing shoulders with Valentino Rossi.
'With our proven ability to operate a leading race team, coupled with William's extensive roads knowledge, we can make this very successful' - Martin Halsall.
"Next year I'd like to run four riders, not five. We've looked at the 'EVO' World Superbike class and it's something we'd be keen to do if I can find the budget" - Simon Buckmaster.