Saturday Moto News - Ducati's Wrooom Event Produced 3 Winners!

At the Wrooom event at the Madonna Di Campiglio ski resort in Italy, there were several fun competitions between the various MotoGP and Formula 1 athletes at the event. First up was a skiing race which was started by (evil dictator) Bernie Ecclestone. In this event, Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso and test driver Giancarlo Fisichella, who won the downhill race, all competed - only one photo on the link.

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Next, it was on to ice racing in Fiat Panda cars and karts; in the auto race, Felipe Massa took the victory. In the kart race, it was Nicky Hayden who stood atop the podium. It was certainly a fun and entertaining event, but only the Formula 1 and MotoGP teams attended the event, though there were plenty of special guests. It is also nice to know that Massa is fully recovered from that horrible F1 accident last year.

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Sunday Afternoon News from the Moto World

Well, the news has been very slow lately. All that seems to be popping up here and there are re-hashed stories from the last week or so. I have some news here, but not much. Take a look at the links below and enjoy what little new information we now have...

First, there is the sad news that Donington Park has yet to attract a buyer. We have no way of knowing what will happen to the circuit. It is in a state of disrepair was they were working to improve the track when old-troll Bernie Ecclestone withdrew from his Formula 1 contract with the owners.

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Round two of the Suzuki Tri-Series is now in the books, and it was Italian stars who lit up the track on Boxing Day. Davide Gozzini and Ivan Lazzarini dominated the event and stunned the local crowd with their performances. They took first and second, respectively, in each of three races! This was their first trip to the Wanganui Cemetery Circuit.

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P.S. You may or may not have noticed that on Christmas Eve I lost a post. I am not sure what caused the loss, but there were about four or five stories there. I apologize for that, but there was no way for me to bring it all back and do another post, unfortunately. This new format is a challenge, but I hope it will make things easier on the blog.

Silverstone Circuit Will Be Altering Layout for 2010

With the Formula 1 and MotoGP series making a stop at the British circuit, the track owners have decided to get to work altering the layout of the track for both events. Whether the changes will be used for the F1 race, we do not know yet, but the changes may, in fact, raise ticket prices at the circuit, unfortunately...

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More Confusion Over Donington Park's Future

It seems that Bernie Ecclestone may be open to signing an agreement with a new leaseholder at Donington Park to put the British Formula 1 Grand Prix back at the track. However, nothing has been signed and nothing promised. The real question is what will happen to motorcycle racing at the track if they cannot get a cash-cow like F1 to stop in and race? No one knows at this point - even the Ron Haslam Race School is up in the air now. All of this has also left the new work being done to the track on hold - so, there is dirt and holes everywhere around the circuit and it is not yet fit to race upon.

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Norton's Stuart Garner Defends Donington Park Boss

Simon Gillett is seen by many to be the reason that Donington Park has run into administration. However, Garner has stepped forward to defend him - and with good reason. He sees the slander towards Gillett as disingenuous, and believes that he should be praised for doing whatever he could to work with the Formula 1 tyrant - and all around nasty person (I can say that here because this is my blog) - Bernie Ecclestone. Too true, Garner! Thanks for standing up!

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