With Valentino Rossi out until mid-August at the earliest, his Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo has quietly moved to the top of the Moto GP ladder, taking his fourth win out of six races at the classic Assen track in the Netherlands last weekend.

Max Biaggi showed the improving strength of his Alitalia Aprila RSV4 at the twisty Misano circuit, taking another double victory and extending his series lead over Leon Haslam on the Alstare Suzuki.

With a 100% win record in six races over the first two weekends of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship, Jordan Szoke looks like a pretty fair bet to take his fifth-straight double Superbike and Pro Sport Bike titles.

RACE's once-per-year event on Shannonville's Fabi Circuit saw a frenzy of record-breaking.

Malcolm Smith will compete in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this month – 29 years after the first time he entered the race.

The Isle of Man has been hosting the Tourist Trophy (TT) races since 1907, making it easily the longest-surviving and almost certainly most widely-known motorcycle competition in the world.

At the Mugello round of the Moto GP circus last weekend, Spanish midget Dani Pedrosa did his contract hopes for 2011 no end of good by taking pole and leading flag to flag for a completely dominating victory.

The racing isn't over yet – there's another 600 race and the "Senior" to come – but so far the 2010 classic TT races have been a huge success.

Jordan Szoke continued his domination of the Parts Canada national Superbike series with two narrow victories over teenager Jodi Christie in Superbike and 600.