Yamaha has confirmed that World Superbike rider Ben Spies will be entered as a wildcard in MotoGP’s season finale at Valencia.. The 25-year-old Texan, who will race for the satellite Tech 3 team next year, will take part as a single rider entry of a Yamaha Factory Racing Team, using YZR-M1 test bikes brought over from Japan.
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A delighted Sebastian Vettel kept alive his slim challenge for the drivers world championship on Saturday when he claimed pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix.
The 22-year-old German in his Red Bull clocked a scorching fastest lap in the final minute of qualifying to secure his fourth pole of the year. AFP
Trulli from Toyota will start second, while McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton… Details
Two British skydivers, and one Indian, jumped from an altitude of 20,000ft to land at the world’s highest drop zone, near Mount Everest.
The daredevil adventurers, Leo Dickinson, Ralph Mitchell and Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, jumped from an altitude of 6,154 metres (20,000 feet) and landed at Gorak Shep, a sandy plateau 5,165 metres above sea level…Â DetailsÂ
A British survivor survived the tsunami which devastated the South Pacific by paddling towards the towering wave, he has claimed.
Tom Gogola, from Devon, was in Samoa for a three-week holiday when the island was hit by a 20-foot wall of water.
The 22-year-old was in the water surfing when he saw the wave racing towards the shore.
He did the only thing he could …Â Details