DAY 3 (31/01/08)250cc————————————————–1 Álex Debón Aprilia 1.35.537 28 laps 2 Mika Kallio KTM 1.35.556 32 laps 3 Julián Simón KTM 1.35.861 48 laps 4 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 1.36.135 35 laps 5 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 1.36.145 36 laps 6 Héctor Barbera Aprilia 1.36.158 25 laps 7 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 1.36.214 54 laps 8 Mattia Pasini Aprilia [...]
DAY 3 (31/01/08)250cc————————————————–1 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1.38.390 53 laps 2 Bradley Smith Aprilia 1.38.985 32 laps 3 Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1.39.800 44 laps 4 Pol Espargaró Derbi 1.39.917 43 laps 5 Nico Terol Aprilia 1.39.922 44 laps 6 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1.40.008 52 laps 7 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1.40.024 50 laps 8 Sandro Cortese Aprilia [...]
It’s not exactly news that Alvaro has switched helmet suppliers for 2008 (from NZI to Suomy) nor that the new graphic design is different from that on his 2007 lid; these have been covered on various websites (notably, first, on www.batifans.com of course) over the past days. Indeed you can already buy the replica from [...]
Only 7th today – on the face of it, a bit disappointing, but then this isn’t merely an all-out speed test; there could be all kinds of work going on that doesn’t require Alvaro to be heading up the timesheets… Valencia Tests: DAY 2250cc ——————————————1. Marco Simoncelli, Gilera – 1’35.447 (64) 2. Mika Kallio, KTM [...]
Valencia – Day 2 – 30/01/08125 cc : ————————————————————1.- Sergio Gadea ESP Aprilia 1.38.982 37 laps 2.- Bradley Smith GBR Aprilia 1.39.630 60 laps 3.- Gabor Talmacsi HUN Aprilia 1.39.688 38 laps 4.- Tomoyoshi Koyama JAP KTM 1.39.795 26 laps 5.- Hugo Van der Berg HOL Honda 1.40.163 48 laps 6.- Simone Corsi ITA Aprilia [...]
Thanks to stv21 for finding me this pic; the first I’ve seen *anywhere* (and god I’ve been looking!) of Pere at the latest tests, and of course – on the Aspar bike in his new Aspar kit.As you can see he’s inherited the flourescent orange swatch on the Bancaja symbol and other details, now that [...]
Valencia Testing: ChesteDAY ONE29/01/08250cc———————————1. Mika Kallio, KTM – 1’35.2 2. Julian Simón, KTM – 1’35.9 3. Marco Simoncelli, Gilera – 1’35.9 4. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia – 1’36.1 5. Alvaro Bautista, Aprilia – 1’36.3 6. Alex Debón, Aprilia – 1’36.3 7. Héctor Barbera, Aprilia – 1’36.3 8. Héctor Faubel, Aprilia – 1’36.5 9. Thomas Lüthi, Aprilia [...]
DAY ONE29/01/08 Valencia Test – Cheste: 125cc—————————————1 Simone Corsi Aprilia 1.39.6 2 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1.39.7 3 Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1.39.9 4 Joan Olivé Derbi 1.40.3 5 Pol Espargaró Derbi 1.40.4 6 Bradley Smith Aprilia 1.40.4 7 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1.40.4 8 Randy Krummenacher KTM 1.40.5 9 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1.40.5 10 Efrén Vázquez Aprilia [...]
Info: Circuito de Jerez DAY THREE (26/01/08)250cc: ——————————————–1.-Mika Kallio (KTM) 1.43.303 2.-H. Aoyama (KTM) 1.43.517 3.-H.Barberá (Aprilia) 1.43.575 4.-A. Debon (Aprilia) 1.43.644 5.-A. Bautista (Aprilia) 1.43.735 6.-T. Luthi (Aprilia) 1.43.819 7.-Marco Simoncelli (Gilera) 1.43.874 8.-H.Faubel (Aprilia) 1.43.938 9.-K.Abraham (Aprilia) 1.44.091 10.-A. Espargaro (Aprilia) 1.44.459 11.-Julian Simon (KTM) 1.44.500 12.-Matia Pasini (Aprilia) 1.44.504 13.-Manuel Poggiali (Aprilia) [...]
