Pics of the day: San Marino GP, Sunday
Bravo Bati! Bravo Talma!
Bravo Bati! Bravo Talma!
After spending many daft weeks examining and dispelling various MotoGP rumours we are now very happy to put an end to it all with the announcement that Jorge Martinez will be retaining the services of Alvaro Bautista in 250cc once again next year. Here’s the quotes… Álvaro Bautista: “I’m really happy to renew my contract [...]
“Alongside my mechanics and Aprilia we found a really good setting in the warmup, and I was very excited about the race. The only setback was the fact that I was starting from far back and the race was shaping up to be difficult. With the high temperatures the physical effort involved was enormous. In [...]
Team Aspar manager Jorge Martinez and Mapfre Aspar rider Álvaro Bautista confirmed today that Álvaro will stay in th 250cc class for another year.That way Álvaro will have another chance to fight for the 250cc title in 2009.After his excellent result at the Misano GP however, he still has a very good shot at the [...]
Álvaro Bautista -Winner“Alongside my mechanics and Aprilia we found a really good setting in the warmup, and I was very excited about the race. The only setback was the fact that I was starting from far back and the race was shaping up to be difficult. With the high temperatures the physical effort involved was [...]
1º Gábor Talmacsi“From the start I tried to escape from the others, and I used the confidence picked up over the weekend. I think that the strategy worked, because Smith was the only one able to keep up with me at any point in the race. In the middle of the race I made a [...]
For the second race in succession Alvaro’s gone and reminded us why we love and support him, with a phenomenal run at Misano which saw him move from 11th on the grid to 6th on lap one and to an eventual win.Stonking stuff really; full-on gutsy riding, totally unfazed by all the Simoncelli / Barbera [...]
Pos. Rider Nation Team Total time 1 A. BAUTISTA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team 43’15.8312 Y. TAKAHASHI JPN JiR Team Scot 250 + 2.0883 H. BARBERA SPA Team Toth Aprilia + 3.7524 R. LOCATELLI ITA Metis Gilera + 7.4725 J. SIMON SPA Repsol KTM 250cc + 10.8626 M. SIMONCELLI ITA Metis Gilera + 21.1807 T. LUTHI [...]
Pos. Rider Nation Team Total time 1 G. TALMACSI HUN Bancaja Aspar Team 40’03.6792 B. SMITH GBR Polaris World + 5.4023 S. CORSI ITA Jack & Jones WRB + 14.3884 M. MARQUEZ SPA Repsol KTM 125cc + 17.0585 N. TEROL SPA Jack & Jones WRB + 17.3216 A. IANNONE ITA I.C. Team + 17.4827 S. [...]