A gloriously understated and mischievous take on ‘Sideshow Bob’ from Alvaro – although it’s actually only part of a longer and far more interesting answer. That, and a whole pre-season interview translated by stv21 from the original Solo Moto article can be found here on the BatiFans.com fan forum where Bati talks about the season [...]
The FIM has today released the full official version of the regulation changes based on their Jerez meeting of 28_03_09, as agreed by the Grand Prix Commission…. MotoGP Class For immediate application (2009) 1. Engine restriction from Czech Republic Grand Prix included:a) A rider can use a maximum of 5 engines until the end of [...]
Session 1 1 Alvaro BAUTISTA MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM 1:43.205 -2 Hector BARBERA PEPE WORLD TEAM 1:43.306 +0.1013 Alex DEBON AEROPUERTO-CASTELLO-BLUSENS 1:43.397 +0.1924 Marco SIMONCELLI METIS GILERA 1:43.417 +0.2125 Roberto LOCATELLI METIS GILERA 1:43.702 +0.4976 Hiroshi AOYAMA SCOT RACING TEAM 250cc 1:43.793 +0.5887 Mattia PASINI TEAM TOTH APRILIA 1:43.877 +0.6728 Gabor TALMACSI BALATON RACING TEAM 250cc [...]
Session 1 Pos / Rider / Team / Fastest Laptime / Gap1 Julian SIMON BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM 125cc 1:47.371 -2 Bradley SMITH BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM 125cc 1:47.420 +0.0493 Sandro CORTESE AJO INTERWETTEN 1:47.547 +0.1764 Andrea IANNONE ONGETTA TEAM ISPA 1:47.550 +0.1795 Takaaki NAKAGAMI ONGETTA TEAM ISPA 1:47.702 +0.3316 Nicolas TEROL JACK & JONES TEAM 1:47.863 [...]
Session 1 Pos / Rider / Team / Fastest Laptime / Gap1 Alvaro BAUTISTA MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM 1:43.205 -2 Hector BARBERA PEPE WORLD TEAM 1:43.306 +0.1013 Alex DEBON AEROPUERTO-CASTELLO-BLUSENS 1:43.397 +0.1924 Marco SIMONCELLI METIS GILERA 1:43.417 +0.2125 Roberto LOCATELLI METIS GILERA 1:43.702 +0.4976 Hiroshi AOYAMA SCOT RACING TEAM 250cc 1:43.793 +0.5887 Mattia PASINI TEAM TOTH [...]
1.Alvaro Bautista (Aprilia), 1.43.0682.Héctor Barberá (Aprilia), 1.43.0933.Marco Simoncelli (Gilera), 1.43.1964.Mike Di Meglio (Aprilia), 1.43.3585.Lukas Pesek (Aprilia), 1.43.4676.Gabor Talmacsi (Aprilia), 1.43.5157.Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda), 1.43.5458.Roberto Locatelli (Gilera), 1.43.7499.Alex Debón (Aprilia), 1.43.81910.Rattapark Wilairot (Honda), 1.43.951
Julian Simon continues his preseason dominance with another fastest laptime on the second day of testing in Jerez.250cc Aspar colleague Alvaro Bautista also ended the second session of the day with the fastest laptime, even beating his own pole position record from last year’s race.Testing for the small classes will conclude tomorrow. 250cc Pos / [...]
