Okay – well in a minor victory for common sense, the FIM has handed Simoncelli a warning over his riding today.Whether it’ll make the slightest bit of difference to someone so unfeasibly ignorant we will have to wait and see, but it’s a start…Here is the wording in full: “On Sunday 31st May, during the [...]
“It started to rain on the grid, and we had to change bikes. The goal was to get more confidente in the wet, because we hadn’t practiced in it all weekend. I saw that I could chase Marco, so I got to work and caught him. I couldn’t see anything because of the rain, and [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 45m38.391s 2. Marco Simoncelli Gilera + 0.117s 3. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 1.293s 4. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 24.557s 5. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 27.014s 6. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 30.037s 7. Alex Debon Aprilia + 31.325s 8. Hector Faubel Honda + 35.178s 9. [...]
Another overeager move from Marco Simoncelli saw Mapfre Aspar’s rider Alvaro Bautista robbed of the win at Mugello. Running away at the front in the early laps was Simoncelli, but Mattia Pasini and Alvaro Bautista soon caught him after closing a huge 9-second gap. Once arriving at Simoncelli while constantly clocking the fastest laptimes and [...]
“The truth is that the times are very close! Things didn’t go well this morning and I wasn’t comfortable on the bike. I didn’t have a good feeling with the front and couldn’t brake well or get into the turns as I like. We stiffened the front up a little for the afternoon and it [...]
125cc 1st Bradley Smith 1.58.134 (17 laps): “It has been a great day for me, setting pole position and a new lap record with it. My race pace is also really good. I was extremely focused today and everything worked out. I’ve been on pole before and I know that it doesn’t necessarily meaning everything [...]
Mapfre Aspar rider Alvaro Bautista won his third pole position of the season in a closely fought battle with Simoncelli and Barbera who will start tomorrow’s race from 2nd and 3rd on the grid. Current second-placed rider in the championship, Hiroshi Aoyama, took the final spot of the front row. With all four riders having [...]
Alvaro took pole for tomorrow’s Mugello GP in a close-fought qualifying session, where he was happier with his bike’s front end setup than during the morning’s free practice session.He shares the fron row with Aoyama, and Dumb & Dumber again – so it’ll be interesting to see what happens at the start. Hopefully Bati can [...]
Another dominating showing of the 125cc Bancaja Aspar Team saw British rider Bradley Smith taking pole position for the Italian GP, smashing the previous record and leaving the rest of the field behind.His teammates Julian Simon and Sergio Gadea will complete the front row tomorrow together with another Brit in form of Scott Redding. Pos. [...]
