Big congratulations to Pere on a great result at Brno; things clearly seem to be improving with him showing better form after the team missing out on the British GP…Felicidades Tutu! 1 1 19 X. SIMEON BEL Ducati Xerox Junior Team Ducati 1098R 2 3 112 J. FORES ESP Team Pedercini Kawasaki ZX 10R 3 [...]
The provisional 2010 calendar for MotoGP has been revealed… April 11 * Qatar Doha/Losail April 25 Japan Motegi May 2 Spain Jerez de la Frontera May 16 France Le Mans May 30 Italy Mugello June 6 Great Britain Silverstone June 26 ** Netherlands Assen July 4 Catalunya Catalunya July 18 Germany Sachsenring July 25 *** [...]
“After the crashes on Friday and Saturday I wasn’t fully confident, so second is a good result. This morning I felt much more comfortable in the warmup, as my arm wasn’t so stiff under braking. The race was strange and hard, as at the beginning we went out with wet tyres and after three laps [...]
CLASSIFIED: Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Julian Simon Aprilia 9m12.301s 2. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 0.390s 3. Scott Redding Aprilia + 3.072s 4. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 6.209s 5. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 9.509s 6. Luis Salom Aprilia + 11.211s 7. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia + 11.572s 8. D.Agerter Derbi + 13.703s 9. [...]
CLASSIFIED: Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 45m17.516s 2. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 5.723s 3. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 36.161s 4. Marco Simoncelli Gilera + 36.776s 5. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + 41.418s 6. Alex Debon Aprilia + 41.938s 7. Raffaele De Rosa Honda + 57.483s 8. Hector Barbera Aprilia [...]
A lot of water has passed under the bridge since the Dutch TT of 1984, when Jorge Martínez “Aspar” took on the role of team manager Derbi but still showed his qualities as a rider by taking his first ever victory in the 80cc class. The man he had to beat was none other than [...]
Pos Driver Bike/Engine Laps Time/Delay 1 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 30 48:26.267 2 Colin Edwards Yamaha 30 1.360 3 Randy de Puniet Honda 30 1.600 4 Alex de Angelis Honda 30 8.958 5 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 30 21.622 6 James Toseland Yamaha 30 22.465 7 Marco Melandri Kawasaki 30 35.284 8 Niccolò Canepa Ducati 30 38.769 [...]
Jorge Martínez “Aspar” will finally move his World Championship project up to MotoGP in 2010, courtesy of a deal with Ducati confirmed on Saturday at Donington Park. After three years of negotiating with various factories, an agreement has been struck for an ambitious stay in the premier class. “It seems that after three years we [...]
Alvaro Bautista rode with an injured elbow this afternoon following a crash at Craner Curves five minutes from the end of the morning’s final free practice. He qualified sixth fastest but is confident he will be fully recovered in time to challenge for the podium and the series lead tomorrow.Here’s what Bati said post-quali… “I [...]
