Spanish star Jorge Lorenzo will have plenty of support this weekend at the bwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal as he continues his title fight – with his fans planning to show their support in true style this weekend. Returning to the Estoril track where he took his maiden MotoGP victory last season, Lorenzo will enjoy [...]
FIM president Vito Ippolito has issued an open letter to MotoGP riders, clearly triggered by the appalling racing and equally appalling sportsmanship and post-race conduct of Andrea Iannone at Misano (although the riding with brain engaged and not confusing ‘hard’ with ‘idiotic’ tone of it all could equally apply to the likes of Simoncelli too [...]
MotoGP The first of a concluding quartet of rounds in the 2009 FIM MotoGP World Championship season takes place this coming weekend at Estoril. As Valentino Rossi prepares to make his 100th appearance on a Yamaha factory machine, in the bwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal, at a venue where he has taken victory on five [...]
Returning to its more traditional end of season slot after moving to April last season, the race marks the start of the final phase of the championship with just the overseas double-header and the Valencian season finale remaining after it. Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo lie first and second in the championship and the Yamaha [...]
Toni Elias enjoyed a special day out last Sunday, when he used the break in the MotoGP World Championship to make a surprise visit to the Andorra round of the World Supermoto Championship. Supermoto, which takes place on a combination of dirt and tarmac, is a discipline familiar to many MotoGP riders, who use it [...]
A quick news update on Juanjo Nuñez, young Talaveran “next big thing” (“The Future” as friends kept referring to him at the Fans Club party in Talavera de la Reina the other week…) His latest race – on Sunday September 20th at Guadix, in the CEX – saw him coming home fourth; a promising and [...]
Portugal, Australia, Malaysia or Valencia: if everything goes to plan it is merely a matter of time before Jorge Martínez “Aspar” celebrates 125cc World Championship glory once again. As if that weren’t enough, his team is also still in with a shot of the 250cc title at the end of what has been little short [...]
Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo has already this season become the biggest challenger to his World Champion team-mate Valentino Rossi. Jorge Lorenzo has been a joy to watch so far this year, starting every race on the front row, driving his legendary team-mate Valentino Rossi right to the limit and pushing on ahead of Casey Stoner [...]
Dani Pedrosa’s preparations for the 2009 MotoGP World Championship were severely disrupted when he crashed heavily in the official night test held in Qatar in March, resulting in injuries to his left knee and wrist, both of which required surgery just a month before round one. Returning to the Losail International Circuit at less than [...]
