The Cadiz team led by Pedro Machado has made its first practice today at the Motegi circuit. Alberto Moncayo, who is eager to do his best on the circuit where he scored his best result last season, started this Grand Prix with fifth place in practice, but he is sure he still has a big [...]
After many meetings between the riders and Dorna the dangers of radiation at the Motegi circuit in Japan have proven to be nonexistent in many reports and finally the first free practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix went along normally today. Joan Olivé did an extraordinary first practice, finishing just 1.5 seconds behind the [...]
On a day when heavy traffic on the track has hampered the work of the top riders, Aleix Espargaró was left not fully satisfied with his performance at the Motegi circuit, which has undergone minor modifications after the earthquake in March. The Pons HP 40 rider suffered a technical problem – and he wasn’t the [...]
The first day of the Japanese Grand Prix, 15th round of the MotoGP World Championship, started early this morning at the Motegi Circuit, where the Repsol Honda Team riders took the top three places at the end of the free practice sessions. Dani Pedrosa was the fastest, with a time of 1 minute, 46 seconds [...]
Pol Espargaro has topped his best practice result of the season at the Twin Ring Motegi, finishing the day with fifth-fastest time, improving on his sixth positions in Mugello (Italy) and Silverstone (Great Britain). The HP Tuenti Racing rider has been inside the top ten all throughout the first day, despite being affected by jet-lag [...]
QMMF Racing Team rider Ricky Cardús had an exciting first day at the Japanese Grand Prix, testing the new 2012 version of his Moriwaki chassis. The 24-year-old from Barcelona, Spain, made the best use of the first two free practice sessions, riding most of the time all by himself and collecting valuable impressions and data [...]
The Moto2 riders made such a strong start to the Grand Prix of Japan today that the pace was already inside last year’s pole record. The only surprise was that it wasn’t regular pacesetters Stefan Bradl or Marc Márquez who dominated, with Bradley Smith clocking the fastest time this morning and Thomas Luthi in the [...]
With regular riders, replacements and wildcards there was a healthy number of nineteen MotoGP bikes out on the newly relaid Motegi track today as the Grand Prix of Japan got underway in positive fashion. Unlike the slow lap times that were witnessed in the 125cc class the pace from their MotoGP counterparts was inside the [...]
The names of Nico Terol, Maverick Viñales and Johann Zarco rung out loudest on the PA system at Motegi today as the two Spaniards and the Frenchman took the top three positions in free practice for the Grand Prix of Japan. Terol was fastest in the morning, Viñales in the afternoon, with Zarco second in [...]
