MotoGP 2012 finally got underway today with the first of three days of testing at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. Yamaha Factory riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies took their first ride on the 1000cc YZR-M1 since last year. Both riders blew the cobwebs off quickly and settled down to an impressive pace, Lorenzo proving [...]
Today the Repsol Honda Team officially kicked off the 2012 MotoGP season with the first of three days testing at the Sepang Circuit, Malaysia Due to early morning rain, the track conditions were not good enough to go out on track until midday when HRC test rider, Kosuke Akiyoshi performed the first 10 laps on [...]
The 2012 MotoGP season officially got underway today with the first day of preseason testing at Sepang. There was a melancholy feel to the day following the tragic events of October and the memory of Marco Simoncelli remains in the hearts of all those present, as it will for many years to come. Shortly before [...]
With the start of the new season it’s also the start of another blog of Dani Pedrosa, talking about how his off-season went and what’s awaiting him at Sepang. Hello, I was dying to write to you on my blog again so that I could tell you how the winter went and about how [...]
Spanish journalist Mela Chércoles sat down with Álvaro Bautista ahead of the first official test of the 2012 season which gets underway at Sepang this week to ask him a few things about last year, this year, Honda, Suzuki, CRT, Simoncelli and rekindled passion. Below you can find the complete translation. Alvaro Bautista arrived on [...]
Before the 2012 season kicks off in earnest for most of the MotoGP riders in Sepang on Tuesday, a few of their CRT-riding colleagues were already out on track today, testing their new machines at the Valencian Ricardo Tormo circuit. As it is a private test there was no official timing and laptimes were provided [...]
Following an intensive development programme over the winter break, Bridgestone is geared up for the first MotoGP group tests of 2012 as evaluation of the tyres that will be used for the upcoming season continues. With six lap records set on Bridgestone rubber in 2011 and race times at ten of the rounds faster than [...]
The Repsol Honda Team, 2011 Triple Crown Champions, hosted the media at a Team Presentation in the Pan Pacific Hotel in Kuala Lumpur last night with a press conference and welcome party. After the winter break, team riders Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa returned to the media spotlight refreshed and eager to start the new [...]
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. has entered into contract with JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan). The agreement welcomes the oil and energy company as a new Official Sponsor of Yamaha Factory Racing’s premier class Team competing in the MotoGP World Championship. Yamaha Factory Racing continues in 2012 with 2010 World Champion Jorge [...]
