Here’s Alvaro’s post-race quotes… “It was a rather difficult race for us, because we had nearly no practice time on Friday and Saturday. I started quite badly and had some [...]
The highlight of the weekend for the Aspar Team was without a doubt Álvaro Bautista’s superb win in the 250cc race. This pic shows him speeding over the finish line with a wheelie while his [...]
1st Álvaro Bautista“It was a rather difficult race for us, because we had nearly no practice time on Friday and Saturday. I started quite badly and had some riders ahead of me on the [...]
2nd Julián Simón“To tell the truth it was a pity not to ride in normal conditions here in Japan. In any case it was a longer and more fun race than in Qatar, and I enjoyed myself a lot on [...]
More words, pics and stats to come – but for now here’s how it all panned out… Pos | Rider | Bike | Time1. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 44:06.4882. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 5.8893. [...]
After a bad start Mapfre Aspar rider Alvaro Bautista rode a quite brilliant race to finish far ahead of home hero Hiro Aoyama and Italian Mattia Pasini. With this win Alvaro also took the lead in [...]
3rd Álvaro Bautista 1.53.836“Whenever this happens you always regret not pushing harder in the first session but we’re on the front row and that will be important for us to make up [...]
2nd Julián Simón 2.00.864“It is a real shame that the weather has prevented us from riding again. I finished up second fastest yesterday but I set a lap that would have been good enough for [...]
The wisdom of planning GPs into countries’ crap weather seasons has once again come into focus with the piss-poor joke of qualifying being null and void in Japan due to torrential [...]