A great race of Julián Simón who finished eighth at Estoril and returns to fight among the fastest, confirming his recovery after a difficult start to the season. Starting from the third row of the grid, Julián got away well, gaining a few positions in the first corners, but a touch with De Angelis in [...]
Julián Simón and the Avintia Blusens team went through a hard time at the G.P of Jerez. The weather conditions as well as a crash on Saturday were not really helpful for him to help set up his new chassis – as he has hardly ever able to test it out on the dry. Subsequently [...]
After taking the 125cc crown in 2009 but then struggling with injuries and uncompetitive machinery in Moto2, Julian Simón now looks to turn his fortunes around. In an interview with motogp.com he spoke about his ambition for this year and what comes after that
Many teams used the day off between the Moto3/Moto2 test and the MotoGP test at Jerez to officially present their lineup to the press and assembled sponsors. The Avintia Racing Team joined in and presented this year’s bikes and riders with Ivan Silva and Yonny Hernandez riding CRT bikes in the MotoGP class, Julian Simon [...]
The Avintia Group and By Queroseno Racing (BQR) have joined forces to build an ambitious and innovative outfit named Avintia Racing, which will compete in all three World Championship categories in 2012 (MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3). The outfit will contest in the Moto2 category with Julián Simón and in the new Moto3 class with Maverick [...]
Wet races are always something of a lottery, but a dry race with constant rain is an even trickier challenge for riders. The Moto2 Valencia GP experienced such conditions today. The title had already been clinched by Stefan Bradl, but there was still one last race win for which to fight. Aegerter started out strong, [...]
Only thirteen minutes of the allotted 45 were of any use to the Moto2 riders in qualifying this afternoon as an untimely rain shower effectively brought the session to an early end. After a crash strewn day yesterday few riders were willing to take any risks on the damp track and the fastest three riders [...]
There were Friday falls in MotoGP and 125cc beforehand, and the Moto2 practice sessions were no exception. Their morning runout was undertaken on a wet track that at least dried out before the end of the session, although the afternoon Free Practice was a completely wet affair after a heavy downpour. Stefan Bradl was the [...]
After three flyaway races in Japan, Australia and Malaysia, the Moto2 World Championship returns to Spain for the season finale. Aragón was the last European event before the trips to Asia and Australia, and the title has not been settled since that previous Spanish visit. Marc Márquez has an outside shot of clinching the crown [...]
