Mugello is notorious for its slipstreaming potential, but the 2010 Italian Grand Prix needed none for the Moto2 winner. Andrea Iannone took the only home victory of the day in Tuscany, escaping from the start and leaving his rivals chasing shadows. The podium fight was more open, but times were generally down on those set [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap 1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 28m17.403s 2. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 2.434s 3. Raffaele De Rosa Honda + 2.604s 4. Jules Cluzel Aprilia + 12.118s 5. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + 12.192s 6. Karel Abraham Aprilia + 12.413s 7. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 12.455s 8. Hector Faubel Honda + [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap 1. Raffaele de Rosa Honda 1m33.389s 2. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1m33.614s + 0.225 3. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 1m33.633s + 0.244 4. Alex Debon Aprilia 1m33.886s + 0.497 5. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1m33.928s + 0.539 6. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 1m34.030s + 0.641 7. Ratthapark Wilairot Honda [...]
The MotoGP World Championship makes the antepenultimate stop of its global tour this weekend at the Phillip Island. With the Malaysian round set to follow just seven days later, the paddock will not return to Europe until the final round at Valencia but the hours of travelling and jetlag are at least compensated by the [...]
The Selection Committee comprising delegates of the FIM, Dorna and IRTA met on the 2nd October in Estoril to select the teams which will be invited to participate in 2010. Teams comprising a total of 39 riders were accepted. Teams comprising a total of 10 riders were placed on a reserve list. A detailed list [...]
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 [...]
The MotoGP paddock faces a familiar battle against jetlag this weekend as the series heads directly from the Indianapolis circuit in the USA to Misano in Italy, host to the San Marino Grand Prix this weekend. Another set of back-to-back races leaves little time for rest and recovery but the cancellation of the Hungarian Grand [...]
A year in the making, the 250cc class’ long-awaited race debut at Indianapolis provided a fantastic race that made the delay worthwhile. The only chance that the two-stroke bikes will have to race at the Brickyard – as 250cc makes way for Moto2 next season – the one-off Grand Prix was one to remember. Two [...]
Álvaro Bautista: “After the last race where we struggled a lot during practice and really had to grit our teeth in order to win back some points in the championship, I feel highly motivated about the Indianapolis Grand Prix. I want to work well on Saturday and Sunday and make sure we don’t have the [...]
