The Gran Premio d’Italia TIM has been announced as the winner of the 2011 IRTA “Best Grand Prix” award, thus securing its fifth title from the Teams’ Association since hosting a Grand Prix for the first time in 1976. Almost 85,000 MotoGP, fans were gathered at the Mugello Circuit on the 3rd of July last [...]
The Repsol Honda Team were back at the Mugello circuit this morning for the last test of the season with the 800cc RC212V. All three riders tested a new swing arm and then followed their own testing schedules. The plan for Dani Pedrosa, considering the pain in his right shoulder and the fatigue accumulated over [...]
The MotoGP riders were following on from an exciting Moto2 race, and thus had to step up their game to wow the crowd at Mugello. That they did, in a contest that appeared to be heading in the familiar direction of a Casey Stoner runaway victory. The Australian had pulled out a two-second gap at [...]
The Moto2 race at Mugello was a spectacle worthy of its backdrop, under almost perfect racing conditions. Marc Márquez took off from pole position looking to establish an advantage, but he was hindered in his attempts by Bradley Smith, Stefan Bradl and Alex de Angelis over the course of the contest. It was up to [...]
A variable weekend in terms of weather conditions concluded for the 125cc riders with a dry race. The Italian GP was a heated affair both in terms of climate and race action, with Nico Terol turning things up a notch with a frenetic race pace of 1’57 on the opening laps. Zarco experienced shade of [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total Time Km/h Gap 1 25 1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 41’50.089 173.016 2 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 41’51.086 172.947 0.997 3 16 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 41’51.232 172.937 1.143 4 13 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory [...]
Dorna Sports S.L and the Mugello circuit have reached agreement on a new five-year deal, meaning the Italian Grand Prix will continue to be held at the Tuscan circuit until at least 2016. The circuit, which first featured on the World Championship calendar in 1976 and has held a Grand Prix event continually since 1991, [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 93 Marc Márquez Suter/Honda 21 40’02.941 2 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex/Honda 21 40’03.012 0.071 3 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3/Honda 21 40’03.360 0.419 4 15 Alex de Angelis Motobi/Honda 21 40’05.032 2.091 5 29 Andrea Iannone Suter/Honda 21 40’07.536 4.595 6 12 Thomas Luthi Suter/Honda 21 40’15.962 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 18 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 20 39’51.815 2 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 20 39’51.982 0.167 3 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 20 40’00.194 8.379 4 7 Efrén Vazquez Derbi 20 40’00.306 8.491 5 55 Hector Faubel Aprilia 20 40’00.409 8.594 6 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 20 40’14.723 22.908 7 [...]
