The three Repsol Honda riders returned to the track today in Qatar for the first day of the final winter test before the start of the 2011 Championship The team arrived at the Losail circuit on [...]
Álvaro Bautista ended the first day of the Qatar test with a long run on his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R to give him a clear direction for next weekend’s race. Bautista did a 22-lap run – the same as race [...]
The MotoGP class will complete its 2011 pre-season preparations in Qatar this Sunday and Monday, as the final Test before the opening race of the campaign takes place. Riding under the [...]
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP is on the way to Losail in Qatar for the final pre-season test this week still with an intensive schedule ahead of it. Álvaro Bautista has made big steps during the first two [...]
The third and final pre-season Test ended in Qatar on Friday with Ducati Marlboro rider Casey Stoner the quickest across the two evenings. A best lap of 1’55.353 set under the Losail floodlights [...]
Continuing his pre-season form Fiat Yamaha Valentino Rossi was the fastest rider of the first day at Losail, as the World Champion set a best time of 1’55.402 on his factory M1. Setting his hot [...]
Alvaro Bautista -7th: “It was a complicated race, the whole weekend had been going fantastically, but today’s big storm really spoilt the party. From the start I went wide on the [...]
Well, a pretty dismal race for Alvaro really; and a result that will probably give great comfort to the missing Marco Simoncelli.A dreadful start off the line (in a shortened 13 lap race delayed [...]
1st Alvaro Bautista 2.00.677 (19 laps): “I am happy to have got pole position despite the difficulties posed by the wind. At the start of the session it started to rain, and we didn’t [...]