Bright sunshine blessed the 3rd and final day of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup test in Estoril, Portugal. Fastest overall was Kyle Ryde and the 15 year old Briton was less than a 10th faster than German 15 year old Florian Alt who was in turn just a fraction ahead of Czech 15 year [...]
Pre-season testing for the 2012 MotoGP season wrapped up after the conclusion of the Jerez test and a late dash by Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner in the final hour of play saw the Australian stand supreme at the top of the timesheets once again. Jerez was the first time all twenty-one riders campaigning the upcoming [...]
In the final session of the IRTA test at Jerez, the Green Team was trying different set-up solutions to search the best one, depending on the weather and the track conditions. Hèctor Barberà completed a total of 91 laps, which is equivalent to the length of three races. During the day Hèctor also tried the [...]
Preseason for the 2012 MotoGP World Championship officially concluded today, with the last of hundreds of laps in Malaysia, Aragón, Valencia and Jerez taking place at the Andalucian circuit. Conditions returned to normal today, as they had been on the first of three days, with the majority of riders able to make full use of [...]
In a matter of two weekends, the MotoGP paddock will reconvene in Losail for the opening race of 2012. Today at Jerez, the two Repsol Honda Team riders, Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa, concluded their preparations for that event and beyond. It could hardly have gone better for the duo, who took two of the [...]
Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda RC213V) was the fastest rider at Jerez today, the final day of the final pre-season outing before MotoGP’s new 1000cc era roars into race action in Qatar on April 8. The Australian bettered 2010 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) by 0.173s. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC213V) was a close third fastest, [...]
Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo wrapped up the final pre-season test of 2012 today in Jerez with an impressive 84 laps covered. Lorenzo spent almost the entire day as the only rider to drop under the 1’39 mark, with rival Casey Stoner joining him to lead by 0.173 seconds in the last moments of [...]
Today wasn’t a fruitful day for the Pramac Racing Team on the Jerez de la Frontera Circuit in Spain. Cold wind and spots of rain slowed down the team’s work and especially for Hèctor it was a frustrating affair as he waited in the box for a change of weather. After a spell of heavy [...]
After an intense first day of testing at Jerez yesterday today provided a stark contrast as dark skies, high winds and intermittent rain prevented the teams and riders from making any meaningful progress. In fact, the unmistakable growl of MotoGP machinery was not heard until the afternoon when the majority of riders took the opportunity [...]
