Pics of the day: San Marino GP, Sunday
Bravo Bati! Bravo Talma!
Bravo Bati! Bravo Talma!
Team Aspar manager Jorge Martinez and Mapfre Aspar rider Álvaro Bautista confirmed today that Álvaro will stay in th 250cc class for another year.That way Álvaro will have another chance to fight for the 250cc title in 2009.After his excellent result at the Misano GP however, he still has a very good shot at the [...]
Álvaro Bautista -Winner“Alongside my mechanics and Aprilia we found a really good setting in the warmup, and I was very excited about the race. The only setback was the fact that I was starting from far back and the race was shaping up to be difficult. With the high temperatures the physical effort involved was [...]
1º Gábor Talmacsi“From the start I tried to escape from the others, and I used the confidence picked up over the weekend. I think that the strategy worked, because Smith was the only one able to keep up with me at any point in the race. In the middle of the race I made a [...]
Pos. Rider Nation Team Total time
1 A. BAUTISTA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team 43′15.8312 Y. TAKAHASHI JPN JiR Team Scot 250 + 2.0883 H. BARBERA SPA Team Toth Aprilia + 3.7524 R. LOCATELLI ITA Metis Gilera [...]
Pos. Rider Nation Team Total time
1 G. TALMACSI HUN Bancaja Aspar Team 40′03.6792 B. SMITH GBR Polaris World + 5.4023 S. CORSI ITA Jack & Jones WRB + 14.3884 M. MARQUEZ SPA Repsol KTM 125cc [...]
The San Marino GP in Misano saw splendid results for Team Aspar.
In 125cc Gabor Talmacsi took a dominant win after taking pole in qualifying yesterday and fighting briefly with Bradley Smith in the race today.
And in 250cc Mapfre Aspar rider Álvaro Bautista won the race with extremely clever and hard riding after starting from only [...]
8th Héctor Faubel, 1.39.058 (21 laps)“Our pace is good and we’re starting from the second row. Our hopes are high for tomorrow’s race and I think we can take the fight to the factory Aprilia RSA machines – it could be a good race. We’ve worked along the same lines as yesterday and only made [...]
1st Gábor Talmacsi, 1.43.729 (13 laps)“To be on top in all four sessions is really exciting. The changes we made at Brno have had a positive effect – we’ve found a really good set-up and it allows me to brake later and accelerate earlier and harder. The feeling with the rear is really secure and [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1:38.047 2. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:38.124 + 0.077 3. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:38.813 + [...]