250cc
5th Álvaro Bautista: 1.51.821 (19 laps): “It was a shame because I ran into a group of riders at the end of the session and only got one good lap in, which was before I’d got into my rhythm, but I’m happy because our pace was good and I’m only four tenths off pole. I [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:51.473 2. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:51.719 + 0.246 3. Alex Debon [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:58.678 2. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:59.059 + 0.381 3. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:59.104 + 0.426 [...]
Friday September 26th
125cc :: Free Practice 1 :: 09:00-09:45 MotoGP :: Free Practice 1 :: 10:00-11:00 250cc :: Free Practice 1 :: 11:15-12:15 125cc :: Qualifying 1 :: 13:10-13:40 MotoGP :: Free Practice 2 :: 13:55-14:55 250cc :: Qualifying 1 :: 15:10-15:55
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Saturday September 27th
125cc :: Free Practice 2 :: 09:00-09:45 MotoGP :: Free Practice 3 :: 10:00-11:00 250cc :: Free Practice 2 :: 11:15-12:15 125cc :: Qualifying 2 :: 13:10-13:40 MotoGP :: Qualifying 1 :: 13:55-14:55 250cc :: Qualifying 2 :: 15:10-15:55
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Sunday September 28th
125cc :: Warm-Up :: 08:40-09:00 250cc :: Warm-Up :: 09:10-09:30 MotoGP :: [...]
Team Aspar will have a new rider in its rows next season as Brit Bradley Smith will join the 125cc squad in 2009. Smith is scheduled to sign the new contract on Friday and make it official.
Jorge Martinez:“I have admired Bradley for a long time and I wanted to sign him last season. For me [...]
6th Álvaro Bautista: 1.46.174 (17 laps)“There was another rider trying to get a tow off me so I closed the line a little, hit a bump and I lost the front of the bike. I was all over the place from the previous corner and I couldn’t save it. During qualifying we tried a few [...]
16th Gábor Talmacsi: 1.52.170 (12 laps)“I was in quite a lot of pain in both sessions. I’m finding it hard to turn the bike and I lose more and more time with every lap. Because of that I lost the front coming through the chicane, although luckily I escaped without any further injury. The injection [...]
The 250cc riders underwent the final qualifying in dry conditions, but nontheless there were a lot of crashes and visits off-track including Mapfre Aspar rider Álvaro Bautista who already stood in first row, but then had a small crash with only 3 minutes left which robbed him of any chance to improve his laptime and [...]
The 125cc riders had the first chance to experience the Indianapolis under dry conditions in the final qualifying this afternoon. With plenty of crashes during the qualifying there will be an interesting starting grid tomorrow.The Bancaja Aspar Team did not have a very good day with an injured Gabor Talmacsi being the best positioned [...]
