Mapfre Aspar rider Alvaro Bautista accepted the silver medal at the annual RFME Gala de Campeones in Barcelona today. The medal was awarded to the 250cc rider for excellence in his sport and the runner-up finish in this season’s championship. Other medalled riders included this year’s third-placed MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa.
Álvaro Bautista 1’37.12“The track wasn’t 100% but after a break of a month it was good to get a feel for the bike again. There isn’t much new to test so it was a case of just getting some laps in. We tried a few new settings with the front suspension but it was very [...]
Julián Simón – 1’40.5“I’m really happy – firstly with the job done by the team and secondly with the advice Jorge has offered me. I love the positive way the team is taking on this new challenge and in this test we have worked step by step, testing a whole host of things. The weather [...]
The second day of Aprilia testing at the Valencian circuit again saw the Aspar team dominating the timesheets.In the 250cc class only three riders went out on track today, incidentally all of them current or former 125cc world champions (Bautista 2006, Talmacsi 2007, Di Meglio 2008) and Team Aspar riders. Alvaro Bautista stayed at the [...]
The Valencia cirucit in Cheste today saw several 125cc and 250cc Aprilia riders test their machinery for next year including the complete new Team Aspar. This was the first opportunity for the new Aspar signings Bradley Smith, Julian Simon and Mike Di Meglio to work with their new teams and Hungarian Gabor Talmacsi tried the [...]
(*Above: Who wouldn’t buy this lot???? Our suggested “Collection”…)
Quick update on the Diecasts campaign.I’ve found a couple more contact addresses that we can all write too, and I would suggest that you also send in the image above – or the PDF version of it which you can download from here…We think it’d be good [...]
Above: Alvaro Bautista and María Herrera on the grid of the MiniGP XL 80 class in Cheste
At the final MotoGP round of the season in Valencia one of the supporting races was the Cuna Campeones series which is somewhat similar to the Movistar Junior Cup a couple of years ago. With five classes – Minimotos, [...]
We at BatiFans want to try and push the campaign for Alvaro Bautista diecast models further afield than Minichamps, and would appreciate your help in also filling up the Suggestion Boxes at Spanish company Altaya (who already produce some nice 1:24 MotoGP bikes) and Chinese manufactrer Ixo (who produced the 2005 Alvaro Honda in 1:24).Obivously [...]
