A year in the making, the 250cc class’ long-awaited race debut at Indianapolis provided a fantastic race that made the delay worthwhile. The only chance that the two-stroke bikes will have to race at the Brickyard – as 250cc makes way for Moto2 next season – the one-off Grand Prix was one to remember. Two [...]
3rd Álvaro Bautista:
“It hasn’t been a good weekend for us if we are talking about the world title, because Simoncelli is closer to us and Aoyama is now further ahead. I had a lot of problems in practice, just like at Brno where I didn’t feel at all comfortable on the bike. I didn’t manage [...]
2nd Bradley Smith:
“I think that today’s result was very positive, because I finished ahead of every rider that was above me in the championship standings. It’s been a while since I was last on the podium, and I think that I really needed this. I hope that we can keep up this form at Misano [...]
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Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 45m43.599s
2. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 1.943s
3. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 4.661s
4. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + [...]
A superb, thrilling nail-biting race in the 125cc class with Pol Espargaro eventually getting a superb maiden victory, and Bradley Smith getting a great second place. Non-stop action right from the off, and a helpful clutch of points for Bradley in his championship struggle against 4th place Nico Terol and 5th place Julian Simon.
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Pos | [...]
Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap
1 Simone CORSI Fontana Racing 1′49.586
2 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′49.645 0.059
3 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1′49.729 0.143
4 Andrea IANNONE Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1′49.789 0.203
5 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1′49.896 0.310
6 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′49.908 0.322
7 Scott REDDING Blusens Aprilia 1′50.057 0.471
8 Bradley SMITH [...]
The Grand Prix Commission, composed of Messrs. Carmelo Ezpeleta (Dorna, Chairman), Claude Danis (FIM), Hervé Poncharal (IRTA) and Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA), in the presence of Messrs. Vito Ippolito (FIM President), Ignacio Verneda (FIM Sport Director), Javier Alonso (Dorna) and Paul Butler (Secretary of the meeting), in a meeting held on August 29 in Indianapolis (USA) [...]
1st Mike Di Meglio 1.44.341 (19 laps):
“That was probably my best session of the season so far – I felt really comfortable on my Aprilia and I felt like I was improving every lap. Ten minutes from the end I made a small mistake, lost the front end and crashed. Luckily the bike wasn’t damaged [...]
1st Julián Simón 1.49.337 (17 laps):
“I’m really pleased to have closed down the gap from yesterday. To be honest I’m surprised to be on pole because there were a lot of riders who were capable of it today. I was able to get a really good tow from Rabat down the straight and thanks to [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 1m44.341s
2. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 1m44.461s + 0.120s
3. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1m44.553s + 0.212s
4. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1m44.625s + 0.284s
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