Before the final race of the season in Valencia we want to give you the current status of next year’s Aspar lineup.
As previously reported, Nico Terol seems to have signed a deal with Aspar to ride in their 125cc squad next year and he will be joined by Bradley Smith.
For the new Moto2 class Mike [...]
At 13:15 local time the lunchtime 250cc race took centre stage in Malaysia. The penultimate round of the series saw a surprise leader in the early stages, as Jules Cluzel took charge from the start. The favourites for victory were soon back in the picture, however, as the race pace upped rapidly under the sweltering [...]
The 125cc Malaysian Grand Prix followed the script of the previous week’s Australian race almost to the letter, both in its main players and the development of the plot. A group of a dozen riders pushed hard from the outset, with two of those amongst their number -Nico Terol and Bradley Smith- in with a [...]
Lap times were incredibly close for the 250cc class again today, with the top eleven separated by just a second in this afternoon’s single qualifying practice for Malaysian Grand Prix. It made for an exciting session in which pole position wasn’t decided until the very last moment, with slipstreams in the final section vital. In [...]
Hot temperatures in this afternoon’s single qualifying session for the 125cc Malaysian Grand Prix made life difficult for the engines in the smaller class, with lap times slower than they had been in the cooler morning conditions, but played into the hands of Spanish riders, who took six of the first seven positions on the [...]
Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap
1 Hiroshi AOYAMA Scot Racing Team 250cc 2′06.767
2 Jules CLUZEL Matteoni Racing 2′07.099 0.332
3 Mike DI MEGLIO Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc 2′07.232 0.465
4 Hector BARBERA Pepe World Team 2′07.301 0.534
5 Alvaro BAUTISTA Mapfre Aspar Team 2′07.371 0.604
6 Ratthapark WILAIROT Thai Honda PTT SAG 2′07.662 0.895
7 Hector FAUBEL Honda SAG 2′07.828 [...]
Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap
1 Marc MARQUEZ Red Bull KTM Moto Sport 2′13.756
2 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 2′13.811 0.055
3 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 2′14.209 0.453
4 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 2′14.231 0.475
5 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team 2′14.403 0.647
6 Esteve RABAT Blusens Aprilia 2′14.686 0.930
7 Joan OLIVE Derbi Racing [...]
Following his win of the race and the 125cc championship in Phillip Island just a few days ago, freshly crowned world champion Julian Simon sat down and answered some burning questions in this extensive interview.
“I HAD THE CHANCE TO JOIN THIS TEAM A FEW YEARS AGO AND REJECTED IT, BUT DESPITE ALL THAT JORGE CAME [...]
The 250cc riders took to the Sepang Circuit in searing heat late this afternoon as the Malaysian Grand Prix got underway in typically tricky conditions. An unusual session saw a variety of different riders take their turn at the top of the time sheets before series leader Hiroshi Aoyama took control. However, with the top [...]
The penultimate round of the 125cc season got underway at Sepang this afternoon in typically hot conditions, with a dirty track surface providing more than the odd scare for the minor category riders, who were first onto the track. Bancaja pair Bradley Smith and Julián Simón were predictably on the pace and are amongst the [...]
