Archive for: February, 2010

Babrera Happy As Sepang Test Finishes

Babrera Happy As Sepang Test Finishes

Spaniard happy with adaptation to Desmosedici and looking forward to Qatar

The MotoGP teams and riders completed their second test of the preseason at the Sepang Circuit today and waved goodbye to the circuit until their return for the Malaysian Grand Prix in October. They now have a two and a half week break before the [...]

Barbera Continues On Learning Curve At Sepang

Barbera Continues On Learning Curve At Sepang

Ducati Aspar rider takes six tenths off previous best at Malaysian circuit
Three weeks after kicking off their testing schedule at Sepang the MotoGP teams and riders were back in Malaysia today for their second session of the 2010 preseason. Featuring the same structure as the last test here, yesterday the track was open exclusively to [...]

Martinez Looks Forward To “Competitive” Start In MotoGP

Martinez Looks Forward To “Competitive” Start In MotoGP

Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’ has spoken with motogp.com about his MotoGP venture with rider Héctor Barberá…
“We haven’t set any goals from the outset, in terms of results, but things are going well, better than I expected,” Martínez said. “We must take it step by step, continue working hard and when we have the first race we [...]

Catalunya Test – Day Two Report & Times

Shoya Tomizawa was the quickest rider of day two at the Circuit de Catalunya, as the Japanese rider set a time of 1’49.4 on his Suter MMX machine from 65 laps. The Technomag-CIP rider was followed closely by Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing, 59 laps) and Yonny Hérnandez (Blusens-STX), who both registered 1’49.6 on their respective [...]

Preview: Moto2 & 125cc test, Circuit de Catalunya, 17-19 February

The three-day test in Barcelona, which is scheduled to start on Wednesday, will bring together a selection of the Moto2 and 125cc entry lists at the Circuit de Catalunya.
A total of 42 riders across the new intermediate and 125cc categories – the maximum number permitted at the circuit – will be in attendance on the [...]

Dunlop Looks Ahead To Moto2 Inaugural Season

Dunlop Looks Ahead To Moto2 Inaugural Season

Excitement is starting to build with just a month to go until the first official test for the Moto2 class at the beginning of March. An incredible 39 riders are provisionally confirmed to make up the starting grid for what is arguably going to be the most exciting development in GP racing for some years. [...]

Bradley Smith Talks Tyres… And More

Dunlop has released an interview with Bradley Smith. The 2009 season saw him fighting at the front with top riders including Aspar team-mate Julián Simón in the 125cc GP class. Bradley took his first GP win at the Spanish round of Jerez in 2009, and went on to score nine podium finishes over the [...]

Sepang Testing Concludes Well For Barbera

Sepang Testing Concludes Well For Barbera

The first test of 2010 concluded today at around 1730h local time at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia, where rain continued to affected proceedings. Whilst yesterday there were showers only in the morning, today the rain fell at the start and the end of the day, giving the riders a small window of dry track [...]

Sepang Test: Hector Barbera Fastest Rookie On Day One

Sepang Test: Hector Barbera Fastest Rookie On Day One

The winter break officially ended today as seventeen MotoGP riders returned to action at the Sepang Circuit for the first test session of 2010. The track was open exclusively to test riders yesterday but from 9am this morning to 5pm this evening the main players in this year’s MotoGP World Championship were in action. The [...]

Gino Borsoi Looking Forward To Sepang Testing

Gino Borsoi Looking Forward To Sepang Testing

Today the newly formed Aspar MotoGP Team will take to the track with rider Héctor Barberá riding the Ducati Desmosedici GP10 at the official test at Sepang. After almost 20 years competing in the 125cc and 250cc – Moto2 from 2010 – categories, this season will be the first that the structure run by Jorge [...]

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