The battle for the 125cc title continued to hot up at Indianapolis and promises to deliver another exciting slice of action this weekend, after Nico Terol cut Marc Márquez’s Championship lead to just four points with victory last time out. As if the tightness of the top two was not enough, Pol Espargaró lurks just [...]
Toni Elías holds a commanding Moto2 Championship lead with seven rounds – including Misano – remaining. The Gresini racing rider is 67 points clear at the top of the standings, a position which was reinforced by his fifth win of the season last time out at Indianapolis. The result in the U.S. was the Spaniard’s [...]
The action continues to come thick and fast as the MotoGP field returns to the track just five days after the visit to Indianapolis, with the World Championship moving onto Misano for the Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini. Jorge Lorenzo remains the rider to catch, having maintained his 100% [...]
In some MotoGP races there are various candidates for victory. In most, the best man gets the best start and leads from the front. That was the case in Indianapolis, where five riders had looked to have had various degrees of probability for the win, until raceday came around and the winner blitzed the rest [...]
Once again there was drama in a Moto2 race, this time on raceday at Indianapolis. Two laps after the lights went out, there was a multiple crash involving riders in the intermediate category. Race Direction were left with no choice but to restart the race, cutting the contest short to sixteen laps instead of the [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 28 47’31.615 2 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 28 47’35.190 3.575 3 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 28 47’38.427 6.812 4 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 28 47’44.248 12.633 5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 28 47’53.500 21.885 6 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati 28 48’06.753 35.138 7 [...]
For a category so frequently associated with group races, the 125cc Indianapolis race was nothing of the sort. The target of 1’48 laps was also almost out of the agenda, as only Nico Terol and Marc Márquez were able to put a pair of these on the board. Márquez broke away early and was followed [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 24 Toni Elías Moriwaki/Honda 17 30’27.480 2 60 Julian Simon Suter/Honda 17 30’27.885 0.405 3 45 Scott Redding Suter/Honda 17 30’31.707 4.227 4 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up/Honda 17 30’33.458 5.978 5 3 Simone Corsi Motobi/Honda 17 30’34.538 7.058 6 40 Sergio Gadea Pons Kalex/Honda 17 30’36.912 [...]
The Aspar Team is pleased to announce that it will continue to contest the MotoGP World Championship with Ducati next season, having recently agreed a new deal at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The Spanish outfit is delighted to extend the excellent relationship they have already established with the Borgo Panigale manufacturer, which has [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 40 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 23 42’19.223 2 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 23 42’24.218 4.995 3 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 23 42’30.079 10.856 4 7 Efrén Vazquez Derbi 23 42’34.625 15.402 5 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 23 42’39.135 19.912 6 99 Daniel Webb Aprilia 23 42’39.316 20.093 7 [...]