The Motegi circuit is preparing to host the Grand Prix of Japan this weekend as the MotoGP teams and riders arrive for the fourteenth round of the season. Long haul flights, jet lag and sleepless nights await the paddock over the next three weeks as the championship enters its most demanding phase, with Motegi, Sepang [...]
The European summer is over for the MotoGP World Championship paddock, which lands in Japan this weekend for the first of three intercontinental adventures that also take in Malaysia and Australia. The thirteenth round of the inaugural Moto2 season takes place at Motegi, the antidote to the long straights and fast corners of Motorland Aragon. [...]
The Grand Prix of Japan returns to its traditional autumn slot this weekend following its postponement due to volcanic ash earlier in the year, tagging on to a Malaysia-Australia double header to make for three races in a row across different continents. The 125cc riders will travel all the way around the world and back [...]
A run of three back-to-back races commences in Japan as the 2010 FIM MotoGP World Championship enters its final stage with Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa continuing their battle. Just over five months on from its original scheduled date the Grand Prix of Japan will take place this weekend having been postponed back in April [...]
The final five rounds of the inaugural 2010 Moto2 World Championship come in quick succession and are spread out over six weekends, with the Grand Prix of Japan presenting the first in the series. Heading to Motegi with a 76-point advantage at the top of the standings is Toni Elías, who will be aiming to [...]
The 125cc World Championship remains a closely-fought one as the final five rounds of the campaign are served up in quick succession, and the Grand Prix of Japan marks the start of that sequence in which frontrunners Nico Terol (Bancaja Aspar), Pol Espargaró (Tuenti Racing) and Marc Márquez (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) will all be [...]
If you’re a MotoGP fan and an iPhone (or iPod touch) user then one thing that you really should put on your device is the MotoGP 2010 game. It’s a fantastic 3D experience featuring the 17 riders from the 2010 MotoGP grid including Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa, and comes with [...]
Midday riding for the MotoGP premier class took place at Motorland for the first time this Sunday, although the location was the only novelty as far as the race script went. Once again there was a runaway winner from pole position, this time Ducati rider Casey Stoner. He broke away on the opening laps and [...]
The Moto2 race at Motorland had a reduced field almost immediately alter the lights went out, as five riders hit the deck on the opening corner. That broke up the pack, with Andrea Iannone escaping and leaving the rest of his rivals fighting for second place. Simón y Talmacsi were the main candidates, and it [...]
125cc racing resumed in the first race since the passing of Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa, with the race delayed by five minutes in order to allow for a homage to the late Japanese talent. The paddock and the Spanish king were present to pay their respects to Tomizawa with a minute’s silence at the Motorland [...]