‘At Jerez we always give more, thanks to the support of the fans.’ The traditional war cry of the armada of Spanish riders set to descend on their home circuit this weekend is sure to be heard on several occasions and in all corners of the MotoGP World Championship paddock over the next few days. [...]
After a night race with an opening practice session on Thursday and the warm-up on Saturday things get back to normal this weekend for the MotoGP World Championship as it rolls into Europe for the first of four races on Spanish soil. The unmistakable smell of burning rubber welcomes the teams and riders to one [...]
The fuse is ready to be lit on the first of four firecracking Grand Prix weekends on Spanish soil this weekend as the Jerez circuit prepares to host the second round of the MotoGP World Championship. The target for the 125cc riders is a win at all cost, with the vociferous local crowd baying for [...]
MotoGP Jerez de la Frontera is the first European stop on the 2011 MotoGP World Championship calendar this weekend, as the famed Spanish circuit hosts the second round of the season. With crowds regularly in excess of 120,000 on GP race day at the Andalucian track, the Gran Premio bwin de España promises a weekend [...]
In the unpredictable world of MotoGP, it was almost a surprise that things began so according to the script in Qatar. All three polemen took the victory on raceday in their respective categories, taking the lead of the 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP standings after race one of the year. Casey Stoner -always the man to [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 27 Casey Stoner Honda 22 42’38.569 2 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 22 42’42.009 3.440 3 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 22 42’43.620 5.051 4 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 22 42’44.511 5.942 5 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 22 42’45.927 7.358 6 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 22 42’49.037 10.468 7 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex/Honda 20 40’38.549 2 29 Andrea Iannone Suter/Honda 20 40’42.879 4.330 3 12 Thomas Luthi Suter/Honda 20 40’43.686 5.137 4 15 Alex de Angelis Motobi/Honda 20 40’44.474 5.925 5 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki/Honda 20 40’45.170 6.621 6 3 Simone Corsi FTR/Honda 20 40’52.766 14.217 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 18 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 18 38’28.687 2 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 18 38’36.397 7.710 3 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 18 38’37.834 9.147 4 7 Efrén Vazquez Derbi 18 38’38.201 9.514 5 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 18 38’38.385 9.698 6 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 18 38’43.947 15.260 7 [...]
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The bikes in competition in the 125cc and Moto2 categories were different, but the races were remarkably similar in Qatar. The grid rows were separated into lines of three, and there was no same-day warmup for the intermediate class riders, and there was one outstanding [...]
It all began on Sunday night. The 2011 125cc season began under the Qatari floodlights, with eighteen laps deciding the winner of the inaugural race of the year. A change for this campaign was the lining up of the riders in rows of three, as opposed to the four-man grid lines of previous years. The [...]