With the dust having only settled on the 2011 campaign just three weeks ago the teams and riders have been hard at work with post-season testing at Valencia, immediately following the final Grand Prix of the season, and at Jerez earlier this week. Much of development has been aimed at changes to MotoGP next season, [...]
The Aspar Team has confirmed its 2012 Moto2 line-up, with Toni Elías and Nico Terol riding Suter machinery for the Spanish outfit in the intermediate category next season. Terol was crowned 2011 125cc World Champion in Valencia less than two weeks ago, whilst Elías won the inaugural Moto2 title in 2010 and returns to the [...]
The smile that has accompanied him from celebration to celebration still lights up his face. ‘Aspar’ found happiness last Sunday. At the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, which he himself helped give rise to some twelve years ago, he saw one of his riders – a product of the Cuna de Campeones – crowned 125cc World Champion. [...]
Few riders in recent years have started a season as such a clear favourite as Nico Terol. The Spaniard started the campaign on the back of fourteen podiums in 2010 but knew only too well that he would have to be on his very best form if he was to challenge for the title once [...]
Wet races are always something of a lottery, but a dry race with constant rain is an even trickier challenge for riders. The Moto2 Valencia GP experienced such conditions today. The title had already been clinched by Stefan Bradl, but there was still one last race win for which to fight. Aegerter started out strong, [...]
The MotoGP race in Valencia was surprising and strange in equal measures, above all at the end of the thirty-lap contest. Light rain had been a prominent feature of the 125cc and Moto2 races, and the premier class also had to tackle tricky conditions. The field was reduced at turn one of the opening lap, [...]
Rain was an inevitable part of the Valencia GP, with difficult conditions for the final 125cc race. A drying track and spots of rain made things tricky for the riders at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo. Webb led early on from pole position, but was caught by Faubel soon after. The key moment was a crash [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total Time Km/h Gap 1 25 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 48’18.645 149.221 2 20 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 48’18.660 149.220 0.015 3 16 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 48’24.581 148.916 5.936 4 13 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total Time Km/h Gap 1 25 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 46’22.205 139.919 2 20 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Marc VDS Racing Team SUTER 46’28.355 139.611 6.150 3 16 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP SUTER 46’28.568 139.600 6.363 4 13 13 Anthony WEST AUS MZ Racing Team [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total Time Km/h Gap 1 25 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Blusens by Paris Hilton APRILIA 41’44.138 138.184 2 20 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc APRILIA 41’47.354 138.006 3.216 3 16 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc APRILIA 41’51.598 137.773 7.460 4 13 7 Efren VAZQUEZ [...]