The 2012 World Championship will commence on April 8th, and this day also marks the debut of CRT prototypes in MotoGP. Among the 21 bikes lining up on the grid will be the familiar names of Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaró, the men set to ride the CRT motorcycles on the Aspar Team. Sporting [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Dorna Sports has released the following statement following the curtailment of the Malaysian Grand Prix due to a tragic, fatal accident that took the life of Marco Simoncelli… On Sunday 23rd October, during the MotoGP race at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit, San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Italian rider [...]
MotoGP After a dream weekend at his home race at Phillip Island in which a ninth victory of the year sealed him the 2011 title, MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner arrives at the Sepang International Circuit for Round 17 of the season satisfied that his first campaign with the Repsol Honda team has been a [...]
MotoGP Casey Stoner’s second MotoGP title was achieved in fantastic fashion on Sunday when the Repsol Honda rider secured the 2011 crown on the day of his 26th birthday and at his home race, the Iveco Australian Grand Prix, taking his ninth victory of the season. The Australian dominated the weekend for the fifth year [...]
MotoGP The spectacular setting of Phillip Island hosts Round 16 of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship this weekend, as Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) heads for his home race aiming to replicate his form of recent years at the track. Stoner, who currently leads the Championship standings by 40 points ahead of defending World Champion Jorge [...]
The 125cc Japanese Grand Prix was dominated by the front row starters, as Terol, Faubel and Zarco showed their strength almost from the moment the red lights went out. A drop in temperatures to 17ºc at Motegi changed the game slightly on race day, but the pace was as high as ever: 1.58.508 had been [...]