Shoya Tomizawa was the quickest rider of day two at the Circuit de Catalunya, as the Japanese rider set a time of 1’49.4 on his Suter MMX machine from 65 laps. The Technomag-CIP rider was followed closely by Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing, 59 laps) and Yonny Hérnandez (Blusens-STX), who both registered 1’49.6 on their respective [...]
The same teams that turned out on Wednesday were out on track at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit for a second day of testing on Thursday, with further data collected from the developing prototypes that will eventually race in the inaugural Moto2 season in 2010.
Mapfre Aspar riders Julián Simón and Mike di Meglio continued with the [...]
It seems that Jorge Martinez’ efforts to work with the already produced Aprilia Moto2 chassis even after Aprilia announced their withdrawal from the class didn’t work out and the Aprilia project appears to be completely buried now.
What is certain is that there will be no Aprilia appearing at the Valencia test on December 9th and [...]
Aprilia has officially confirmed that it has abandoned its Moto2 project.
A statement by the Piaggio Group – owners of Aprilia – confirmed that the famous Italian constructor will not have a factory presence in the new Moto2 class, which replaces the 250cc World Championship from next season, or provide machinery for private teams to race [...]
The FIM published the provisional entry list for the new Moto2 class yesterday, including the approved number of riders per team. If things stay like this there will be 23 teams with 37 riders next year, the official list will only be published in December.
There are 3 teams missing on the list which where initially [...]
The 250cc riders took to the Sepang Circuit in searing heat late this afternoon as the Malaysian Grand Prix got underway in typically tricky conditions. An unusual session saw a variety of different riders take their turn at the top of the time sheets before series leader Hiroshi Aoyama took control. However, with the top [...]
The MotoGP World Championship paddock leaves behind the fresh spring temperatures of Australia this week and heads for the heat of Malaysia, host to the fourth and final back-to-back race of the season. The 250cc World Championship title chase approaches an exciting conclusion, with 50 points still up for grabs and the series leader seemingly [...]
2.15pm local time was the moment of truth for the 250cc riders in Australia, beginning the 2009 installment of the Phillip Island race. A group affair in which slipstreaming played a key part, the outing saw attempts at escapes from eventual racewiner Marco Simoncelli and Héctor Barberá, but nobody was able to fully break free. [...]
As the season comes to a close and most of next year’s MotoGP lineup is confirmed, journalists start to turn their attention to the contract developments in the small classes.
With Mike Di Meglio and Julian Simon all but confirmed to run for the Aspar Moto2 squad next season, the next piece of the puzzle seems [...]
Starting earlier than usual -at 11.15am local time- the 250cc class had an uncertain start to their Portuguese Grand Prix with the appearance of fog early on. However, it was back to business as usual just before the lights went out, as the skies cleared and gave way to positive racing conditions. The asphalt in [...]
