Spaniard happy with adaptation to Desmosedici and looking forward to Qatar
The MotoGP teams and riders completed their second test of the preseason at the Sepang Circuit today and waved goodbye to the circuit until their return for the Malaysian Grand Prix in October. They now have a two and a half week break before the [...]
Ducati Aspar rider takes six tenths off previous best at Malaysian circuit
Three weeks after kicking off their testing schedule at Sepang the MotoGP teams and riders were back in Malaysia today for their second session of the 2010 preseason. Featuring the same structure as the last test here, yesterday the track was open exclusively to [...]
Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’ has spoken with motogp.com about his MotoGP venture with rider Héctor Barberá…
“We haven’t set any goals from the outset, in terms of results, but things are going well, better than I expected,” Martínez said. “We must take it step by step, continue working hard and when we have the first race we [...]
The first test of 2010 concluded today at around 1730h local time at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia, where rain continued to affected proceedings. Whilst yesterday there were showers only in the morning, today the rain fell at the start and the end of the day, giving the riders a small window of dry track [...]
The winter break officially ended today as seventeen MotoGP riders returned to action at the Sepang Circuit for the first test session of 2010. The track was open exclusively to test riders yesterday but from 9am this morning to 5pm this evening the main players in this year’s MotoGP World Championship were in action. The [...]
Today the newly formed Aspar MotoGP Team will take to the track with rider Héctor Barberá riding the Ducati Desmosedici GP10 at the official test at Sepang. After almost 20 years competing in the 125cc and 250cc – Moto2 from 2010 – categories, this season will be the first that the structure run by Jorge [...]
The FIM has published the provisional entry lists for 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP.
While there are little surprises for MotoGP, the lists for 125cc and Moto2 make for an interesting read.
MOTOGP
4. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Repsol Honda)
5. Colin Edwards (USA/Monster Yamaha Tech 3)
7. Hiroshi Aoyama (JAP/Interwetten Honda)
11. Ben Spies (USA/Monster Yamaha Tech 3)
14. Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda)
19. [...]
After two of three scheduled test days the Aspar MotoGP Team and rider Hector Barbera finished the test early due to persistent bad weather and more rain predicted for the next days. Nontheless the Valencian rider was happy with the work done and is looking forward to next season.
Barbera did two runs with ten laps [...]
After the first test in Valencia earlier this month, Hector Barbera started his second MotoGP test with Team Aspar at Jerez yesterday. He was able to test with the Ducati GP10 of Casey Stoner which he will also ride next season.
Unfortunately the test was heavily influenced by rain, so that Hector couldn’t run quite as [...]
The final day of MotoGP testing at was the shortest of the three, with the track only open from 10am until midday. However, track conditions were probably at their peak, with none of the wind that had been present at the Spanish circuit over the past few days to speak of and warm sunshine. It [...]
