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 [...]
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 [...]
After completing a dry session this morning the 125cc riders were forced to contend with light drizzle, wind and temperatures as low as 14ºC this afternoon, making for difficult conditions in the final qualifying session of the season. The last ever 125cc pole position went to British rider Danny Webb, who made a surprise late [...]
The Gran Premio de la Comunidad Valenciana got underway this morning at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit as the MotoGP paddock prepares to drop the curtain on the 2011 season. Early morning rain left the track damp for the opening 125cc session this morning before further afternoon rain led to a fully wet second free practice. [...]
Demonstrating the competitive nature of the lower cylinder class, the 125cc title race goes down to the wire for the second consecutive season. The Valencia Grand Prix is once again the venue for the deciding race, as the curtain falls on the prestigious 125cc category in a final round before a switch to four-stroke machinery. [...]
There are an almost infinite amount of variables that eventually decide race results over the course of a weekend, and that was again evident in the 125cc Malaysian Grand Prix. BANKIA Aspar riders Nico Terol and Héctor Faubel had shown superior pace in practice and qualifying, but were obliged to drop their rhythm on raceday [...]
The 125cc riders today made their final preparations for tomorrow’s penultimate round of the season, which gets underway at the later time of 1pm, in searing temperatures today. As a consequence of the heat the riders struggled to improve their lap times in qualifying this afternoon following free practice this morning but it was a [...]
This is the weekend when drinks humps come into their own and the riders need a cold shower after every session. The Malaysian Grand Prix is one of the most demanding rounds of the season, where the 125cc riders are forced to put up with searing heat as well as 90% humidity. There was no [...]