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 [...]
Only fourteen riders took the start in the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix. The absence of Cudlin, Lorenzo and Spies from the starting grid made for a sparse startline image at Phillip Island, but there was still a race to be contested. With title rival Lorenzo out of action, Casey Stoner had a free run at [...]
The Moto2 riders took to the grid at Phillip Island with the rain of the 125cc race still in mind. In contrast to qualifying, the intermediate class was the more fortunate with the weather, and a completely dry race took place at the Australian GP. The delay to the start of the 125cc race had [...]
Rain wasn’t forecast for the 125cc Australian Grand Prix, but you can never predict the weather at Phillip Island. Just as the riders took to the grid, a five minute downpour converted the contest into a wet race, and the teams and riders had some tough decisions to make in the ten minute break to [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total Time Km/h Gap 1 25 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 42’02.425 171.400 2 20 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 42’04.635 171.250 2.210 3 16 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 42’04.879 171.234 2.454 4 13 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total Time Km/h Gap 1 25 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM JIR Moto2 MOTOBI 39’44.774 167.864 2 20 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing KALEX 39’46.132 167.769 1.358 3 16 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol SUTER 39’51.136 167.418 6.362 4 13 71 Claudio CORTI ITA Italtrans Racing [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total Time Km/h Gap 1 25 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Intact-Racing Team Germany APRILIA 34’49.670 153.256 2 20 39 Luis SALOM SPA RW Racing GP APRILIA 35’03.242 152.267 13.572 3 16 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo DERBI 35’03.981 152.214 14.311 4 13 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo DERBI 35’04.596 152.169 [...]
The thick black clouds that hung over the Phillip Island circuit throughout this afternoon finally gave way just a few laps into the final session of the day as light showers provided an unwelcome interruption to qualifying practice for the Moto2 class. It led to a chaotic session that saw the riders in and out [...]
A drop in temperature and increase in wind led to a crash-strewn day of MotoGP action at Phillip Island today, with MAPFRE Aspar stand-in rider Damian Cudlin amongst the victims. Casey Stoner took a comfortable pole position with a series of fast laps in the final fifteen minutes, leaving Jorge Lorenzo – the only man [...]
A few drops of rain just moments before the start of 125cc qualifying this afternoon at Phillip Island thankfully held off to make way for a dry session to decide the grid positions for tomorrow’s race. With Nico Terol and Sandro Cortese having dominated proceedings up to that point, Johann Zarco made his mark with [...]