Whilst the 250 riders were lucky to escape the worst wind of the day for free practice yesterday afternoon, today they endured reverse fortunes at Valencia. As in the 125cc class there was a local flavour to the top of the time sheets, as the home riders used their knowledge and experience of the track [...]
The Gran Premio de la Comunidad Valenciana is set to bring the curtain down on another campaign this weekend, as the MotoGP paddock unpacks and prepares to race for the final time in 2009. After a transcontinental trek to Australia and Malaysia, the series returns to European soil for the sixteenth and final round of [...]
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 opening free practice for the 250cc Australian Grand Prix was affected by low track temperatures and strong winds, which made life difficult for the quarter-litre riders at Phillip Island. Héctor Barberá was comfortably ahead of the chasing pack on his Aprilia, supposedly more suited to the fast corners at this circuit than the Hondas, [...]
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 [...]
CLASSIFIED: Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 44m04.298s 2. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + 5.317s 3. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 5.317s 4. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 12.024s 5. Jules Cluzel Aprilia + 14.349s 6. R.Wilairot Honda + 18.256s 7. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 27.631s 8. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 34.667s [...]
The San Marino round of the 250cc World Championship went almost according to the script on Sunday afternoon, under Mediterranean sunshine as the championship heated up. For the third consecutive race the Italians took the early advantage to form part of the head group, which took time in being split. A fall for Marco Simoncelli [...]
As you would expect it was the home riders who came out hardest as the 250cc riders took to the track at Misano today, with local boys Marco Simoncelli and Mattia Pasini, joined later by Italian veteran Roberto Locatelli setting the pace at the top of the time sheets. However, a late effort from Héctor [...]
The MotoGP paddock faces a familiar battle against jetlag this weekend as the series heads directly from the Indianapolis circuit in the USA to Misano in Italy, host to the San Marino Grand Prix this weekend. Another set of back-to-back races leaves little time for rest and recovery but the cancellation of the Hungarian Grand [...]
A year in the making, the 250cc class’ long-awaited race debut at Indianapolis provided a fantastic race that made the delay worthwhile. The only chance that the two-stroke bikes will have to race at the Brickyard – as 250cc makes way for Moto2 next season – the one-off Grand Prix was one to remember. Two [...]