MotoGP Casey Stoner captured his sixth win of the season in front of 155,400 fans at Brno for Sunday’s Cardion ab Grand Prix České republiky, stretching his Championship lead to 32 points over Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing). Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) got the hole shot from his first pole position of the season, with [...]
The MotoGP race at Brno looked to have a similar script to practice in the Czech Republic. Pedrosa was fastest for the entire weekend, and wanted to convert that into an early escape from Lorenzo in the opening stages of the race. The story was turned on its head, however, when Pedrosa crashed out, two [...]
The best conditions of the weekend at Brno came on raceday for the 125cc riders, with temperatures significantly higher than in practice and qualifying. Terol took off in front and held the lead until lap nine, when he suffered a mechanical issue with his Aprilia. He was riding solid 2:08 laps, and would surely have [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 27 Casey Stoner Honda 22 43’16.796 2 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 22 43’23.328 6.532 3 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 22 43’24.588 7.792 4 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 22 43’25.309 8.513 5 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 22 43’26.982 10.186 6 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati 22 43’29.428 12.632 7 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 29 Andrea Iannone Suter/Honda 20 41’13.255 2 93 Marc Márquez Suter/Honda 20 41’13.416 0.161 3 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex/Honda 20 41’13.662 0.407 4 15 Alex de Angelis Motobi/Honda 20 41’14.125 0.870 5 12 Thomas Luthi Suter/Honda 20 41’17.480 4.225 6 40 Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex/Honda 20 41’26.891 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 19 40’59.229 2 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 19 40’59.626 0.397 3 23 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 19 41’10.002 10.773 4 55 Hector Faubel Aprilia 19 41’10.023 10.794 5 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 41’10.373 11.144 6 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 19 41’10.702 11.473 7 [...]
The Moto2 category was the only one to benefit from a dry line on an otherwise damp track for this morning’s final free practice sessions although a dirty track surface made for difficult conditions. Series leader Stefan Bradl dominated the majority of the day’s play only to be knocked off pole position at the very [...]
With close lap times throughout the field the MotoGP race looks set to be an exciting affair tomorrow at Brno, with Dani Pedrosa’s clear dominance reduced to just a tenth of a second during qualifying this afternoon. The Spaniard lapped consistently in the 1’56s but Lorenzo and Stoner both broke the 1’57 mark to challenge [...]
The 125cc riders wasted little time getting on the pace in qualifying this afternoon as rain threatened to interrupt their battle for grid positions after a wet final free practice this morning. As it was the track was dry if a little dirty, allowing Nico Terol and Johann Zarco to fight it out for pole [...]
Cla Nº Rider Bike Time Delay 1 93 Marc Márquez Suter/Honda 2’02.493 – 2 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex/Honda 2’02.704 0.211 3 15 Alex de Angelis Motobi/Honda 2’02.725 0.232 4 12 Thomas Luthi Suter/Honda 2’02.848 0.355 5 29 Andrea Iannone Suter/Honda 2’02.943 0.450 6 40 Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex/Honda 2’03.461 0.968 7 3 Simone Corsi FTR/Honda [...]