The 125cc race in Portugal rounded off proceedings at Estoril, something different to the previous two races of the season. The result was the same though, and BANKIA Aspar rider Nico Terol took his third win of 2011 after dominating the practice sessions. Terol imposed his pace right from the start, and rode a solitary [...]
The 2011 MotoGP race in Portugal was expected to be a dominant race for Jorge Lorenzo, and it was the Spaniard who broke the peleton early on. Rival Dani Pedrosa was the only rider able to keep up with him, and gave spectators the action they craved with a late overtake for the win. Casey [...]
In a change to the normal schedule, the Moto2 race kicked off the action on Sunday in Portugal. The intermediate class’ 37 riders took off at 11.15am local time, in search of the victory at round three of the 2011 season. There were twenty steady laps, followed by a breathtaking final six at Estoril. Stefan [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 18 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 23 41’21.986 2 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 23 41’25.657 3.671 3 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 23 41’26.452 4.466 4 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 23 41’26.454 4.468 5 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 23 41’34.126 12.140 6 7 Efrén Vazquez Derbi 23 41’42.290 20.304 7 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 28 45’51.483 2 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 28 45’54.534 3.051 3 27 Casey Stoner Honda 28 45’59.141 7.658 4 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 28 46’08.013 16.530 5 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati 28 46’08.038 16.555 6 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 28 46’24.058 32.575 7 [...]
Pos Rider Bike Laps Time/Delay 1 Stefan Bradl Kalex/Honda 26 44:40.765 2 Julian Simon Suter/Honda 26 0.147 3 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki/Honda 26 6.188 4 Dominique Ägerter Suter/Honda 26 16.822 5 Simone Corsi FTR/Honda 26 17.076 6 Pol Espargaró FTR/Honda 26 25.956 7 Randy Krummenacher Kalex/Honda 26 26.102 8 Alex Baldolini Suter/Honda 26 26.333 9 Mike [...]
A crash-strewn day at Estoril saw probably more Moto2 riders hit the deck than any other class, as qualifying practice for the Grand Prix of Portugal took place in tricky conditions. In particular the first and final corners of the circuit, as well as the chicane, proved to be the most critical points but for [...]
There was a subdued start to the second day of practice at the Grand Prix of Portugal this morning as the majority of riders opted to stay in their pit boxes as damp conditions restricted any useful track time during the first half of the morning session. Things were back to normal in the afternoon [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay 1 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex/Honda 1’41.591 – 2 12 Thomas Luthi Suter/Honda 1’41.754 0.163 3 60 Julian Simon Suter/Honda 1’41.905 0.314 4 93 Marc Márquez Suter/Honda 1’42.073 0.482 5 77 D.Ägerter Suter/Honda 1’42.143 0.552 6 51 Michele Pirro Moriwaki/Honda 1’42.219 0.628 7 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki/Honda 1’42.259 0.668 8 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay 1 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1’37.161 – 2 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 1’37.294 0.133 3 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 1’37.324 0.163 4 27 Casey Stoner Honda 1’37.384 0.223 5 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 1’37.866 0.705 6 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1’38.073 0.912 7 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 1’38.080 0.919 [...]