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 [...]
3rd Álvaro Bautista: “It hasn’t been a good weekend for us if we are talking about the world title, because Simoncelli is closer to us and Aoyama is now further ahead. I had a lot of problems in practice, just like at Brno where I didn’t feel at all comfortable on the bike. I didn’t [...]
2nd Bradley Smith: “I think that today’s result was very positive, because I finished ahead of every rider that was above me in the championship standings. It’s been a while since I was last on the podium, and I think that I really needed this. I hope that we can keep up this form at [...]
CLASSIFIED: Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 45m43.599s 2. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 1.943s 3. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 4.661s 4. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + 12.776s 5. R.Locatelli Gilera + 15.475s 6. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 19.471s 7. Lukas Pesek Aprilia + 22.682s 8. Hector Faubel Honda + 32.809s [...]
A superb, thrilling nail-biting race in the 125cc class with Pol Espargaro eventually getting a superb maiden victory, and Bradley Smith getting a great second place. Non-stop action right from the off, and a helpful clutch of points for Bradley in his championship struggle against 4th place Nico Terol and 5th place Julian Simon. CLASSIFIED: [...]
Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap 1 Simone CORSI Fontana Racing 1’49.586 2 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1’49.645 0.059 3 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1’49.729 0.143 4 Andrea IANNONE Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1’49.789 0.203 5 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1’49.896 0.310 6 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1’49.908 0.322 7 Scott [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 1m44.341s 2. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 1m44.461s + 0.120s 3. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1m44.553s + 0.212s 4. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1m44.625s + 0.284s 5. Jules Cluzel Aprilia 1m44.860s + 0.519s 6. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1m44.955s + 0.614s 7. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1m45.158s + 0.817s [...]
Bancaja Aspar rider Julian Simon taking another pole position. Pos | Rider | Team | Lap time | Gap 1 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1’49.337 2 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1’49.387 0.050 3 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team 1’49.537 0.200 4 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1’49.577 0.240 5 Bradley SMITH Bancaja [...]
Pos | Rider | Team | Lap time | Gap 1 Marco SIMONCELLI Metis Gilera 1’45.001 2 Hector BARBERA Pepe World Team 1’45.049 0.048 3 Mike DI MEGLIO Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc 1’45.211 0.210 4 Ratthapark WILAIROT Thai Honda PTT SAG 1’45.373 0.372 5 Alvaro BAUTISTA Mapfre Aspar Team 1’45.386 0.385 6 Hector FAUBEL Honda [...]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Lap time | Gap 1 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1’49.251 2 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1’49.577 0.326 3 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team 1’49.855 0.604 4 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1’49.983 0.732 5 Stefan BRADL Viessmann Kiefer Racing 1’50.016 0.765 6 Sandro CORTESE [...]