The Spanish MotoGP round in Jerez always provides excitement, and the 2011 edition was no exception. Rain provided uncertainty for the MotoGP riders, with tricky track conditions to contend with throughout the race. Nine riders fell victim to crashes, a figure nearly half of the current grid. Stoner took off strongly at the start, but [...]
A windy Friday and a sunny Saturday were followed by a wet Sunday in Jerez, at the second round of the 2011 MotoGP season. Only a twenty minute warmup in the morning prepared the riders for the new conditions. The Moto2 category race was won by Andrea Iannone, taking victory for Italy at the Spanish [...]
Overnight rain provided new conditions for the 125cc riders at Jerez on Sunday, but the change in conditions did little to hinder the form riders. BANKIA Aspar’s Nico Terol took a home win at the Spanish Grand Prix, and maintains his lead in the overall standings with maximum points. Nico Terol finished second at Jerez [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 18 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 23 44’50.646 2 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 23 45’08.092 17.446 3 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 23 45’14.601 23.955 4 52 Danny Kent Aprilia 23 45’23.529 32.883 5 17 Taylor Mackenzie Aprilia 23 45’25.359 34.713 6 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 23 45’42.161 51.515 7 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 29 Andrea Iannone Suter/Honda 26 49’56.423 2 12 Thomas Luthi Suter/Honda 26 50’04.273 7.850 3 3 Simone Corsi FTR/Honda 26 50’09.048 12.625 4 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3/Honda 26 50’11.778 15.355 5 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex/Honda 26 50’14.273 17.850 6 60 Julian Simon Suter/Honda 26 50’20.670 24.247 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 27 50’49.046 2 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 27 51’08.385 19.339 3 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati 27 51’18.131 29.085 4 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 27 51’18.597 29.551 5 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati 27 51’51.273 1’02.227 6 8 Héctor Barberá Ducati 27 51’57.486 1’08.440 7 [...]
The Moto2 category for the Spanish Grand Prix will start in a similar manner to the season opener -something that had seemed unlikely on Friday. If things were even on day one, in qualifying some of the stronger riders came to the fore. Stefan Bradl took pole, but may find it hard to break away [...]
The Spanish MotoGP race at Jerez will begin with Casey Stoner on pole position, denying the fans a home poleman this year. The Australian was fastest in qualifying on Saturday, ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa. There were problems for a host of riders in the afternoon runout, with an unknown cause for most [...]
The names of Terol and Cortese have rung out constantly over the PA system this weekend at Jerez, the Spaniard and the German dominating proceedings in the 125cc class so far. Despite the best efforts of several other home riders the pair carried their personal duel into qualifying this afternoon, scrapping throughout for pole position, [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay 1 27 Casey Stoner Honda 1’38.757 – 2 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 1’38.915 0.158 3 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1’38.918 0.161 4 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 1’39.390 0.633 5 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 1’39.486 0.729 6 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1’39.709 0.952 7 14 Randy de Puniet Ducati 1’39.892 [...]