The Mapfre Aspar Team were once again greeted by adverse weather conditions on their arrival at the Albacete circuit this morning, when damp conditions due to yesterday’s rainfall meant they were unable to take to the track until 1pm. Unusually cold temperatures for this time of year (13ºC) and winds of up to 45km/h did [...]
Paddock rumour has it that the Aspar Moto2 team might be switching their chassis supplier mid-season. After only two races riders Simon and Di Meglio seem to be rather unhappy with the performance of their current RSV chassis and the team is now allegedly considering a potential change. The main options would be Suter and [...]
Five months since the end of the 2009 season the MotoGP World championship will be quite literally back under the spotlight next weekend as the 2010 campaign fires up in Qatar. The Losail circuit is once again the launch pad for a new season in which the majority of intrigue and excitement surrounds the take-off [...]
Dunlop has released an interview with Bradley Smith. The 2009 season saw him fighting at the front with top riders including Aspar team-mate Julián Simón in the 125cc GP class. Bradley took his first GP win at the Spanish round of Jerez in 2009, and went on to score nine podium finishes over the season, [...]
The FIM has published the provisional entry lists for 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. While there are little surprises for MotoGP, the lists for 125cc and Moto2 make for an interesting read. MOTOGP 4. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Repsol Honda) 5. Colin Edwards (USA/Monster Yamaha Tech 3) 7. Hiroshi Aoyama (JAP/Interwetten Honda) 11. Ben Spies (USA/Monster Yamaha Tech [...]
The Jerez circuit has dedicated a turn to former rider and current Team Manager, Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’. Pilar Sánchez, Mayoress of the Andalusian city, made the announcement in Madrid during the launch event of the Jerez Grand Prix. The four-time World Champion and manager of Team Aspar was present along with two Aspar riders – [...]
The Mapfre Aspar Team has announced that it will contest the first Moto2 World Championship season with an RSV chassis, having signed a one-year deal with the Italian firm. After three days of testing last December, in which team riders Julián Simón and Mike di Meglio tried five different bikes, the team has settled on [...]
According to the Spanish sports website AS.com the Aspar team is close to announcing that they will be using the Italian-built RSV DR 600 to contest the inaugural Moto2 world championship in 2010. After evaluating the BQR Blusens, FTR, Suter, Kalex and RSV bikes, the team had narrowed down the choice between the Kalex and [...]
The first day of Moto2 testing in Valencia concluded with Anthony West posting the fastest laptime on a MZ machine. However, since West’s bike is actually his Stiggy Supersport machine and no prototype, this laptime has to be taken with a grain of salt. Fastest rider on a “real” Moto2 bike was 125cc world champion [...]
It seems that Jorge Martinez’ efforts to work with the already produced Aprilia Moto2 chassis even after Aprilia announced their withdrawal from the class didn’t work out and the Aprilia project appears to be completely buried now. What is certain is that there will be no Aprilia appearing at the Valencia test on December 9th [...]