MotoGP Almost four weeks after the Jerez round – the extended break being due to the postponement of the Japanese GP until October – the MotoGP World Championship returns to action at Estoril this weekend, where the bwin Grande Prémio de Portugal hosts Round 3 of the 2011 season. This will be the 14th occasion [...]
A frentetic finale to the MotoGP season is reaching its end, with the fourth and fifth races in just six weeks due to take place over the next two weekends. The 2010 season is almost over and with the riders having just about recovered from their intercontinental triple header the series returns to Europe for [...]
This coming weekend the Grand Prix of Portugal marks the penultimate round of the 2010 season. Following an overseas adventure the World Championship returns to Europe for back to back races in Portugal and Valencia. Both rounds, like the Grand Prix of Aragon, see the return of free practice on Friday morning, giving the riders [...]
After a three-week globetrotting adventure to the other side of the planet the 125cc World Championship returns to European shores this weekend with the Autódromo Fernanda Pires de Estoril ready to welcome the most open title battle since 2007. Not since Hector Faubel and Gabor Talmacsi battled for the crown in the final round at [...]
Starting earlier than usual -at 11.15am local time- the 250cc class had an uncertain start to their Portuguese Grand Prix with the appearance of fog early on. However, it was back to business as usual just before the lights went out, as the skies cleared and gave way to positive racing conditions. The asphalt in [...]
The time of the race was different to normal -2.30pm local time- but the action in the 125cc Portuguese Grand Prix was as exciting as ever on Sunday afternoon. The tight field always gives plenty of overtaking, ut there was particular pride at stake for the Spanish riders in what is effectively a ‘home race.’ [...]
CLASSIFIED: Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 44m04.298s 2. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + 5.317s 3. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 5.317s 4. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 12.024s 5. Jules Cluzel Aprilia + 14.349s 6. R.Wilairot Honda + 18.256s 7. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 27.631s 8. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 34.667s [...]
CLASSIFIED: Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Pol Espargaro Derbi 41m00.421s 2. Sandro Cortese Derbi + 0.394s 3. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 0.581s 4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 11.048s 5. Joan Olive Derbi + 16.830s 6. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 17.170s 7. Esteve Rabat Aprilia + 17.300s 8. D.Agerter Derbi + 17.546s 9. [...]
The closest qualifying session for a long while in the 250cc class took place at Estoril this afternoon, with no fewer than eight riders fighting for pole until the final moments. Once again there was a strong Spanish flavour to the action, with Álvaro Bautista and Héctor Barberá contesting a close battle for pole that [...]
Fine weather prevailed once again at Estoril this afternoon as the 125 riders battled for grid positions, with Bancaja rider Julián Simón once again conducting the orchestra to a Spanish beat. The World Championship leader, who gets his first chance to clinch the title tomorrow, is joined on the front row by fellow Spaniards Espargaró [...]