Only thirteen minutes of the allotted 45 were of any use to the Moto2 riders in qualifying this afternoon as an untimely rain shower effectively brought the session to an early end. After a crash strewn day yesterday few riders were willing to take any risks on the damp track and the fastest three riders [...]
The MotoGP riders had to contend with every condition imaginable today, with wind, rain and cold hampering their progress in the final free practice and qualifying sessions for the Grand Prix of Valencia. Despite this being a short track at just 4.005km the conditions led to significant disparity in the lap times today although the [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 1’37.067 4 5 252.9 2 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 1’37.076 4 7 0.009 0.009 260.5 3 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Marc VDS Racing Team SUTER 1’37.477 5 7 0.410 0.401 265.6 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’31.861 18 21 309.9 2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’32.875 18 22 1.014 1.014 309.4 3 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 1’33.057 22 22 1.196 0.182 303.0 4 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 99 Danny WEBB GBR Mahindra Racing MAHINDRA 1’45.898 17 17 216.5 2 96 Louis ROSSI FRA Matteoni Racing APRILIA 1’46.325 18 18 0.427 0.427 212.3 3 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo DERBI 1’48.028 17 18 2.130 1.703 216.1 4 39 Luis SALOM SPA [...]
Tomorrow’s Moto2 race looks set to be a close and exciting one after an entertaining qualifying session held in conditions that were even hotter than the lap times at Sepang. Despite the fact the circuit stretches across 5.5km of asphalt the gaps between the top twenty riders are tight enough to suggest a huge battle [...]
Intense heat proved to be the main obstacle for the MotoGP riders at Sepang today as they made their final preparations for one of the toughest races of the season. Even newly crowned MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner struggled to maintain his pace, giving his team-mate Dani Pedrosa the opportunity to snatch pole by just [...]
The 125cc riders today made their final preparations for tomorrow’s penultimate round of the season, which gets underway at the later time of 1pm, in searing temperatures today. As a consequence of the heat the riders struggled to improve their lap times in qualifying this afternoon following free practice this morning but it was a [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2’01.462 18 21 315.3 2 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2’01.491 19 20 0.029 0.029 315.6 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 2’01.666 22 23 0.204 0.175 313.0 4 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 SUTER 2’07.512 13 16 264.3 2 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing KALEX 2’07.724 3 16 0.212 0.212 265.3 3 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 2’08.004 3 12 0.492 0.280 256.8 4 [...]