The third and final practice session for the USGP saw the grid positions decided at Laguna Seca, with Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner again involved in a two-way battle for pole position and the Spaniard again coming out on top. However, the pace of Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso should see a close race. The [...]
Intense heat was again the prominent factor at Montmeló today as the 125cc riders, who were virtually on lap record pace this morning, struggled to cope with 52ºC track temperatures in the afternoon’s qualifying practice. Marc Márquez again took pole, as he did at Assen a week ago, although the difference this time is that [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay Laps km/h
1 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up/Honda 1′55.598 16 163.341
2 24 Toni Elías Moriwaki/Honda 1′55.858 0.260 18 162.975
3 15 Alex de Angelis Scot/Honda 1′56.222 0.624 16 162.464
4 16 Jules Cluzel Suter/Honda 1′56.272 0.674 14 162.395
5 48 Shoya Tomizawa Suter/Honda 1′56.284 0.686 17 162.378
6 40 Sergio Gadea Pons Kalex/Honda 1′56.296 0.698 17 162.361
7 2 Gábor Talmácsi Speed Up/Honda 1′56.305 0.707 15 162.348
8 80 Axel Pons Pons Kalex/Honda 1′56.331 0.733 18 162.312
9 12 Thomas Luthi Moriwaki/Honda 1′56.339 0.741 18 162.301
10 60 Julian Simon Suter/Honda 1′56.343 0.745 16 162.295
11 25 Alex Baldolini ICP/Honda 1′56.388 0.790 18 162.233
12 55 Hector [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay Laps km/h
1 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 1′48.819 24 173.517
2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1′48.996 0.177 26 173.235
3 27 Casey Stoner Ducati 1′49.432 0.613 22 172.545
4 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati 1′49.546 0.727 27 172.365
5 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 1′49.683 0.864 25 172.150
6 14 Randy de Puniet Honda 1′49.737 0.918 26 172.065
7 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 1′49.861 1.042 25 171.871
8 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1′50.065 1.246 28 171.553
9 41 Aleix Espargaró Ducati 1′50.168 1.349 25 171.392
10 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 1′50.224 1.405 25 171.305
11 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 1′50.434 1.615 23 170.979
12 65 Loris Capirossi Suzuki 1′50.479 1.660 25 170.910
13 40 Héctor Barberá Ducati 1′50.561 1.742 26 170.783
14 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Time Delay Laps km/h
1 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 1′58.315 14 159.590
2 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 1′58.336 0.021 12 159.562
3 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 1′58.572 0.257 17 159.245
4 40 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1′58.586 0.271 16 159.226
5 35 R.Krummenacher Aprilia 1′58.682 0.367 15 159.097
6 93 Marc Márquez Derbi 1′58.705 0.390 16 159.066
7 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1′59.177 0.862 16 158.436
8 7 Efrén Vazquez Derbi 1′59.341 1.026 14 158.218
9 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 1′59.617 1.302 15 157.853
10 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Aprilia 1′59.692 1.377 16 157.754
11 53 Jasper Iwema Aprilia 1′59.809 1.494 14 157.600
12 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 2′00.052 1.737 14 157.281
13 99 Daniel Webb Aprilia 2′00.131 1.816 15 157.178
14 23 [...]
Qualifying practice for the Grand Prix de France took place this afternoon with Nico Terol and Pol Espargaró continuing their battle for supremacy from the morning’s final free practice, Bradley Smith and Marc Márquez also joining the fun in a four-way scrap for pole position. The intense competition saw the current pole record of 1′43.918, [...]
Unusually warm conditions led to a typically hot qualifying session at Le Mans this afternoon as Valentino Rossi shaved almost a second off his pole record from 2008 to hold off a strong challenge from three rivals for top spot on the grid. Spanish pair Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, as well as the Australian [...]
Mapfre Aspar riders Julian Simón and Mike di Meglio continued their adaptation to the Suter chassis in the more competitive environment of a timed qualifying session today as the grid shootout for the Grand Prix de France took place at Le Mans. A general lack of grip and front end chatter were the main obstacles [...]
After the excitement of seeing the bikes on track for the first time on Friday the tension was raised a notch as qualifying took place for the Grand Prix of Qatar. A second free practice session in the early evening gave the 125cc riders chance to refine the set-up of their machines ahead of a [...]
The closest and most entertaining battle for pole at Losail undoubtedly came in the Moto2 class, with the equality in machinery leaving almost everything down to rider talent in the battle for grid positions. With fourteen riders lapping within a second of each other it promises to be a busy first corner tomorrow when [...]
