The MotoGP riders were back on track at Brno today as the traditional post-Czech GP test took place, with two four hour sessions scheduled – one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Conditions were perfect for the morning session and the first hour of the afternoon, until a downpour brought an early end [...]
The Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno looked to be on course for another Dani Pedrosa breakaway, but instead victory went to Jorge Lorenzo in another dominant display from the Spanish riders. The start of the race saw the front row riders take off well, but slowly Spies and later Pedrosa dropped off Lorenzo’s tail [...]
The Moto2 Czech Grand Prix was delayed until 12.20pm local time on Sunday, parto f the domino effect caused by rain before the 125cc contest. The track was dry for the intermediate class’ first visit to Brno, and the twenty laps provided the best race of the day. The opening six laps saw a clustered [...]
Back after a break, little had changed since Germany for the 125cc riders on track. The start of the Sunday race at the Czech Republic was once again thrown into disarray by rain, as this time the start was delayed due to a downpour two minutes before the scheduled take off. Race Direction changed their [...]
The Moto2 class were set back by half an hour this morning as fog cleared from the Brno circuit but the sunshine emerged for the afternoon and the session was able to take place on time. Qualifying was a typically close affair across the top ten positions although a dominant Shoya Tomizawa was able to [...]
The MotoGP World Championship moved to the historic French circuit of Le Mans for round three this weekend, but it was the Spanish national anthem that provided the soundtrack to Sunday’s podium ceremonies. The track saw a similar feat in 2003, with victors from Spain in all three categories. The premier class was the headline [...]
The 125cc French Grand Prix kicked off at 11am today, and it was clear that this was not going to be a race fought in a tight pack. Nico Terol took off like a flash from pole position -his first in the class- and went all out to establish a gap between himself and his [...]
Moto2 hit Le Mans on Sunday and, as in all of the class’ races to date, crashes were the order of the day. 41 riders into 1 corner was never going to be an easy sum to solve, and the opening chicane took down a number of competitors. Eleven riders hit the deck over the [...]
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 [...]