The San Marino round of the 250cc World Championship went almost according to the script on Sunday afternoon, under Mediterranean sunshine as the championship heated up. For the third consecutive race the Italians took the early advantage to form part of the head group, which took time in being split. A fall for Marco Simoncelli [...]
The 125cc race at Misano was the opposite to that of Indianapolis one week ago, beginning with a tight group and a close fight at the head of the field. It was a strange race under good conditions, with a surprise ending that left the 2009 World Champion one step closer to being crowned. Julián [...]
CLASSIFIED: Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Julian Simon Aprilia 40m15.301s 2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 0.573s 3. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 5.474s 4. Marc Marquez KTM + 9.378s 5. Sandro Cortese Derbi + 9.665s 6. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 11.755s 7. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 23.044s 8. Joan Olive Derbi + 26.936s [...]
CLASSIFIED: Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Hector Barbera Aprilia 43m23.353s 2. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 0.040s 3. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 1.691s 4. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 1.697s 5. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + 1.921s 6. Jules Cluzel Aprilia + 9.202s 7. Alex Debon Aprilia + 10.483s 8. Raffaele De Rosa Honda [...]
As the 125cc season reaches its climax we should probably get used to the kind of nail-biting qualifying session that we saw here at Misano today, or last week at Indianapolis for that matter, with the high temperatures and strong winds making life difficult and unpredictable for the smaller bikes in San Marino. There were [...]
Hiroshi Aoyama and Hector Barberá spoiled the party for the Italian riders at their home racetrack today, battling the heat to take the top two positions on a grid that sees the first eight riders covered by less than a second. Whilst is still clearly all to play for tomorrow it seems Aoyama, with his [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap 1. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m43.727s 2. Julian Simon Aprilia 1m43.743s + 0.016s 3. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m43.890s + 0.163s 4. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1m43.987s + 0.260s 5. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1m44.062s + 0.335s 6. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1m44.171s + 0.444s 7. Marc Marquez KTM 1m44.179s + [...]
Pos | Rider | Team | Lap time | Gap 1 Hiroshi AOYAMA Scot Racing Team 250cc 1′38.867 2 Hector BARBERA Pepe World Team 1′38.875 0.008 3 Marco SIMONCELLI Metis Gilera 1′39.038 0.171 4 Mattia PASINI Team Toth Aprilia 1′39.068 0.201 5 Mike DI MEGLIO Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc 1′39.397 0.530 6 Alex DEBON Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens [...]
As you would expect it was the home riders who came out hardest as the 250cc riders took to the track at Misano today, with local boys Marco Simoncelli and Mattia Pasini, joined later by Italian veteran Roberto Locatelli setting the pace at the top of the time sheets. However, a late effort from Héctor [...]
There were no signs of jetlag or fatigue as the 125cc riders took to the track for the first free practice session of the San Marino Grand Prix this afternoon, despite the fact that it is barely five days since they were last on track at the Indianapolis circuit in the USA. Understandably it was [...]