2010

Suzuki Endurance Racing Team finished the season on the highest note. Vincent Philippe, Sylvain Guintoli and Kenny Foray were twice victorious, winning the 8 Hours of Doha, the last race of the season and offered the 2010 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship title to the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, the tenth title for the official French team.  SERT won with a four laps lead over the Ya...

The SERT is still leading the race on the Losail racetrack, in Qatar after Vincent Philippe realised the holeshot. The battle for the lead is very intense from the beginning between the SERT, the BMP Elf 99 and the YART. After four hours of racing on a 40°C track, Vincent Philippe, Sylvain Guintoli and Freddy Foray managed to contain the BMW of team BMP Elf 99 with Sébastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon. ...

Dani Pedrosa will not require further surgery
 The Repsol rider, after being examined at the Institut Universitari Dexeus, must have four weeks rest to recover from his injury.

 Repsol Honda Team rider Dani Pedrosa has been advised to rest for four more weeks to fully recover from the effects of his recent collarbone injury and subsequent surgery. The Spaniard visited Doctor Xavier Mir at D...

BMP Elf 99 Racing Team has left absolutely no hope for the other contenders. After leading all the practices, the BMW of BMP Elf 99 Racing Team finished the second day of qualifications by taking the best from the three Superpole sessions. Sébastien Gimbert signed the best lap in 2’00.343. Only Sylvain Guintoli on the GSX-R from Suzuki Endurance Racing Team managed to get close with a best lap in ...

BMP Elf 99 took the best ahead of SERT and Yamaha France GMT 94 IponeThe BMP Elf 99 Racing Team confirmed once again the potential of its BMW and their riders in the second qualification session. Making the best of the relatively cool track this morning, Sébastien Gimbert signed the best qualifying time in 2’00.769. Erwan Nigon and Damian Cudlin also improved their laps to place the BMP Elf 99 ahe...

The Spanish Sports Council (CSD) along with the Secretary of State for Sport, Jaime Lissavetzky, today paid tribute to the RFME and the Spanish motorcyclists who in 2010 achieved 12 World titles, three of which were in the MotoGP World Championship. Jorge Lorenzo (MotoGP), Toni Elías (Moto2) and Marc Márquez (125cc) were amongst those honoured, as were the nine individuals who achieved honours in ...

BMP Elf 99 stays in control, ahead of SERT and YARTThe BMW BMP Elf 99 confirmed its domination at the first qualifications session on the Losail racetrack, in Qatar. With a very homogenous team of riders, they took the best place on the provisional starting grid at the average time of the three riders. Sébastien Gimbert, Erwan Nigon and Damian Cudlin are all below the 2’02 bar.Only Sylvain Guintol...

The BMW from BMP Elf 99 Racing made strong impression, straight from the free practice session held this morning in Doha. The S 1000 RR 99 is the only bike to lap the Losail racetrack in 2’00.934, nearly two seconds faster than everyone else on track. BMP Elf 99 is not involved in the battle for the world title, but surely wants to take revenge after the Bol d’Or misfortune, where they were promis...

The second and final day of the Official MotoGP Test at Valencia on Wednesday ended with Casey Stoner top of the timesheet courtesy of a lap of 1'32.066 towards the end of the session. The new HRC addition, who reported a highly satisfying first ride on the RC212V the day before, was just 0.054s off Jorge Lorenzo's day one effort, which remained the fastest of both days.Stoner, whose main focus of...

The first day of the long awaited post-season MotoGP test at Valencia started with grey skies and light drizzle this morning, which left the track unsuitable for the opening hour of the session between 9 and 10 when, luckily, the sun emerged to gradually dry the track surface.At 10:55am Valentino Rossi arrived in the garage where Filippo Preziosi, Jeremy Burgess and his crew as well as engineers a...