Road Racing

Dani Pedrosa's fourth lap on Wednesday stood firm as the fastest of the second day of the official MotoGP Test at Sepang, with the Repsol Honda rider's top effort of 2'00.770 placing him well clear of the rest of the riders. Completing 39 laps of the circuit in total the Spaniard was immediately into his rhythm in the morning, and ended the day 0.664s ahead of second placed Casey Stoner.The Austra...

The Sports Council awarded the Repsol rider the National Prize Princesa de Asturias S.A.R Doña Letizia for his progession during 2010Marc Márquez, current 125cc World Champion was awarded today the National prize Princesa de Asturias S.A.R Doña Letizia. In today’s meeting of the Sports Council, the jury granted the National Prize to the Under-18 sportsman with the most prominent sporting progress ...

Casey Stoner's progress on the Repsol Honda RC212V continued at a rapid rate on Tuesday when the Australian rider topped the opening day timesheet at the official MotoGP Test at Sepang. Posting a best lap of 2'01.574 - the only sub-2'02" effort - at the very end of the day Stoner was 0.403s faster than World Champion Jorge Lorenzo, who had been sat at the summit of the timings on his factory ...

The first official test of the 2011 MotoGP season got underway today at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. Yamaha Factory Racing Team riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies were quick to get up to a good pace on track, both riding under last year's race times before the end of their first session despite not having ridden a motorcycle for two months over the winter break. With many parts and electronics ...

Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner are already in Malaysia, where the first tests of the year for the Repsol Honda Team will start tomorrow.Repsol Honda Team welcomed today in Malaysia the start of a new and exiting season. Several media representatives and the whole team, with Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner, gathered in the Pan Pacific Hotel of Kuala Lumpur, where th...

2011 witnesses a landmark of World Championship Grand Prix racing for Yamaha, having successfully competed at the highest level for 50 years. From the very first Grand Prix entry in the French GP of 1961 to today, Yamaha has been an icon at the forefront of Grand Prix racing with countless victories delivered the world over to the delight of the many loyal and dedicated fans. Yamaha will commemora...

Jakub Smrz proved to be the fastest rider in official Infront Motor Sports pre-season testing at Portimao. After three days of changeable weather conditions, the Effenbert-Liberty man's time of 1'43.503 remained unbeaten throughout, giving the Czech-based Ducati team a great start to life in WSBK racing. Jakub Smrz: "We brought two bikes here, one with almost the set-up as the one I used for...

Misano Circuit: Seventy-three days after an operation to his right shoulder, Valentino Rossi returned to the track at Misano Adriatico aboard a Ducati 1198 Superbike. On November 14 at Cattolica’s Cervesi hospital, the Italian had undergone surgery on the supraspinatus tendon and the long head of biceps tendon, as well as cartilage in the Glenoid Labrum.The day was sunny but chilly, with a maximum...

The winter preparations for the main protagonists in the FIM Superbike World Championship in 2011 are about to be boosted by another jolt of intensity, as the official IMS test sessions start at Portimao, between 26 and 28 January. There will be one more such pre-season test, at Phillip Island on 21 and 22 February, shortly before the first race of the year takes place on Sunday 27th Feb.All seven...

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