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2012 MotoGP World Championship runner-up, Dani Pedrosa, explains his first impressions of the newest circuit on the calendar for 2013. The Repsol Honda rider gives a positive analysis of the three day test at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, and says he is looking forward to the final test at Jerez and the season opener in Qatar on April 7th.After always riding on the same circuits, i...

 The Marc VDS Racing Team are on their way back to Spain, for next week's final preseason test at the Jerez circuit in Andalucía. The Jerez outing, which runs for four days and gets underway at midday on Monday 18th March, will be the first time that the Moto2 field have tested with the 2013 race engines that they'll use this season. Scott Redding heads to Jerez in a confident mood, havi...

It has been a valuable test for the two Spanish riders who shaved over eight seconds off their times from the first outing here on Tuesday. Rookie Marc Marquez finished on top with a fastest time of 2'03.281 recorded today on lap 38 of 57. Marc has used this test to further familiarise himself with the MotoGP machine and has spent time working with the electronics and gearing on his Honda RC213V.H...

The two Spanish riders were blessed with fantastic weather, 10ºC warmer than yesterday, and slowly improving track conditions. Once again, Marc topped the time sheets improving on yesterday's time by eight tenths of a second with a lap time of 2'03.853 taken on lap 39 of 55. He spent the day testing some electronic settings and generally building his confidence with his RC213V machine. Dani remain...

Yamaha Factory Racing will complete their testing activities today at the Circuit of Americas track in Texas. Originally planned for a three-day test, riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi managed to provide all the data required over the first two days so will not continue tomorrow. Both Lorenzo and Rossi used the two days to work with their crews on set up to find the optimum performance from...

It is the first time the MotoGP have visited the Texas track, both riders exited the garage at 11am this morning and found the track very slippery from the start. On their first runs, they recorded lap times of around 2'12. However, as the track became cleaner and temperatures increased, the lap times steadily dropped.MotoGP rookie, Marc Marquez, took the fastest lap of the day with a 2'04.619 lap...

Yamaha Factory Racing were back on track today with Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi enjoying their first ever Circuit of Americas (COTA) experience. The Yamaha riders were at the new track in Texas for day one of the three-day private test. The first sessions were dedicated to learning the track, both Lorenzo and Rossi focusing on understanding the complex 5.5km circuit which has 20 corners and ...

2012 Moto3 Rookie of the Year, Alex Rins, and current Spanish Moto3 Champion Marquez today presented their new project for the coming campaign in Barcelona. The two riders will once again be supported by Repsol, the energy company which backed their efforts in the CEV and, last year, move up to Grand Prix level.The fifth place earned in the 2012 overall standings and a magnificent preseason put Al...

The Moto2 and Moto3 bikes that will be campaigned by Scott Redding, Mika Kallio and Livio Loi, were unveiled last night during an official launch at the Marc VDS Racing Team's headquarters in Gosselies, Belgium.Redding is keen to get his fourth season with the Marc VDS Racing Team underway, after two successful preseason tests in Valencia and Jerez. For Kallio this will be his third season with th...

MotoGP™ World Champion Jorge Lorenzo led the way in this week’s test in Sepang by setting the quickest time over the three-day period, despite being overshadowed by Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa and Marc Márquez on the final day.As with the previous Malaysia gathering of three weeks earlier, the weather played a part as rain rooted riders to their garages at some points, with this morning being...