The first round of the 2011 MotoGP season has begun. The MotoGP riders took to the Losail International Circuit today for their first competitive session in months, and there was no surprise at the top. The Repsol Honda duo of Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa continued the stellar performance they displayed during the preseason, to [...]
The MotoGP season kicks off this weekend in Qatar, and the MotoGP riders just finished a pre-event press conference to talk about the preseason, the race this weekend in Qatar, and their hopes for the 2011 MotoGP season. Here’s what they had to say. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha): “Everybody seems very strong and there are [...]
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP rider Álvaro Bautista is ready for the Qatar GP after completing a positive test, and escaping uninjured from a 250km/h crash, earlier this week. Bautista is eager to get back into the racing groove following some encouraging pre-season tests that have seen him and his crew work on many new settings and [...]
The 2011 MotoGP season is finally here. The MotoGP riders will take to the Losail International Circuit in Qatar this weekend for the first round of the MotoGP season. Heading into the preseason, it looked like everyone would be chasing the new number 1 plate rider, Jorge Lorenzo. But throughout the preseason, it has become [...]
For the team and for Ducati, tomorrow is doubly important because March 17 is when Italy will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification. Since January, the fairings of Valentino Rossi’s and Nicky Hayden’s Ducati Desmosedici GP11s have worn the official logo created for this event: three waving Italian flags representing the three Jubilees of [...]
Now established as the curtain-raiser for the MotoGP season, Qatar’s Losail International Circuit again heralds a return to action on March 20th for motorcycle racing’s top category and for Bridgestone who return as the Official Tire Supplier to the premier class for the third year. Following the Tohoku earthquake last week, Bridgestone has pledged support [...]
The Fiat Yamaha duo of Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies have the best chance to keep up with the quick Honda riders this weekend in Qatar, but the two riders walked away from the final testing session with different results. Spies made the final adjustments to the M1 to get ready for next weekend’s race, [...]
Yesterday, the MotoGP announced that they would do whatever was in the best interest of Japan in regard to the third round of the 2011 MotoGP season. The FIM has just decided to postpone the Japan GP, which was originally scheduled for April 24th. The organizers of the Japan GP requested to have the race [...]
The final testing session before the start of the 2011 MotoGP season has just wrapped up at Qatar. The MotoGP riders will take to the same track in just a few days to kickoff the 2011 racing season. Consistently at the top of the time sheets during the preseason tests has been Honda’s RC212V. The [...]
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