Casey Stoner grabbed 10 wins, 12 pole positions, 16 podiums, the MotoGP Championship, and $9.1 million in 2011. Not too bad of a year… A new report in the Business Review Weekly places Stoner second on the annual list of Austalia’s top 50 sports earners. Andrew Bogut, the center for the Milwaukee Bucks, is the [...]
Last weekend the best riders from around the world gathered in Indianapolis for the 12th round of the 2011 MotoGP season. For three days the MotoGP, Moto2, 125cc, and XR1200 riders entertained thousands of fans at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway while companies like KTM, Yamaha, Ducati, and Honda, kept the party going on the inside [...]
Casey Stoner added a few points to his lead today with his fifth win of the 2011 MotoGP season at Laguna Seca. Stoner battled with Jorge Lorenzo throughout the USGP, but eventually the Australian was able to take the win over his biggest title contender. Stoner struggled to find the pace throughout the weekend, but [...]
Ben Spies dominated the Assen GP today to take his first MotoGP win by more than 7 seconds. Spies earned his first front row start of the year yesterday during qualifying, and was able to convert his good starting position into a race win. Spies got a little help during the first lap of the [...]
Casey Stoner took his third consecutive win this weekend at Silverstone, taking the overall lead in the standings ahead of Jorge Lorenzo. Stoner scored his fourth win of the 2011 MotoGP season and now leads Lorenzo by 18 points. Stoner was joined on the podium by his teammate Andrea Dovizioso, and Yamaha Tech 3 rider [...]
The MotoGP riders will return to action this weekend after a two-week break for the fifth round of the 2011 MotoGP season at Catalunya. Jorge Lorenzo will be looking to extend his lead in front of his home crowd, while Casey Stoner will try for his second consecutive victory. The big story in the MotoGP, [...]
Casey Stoner got the chance to ride Honda’s 2012 machine at Jerez yesterday. Dani Pedrosa was also supposed to test, but his recent injury prevented him from taking to the track. After riding the 2012 Honda prototype, Stoner said: “Everything has gone very well, very positive. It’s just nice to ride the 1000cc again, to [...]
Dani Pedrosa took his first win of the 2011 MotoGP season this weekend at Estoril, ending Lorenzo’s streak of three consecutive wins at the Portugal GP. Pedrosa’s victory brings him to within four points of the championship leader, while Casey Stoner was able to gather some good points after a disappointing round in Jerez. Pedrosa [...]
After a month of waiting, the third round of the MotoGP has begun. Marco Simoncelli topped both testing sessions today, beating out Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo. Simoncelli has been one of the fastest riders on the track throughout the season, but he doesn’t have the points to show for it. Simoncelli was leading in [...]
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