Written by Tim Kessel, Courtesy of AllAboutBikes.com Friction, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have it. Whether it is the friction these two teammates display in the paddock, or the friction they create rubbing bodywork in the turns, there is no love lost between the two Yamaha-sponsored speedsters. Thankfully we race fans have a front row [...]
Written by Dan Evon, Courtesy of AllAboutBikes.com If Valentino Rossi’s shoulder is still bothering him, he didn’t show it during the first free practice session. Rossi set the pace with a 1’48.174 time that he set on his final lap. Rossi would finish more than two tenths ahead of second place rider, Andrea Dovizioso.Rossi topping [...]
Written by Dan Evon, Courtesy of AllAboutBikes.com A disappointing finish during the race at Aragon, and a consistently nagging shoulder problem, have caused Valentino Rossi to consider bowing out of the final two races of the MotoGP, in order to move up his shoulder surgery.Rossi has been battling his shoulder injury since the second round [...]
Written by Dan Evon, Courtesy of AllAboutBikes.com The MotoGP series heads back to American soil this weekend for round 11 of 18 at Indianapolis. Jorge Lorenzo captured the win at the first American race of the season at Laguna Seca, and last round’s win at BRNO, gave him a 77 point advantage. Needless to say, [...]
With the announcement that Casey Stoner is moving to the factory Honda MotoGP squad for 2011, I began to think how hungry Honda must be for another World Championship. Hopes had to be high that Dani Pedrosa would deliver multiple titles to Big Red, but it hasn’t panned out. Sometimes, Pedrosa is very, very fast, but [...]
Written by Dan Evon, Courtesy of AllAboutBikes.com Preparation for the 2011 season is beginning, and the two Fiat Yamaha riders got the chance to test out the 2011 prototypes of the M1. The session was cut short by rain, but both riders got the chance to test out next years bike. A new engine upgrade [...]
Courtesy of MCN.com Valentino Rossi has spoken publicly for the first time about his decision to sign a dream deal with Ducati for next year’s MotoGP world championship. The Italian’s two-year deal with the Bologna factory was confirmed on Sunday night in the Czech Republic after MCN exclusively broke news of the deal in late [...]
The nine-times world champion released a short hand-written statement tonight some three hours after finishing fifth in the Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno. He said: “It is very difficult to explain in just a few words what my relationship with Yamaha has been in these past seven years. Many things have changed since that [...]
Traditions go way back here in Lower Slobovia, one of which is the much loved circus parade. In a successful circus parade, if the elephants start out in front of the dogs and ponies, they finish in front of them. Contrast this with a successful MotoGP race featuring lots of overtaking and lead changes. Today’s [...]
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