For the first time during the 2011 MotoGP pre-season, Valentino Rossi has been less than optimistic about his Ducati motorcycle, his performance, and his team. Rossi said that he was “quite worried” about his performance during the Sepang testing session, and that there was much work to do before the start of the 2011 MotoGP [...]
Casey StonerSeeing Casey Stoner at the top of the time sheets for the third consecutive wasn’t a surprising feat. But seeing all three Repsol Honda riders consistently score top five finishes was quite impressive. The second MotoGP testing session at Sepang has shown us one thing. The RC212V is the fastest bike in the MotoGP [...]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team riders Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow declared themselves satisfied with the progress at the end of a hugely productive three-day MotoGP test session in Malaysia today. Edwards was thrilled with his work over an exhausting three days as typically searing hot and sunny conditions dominated the test at the 5.5km [...]
Valentino Rossi has been struggling this off-season. Rossi moved to a new team this year, and is doing his best to get the feel of his new Ducati GP11. But an injured shoulder has prevented him from pushing the Ducati to its limits, and today, illness kept Rossi off of the track entirely. Rossi showed [...]
The Repsol Honda Team made full use of the second day of testing at the Sepang circuit to continue working on the 2011 RC212V prototype. All three riders went back on track at 10h30 and began with a kind of “time attack” that placed them in the top three positions on the time sheets from [...]
Valentino Rossi wasn’t setting lap records at the MotoGP Sepang test today, but the Ducati rider was happy with the progress that he has made. Rossi finished ninth for the day, more than a second behind the pace setter, Casey Stoner. Rossi rode 53 laps around the Sepang track today, and was able to find [...]
The MotoGP Sepang Test starting on February 22nd will bring in teams, journalist, contractors and spectators to Malaysia. The Sepang International Circuit is hoping that all of those people will participate in a new charity campaign called “RM2 or More,” to help the flood victims in Malaysia. The Sepang International Circuit will ask anyone who [...]
Marco Simoncelli was saving the best for last. The San Carlo Honda Gresini rider claimed the best time during the final day of testing, which was also the fastest time out of all three days. Simoncelli set a lap time of 2’00.757 on the second of 42 laps today, coming within .239 seconds of Valentino [...]
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