Moto GP

Rider Quotes after MotoGP Silverstone Qualifying

23 March, 2020

Today’s MotoGP qualifying session at Silverstone was quite eventful with Jorge Lorenzo taking his first pole position of the season and Dani Pedrosa and Randy de Puniet both crashing in the dying moments of the hour, fortunately both Honda riders…

MotoGP 2013: the paddock girls of the Laguna Seca round

23 March, 2020

The Laguna Seca round showed us for the umpteenth time that the incredibly talented Marc Marquez is indeed a serious contender for the MotoGP crown, but obviously this did not make everyone happy, first and foremost his main rivals for…

Sete Gibernau's New D16 Livery

23 March, 2020

Sete Gibernau and his Ducati Desmosedici GP9 showed up at Jerez della Frontera IRTA test with an all new livery. Gone is the elegant white-gold-and black color scheme used during winter testing, his bike is now sporting a white- green-red…

Alvaro Bautista receives contract extension for 2014

23 March, 2020

Last November, Go & Fun Honda Gresini annnounced they would continue with their technical collaboration with Showa, with Alvaro Bautista being the only MotoGP rider to use the Japanese made suspensions, while the rest of the field uses and pays…

More gossip on Valentino Rossi's silly season

23 March, 2020

This year’s silly season theme song regarding where Valentino Rossi is going in 2013 could be Fleetwood Mac’s song “Tell me Lies”, because after learning that several people from Marc Marquez’ entourage stated that the Moto2 star would like to…

Dorna's proposals to save MotoGP

23 March, 2020

2012 will be a monumental transition year for MotoGP with GP and CRT bikes running together while Dorna is trying to push the MSMA hand in making the prototypes more affordable, but this will not be enough to save the…

MotoGP: Stoner, Rossi and Bridgestone

23 March, 2020

As the battle between Rossi and Stoner continues, we should remember it’s hard to race against Valentino. Stoner won the fight against Rossi last year, the package from Ducati was very strong with the Desmosedici, the Bridgestone tyres and the…

Jorge Lorenzo beats Pedrosa for pole position at Motorland Aragon

23 March, 2020

This afternoon’s MotoGP’s qualifying session at Motorland Aragon was fortunately dry, but the asphalt was cold just 16°C and even if the riders didn’t have any dry set-up time they immediately starting pushing and in the opening minutes Dani Pedrosa…

Moto2 and Moto3 almost as popular as MotoGP in Spain

23 March, 2020

Yesterday we did a post on Italy’s viewing audience for all three classes of Le Mans GP, wondering if Valentino Rossi’s second place in the race had anything to do with the rise in the numbers and if in other…

Lin Jarvis talks Riders

23 March, 2020

Italian website Gpone has a interesting audio interview in English with Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing.Jarvis is now negotiating with Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies, both riders contracts are up at the end of the year and…

Valentino Rossi has given up hope

23 March, 2020

Filippo Preziosi defended Valentino Rossi after his horrible qualifying session in Qatar saying that Rossi’s talent is out of the question, however after yesterday’s lowly 10th place finish, the former World Champion in a post race interview with Sportmediaset very…

Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa on first day of testing at Sepang II

23 March, 2020

Repsol Honda riders Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa were the fastest riders in today’s first day of testing in the second pre-season test at Sepang. Stoner was as usual one of the riders who put in the less number of…

Marc Marquez feels comfortable at Indianapolis, Dani Pedrosa feels stiff

23 March, 2020

Marc Marquez came out guns blazing in yesterday’s two practice sessions and he is highly tipped to win tomorrow’s race at Indianapolis, even by his rivals.The MotoGP rookie will be looking for hat trick, after having won the last two…

MotoGP Misano Paddock Babes

23 March, 2020

How can you have a MotoGP race without pretty umbrella girls? These are from the Misano MotoGP and you get an extra this time, a few pics of the Rizla Suzuki babes hanging around a hotel pool, but unfortunately for…

Simoncelli like Tomizawa

23 March, 2020

I’ve been very torn since I saw the images and had to decide whether to post the following amateur’s video (after the jump because of the contents) on how Marco Simoncelli’s accident was handled by track side EMT’s at Sepang,…

Jerez GP in doubt again?

23 March, 2020

Of the four Spanish GPs on the calendar, the one at Jerez de la Frontera is probably the most loved by fans, so it will be another blow to hear that the 2012 GP at the highly popular venue may…

Moto2 race bike by Eskil Suter

23 March, 2020

Swiss motorcycle manufacturer Eskil Suter has revealed the new Moto2 creation, shown for the first time at Misano, for the San Marino MotoGP. Suter is a partner of MuZ and Petronas SBK and this bike, costing about 75,710 euros, is…

Casey Stoner wins even with arm pump issues, Dani Pedrosa plays it safe

23 March, 2020

Casey Stoner was finally able to put one of his last bogey tracks, behind him with his first ever victory at Jerez this afternoon. The Australian managed to stay out of trouble in the hectic first laps and away from…

Suzuki quits MotoGP?

23 March, 2020

Dorna’s last Friday’s deadline for Suzuki to commit to the 2012 MotoGP season has come and gone with no official word from the Hamamatsu manufacturer, however the authoritive GPWeek is reporting that Suzuki will not be on the grid next…

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo testing at Brno (w/videos)

23 March, 2020

While Honda and Suzuki were testing at Motegi, Yamaha’s MotoGP riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi were at Brno also testing.Strangely enough Yamaha has not released any information regarding the two-day test, and whether they finally debuted the seamless transmission,…