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MotoGP Qatar Test : Rossi on Top

19 April, 2020
The night test in Qatar was lead by Valentino Rossi who continues to dominate in this year’s MotoGP pre-season testing. The Italian Yamaha rider led the entire test except when he stopped for dinner and a massage, and Casey Stoner…

Andrea Dovizioso gets punk'd (w/video)

19 April, 2020
scherzi a parte_vittima Andrea Dovizioso 23-4-2012 di skorpion-05We’ve once mentioned Italian TV show Scherzi a Parte that play practical jokes on various Italian celebrities and sports stars. The late Marco Simoncelli was once was a victim of the show back…

Rider Quotes from Motegi

19 April, 2020
More from Motegi. Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) 1st:“First of all I just want to thank my team, my Mum, Dad and whole family, my friends and all the team workers. Also Yamaha, as it is their home race, it was…

Valentino Rossi ready to write off the GP11.1

19 April, 2020
During today’s MotoGP qualifying session, Valentino Rossi hit a new time low, qualifying only sixteenth on the starting grid of seventeen riders with the highly tooted Ducati GP11.1 (2012 chassis and the DST) which debuted at Assen which was supposed…

Nicky Hayden Gets his Own Ducati 848

19 April, 2020
Remember the Ducati 848 Nicky Hayden Special Edition that Ducati unveiled at the Laguna GP? Well Ducati has given Nicky Hayden his own replica bike. You’ve got to love Nicky’s line when he say’s he hopefully he knows how to…

MotoGP Motegi rider quotes after Friday's sessions

19 April, 2020
After the last two Friday practice sessions at Misano and Aragon with mixed conditions, the MotoGP riders finally found almost perfect weather conditions at Motegi. Dani Pedrosa was not only the quickest rider of the day and he actually broke…

Casey Stoner – The Final Lap

19 April, 2020
If you are a Casey Stoner fan - and even if you are not - you absolutely can’t miss this wonderful video prepared by Australia’s Channel 10 to celebrate the two-time World Champion’s sixth consecutive win at Phillip Island and…

MotoGP Mugello: Valentino Rossi Dominates in FP

19 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi says his shoulder is only 65% fit, may it be fact or fiction, but the Italian certainly didn’t seem to have any problems with his injury in today’s free practice at the Mugello. Rossi led the entire session…

Hiroshi Aoyama to ride for Avintia Blusens at Valencia

19 April, 2020
According to Spanish website motocuatro.com, Hiroshi Aoyama will be replacing still recovering Yonny Hernandez in next week’s final MotoGP round of the season at Valencia.The former 2009 250cc World champion and MotoGP rider spent an unproductive year (he finished 18th…

Was Hector Barbera moved in the right way?

19 April, 2020
When Marco Simoncelli tragicallay died last year at Sepang, I posted an emotional rant (I was still trying to wrap my head around his death) regarding how the Italian was handled by the track side medical crew following his fatal…

MotoGP riders review qualifying at Indianapolis

18 April, 2020
The asphalt and Bridgestone’s tire management especially with the graining on the front tire and not going off the racing line will be the name of the game in today’s MotoGP race at Indianapolis if anyone wants to stay even…

Lorenzo and Rossi Video Interview

18 April, 2020
More from the Fiat Yamaha 2009 launch, Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi in a head to head video. English, Italian andSpanish all rolled into one:Q: The best moment of 2008?VR: I would say the battle at Laguna Seca.JL: My first…

Ducati concludes another day of testing at Misano

18 April, 2020
Ducati was back on track today at the Misano circuit for another day of testing, with both factory riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden and test rider Franco Battaini who worked on electronics. Despite his still healing hand that caused…

More rider quotes from last night's MotoGP FP1

18 April, 2020
The Losail circuit proved one thing right during last night’s MotoGP first free practice, Qatar would be the first circuit where CRT machines would suffer where power and speed is everything and to borrow a phrase from the fantastic and…

Casey Stoner opens up on Motegi round

18 April, 2020
During today’s pre-event press conference at Brno, Casey Stoner officially announced that he is to become a father (Congrats to the new daddy-to-be!) stating that the knowing of his wife’s pregnancy may have contributed on his stance on boycotting the…

Lorenzo's Wall

18 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo who partecipated in the Monza Rally Show this weekend driving a Fiat Punto Abarth S2000, declared that he doesn’t like the idea of the wall that divided the two Yamaha riders in 2008 will remain standing even in…

Furusawa talks Valentino Rossi

18 April, 2020
It’s not a secret that the General Manager of Yamaha Motor Company’s Technology Development Division, Masao Furusawa and Valentino Rossi have a special relationship, and that the Japanese manager may well be Valentino’s number one fan, stating in the past…

Lorenzo and Rossi looking for the podium in Jerez

18 April, 2020
Yamaha Factory Racing riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi are heading to Jerez de La Frontera hoping to prove that Honda’s remarkable perfomance in Austin a forthnight ago was only due to the peculiar layout of the brand new Texan…