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Team Gresini Official 2009 Launch

16 April, 2020
The San Carlo Honda Gresini Team officially launched its 2009 MotoGP campaign. The team, led by two-time 125cc world champion Fausto Gresini, took off on its 2009 journey at the ‘Officine del Volo’ in Milan.Fausto Gresini and Alberto Vitaloni, President…

Four CRT teams will start using the control ECU in 2013

16 April, 2020
In his recent interview with the official MotoGP website Michael Laverty reported that PBMUK will be using the Magneti Marelli control ECU on his PBM-01 (Yonny Hernandez will be using ART electronics) and that other teams would also be implementing…

Ducati woes at Motorland Aragon GP

16 April, 2020
The Motorland Aragon GP was probably one of the worst races that Ducati had this year - and there have been plenty. First off, Valentino Rossi made a rookie error on the opening lap, almost clipping Jonathan Rea which forced…

Valentino Rossi's Yamaha M1 Valencia test livery?

16 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi’s return to Yamaha has already galvanized Sportmediaset, so they’ve decided to broadcast in live streaming two hours (from 10:30 to 12:30 CET) of the MotoGP Valencia test that starts Tuesday November 13th.According to the Italian website, the above…

Colin Edwards 'feels great' after collarbone surgery

16 April, 2020
To quote Colin Edwards in his own words he is ‘one hard motherf...er ‘ with a very high threshold for pain, something he’s already proved it last year at Silverstone. The NGM Forward rider underwent collarbone surgery yesterday in Barcelona…

Randy de Puniet: "I was accused of being unmotivated"

16 April, 2020
Apparently everything was not rosy in LCR Honda in 2010 as we thought it was, at least in final part of the season and the split between Lucio Cecchinello and Randy de Puniet was not as amicable as the usual…

Nicky Hayden Interview

16 April, 2020
Ducati factory rider, Nicky Hayden gives this exclusive interview with sponsor Shell Motorsport before next week’s Italian GP at Mugello, and talks about his race weekends, the Ducati Hypermotard and his hero Bubba Shobert.Hayden has yet to come to grips…

Mattia Pasini on 1st Day of Testing with the Ducati GP

16 April, 2020
Mattia Pasini began his first of a three day test with the Ducati Desmosedici GP9 at the Mugello track today, doing 56 laps and his best time was 1.52.8.Pasini, rode the GP9 with the Ducati team during the Brno Monday…

Jorge Lorenzo teams up with Hot Wheels

16 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo has picked up still another personal sponsor, this time the reigning MotoGP champion has toy maker Mattel backing him, specifically Hot Wheels. Not only will Lorenzo be wearing the famous Hot Wheels logo on his leathers and taking…

MotoGP Estoril: Casey Stoner leads in FP2

16 April, 2020
Fortunately this afternoon’s MotoGPs second free practice at Estoril was dry, but slippery so the riders were all using the softer rear tire. Casey Stoner who has never won at the Portughuese track, took the top of the timesheets with…

MotoGP Sepang qualifying – chattering and odd vibrations

16 April, 2020
If the Motogei round last week was about overheating brakes and fuel issues, this weekend at Sepang it is all about chattering and odd vibrations, and none of the bikes are immune. From the factory and satellite prototypes be it…

Marc Marquez does PR tour of Repsol

16 April, 2020
Two-time World champion Marc Marquez (2010 and 2012) and new factory Repsol Honda rider has always been backed by the Spanish petroleum giant since his debut in racing, and the newest GP sensation- just look at the media hype behind…

MotoGP Aragon umbrella girls pics

16 April, 2020
We’re kicking off our photo coverage of the MotoGP Aragon with the lovely Spanish ladies of the paddock. This is one for all those guys who like their women Mediterranean. Coming up live race pics.Paddock Girls and Umbrella Girls MotoGP…

More rider quotes from MotoGP Estoril

16 April, 2020
We’ve got another batch of rider quotes following today’s third race of the MotoGP season at the Autodromo Fernando Pires da Silva at Estoril.Andrea Dovizioso - 4th “I am very satisfied with my performance in today’s race and particularly with…

Valentino Rossi on the Ducati GP12 – video and pics

16 April, 2020
Wow! We certainly didn’t expect that Ducati would reveal photos and a video with sound of the GP12 and Valentino Rossi in action to the watchful eyes of competitors and fans when they tested today at Jerez, but they did…

Video: Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez in action at Sepang

16 April, 2020
Last year Repsol Honda showed us some onboard footage from Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner after the first Sepang test and this year is no different, only replace Stoner with MotoGP’s hottest rookie Marc Marquez, leave out the interviews, and…

Daniel Pedrosa fastest on final day of testing at Valencia

16 April, 2020
While Yamaha had headed to Aragon to find some sun, the rest of the teams stayed in Valencia for the second and final day of testing at the Ricardo Tormo circuit.While the weather conditions at Valencia were again mixed, first…

MotoGP Sachsenring – Riders talk Qualifying

16 April, 2020
Here’s what the riders had to say after today’s difficult qualifying at the Sachsenring circuit . I you’ve happened to miss seeing what happened in this session, the MotoGP official website has put up a video with a selection of…

Valentino Rossi says Ducati GP12 slower than the 800's

16 April, 2020
When Valentino Rossi tested for the third time the new GP12 in the middle of June at the Mugello, he sounded pretty positive saying, “I was already happy with the engine the first time I tried it, and now we’re…

Dani Pedrosa dominates FP2 at Indianapolis

16 April, 2020
The second MotoGP free practice at Indianapolis saw the track temperature rise from this morning’s 23°C to 44°C and with more rubber laid down lap times dropped sensibly from the previous session but the gap between Dani Pedrosa and almost…