Pos Driver Car/Engine Laps Time/Delay 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 24 43:47.238 2 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 24 1.304 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 3.763 4 Casey Stoner Ducati 24 5.691 5 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 9.207 6 Marco Melandri Kawasaki 24 30.555 7 Loris Capirossi Suzuki 24 32.756 8 Mika Kallio Ducati 24 39.416 9 James [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time 1. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 42:23.716 2. Julian Simon Aprilia + 1.346 3. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 5.039 4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 6.904 5. Marc Marquez KTM + 13.061 6. Sandro Cortese Derbi + 14.841 7. Joan Olive Derbi + 16.420 8. Jonas Folger Aprilia + 16.483 9. [...]
7th Bradley Smith 2.01.608“We’re on the second row, which will be important tomorrow in order to make a good start. We’ll have to wait and see what the weather does but personally I’d prefer dry conditions. This morning I had a problem with my exhaust and the bike wouldn’t rev, even though the feeling with [...]
MCN reports: Matt Hoyle’s Haojue 125GP team has withdrawn from tomorrow’s Japanese GP at the Twin Ring Motegi.Undisclosed technical issues with new engine parts hand carried to the Far East were cited as the reason for the shock withdrawal of the team spearheaded by British motorsport legend John Surtees. The problem struck Hoyle’s bike in [...]
7th Bradley Smith 2.01.608 (14 laps):“There is not much grip out there so the lap times are quite slow and it’s difficult to get a good feeling. We usually come here when it’s much warmer and in this heat everything changes – the setting, the feeling, everything. I think we have a good base setting [...]
Pos. Rider Team Laptime Gap 1 Andrea IANNONE Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 2’00.6852 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 2’00.864 0.1793 Stefan BRADL Viessmann Kiefer Racing 2’01.029 0.3444 Esteve RABAT Blusens Aprilia 2’01.372 0.6875 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team 2’01.549 0.8646 Dominique AEGERTER Ajo Interwetten 2’01.565 0.8807 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 2’01.608 0.9238 [...]
He may not have had the best result at Twin Ring Motegi on his circuit debut, but Scott Redding is full of praise for the Japanese track where he took eighth place in 2008. The Blusens Aprilia rider is relishing the opportunity to get back to the far east, eager to earn not only a [...]
“I really like Motegi and I know I can be fast there. I had the best result of my rookie season there and was the highest-placed Honda. I’ve had a bit of bad luck there over the past couple of seasons but with the way this year is going I’m sure we can do well. [...]
9th Danny Webb“I had a very good start. In the end this was really good for the race because they cancelled it after four laps. I was in the second group and could follow them easy and had the feeling to ride together with Bradl to the front group. Because of the rain they stopped [...]