British Rookie Matt Hoyle looks to be out of the 125cc world championship for the rest of the year.Haojue has released both 125cc riders and Hoyle travelled to Assen this weekend to look for a new team.“Garry Taylor told me I should have a look around. But all the good rides are already taken and [...]
Hey everyone, First, Free Practice; I was just running in the engine, learning the track, finding my lines, braking points etc.. From the first session I felt pretty comfortable with the bike and track, I ended up 3rd position in Free Practice on my first ever time around the Assen TT circuit. First qualifying; we [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap 1. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 39m07.577s 2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 0.078s 3. Julian Simon Aprilia + 0.901s 4. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 12.356s 5. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 12.400s 6. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 20.468s 7. Jonas Folger Aprilia + 20.755s 8. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 21.263s 9. [...]
Pos Driver Car/Engine Laps Time/Delay 1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 26 42:14.611 2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 26 5.368 3 Casey Stoner Ducati 26 23.113 4 Colin Edwards Yamaha 26 29.114 5 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 26 33.605 6 James Toseland Yamaha 26 39.347 7 Randy de Puniet Honda 26 39.543 8 Nicky Hayden Ducati 26 39.823 9 [...]
# RIDER NAT. GAP TOTAL TIME 1 Sturla FAGERHAUG NOR 29’39.971 2 Daijiro HIURA JPN 2.720 29’42.691 3 Jake GAGNE USA 3.018 29’42.989 4 Florian MARINO FRA 3.239 29’43.210 5 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE 3.329 29’43.300 6 Alexander KRISTIANSSON SWE 10.693 29’50.664 7 Daniel RUIZ ESP 13.670 29’53.641 8 Arthur SISSIS AUS 19.716 29’59.687 9 Kevin [...]
5th Bradley Smith 1.45.712 (19 laps): “It is typical at Assen to have riders hanging around looking for a tow but when you only have one qualifying session you have no option but to push as hard as you can for a good time even if somebody tags along. Anyway, I’m happy with the job [...]
Pos | Driver | Bike | Time | Gap 1. Sandro Cortese Derbi 1m45.430s 2. Julian Simon Aprilia 1m45.441s +0.011 3. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1m45.644s +0.214 4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1m45.679s +0.249 5. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m45.712s +0.282 6. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m45.911s +0.481 7. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1m45.956s +0.526 8. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1m46.063s [...]
As we reported earlier the Haojue Racing Team of British rookie Matthew Hoyle has been in deep trouble all season, leading to a self-imposed break from the last two GP rounds in order to sort things out first.Now it seems as if this break was not only temporary, but that Haojue Racing will indeed cease [...]
“After finishing eighth at Montmeló I’m looking forward to getting to Assen and fighting for a top finish. It wasn’t a bad result and I’m still only a point and a half behind Julito but I was left with a bittersweet taste after that race. We have to think positive and keep working in the [...]