Whilst Valentino Rossi claimed his 9th World title today in Sepang – and Casey Stoner pulled out another one of his supremely dominant races to come home 1st – it was an awful end to a pretty awful weekend for Brit James Toseland in his penultimate race in MotoGP. The race was delayed by nearly [...]
Although overall it was a pretty grim day for the MotoGP Brits – Danny Webb crashing out, Scott Redding retiring, and James Toseland coming home 15th and last in the top class, at least Bradley Smith was able to enjoy another great outing coming home second in a superb race with Julian Simon and simultaneously [...]
A great race ahead hopefully for young Brit Danny Webb, who managed to put his Molenaar bike onto the second row of the gird for tomorrow’s 125cc Grand Prix in Malaysia, in 8th place… Danny Webb (8th, 2:14,920): “This was a good qualification session. Yesterday I wasn’t happy with my position and not really [...]
Valentino Rossi will start the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix in pole position, as he bids to secure the 2009 FIM MotoGP World Championship at Sepang on Sunday. A best lap of 2’00.518 in qualifying secured the reigning champion pole position for the seventh time this season, with Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa completing [...]
Hot temperatures in this afternoon’s single qualifying session for the 125cc Malaysian Grand Prix made life difficult for the engines in the smaller class, with lap times slower than they had been in the cooler morning conditions, but played into the hands of Spanish riders, who took six of the first seven positions on the [...]
The penultimate round of the 125cc season got underway at Sepang this afternoon in typically hot conditions, with a dirty track surface providing more than the odd scare for the minor category riders, who were first onto the track. Bancaja pair Bradley Smith and Julián Simón were predictably on the pace and are amongst the [...]
Pos Driver Bike Time Gap 1. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 2m02.180s 2. Casey Stoner Ducati 2m02.244s + 0.064s 3. Dani Pedrosa Honda 2m02.758s + 0.578s 4. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 2m02.864s + 0.684s 5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2m03.142s + 0.962s 6. Loris Capirossi Suzuki 2m03.253s + 1.073s 7. Toni Elias Gresini Honda 2m03.294s + 1.114s 8. Nicky [...]
Friday 23 October 12.40 – 13.40 125cc Free Practice 1 13.55 – 14.55 MotoGP Free Practice 1 15.10 – 16.10 250cc Practice 1 Saturday 24 October 09.00 – 09.40 125cc Free Practice 2 09.55 – 10.55 MotoGP Free Practice 2 11.10 – 12.10 250cc Free Practice 2 13.00 – 13.40 125cc Qualifying 13.55 – 14.55 [...]
There was four-wheeled fun at the Sepang circuit in the build up to the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend, where 125cc rider Bradley Smith beat off competition from several fellow riders, including Pedrosa, Mika Kallio and Marco Melandri from the premier class, and former 500cc World Champion Àlex Crivillé to win a karting race. Let’s hope [...]