British rider Scott Redding had to settle for 15th place on the timesheets on day one at Motegi after he encountered concentration issues as a result of a heavy cold he developed on the long flight from Europe to Tokyo earlier this week. The bug disrupted the 18-year-old’s sleep last night too but he still [...]
Colin Edwards and Cal Cructchlow declared themselves satisfied with progress made on the opening day of practice for the Japanese MotoGP at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit today. Both were able to post competitive times in cloudy but hot conditions that bodes well for a strong weekend for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team in [...]
Fittingly for Honda at their circuit, the leaderboard was dominated today by Honda machines: the Repsol Honda trio of Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso in first, second and third respectively and San Carlo Honda Gresini Marco Simoncelli fourth fastest. The lead trio all finished the afternoon’s 45-minute free practice session faster than the [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 SUTER 1’53.002 16 17 256.0 2 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing KALEX 1’53.182 14 14 0.180 0.180 256.2 3 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 1’53.354 18 18 0.352 0.172 252.0 4 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’46.790 11 20 293.5 2 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’46.844 14 15 0.054 0.054 291.7 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’46.952 12 20 0.162 0.108 290.2 4 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing APRILIA 1’59.273 12 16 215.1 2 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo DERBI 1’59.519 15 16 0.246 0.246 212.3 3 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc APRILIA 1’59.593 14 15 0.320 0.074 215.8 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Tech 3 Racing TECH 3 1’53.806 14 15 251.6 2 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Speed Master SUTER 1’53.898 14 16 0.092 0.092 253.0 3 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 SUTER 1’53.909 15 17 0.103 0.011 253.8 4 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’47.289 16 16 291.2 2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’47.566 16 21 0.277 0.277 287.4 3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team DUCATI 1’47.732 17 18 0.443 0.166 291.3 4 26 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc APRILIA 1’59.436 16 16 216.6 2 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo DERBI 2’00.046 15 15 0.610 0.610 214.0 3 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Blusens by Paris Hilton APRILIA 2’00.326 15 15 0.890 0.280 215.7 4 [...]