Mika Kallio and Scott Redding head for this weekend’s Grand Prix de France at Le Mans confident of a return to form, after tyre and handling issues saw them finish ninth and eleventh last time out in Estoril. Chatter issues mid race plagued Kallio, halting his progress through the field from 17th on the grid, [...]
It hasn’t been an easy decision to take but Team Gresini have opted to switch to a Suter chassis for their Moto2 project for the remainder of this season, starting this weekend at Le Mans. The French Grand Prix will therefore be more like a test for Gino Rea, who faces the twin challenge of [...]
MotoGP MotoGP™ returns this weekend at the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France, where Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner will look to extend his lead at the top of the championship standings. He will face stiff competition from his teammate Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo, who have been the only three racers to [...]
Gino Rea’s early season woes continued today, his race brought to an early conclusion in Portugal by a mechanical problem that topped off another difficult weekend. Gino Rea (DNF) “To be honest I am glad to get this weekend finished. It has been hard. The positive side is that we have shown some decent pace [...]
Scott Redding ran with the leading group in the early stages of today’s Portuguese Moto2 Grand Prix at Estoril, before deteriorating rear grip saw him drop down the field to eventually finish 11th. He had problems from the start. Throttle response wasn’t the same as it had been during practice and qualifying, causing problems on [...]
Tech 3 Racing Team riders Bradley Smith and Xavier Simeon secured hard fought 10th and 13th places at the end of an exciting Moto2 race at the Estoril circuit in Portugal today. British rider Smith delivered on his pre-race promise to attack from the beginning of the 26-lap race and he gained five places on [...]
Rider Pos Nation Team Motorcycle Total Time Km/h Gap 1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol SUTER 44’04.086 148.041 2 20 40 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Pons 40 HP Tuenti KALEX 44’06.073 147.930 1.987 3 16 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten-Paddock SUTER 44’06.157 147.925 2.071 4 13 5 Johann ZARCO FRA JIR Moto2 MOTOBI [...]
The Marc VDS Racing Team’s Scott Redding will start tomorrow’s Portuguese Moto2 Grand Prix from the front row of the grid, after qualifying third fastest at Estoril this afternoon. Mika Kallio will start the race from the sixth row of the grid, after struggling with set-up issues in today’s two sessions. Redding was on a [...]
Tech 3 Racing’s Bradley Smith has vowed to launch one of his trademark aggressive performances in tomorrow’s Estoril Moto2 race after qualifying in 13th position. Smith powered his Tech 3 Mistral 610 machine to a best time of 1.41.733 in today’s qualifying session, which left him just over 0.2s away from the top six. Working [...]