The Catalunya Grand Prix took place under dry conditions on Sunday with Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo winning his second successive race ahead of Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa and Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Andrea Dovizioso to consolidate his position at the top of the MotoGP™ standings. Weather conditions on the Friday and Saturday of the [...]
A last lap, final corner effort by John McPhee to finish his first Moto3 wildcard entry in the points in this morning’s Catalunya Grand Prix cost the Scot three places and any chance of scoring. The Racing Steps Foundation backed KRP rider was 16th before making his do-or-die play for 14th but paid the penalty [...]
A promising race for Gino Rea ended in disappointment following a crash with a local rider for the second week in succession today. The British rider leaves Barcelona empty handed despite making progress with his Suter machine during practice and now he is hoping for a turnaround in fortunes at his own home race in [...]
Mika Kallio and Scott Redding secured two top ten finishes for the Marc VDS Racing Team in today’s Moto2 Grand Prix at Catalunya. Kallio battled his way through the field from 19th on the grid, to finish ninth, while Redding overcame problems with his throttle hand to finish tenth. Redding was involved in the battle [...]
Today’s race perfectly illustrated the strength of the Monster Yamaha Tech Team’s line line-up in 20 12, with Crutchlow claiming his fourth top five finish of the campaign. The British rider started from the front row of the grid for the third time this season and like in Jerez and Le Mans, the 26-year-old produced [...]
Tech 3 Racing Team rider Bradley Smith rode a determined race at the Catalunya circuit this afternoon to maintain his impressive 100% points-scoring record in the 2012 Moto2 World Championship. Starting from 13th place on the grid, the British rider spent the entire 23-lap race battling inside the top 15 in cloudy but warm conditions. [...]
Two non-finishes may not seem like a good result, but the Indian Mahindra team had many positives to take from the Catalan GP. Although both of the all-independent white-and-red machines were robbed of good finishes by small mishaps, progress with the developing machine left riders and team confident that the fifth race of the year [...]
After winning the Claiming Rules Team (CRT) class at the French Grand Prix last month, PBM UK rider James Ellison was once again in the thick of the action in today’s Catalunya Grand Prix as he battled to a 16th place finish in round five of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship. Aboard the PBM UK [...]
Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo extended his championship lead after emerging victorious from an exciting duel with Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa. Pedrosa got a great start from the second row to lead for the opening laps and after swapping the lead with Lorenzo a couple of times, Lorenzo made the decisive pass with six laps [...]
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