The Italian Grand Prix was the eighth round of the season and the sixth to have at least one MotoGP session interrupted by rain. After dry and hot starts to Friday and Saturday, each afternoon brought rain that cut short both the second free practice and the qualifying session. The race however was run in [...]
Red Bull Ajo Motorsport’s Danny Kent was left far behind in the qualifying for Italian GP but managed to fight well during the season’s eighth 125cc race. British youngster Kent finished 15th and got championship points after performing strongly, having started from the 26th position. Kent is tenth in the championship with 39 points. Spaniard [...]
The first clear sunny day of the weekend welcomed the 125cc guys for the race. The three Phonica riders have taken advantage of it with Taylor Mackenzie close to the top 15 after a great start. Taylor Mackenzie (17th – 40’52.042): “A perfect start I would say. The weak point has been the fact that [...]
Jorge Lorenzo used his hard front and rear Bridgestone slicks to best effect today, overcoming Casey Stoner’s early lead of 2.3 seconds to take the lead six laps from the chequered flag and set a new circuit lap record on lap 17 of 23. Building an early lead with great initial pace, which included him [...]
Tech 3 Racing Team rider Bradley Smith fought for victory throughout a pulsating Moto2 race at the spectacular Mugello circuit earlier today, his third successive podium finish moving him into third place in the World Championship rankings after eight rounds. Smith took full advantage of his first front row start in the ultra-competitive Moto2 class [...]
Today’s 21-lap race at Mugello ended in premature and disappointing fashion for Cal Crutchlow. The British rider was involved in the captivating tussle that involved Edwards when he experienced a loss of feeling and confidence with the front-end of his YZR-M1 machine in the early stages. Not wanting to risk a crash that might further [...]
Danny Webb was forced to abandon the race in Mugello near the midpoint with severe pain in his right shoulder. The 20-year-old Brit had fractured the shoulder in a morning warm-up crash. Danny Webb: We tried to race and we made a good lap time at the beginning and after that I couldn’t feel nothing, [...]
Arthur Sissis won the 9th race of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season at Mugello on Saturday to extend his points lead to 17 over Lorenzo Baldassarri who finished 4th. Australian 16 year old Sissis had to fight all the way to the line, holding off 18 year old Czech Tomas Vavrous and 13 [...]
Red Bull Ajo Motorsport riders Jonas Folger and Danny Kent will start chasing better positions on Sunday when the season’s eighth 125cc Grand Prix is held in Mugello, Italy. Folger and Kent didn’t have enough time to do fast laps until the rain started in the Toscana at the beginning of the qualifying. British youngster [...]