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Laverty scores first championship points at Jerez and makes history for PBM

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After successful outings in Qatar and Austin, round three of the MotoGP World Championship at Jerez saw mixed fortunes for the Penrith-based PBM MotoGP team of Yonny Hernandez and Michael Laverty. With Hernandez qualifying 21st on the grid on the Rapid Solicitors and Minxflix.com-sponsored Aprilia ART and Laverty alongside on his PBM-chassised Rapid Solicitors and [...]

John McPhee takes first championship points at Jerez

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John McPhee claimed his first Grand Prix points of the season with a battling ride from 17th on the grid to 11th in the second red-flagged race of the season at Jerez this morning. The Racing Steps Foundation-backed Caretta Technology RTG rider was up to 10th and challenging Team Italia’s Romano Fenati for ninth when [...]

Red Bull Rookies: Martin snatches Jerez victory from Hanika with perfect pass in final corner

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Jorge Martin stole victory from Karel Hanika at the final corner to take the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Race 1 at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez. The 15-year-old Spaniard judged his move up the inside on the brakes perfectly and the 17-year-old Czech had no reply as they raced across the line to [...]

Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: Bridgestone Qualifying Review

Gran Premio de Espana, 5th May 2013

On his twenty-sixth birthday Jorge Lorenzo was the life of the party at a sunny Jerez circuit, the Spaniard guiding his Yamaha Factory Racing M1 to pole position with a scorching time of 1’38.673. In similar circumstances to yesterday, Lorenzo was able to hold off the challenge of Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa who set a [...]

Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: Bridgestone Practice Review

Gran Premio de Espana, 5th May 2013

Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo took control in Friday free practice at Jerez, the current MotoGP™ World Champion setting the benchmark time of 1’39.562 at a circuit which yesterday unveiled a corner named in his honour. Lorenzo narrowly eclipsed his Spanish rival Dani Pedrosa to the best time of the day after the Repsol Honda [...]

Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: Bridgestone Preview

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Spain’s Circuito de Jerez hosts round three of the 2013 MotoGP™ season as the championship prepares for its first race on European soil this year. With Spanish riders winning the first two races of what has been an exciting season so far, a large and enthusiastic crowd is expected at the Jerez circuit this weekend. [...]

Jerez Grand Prix, Rookies Preview: Favourite Hanika against the rest

Returning from the thrilling Texas trip the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies are in action again at Jerez in southern Spain this coming weekend for races 3 and 4 in the chase for the Cup. Austin winners Bradley Ray and Karel Hanika are looking to maintain their momentum while the rest of the 23 strong field [...]

Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: Bridgestone Debrief with Masao Azuma

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Round two of the 2012 MotoGP™ season produced a thrilling encounter at the Circuito de Jerez with the unsettled weather conditions not dampening the spirits of the huge crowd that gathered to cheer on the first European race of the season. Reigning MotoGP champion Casey Stoner rode his Repsol Honda RC213V to a first ever [...]

Problem with oil pressure denies Ellison first points of the season

Photo: Ben Davies

PBM UK rider James Ellison saw his and his team’s hopes of an encouraging result dashed when he was forced to retire from today’s Spanish GP at Jerez less than two laps from the finish. After qualifying on the final row of the grid due to a couple of problems in practice as well as [...]

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