John McPhee was pretty happy after his first day on track at Le Mans despite not showing up at the sharp end of the timing screens in the weekend’s initial practice sessions. FP2 was affected by weather – and this could well be a factor in tomorrow’s action too. 25th in FP1 and 28th in [...]
Scott Redding dominated proceedings on the opening day at Le Mans, topping the timesheet in both 45-minute free practice sessions. Scott wasted no time stamping his authority on the French Grand Prix, setting the fastest time out of the box this morning, as he laid down the gauntlet to his championship rivals. This afternoon’s second [...]
The biggest race of the MotoGP World Championship campaign for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team started in positive fashion for British duo Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith at the historic Le Mans track today. This weekend’s race is not only the all-important home encounter for the French-based Tech 3 squad, but the popular Le [...]
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 [...]
Scott Redding went under the current lap record to top the timesheet during today’s second free practice session in Jerez, but the 20-year-old Briton ended the day second on combined times, just 0.2s off the time set by Tito Rabat during this morning’s 45-minute free practice session. “It’s been a good day overall,” said Scott. [...]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider Cal Crutchlow made a flying start to the European phase of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship today, the British rider launching a stunning challenge for the top three in both practice sessions at the Circuito de Jerez. Fourth quickest in cooler than anticipated conditions in FP1 this morning, Crutchlow [...]
A few photos from Friday and Saturday at Austin where Scott Redding scored his first ever pole position with a convincing laptime in qualifying. On the brandnew track in Texas it will be a long and tough race for the Moto2 field as the technical nature of the circuit punishes every small mistake and makes [...]
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez took his pre-season testing form at Circuit of the Americas to top both Friday practice sessions and end the day quickest ahead of his teammate Dani Pedrosa. In track conditions which proved to be a real challenge for the twenty-six riders competing this weekend, Marquez set a time of 2’05.031 to [...]
Scott Redding made a stunning debut at the spectacular new Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Texas today, the British rider dominating practice to lead the 32-strong Moto2 field by almost four-tenths-of-a-second. Cold and windy conditions for FP1 left Scott down in 23rd position, the 20-year-old adopting a risk free strategy on a slippery surface. [...]
Photos: John McPhee’s Le Mans weekend
Photos: Scott Redding at Le Mans
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Photos: Scott Redding on the way to his maiden pole position
