The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team’s Cal Crutchlow demonstrated what a fast learner he is today, the British rider immediately setting a fast and competitive pace on his debut at the spectacular new Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Texas. Faced with the difficult challenge of learning the long and technical track, which features 20 [...]
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez produced a strong last lap effort to top Friday practice by just one-thousandth of a second and head the field into tomorrow’s qualifying sessions. Marquez edged out Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo to emerge quickest from the three ranked practice sessions, with Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow placing third overall [...]
Young Brit John McPhee has written on the blog on his official website of his eventful FP3 session in Qatar – which had disruptive and changeable weather conditions for everyone, as well as a fall for John. Here is the session in his words – John finished P14. John McPhee Free practice 3 was quite [...]
The second night of practice in advance of the 10th running of the Qatar MotoGP race in Doha on Sunday evening saw Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith shine under the impressive Losail International Circuit floodlights. Crutchlow’s outstanding form continued in tricky conditions tonight, with light spots of rain falling during the earlier second practice session [...]
The onset of rain halfway through this evening’s third and final free practice session in Qatar meant that none of the top ten riders were able to improve their lap times from yesterday, with the result that Scott Redding remains fourth on combined times. With dark clouds gathering over the Losail International Circuit ahead of [...]
Scott Redding got his 2013 campaign off to a solid start in the first two free practice sessions in Qatar, finishing fourth fastest and just 0.5s off the top of the timesheet. Scott managed to master the tricky conditions quickly to finish the first 45-minute free practice session fourth fastest. The 20-year-old Briton was fourth [...]
The 2013 MotoGP World Championship roared into action tonight, with Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider Cal Crutchlow one of the leading lights in the season’s opening practice session at the floodlit Losail International Circuit in Qatar. The British rider was immediately battling for the top three in a session run in warm but windy [...]
British youngster John McPhee finished a world championship session on top for the first time this afternoon at Valencia, making his mark with some very competitive laptimes in tricky mixed conditions at the Spanish track. John McPhee: “In the first session we went in totally the wrong direction, it was difficult to find the right [...]
Scott Redding was second quickest on combined times at Phillip Island today, after both 45-minute free practice sessions were disrupted by rain. Scott was quick to make his mark in this morning’s 45-minute opening free practice, as dark clouds over the Bass Strait promised rain at some point during the session. The notoriously changeable weather [...]
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Photos: Scott Redding on the way to his maiden pole position
Photos: Danny Webb under the floodlights at Qatar
Photos: John McPhee’s Qatar GP weekend
