Gino Rea was able to improve his feel for the Moriwaki machine at Jerez today despite mixed weather at Jerez. The Brit took a small step forward but still has a long way to go and is hoping for better conditions so that he and the team can work on the bike tomorrow. Gino Rea [...]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team riders Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow began their preparations for the start of the European phase of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship in challenging and unpredictable conditions at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain today. Track conditions in this morning’s opening practice session weren’t sufficiently wet to evaluate Bridgestone rain [...]
Avintia Blusens’ rider Iván Silva put in a hot lap on slick tyres during a damp first practice session at Jerez to finish Friday on top of the timesheets. With conditions neither fully wet nor dry during the first practice session, only eight riders chose to go out in FP1 and those that braved the [...]
The Marc VDS Racing Team’s Scott Redding improved both his lap time and his position in tonight’s final free practice session ahead of the Grand Prix of Qatar, finishing 4th fastest and less than a second off Tom Lüthi’s fastest lap. Mika Kallio was 19th fastest, after losing most of the session to a mechanical [...]
On the second day of practice at the Qatar MotoGP, Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo and Monster Tech3 Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow combined forces to lock out the top two positions on the timing sheets. Utilising the combination of the harder front and softer rear tyre, both Lorenzo and Crutchlow clocked impressive times, with Lorenzo’s time of [...]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team riders Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso produced dazzling performances under the spectacular Losail International Circuit floodlights in Qatar tonight to finish practice in second and fourth respectively. British rider Crutchlow was in sparkling form on the new Yamaha YZR-M1 1000cc machine and a best lap of 1.55.456 came tantalisingly close [...]
Team Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 rider Gino Rea suffered another disappointing evening under the floodlights of Losail tonight, as he struggled to find a comfortable set-up on his Moriwaki. Tomorrow night’s qualifying session will be crucial to his hopes of targeting a positive finish on Sunday. Gino Rea (28° 2’ 03” 346) “It was better [...]
Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Danny Kent finished third fastest on the opening day of the Qatar Grand Prix at Losail on Thursday evening. Kent lapped the 5,4 km long circuit with a fastest time of 2.08’987. The Moto3 riders return to the track on Friday at 19.00 local time for the third and final [...]
Gino Rea’s Moto2 World Championship debut didn’t quite go to plan this evening, a small crash in the second free practice session preventing him from being able to make the progress he hoped on the opening night of the Grand Prix of Qatar. After a promising first session the English rider remains positive and is [...]