Cal Crutchlow’s pre-season ended in premature and painful fashion after he’d shown encouraging progress throughout the test, the British rider dedicating much of his time to improving his braking technique on the YZR-M1 machine. Crutchlow suffered a nasty wound to his left little finger in crash at Turn 10, which required lengthy treatment in the [...]
The third and final day of testing at Estoril for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup concluded with a damp and cool Monday. The fastest times remained from Saturday’s session and while there were a number of fallers in the slippery conditions there were no injuries. There were no fast times to be had in [...]
Upon visiting the new Silverstone Wing recently, Cal Crutchlow was interviewed what he thought about the new addition to the track and how he approaches his debut season in the MotoGP class.
Cal Crutchlow could have been playing in the Premier League next weeked. Instead he will make his MotoGP debut alongside motorcycling’s elite at the first grand prix of the season under the floodlights in Qatar. Crutchlow, 25, had trials with Aston Villa and played for Coventry City and Northampton Town at youth and reserve level [...]
The Estoril pre-season test for the 5th season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup got underway on Friday and Saturday with the 25 Rookies assembled from all over the world. Friday was damp and eventually curtailed by rain but a very pleasant day on Saturday saw everyone make maximum use of the track. Fastest [...]
The MotoGP class will complete its 2011 pre-season preparations in Qatar this Sunday and Monday, as the final Test before the opening race of the campaign takes place. Riding under the floodlights of the Losail International Circuit the premier class will define and perfect their 800cc machines in readiness for the race at the same [...]
The new season is just around the corner and no matter if you live in the United States, Australia or just anywhere with an internet connection – If you’re a fan of MotoGP then chances are that you’ve heard this commentator’s voice a lot of times before, bringing you the latest news from the track [...]
Evaluating the preseason of Moto2 rookie Kev Coghlan his team Aeroport de Castelló happily states the fact that the Scot was one of the few riders who never crashed in any of the testing sessions from Valencia to Jerez and racked up an impressive amount of kilometers on his new FTR 2011. On the final [...]
South Africa, Germany, Australia, the Czech Republic or any of the 14 nations represented might carry off this year’s Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The first race takes place on April 2nd as part of the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez. It opens the 5th Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season and 25 of the [...]