Britain’s James Ellison got the Paul Bird Motorsport Team’s latest venture underway with a solid finish in round one of the MotoGP World Championship in Qatar. Aboard the CRT-specification Aprilia ART, the 31-year-old Cumbrian and the PBM UK team headed by Phil Borley, continued their on-going development work at the Losail circuit and emerged with [...]
The 2012 MotoGP™ season got off to a flying start last weekend with a thrilling race taking place under the lights of the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. The venue for the season opener for the past six years, Qatar is unique due to being the only night race on the calendar and its desert [...]
The Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Racing Team opened the historical first Moto3 season with a podium place when pole position starter Sandro Cortese finished third at the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar. The KTM factory team did all in all a strong job in Qatar. Teammate Arthur Sissis was seventh and Briton Danny Kent [...]
Gino Rea’s lack of feeling for his Moriwaki Moto2 machine continued into his Grand Prix debut tonight, the British rider bravely battling to the finish despite the high risk of a crash. The team now face a race against the clock to produce a better machine ahead of the next round at Jerez. Gino Rea [...]
British racer Danny Webb took his brand-new Mahindra MGP30 to a solid finish in its first grand prix – also the first for the brand-new Moto3™ class – after overnight adjustments found a significant speed improvement. The 21-year-old rider had qualified 25th, but rode through from a bad start to finish 18th – just three [...]
Tech 3 Racing rider Bradley Smith kicked off the 2012 Moto2 World Championship with a battling ride to ninth position after overcoming physical and mechanical problems in an exciting season opener at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. A fast start off the line immediately launched Smith into the top 10 from the fourth row [...]
The Marc VDS Racing Team’s Scott Redding took a solid sixth place finish in tonight’s Grand Prix of Qatar, the opening round of the 2012 Moto2 World Championship, with Mika Kallio just four places further back in tenth. Redding started tonight’s 20-lap race from 13th position on the grid, after a difficult qualifying session yesterday, [...]
Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo made a superb late charge to win the first race of the season ahead of the Repsol Honda pair of Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner. Starting from pole position, Lorenzo led for the first lap before succumbing to an attack from Stoner on lap 3 with the reigning champ setting [...]
The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team made a fantastic start to the 2012 MotoGP World Championship in Qatar tonight, with Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso claiming richly deserved top five finishes to start the new 1000cc era. Starting from the front row of the grid for the first time in his MotoGP career, 26-year-old Crutchlow [...]