Red Bull Ajo Motorsport´s Danny Kent has qualified for 18th position on the grid for the final 125cc Grand Prix of the season and in the world championship. Rain had hit Valencia just before the qualifying started and made for a very difficult session with the track drying up towards the end and riders taking [...]
Rapidly changing weather conditions that have dominated the Valencia Grand Prix played a vital role again in this afternoon’s Moto2 qualifying session, with Mike di Meglio and Bradley Smith set to start the final race of 2011 from ninth and 12th on the grid respectively. The session started on a dry track but within seconds [...]
Scott Redding will start from the fifth row of the grid, the 18-year-old unfortunately unable to get clear track in the early stages of the session. He set a 1.38.703 on his fourth lap, but each time he pushed with conditions gradually worsening, he encountered traffic and had to settle for 14th. The rain intervention [...]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider Cal Crutchlow will start his quest to win the coveted MotoGP Rookie of the Year title in tomorrow’s GP Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana from 11th position on the grid. The British rider set a best time of 1.34.329s in cool and windy conditions at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit [...]
Mahindra Racing unveiled its new Moto3 challenger, the MGP30 (pronounced three oh) today. Mahindra became the first Indian company to enter MotoGP when Mahindra Racing opened its account at the Qatar Grand Prix in March this year. With 16 of the 17 2011 races now under its belt, the team aims to finish the season [...]
Casey Stoner took the final pole position of the 2011 season today in Valencia, marking his record-equalling 12th start from the top spot in what has been a dominant Championship year for the Australian and the Repsol Honda Team. After yesterday’s two wet sessions, both this morning’s free practice session and hour-long qualifying session this [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 1’37.067 4 5 252.9 2 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 1’37.076 4 7 0.009 0.009 260.5 3 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Marc VDS Racing Team SUTER 1’37.477 5 7 0.410 0.401 265.6 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’31.861 18 21 309.9 2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’32.875 18 22 1.014 1.014 309.4 3 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 1’33.057 22 22 1.196 0.182 303.0 4 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 99 Danny WEBB GBR Mahindra Racing MAHINDRA 1’45.898 17 17 216.5 2 96 Louis ROSSI FRA Matteoni Racing APRILIA 1’46.325 18 18 0.427 0.427 212.3 3 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo DERBI 1’48.028 17 18 2.130 1.703 216.1 4 39 Luis SALOM SPA [...]