Cold temperatures delayed the start of the Moto2 and Moto3 riders at Valencia on the first day of testing at the circuit. A chilly morning on the first of the three day test at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia saw none of the more than 60 Moto2 and Moto3 riders present venturing out to [...]
The Marc VDS Racing Team today concluded a successful three-day test at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. Despite rain disrupting two of the three days, both Scott Redding and Mika Kallio were able to continue their familiarisation with the Kalex Moto2 machines they will both campaign in Marc VDS colours in 2012. Scott recorded [...]
The Circuit of Valencia has witnessed a day with all the ingredients to satisfy the 15.000 fans who have gathered for the penultimate round of the CEV Buckler in 2011: historic victories, heavy hits and decisive crashes, in an atmosphere like a war of nerves since the rainfall early in the morning left the track [...]
FTR MOTO was reunited with Kev Coghlan and the Joe Darcey Team to take seventh place in Sunday’s sixth round of the CEV Buckler Spanish Moto2 Championship at Valencia. Coghlan, riding the FOGI Racing M211 machine campaigned by Kenny Noyes in this year’s World Championship, qualified fifth before finishing seventh in the damp and tricky [...]
One week after the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana the penultimate round of the 2011 CEV Buckler arrives at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, and all signs point to a weekend packed full of action with a total of 153 riders in action and the title in each category still to be decided. The [...]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider Cal Crutchlow concluded a successful first test on board Yamaha’s new YZR-M1 1000cc MotoGP machine at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia today. Taking advantage of gloriously sunny conditions during the two-day test, the 26-year-old completed 142 laps and was able to give Yamaha engineering staff a wealth of [...]
During the two-day official MotoGP test at the Valencia circuit, Bridgestone debuted the final specification 2012 tyres, providing them to all teams for the duration of the test. The test was conducted mostly with the new-era 1000cc machines including five Claiming Rule Team (CRT) bikes from BQR Inmotec, BQR FTR, TeamLaglisse and the Grellini Team. [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 17 Karel Abraham FTR/Honda 27 43’49.499 2 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up/Honda 27 43’50.021 0.522 3 60 Julian Simon Suter/Honda 27 43’50.082 0.583 4 12 Thomas Luthi Moriwaki/Honda 27 43’50.259 0.760 5 45 Scott Redding Suter/Honda 27 43’53.704 4.205 6 15 Alex de Angelis Motobi/Honda 27 43’54.884 [...]
Pos Nº Rider Bike Laps Time Delay/Retirement 1 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 24 40’25.648 2 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 24 40’28.434 2.786 3 40 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 24 40’28.797 3.149 4 93 Marc Márquez Derbi 24 40’33.974 8.326 5 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 24 40’50.023 24.375 6 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 24 40’52.391 26.743 7 [...]