Positive Start to 2012 for Yamaha Factory Racing in Sepang as Lorenzo tops the time sheets
MotoGP 2012 finally got underway today with the first of three days of testing at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. Yamaha Factory riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies took their first ride on the 1000cc YZR-M1 since last year. Both riders blew the cobwebs off quickly and settled down to an impressive pace, Lorenzo proving to be the fastest man on track with his te...
Interview: Ducati's Claudio Domenicali
Racing, Sales And More... Ducati had a banner year selling motorcycles in 2011, especially in key markets like the U.S., which became the Italian firm's largest customer. And they don't expect that to change in 2012.
Valentino Rossi Ready. Is Ducati?
Valentino Rossi has hunger to win, just needs bike and tires. MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, ITALY, JAN 10 - Ducati Marlboro's Valentino Rossi is much healthier than when he arrived here for his first Wrooom a year ago.
First day on the Honda RC213V for Bautista at Sepang
The 2012 MotoGP season officially got underway today with the first day of preseason testing at Sepang. There was a melancholy feel to the day following the tragic events of October and the memory of Marco Simoncelli remains in the hearts of all those present, as it will for many years to come. Shortly before lunchtime Alvaro Bautista took to th...
MOTOGP: Great Expectations ahead of First 2012 MotoGP Test
New 1000cc Era ready to get underway in Sepang, Malaysia The MotoGP testing schedule gets underway on Tuesday January 31st until Thursday February 2nd at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. The first winter test of the 2012 season heralds a new era of MotoGP with the introduction of the new 1000cc machines in the premier class. While the teams and riders prepare themselves for the three-day test at ...
Casey Stoner ends Sepang test on top
Casey Stoner, the 2011 MotoGP World Champion, finished concluded three days of testing on the sweltering Sepang Circuit with the fastest ever lap by a motorcycle around the 5.548km circuit. On the second of 21 laps, the 26-year-old Australian lapped in 1m, 59.607s, lowering the mark of 1m, 59.665s that he'd set a little less than a year earlier at the second Sepang test of t...
Dani Pedrosa starts MotoGP testing in a good shape but Casey Stoner unable to ride
The Repsol Honda Team officially kicked off the 2012 MotoGP season with the first of three days testing at the Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. Due to early morning rain, the track conditions were not good enough to go out on track until midday when HRC test rider, Kosuke Akiyoshi performed the first 10 laps on Dani Pedrosa's bike and then jumped onto Casey Ston...
Ducati Team starts work on the GP12 at Day 1 of Sepang Test
The 2012 MotoGP test season started with today's first day of a three-day test at Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit. The Ducati Team took to the track with its Desmosedici GP12, and after official test rider Franco Battaini carried out the shakedown, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden started the important work of finding a base setup. ...
Stefan Bradl satisfied with LCR Honda RC213V testing debut
2011 Moto2 World Champion Stefan Bradl declared himself "satisfied" after his first laps on the LCR Honda RC213V. The young German had ridden the 800cc RC212V at the November Valencia test, but that was so long ago that he couldn't make a comparison to the larger displacement machine. What impressed the MotoGP rookie greatly about his new ride was the sea...
