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Pedrosa targets fourth victory on trot
Dani Pedrosa heads to Phillip Island in Australia this weekend aiming to ramp up the pressure on MotoGP title favourite Jorge Lorenzo. The Repsol Honda star has won the last three rounds to reduce Lorenzo’s advantage to 23 points with two races remaining. Pedrosa is the undisputed form man in the premier class at present [...]
2012 Sepang MotoGP | Video Highlights
Click the images below for bigger versions: 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix Video The 2012 MotoGP Championship headed to an emotional Sepang circuit Sunday, the same track where last year San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli passed after a crash. Besides the memorials at the track, the riders decided the best dedication to the late “Super [...]
Lorenzo Leads MotoGP World Championship By 23 Points Heading Into …
Oct 23, 2012, ©Copyright 2012, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. From a press release issued by Dorna Communications: Jorge Lorenzo (99). The penultimate round of the MotoGPâ„¢ championship awaits as riders prepare for the third race of the demanding triple header at the ever-popular Phillip Island track for the AirAsia Australian Grand Prix. Much attention will [...]
Australian MotoGP as it happens
Last blast … join SPEED for our live blog of Casey Stoner’s final Australian MotoGP. Source: FOX SPORTS With Casey Stoner set to embark on his final Phillip Island crusade, follow all the action with SPEED’s Australian MotoGP Live Blog. We’ll kick things off at 12:30pm EDT just ahead of the Moto3 race, where we’ll [...]
Phillip Island honour for Stoner
MotoGP superstar Casey Star will be honoured at Phillip Island on Thursday, when a ceremony will be held to name Turn 3 after the reigning world champion. Stoner is poised to retire from motorcycle racing at the end of this season and is preparing for his final race at the Australian Grand Prix, where he [...]
Grand Prix Packed With Emotion Awaits In Australia
Grand Prix Packed With Emotion Awaits In Australia Phillip Island will welcome the Repsol riders with Pedrosa fighting for the MotoGP title, Stoner saying goodbye to his home fans and Márquez looking to win the Moto2 crown. At the last Australian Grand Prix, Casey Stoner claimed a victory that made him MotoGP World Champion for [...]
Sepang MotoGP | Bridgestone Tire Debrief
Click the images below for bigger versions: 2012 Sepang MotoGP Tire Analysis This year’s Malaysian Grand Prix was affected by an intense tropical downpour that resulted in the race being red-flagged after thirteen laps. Repsol’s Honda Dani Pedrosa claimed victory at a soaked Sepang ahead Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo in second place and teammate [...]
Glorious swansong a bridge too far for Stoner?
Casey Stoner has a sixth consecutive victory in his sights at Phillip Island this weekend but isn’t expecting an easy ride at his home race. The reigning MotoGP world champion, who will retire at the end of the season, returned from injury at Motegi and was back on the podium last weekend at Sepang, finishing [...]
Valentino Rossi is ‘bored’ by MotoGP and says he’s ‘finding it hard to stay awake’
Rossi, 33, hopes he can get back to winning ways next season with Yamaha. He won four world championships with Yamaha before leaving for Ducati at the end of 2010, but has not won in the last 37 races. “This is not the time in my career to be struggling every weekend like this,” said [...]
MotoGP: Sandro Cortese wins Moto3 championship
German rider Sandro Cortese becomes the first-ever winner of the Moto3 title after winning Sunday’s Malaysian race on the last lap. He took the lead just two corners from the end at Sepang, pushing home favourite Zulfahmi Khairuddin into second. With two races to go, Cortese can now not be caught in the riders’ championship. [...]