Archive for May, 2011
Preview Gran Premio Aperol de Catalunya
After another break of two weeks break the Monster Yamaha Tech3 team rolls on with their 2011 campaign and will start the first of two consecutive races in Catalunya, Spain this weekend. The all-important home race for the French-based Tech 3 squad in Le Mans two weeks ago was overshadowed by some bad luck for [...]
Rossi Says Catalunya Is His Second-Favorite Racetrack
May 31, 2011, ©Copyright 2011, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. From a press release issued by Marlboro Ducati: Valentino Rossi (46). DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM AT CATALUNYA, A FAVORITE GP FOR ROSSI AND HAYDEN Situated in Montmelò, an industrial suburb north of Barcelona, Circuito de Catalunya opened in 1992, and was added to the Grand Prix calendar [...]
Bautista ’100% fit’ for Catalunya
Alvaro Bautista will be ’100% fit’ for his return to a circuit where he claimed the joint-best result of his rookie MotoGP season, this weekend in Catalunya. The Rizla Suzuki rider finished fifth in his home event last season and returns to the Barcelona track after riding injured for the past two rounds, after an [...]
MOTOGP: Catalunya Kicks Off Six Races In Eight Weeks
The 2011 MotoGP World Championship encounters an intense period of activity across the months of June and July, with six races taking place in the space of eight weekends. The Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya gets the stretch underway this weekend, as the campaign enters a demanding section of this season’s schedule, one which will [...]
Simoncelli receives threats The Catalunya MotoGP heats up
The Honda rider is in the crosshairs of the Spanish press and fans after the collision with Pedrosa in France: it was confirmed by his team manager Fausto Gresini. And the race direction has summoned him to Montmel, three weeks after the ride-through penalty at Le Mans Mail Print OkNotizie badzu Facebook The incident at [...]
Jeremy Burgess with one eye on next season
Speaking to former GP rider Daryl Beattie, Jeremy Burgess spoke about a range of subjects, starting with the switch to Ducati with Valentino Rossi for the 2011 campaign. “It’s been a hard start, clearly, with Valentino’s injury” Burgess told Beattie an interview for Australian channel One HD. “The bike was being built at the end [...]
Lorenzo and Spies eager for Barcelona
The MotoGP paddock heads to Barcelona this week for the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya at the Montmeló circuit in Spain. Round 5 of the 2011 Championship, the second on Spanish soil this season, sees 2010 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo ready and prepared to defend his Championship lead in front of his home Catalan crowd. [...]
Edwards ‘likes’ Catalunya, new track for Crutchlow
After falling during the team’s home French MotoGP at Le Mans, Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team-mates Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow are looking to get their season back on track at Catalunya this weekend. Rookie Crutchlow suffered his first DNF in the premier-class when he hit the deck at Le Mans, while veteran team-mate Edwards [...]
MotoGP race directions convoke Marco Simoncelli at Catalunya – MotoGP news
MotoGP race directions convoke Marco Simoncelli at Catalunya – MotoGP news San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Marco Simoncelli has been summoned by the MotoGP race directions at Catalunya at the upcoming weekend to discuss his clash with Dani Pedrosa which took place a few weeks ago at Le Mans. The MotoGP officials announced their statement [...]
Bautista heading home and ready to race
Rizla Suzuki’s Álvaro Bautista is eagerly awaiting his home Grand Prix at Montmelo in Catalunya this weekend, determined to put the rigours of this season so far firmly behind him. Bautista will be back at full fitness as he heads to the Catalonian circuit, following the last two races that have seen him make an [...]