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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. [...]
Casey Stoner: ‘The best man will win’
Reigning and soon to retire MotoGP champion Casey Stoner believes both Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa would be worthy winners of the 2012 crown and that it’s a case of ‘best man wins’. Yamaha star Lorenzo holds a shrinking 23-point advantage over Stoner’s Repsol Honda team-mate Pedrosa heading into the penultimate round at Phillip Island [...]
Proud Ellison hails best result of season
James Ellison celebrated his best result of the season as the British rider finished ninth in Sunday’s Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang. Ellison, who qualified 16th on the PBMUK Aprilia ART, had been battling for the lead of the CRT class with Aleix Espargaro in the treacherous conditions when the race was stopped with seven laps [...]
Casey Stoner plays down chances of sixth home MotoGP win
Casey Stoner has played down his chances of a sixth consecutive Australian Grand Prix win – due to both his physical condition and handling problems with his Honda. The double MotoGP champion is undefeated at Phillip Island since 2007, and will be making his final home appearance this weekend before retiring from the sport following [...]
Valentino Rossi calls for changes to ‘boring’ MotoGP
Valentino Rossi has called MotoGP “boring” and said that the sport has to change. Jorge Lorenzo and fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa have dominated this year’s championship, winning 12 out of the 16 races so far between them. “Now is the worst moment in MotoGP since I joined in 2000,” Rossi told BBC Sport. Analysis Steve [...]
Bridgestone talks rear-tyre choices in Sepang
Track conditions varied greatly over the weekend, with riders experiencing from fully wet to fully dry. This wide range of weather resulted in every specification of tyre brought to Sepang being used as riders tried to adapt to the changing track conditions. The rain that fell before and during the MotoGP race made wet tyres [...]
PH2: MOTOGP MALAYSIA
Lorenzo avoids a potential Malaysian minefield… What must have been going through Jorge Lorenzo’s mind on the damp Sepang grid? A lead of 28 points is a nice cushion, but one that can all fall apart very quickly – especially in the wet. A sopping wet race ahead and you have to feel for the [...]
PH2: MOTOGP MALAYSIA
Lorenzo avoids a potential Malaysian minefield… What must have been going through Jorge Lorenzo’s mind on the damp Sepang grid? A lead of 28 points is a nice cushion, but one that can all fall apart very quickly – especially in the wet. A sopping wet race ahead and you have to feel for the [...]
MotoGP 2012 – Jack the Lad and Arthur: Australia’s racing future?
– MotoGP 2012 – Jack the Lad and Arthur: Australia’s racing future? Casey’s going, so where does Australia turn for its next two-wheeled racing hero? Not too far, if two 17-year-olds have any say in the matter. Adelaide teenager Arthur Sissis arrives at Phillip Island for the first Australian race in Moto3 history straight from [...]
Motorcycling-Spies to miss Australian MotoGP race
Oct 22 (Reuters) – American MotoGP rider Ben Spies will miss this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island because he needs surgery to injuries sustained in Malaysia on Sunday, his Yamaha team said on Monday. The Texan, team mate to championship leader Jorge Lorenzo, suffered a shoulder separation, a cracked rib in his upper [...]