Phil's MotoGP

[...] went out at the brickyard. Pedrosa, shot across the track straight across the front of his team mate and grabbed second as they entered the first corner. Both Lorenzo and Pedrosa duelled all the [...]

[...] was a hard fought one and as the laps ticked off Marquez was getting closer to the back of his team mate. That was until turn 4 of the 24th lap where he ran in deep and almost clipped Pedrosa. He [...]

[...] had Stoner at the sharp end once again with a time of 1:34.321 half a second quicker than his team mate.  Dovi was just behind the two Repsol Hondas in third. The Coventry rider, Cal Crutchlow was [...]

[...] gets in front of Dovizioso. Was it an error by the Italian or is it his turn to watch his team mate. Stoner’s lead is just over a second but Lorenzo is being pushed by Pedrosa. Danilo Petrucci [...]

[...] head straight from the Sachsenring circuit in Germany to the USA for back-to-back racing at Laguna Seca on Sunday. Lorenzo Travels Jorge Lorenzo will travel to Laguna to be with his team as he [...]

[...] Non-Finishers: Smith, Espargaro, De Puniet, Corti, Laverty Championship With Marquez winning at Laguna Seca he now has a 16 point lead over his team mate Pedrosa. Lorenzo is a further 10 points behind [...]

[...] transmission system that is already being raced by rivals Honda. Having being sixth place at Laguna Seca, Lorenzo is now looking to make the most of Pedrosa still not back to full fitness and hopes to [...]

[...] is becoming boring. This wasn’t helped with the way that Stoner despatched Lorenzo at Laguna Seca this weekend. The more exciting Moto2 and Moto3 never attend the Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca [...]

[...] .” Contracts Signed There is good news for the Yamaha Factory Team as they confirmed Jorge Lorenzo has signed a new contract keeping him at the team for another two years until the end of 2014. [...]

[...] . It was Stoner that took the advantage and started to pull away from the second placed man of Jorge Lorenzo. With 21 laps of the race to go Lorenzo, pushed by Pedrosa, was closing the gap with the [...]

[...] MotoGP is boring. The Championship leader won by one of the bigger margins of the season as Jorge Lorenzo won the race. Lorenzo Dominant This Weekend Lorenzo had dominated the weekend being quickest [...]

[...] . Here is what the two Yamaha Factory racing riders had to say about the upcoming weekend: Jorge Lorenzo “I’m looking forward to visiting Mugello after suffering a very disappointing [...]

[...] Yamaha Factory Racing riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi fought an intense battle this afternoon to take second and third respectively in the Gran [...]

[...] another step being made in the set up of the YZR-M1 that should help both Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi as they challenge the remainder of the season. The Indianapolis Grand Prix is a relative [...]

[...] be looking for another victory as he tries to close in on Championship leader Pedrosa. Rossi Valentino Rossi arrives at Assen for the Dutch TT in a confident mood and will be keen to take advantage of [...]

[...] ;t mind where we race. I have to give everything inside of me on each race.” Valentino Rossi “I’m going to Sachsenring with a new spirit. I am very happy for the [...]

[...] in front of Pedrosa, who was the quickest in the rest of the sessions. Hayden joins them on the front row of the grid, but his teammate, Rossi could only manage 13th on the dry track. Crutchlow [...]

[...] .603 was less than half a second slower than Marquez’s as he took the Ducati to the front row for the first time this season. Crutchlow had a major crash in the final practice session [...]

[...] up with the Ducati of Dovizioso who had gone straight for the lead from the outside of the front row. Marquez was also one that had gone backwards very quickly too as he had a poor start and then [...]

[...] honour ahead of fellow Spaniard and Italian Andrea Dovizioso, again putting the Ducati on the front row and ahead of ‘The Doctor’. Still, the lights went out and they were off. It took [...]

[...] over the line. Stoner was the victor in this little battle displacing Spies and Pedrosa. The second row was filled up with Crutchlow, Lorenzo and Bradl. Sunday rolled up, a totally different story as [...]

[...] front row just ahead of Lorenzo, who had been having clutch issues early in the session. The second row will be Bautista, Hayden and Marquez. These five riders were the only ones that were within a [...]

[...] in 988 days. Row 2 is headed up by German Bradl at his home event. Joining him on the second row after a stunning effort was Espargaro. Hayden will line up in sixth. Starting back on the [...]

[...] quicker than Stoner with Dovizioso 0.035 seconds behind the Aussie completing the front row. Second row was three Yamahas as Crutchlow was sandwiched in between Lorenzo and Spies. The third row saw [...]

[...] that both my team-mate and I have a good season and that we fight to be the best CRT riders.” De Puniet also Ready His experienced team mate, de Puniet also said: “The start of the season is fast [...]

[...] Power Electronics Aspar Team saw both of its riders fail to finish, Espargaro crashing out and De Puniet having mechanical issues which forced him out of the race. Smith too had mechanical problems [...]

[...] and didn’t use any of Spies’ engines or tires). The session saw an inspired Randy de Puniet at the top of the time sheet as the flag dropped. He beat his team mate by 0.178 seconds and the [...]

[...] Rossi Espargaro Petrucci Abraham Edwards Laverty Barbera Aoyama Not Classified: Hernandez, De Puniet, Pesek, Corti, Staring [...]

[...] ; ITALIAN – PRAMAC RACING – DUCATI * 35 CAL CRUTCHLOW – BRITISH – DUCATI TEAM – DUCATI * 38 BRADLEY SMITH – BRITISH – MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 – [...]

[...] said for Marquez and Pedrosa too in the Repsol Honda garage. Ducati? Nicky Hayden of the Ducati team has said that he will not be back at the team next year which would leave one empty bike [...]

[...] 3 Yamaha team at the end of the season and heads to join his previous team mate at the Ducati team. Was he right to do such a thing? Will he and Dovi be good together for the team? Will [...]

[...] lost touch with the fourth place battle and came home in seventh place. Behind him it was the Ducati team mates that were battling and Bradly Smith was able to take advantage of the last corner [...]

[...] action at Indianapolis on the 16th of August for the practice sessions of round ten. Will the Yamaha team be able to catch the Hondas? [...]

[...] Last week Crutchlow announced his departure from the Tech 3 Yamaha team at the end of the season and heads to join his previous team mate at the Ducati team. Was he [...]