Focusing mainly on working with Bridgestone during his 2 days stay in Le Mans, Rossi concentrated on qualifiers, Monday and race tyres, Tuesday, with his findings boosting his already buoyant confidence levels. He has never doubted his own ability over the past two inconsistent and fruitless seasons, but the current competitiveness of his Yamaha M1 and […] [ → ]

As recorded his 90th career victory on Sunday, Rossi remained 2 days at Le Mans, for testing, putting in 68 laps on Monday.
After equalling Angel Nieto´s career, total of 90 GP wins at the Alice Grand Prix de France on Sunday, Valentino Rossi continued to put in the hard graft in a post-race test […]

Valentino Rossi, Le Mans racewinner and current MotoGP World Championship leader, moved one step closer, confirming his future, with Yamaha the most likely outcome.
Valentino Rossi´s future in MotoGP has yet to be decided, but the Le Mans racewinner appears to be heavily leaning towards an extended stay with the factory Yamaha team.
His current 2 year […]

Dani Pedrosa the Repsol Honda´s rider, recorded the fastest time in his first and only day of post-race testing in France.
Dani Pedrosa concluded the 1st day of post-Grand Prix testing, which also his final day at the Le Mans circuit- at the head of the 11 regular rider-strong field of MotoGP stars. He clocked a […]

Angel Nieto was paying a tribute to Rossi after he equaled his Grand Prix win tally of 90 victories.
Rossi´s equaling of Angel Nieto 90 Grand Prix victory milestone may `ve seen the Spaniard relinquishing his legacy as the 2nd most successful rider ever. But the MotoGP Legend wasn ‘t to be excluded from the celebrations […]

Valentino Rossi took a second consecutive race victory at the Alice Grand Prix de France, ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Colin Edwards.
Equalling Angel Nieto `s Record
Rossi took a runaway triumph at the Alice Grand Prix de France, equalling Angel Nieto `s record of 90 World Championship wins with a superb solo run.
In a selfless display, […]

Jorge Lorenzo suffered crash on Saturday morning in the second free practice session at Le Mans, but is still expected to take part in qualifying this afternoon.
Fiat Yamaha´s Jorge Lorenzo will participate in qualifying this afternoon at the Alice Grand Prix de France despite suffering a second crash of the Le Mans weekend in this […]

Dani Pedrosa, the MotoGP World Championship consolidated his morning advantage with a further mercurial time on Friday afternoon.
Fastest both the morning and afternoon
Dani Pedrosa holds the early advantage ahead of the Alice Grand Prix de France as being the fastest in both the morning and afternoon MotoGP sessions in Le Mans. The Repsol Honda rider […]

Alice Grand Prix de France Time Schedule. Friday, 16th May 2008. 09:00 - 09:45 FP1 125cc. 10:00 - 11:00 FP1 MotoGP. 11:15 - 12:15 FP1 250cc. 13:10 - 13:40 QP1 125cc. 13:55 - 14:55 FP2 MotoGP. 15:10 - 15:55 QP1 250cc. Saturday, 17th May 2008. 09:00 - 09:45 FP2 125cc. 10:00 - 11:00 FP3 MotoGP. 11:15 - 12:15 FP2 […] [ → ]

Valentino Rossi arrives in France on a roll, with the intention of adding to his win haul and putting some ghosts to rest. He’s about out to avenge previous French disasters.
Valentino Rossi´s victory in China has put him right back into the World Championship mix, at just nine points behind leader Dani Pedrosa and on […]

It’s been rubberstamped by Doctor Xavier Mir about Jorge Lorenzo´s participation in this weekend’s round of MotoGP action, confirming their initial expectations.
Jorge Lorenzo will definitely play a part in this weekend’s Alice Grand Prix de France, having been given the all clear from Doctor Xavier Mir in his final pre-Le Mans check up.
The decision to […]

Current MotoGP series leader and 2006 World Champion, highlight tyres and first section as key to mastering Le Mans.
Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden are in some ways polar opposites. Their bike setup, riding style and builds are markedly different despite bringing the Honda factory team equal amounts of success.
With this in mind, the pair have […]

Heading to round five in France, here’re some of the recent highlights of Grand Prix racing at Le Mans.
Having hosted a motorcycle Grand Prix event on 20 previous occasions Le Mans has a great history.
Le Mans, The first GP
The first GP at Le Mans took place in 1969 and there was a something of […]

The fight for supremacy between Bridgestone and Michelin is a fierce battle, and advantages are sought in a number of manners, as Michelin´s Jean-Philippe Weber explained.
Michelin´s director of motorcycle racing Jean-Philippe Weber has a huge task on his hands in 2008, as the French tyre giant attempt to reclaim their status as the dominant force […]

Following pretty closely behind Dani Pedrosa at the MotOh! BCN 08 motorshow this week, as he does in the MotoGP standings, Jorge Lorenzo briefly spoke about the Le Mans race.
Jorge Lorenzo was in a buoyant mood as he visited the MotOh! BCN 08 motorshow to help Yamaha Spain launch a new scooter named after him.
The […]

At the Repsol stand at Barcelona´s MotOH! bike fair, courtesy of the Spanish fuel company´s title sponsorship of the factory Honda team, Dani Pedrosa gave his latest thoughts on the premier class title race on Wednesday afternoon.
Having gone seven points clear in the title fight with his second place finish behind race winner Valentino Rossi […]

The current MotoGP World Championship leader, Jorge Lorenzo suffered a huge highside in the second half of the opening practice session, last saturday. The action captured by the MotoGP World Championship’s official trackside photographer. In this collection of snaps, see freeze-frame footage of the Friday practice crash from a new perspective.
There’re 25 photos available. Click […]

Examined in Barcelona, Jorge Lorenzo’s right ankle, more seriously injured than in original diagnosis. Which originally thought to be the least damaged.
Jorge Lorenzo, directly upon his return from Shanghai to Barcelona, was taken to the Spanish city´s Institut Universitari Dexeus by ambulance for further inspection of the injuries suffered last Friday in a huge highside […]

Capirossi´s 9th place and Vermeulen´s retirement leave team ruing misfortune in Shanghai.

Technical problems plagued the Rizla Suzuki garage in Shanghai, as Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen both saw their race adversely affected by the misfortune with the GSV-R.
Capirossi lost places at the end of the race, whilst a broken chain ended Vermeulen´s hopes of points […]

Jorge Lorenzo will test his ankles’ condition on Saturday morning, in free practice. After his Friday accident at the Pramac Grand Prix of China.

There has been an anxious wait for Jorge Lorenzo and his Fiat Yamaha team overnight to see if he will be fit to ride after his spectacular Friday crash which resulted in […]

Lorenzo examined for ankle fracture after Shanghai high side

Jorge Lorenzo. He starred in Qatar, reigned in Spain and thrilled in Estoril. But his visit to China has got off to an inauspicious start. The current MotoGP World Championship leader suffered a huge highside in the second half of the opening practice session, and is currently […]

Six MotoGP World Championship riders present at Shanghai event, the pre-event riverboat trip.

MotoGP riders James Toseland and Chris Vermeulen were joined by 250cc men Mika Kallio & Marco Simoncelli and 125cc representatives Simone Corsi & Joan Olive for a pre-event riverboat trip in Shanghai. Taking in the sights of the Chinese city from a different […]