Assen Waiting For Lorenzo This Weekend

After gets the third win at Silverstone Jorge Lorenzo is going for his first premier class victory at Assen this weekend.

There is no much time to celebrate the Silverstone victory, Lorenzo has to get going to focus on Assen which takes places this weekend. This the Lorenzo third win of the season, his eight in the premier class and his 29th across all categories. And now Lorenzo lead the standing points to 37 points.

Lorenzo said,

“We have started this run of three races in a row as perfectly as we could have wished and Silverstone was a great race and very important for the Championship.“But now we move on and we just have to try to continue in the same way.”

Lorenzo has experienced success on number of occasions before in Assen. In 2004 Lorenzo won the 125cc race, and in 2006-2007 he won the 250cc titles.

Lorenzo also added,

“Next we arrive at Assen, my favorite track, and once again we’re aiming for the podium. “The team is working very well together and now we will just concentrate on trying to improve the M1 even more; it’s important to keep growing. I’ve won at Assen in 125 and 250 so I’d really like to try to win in MotoGP!”

Spies Get High Confidence On Silverstone

Spies reach fifth fastest in the opening practice at the AirAsia British Gran Prix, rookie of the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team is on high confidence on the new Silverstone circuit.
Spies explained,

“It is a super fun track with a really cool design. It is really fast in a lot of places and I really like the fast right and left combination where they are building the new pits and paddock.“And coming out of the first corner you are really picking up a lot of speed before that twisty part and it is all about finding the limit, learning how deep you can run it in. It was a decent session though it took me a while to get going.”

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Hayden Is Ready For The New Silverstone

AirAsia British Grand Prix at the new Silvertone is on the way, the Ducati Marlboro rider Nicky Hayden is prepared after a crash in Mugello’s. He hopes some fresh front solutions will help for his first podium of 2010.
Nicky Hayden has had a good start at this season, Hayden coming close to a podium finish in the opening season, after 3 race rounds and just missing one race in Mugello.

Round five at Silverstone this American is confident after the hard work put by Ducati Malboro team, The progress made so far this season which means Hayden ready for the new Silverstone circuit.

“I’m pretty happy with the bike, the team and everything, I’m just not so happy with my mistake at Mugello. I tried a bit too hard there and it’s true we need to improve something in the front of the bike to give us a little more confidence,” said Hayden at the official AirAsia British Grand Prix pre-event at Lord’s cricket ground.
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Dani Pedrosa, From Pole To Winning The Race

From pole position to victory, this is the first victory of the 2010 season for the Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa. This victory was a reward for all the effort that team put in this race, said Dani. Dani Pedrosa standing in second place in the World Championship after this winning. And it feels exciting to tasted how sweet victory after the hard work put by his team and himself.

Pedrosa:

“It’s an unbelievable feeling to win again. We’ve been working really hard and we had some problems through the winter and in the first races, so I’m really delighted with this victory, especially after leading at Jerez for so long but not quite making it.”

Pedrosa leading Lorenzo just over 4 seconds ahead when they crossed the line. It was proof that he feel more competitive at aboard his factory RC212V and Dani hopes that this will continue into the next round at Silvertone in two weeks.
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