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JiR Team Scot Heads to Shanghai, to be Protagonist Again
29 April 2008
From Europe to China, JiR Team Scot heads to the fourth round of the 2008 championship, which will be held on the Shanghai circuit. This track is characterised by being a technical circuit and a magnificent venue. Both JiR Team Scot riders after only three races gone so far this season, head to China with a positive mental attitude and the motivation to consolidate and improve upon the work done so far this year. Andrea Dovizioso on his Honda RC212V has confirmed his reputation as a fast and hard rider and he carries to China a lot of motivation to repeat and improve upon his previous good performances. Yuki Takahashi on the Honda RS250RW wants to improve on his good start to the season and head closer to the top of the results sheets as well as make up for his injury-hit 2007 season. The MotoGP circus will be back in Europe for the next six races following the Chinese event.
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Fighting Race For Yuki Takahashi
13 April 2008
After a battling 26-laps at the 250cc Portuguese Grand Prix, Yuki Takahashi finished the race in sixth position. Starting from fifth position on the grid, Yuki was baulked for the early laps as he got caught up with some slower riders. Eventually the Japanese rider caught up with the leading group and slotted into third place, but Yuki was soon caught and passed by KTM’s Mika Kallio leaving the JiR Team Scot rider to battle with Mattia Pasini and Hiroshi Aoyama. With ten laps to go Yuki began to push hard once more, but was caught by Thomas Luthi. By now Yuki’s front tyre was giving him less grip so his Honda was unable to hold onto the podium place and he finished the race in sixth place. The result gives Yuki fourth in the championship still near the championship leader Kallio.
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Tough Weather Day For Brits
11 April 2008
The fortunes of the British riders matched the mixed match of weather that surrounded the Estoril circuit during the first day of practice for the bwin.com Grand Prix of Portugal. James Toseland crashed at slow speed in the afternoon MotoGP practice session that was held in dry but blustery conditions around the 2.599 mile circuit. The Yorkshire man was in good company with five times Estoril winner Valentino Rossi crashing on the damp track in the morning and current World Champion Casey Stoner falling on the first lap of the afternoon session. Both Bradley Smith and Danny Webb crashed in the first 125 cc practice session when the track was cold and slippery.
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JiR Team Scot Ready For Third Round At Estoril
07 April 2008
After the first two exciting races, the World Championship arrives in Portugal on the Atlantic coast and the circuit of Estoril. This is a demanding and complicated circuit, with a real mix of corners where the right set-up is crucial for both rider and bike. JiR Team Scot rider Andrea Dovizioso has already shown his talent in MotoGP, but now he’s looking for some confirmation of this with a good result. In the last two years in the 250cc two-stroke class, Andrea has scored a victory and a second place and obviously he now wants to achieve a good result here in Portugal on the 800cc MotoGP bike. Yuki Takahashi, following his podium in Jerez, wants to continue battling at the front of the pack and is now fourth in the championship. So far he has been able to show the handling qualities of his Honda RS250RW to the full and he hopes to continue this at Estoril.
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Mika Celebrates First Podium of The Year Like a Victory
10 March 2008
Red Bull KTM 250's maestro Mika Kallio succeeded in riding around problems he had with the feeling of his bike at the late night practice sessions for the Qatar Grand Prix and still finished the season's opening race with a podium place.
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Red Bull KTM 250 Team Report from Qatar Qualifying 2
09 March 2008
Mika Kallio of the Red Bull KTM 250 team elevated himself into the first row grid in the closing minutes of the second qualifying session in Qatar ahead of the first ever night race in the world championship GP.
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Spend Easter In Spain With CSS
04 February 2008
Another year and another chance to get your biking season off to a confident start with California Supebike School. CSS now have dates available for their hugely popular 2 Day Camps at Almeria in March. With only two groups of 16 students, and a ratio of 2:1 student/coach, video reviews, classroom and off track drills available plus six 30 minute track sessions to hone your skills each day. Relax over a drink in the evenings back at the hotel with the staff talking over your day. What are you waiting for?
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The Adventure Of JiR Scot Team Begins
05 November 2007
JiR and Kopron Team Scot announce an important new collaboration to race in the 2008 Motorcycle World Championship in the MotoGP and 250cc categories. The joint announcement is made by Gianluca Montiron, the owner of JiR MotoGP Team, Cirano Mularoni – currently team manager of Kopron Team Scot – and the president of Scot Group, Giovanni Torri. The program involves a common development of a sporting and commercial activity starting from the lower categories and aims to create a project for talented young riders and a route to the highest class in motorcycle racing. All parties have expressed mutual satisfaction with the agreement achieved, meaning a strategic partnership that will see the debut of emerging ace Andrea Dovizioso in the premier class and the renewed recruitment of the Japanese rider Yuki Takahashi in the 250cc category, both running on Honda machines.
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First Double Victory for KTM at German Grand Prix
17 July 2007
Hiroshi Aoyama and Mika Kallio came home in brilliant KTM "Ready to Race" style to snatch a double victory in a thrilling 250 cc race on Germany's Sachsenring on Sunday. The reult was the team's best ever in a single Grand Prix race. The two "Orange" factory riders thrilled the more than 100,000 fans with a long and hectic battle on the circuit as the rider order fluctuated over and over again during the race. Kallio, in every sense the "Flying Finn", started on pole, the first time he had been number one on the grid since moving up from 125 cc at the beginning of the season.
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Vermeulen Singing In The Rain
29 June 2007
Chris Vermeulen once again showed his ability to enjoy the rain by grabbing pole position for the ninth round of the MotoGP World Championship at a wet Assen this afternoon. The combination of the Australian and the Rizla Suzuki have already tasted the top step of the podium at the wet French Grand Prix last month and this afternoon he skated across the 2.83 mile Assen tarmac to grab the third pole position of his brief MotoGP career. He’s joined on the front row for the 26-lap race by Championship leader Casey Stoner and the Kawasaki of Frenchman Randy De Puniet who put in a stunning last lap when the rain had stopped.
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Hiroshi Aoyama Celebrates First Podium of The Season
26 June 2007
Red Bull KTM 250 star Hiroshi Aoyama surfed to a fantastic third place in today's rain-soaked British Grand Prix. The Japanese ace had a poor start and was down in tenth position after one lap, but recovered quickly and pushed on to make his mark. Hiroshi also had his share of luck when a crash by World Champion Jorge Lorenzo in lap 11 rewarded him with his long-expected first podium finish of the season, a result that is considered a turning point in the season for KTM's entire 250 cc crew.
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Kallio And Aoyama Sixth And Seventh In Catalunya
10 June 2007
Red Bull KTM 250 riders Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama both confirmed their upwards trend in Sunday's Catalunya Grand Prix with strong sixth and seventh places in the 250 cc class.
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Red Bull KTM 250 Riders Luckless In Mugello
05 June 2007
The Red Bull KTM 250 duo of Finland’s Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama of Japan were both forced to leave the Mugello racing circuit empty-handed and disappointed after a string of bad luck in the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Hard-Fought Seventh Place For Mika Kallio At Le Mans
21 May 2007
Red Bull KTM rider Mika Kallio showed both strength and determination at the French Grand Prix on Sunday in the 250 cc race, when he battled his way to a difficult eventual seventh place. The Finnish rider had to deal with handling problems when the bike was fully loaded with fuel and with a near accident with another rider that forced him into the gravel. In a day when luck seemed to escape the team, Kallio’s team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama also had his share of disappointments. Aoyama started well and for a while was able to ride alongside Kallio. Then a top 10 finish eluded him when the crankshaft of his motorcycle broke.
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KTM's Mika Kallio Fifth In 250cc at Grand Prix Of China
06 May 2007
Red Bull KTM factory rider Mika Kallio scored his best result since moving up from the 125 cc category at the beginning of the year, battling his way through to a great fifth place in Sunday’s 250 cc race at the Grand Prix of China. After a problematic first day of practice on Friday and subsequent improvements on Saturday, race day confirmed that the team had made progress in the right direction with bike set-ups as they continue to gather both data and experience.
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Red Bull KTM Rider Mika Kallio Strong In Sixth
23 April 2007
Red Bull KTM rider Mika Kallio finished the 250 cc Grand Prix of Turkey in a strong sixth place, squeezing past Julian Simon in the last seven laps to regain his initial starting position. Team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama was not as lucky. The Japanese ace crashed in the morning’s warm-up session and ignored the pain in his lower back to start in the race, only to fall off a second time, when another rider ran into him.
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Red Bull KTM 'Hero' Hiroshi Aoyama Finishes Sixth
25 March 2007
Red Bull KTM 'Hero' Hiroshi Aoyama of Japan rode his KTM 250 KRR bike through the pain of a hand injury to finish sixth in the 250cc class on Sunday. The result gave the Japanese rider 10 championship points, some compensation for the crash he sustained in Qatar in the opening round. Hiroshi decided to forego painkillers in favour of a better feel for the bike. His team-mate Mika Kallio, who joined the 250cc class this season after shining in 125cc was less fortunate and was forced to withdraw in the 19th lap with a broken second gear.
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KTM's Aoyama to miss first European Grand Prix in Jerez
19 March 2007
Due to the injury that he suffered at the Qatar Grand Prix, Red Bull KTM 250 rider Hiroshi Aoyama will not take part at the first European round in Jerez next week. After his unlucky crash, which left him with considerable damage to skin and tendons of the little finger of his right hand, he flew straight back to Barcelona and underwent immediate surgery in the famous Clinica Santiago Dexeus. Dr. Xavier Mir, a popular microsurgeon who has helped numerous athletes and motorcycle racers in the past, reconstructed the tendons and immobilised the finger with a pin for the initial healing period. As the treatment has been a full success, Aoyama is recovering very quickly. But he will still follow his doctor’s recommendation to give his finger additional rest and time, especially for the lost skin to grow back.
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Crash For KTM's Aoyama, Kallio Fails To Finish In The Opening Race In Qatar
11 March 2007
The first race of the 250cc MotoGP championships ended with little joy for KTM with Hiroshi Aoyama ending his challenge for points in the season’s opener as early as lap three when he crashed and slid off the Losail circuit in Qatar.Mika Kallio, who has advanced to the 250cc class this season and who won here last year in the 125cc, was no more fortunate and was forced to retire in the final stages of the race.
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All Set For Success In Road Racing 125 And 250 cc Class World Championships
04 March 2007
The Motorcycle Road Racing Championship is gaining in popularity and prestige and represents a vital and very lively part of the international motor racing calendar. KTM, the company that prides itself on always being “Ready to Race” is fully committed to this dynamic sport knowing that excellence on the race track is a concentrated form of research and development. Winning races on KTM machines means consistently better bikes off the production line for the consumer.
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