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Kawasaki Development Continues at Brno
19 August 2008
The Kawasaki Racing Team brought to a conclusion a successful two-day test at the Brno circuit today, where perfect testing conditions allowed Anthony West and Olivier Jacque to work their way through an intensive evaluation programme aboard their Ninja ZX-RR machines. As Kawasaki's test and development rider, it was Jacque who shouldered most of the testing duties over the course of the two days. The former 250cc world champion completed a total of 87 laps of the 5.403km Brno circuit, as he worked with his crew to further refine the same upgrades on his Ninja ZX-RR that helped West to a career best fifth place finish in Sunday's Czech Republic Grand Prix.
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Ducati Marlboro Team End Positive Brno Test
19 August 2008
The Ducati Marlboro Team completed a two-day test at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic in impressive style today, with Casey Stoner setting a sensational pace and declaring himself happy with development of the GP8 and the Bridgestone tyres. On another hot and sunny day, with track and ambient temperatures reaching 29 and 54 degrees respectively, Stoner lapped until 16:00h and completed 40 laps in the low 1'56s - eventually clocking a 1'55.9 on a new race tyre. The Australian also tested a new qualifying tyre, posting the best time of the day with a 1'55.855, more than a second inside his own pole position record.
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Rossi Confident for Final Push After Postive Brno Test
19 August 2008
Valentino Rossi left the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic this evening after a busy but successful two days of testing, alongside most of his fellow MotoGP competitors. The Italian, who won Sunday's race to go fifty points clear at the top of the championship, set the second fastest time once again today and looks in good shape as he heads to his home race at Misano in ten day's time.
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Disappointing Day for KTM 125 cc line-up at Czech GP
19 August 2008
The 125 cc Czech Grand Prix on the Brno racing circuit proved to be a disappointing day for the KTM line-up with Spanish Repsol KTM rider Esteve Rabat the only one finishing in the championship points. Rabat finished in thirteenth place while Onde 2000 KTM rider Pablo Nieto was second fastest in sixteenth place. His team-mate Raffaele de Rosa, who was the fastest on Saturday in the rain, went out in the first round. De Rosa's bike had an engine seizure and he had a high speed crash in sixth gear. The Neapolitan was lucky to come away unscathed and uninjured.
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Kallio Fifth in Brno but Still in Title Hunt for 250cc
19 August 2008
Red Bull KTM 250 star Mika Kallio finished fifth in Sunday's Czech Grand Prix but remains in the title hunt after his rival and world championship leader Marco Simoncelli finished third. Kallio now trails the Italian by 16 points with six more races to go to complete the season. Simoncelli dropped back from first to third in the final corners of the race to cut back his points tally for the race on the traditional Brno circuit.
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Brno Improvements Build Lorenzo's Confidence for Final Run
19 August 2008
Jorge Lorenzo left the Czech Republic in a somewhat better frame of mind today, having found some improvements on the last day of testing following his difficult Grand Prix weekend. The 21-year-old finished the day sixth in the standings, having improved on his best lap from Sunday's race by more than a second. The Fiat Yamaha rider and his crew concentrated entirely on rear tyres today, testing a variety of Michelin rubber in an attempt to find more grip. They were able to improve the performance under acceleration and will hope that this can translate to a better weekend at the next race in Misano, in ten day's time.
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Ducati Marlboro Team Stay at Brno for First Day of Tests
19 August 2008
The Ducati Marlboro Team completed the first of two days of post-race testing today at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic, with the warm sunshine returning to make for much higher temperatures than during the Grand Prix weekend. Casey Stoner completed 55 laps on race tyres, carrying out a variety of positive set-up and tyre tests and maintaining a consistently quick pace - well inside the circuit record he set in Sunday's race.
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Team San Carlo Honda Gresini Start Brno Test
19 August 2008
Alex De Angelis and Shinya Nakano were back on track at Brno yesterday for the first day of tests, which are scheduled to continue for the Japanese rider today. Shinya completed 67 laps, focusing mainly on finding the right setting for the 2009 satellite version Honda RC212V he rode in the weekend’s Czech Republic Grand Prix. Alex clocked up 70 laps with the objective of improving his lap times and feeling with the front end of his machine. A long day of hard work alongside the team’s engineers and Bridgestone allowed the San Marino rider to improve his lap times from yesterday’s race by several tenths.
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Lorenzo Working Hard to Improve Grip Issues in Brno
19 August 2008
Jorge Lorenzo started an important two days of testing at Brno in the Czech Republic today, following a difficult weekend during which he struggled for grip throughout. The Fiat Yamaha youngster, who finished tenth on Sunday, was keen to put the weekend's disappointment behind him and completed 65 laps today with a best time of 1'57.979, which put him ninth. As expected, the day's focus was almost entirely on testing new rubber compounds with Michelin and Lorenzo and his crew concentrated on front tyres. They also took some time to try out some different suspension settings, and found some improvements.
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No Rest for Rossi as Test Commences in Brno
19 August 2008
Fresh from his fifth victory of the season on Sunday, which took him fifty points clear at the top of the standings, Valentino Rossi was back in action yesterday on the first day of a two-day test at Brno. The Fiat Yamaha Team rider finished the day second fastest, behind Casey Stoner, with a best lap of 1'57.332 after 28 laps. The main focus of the day was on testing new Bridgestone tyres and the Fiat Yamaha crew worked through a range of both front and rear rubber, with an eye on finding new material for the final six races of the season. Rossi also tried some new electronics and mapping, which he will continue working on.
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Dovizioso’s Work Continues at Brno Tests
19 August 2008
After the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic, Andrea Dovizioso and JiR Team Scot stayed on at the circuit of Brno for a day of tests focusing on the material made available by tyre suppliers Michelin. The goal, achieved without looking for the ultimate lap time, was to analyse the behaviour of the French tyres in the same configuration as the race yesterday, as well as looking at new solutions in anticipation of the next Grand Prix of San Marino.
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Pedrosa & Okada Test at Brno
19 August 2008
Repsol Honda RC212V rider Dani Pedrosa and HRC test rider Tadayuki Okada took to the track at Brno Yesterday, following the Repsol Honda team’s difficult Czech GP weekend. The weather conditions were perfect, allowing both riders to start testing at 10.30am, with Pedrosa riding his RC212V with spring valves while Okada rode the pneumatic-valve machine usually ridden by Nicky Hayden, who missed Brno due to a foot injury. Pedrosa stopped testing at 12.30pm, while Okada continued for the rest of the day. The Japanese rider, who gave the pneumatic-valve RC212V its race debut at June’s Italian GP, tested updated engine parts and electronics.
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Career Best West Flies to Fifth at Brno
17 August 2008
Kawasaki’s Anthony West achieved a MotoGP career best finish today, with a determined ride to fifth place aboard his Ninja ZX-RR at the Czech Republic Grand Prix. With a complete contrast in weather conditions following yesterday’s rain-soaked qualifying, West made a strong start to the 22-lap dry race from sixth position on the grid. Fourth into the first corner, the Australian rider immediately came under attack from the pursuing pack and, despite doing everything in his power to keep them at bay, the Kawasaki pilot dropped back to settle into a steady rhythm in sixth place.
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Elias Takes Alice Team on the Podium in Brno
17 August 2008
Fantastic day at the Brno circuit. Toni Elias, Alice Team rider, has registered great lap times since the warm up concluded with the fifth fastest lap time. Then in the race, where he started in thirteenth position, he has made understand that today it was a completely different story. Incredible overtakes that allowed him to find himself in sixth position after only seven laps. But the Spanish rider wanted more, pushing his Ducati Desmosedici GP8 Sat with Bridgestone tyres to the maximum reaching in short time the group battling for second position. In just a few laps, thanks to spectaculars overtake, the second position was secured and he was able to control the distance from the third rider, Loris Capirossi.
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Michelin Endures Tough Day At Brno
17 August 2008
Michelin had a difficult day at Brno today, Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin) and Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) the company’s top riders in ninth and tenth positions.
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Fantastic First Rizla Suzuki Podium for Capirossi
17 August 2008
Loris Capirossi raced his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R to his maiden podium for the team - and 99th overall of his career - at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno today. Starting from ninth on the grid Capirossi lost a couple of places early on, but he fought back to regain them by the end of the first lap. He then set about hunting down the riders in front of him and was involved in numerous battles before making his way up to a podium position on lap seven. He then became involved in a fight with team-mate Chris Vermeulen until the experienced Italian finally got the better of his colleague on lap nine, after the two had overtaken each other a number of times. Capirossi held on to second place briefly before being passed by Toni Elias, but from then on a podium position never looked in doubt and Capirossi crossed the line in third place to the delight of his team.
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Stoner Slides Out oOf Brno as Melandri Clinches 7th
17 August 2008
Casey Stoner was unable to turn his sixth successive pole position into a podium today when he relinquished a one-second advantage over Valentino Rossi and crashed out of the twelfth round of the season at Brno. It is the first time the reigning World Champion has not made it to the chequered flag after thirty races, since signing for Ducati at the start of 2007, and it leaves him 50 points behind the Italian rider with six races remaining.
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Tech 3 Yamaha Show Fighting Spirit In Brno
17 August 2008
Tech 3 Yamaha’s James Toseland and Colin Edwards raced to top 15 results in today’s Czech Republic GP. In front of a record crowd of over 146,000 fans at a cool and cloudy Brno, the 22-lap race proved to be a tough challenge for Toseland and Edwards, who both gave their maximum effort in difficult circumstances to claim 13th and 14th places respectively. Starting from the back row of the grid, Toseland made his customary good start, gaining two places on the first lap. The 27-year-old once again showed his never-say-die attitude, despite some traction issues as he scored points for the ninth time in 11 races.
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Dream Debut for Nakano on Honda RC212C
17 August 2008
Despite a difficult start to the race, Team San Carlo Honda Gresini’s riders were two of the star performances of a dramatic Czech Republic Grand Prix that took place today at Brno. Shinya Nakano, making his first appearance on the Honda RC212V, put together an impressive charge through the field in the second half of the race to finish just short of the podium in fourth place. Despite only having limited track time to set the bike up, the Japanese rider established a good feeling with the new machine, finishing today’s race as the top Honda with his best result of the season.
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Tyred-Out Toseland Fights To The Finish
17 August 2008
James Toseland battled through 22 laps of pure hell to finish a brave 13th in the Cardion ab Grand Prix of the Czech Republic in Brno this afternoon. Tyre problems never gave the 27 year old Yorkshireman a chance on the Tech 3 Yamaha at the 3.357 mile circuit where Toseland finished first and second in the World Superbike Championship last year. Despite those major tyre problems, he battled to the finish to pick up a couple of World Championship points.
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- Grip Problems Consign Pedrosa to 15th Place
- Lorenzo Finishes Tenth with Gutsy Ride in Brno
- Fifth Win of the Season Takes Rossi Fifty Points Clear
- Win to Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Fagerhaug, Cup to Beach
- A Determined Race by Takahashi, Who Finishes Sixth in Brno
- Andrea Dovizioso in the Top Ten at Brno
- Unlucky for Webb & Bonsey (DNF),van den Berg Battles On
- Difficult Weekend at Brno for Michelin
- Front Row for Comeback King Hopkins in Brno
- Dovizioso Fought to Redeem Himself Against all Odds
- Sixth Straight Pole For Stoner, Progress For Melandri
- Toseland Starts Despite Problems In The Rain
- Tech 3 Yamaha Set Sights on Top Ten in Brno
- Rainy Day in Brno,Guintoli 10th, Elias 13th
- Second Row Start for Vermeulen at a Wet Brno
- Pedrosa on Row Four at Rain-Lashed Brno
- Changeable Weather Circumstances Stop Danny Webb
- Stoner Takes Pole & Leads Bridgestone Top Six
- Disastrous Wet Qualifying For Lorenzo In Brno
- Front Row for Rossi at Wet Brno
- Alice Team Riders in Free Practice Top Ten
- Nakano & De Angelis Fourth & Fifth In Free Practice
- Tough Return for Tech 3 Yamaha in Brno
- Good Start of the Weekend for Danny Webb at Brno
- Top Ten Return For Hopkins Following Improvements
- Promising First Day for Rizla Suzuki at Brno
- Rossi Straight Back on Pace With Strong 2nd in Brno
- Lorenzo Struggles For Grip At Brno
- Stoner Sets The Pace On Day One, Melandri in 15th
- Toseland Puts Training to Good Use
- Difficult Day For Repsol Honda’s Pedrosa
- Alice Team Ready After Summer Break
- Michelin Men go Back to Business at Brno
- HRC Provide San Carlo Gresini With 09 Satellite Honda RC212V
- Nicky Hayden To Miss Czech GP
- Last Double Chance for Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
- Toseland Looks To Brno Repeat
- Fiat Yamaha Team Pick Up Title Gauntlet at Brno
- MotoGP Returns to Brno Following Summer Break
- Ducati Marlboro Team Return to Action at Brno
- Kawasaki Back on Track at Brno
- Bridgestone MotoGP Briefing - Czech Republic
- Rizla Suzuki Refreshed and Ready to Race
- Crashing End for Gowla at Brno
- Strong Second for Roberts
- Double Points for Greg at Brno
- KTM Duo Maehr & Pekkanen Get 19th & 22nd in Brno
- Corser Goes Third After Dramatic Brno Races
- Parkes Fourth in Tight Brno Race
- Pirro Sixth After Brno Superstock Battle
- Xavi Disappointed With 5th
- Bayliss Dominates With Double Victory at Brno
- No Joy for Fonsi, Yukio or Max in Brno
- Rea Rockets to Supersport Win, Pitt Claims Second
- Bayliss On Pole, Fabrizio 3rd & Canepa 6th
- Second & Third Rows for The Suzuki Trio in Brno
- Pitt Starts Brno Supersport Race from Front Row
- Garry McCoy Injured in Practice Session at Brno
- Ducati Xerox Riders Take Provisional Places on Front Two Rows
- Corser an Early Contender on Day One
- Fonsi Quickest of Suzuki Trio
- Yamaha Riders Out to Score Big in Brno
- Superbike World Championship Heads to Brno
- SBK Reaches #500 Mark with Czech Republic Round at Brno
- Team Alstare Refreshed And Ready For Brno
- Brno With Bridestone's Hiroshi Yamada
- Fiat Yamaha Complete Testing Programme
- Development Continues For Kawasaki At Brno
- Repsol Honda Team Wraps Up Brno Test
- Good Form Continues For Rizla Suzuki At Brno Test
- Stoner & Capirossi Satisfied With Tests
- Fiat Yamaha Push On With Intensive Testing
- Hayden & Pedrosa Put In The Miles At Brno Test
- Positive Testing For The Ducati Marlboro Team
- Konica Minolta Honda Completes Successful Test
- 7th For Rossi And Edwards Slides Out
- Alex Barros 9th In Brno
- Michelin Looks Forward To Brno Tests
- Hayden On Podium Again, Pedrosa 4th In Czech GP
- Ninjas In The Points At Brno
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