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Rossi on Top of the World - MotoGP '08 DVD
3 Days ago
The 2008 MotoGP season was one of the most unpredictable and exciting ever, with Valentino Rossi back on form, World Champion Casey Stoner battling to keep his Ducati in front, an incredible line-up of ultra-fast rookies and much more to keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Stoner Leaves Hospital After Wrist Operation
31 October 2008
Casey Stoner underwent successful surgery on his wrist on Thursday, at the Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico in Modena. Antonio Landi, Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Hand Surgery, was assisted by arthroscopic specialist Dr Luigi Pederzini and by Dr Norman Della Rosa. Using arthroscopic surgery, two floating bodies were removed from the area of the styloid process of the ulna bone (lower arm).
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Learn from the Greats of MotoGP - Riding Secrets released on DVD
29 October 2008
Imagine learning the secrets of racing motorcycles at the highest level from the people who do it – a masterclass in MotoGP from the true masters. You don’t have to imagine any more thanks to the latest DVD from Duke, MotoGP Riding Secrets. In this exceptional programme every single member of the 2008 MotoGP grid reveals what it takes to contest one of the most demanding motorsport championships.
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Nicky Hayden Fastest At Wet Valencia
29 October 2008
After enjoying perfect conditions yesterday, the second and final day of testing at Valencia was badly affected by adverse weather, with intermittent showers leaving the track in a constantly damp state. The riders decided to wait for the majority of the day to see if it relented but at around 15:30, with the asphalt still cold and wet, several of them finally took to the track.
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Bridgestone Begins 09 Preparations with Encouraging Valencia Test
28 October 2008
Less than 24 hours after Casey Stoner took victory in the final race of the 2008 season, Bridgestone’s preparations for the 2009 season got underway with a test at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. Bridgestone will be the sole tyre supplier to the MotoGP championship from 2009 and the Valencia test marked the first occasion to evaluate new specification tyres with all teams and riders for next year. A total of 18 MotoGP riders participated in the test on Monday with some riders joining new teams and others enjoying their first taste of MotoGP machinery. In accordance with the agreed tyre restrictions for this test, Bridgestone supplied a total of 12 slick tyres to each rider, consisting of two different front and rear specifications.
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Stoner & Hayden Take the GP9 on Track in Valencia
27 October 2008
The first session of a two-day test got underway in hot and sunny conditions in Valencia today, a day full of new things for the Ducati Marlboro Team. At close to 11.00 in the morning, when the garage doors were opened, the spotlights were all focused on Nicky Hayden and on his 'Stars and Stripes' liveried Ducati, which had its first run at the Ricardo Tormo circuit. Hayden, like new team-mate Casey Stoner, carried out his first run of the day with the GP8 before turning his attention firmly on the GP9. The American continually improved his rhythm throughout the course of the day, stopping the clock with a best lap of 1'33.960.
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Stoner Wins Season Finale & Leads All-Bridgestone Podium
27 October 2008
Ducati rider Casey Stoner has today taken victory in the season finale at Valencia, ending the 2008 season as he started it with a dominant win. It is the Australian’s sixth win of the season and the 15th victory for a Bridgestone-shod rider this year. Stoner led an all-Bridgestone podium with Honda’s Dani Pedrosa in second position and 2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi in third, concluding Bridgestone’s most successful MotoGP season in style. The result takes Bridgestone’s combined podium tally for the year to 35 with Stoner’s pole position from Saturday afternoon extending the number of pole results this season to 12.
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First for Stoner in Valencia
27 October 2008
Casey Stoner took a dominant victory in the final round of the 2008 MotoGP season to secure second place in the Constructors' World Championship for Ducati. Today's win, at the circuit where he celebrated his debut success in the 125cc class back in 2003, was also the 150th for Australian riders in all Grand Prix classes. Not only that, but Stoner's sixth victory of the season means that the Italian factory have taken 17 wins from 36 races since the start of the 800cc era - an average of almost 50%. Marco Melandri enjoyed a positive but ultimately unfortunate final race with Ducati, the Italian rider coming through from the very back of the grid to lap in tenth place, only to run off track two laps from the end - returning to finish the race in sixteenth.
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Stoner on Pole Again at Valencia
25 October 2008
Casey Stoner equalled the record for most pole positions in a MotoGP season today, taking his ninth of the campaign to level with Valentino Rossi's effort from 2003. The Ducati Marlboro Team technicians worked well to correctly judge the difficult track conditions, with spots of rain falling at the mid-point to cause frenetic action in pit-lane. Stoner worked with his team to quickly find a suitable dry setting for his Ducati before fitting three qualifying tyres - improving his lap time with each of them. Marco Melandri, third fastest in the wet conditions this morning, ran into problems again this afternoon and his confidence took a further blow when he ran off track.
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Stoner Grabs Ninth Pole Of Season in Valencia
25 October 2008
Ducati rider Casey Stoner has taken his ninth pole position of the 2008 season in this afternoon’s Valencia GP qualifying session, taking to twelve the total number of Bridgestone-shod poles this year, double the number that was achieved last year. Stoner’s result will be the final pole position lap to be set using the softer specification ‘qualifiers’ with next year’s tyre regulations looking set to remove the possibility to use specific qualifying tyres. Honda rider Dani Pedrosa claimed his second consecutive front row start on Bridgestone tyres, lapping just 0.053s slower than Stoner’s pole lap. Nicky Hayden, who was the pacesetter in all three practice sessions prior to qualifying, finished in third position.
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Stoner Fifth & Melandri 13th on Day One in Valencia
24 October 2008
Free practice for the final Grand Prix of the 2008 season got underway today, with the last two days' rain continuing at the Cheste circuit and contributing to a somewhat lethargic atmosphere that brought back memories of the final day of the school term. There was little in the way of excitement for the riders, who were forced to lap with a wet setting throughout the day on a treacherously slippery circuit that contributed to a series of crashes.
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Rossi & Stoner Crash at Treacherous Valencia
24 October 2008
World Champions old and new made the headlines in treacherous conditions in the first day of practice for Parts Europe Grand Prix of Valencia in Spain this afternoon. Drizzly rain made the 2.489 miles Ricardo Tormo circuit very slippery and World Champion Valentino Rossi fell in the afternoon, last year’s World Champion Casey Stoner in the morning while the 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden led the way after the two sessions. Rossi’s Valencia jinx continued when he fell at turn 14 in the afternoon from the Fiat Yamaha but like Stoner who crashed at turn ten, he was unhurt. American Hayden making his last appearance for the Repsol Honda team at the circuit where he clinched the world title from Rossi two years ago, led the way from his team-mate Dani Pedrosa.
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Wet Start to Final Event of Season in Valencia
24 October 2008
Riders endured a wet start to the final race weekend of the season as free practice for Sunday’s Valencia Grand Prix got underway at Circuit Ricardo Tormo today. Honda’s Dani Pedrosa was the quickest Bridgestone-shod rider of the day securing second position on the combined practice standings, just 0.087s off the pace set by Nicky Hayden who was the quickest rider in both morning and afternoon sessions aboard his Honda. A total of five Bridgestone riders were represented in the top ten with Valentino Rossi in fourth place for Yamaha, Casey Stoner in fifth position for Ducati, Sylvain Guintoli in eighth for Alice Team and Shinya Nakano in tenth for Honda Gresini.
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Bridgestone MotoGP Briefing - Valencia
24 October 2008
After 17 races, 435 racing laps over a total distance of 1,965 kilometres, the 2008 MotoGP World Championship enters its final leg this weekend in Valencia for the 18th and last round of the season. Ahead of the Valencia GP, there have been four different race winners this season with Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner strongly representing Bridgestone on the top step of the podium. A total of nine riders have scored podium results with Rizla Suzuki duo Chris Vermeulen and Loris Capirossi, as well as Alice Team’s Toni Elias keeping the red Bridgestone podium caps a frequent sight on the rostrum during the year.
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Valencia to Pass the MotoGP Torch from 2008 to 2009
23 October 2008
The city of Valencia plays host to the final Grand Prix of the 2008 MotoGP season this Sunday, with the World Championship 'podium' already decided. After seventeen rounds of eighteen around the globe, Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa are already assured of the top three positions in this year's edition of motorcycle racing's elite series. However, the visit to the Ricardo Tormo circuit promises the usual levels of excitement and intrigue, with one of the largest and most passionate race-day crowds roaring on their favourite riders from the grandstands that surround the entire circuit. Not only that, but the two days following the race have become a traditional first outing for the new team line-ups that will form the grid in the upcoming season.
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MotoGP - The Final Showdown
22 October 2008
The four British Grand Prix stars race from Malaysia to Valencia in Spain to compete in the traditional final showdown of the MotoGP World Championship in the frenzied atmosphere of the Ricardo Tormo circuit on Sunday. The 2.489 mile tight demanding track will be packed by around 120,000 noisy fans to provide a fitting finale to the season which has turned into a year of great highs and lows for the British riders. Twenty –eight year old James Toseland completes his first season in the premier class of Motor Cycle racing, the MotoGP World Championship and his results in the last two races sum up his fortunes. Two rounds ago he finished a brilliant sixth in Australia after qualifying on the second row of the grid riding the Tech 3 Yamaha. Last week he crashed in the early stages of the race in Malaysia after qualifying 12th.
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Suffering Stoner Seals Runner-Up Spot at Sepang
20 October 2008
Casey Stoner fought through the pain barrier to finish the Malaysian Grand Prix today, where sixth place in suffocating conditions was enough to seal the runner-up spot in the 2008 MotoGP World Championship with a round to spare. With some of the hottest, most humid conditions the MotoGP circus has ever had to suffer at Sepang and his physical condition still a long way from perfect, the Australian struggled throughout the race with cramps in his right hand - caused by the excessive forced required to compensate for the scaphoid injury to his left. Despite that he chased Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden hard for the final podium position but faded towards the end and eventually conceded fifth place to Shinya Nakano.
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Rossi Takes Ninth Win of Season
20 October 2008
Bridgestone-shod Valentino Rossi has claimed victory in this afternoon’s Malaysian Grand Prix to take the ninth win of his championship-winning season. The Yamaha rider took the lead from Honda’s Dani Pedrosa at the halfway point of the race and continued to build an unassailable lead up to the chequered flag. The win represents the 14th win on Bridgestone tyres in the 17 races held so far this year with just the Valencia GP remaining next week. Pole sitter Pedrosa led into the first corner and fended off Rossi for 11 laps before settling into a comfortable second place where he ultimately finished the 21-lap race. Second marks a one place improvement over Pedrosa’s previous best on Bridgestone tyres, a third place in Japan three weeks ago, in only his fourth race running with Bridgestone. Fellow Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso rounded out the podium in third place just over four-seconds behind Pedrosa.
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Stoner Seventh But Confident for Race
19 October 2008
The second day of the Grand Prix of Malaysia was again hit by mixed weather conditions, making for a tricky qualifying practice and a virtual lottery in the scrap for grid positions.
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Drying Dani Grabs Pole
18 October 2008
For once the weather in this season of rain turned the qualifying session for the Polini Grand Prix of Malaysia into the most exciting of the year. After some typical heavy rain the 3.447 miles Sepang circuit was wet at the start of the one hour session but started to dry dramatically in the sunshine. After nearly every rider took their turn at the front in the changing conditions the final ten minutes turned into a superb shoot-out. Spaniard Dani Pedrosa, still limping from his crash in Australia 13 days ago, pipped World Champion Valentino Rossi for just his second pole of the season in the dying seconds. Another Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, who’d taken his turn at the front on the Fiat Yamaha, completed the front row in third place.
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