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Dovizioso Takes Fourth for Michelin
22 July 2008
MotoGP rookie and Laguna Seca first-timer Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin) rode a superb race to finish today’s United States Grand Prix in fourth place, just ahead of fellow Michelin men Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) and Randy de Puniet (Honda LCR RC212V-Michelin). Laguna is rated to be the hardest MotoGP track to learn but Dovizioso did a superb job of unlocking its secrets to allow him to equal his best MotoGP result. Michelin’s fourth, fifth and sixth place result completed a challenging weekend for the French tyre brand.
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Difficult Wet Qualifying for Michelin Men for Expected Dry Race
22 June 2008
Michelin riders packed the second row of the grid in this afternoon’s damp qualifying session at gloomy Donington Park but today’s grid sequence will mean little for tomorrow’s race because the latest weather forecast predicts dry weather for Sunday. Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin), Colin Edwards (Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1-Michelin) and Andrea Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V-Michelin) were Michelin’s top qualifiers 20today, taking fourth, fifth and sixth on the grid, Hayden using race tyres for his fastest lap. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) was ninth in qualifying. In this morning’s fully wet outing Dovizioso, Pedrosa and Hayden were first, second and third quickest. In the dry yesterday Hayden was second, Edwards fourth and Pedrosa sixth.
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First-Time Michelin Winner Lorenzo ‘In Heaven’
13 April 2008
Michelin men Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) dominated this afternoon’s Portuguese GP to finish first and second and share the joint World Championship lead after three rounds of the 18-race World Championship. The two Spaniards spent the first half of the race disputing the lead with Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1) in spectacular style but as the pace increased they left the Italian behind. The early laps had been particularly difficult, with light rain falling across the Estoril circuit, situated just a few miles inland from the Atlantic.
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Michelin Man Pedrosa Smashes Jerez Records
30 March 2008
Michelin riders dominated today’s Spanish GP at Jerez, Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) running away with the race to score his first victory of the year and take the World Championship lead. Fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) finished third, just four seconds down on Pedrosa, with Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) taking an excellent fourth-place finish. Pedrosa led from turn two on lap one all the way to the finish line, running a stunning pace that saw him stretch his advantage lap after lap until he had a 4.6 second lead with eight laps remaining. During the 27 laps he broke the three year-old lap record by 0.480 seconds and the 2005 race record by more than eight seconds. After the race he was presented the winner’s silverware by King Juan Carlos, a frequent visitor to Spanish rounds of the motorcycling World Championships.
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Michelin Man Pedrosa Ends 2007 With A Flourish
04 November 2007
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) rode to a thrilling victory in today’s MotoGP season finale at Valencia, beating Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici) by an impressive 5.447 seconds after a nail-biting 30 laps. Pedrosa was in astonishing form, starting the race from pole position and leading from lap five all the way to the chequered flag, breaking the 990cc lap record by 0.176 seconds aboard his 800cc RC212V. His second victory of the year secured him second overall in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship, just one point ahead of Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) who didn’t finish today’s race. Rossi crashed out of yesterday’s qualifying session, breaking three bones in his right hand, and although he bravely elected to race he was unable to finish the gruelling 30 lap event. The final event of the MotoGP season was watched by a record weekend crowd of 237,000 fans.
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Pedrosa Takes A Close-run Third At Sepang
21 October 2007
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) played a major part in today’s thrilling Malaysian Grand Prix, running in the leading group throughout and eventually finishing third, just 2.3 seconds behind winner Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici). It was an impressive performance from the young Spaniard who spent the early stages of the race in second place. Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) also impressed today, charging through the pack to finish fifth after a slow getaway had left him tenth after the first lap. The Italian was the fastest man on track in the closing stages and ended the race just 4.7 seconds behind the winner. Both men used Michelin’s latest construction 16.5-inch rear slick in medium compound.
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