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Fortuna Honda Riders Will Look To Make A Good Start To Finish The Season On A High
31 October 2006
Marco Melandri and Toni Elias will both be hoping to make a good start to Sunday’s race in Valencia to finish what has, so far, been a difficult weekend in good style. In the morning free session both riders found good rhythm, but they did not make best use of their qualifying tyres and failed to get good grid positions for the race. Melandri will start from the fourth row, while his team-mate will Toni Elias will set off from the fifth. The huge crowds expected on Sunday, around 120,000 people, will ensure a superb spectacle as Fortuna look to sign off their involvement with the team in style. Melandri is hoping the team will be able to find a way to improve his feeling with the bike overnight as he looks to claim third place in the world championship ahead of nearest rival Loris Capirossi.
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Free Practice - Fortuna Honda Focused On The Race
28 October 2006
Fortuna Honda riders Marco Melandri and Toni Elías ended the first day of practice for the Grand Prix of Valencia in eleventh and fifteenth place respectively. The two youngsters worked alongside their chief mechanics throughout the day as they look to find the best bike set-up for the tricky Valencia circuit. Marco Melandri, who won here last season, is aiming to end the season on a high in a race which will decide the 2006 MotoGP World Champion. Marco is hopeful of completing a positive day of practice tomorrow as he prepares his RC211V for one of his favourite tracks. With that great victory at Estoril two weeks ago now behind him Toni Elías is desperate to shine again in front of his home fans.
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Fortune Honda Hoping For A Repeat At Valencia
24 October 2006
A party within a party. Toni Elias has more than one reason to look forward to the final round of the MotoGP World Championship as it heads to his home country for the Valencian GP this weekend. Just a few days after his emotional debut win in Portugal the Spaniard renewed his contract with Team Honda Gresini, meaning he will campaign the new Honda V4 800cc machine alongside his current team-mate Marco Melandri in 2007.
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Spectacular Win For Fortuna's Toni Elias At Estoril
16 October 2006
Toni Elias scored a thrilling first win in the MotoGP class at Estoril, edging out Valentino Rossi in a photo-finish after a race that saw Nicky Hayden taken out by his Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa. After an incredible battle with first Colin Edwards and then Rossi, he beat the seven-time World Champion on a sprint down the final straight to claim victory by just two thousandths of a second. Still third in the championship standings, Marco Melandri finished in eighth after a difficult weekend. The crash he suffered on Friday spoiled the race preparation. Despite the hard work with the team and Michelin, Melandri couldn’t find the good feeling. He looks forward to Valencia to defend his third position in the championship with a great race.
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Difficulties Continue For Fortuna Honda Riders
16 October 2006
Marco Melandri’s fall on Friday affected his performance on the second day of qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix, with the Fortuna Honda Rider having to settle for 15th place on the grid. The Italian opted to focus his attention on tyre selection on Saturday and was 12th fastest in the morning session. He went 0.8 seconds fastest in the afternoon, but still finished down in 15th. Forecasts are predicting rain on Sunday and that could help the Italian recover some places in the race itself. Melandri’s team-mate Toni Elias put in a solid showing and claimed 11th spot on the grid. The Spaniard will now hope to make a fast start tomorrow and latch on to the lead group.
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Difficult Start For Fortuna Honda Riders
16 October 2006
The first day of action in the penultimate round of the season proved to be a difficult one for the Fortuna Honda riders as the Grand Prix of Portugal got underway at Estoril. A heavy fall at the start of the afternoon session left Marco Melandri out of action and with plenty of set-up work still to do tomorrow. The Team Gresini rider ran wide in turn 9 and crashed, suffering a contusion to his left knee and a light trauma to his neck. X-rays carried out immediately in the Clinica Mobile ruled out a fracture but he was taken to hospital for a CAT scan as a precaution. Toni Elias also had a tough time despite lapping well in the morning. He also suffered the setback of a crash, in turn one, and could only manage the eleventh fastest time although he is confident of improving on that when the practice action resumes tomorrow.
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Fortuna Honda Ready For The Final Push
11 October 2006
After his exciting victory in the Australian GP and a podium in Motegi, the chase for the title is back on for Marco Melandri. Currently third in the championship on 209 points, 27 behind series leader Nicky Hayden, the Fortuna Honda rider has two more races to make up the gap – a difficult but not impossible mission for the 24year-old rider, who has already shown this season that he is a winning rider, ready to tackle any situation.
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Third Place For Fortuna Honda's Marco Melandri On An All-Italian Podium
25 September 2006
The Grand Prix of Japan belonged to Italy today as tricolore riders filled the podium once again: Loris Capirossi, Valentino Rossi and Marco Melandri taking the spoils at Motegi. Marco Melandri was one of the stars of a spectacular race, his third place finish handing the Constructors’ World Championship title to Honda for the 17th time in the premier-class.
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Provisional Pole For Fortuna Honda'S Marco Melandri At The Sachsenring
14 July 2006
The tenth round of the World Championship could not have started in better fashion for Fortuna Honda rider Marco Melandri as the Italian took provisional pole at the German Grand Prix. Toni Elías returns after an enforced absence of three weeks.
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Honda's Pedrosa Powers To Second Win, Hayden Seventh
05 July 2006
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC211V) scored a convincing win at Donington Park to notch his second victory in his rookie year and put himself firmly in the hunt for the World Championship. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) was second and Marco Melandri (Fortuna Honda RC211V) third. In bright sunshine, despite a vicious rain shower on the morning of the race at 7:00am, riders lined up for 30-laps of this sweeping 4.023km track. And it was Melandri from third on the grid who led into Redgate on lap one with Pedrosa on his tail and Casey Stoner (LCR Honda RC211V) up with them in third.
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Hayden Victory Secures Honda's 200th Premier Win
26 June 2006
This MotoGP race was an epic – Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC211V) won it at the last turn on the last lap from Colin Edwards (Yamaha) who crashed, remounting to finish 13th, while Shinya Nakano (Kawasaki) inherited second place and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC211V) third. With two Honda riders on the podium and the factory’s 200th Grand Prix win in the premier class now established – this was a good day for the Japanese factory.
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Hayden Grabs Fighting Third In Italian Thriller
05 June 2006
MotoGP provided one of the best races so far seen this season in front of a passionate 89,000-strong crowd at Mugello. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) won from Loris Capirossi (Ducati) with Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC211V) a tenacious third. After intermittent rain over the first two days of this Grand Prix race day was bright for the most part and despite drops of rain falling during the 250cc race, the main event remained dry to provide enthralling racing over 23-laps of this magnificent 5.245km course.
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Melandri Wins, Pedorosa Third As Honda Dominates The French Grand Prix
22 May 2006
Honda riders won all three classes in France with Marco Melandri (Fortuna Honda RC211V) winning his second MotoGP race of the season from Loris Capirossi (Ducati) with Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC211V) third. Four Honda riders finished in the top five. Yukio Takahashi (Humangest Racing Honda RS250RW) won a spectacular 250cc GP from team-mate Andrea Dovizioso while in the 125cc race reigning 125cc World Champion Thomas Luthi (Elit Honda) won his first race of the season.
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Gritty Hayden Grinds Out Sixth Successive Podium
10 April 2006
Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC211V) came a narrow second to Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) in a tense MotoGP race here in windy Qatar. Loris Capirossi (Ducati) was third. This is Hayden’s sixth consecutive rostrum finish as he bids for his first win of the 2006 season. With a 33km/h wind, erratic in direction, blowing throughout the day, turns two and nine seemed to be the worst affected. There was also a 44 degree track temperature to contend with, although the elevated ambient temperature that is so often a debilitating factor here was ‘only’ 25-degrees now that this is an April race instead of an October fixture.
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Dani Defies Doubters With Storming Podium Debut
28 March 2006
Honda’s policy of backing youth paid off handsomely in this the first of 17 track showdowns. There were five Honda riders among the top six finishers: Pedrosa second, then Hayden, Toni Elias (Fortuna Honda RC211V) in fourth, Marco Melandri (Fortuna Honda RC211V) fifth and Casey Stoner (LCR Honda RC211V) sixth. And both Pedrosa and Stoner are MotoGP rookies.
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Fortuna Honda Ready For The Battle
21 March 2006
The waiting is now over and after an intense winter of preparation that has seen the Team Fortuna Honda riders visit circuits in Malaysia, Australia and Spain, the battle for the 2006 world title is finally underway. The venue for the opening round of the MotoGP World Championship takes place at Jerez de la Frontera, a circuit where both Team Fortuna Honda riders hold fond memories. It was at this track where Marco Melandri scored his first podium of the 2005 season on his debut with the Honda RC211V and the Team Gresini, whilst Toni Elias took his MotoGP bow in the colours of Fortuna.
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Pedrosa And Hayden End Final Test
13 March 2006
MotoGP pre-season testing came to a close when the teams and riders ended their three-day IRTA test at Jerez today. The next time they fire up their 990cc four-stroke grand prix machines it will mark the start of the 17-round world championship which opens on the same 4.423 km Jerez circuit on March 26. Honda fields its youngest ever senior class line up for a championship campaign this year. The six RCV riders have a good balance between youth and experience averaging 23 years of age, with Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner the youngest at 20, Makoto Tamada the elder statesman at 29. Nicky Hayden 24, Marco Melandri 23, and Toni Elias, a 24 year old complete the line up.
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