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Live Webcast Red Bull X Fighters Wuppertal
17 August 2008
With only two stops left in the Red Bull X Fighters tour, we can feel the tension rising. This time it is going to Wuppertal, Germany an industrial setting with nothing but hard rocks and dust to battle it out.
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Meklau Moves to 3rd in IDM Series
15 August 2008
Suzuki International Europe's Andy Meklau has moved into third place in the German IDM Superbike series after finishing fourth and seventh at the weekend's rain-lashed Oschersleben round. Both races were won by Jorg Teuchert (Yamaha). In the second heat Roman Stamm (Suzuki Switzerland) and Gabor Rizmayer (Suzuki Hungary) joined him on the podium.
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Gowland & Phase One Close to Podium
13 August 2008
Britain’s Graeme Gowland debut in the World Endurance Championship nearly ended with the perfect result of a podium on the Phase One Yamaha but less than a minute denied the British team that final podium place. When the chequered flag came out at the end of the 8 hours at the German Oschersleben circuit the Phase One team took fourth, just 56 seconds off third place finishers SERT Suzuki, in the race which was won by Kawasaki France with Yamaha Austria taking second.
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Germany & USA GP Bridgestone Debrief
25 July 2008
Bridgestone heads into the traditional three-week summer break on the back of its most competitive race weekends of the season with podium clean sweeps in both the wet Sachsenring and dry Laguna Seca GPs. In the German event, Casey Stoner continued the dominant form that took him to victory in Donington and Assen. He claimed Friday free practice honours, Saturday’s pole position and Sunday’s wet race win, clawing back valuable ground in the world championship. Valentino Rossi finished second and, with championship contender Dani Pedrosa crashing out and not scoring points, Rossi reclaimed the lead of the world championship. Chris Vermeulen finished third to take his and Suzuki’s first podium of the season. Stoner’s unbeaten pole position run was extended to an incredible five in Laguna Seca, but it was Valentino Rossi who took the victory on race day, after a thrilling 32-lap race.
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BMW's Superbike Project Gathers Pace
15 July 2008
In the eight months since BMW’s announcement that they would enter the Superbike World Championship in 2009, the project has gathered pace and race fans everywhere have now been able to see the tangible aspects of the project properly for the first time. The new BMW S 1000 RR has been tested at various racetracks in Spain, but it has now had its first test at a track used by the Superbike World Championship - the Eurospeedway Lausitzring.
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Rabat, Marquez & Nieto All Score Points at Sachsenring
14 July 2008
Three KTM riders performed well to finish in the championship points in the 125 ccm class on the Sachsenring on Sunday in the Grand Prix of Germany. Esteve Rabat of the Repsol KTM 125 team finished in ninth place while Spanish GP rookie Marc Marquez made a great charge from the back of the field and stormed from place 19 to place 10. Onde 2000 KTM rider Pablo Nieto also secured one point for his fifteenth place finish. Red Bull KTM rider Randy Krummenacher was unlucky and had to retire due to technical problems. ISPA KTM Aran rider Tomoyoshi Koyama crashed during a battle with Marquez.
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Kallio Rescues Fourth Place in German GP
14 July 2008
Red Bull KTM 250 star Mika Kallio fought against wet conditions in the German Grand Prix to finish in fourth place while Julian Simon of the Repsol KTM 250 team put in his best race result since joining the KTM line-up on the grid. Kallio, the 25-year-old Finn held onto second place for 12 laps but was forced to let some of the opposition overtake when heavy rain started to fall. Instead he adjusted his calculating style of riding to suit the prevailing difficult conditions and still achieved the best possible result. Kallio, who had held the lead in the world championship standings, is now in second place, eleven points behind Sunday's winner Marco Simoncelli.
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Takahashi Ninth in The Sachsenring Rain
14 July 2008
After two days of dry practice, but constantly under the threat of rain, the Sachsenring circuit finally saw the rain arrive on race day. Today Yuki Takahashi improved the front-end feel of his Honda in the morning warm-up, but the rain began to fall shortly before the race, forcing the JiR Team Scot engineers to prepare the bike for a wet race despite having no wet time around the German track. Yuki, starting from the tenth position, attempted a fast blast through the pack, but in the fast corners was soon slowed by a lack of grip at the rear wheel, which then began to slide. The Japanese rider did not surrender and was able to maintain ninth position at the chequered flag.
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Stoner Leads All-Bridgestone Podium at Wet Sachsenring
14 July 2008
Ducati’s Casey Stoner scored his third consecutive victory of the season at a wet Sachsenring yesterday leading an all-Bridgestone podium with Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi in second place, and Rizla Suzuki’s Chris Vermeulen in third. The thirty lap race was held in difficult wet conditions, but Bridgestone’s wet weather tyres proved competitive for the full race distance. Eight Bridgestone-shod riders finished in the top ten today at a circuit where success has previously eluded the tyre manufacturer. Stoner’s win represents the first time a rider on Bridgestone tyres has won at Sachsenring. Rossi’s second place takes him back to the top of the championship with a 16-point margin over Dani Pedrosa, who did not score points in today’s race. Stoner’s 25 points for the win bring him to within four points of second place in the standings heading into the United States GP at Laguna Seca next weekend, where Bridgestone enjoyed a podium clean sweep with Stoner in dominant form.
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Stoner Dedicates Third Straight Win to His Team
14 July 2008
Casey Stoner paid tribute to his team after picking up his third consecutive winners' trophy and his fourth of the season at Sachsenring. It was another extraordinary performance from the Australian in torrentially wet conditions, which saw several riders crash, including Marco Melandri. The Italian was in the process of a stunning charge through the field and had made his way up to seventh place from sixteenth on the grid, only to crash moments after setting the fastest lap of the race. Stoner, who started from pole, was fourth in the first turn but quickly made his way to second after passes on Colin Edwards and Andrea Dovizioso. He then waited patiently until the tyres were up to temperature before stepping up the pace and when race leader Dani Pedrosa crashed, he controlled a comfortable advantage over the field to take the flag by 3.708 seconds from Valentino Rossi.
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Repsol Honda Endures Tough Day in Germany
14 July 2008
The Repsol Honda Team endured its toughest day of the year so far at rain-lashed Sachsenring today. Dani Pedrosa led the early laps in superb style but crashed out, leaving Nicky Hayden the team’s only finisher in an unlucky 13th place after an early race pit stop. Watched by 98,000 fans, Pedrosa led from the start and set a fast pace. After five laps he was already seven seconds ahead of his closest rival but then he fell at high speed as he braked for the first turn for the sixth time. The Spaniard slid into the run-off, rolled through the gravel several times and finally came to a halt against the safety air fence. He has fractured the top bone of his left index finger and has a suspected fracture of his right ankle. He is due to fly to Barcelona to see his surgeon Xavier Mir in advance of next weekend’s US GP. Pedrosa had led the World Championship going into this event, he is now placed second with eight of 18 races remaining.
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Toseland 11th, Edwards Crashes at Soaked Sachsenring
14 July 2008
Yesterday’s 30-lap German MotoGP race ended below pre-race expectations for Tech 3 Yamaha duo Colin Edwards and James Toseland at a rain-soaked Sachsenring. Making his wet race debut on board the Yamaha YZR-M1, Toseland gained valuable experience in full rain conditions on his way to a battling 11th place. Edwards’ bid though to extend the best run of form in his MotoGP career ended with a crash out of fifth place on lap 21. Toseland made a stunning start from the fourth row to claim fifth by the first corner, but he was unable to match the fast pace of the leaders as he faced the tough task of mastering the conditions, while also adapting to his YZR-M1 machine in the wet.
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Dovizioso Fifth, Consistent & Fast at the Sachsenring
14 July 2008
For JiR Team Scot and Andrea Dovizioso the weekend of the German Grand Prix was very satisfying. After two days of free practice, which confirmed the team’s good potential for the race and a qualifying that gave the JiR Team Scot the best position of the season on the grid, Andrea Dovizioso started fast, and was flying in the heavy rain, behind Spain’s Dani Pedrosa. For at least a third of the 30 lap race, the JiR Team Scot rider remained in a podium position, but was then joined by Chris Vermeulen, Alex De Angelis and Colin Edwards. The American rider battled for a long time with Andrea until the crash, which put the Yamaha rider out of the race. Andrea eventually finished in fifth position for the third consecutive race, highlighting the constant growth of performance that the team hopes will signify even better results in the future. Today’s result has earned Dovi more val uable points that now sees him just eight points from fifth position in the championship standings behind Edwards.
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Stoner Storms In The Rain
14 July 2008
Casey Stoner ‘s third successive grand prix victory came in dramatic circumstances in the pouring rain at the Alice Grand Prix of Germany at the Sachsenring this afternoon. Championship leader Dani Pedrosa raced away at the start of the 30 lap race round the tight twisty 2.281 mile circuit to build up a seven second advantage in the spray and looked likely to repeat his success of last year. However the pace he was setting in the spray on the Repsol Honda was too hot and down he went at turn one with the opposition well out of sight. Stoner, who started from pole for the fourth successive race on the Marlboro Ducati, needed no second chance and took full advantage at the circuit where he had never won previously.
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Great Comeback by Guintoli Who Finishes in Sixth
14 July 2008
Started from the fifteenth position Alice Team rider, Sylvain Guintoli, has done a fantastic comeback which allowed him to finish the race in sixth position, his best performance of the season. The French rider has started well since the first lap, confirming his great abilities on wet surface. At the end of the first lap he was, in fact, already in tenth place. In the third lap, unluckily, a malfunction of the traction control let the warning light go on to show a dysfunctional problem and the French rider, to be safe, preferred to switch off the traction control for the remaining 28 laps. This hasn’t blocked the comeback of the young rider who after passing De Puniet and Capirossi concluded in sixth position. The other Alice Team rider, Toni Elias, has meet too many problems, concluding the race in twelfth position. In only seven days he will have the opportunity to improve on the Laguna Seca circuit.
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Vermeulen Splashes to Superb Third at Sachsenring
14 July 2008
Chris Vermeulen raced his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R through the Sachsenring rain to earn a well deserved podium in today’s German Grand Prix. Vermeulen started from 14th on the grid and not only had to fight his way through the field, but was also hampered by heavy rain and the spray from the bikes in front, making visibility almost impossible. He made his way up to third place and challenged Valentino Rossi for second place by lap 10. He couldn’t quite close the gap on Rossi and although he came under heavy pressure towards the end of the race from Alex de Angelis, Vermeulen showed tremendous skill in the appalling conditions to bring his bike home on the podium for the first time this season.
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Fantastic 4th for De Angelis at Sachsenring
14 July 2008
Alex De Angelis took a starring role in the Grand Prix of Germany in wet conditions at the Sachsenring today. The San Marino splashed his way through his first wet MotoGP race to mount an incredible challenge for the podium, taking his Bridgestone-shod Honda RC212V all the way to fourth place after an exciting battle with Chris Vermeulen for third. Nakano picked up more important championship points by coming home in ninth place.
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Unlucky Lorenzo Slides Off in Rainy Germany
14 July 2008
Fiat Yamaha Team rider Jorge Lorenzo was one of four riders who failed to finish the German Grand Prix today, falling victim to a soaking track on the third lap of a rainy race at Sachsenring. His team-mate Valentino Rossi meanwhile regained his championship lead by way of an important second place, after series-leader Dani Pedrosa crashed out of the lead early on. Lorenzo had lacked rear grip all weekend but was hopeful that the rain might improve the situation today. Unfortunately however the reverse was true and he was thrown from his M1 when his rear tyre spun up on the exit from turn four, on lap three of 30. The Mallorcan was luckily completely unhurt this time and will not have to wait long to get over his disappointment, as his first competitive visit to Laguna Seca beckons in just a few day’s time.
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Rossi Retakes Title Lead With 2nd At Soaking Sachsenring
14 July 2008
Valentino Rossi took the runner-up spot in the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring today and moved back to the top of the championship, after Dani Pedrosa crashed out of the lead on lap five. Rossi’s Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was another victim of the first fully wet race of the season, sliding out of the race on the third lap. This morning’s practice was run on a damp track but the weather worsened through the middle part of the day and the MotoGP race began in heavy rain. Rossi, starting from seventh on the grid, was caught up in the first lap confusion and lost some time but then made up two places on the second lap, before being elevated to fourth when Pedrosa went down. In the next few laps the Italian passed first fellow Yamaha rider Colin Edwards and then Andrea Dovizioso, which left him in second behind Casey Stoner.
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Top Ten for West at Wet Sachsenring
14 July 2008
Anthony West overcame a painful back injury and treacherous conditions to match his best result of the season at Sachsenring today. The Kawasaki pilot crossed the line in tenth place aboard his Ninja ZX-RR after crashing and remounting earlier in the 30-lap race. West had a huge crash in practice on Friday, leaving him with what was originally thought to be a badly bruised back. However, a further medical examination and x-rays on Saturday evening revealed fractured vertebrae identical to the injury suffered by his teammate, John Hopkins, at Catalunya.
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