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San Carlo Honda Gresini at Valencia
08 November 2009
Toni Elias made his final appearance for the San Carlo Honda Gresini MotoGP team - at least for the immediate future - with a trademark charge to sixth place at Valencia, whilst his team-mate Alex de Angelis signed off with a creditable top ten.
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Double Podium Sees Fiat Yamaha Seal Triple Crown in Valencia
08 November 2009
Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo finished second and third in the season-ending Grand Prix of Valencia this afternoon, the ninth time the pair have shared the podium this season. It ensured that Yamaha won the Triple Crown for the second year running after Rossi took the Riders' title, Fiat Yamaha the Teams' and Yamaha the Constructors'.
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Jubilant Edwards Claims Fantastic Fifth Overall
08 November 2009
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider Colin Edwards produced a stunning final race in Valencia today to clinch a dramatic fifth place in the final 2009 MotoGP world championship standings. Starting from fifth on the grid in front of 94,177 vocal Spanish fans, all eyes were on the Texan and his fight for fifth in the points-standings with Andrea Dovizioso.
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Season Ends with Contrasting Fortunes for Stoner and Hayden at Valencia
08 November 2009
The Ducati Marlboro Team concluded its 2009 MotoGP World Championship with contrasting fortunes for its two riders, as Nicky Hayden ended the season on a high with a hard-fought fifth place but Casey Stoner was left empty handed following a crash on the warm-up lap.
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Kallio Celebrates His Birthday with Ninth. Espargaro' Thirteenth
08 November 2009
The 2009 MotoGP season is today over at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. Pramac Racing riders, Mika Kallio and Aleix Espargarò, were really motivated after the good warm up where they have respectively registered the eighth and the thirteenth fastest lap times. Mika's best lap time was only two tenths of second slower from the third best conquered by Colin Edwards.
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Rizla Suzuki Looking Ahead Following Valencian Adversity
08 November 2009
Rizla Suzuki will begin testing and preparations for the 2010 season tomorrow following a below par finish to this year’s calendar for Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen. Due to the cool weather conditions experienced here at Valencia all weekend and the disappointing qualifying from both riders yesterday, this afternoon’s race was always going to be a difficult and demanding affair.
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Pedrosa Wins Again For Repsol Honda At Valencia
08 November 2009
Dani Pedrosa led from start to finish in today’s Grand Prix of Valencia to win the final race of the 2009 season in dominant fashion on his Honda RC212V. Underlining his brilliance at the Valencia circuit, Pedrosa set the fastest lap of the race on his way to his second victory of the season - a win which elevated him to third place in the World Championship standings following Casey Stoner’s surprise exit on the warm-up lap.
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Another Great Show from Smith as Season Concludes in Valencia
08 November 2009
Bradley Smith and Julián Simón were again involved in a final-lap battle for victory at the last Grand Prix of the year in Valencia, with the 125cc 2009 World Champion Simón coming out on top of the Englishman for the third successive race.
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Great Season End for Krummenacher, Danny Webb DNS in Valencia
08 November 2009
Randy Krummenacher had a great race during the GP Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana. Almost the whole race the Swiss teenager was fighting for the 4th position and finished at a very good 9th place. Danny Webb couldn’t compete in the last race of the season and the DeGraaf Grand Prix due his broken left and right foot.
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Hiro of History: Aoyama and Honda Win Last 250 World Title
08 November 2009
Hiroshi ‘Hiro’ Aoyama and Honda won the last 250 World Championship at Valencia today. Aoyama secured the riders’ title aboard his Scot Honda RS250RW with a steadfast ride to seventh place, giving him the crown ahead of Hector Barbera (Aprilia) and Marco Simoncelli (Gilera). Next season the Japanese ace will move up to the premier MotoGP class, riding a Honda RC212V.
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Pedrosa on the Front Row for Valencia Climax
07 November 2009
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa will start the final race of the 2009 season on the front row of the grid after an impressive qualifying performance at Valencia today. The 24-year-old Spaniard finished just 0.263s from pole position and has given himself an excellent chance of getting away at the front of tomorrow’s 30-lap race.
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Lorenzo Takes 16th Front Row of Season, Rossi Qualifies Fourth
07 November 2009
Jorge Lorenzo qualified third today in the final MotoGP qualifying session of the season in Valencia. It was the 16th time the Spaniard has been on the front row this season, more than any other rider. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate and the 2009 World Champion Valentino Rossi qualified in fourth at the Spanish track, ahead of tomorrow's season finale.
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Uphill Task for Rizla Suzuki Pair in Season Finale
07 November 2009
Rizla Suzuki racers Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen have a tough race ahead of them tomorrow after a difficult qualifying session left the pair with a mountain to climb at Valencia.
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Fantastic Fifth Gives Edwards Boost for Season Finale
07 November 2009
Colin Edwards qualified on the second row of the grid in Valencia today to give his hopes of securing a brilliant top five finish in the 2009 MotoGP world championship a huge boost. At a sunny but windswept Ricardo Tormo circuit, Edwards took full advantage of improvements with the front-end handling of his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1 machine to set the fifth quickest time.
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Stoner on Pole and Hayden on Second Row for Season Finale
07 November 2009
Ducati Marlboro Team rider Casey Stoner will start the final round of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship from the front of the grid after a dominant performance in today’s single qualifying practice for the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana. The Australian was rarely troubled at the top of the time sheets, whilst his team-mate Nicky Hayden was also impressive as he lapped sixth fastest in a late charge.
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Kallio on Fourth Row in Valencia. Espargarò Sixteenth
07 November 2009
Last qualifying session of the year for the MotoGP category on the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. Pramac Racing riders, Mika Kallio and Aleix Espargarò, have sensibly improved theirs best lap times conquered yesterday, but not enough to go further than the eleventh and sixteenth final position. For this reason Mika and Aleix have to be content with the fourth and sixth row.
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Third Row Start for Elias in Spanish Swansong
07 November 2009
San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Toni Elias will start the final round of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship from the third row of the grid after qualifying eighth fastest on home territory at Valencia. The Spaniard dramatically improved his lap times by 1.4 seconds to move up six places on his free practice classification yesterday, whilst his consistency on race tyres has given the local fans real hope of a top result tomorrow.
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