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Moto Morini Launch UK Website
11 November 2008
Moto Morini has launched an official UK website, providing British riders with images and detailed information covering the re-born Italian marque's exciting range of potent V-twin motorcycles. Since returning to Morini family control in 2003 the company has focused on building distinctive motorcycles around its own acclaimed 1200cc V-twin engine.
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Pedrosa Tests and Takes the Cake
29 September 2008
After taking his first podium finish with Bridgestone tyres at Honda’s home Grand Prix, Dani Pedrosa came back to work this morning. The Repsol Honda rider continued his adaptation to the pneumatic-valve RC212V engine and the Bridgestone tyres that he has used since the Indianapolis Grand Prix. In total he completed 22 laps, with a best time of 1.48.110.
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Valentino Rossi Comments On His New World Title
29 September 2008
Rossi - “I think it’s difficult to say, but maybe this is even better than the first championship with Yamaha in 2004. In 2004 I arrived after three championships in a row; the change was very big and no one expected me to win then, not even us to be honest! But this year is great too because I didn’t start as the number one favourite after losing for two years. The taste of this is something special..."
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Koyama Turns on One of Season's Best 125 cc Races for Home Town Fans
29 September 2008
Local hero Tomoyoshi Koyama from Team ISPA KTM Aran was best KTM rider in the 125 cc category and celebrated eleventh place with a huge burn-out in front of his home crowd. It was one of the diminutive Japanese rider's best results for the 2008 season. Meanwhile German Red Bull KTM rookie Jonas Folger rode much faster than in practice and was close to the point rankings throughout the race, despite suffering from a stomach upset
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Stoner Hands Overto Rossi After 2nd Place at Motegi
28 September 2008
Casey Stoner fought hard with Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi for victory at Motegi today but after a combative and entertaining battle over the opening half of the race the Australian struggled to maintain his strength in the later stages, effectively conceding victory and the world title to the Italian.
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Andrea Dovizioso Takes Top 10 Finish in Title-Deciding Race
28 September 2008
The Japanese Grand Prix proved to be one of the most demanding of the season for Andrea Dovizioso. On a track that requires hard braking and acceleration, the JiR Team Scot rider did his best on the brakes to make up time on his opponents. After a slow start, Andrea recovered several positions until he reached the trio fighting for sixth position: Loris Capirossi, Colin Edwards and Shinya Nakano. The fight ended with ninth position going to the rider from Forlì. The championship position remains unchanged, with Andrea in fifth place overall.
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Lorenzo Helps Yamaha to Triple Crown with Fighting 4th in Motegi
28 September 2008
Fiat Yamaha Rider Jorge Lorenzo just missed out on a podium at Motegi today, finishing fourth after a hard fight with Dani Pedrosa. His team-mate Valentino Rossi won the race to take his eighth world championship title and Yamaha and the Fiat Yamaha team also secured the Team and Manufacturer’s titles, both of which Lorenzo has played a significant part in during his rookie season.
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Fighting Sixth for Rizla Suzuki’s Capirossi at Motegi
28 September 2008
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer Loris Capirossi produced a hard fought race to bring his Suzuki GSV-R home in sixth position at Motegi today. Starting from sixth on the grid, Capirossi maintained the position early on as he kept up with the break-away front group, but a mistake on lap 12 cost him dearly and he dropped back towards the following pack. He chased back to Nicky Hayden in fifth, and was close enough to make a challenge on the last lap, but he had a big slide and the opportunity disappeared. Capirossi scored 10 points for his sixth place finish and has now moved up to ninth in the riders’ championship.
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Peerless Rossi Takes 8th World Title with Emphatic Home Win for Yamaha
28 September 2008
Valentino Rossi rode a perfect race to win Yamaha’s home Grand Prix in Japan today, claiming the 2008 MotoGP World Championship title in the process. In doing so the 29-year-old Italian became only the second rider in history to recapture the title after two years, the other being Giacomo Agostini, whose all-time victory record Rossi surpassed at the last race in Indianapolis. This is Rossi’s third title with Yamaha, his sixth in the premier class and eighth in total in a career spanning 12 years.
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Double Top Ten for Tech 3 in Yamaha’s Home Race
28 September 2008
Colin Edwards and James Toseland helped Yamaha claim four top ten finishes in its home race in Japan today, with the Tech 3 duo securing hard fought seventh and tenth places respectively.
Capitalising on a strong start from the third row of the grid, Edwards reeled off a series of consistently fast lap times to mount a serious assault on the top six in the second half of the race. The American managed to claw back a three second deficit on Loris Capirossi to shadow the Italian from lap 12 onwards.
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Complicated Weekend for the Alice Team - Guintoli 14th, Elias 16th
28 September 2008
Since yesterday’s qualifying session we could have understood that this would have been a difficult race for the Alice Team riders. Started from 14th and 15th position, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli have concluded the first lap in 15th and 17th place with the French rider in front of the Spaniard. Elias has therefore tired to comeback but during the seventh lap he went off track and when back on track he found himself in last position with many seconds of disadvantages from De Angelis who was the first rider in front of him.
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Yuki Takahashi Will Start From the Second Row at Motegi 250GP
27 September 2008
After a good qualifying yesterday, Yuki Takahashi has confirmed his good performance and will start from the second-row for the Grand Prix of Japan. And the JiR Team Scot rider could have been further up the field, had it not been for slower riders baulking him during his fast laps. Despite this, Yuki is looking for a good home race, which should see him battle for the top positions at the controls of his Honda 250, which celebrates his ‘home’ race with a fully customised fairing.
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Andrea Dovizioso Ready for Another Top Five Finish at Motegi
27 September 2008
After the final day of testing for the Japanese Grand Prix, Andrea Dovizioso will start from the fifth row of the grid with the daunting prospect of moving up through the field to finish in the top five. During the free practice sessions the JiR Team Scot rider has managed to develop his Honda RC212V with the aim of being able to do consistent lap times. On a track that commits both bike and the rider during both braking and acceleration, Andrea Dovizioso is confident he can achieve a good result, and utilize to the maximum the early laps as he aims to recover vital positions.
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Difficult Qualifying for the Alice Team in Motegi. Elias & Guintoli on Fifteenth Row
27 September 2008
Surely not the best qualifying session of the season for the Alice Team and its rider that during the qualifying session couldn’t make it further than the fourteenth and fifteenth best lap times. Elias, who is in front of his teammate, isn’t in the best physical condition due to illness. Guintoli has a good race rhythm but didn’t make best use of his Bridgestone qualifying tyres.
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Rossi to Launch Title Assault from 2nd Row at Motegi
27 September 2008
Valentino Rossi will contest his first ‘match point’ of the 2008 championship from the head of the second row tomorrow, having qualified fourth at Motegi today. Rossi’s Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo sealed an impressive pole position today and will lead the field, with Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden behind him.
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Lorenzo Steals Stunning Pole in Motegi
27 September 2008
Jorge Lorenzo was on superb form at Motegi today, taking an impressive pole position on his first visit to Japan as a Yamaha rider. The 21-year-old will head the field for his Factory’s home race tomorrow whilst his Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi, who will be bidding to seal his eighth World Championship crown, will start from fourth.
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Second Row Start for Capirossi in Suzuki’s Homeland
27 September 2008
Loris Capirossi will start from the second row of the grid for tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix after recording the sixth fastest time on his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R at Motegi today. Capirossi (1’46.450, 27 laps) looked strong throughout the qualifying session and was in with a chance of grabbing a front row start – or possibly even pole position – as he powered his way around the 4,801m circuit.
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Edwards and Toseland Ready for Japanese Battle
27 September 2008
Tech 3 Yamaha duo Colin Edwards and James Toseland claimed top ten grid positions for tomorrow’s 24-lap Japanese MotoGP race at the Twin Ring Motegi. Edwards claimed his best qualifying position since his home race in Laguna Seca as he finished an exciting session with the seventh quickest time. Having spent most of the day trying to improve rear traction on race tyres, Edwards was immediately in the groove on his first Michelin qualifying tyre.
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MotoGP Qualifying Results - Motegi
27 September 2008
James Toseland bounced back from his Indianapolis disaster to grab a top ten start at the A-Style Grand Prix of Japan at Motegi this afternoon (Saturday). The 27 year old Yorkshireman qualified tenth fastest round the 2.983 mile circuit north of Tokyo and will start the 24 lap race, round 15 of the MotoGP World Championship, from the fourth row of the grid.
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Stoner Just Misses Out on Pole, Melandri Struggling in the Dry
27 September 2008
It was "A Bug's Life", quite literally, for Casey Stoner at Motegi today as a rogue intruder ruined the Australian's final challenge for pole position in the Grand Prix of Japan. An insect that hit his visor and restricted his vision when out on his third and final qualifying tyre cost the World Champion his concentration and vital tenths off his lap time.
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