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Pedrosa Clinches His First Win on Bridgestone Tyres
07 July 2009
Dani Pedrosa triumphed in a nail-biting climax to round eight of the MotoGP season to take his first victory of the year, and his and the Repsol Honda Team's first victory on Bridgestone tyres.
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Pedrosa Takes Victory for Repsol Honda in Laguna Seca
06 July 2009
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa stormed to victory in the U.S. Grand Prix today, leading from start to finish and banishing to history his injury-ravaged start to the season. It was the 23-year-old Spaniard’s 30th Grand Prix win of his career in all classes (7 in MotoGP, 15 in 250cc, 8 in 125cc) and his first since his victory at the 2008 Grand Prix of Catalunya over a year ago.
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Four Points in the American Grand Prix for Canepa
06 July 2009
Not an easy start for the Pramac Racing rider in the Grand Prix of America, in fact, Niccolò Canepa found him self in last position in the first turns. The Italian rider have tried to push more to recover some positions, but the missing of grip in the front of the bike and seeing some riders crash in front of him, made him take the decision to don't risk and take home four world championship points.
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Vermeulen Salvages Good Points from Tough Weekend at Laguna
06 July 2009
Rizla Suzuki racer Chris Vermeulen recovered from an early race set-back and managed to fight his way through the field to finish eighth at the U.S. GP today.
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Sixth Double Podium for Fiat Yamaha Team After Intense Laguna Finale
06 July 2009
The Fiat Yamaha pairing of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo shared the MotoGP podium for the sixth time this season at the US Grand Prix today, finishing second and third at Laguna Seca. Rossi closed down a gap of over three seconds to eventual winner Dani Pedrosa but fell just short of making another final-corner pass, whilst a brave Lorenzo battled through the pain of his injured shoulder to rally after a poor start and finish a strong third.
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Five Star Team Result For Ducati at Laguna Seca
06 July 2009
Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden crossed the line in fourth and fifth place today to secure a top team result for Ducati that confirms the forward steps taken with the Desmosedici GP9 in recent weeks.
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Elias Scores Season-Best Sixth Place at Laguna Seca
06 July 2009
San Carlo Honda Gresini team rider Toni Elias picked up his best result of the 2009 season so far with sixth place in the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca today, replicating his position on the starting grid with a determined ride. Chasing the lead group over the opening laps, Elias moved up one position to fifth with a pass on local favourite Nicky Hayden on lap seven but was only able to hold his advantage for one lap before the American fought back.
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Edwards Claims 100th Point-Scoring Finish in Laguna Seca
06 July 2009
Colin Edwards' determined ride in his home race at Laguna Seca today achieved a personal milestone for the popular Texan, the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider scoring his 100th point-scoring Grand Prix finish. Edwards started and finished the 32-lap in seventh to become only the 14th rider in the 61-year history of world championship racing to score points in 100 races.
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Red Bull Grand Prix MotoGP Report
06 July 2009
The spectacularly technical Mazda Raceway track at Laguna Seca proved it's formidable reputation this weekend with many riders missing their lines in practice, qualifying and even the warm up!
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Elias Maintains Impressive Form to Qualify on Second Row for US GP
05 July 2009
San Carlo Honda Gresini team rider Toni Elias will start from a sixth place on the grid at the US Grand Prix tomorrow after maintaining his impressive free practice pace in this afternoon’s qualifying session at Laguna Seca.
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Repsol Hondas Strong in Laguna Qualifying
05 July 2009
Two hundredths of a second was all that separated Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso in today’s dramatic qualifying session for the U.S. Grand Prix. The pair will head the second row of the grid for tomorrow’s 32-lap race at the spectacular Laguna Seca circuit after finishing in fourth and fifth places - both riders less that half a second from pole position.
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Stoner on Front Row as Hayden Secures Season Best Start
05 July 2009
Ducati MotoGP Team riders Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden were in competitive form in qualifying practice for the USGP at Laguna Seca today, with the Australian sealing a front row start for tomorrow’s race and the American qualifying on the third row in eighth place – the best grid position of his debut season with the Italian factory so far.
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Bruised Vermeulen Battles to the Third Row at Laguna
05 July 2009
Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen fought through the pain barrier during this afternoon's qualifying practice at Laguna Seca in America, to earn himself a third row start for tomorrow's U.S. GP.
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Sixth Row for Canepa in the US Grand Prix
05 July 2009
Hard day of work for the Pramac Racing Team and its rider Niccolò Canepa. In the first hour available of the day the Italian rider, thanks to the support of his track engineer tried to adapt the bike to make it easier to manage on the American track.
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Fiat Take Qualifying One-Two but Lorenzo Suffers in Late Crash
05 July 2009
Jorge Lorenzo secured his fourth pole position of the season at Laguna Seca today for tomorrow’s US Grand Prix despite crashing twice during the qualifying session, the second accident leaving him with an Acromial Clavicular Separation to the right side and a contusion to the right foot.
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Edwards To Start Home Challenge From Third Row
05 July 2009
A strong finish from Colin Edwards in another fiercely contested MotoGP qualifying session helped the American claim a place on the third row of the grid for his home race at Laguna Seca.
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Elias and De Angelis Make Positive Start at Laguna Seca
04 July 2009
Just six days after the Dutch TT at Assen the MotoGP World Championship circus continued apace today, some 10,000 kilometres away from Holland at the Laguna Circuit in California.
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Repsol Honda Riders Fourth and Sixth in Laguna FP1
04 July 2009
The first Free Practice session for the US Grand Prix took place at Laguna Seca today with Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso finishing the one-hour period in fourth and sixth places.
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Crash Costs Vermeulen Valuable Set-Up Time
04 July 2009
Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen crashed during the early part of the first practice session at Laguna Seca in America today ruining the Australian star's chance of completing the extensive test schedule he had planned.
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First Laps at Laguna Seca for Niccolo' Canepa
04 July 2009
Niccolò Canepa, Pramac Racing rider, has ridden his firsts laps on the Californian circuit of Laguna Seca in the Monterey County.
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