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Repsol Honda Tackles High-Speed Island Challenge
01 October 2008
Repsol Honda RC212V riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden are ready for one of the biggest challenges of the MotoGP season – the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. The Victorian track is the fastest of them all, with the quickest lap times nudging 180km/h (112mph). Pedrosa comes into this race fresh from his third-place finish in last Sunday’s Japanese GP, his first podium with his pneumatic-valve RC212V and Bridgestone tyres.
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Checa Claims 6th And 2nd Places At Phillip Island
02 March 2008
The first race of the second round of the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island today recorded one of the most dramatic starts. Straight after the lights went out, Ducati rider Michel Fabrizio stalled on the front row and got badly hit in the back by two other riders, causing a red flag situation and confusion in the field. HANNspree Ten Kate Honda’s Carlos Checa got taken out by another rider while teammate Sofuoglu managed to make a narrow escape through the grass. Checa was then left on the track for minutes before medics brought him back to the paddock, giving him just 40 seconds to get ready and back onto the starting grid for the re-start the session. Checa, whose boots and leathers were still half done as he left the grid for the second time, managed to finish the messy race in 6th place, followed by Kiyonari at 9th, who put in a great performance and secured his first top 10 WSB finish.
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Rizla Suzuki & Vermeulen Head Down Under For Home GP
06 October 2007
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP makes the long trip to Phillip Island in Australia for round 16 of the MotoGP World Championship, the only race held south of the equator this season. The Team is having its best season since the introduction of the four-stroke regulations and is heading to Australia still on the crest of a wave, despite disappointing results at the last two races. John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen sit in fourth and fifth places respectively in the riders’ championship, having both scored points in excess of their highest ever tallies in one season. Rizla Suzuki MotoGP is in a close third position in its own title race with Suzuki in fourth in the constructors’ championship despite having the joint smallest representation on the MotoGP grid. The team’s haul of seven podiums - so far this year – is also the best by Suzuki in the modern four-stroke era.
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Homecoming World Champ Stoner Hit The Island
05 October 2007
The Ducati Marlboro Team goes into the Australian Grand Prix following last month's historic Japanese GP where Casey Stoner secured the 2007 MotoGP riders' World Championship and Loris Capirossi won the race to complete a Motegi hat-trick. With the riders' title now won, the Bologna-based squad is out to secure the constructors' crown and the teams' championship, both of which it currently leads.
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