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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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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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Double Podium Delight for Rea at Thrilling SBK Finale
27 October 2009
Hannspree Ten Kate Honda’s Jonathan Rea took an impressive double podium in today’s final two World Superbike championship races at Portimao in Portugal.
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Contrasting Fortunes for Elias and De Angelis at Soaking Sepang
27 October 2009
San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Toni Elias produced a display of control and concentration today as he took a valuable seventh place in the Malaysian Grand Prix, whilst a disappointing twelfth for his team-mate Alex de Angelis means the pair are now level on points in the championship with one round remaining.
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Further Quotes from Rossi Following his Ninth World Championship Title
27 October 2009
Nine world championships is a great achievement, I'm so happy! I would need one hour to thank everyone! Starting with everyone at Yamaha - Furusawa-san, Lin Jarvis, Davide Brivio and all my guys, especially Jeremy. I couldn't have done it without Jeremy and he is like my motorcycle father! I also have to thank my family and friends - Stefania, Graziano, Uccio, Albi...so many!
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Parkes and Tamada Save the Best for Last...!
27 October 2009
In their final rides for the Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team, Broc Parkes and Makoto Tamada posted their best cumulative score of any race meeting this season together when they contested the final round of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship at Portimao in Portugal today.
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Guintoli Races to Top-10 Finish in Alstare Debut
27 October 2009
New Alstare Suzuki rider Sylvain Guintoli raced to 10th place in the second race at today's World Superbike 14th round at Portimao in Portugal after failing to finish the opening leg. Both he and team mate Yukio Kagayama were forced to pull out of race one due to technical issues and in Kagayama's case, being hit from behind, before both bounced back to take 10th and 11th places respectively in the second leg.
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A Courageous Haga Loses the WSB Title by 6 Points; Fabrizio Wins Race 2
27 October 2009
A bittersweet finale for Noriyuki Haga and the Ducati Xerox Team today when they lost the World Superbike riders title by just six points, after the Japanese rider crashed out of Race 1, to then finish on the podium, second, in Race 2.
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Edwards and Toseland Collect Points in Sepang
25 October 2009
Colin Edwards remains firmly in the hunt for a top five world championship finish in 2009 after a tough Malaysian MotoGP race this afternoon. Optimistic of a top six challenge in the dry, two days of hard work and preparation in hot and humid conditions counted for nothing after a torrential downpour saturated the 5.548km circuit just 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the 21-lap race.
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Rossi Takes Ninth Title with Brilliant Podium After Dramatic Malaysian GP
25 October 2009
The indomitable and irrepressible Valentino Rossi took his ninth World Championship crown in Malaysia today, riding to third place in a dramatic rain-hit race at Sepang. It was the Italian's seventh title in the premier class, his fourth for Yamaha - more than he has won with any other manufacturer - and his 163rd career podium.
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Stoner Splashes to Victory at Sodden Sepang, Hayden a Fantastic Fifth
25 October 2009
Ducati Marlboro Team rider Casey Stoner took his second victory in succession today with a display of absolute dominance in torrential conditions at Sepang, where his team-mate Nicky Hayden picked up a fantastic fifth place.
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Pedrosa Earns a Milestone Podium in Malaysia
25 October 2009
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa rode a flawless race to finish in second place in the rain-affected Malaysian Grand Prix today and record his first ever wet-weather Grand Prix podium. His team-mate Andrea Dovizioso looked on course to join Pedrosa in the top the three - and even perhaps steal second from him - but the Italian was unlucky to fall out of the race with six laps to go.
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Vermeulen Splashes to Sixth at a Soaking Sepang
25 October 2009
Rizla Suzuki racer Chris Vermeulen again showed his skills in wet conditions as he powered his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R through the field to take sixth place at a rain-soaked Sepang today.
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