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Alice Team Wants to Progress in Second Half of Season
Yesterday
After the weekend off, MotoGP World championship riders are back on track for the Alice German Grand Prix on the Sachsenring circuit, located in the past East Germany. The circuit, one of the slowest and technical included in the MotoGP calendar, didn’t bring too much luck for the Alice Team riders in the last years, in fact, Toni Elias never made it to conquer more than the eleventh position obtained in 2006. Last year the Spanish rider couldn’t step on the track due to an injury, while in 2005 he concluded in thirteenth position. His teammate, Sylvain Guintoli, had to stop after a few turns last year in his only appearance here in the highest category and will try his best this year on a circuit he really enjoys. Sachsenring circuit, with its 3671 m, is the shortest of the MotoGP world championship.
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West Goes it Alone at Sachsenring
Yesterday
Anthony West will be the sole Kawasaki pilot on the grid for this weekend's German Grand Prix at Sachsenring, as teammate John Hopkins is forced to sit out the next two races due to injuries sustained during a high-speed qualifying crash at Assen two weeks ago. West heads into this weekend's race determined to make amends for a disappointing result last time out at the Dutch TT, where a lap seven crash while lying 11th ended his hopes of a second top ten finish in succession. The 26-year-old Australian has a good record at the 3.671km Sachsenring circuit, where he finished eighth at last year's German Grand Prix in only his third race aboard Kawasaki's Ninja ZX-RR, and where he scored no less than six top ten finishes in the 250cc world championship in previous seasons.
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Bridgestone MotoGP Briefing - Germany
Yesterday
Following two sets of back-to-back races in Italy, Catalunya, Britain and the Netherlands in June, MotoGP’s action-packed 2008 tour continues with a third consecutive double-header, starting with this weekend’s trip to Germany, another of motorcycle racing’s most frequented destinations. This year’s event will be the 23rd premier class event to be held at the Sachsenring, which hosted its first race back in 1961, but will be the 66th race in total to be held on German soil since the championship began back in 1949. Sachsenring held the East German GP uninterrupted from 1961-1972 on a closed-road circuit, but rejoined the calendar with a brand new circuit in 1998, where it has remained since. Loris Capirossi scored the best ever result at Sachsenring for a Bridgestone-shod rider in last year’s German GP, taking second place for Ducati in difficult conditions with track temperatures soaring above 50°C. Having enjoyed debut dry weather victories in Mugello, Donington and Assen in recent weeks, Bridgestone will be hoping to cross Sachsenring off its ‘to do’ list this weekend, but is aware of the technical hurdles that it must first overcome.
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Capirossi Ready to Take on the ‘Ring'
Yesterday
Loris Capirossi is ready to make his Rizla Suzuki MotoGP comeback at the Sachsenring circuit in eastern Germany this weekend as he continues his fight-back to full fitness. Capirossi sustained a large puncture wound in his right arm in an accident at Assen in The Netherlands and was unable to compete in the Dutch TT after Dr Costa and his staff performed an operation to repair the damage. The experienced Italian has worked hard with his own doctors to continue with the healing of the injury and is convinced he is fit enough to return to the GP arena at a circuit that he finished second at last year – a result that is the best finish for Bridgestone at the 3,671m German track. The wound to Capirossi’s arm was the second injury the Italian had suffered in three races, after breaking his right hand at Catalunya. Although that fracture has now fully repaired, the arm injury from Assen is not 100% healed but Capirossi, Suzuki and senior medical staff have all assessed the situation and considered every safety issue before deciding that he is fit to ride.
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JiR Team Scot Head to Sachsenring Aiming for Prestigious Results
Yesterday
After a one week break following the British and Dutch GP ‘double header’ last month, the 2008 MotoGP season resumes at the Sachsenring. The German event will provide the stage for the tenth round of the championship. The circuit winds its way through the edge of a forest, where the riders face a series of tight corners, with a series of seven left-handers, before opening the throttle on the short straight. The JiR Team Scot squad looks to gain significant results in both categories. Andrea Dovizioso, riding the Honda RC212V, has returned from three positive races in which he obtained fourth and two fifth-place finishes and he wants to improve still further. Meanwhile Yuki Takahashi has a good feeling with the German track, as back in 2006 he took one of his two victories of the season at the track and now he wants to repeat that feat this weekend.
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Ducati Marlboro Team Head to Germany
Yesterday
An intense period of MotoGP activity concludes with back-to-back races over the next two weekends, with consecutive Grand Prix events in Germany and the United States making it six races in eight weeks and bringing the season towards a well-earned summer break. Last year's race at the Sachsenring took place in torrid temperatures which, according to the most recent forecasts, should not be repeated this time around. In fact, as has been the case for seven of the last nine races this season, mixed conditions are predicted for this weekend, which is expected to see maximum temperatures of 24ºC. In any case, the Ducati Marlboro Team is ready for two races that are of equal importance to its two riders, for a variety of reasons. Casey Stoner heads to Germany on the back of consecutive victories and he is keen to banish the memories of an unfortunate race there last season, when he dominated in practice only to be forced into damage limitation in the race as he battled with an unexpected tyre problem, eventually crossing the line in fifth place.
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Fiat Yamaha Team Face Final Push Before Summer Break
Yesterday
The Fiat Yamaha Team faces the first half of a transatlantic double-header this weekend as the MotoGP World Championship heads to Germany for the tenth round of the season, followed immediately by a trip to the USA for round eleven. The two races are separated by just seven days and a distance of some 9,400 kilometres, representing a gruelling final push before the four-week summer break. The Sachsenring circuit traditionally produces close racing and Valentino Rossi has unsurprisingly been involved over recent years, starring in some of the most exciting MotoGP race finishes of all time. The most memorable was in 2006, when the Italian stormed from eleventh on the grid on his Yamaha to lead home the closest top-four ever in MotoGP, separated as they were by just 0.307 seconds. Rossi, who is set to break Max Biaggi’s record of 201 consecutive Grand Prix appearances this weekend, has had three other victories at Sachsenring in all classes and he is keen to add to that tally as the season crosses its midseason equator with Dani Pedrosa on the top of the standings - just four points clear of the Italian.
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Toseland Back Into The Unknown
Yesterday
After disappointments at two circuits he knows well, James Toseland returns to his journey into the unknown at the Alice Grand Prix of Germany at the tight twisty Sachsenring on Sunday. The 27 year old Yorkshireman has shown already in his MotoGP debut season how quickly he can learn new circuits on the Tech 3 Yamaha and the tenth round of the MotoGP World Championship should be no exception. Toseland crashed in Donington and struggled with the set-up in Assen to eventually finish in ninth place but still holds eighth place in the Championship, just ten points behind former World Champion Nicky Hayden.
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All to Play For - Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup & Team
Yesterday
Just three races to go in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season and there are two thrilling prizes to play for: The first is the Rookies Cup and in that battle Luis Salom remains the season long leader from JD Beach and Sturla Fagerhaug. The second dream is to be a member of the 10 man Riders Cup team heading for Indianapolis and a clash with the best of the AMA U.S. Rookies on September 14th.
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Honda Gresini Ready to Tackle MotoGP’s Tightest Track
Yesterday
The history of premier-class racing at Sachsenring can be divided into two eras – firstly from 1961 to 1972, when the original circuit, measuring almost nine kilometres, hosted the East German Grand Prix. The modern era began in 1998, when the top class returned to a completely modernised facility.
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Meklau Closes IDM Series Gap
25 June 2008
Two podium places at Sunday's Sachsenring round put Andreas Meklau closer to the lead in the International German Superbike Championship (IDM). The 40-year-old Austrian, who rides for Team Suzuki International Europe, qualified for the front row of the starting grid after the practice session. In the first heat he took third place behind Jorg Teuchert (Yamaha) and Martin Bauer (Honda) and in the second, Meklau was in the lead and looked all set for his first win of the season until Belgian Suzuki rider Werner Daemen crashed and the race was stopped. After the restart, nine more laps had to be completed. Meklau chose a softer tyre mix for the second half of the race but was unable to catch Teuchert. Third place went to the Swiss Suzuki rider Roman Stamm.
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Ducati Grandstand On Tour During The 08 MotoGP Championship
20 March 2008
Tickets are now on sale for the Mugello Grandstand. This year the Ducati Grandstand Tour will take in nine international MotoGP races. Following the success of the Ducati Grandstand at Italian rounds last year, Ducati has decided to use the same formula at other MotoGP rounds around the world. It will now be possible to follow your heroes trackside at the Italian circuits of Mugello and Misano, but also at the European rounds of Le Mans, Sachsenring and Valencia, as well as at the international events at Laguna Seca and Indianapolis (U.S.A.), Phillip Island (Australia) and Motegi (Japan).
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Bridgestone MotoGP - Germany/USA GP Debrief
30 July 2007
The latest run of back-to-back MotoGP races concluded just over a week ago in California with a dominant victory by championship leading Ducati rider Casey Stoner in the United States GP. Stoner now leads the riders’ table by 44 points over nearest rival Valentino Rossi. Bridgestone-shod riders locked out the top three positions with Suzuki’s Chris Vermeulen taking second position, his third podium of the season, and Honda Gresini’s Marco Melandri scoring an heroic third place. Both rider have cemented top five positions in the championship equal on 113 points. Stoner’s team-mate Loris Capirossi took top Bridgestone honours at the preceding event in Germany making a spectacular return to the podium with an excellent second place behind eventual winner Dani Pedrosa.
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Edwards Takes Fighting 4th As Rossi Slides Out
17 July 2007
Fiat Yamaha Team rider Colin Edwards rode a strong race in sweltering conditions today to take a best-ever Sachsenring finish of fourth, after starting from thirteenth on the grid for the German Grand Prix. Team-mate Valentino Rossi had a disappointing day as he slid out of the race early on when challenging for sixth position, in a race which was led from start to finish by Dani Pedrosa.
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First Double Victory for KTM at German Grand Prix
17 July 2007
Hiroshi Aoyama and Mika Kallio came home in brilliant KTM "Ready to Race" style to snatch a double victory in a thrilling 250 cc race on Germany's Sachsenring on Sunday. The reult was the team's best ever in a single Grand Prix race. The two "Orange" factory riders thrilled the more than 100,000 fans with a long and hectic battle on the circuit as the rider order fluctuated over and over again during the race. Kallio, in every sense the "Flying Finn", started on pole, the first time he had been number one on the grid since moving up from 125 cc at the beginning of the season.
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Alex Hofmann Ninth At His Home GP
16 July 2007
The tenth MotoGP championship appointment concluded with a hotly contested race characterized by a lot of crashes. In the sweltering heat of the afternoon sun at Sachsenring, which saw track temperatures soar past 50 degrees celsius, many riders were unable to finish their races, and unfortunately one of the victims of this situation was Alex Barros, who lost the front after nine laps and crashed. Fortunately, he did not injure his damaged right hand further, which was hurt in a large crash on Friday morning, and aside from additional aches and pains, Barros is ready for the upcoming Red Bull US Grand Prix in Monterey, California, just one week away.
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Michelin Boy Pedrosa Scores Runaway Victory
15 July 2007
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) rode to his first victory of the year at the Sachsenring today, running away to finish 13.166 seconds ahead of his nearest rival in extremely challenging conditions, with track temperatures reaching a sizzling 50 degrees. Pedrosa and his Michelin tyres revelled in the ultra-tough conditions to such an extent that his winning margin was the biggest on a dry track since the advent of four-stroke MotoGP racing in 2002*.
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Pedrosa & Hayden On Podium Again
15 July 2007
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa blasted to an emphatic victory at the German Grand Prix on Sunday to record his first win of the season in front of a sell-out crowd at the Sachsenring circuit. The Spaniard’s huge margin of victory – 13.166 seconds – is the biggest gap between first and second place in the top class of Grand Prix racing in a dry race since Mick Doohan’s Repsol Honda won the 1997 Czech Grand Prix by 14.858s from Luca Cadalora. Pedrosa was joined on the podium by team-mate Nicky Hayden who put in an equally stunning performance to rocket from 14th on the grid to third at the flag.
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Joy And Heartbreak For Kawasaki In Germany
15 July 2007
Anthony West realised his personal goal of an eighth position today after a scorching German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring. However, Randy de Puniet’s bad luck continued when his bike died shortly before the chequered flag, robbing him of valuable championship points after he had spent the entire race well within the top ten. In front of over 100,000 spectators, braving blistering temperatures at the Saxony track, the race was punctuated by numerous crashes and retirements. However, Kawasaki Racing Team rider, West, remained calm amid the searing heat to bring his 800cc Ninja ZX-RR across the line, fulfilling his wish to beat his own previous best placement of ninth, gained at Assen a fortnight ago.
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Capirossi Back Up To Speed And On Podium
15 July 2007
Ducati Marlboro Team rider Loris Capirossi rode a brilliant race to second place in punishing heat at the Sachsenring this afternoon, while team-mate Casey Stoner came home in fifth to maintain his lead at the top of the World Championship. Capirossi chose a different compound rear Bridgestone to Stoner and the Italian's choice paid dividends in the later stages of the race when he came through from fourth place to second. The newly resurfaced Sachsenring is ultra-demanding on tyres and today's ground temperature of more than 50 degree made tyre choice even more critical than usual. Capirossi attributed his speed to a revised engine spec and weight distribution, as well as a canny tyre choice.
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