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First Three Days of Testing Complete for Biaggi, Nakano & Aprilia
27 January 2009
The first day of testing at the circuit of Portimao in Portugal has ended. It was a rainy day which didn't help the Aprilia team that don't have a lot of experience testing the RSV4 in the rain. Both Max Biaggi and Shinya Nakano proving off the pace in 16th and 23rd, two and four-seconds away from the leading pace as they continue to work on the bike's development.
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The 09 Season Got Underway with SBK and SS Tests at Portimao
26 January 2009
The 22nd edition of the Superbike World Championship kicks off in just over one month’s time at Phillip Island in Australia, but the bikes will be air-freighted across the globe at the start of February so as to be ready for several teams to test there one week before the opening round. This weekend’s test at the Portuguese circuit of Portimao, from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th January, therefore represents the last remaining opportunity for major testing and development work, but above all it will be the first direct clash between all the WSBK contenders before the start of the new season. The test in Portugal will also see the official launch of the championship, which sees a record participation of 32 riders, with a press conference in the circuit.
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Record Numbers of Entries in WSB and WSS
15 January 2009
The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) has today published the entry lists for the 2009 Superbike and Supersport World Championships. Both championships, organized by Infront Motor Sports, are continuing their successful trend, with the Superbike category in particular going against the recent unhealthy global economic downturn by posting a record number of permanent entries and manufacturer representatives. The 2009 HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship entry list shows 32 inscriptions from 10 countries, and seven different manufacturer bikes from Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha, an unprecedented level of factory participation in a world championship.
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Arai Supports Riders for Health
15 January 2009
Phoenix, the UK distributor of Arai helmets, are delighted to announce that at their recent auction at the 2008 International Motorcycle show, £9,700 was raised for the Riders for Health charity. Riders For Health is the official MotoGP charity and raises funds to buy, service and repair off-road motorbikes, so that vital medicines and trained healthcare staff can reach the more remote parts of the African continent. The auction, held on the main stage in the Arai entertainment zone at the NEC, was hosted by Randy Mamola, Steve Parrish and Barry Nutley and many unique items were offered for sale including an Arai helmet signed by the motorcycle stars of the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, plus graphics, helmets and clothing signed by Arai stars Dani Pedrosa, Nicky Hayden, Leon Haslam, Jonathan Rea, Kevin Schwantz, Shinya Nakano, Noriyuki Haga and Colin Edwards.
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Fabrizio Goes Quickest on Opening Day of Superbike Testing at Kyalami
12 December 2008
Michel Fabrizio notched up the quickest time with his factory Ducati 1098F09 on the opening day of Pirelli tyre development testing at Kyalami (South Africa). The winter tests are being used by almost all the top manufacturer teams in preparation for the 2009 FIM Superbike World Championship, which gets underway in Australia at the start of March.
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Stoner Wins Season Finale & Leads All-Bridgestone Podium
27 October 2008
Ducati rider Casey Stoner has today taken victory in the season finale at Valencia, ending the 2008 season as he started it with a dominant win. It is the Australian’s sixth win of the season and the 15th victory for a Bridgestone-shod rider this year. Stoner led an all-Bridgestone podium with Honda’s Dani Pedrosa in second position and 2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi in third, concluding Bridgestone’s most successful MotoGP season in style. The result takes Bridgestone’s combined podium tally for the year to 35 with Stoner’s pole position from Saturday afternoon extending the number of pole results this season to 12.
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San Carlo Honda Gresini Sign off 2008 in Style
27 October 2008
Team San Carlo Honda Gresini contested the final round of the MotoGP World Championship at Valencia today, with both Shinya Nakano and Alex De Angelis signing off in positive fashion. Despite lowly starting positions on the grid, both riders fought through the pack at a tight and twisty circuit to take seventh and tenth place respectively. It was a satisfactory finish to the season for Shinya and Alex, who were able to thank their respective engineers for a year of hard work in sometimes difficult circumstances. Preparations for 2009 begin in earnest tomorrow, with two days of tests at the Spanish circuit.
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Difficult Qualifying For San Carlo Honda Gresini
25 October 2008
Team San Carlo Honda Gresini contested the final qualifying practice session of the season today at the Grand Prix of Valencia. Shinya Nakano and Alex De Angelis qualified in fifteenth and sixteenth position respectively, positions that are well below their expectations after another positive weekend in free practice, with the Japanese rider lapping second fastest this morning. Nakano’s qualifying attempt was spoiled by a crash on his second soft tyre, and although he escaped unhurt and was able to return to the track on his second bike, Shinya was unable to make major improvements on his lap time.
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Concentrating Casey Takes Pole
25 October 2008
Casey Stoner could be forgiven to have his mind on other things but the tough Australian showed enormous concentration and resolve to grab pole position for the Parts Europe Grand Prix of Valencia in Spain this afternoon. On Monday Stoner tests the 2009 Marlboro Ducati in Valencia before leaving for Italy where on Thursday he will have an operation on his damaged left wrist that will keep him out of action for two and a half months.
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Weather Affects San Carlo Honda Gresini at Valencia
24 October 2008
Team San Carlo Honda Gresini are back in Europe this weekend for the final round of the MotoGP World Championship at Valencia. After the heat and humidity of Malaysia one week ago, Shinya Nakano and Alex De Angelis could not have encountered more different conditions today, as rain and low temperatures made for tricky track conditions in free practice. Nakano tried a variety of different tyres as he tried to establish a feeling with his bike in these conditions, gathering plenty of useful information for his technicians to work on. De Angelis also worked to gather set-up data that he will work on, together with his technicians, with the aim of improving his pace tomorrow.
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Wet Start to Final Event of Season in Valencia
24 October 2008
Riders endured a wet start to the final race weekend of the season as free practice for Sunday’s Valencia Grand Prix got underway at Circuit Ricardo Tormo today. Honda’s Dani Pedrosa was the quickest Bridgestone-shod rider of the day securing second position on the combined practice standings, just 0.087s off the pace set by Nicky Hayden who was the quickest rider in both morning and afternoon sessions aboard his Honda. A total of five Bridgestone riders were represented in the top ten with Valentino Rossi in fourth place for Yamaha, Casey Stoner in fifth position for Ducati, Sylvain Guintoli in eighth for Alice Team and Shinya Nakano in tenth for Honda Gresini.
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San Carlo Honda Gresini Head to Spain for 08 Finale
23 October 2008
Team San Carlo Honda Gresini head for the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia this week for the final round of the MotoGP World Championship. Just one week after racing in Malaysia, Alex De Angelis and Shinya Nakano return to Europe to tackle one of the smallest and tightest tracks on the calendar. Both the San Marino and Japanese riders have won at the Spanish track in the 250cc class, in 2006 and 2000 respectively. The race is important not just to sign off from the season in positive fashion but also because on the day following the race Gresini Racing’s preparations for 2009 will already begin, with the first test of the off-season set to take place on the 27th and 28th October.
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Spidi ICENECK at Malaysian MotoGP
23 October 2008
During the extremely torrid Malaysian GP weekend, Spidi equipped all its riders with ICENECK neck band, a device able to keep their body cool when waiting in the starting grid or during practice breaks. Spidi riders who used ICENECK during Malaysian GP week-end were: Marco Melandri, Colin Edwards and Shinya Nakano in MotoGP class, Mattia Pasini in 250 class and Sandro Cortese in 125 class. ICENECK is an anatomical neck band with a unique jelly bag that, when frozen, maintains its temperature for a long time.
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MotoGP - The Final Showdown
22 October 2008
The four British Grand Prix stars race from Malaysia to Valencia in Spain to compete in the traditional final showdown of the MotoGP World Championship in the frenzied atmosphere of the Ricardo Tormo circuit on Sunday. The 2.489 mile tight demanding track will be packed by around 120,000 noisy fans to provide a fitting finale to the season which has turned into a year of great highs and lows for the British riders. Twenty –eight year old James Toseland completes his first season in the premier class of Motor Cycle racing, the MotoGP World Championship and his results in the last two races sum up his fortunes. Two rounds ago he finished a brilliant sixth in Australia after qualifying on the second row of the grid riding the Tech 3 Yamaha. Last week he crashed in the early stages of the race in Malaysia after qualifying 12th.
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Rossi Takes Ninth Win of Season
20 October 2008
Bridgestone-shod Valentino Rossi has claimed victory in this afternoon’s Malaysian Grand Prix to take the ninth win of his championship-winning season. The Yamaha rider took the lead from Honda’s Dani Pedrosa at the halfway point of the race and continued to build an unassailable lead up to the chequered flag. The win represents the 14th win on Bridgestone tyres in the 17 races held so far this year with just the Valencia GP remaining next week. Pole sitter Pedrosa led into the first corner and fended off Rossi for 11 laps before settling into a comfortable second place where he ultimately finished the 21-lap race. Second marks a one place improvement over Pedrosa’s previous best on Bridgestone tyres, a third place in Japan three weeks ago, in only his fourth race running with Bridgestone. Fellow Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso rounded out the podium in third place just over four-seconds behind Pedrosa.
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Rossi Feels the Heat to Fight Off Pedrosa
20 October 2008
Valentino Rossi secured his ninth win of the season in the Polini Grand Prix of Malaysia, not only fighting off the challenge of Dani Pedrosa but also the searing heat with temperatures reaching the mid forties at the height of the 21 lap battle round the demanding 3.447 miles Sepang circuit. The World Champion, riding the Fiat Yamaha, toyed with the impressive Pedrosa in the early stages before taking the lead to win with over four seconds to spare. Spaniard Pedrosa was an equally comfortable second on the Repsol Honda in front of a tremendous battle for third.
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Nakano Makes Incredible Fight Back to Fifth
20 October 2008
Shinya Nakano produced arguably his best performance of the season at Sepang today, starting the Malaysian Grand Prix from fifteenth on the grid but fighting through to finish fifth. Nakano made an incredible start and passed several riders on the first lap to move into sixth place, stalking Stoner for several laps before eventually making his move to seal a top five finish. It was a much more difficult race for Alex De Angelis, however, the San Marino rider unable to take advantage of a good start as he advanced no higher than fourteenth in the gruelling conditions.
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Qualifying Tricky for San Carlo Honda Gresini
18 October 2008
Drastically variable weather conditions at the Grand Prix of Malaysia limited Team San Carlo Honda Gresini’s options during qualifying practice at Sepang today, with Shinya Nakano set to start from the fifth row of the grid in fifteenth place and Alex De Angelis another two spots further back. The Japanese and San Marino riders were unable to make the most of the crucial final few minutes of the session, with the track continually drying after an earlier shower. Both riders came in for a final tyre change but were unable to get back on track in time to complete a flying lap before the chequered flag was wave.
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Edwards Endorses Sepang Poster Designs
17 October 2008
American Colin Edwards endorsed his picture on the official poster for the Polini Grand Prix of Malaysia by leading the first day of practice for this penultimate round of the MotoGP World Championship at a sweltering Sepang this afternoon. The former World Superbike Champion has had a tough time recently but bounced back round the 3.447 mile Sepang circuit in sweltering conditions riding the Tech 3 Yamaha. He set the fastest time with drizzle in the air during the second qualifying session to lead the way by just 0.26th of a second from World Champion Valentino Rossi who set his fastest time in the morning session riding the Fiat Yamaha.
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Nakano Fastest Honda in Sepang Free Practice
17 October 2008
The Malaysian Grand Prix started out in positive fashion for Team San Carlo Honda Gresini, the final chapter of an intercontinental MotoGP tour and the penultimate round of the 2008 season. Shinya Nakano showed good form in the opening free practice session this morning and in the afternoon he confirmed his good feeling with the RC212V at Sepang, dominating the time sheets throughout the session before being dislodged by Edwards, Rossi and Stoner in the final few minutes. However, he remained the top Honda rider on the combined time sheets.
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