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Stoner Dominates Dutch TT to Take Bridgestone’s Maiden Assen Win
6 Days ago
Continuing where he left off in Donington last weekend, Ducati Corse rider Casey Stoner took a dominant win in this afternoon’s Dutch TT to secure his, Ducati’s and Bridgestone’s maiden win at the Assen circuit. It is Stoner’s third win of the season, and second consecutively, cementing his third place in the world championship with a reduced gap of 29 points to new championship leader, Honda rider Dani Pedrosa, who finished second today. Yamaha rider Colin Edwards completed the podium. Rizla Suzuki’s Chris Vermeulen and San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Shinya Nakano added more points to their championship tallies with seventh and eighth-place finishes, while Alice Team’s Sylvain Guintoli took his first top ten race result of the season in tenth position.
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Stoner Takes Pole in Thrilling Assen Qualifying
27 June 2008
Ducati Corse rider Casey Stoner has claimed his third consecutive pole position of the season in this afternoon’s Assen qualifying session after a thrilling three-way duel with Honda’s Dani Pedrosa and Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi. It is the fourth successive pole position set on Bridgestone tyres this year. Stoner’s time of 1m35.520s shows an almost one-second improvement over the existing pole record, also set on Bridgestone rubber back in 2006.
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Stoner Sets Record-Breaking Standard in Assen Practice
26 June 2008
Ducati Corse rider Casey Stoner, winner of last weekend’s British Grand Prix, continued his impressive form in today’s opening practice sessions for Saturday’s Dutch TT at Assen, beating the existing pole position record, set in 2006 by John Hopkins, by almost four-tenths-of-a-second, using Bridgestone race tyres. During today’s two practice sessions, Stoner completed an impressive 17 laps quicker than any other riders’ best of the day, setting a high benchmark for the remainder of the weekend. His best time of the day, 1m36.087s, was 0.7s quicker than his nearest challenger, Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi, who ended the day in second position.
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Bridgestone MotoGP Briefing
24 June 2008
The shortest race turnaround of the season sees MotoGP make the cross-Channel trek from England to the Netherlands for the legendary Dutch TT event. Practice begins on Thursday morning just three clear days after the chequered flag heralded Casey Stoner as victor of the British Grand Prix at Donington Park last weekend. Along with Estoril and Sachsenring, Assen is one of the few tracks on the calendar where Bridgestone is still to be victorious in MotoGP, although results in the last two years have been close.
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Stoner Takes First Bridgestone ‘Dry’ Win at Donington
24 June 2008
Casey Stoner took a dominant victory aboard his Bridgestone-shod Ducati in this afternoon’s British Grand Prix, leading home Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi by almost six seconds to secure the second Bridgestone 1-2 of the season. It is the fifth Bridgestone-shod victory in eight races after Stoner’s season-opening win in Qatar and Rossi’s trio of wins in Shanghai, Le Mans and Mugello. Stoner has been in scintillating form around Donington Park all weekend, whether in the dry or wet conditions, and followed up his second pole position of the season with his second victory of the year to jump to third place in the championship.
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Bridgestone Riders Lock Out Front Row in Donington
21 June 2008
Bridgestone-shod riders Casey Stoner (Ducati Corse), Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) and Chris Vermeulen (Rizla Suzuki) have locked out the three front row positions for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix after a highly competitive wet qualifying session at Donington Park this afternoon. Stoner has been on the pace all weekend in dry and wet conditions, and dominated the qualifying hour today, taking pole position by an impressive margin of almost seven-tenths-of-a-second. It is his second consecutive pole position of the season and the third consecutive pole position for a rider on Bridgestone tyres, after Rossi took the top spot in Mugello, and Stoner’s Catalan pole from two weeks ago.
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Catalunya Bridgestone MotoGP Debrief
14 June 2008
The first set of back-to-back races in this season’s enthralling MotoGP championship saw Bridgestone-shod riders secure four podium positions from a possible six with Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner making podium trips in both Mugello and Catalunya. Rossi took his third consecutive win of the season in Mugello, but had to push hard right up to the chequered flag to fend off a competitive Stoner, who set the fastest lap of the race on his way to second place ahead of Dani Pedrosa. In Catalunya, it was Pedrosa who took race win honours, but Rossi and Stoner enjoyed another closely-fought battle, with Rossi taking second and Stoner third.
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Bridgestone MotoGP Briefing - Catalunya
06 June 2008
With the sensational 1-2 finish from Mugello still fresh in its mind, Bridgestone heads to the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona for the seventh round of the 2008 MotoGP world championship. Valentino Rossi leads the classification by 12 points after three consecutive wins in China, France and Italy. Second-placed man from Italy, Casey Stoner, scored one of his ten wins in 2007 at the Circuit de Catalunya after an epic cat and mouse battle with Rossi and Dani Pedrosa right up to the chequered flag. The Ducati champion won the 25-lap duel from Rossi by a marginal 0.069s with third placed Pedrosa just 0.390s adrift making it the closest podium of the season. It was the first time that a Bridgestone-shod rider had even finished on the podium in Catalunya.
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Bridgestone Enjoys Mugello 1-2 with Rossi & Stoner
03 June 2008
Bridgestone-shod riders took a magnificent one-two in Mugello this afternoon with Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi winning by a 2.2 second margin from Ducati’s Casey Stoner. Honda’s Dani Pedrosa took the final podium place in third. The Italian GP victory continues Rossi’s enviable record at Mugello where he remains unbeaten in the MotoGP class, and marks his third consecutive win on Bridgestone tyres after recent success in China and France. It is also the first time that a rider on Bridgestone tyres has taken victory in Mugello. Stoner has enjoyed a competitive weekend in Ducati’s home grand prix and set the fastest lap of the race, a 1m50.003s, beating Max Biaggi’s record that dates back to 2005.
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Rossi Takes First Bridgestone Pole of Season
31 May 2008
Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi has secured his and Bridgestone’s first pole position of the 2008 season after an action-packed qualifying session in Mugello this afternoon. Rossi’s time of 1m48.130s represents an eight-tenths-of-a-second improvement over the existing Mugello pole position record, set by Sete Gibernau on Bridgestone tyre back in 2006. It becomes the third consecutive pole position for a Bridgestone-shod rider at Mugello after Gibernau and Casey Stoner, who took pole in the rain-hit qualifying last year.
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Bridgestone MotoGP Briefing - Round 6 - Mugello
28 May 2008
With two victories on its tyres in succession at the recent Chinese and French Grands Prix, Bridgestone continues its European tour with MotoGP’s much anticipated visit to the Mugello circuit in Italy this weekend.
One of the most technically demanding race tracks on the MotoGP calendar, Mugello is revered by teams, riders and fans alike. Located in the heart of the Tuscan countryside, the track is one of the longest and fstest of the season, often producing a thrilling racing spectacle for the passionate crowds in attendance.
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Bridgestone French MotoGP Debrief
23 May 2008
Bridgestone-shod Valentino Rossi took his second consecutive MotoGP victory of this highly competitive 2008 season at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France last weekend, to lead the riders’ championship by three points after five rounds. Ducati’s Casey Stoner was unfortunate not to add another podium result to his 2008 account having been forced to concede third position due to engine trouble. Stoner was on competitive form all weekend, consistently among the front runners in practice and was also the top Bridgestone rider in qualifying, claiming his second consecutive front row position with third place.
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Stoner Takes Close Second on Opening Day in France
16 May 2008
Ducati Corse’s Casey Stoner got his French GP preparations off to an encouraging start in Le Mans today as the reigning world champion finished a close second, just 0.049s from Dani Pedrosa’s pace-setting lap. Five Bridgestone-shod teams have riders in the top half of the classification with last year’s Le Mans winner Chris Vermeulen on the pace with fifth place aboard his Suzuki. Winner of the Chinese GP, Valentino Rossi, set the sixth fastest time of the day, but his best morning session lap was marginally quicker than his afternoon best. Honda Gresini duo Shinya Nakano and Alex de Angelis were in seventh and tenth positions respectively, while John Hopkins posted the ninth quickest time for Kawasaki.
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Bridgestone MotoGP Briefing Le Mans
13 May 2008
A frenetic run of six European MotoGP events in two months gets underway at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France this weekend, round five of this year’s 18-race championship. The French Grand Prix has been a fixture on the world championship calendar since 1951 but it has changed venue repeatedly. Albi hosted the debut event while Rouen, Reims, Clermont-Ferrand, Paul Ricard, Nogaro, Magny-Cours and Le Mans have all held French GP status over the years. With 19 races held to date, Le Mans remains the most visited for the French GP, but the circuit also played host to 1991’s ‘Vitesse du Mans’ round.
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Bridgstone Chinese GP Debrief
08 May 2008
Bridgestone saw the hoped-for return to winning ways at the Shanghai International Circuit in China last weekend with Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi scoring an impressive first victory of the season and his first using Bridgestone tyres. Rossi set the fastest lap of the race, a record-breaking 1m59.273s, on lap 18 of 22. Ducati’s Casey Stoner also made a solid return to the podium with a third-placed finish, making it the second Chinese Grand Prix in succession with two Bridgestone-shod riders on the podium.
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Shanghai Front Row for Bridgestone's Rossi & Stoner
03 May 2008
Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi and Ducati Corse’s Casey Stoner used Bridgestone’s latest generation rear qualifying tyres to score competitive front row results in this afternoon’s qualifying practice at the Shanghai International Circuit. Tech 3 Yamaha rider Colin Edwards took pole position. Rossi will start tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix from second on the grid, his second consecutive front row using Bridgestone qualifying tyres, while Stoner enjoys his debut front row of the season in third place. The Rizla Suzuki MotoGP riders were both also on good form this afternoon with Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen in sixth and eighth positions respectively, their best qualifying showing of the season so far.
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Strong Start for Bridgestone Riders in Shanghai
02 May 2008
All six teams using Bridgestone tyres performed strongly in today’s opening two practice rounds at the Shanghai International Circuit, in preparation for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi was the quickest rider over the entire day, and was the only man to lap under the 2-minute mark, setting a best lap time of 1m59.906s in this morning’s session. Fastest this afternoon was last year’s Chinese race winner Casey Stoner, whose best time of 2m00.163 placed him strongly in second position in the combined practice classification after a competitive day for the reigning champion.
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Bridgestone MotoGP Briefing China
29 April 2008
After a brief break, MotoGP gets back on track with the Chinese Grand Prix at the state-of-the-art Shanghai International Circuit this weekend. China is one of the newest additions to the MotoGP calendar, having made its debut as recently as 2005, and this year’s event will be just the fourth MotoGP event to be held in Shanghai. No rider has claimed more than one victory in any of the three classes in the three previous visits to China, though Casey Stoner took a 250cc win in 2005 and MotoGP honours in 2007. Stoner’s win last year was the first for a rider on Bridgestone tyres in Shanghai, but Bridgestone has a reasonably strong record at the track with Kawasaki’s Olivier Jacque finishing second in the wet in 2005 and John Hopkins taking fourth place for Suzuki in 2006. Hopkins also took his first ever MotoGP podium in last year’s event finishing third, just six seconds behind Stoner.
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Portuguese GP Debrief
19 April 2008
The third round of this season’s 18-event championship took place at the Estoril Circuit in Portugal last weekend with Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi scoring a second consecutive podium result on Bridgestone tyres, finishing in third place after a tough 28-lap grand prix. Other strong performances from John Hopkins and reigning world champion Casey Stoner made it three Bridgestone-shod riders in the top six, but it was not an easy weekend for the tyre manufacturer, with uncharacteristically unsettled Portuguese weather adding to the difficulties over the three days.
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Rossi Takes Front Row in Portugal Qualifying
12 April 2008
Valentino Rossi took an excellent third place in this afternoon’s qualifying session to score his and Bridgestone’s first front row qualifying result of the season so far. Rossi’s lap was the fastest ever qualifying lap for a rider using Bridgestone tyres at Estoril and was one-tenth-of-a-second quicker than last year’s pole time set by Nicky Hayden.
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