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Sergio Gadea returns to world championship as replacement for injured Tom Lüthi

SV — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:26:41 +0000

After a year of absence from the MotoGP paddock, Sergio Gadea will return to the world championship this season as he replaces Swiss rider Tom Lüthi who is still recovering from his serious crash during testing in which he severely injured his right side, suffering multiple complicated fractures and torn ligaments in shoulder, arm and [...]

Alex Rins & Alex Marquez unveil Estrella Galicia Moto3 2013 challenger

gb — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:43:41 +0000

2012 Moto3 Rookie of the Year, Alex Rins, and current Spanish Moto3 Champion Marquez today presented their new project for the coming campaign in Barcelona. The two riders will once again be supported by Repsol, the energy company which backed their efforts in the CEV and, last year, move up to Grand Prix level. The [...]

Cardus joins official presentation of Forward Racing Team in Milan

SV — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:55:51 +0000

The NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team presents its 2013 team in Milan. The team presented its six riders; Colin Edwards, Claudio Corti in MotoGP and Simone Corsi, Alex De Angelis, Mattia Pasini and Ricky Cardús in Moto2. Giovanni Cuzari, Forward Racing and Media Action CEO unveiled the 2013 look for both MotoGP and Moto2 bikes [...]

Repsol becomes new title sponsor of CEV Spanish Championsip

gb — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:52:45 +0000

Repsol is the new title sponsor of the Spanish Championship (CEV), the developing ground for many young riders ahead of a move to the World Championhip. The energy company has been committed to motorsport since 1969, and will lend its name to the next two editions of the championship that features riders from more than [...]

Lorenzo Wraps Up Sepang in Challenging Weather Conditions

gb — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:23:49 +0000

Yamaha Factory Racing today completed an exhaustive three days of testing at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, the second official IRTA test at the track. Wet weather at the start of the day followed by a drying track and extreme heat temperatures delivered challenging conditions for riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. Despite the [...]

Barbera happy with noticable improvement in second preseason test

SV — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:30:31 +0000

As usual, the well done work and the persistence produce results and the Avintia Blusens team has not been an exception for this. Hiroshi Aoyama and Héctor Barberá have done excellent practice sessions in this last test in Malaysia, which ranks them among the best riders in their category before heading towards the Jerez circuit [...]

Preseason MotoGP Test Sepang II: Bridgestone Review

SV — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:23:52 +0000

Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo posted a fastest lap of 2’00.282 on the second day of testing to finish on top of the timesheets at the second Sepang pre-season MotoGP™ group test. Lorenzo set his benchmark time on the combination of the hard front and medium rear slicks to finish 0.280 seconds ahead of Repsol [...]

Espargaro struggling with rear grip on slippery Sepang track

SV — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:00:50 +0000

The MotoGP teams are on their way home following the completion of a second three-day preseason test at Sepang, where overnight rain had made for a greasy track surface at the start of the final day this morning. Most riders opted to wait until the afternoon before doing any meaningful work, lapping right up until [...]

Bautista delighted with excellent progress at Sepang test: “Things couldn’t have gone much better”

SV — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:44:00 +0000

Team GO&FUN Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista fulfilled his early promise at the Sepang test with a resounding performance on the final day. Along with the technicians from Showa the team have done an excellent job here in Malaysia and can now look forward with eager anticipation to the next test in Jerez at the [...]

Pedrosa and Marquez finish second Sepang test on top

gb — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:35:14 +0000

Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa reclaimed the top spot on the final day of testing in Malaysia, with a time of 2’00.562, recorded on lap 41 of 57. Once the wet weather had cleared, the Spaniard, who has been the fastest rider on five of the six days at the Sepang International Circuit, spent his final [...]