British rider Bradley Smith came out swinging today and took second place in the final 125 GP qualifying session, earning him his 8th front row start of the season. Predictably Talmacsi finished at the top of the timesheets once again, earning him pole position for tomorrow's race, but less than 2 tenths of a second seperated the reigning champion and ...
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- 30 August 2008
Spaniard Hector Barbera charged hard in the second 250cc free practice today, lapping at Misano over 8 tenths of a second faster than Simoncelli. The two riders have been jostling for the top spot all weekend. Metis Gilera rider Marco Simoncelli finished first in yesterday's qualifying practice, after Barbera topped the timesheets in the first free practice just hours before. Julian Simon ...
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- 30 August 2008
Gabor Talmacsi has backed up his sterling performance in yesterday's 125cc qualifying session by topping the time sheets once again in free practice this morning. Hungarian rider Talmacsi, who races for the Bancaja Aspar Team, has taken pole in the last two 125 GP races and looks set to keep his position at the front of the grid for the ...
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- 30 August 2008
Marco Simoncelli has taken provisional pole for Sunday's 250cc GP this afternoon by lapping at Misano in 1'38.400, half a second ahead of second place rider Hector Barbera. Simoncelli has turned the tables on Spanish rider Hector Barbera, since earlier this morning it was Barbera who was ahead of the competition by half a second. Thomas Luthi finished third ...
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- 29 August 2008
Aussie Casey Stoner has stayed on typical good form this afternoon and finished at the top of the time sheets once again in the second MotoGP free practice session. The Ducati Marlboro Team rider finished the session with a best lap time of 1'34.806, four tenths of a second faster than his Italian rival Valentino Rossi. The no. 46 rider ...
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- 29 August 2008
Following on from his great performance in free practise this morning, Gabor Talmacsi has come out on top after the first qualifying practice today and looks set to take yet another pole position start for Sunday's 125 race. If Talmasci can keep up the pace and take pole position it'll mean a hat trick for the Hungarian, who has already started ...
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- 29 August 2008
Spaniard Hector Barbera showed the 250 grid how it's done in the free practice session this morning with a lap time of 1´39.172, which is over half a second faster than his closest rival and second place finisher Marco Simoncelli. Simoncelli is the odd one out in the top 5 this morning as the only Italian in a field of ...
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- 29 August 2008
Hungarian rider Gabor Talmacsi kicked off MotoGP proceedings this weekend by taking first place on the timesheets in this morning's practice session at Misano. I.C. Team rider Andrea Iannone was second quickest with a time just 0.142 seconds slower than leader Talmacsi. Spanish rider Nicolas Terol took third on his Jack 7 Jones WRB Aprilia. Brit rider Bradley Smith put ...
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- 29 August 2008
Casey Stoner claimed a comfortable victory at the Sachsenring in Germany after early leader Dani Pedroda crashed out of the race. Valentino Rossi took second and Rizla Suzuki rider Chris Vermeulen took third place on the podium, making it a good day for Australian MotoGP fans everywhere. The rain had really started to come down by the time the MotoGP ...
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- 13 July 2008
Metis Gilera rider Marco Simoncelli seized the lead in the 250GP world championship with a dominant win today in a rain-hit Sachsenring GP. Starting from pole and gambling on running a new spec factory Gilera RSA that he’d only briefly tested in Brno recently, Simoncelli eased to victory after early resistance from Spaniard Julian Simon. Despite a good start from ...
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- 13 July 2008
