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Valentino Rossi relieved to escape injury in qualifying crash

Matthew Birt, 04 May 2013 18:31

Valentino Rossi said he was lucky to emerge unscathed from a crash in the fastest corner in an incident-packed qualifying session ahead of tomorrow's Spanish MotoGP showdown at Jerez. The Italian fell heavily at the first fast right-hander in the final section at Jerez and while his factory Yamaha YZR-M1 suffered extensive damage, he walked away unhurt and still managed ...

Valentino Rossi worried about race pace in Jerez

Matthew Birt, 03 May 2013 18:31

Valentino Rossi might have ended the opening day of practice for the Jerez MotoGP clash just outside of the top three, but the Italian fears he lacks the speed over race distance to fight Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa for victory in Sunday’s 27-lap race. The nine-times world champion set a best time of 1.39.874 to finish 0.312s behind factory ...

Rossi and Crutchlow play down Suzuka 8-hour assault

Matthew Birt, 03 May 2013 09:28

Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow have played down speculation that they are to join forces in a factory Yamaha dream team to compete in the Suzuka 8-hour endurance race in late July. Just hours after 1993 world 500cc champion Kevin Schwantz announced that he will make a shock return to racing in the 8-hour in a team with Yukio Kagayama ...

Cal Crutchlow aims to battle factory four in Jerez

Matthew Birt, 02 May 2013 11:08

British rider Cal Crutchlow is bidding to challenge the elite factory four in this weekend’s Jerez MotoGP race to continue his brilliant start to the 2013 world championship campaign.Crutchlow finished fifth behind reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo, Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa in the floodlit season opener in Qatar last month.And he was a fantastic fourth in the ...

UK MotoGP TV rights: To BT, or not to BT?

Matthew Birt, 02 May 2013 10:50

Where British fans will be watching Cal Crutchlow and Valentino Rossi racing in MotoGP next year is about to become clearer, with the hot rumour suggesting the BBC will lose the UK TV rights to the new BT Sport digital channel.The BBC’s five-year contract expires at the end of 2013 and while lengthy negotiations have taken place over an extension ...

Michael Laverty gets electronics boost in Jerez

Matthew Birt, 02 May 2013 09:49

Michael Laverty is hoping an updated electronics package will boost his hopes of a maiden points scoring finish in the first European MotoGP clash of 2013 at the Jerez track in Spain on Sunday.The Paul Bird Motorsport rider had a tough debut in Qatar last month but showed signs of significant progress with the new British-built PBM chassis in Texas ...

Ducati MotoGP effort boosted by new CEO appointment

Matthew Birt, 25 April 2013 10:37

Nicky Hayden and Ducati MotoGP boss Paolo Ciabatti believe Claudio Domenicali’s recent appointment as CEO of the Bologna factory can only be a major plus for its MotoGP and WSB projects. Domenicali took charge of Ducati after the sudden and shock departure of Gabriele del Torchio, who left to head up Italy’s national airline Alitalia. Domenicali is renowned for his ...

Jorge Lorenzo claims landmark 100th podium

Matthew Birt, 22 April 2013 09:01

After a weekend of getting battered by Honda duo Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo did at least have something to celebrate in Texas when he claimed a 100th career podium. Lorenzo took third in a race he never truly believed he could win as the new Circuit of the Americas (COTA) tormented Yamaha’s YZR-M1 machine and favoured the ...

Dani Pedrosa relieved to be back in victory hunt

Matthew Birt, 22 April 2013 08:54

Dani Pedrosa’s disapointment at a second successive defeat to rookie teammate Marc Marquez was outweighed by his relief to have challenged for victory in the inagural Circuit of the Americas (COTA) clash in Texas. Pedrosa was strangely out of sorts in the season opener in Qatar with rear grip issues meaning he never came close to continuing the red-hot form ...

Cal Crutchlow doubts podium challenge

Matthew Birt, 21 April 2013 13:04

British rider Cal Crutchlow believes he has little chance of scoring a third MotoGP podium in today’s Texas race at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA). The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider missed a ninth career MotoGP front row start by just 0.167s to start from fourth on the grid for today’s 21-lap encounter. With Repsol Honda duo Marc ...