Chris Vermeulen heads off the front row of the grid for the first time this season at Donington Park tomorrow, and even though he is somewhat of a wet weather specialist he said the qualifying times came as a bit of luck with the setup, and he’s hoping for sunshine on race day. He said: “I’m so happy to be ...
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- 21 June 2008
Valentino Rossi has said he’ll be prepared to compete for a race win tomorrow come rain or shine, and with the temperamental British weather this weekend, it’s difficult to say which he’ll get. Rossi was third yesterday in the dry and went one better today in the wet qualifying session, second only to the flying Casey Stoner with a lap ...
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- 21 June 2008
Despite having a whopping six tenths advantage over the rest of the field in today’s wet qualifying session at Donington Park, the reigning MotoGP champion has said he’s happier with the dry performance than the wet. Stoner was half a second faster than everyone in the dry in both free practice session yesterday, and although the changes made to the ...
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- 21 June 2008
Even though he out-qualified ten MotoGP regulars including Dani Pedrosa, James Toseland and Jorge Lorenzo, American MotoGP debutant Ben Spies says he wants more from his first MotoGP weekend in the race tomorrow. Spies, who qualified eighth with a 1.40.244 in the wet this afternoon, said it was all about progression rather than dwelling on what he’s already achieved. He ...
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- 21 June 2008
Alvaro Bautista’s fastest lap of 1.31.834 in the first qualifying session yesterday was enough to put him on pole position for tomorrow’s 27-lap 250cc race. With conditions less than favourable today, Bautista ended up down in 11th in the this afternoon’s second qualifying session, but says he’ll be happy come rain or dry tomorrow. He said: “Today it wasn’t possible ...
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- 21 June 2008
Casey Stoner put in an unstoppable performance in this afternoon’s MotoGP qualifying session, securing the pole spot by 0.649 seconds. Stoner put in the fastest of his laps with no time left on the clock; a stunning 1.38.232, which put him nearly two-thirds of a second ahead of closest rival, Valentino Rossi. It wasn’t quite the same story for fans ...
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- 21 June 2008
125 Grand Prix rookie Scott Redding will start from the outside of the front row for tomorrow’s race after heavy rain meant yesterday’s first qualifying results stand. Redding set a best time yesterday of 1.37.766, a fraction over a quarter of a second behind pole-sitter Simone Corsi. Fellow Brits Bradley Smith and Danny Webb set the 12th and 14th fastest ...
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- 21 June 2008
The winner of the previous two 250cc Grand Prix races at Mugello and Catalunya, Marco Simoncelli, has proved he’s got the ability to ride fast in all conditions by braving the torrential conditions at Donington and lap fastest out of the quarter-litre class. The MotoGP paddock was treated to glorious sunshine yesterday, but all the riders and teams woke up ...
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- 21 June 2008
These are pictures of the suit James Toseland wore today for the British Grand Prix at Donington Park to go along with his special St George’s Day helmet that he’s been wearing over the MotoGP weekend. James Toseland went big on the St George’s theme this weekend, running with a white and red-crossed lid and a St George’s number board on his Tech ...
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- 21 June 2008
JiR Scott Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso managed to keep his cool in tricky conditions at Donington Park this morning to set the fastest lap of a very wet third free practice session for the MotoGP field. Dovizioso left it late to go to the top of the timing boards after Casey Stoner had dominated much of the session. Dovizioso pipped ...
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- 21 June 2008
