Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo extended his championship lead today, dominating at Mugello to win by over five seconds. Lorenzo took advantage of Dani Pedrosa running slightly wide at the first corner to lead from start to finish. Pedrosa finished second, but was unable to keep up with his compatriot. Tech 3 Yamaha rider Andrea Dovizioso claimed his fourth podium finish of ...
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- 15 July 2012
Italian rider Andrea Iannone has taken his second victory in three years at the Mugello circuit in front of his home crowd. Iannone took the lead for the first time on the first corner of the final lap, relegating Pol Espargaro to second. Thomas Luthi finished third despite leading for a large portion of the race. With eight laps to ...
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- 15 July 2012
FTR Honda rider Maverick Vinales took his fourth Moto3 victory of the season at Mugello after a hard race long battle. Despite running wide in the latter half of the final lap, Vinales managed to hold on to his lead ahead of Italian Romano Fenati to tkae victory by just two hundredths of a second. KTM rider Sandro Cortese finished ...
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- 15 July 2012
Kalex rider Pol Espargaro will start tomorrow's 21 lap race from pole position after stealing the top spot from title rival Marc Marquez in the dying moments of qualifying. Despite setting the third fastest time of the session, Johann Zarco will start from 18th place on the grid after receiving a penalty from race direction. Zarco crashed into Espargaro during ...
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- 14 July 2012
Spaniard Maverick Vinales will start tomorrow's Moto3 race from pole position after a final lap which knocked Sandro Cortese off the top spot. KTM rider Cortese looked set to take pole position, but Vinales managed to beat the German by almost half a second despite catching up to a group of slower riders at the end of his final lap. ...
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- 14 July 2012
Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has taken his first victory since announcing his retirement ahead of team-mate Dani Pedrosa. It's the first Honda victory at Assen since Nicky Hayden in 2006. Stoner now leads the championship along with Jorge Lorenzo. Lorenzo failed to finish the race after he was taken out by Alvaro Bautista at the first corner as the ...
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- 30 June 2012
Suter rider Marc Marquez has extended his championship lead with victory in the Moto2 race at Assen after two of his championship rivals failed to score points. Fellow Spaniard Pol Espargaro - who was just six points behind Marquez going in to today's race - crashed out of the lead on only the second lap, leaving his bike in pieces. ...
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- 30 June 2012
Spaniard Maverick Vinales has increased his championship lead after taking a hard fought victory in an incredible battle with championship rival Sandro Cortese. Cortese finished second, with team-mate Danny Kent finishing third, in a photo finish with Luis Salom. Kent crossed the line just 0.001 seconds ahead of Salom. With ten laps to go the leading group of six riders were ...
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- 30 June 2012
Repsol Honda's Casey Stoner will start tomorrow's MotoGP race from pole position after a last minute fast lap bumped team-mate Dani Pedrosa off the top spot. It looked as though Pedrosa would claim pole after setting the fastest lap in the opening minutes of the session before rain started to fall. The rain only lasted a few minutes before the ...
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- 29 June 2012
Reigning champion Tommy Hill will start the first of tomorrow's superbike races from pole position at Knockhill after setting the pace early in superpole. Samsung Honda's Michael Laverty will start from second on the grid after crashing in the final superpole session while on his fastest and final lap. Tyco Suzuki's Josh Brookes completes the front row in third. Rapid ...
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- 23 June 2012
