FTR Honda rider Maverick Vinales has moved to the the top of the Moto3 championship after a hard fought victory at Silverstone today. Vinales now leads KTM rider Sandro Cortest by two points after six races. Alexis Masbou got the holeshot to lead the front group of nine riders - all easily in with a chance of a podium position. ...
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- 17 June 2012
Factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo extended his lead at the top of the championship with a dominant win at Silverstone today. Lorenzo got off to a slow start, as team-mate Ben Spies took to the lead ahead of Stoner and pole sitter Alvaro Bautista. It wasn't until lap seven that Lorenzo started to make his way to the front. Lorenzo ...
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- 17 June 2012
Spaniard Pol Espargaro followed on from his first ever Moto2 pole position with a dominating performance in the Moto2 race at Silverstone to take his second Moto2 victory. Brits Scott Redding and Bradley Smith both got excellent starts, Smith especially as he took the outside line from the second row of the grid to take the lead ahead of Redding. ...
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- 17 June 2012
Spaniard Pol Espargaro has taken the first Moto2 pole position of his career at Silverstone in a windy qualifying session. Brit Scott Redding spent the majority of the session at the top of the timesheets, with Espargaro at the top, but struggling in the final sector. Espargaro went top with a lap of 2'08.011, six tenths faster than Redding. Andrea ...
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- 16 June 2012
Gresini Honda rider Alvaro Bautista will start tomorrow's British GP from pole position after setting his fastest lap just before rain started to fall. Bautista set his fastest lap of 2'03.303 with 10 minutes of the session remaining, just before the rain flags came out and stopped any of the other riders improving on the Spaniard's time. Factory Yamaha rider Ben ...
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- 16 June 2012
Factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo set the fastest time of the first day at Catalunya, with a 1.42'099 in the second free practice session in sunny conditions. San Carlo Gresini Honda rider Alvaro Bautista was the surprise of the day, setting the second fastest time in the afternoon session. The Spaniard has so far struggled to adapt to the 1000cc ...
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- 01 June 2012
2010 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has won the wet race at Le Mans by 9.9 seconds and taken the lead in the championship by eight points. Lorenzo got an excellent start to lead from flag to flag, consistently lapping faster than any of the riders behind him. Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner took second place off the line, though he was ...
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- 20 May 2012
Swiss rider Thomas Luthi dominated the wet Moto2 race at Le Mans to comfortably take his second Moto2 victory. It was Pol Espargaro who lead in to the first corner, with Brit Scott Redding making a very brave move to take second place, before Luthi eased passed. With Espargaro leading, the following riders all bunched up before Luthi took the lead ...
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- 20 May 2012
Frenchman Louis Rossi has taken his first Moto3 win at his home circuit of Le Mans in torrential rain after three other riders crashed out of the lead. Spaniard Maverick Vinales got a good start from pole, but it was Malaysian rider Zulfahmi Khairuddin who took the lead on the first lap after an excellent start from 10th on the ...
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- 20 May 2012
Championship leader Marc Marquez has taken his third pole position in a row at Le Mans despite crashing with 25 minutes of the session remaining. The rain started to fall with five minutes of the session remaining leaving Marquez safe at the top of the timesheets. Swiss rider Thoas Luthi and Spaniard Pol Espargaro complete the front row. Brit Scott ...
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- MotoGP
- 19 May 2012
