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Qatar MotoGP: Espargaro beats Redding to Moto2 win

Matthew Birt, 07 April 2013 19:04

2012 Moto2 runner up Pol Espargaro kicked off 2013 in style with victory in Qatar after a race long battle with Brit Scott Redding. It was Takaaki Nakagami who took the lead early in the race, but the Japanese rider was unable to hold off Redding and Espargaro midway through the race. Redding took the lead with 15 laps remaining ...

Philip Island MotoGP: Casey Stoner thrilled with flying start in Phillip Island

Matthew Birt, 26 October 2012 09:48

Casey Stoner was thrilled after he made a dream start in his quest to win a sixth successive home race at Phillip Island today. The 27-year-old defied a lack of strength and mobility in the right ankle he first injured in Indianapolis to finish almost 0.9s ahead of Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa. Stoner, who is making his final Phillip ...

Philip Island MotoGP: Valentino Rossi not surprised at Casey Stoner’s home speed

Matthew Birt, 26 October 2012 09:15

Valentino Rossi said he wasn’t surprised to see Casey Stoner dominating the opening day of practice for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island earlier today. Fears the slow recovering right ankle injury he suffered in Indianapolis might seriously hinder the Aussie in his final appearance at Phillip Island vanished today as Stoner delivered a stunning performance in front ...

Philip Island MotoGP: Casey Stoner in another league, admits Cal Crutchlow

Matthew Birt, 26 October 2012 08:18

Cal Crutchlow says it will be almost impossible to stop reigning world champion Casey Stoner from romping to a sixth successive victory in his home race at Phillip Island on Sunday. The 27-year-old had feared his hopes of a fairytale win in his farewell Australian Grand Prix appearance would be severely hampered by the serious right ankle injury he suffered ...

Casey Stoner dominates Phillip Island practice

Matthew Birt, 26 October 2012 06:11

Casey Stoner showed why he has not lost a MotoGP race on home soil since 2007 after dominating today’s opening practice sessions at the Phillip Island circuit. In front of a massive Friday crowd congregating ahead of Stoner’s final appearance in Australia, the Repsol Honda brushed aside the pain and lack of movement in his recovering right ankle to blitz ...

Sepang MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo relieved with ‘lucky’ second

Matthew Birt, 22 October 2012 08:41

Jorge Lorenzo admitted he got out of jail after he almost threw away 20 precious points in a rain-lashed Sepang MotoGP race. Just moments before the scheduled 20-lap race was red flagged on lap 14 as torrential rain battered the Sepang track, Lorenzo had survived a massive fright when he lost the front of his Yamaha YZR-M1 machine at the ...

Sepang MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa jubilant after breakthrough rain win

Matthew Birt, 22 October 2012 08:38

There would have been a time in the past when Dani Pedrosa would have crumbled in conditions as bad as those that severely disrupted yesterday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. But with rain lashing down to provide the toughest conditions imaginable, Pedrosa buried his wet weather jinx in emphatic fashion to claim a first ever Grand Prix victory in the rain. Pedrosa ...

Sepang MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow loses more ground in hunt for fifth

Matthew Birt, 22 October 2012 08:33

Fifth place in the overall MotoGP world championship standings slipped further out of Cal Crutchlow’s reach yesterday after he tumbled out of a rain-soaked Sepang race in Malaysia while battling inside the top six. A fourth DNF in the last six races has seen Crutchlow fall 19-points behind Alvaro Bautista in fifth place in the rankings. The British rider was ...

Sepang MotoGP: Gino Rea savours ‘amazing’ first Moto2 podium

Matthew Birt, 22 October 2012 08:28

Gino Rea hailed his maiden Moto2 podium as ‘amazing’ after he fought for a shock victory throughout a rain-soaked Sepang clash in Malaysia yesterday. The Gresini Suter rider finished third behind experienced Alex de Angelis and wet weather specialist Anthony West to score an unlikely podium in what has been a tough and challenging debut season in Moto2. Rea has ...

Turn 3 to be named after Casey Stoner at Phillip Island

Matthew Birt, 22 October 2012 08:23

The Phillip Island track in Australia will honour reigning world champion Casey Stoner by naming its Turn 3 after the Repsol Honda rider later this week. A special naming ceremony will take place at Turn 3, which is one of Stoner’s favourite corners on the 18-round world championship calendar, on Thursday morning ahead of his farewell appearance in front of ...