Double world champion Jorge Lorenzo dominated the opening race of the 2013 season to take victory by almost six seconds. Lorenzo got a great start and eased ahead of the field quickly. Dani Pedrosa also got a good start off the front row of the grid and spent a lot of the race in secod place until he was overtaken by ...
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- 07 April 2013
Brit Danny Kent rode an excellent race in wet conditions to take his second Moto3 victory at Valencia in his final race in the class. Starting from seventh position on the grid Kent was always in touch with the leaders, but never looked able to challenge for the lead until the final quarter of the race. Kent moved upto second ...
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- 11 November 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
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
2010 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has ended Casey Stoner's dominance, stealing pole position from the reigning champion in the dying moments of the qualifying session with a lap of 1:54.634. Stoner spent the majority of the session at the top of the timesheets, before Lorenzo put in a soft tyre to knock the Australian off the top spot. Brit Cal ...
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- 07 April 2012
Paris Hilton Racing rider Maverick Vinales took his third victory of the season after championship leader Nicolas Terol made a mistake on the final lap, meaning the last ever 125GP championship will be decided at the final race in Valencia. Terol suffered from a rear slide on the penultimate lap, allowing Vinales and Sandro Cortese through to first and second. ...
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- 23 October 2011
Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has ended the first free practice session of the weekend at Silverstone with the fastest time under cloudy skies. Stoner topped the session with a fastest time of 2'03.748 ahead of San Carlo Honda rider Marco Simoncelli in second. Reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo set the third fastest time. Valentino Rossi posted the 12th fastest time ...
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- 10 June 2011
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa finished the first test under the floodlights at Qatar on top to conitune Honda's dominance of pre season testing. Team-mate Casey Stoner set the second fastest time with San Carlo Honda rider Hiroshi Aoyama rounding out the top three. Ben Spies was the top Yamaha in fourth, ahead of champion Jorge Lorenzo in fifth and ...
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- 13 March 2011
Spaniard Dani Pedrosa took a dominant victory at the final race of 2009 at Valencia after getting the holeshot from the start. Ducati rider Casey Stoner qualified in pole position yesterday but didn't start the race after he high-sided his number 27 Ducati early on in the warm up lap. Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo looked set for second position, ahead of ...
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- 08 November 2009
Aspar Aprilia rider Alvaro Bautista has claimed the first pole of the season after the 250GP qualifying session was postponed due to heavy rain. Bautista was the fastest of only two riders who managed to qualify in under 2.01 minuntes, with the second placed rider being Japan's Hiroshi Aoyama. Aprilia riders Mike Di Meglio and Hector Barbera complete the front ...
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- 11 April 2009
