April

Year: 2011

Month: April

Jerez MotoGP: Valentino Rossi improves Ducati pace

01 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi had arguably his best day on board the new factory Ducati GP11 machine today when he finished the opening day of practice in Jerez with the third fastest time. The 32-year-old set a...

Jerez MotoGP: ‘I rode like crap’ admits Ben Spies

01 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies admitted he was as much to blame as anything else in Jerez today after the American finished opening practice in seventh position. The Texan clocked a quickest time of 1.40.887 to finish...

Jerez MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo chases big improvements

01 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo says he’ll need to make major improvements to his factory Yamaha YZR-M1 machine after he finished the opening day of MotoGP practice in Jerez down in fifth position. The Spaniard, who...

Jerez MotoGP: Stoner on top in FP1

01 April 2011 by Liam Marsden

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner set the fastest time during the first free practice session at Jerez today, continuing the dominating form he showed at the opening round in Qatar. Repsol Honda...