June

Year: 2008

Month: June

Assen MotoGP: James Toseland frustrated in 13th

26 June 2008 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland’s hopes of making an immediate return to form in Assen today hit problems as he ended the opening day of free practice down in 13th place. The British rider, who had a disastrous home...

Assen MotoGP: Alvaro Bautista on provisional 250 pole

26 June 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Alvaro Bautista has put himself on provisional pole for Saturday’s 250GP in Assen after setting the best time of the first qualifying session this afternoon. The Aprilia rider knocked almost a second...

Assen MotoGP: Casey Stoner on the pace again in free practice two

26 June 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Ducati’s Casey Stoner has continued his impressive run of form in this afternoon’s second free practice at Assen as he topped the timesheets once again. The defending champion knocked half a second...

Assen MotoGP: Bradley Smith second in opening qualifying session

26 June 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Britain’s Bradley Smith has put himself in provisional second place on the grid for Saturday’s MotoGP in Assen. The Polaris World Aprilia rider knocked almost 0.3secs off his best time from this...

Assen MotoGP: Marco Simoncelli fastest in first free practice

26 June 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Marco Simoncelli was the fastest man on track for the opening 250 free practice of the weekend for the Dutch TT in Assen on Saturday. The Gilera rider recorded a best lap of 1:40.144, just over...

Assen MotoGP: Bradley Smith third fastest in first free practice

26 June 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Britain’s Bradley Smith has finished the first 125 practice session in Assen in third place as he returns to form after breaking his foot in Catalunya. The Polaris World Aprilia rider recorded a best...

Assen MotoGP: Casey Stoner tops first practice

26 June 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Defending champion Casey Stoner’s dominant form from Donington Park continued in the opening practice session ahead of Saturday’s Assen MotoGP as he topped the timesheets once again. Casey Stoner was...

Valentino Rossi furious at British GP track invasion

25 June 2008 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has blasted fans that invaded the circuit before the end of Sunday’s British GP at Donington Park. The Fiat Yamaha rider voiced his anger in Assen today after the end of the British GP...

Chris Vermeulen keen to stay at Suzuki

25 June 2008 by Matthew Birt

Aussie Chris Vermeulen will try and extend his deal with Suzuki’s factory squad in MotoGP next season. Vermeulen has been linked with Kawasaki’s factory team again and his representatives have also...

Ducati rule out racing GP9 this season

25 June 2008 by Matthew Birt

Ducati has denied it plans to race its new carbon fibre chassis GP9 machine later this season. Factory boss Livio Suppo said the new bike, which reigning world champion Casey Stoner completed a...

Yamaha hail Valentino Rossi’s double century

25 June 2008 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha bosses have hailed Italian Valentino Rossi after he made his 200th world championship appearance in last weekend’s British GP. Valentino Rossi heads into this weekend’s Dutch GP at Assen...

Scott Redding still shocked by British GP success

25 June 2008 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding reckons the full impact of his stunning debut world championship win in last weekend’s British GP has still not sunk in. The 15-year-old became the youngest rider in history on Sunday...

Donington Park- International Level Facilities?!

24 June 2008 by Anonymous

Have the Donington managers/owners ever used the facilities they have allegedly put money in to bring up to international standards? The toilet facilities are a total disgrace. The gents toilets at Starkeys consist of a wall with a trough to pee in and 1 toilet cubicle with no light, no cover from anyone who happens to wander near and no hand washing facilities at all. Nice! The toilet at the...

Thanks Ken, it would of been a long walk!

24 June 2008 by dougie porter

I would like to use this forum to publically thank “Ken” from Northampton, who gave me a lift to a filling station in Leicester and back to my bike on Sunday When i ran out of fuel on my firestorm (ooop’s). I will never take the p out of Harley riders again, cheers! it would have been a long lonely walk!

Team Ducati, Or Team Stoner?

24 June 2008 by Findlay Wood

I dont know if anyone else noticed but it seems again that Ducati are more interested in helping Stoner out than helping other team members out! Melandri, Elias and Gunitoli have all had an incredibly torrid time on the GP8 machine no podiums in 8 races. Stoner on the other hand has moaned about the bike he was incredibly fast on the whole way through winter testing! Melandri even said at one...

shame of british crowd

24 June 2008 by Anonymous

Ive just read an article about booing of casey stoner and gesticulations aimed towards him on his warm down lap. Now I’m not a fan of stoner but feel that this behaviour is unacceptable and can only show the motorcycle sporting world that Britain is a place to steer clear of in the future. The abuse by some of the crowd coupled with a dangerous track invasion (I believe track invasions are ok,...

Pictures from Donington MotoGP

24 June 2008 by al_echev

Some pictures I took at the MotoGP round at Donington Park, 20th – 22nd June 2008. I decided to take a couple of pictures of the race and the riders on the podium; I also took pictures of the concert...

Casey Stoner being booed

24 June 2008 by andypitt56

I feel that the way the crowd at Donington Park booed Casey Stoner was disgusting. I am not a huge fan of Stoner, mainly because of his arrogence, but I feel that he is a great rider and the only one who can ride that Ducati. He is world champion and rightly so. He deserved to win the Donington MotoGP as he was fastest all weekend and frankly I am disappointed with the British public for booeing...

Tom Wheatcroft should be ashamed

24 June 2008 by nick vincent

A few years ago i visited donnington for the moto gp, watched valentino rossi win in convincing style and left with the feeling the place was very run down.So this year after having heard how much the circuit had been improved,i thought id go again taking advantage of the mcn cheap advance ticket deals.We decided to camp,which probably wasnt a good idea and certainly wasnt cheap as we were charged...

Praise for Donington

23 June 2008 by deej46

I’d like to give some credit to donington. they couldnt help the weather on saturday but other than that i had a cracking weekend. as i was on crutches following knee surgery i wasnt overly looking forward to it. The food area on the infield was a improvement and good to see the large picnic tables to sit and eat at. yes the food was expensive but its expected so no point complaining about it,...

Gutsy James Toseland

23 June 2008 by mufc666

A couple of photos I got of James Toseland getting back on his motorcycle at redgate having just dropped it.

The quick get away

23 June 2008 by twinkle

We attended our first MotoGP yesterday at Donington Park and thoroughly enjoyed the day except for James Toselands crash out of course. I do have to say that the detour for the traffic was bloody hilarious as we were diverted half way around the country. The food prices were ridiculous – you needed a second mortgage for a burger and chips and the toilets were really bad. It took us just over an...

Doningtons road network

23 June 2008 by Ian Sowersby

Just like to say for the first time in nine years of going to the MotoGP at Donington Park – Congratulations for finaly getting the road network sorted. The only thing that I would say is that putting cones down in the middle of the road to mark out lanes was a bad idea. The only thing the cones managed to do was stop the motorcycles filtering down the centre of the road between the cars and that...

Iannone dejected and general mayhem

23 June 2008 by Colino28

Attached is a picture of Iannone getting a lift back up to the pits from Craner Curves. I don’t know which toilets Larry Carter uses but I was flabbergasted to hear him praising Donington for there...

Donington Traffic Chaos

23 June 2008 by Dan Huggett

We had a great couple of days at Donington. Having only ever been to GPs at Jerez, I was dubious about a visit after the horror stories from previous years. It was nowhere near the levels of...

British MotoGP 2008

23 June 2008 by spells675

What a weekend! The smell of burnt racing oil, the immaculately prepared bikes and the noise the GP motorcycles make is unbelievable. That alone is worth the entry fee! It was great to watch Scott...

Good racing - shame about the traffic

23 June 2008 by Graham Pullen

What a great weekend we all had at Donington! The racing was fantastic and to see Scott Redding win the 125GP was amazing. It was a real shame James Toseland was not at the front with the big boys, but we still love him. Now the but. The toilets were awful, £5 for a burger was unbelievable and getting out of the field they call a car park, took an hour and a half. We then sat in traffic all the...

Disappointment at Casey Stoner

23 June 2008 by Anonymous

I was upset to hear Casey Stoner was angry with British supporters for the booing he received on Sunday after his win. I was there for the whole three days of MotoGP and was really disappointed in Stoners behaviour towards Marco Melandri. Marco may not be doing well but I think Stoner should start behaving like Melandris team mate instead of shaking his head in anger towards him. After all, it’s...

James Haydon to replace injured Stuart Easton

23 June 2008 by Rob Hull

James Haydon has been drafted in by the MSS Kawasaki British Superbike team to replace the injured Stuart Easton. Easton crashed in qualifying at Snetterton in a horror 181mph spill. As a result the...

Donington has improved in some areas

23 June 2008 by Neil Fletcher

We have been attending the Donington Park MotoGP round for quite a few years as a family. On arriving Sunday morning at our usual time , it took over an hour to get from the A42 junction and into the track, with traffic hardly moving. There didn’t seem to be as many exhibitors as usual in the covered area. Can’t really complain too much about the racing (poor old James Toseland aside)and the...

Valentino Rossi at Donington Park

23 June 2008 by CHRIS ADCOCK

Just a quick photo of Valentino Rossi at Donington Park on saturday.

Meeting the stars at the Day of Champions

23 June 2008 by johnlp

Here are some photos of my daughter, Louise with various people at the Day of Champions at Donington Park.

Dani Pedrosa passing Valentino Rossi

23 June 2008 by louise81

Here is a photo of Dani Pedrosa passing Valentino Rossi at Redgate during the British MotoGP at Donington Park.

Donington Park idiots

23 June 2008 by Lucy_636

I’ve just come back from my first MotoGP visit to Donington Park. It was brilliant, a really good day, We got autographs and lots of pictures. However, I can’t help thinking that the people that were booing Casey Stoner are just idiots. Just because Valentino Rossi isn’t winning doesn’t mean the other riders have to suffer! What’s it going to be like when Rossi stops racing? Also there were a lot...

Toseland hurt after Donington crash

23 June 2008 by David Bartlett

Poor James Toseland at the first corner of the British MotoGP. I was able to get this photo whilst stood on an ice cream van!

My Donington experience

23 June 2008 by Anonymous

Despite having my tickets on the dash or swinging round my neck and wrist for 3 days my Donington experience was as follows: can I park nearer to the Esses? Where’s your pass. Where can I get some food? Where’s your pass. Do you know where the toilets are? Where’s your pass. Where can I get a programme? Where’s your pass. How do I get to Starkeys from here? Where’s your pass… What a comparison to...