September

Year: 2011

Month: September

Misano MotoGP: Top three thrilled to share podium with Wayne Rainey

05 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner all spoke of their pride and pleasure at sharing the Misano MotoGP podium with American legend Wayne Rainey yesterday (Sunday). Rainey was back at the San...

Misano MotoGP: Lorenzo dominates to take victory

04 September 2011 by Tom Cambio

Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) made a very strong start at Misano to lead the race from start to finish, taking the lead from Casey Stoner early in the first lap and reducing Stoner’s...

Misano Moto2: Márquez secures sixth win of season

04 September 2011 by MCN

Marc Márquez secured his sixth win of the season at Misano after a race long battle with Stefan Bradl (Viessmann Kiefer Racing) and Andrea Iannone (Speed Master), who took second and third...

Misano 125GP: Terol denies Zarco victory at the finish line

04 September 2011 by Tom Cambio

Nicolas Terol (Bankia Aspar Team) seized his seventh win of the season and denied Johann Zarco (Avant-AirAsia-Ajo) his first GP win in the final seconds of the race at Misano, emerging from the...

Misano MotoGP: Gearbox troubles continue for Valentino Rossi

03 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi suffered more gremlins with Ducati’s seamless shift gearbox in Misano today after he qualified in a lowly 11th place in front of his home crowd. Rossi’s GP11.1 was struck by a...

Misano MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow thwarted by qualifying crashes

03 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow suffered two late crashes in today’s MotoGP qualifying session at the Misano circuit that cost him the chance of a top 10 place on the grid for the 28-lap race. Crutchlow was sitting in...

Misano Moto2: Bradl dominates qualifying

03 September 2011 by MCN

Stefan Bradl (Viessman Kiefer Racing) dominated Moto2 qualifying at Misano to take pole position and will start tomorrow’s race ahead of Marc Márquez (Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol) and Yuki Takahashi...

Misano MotoGP: Stoner breaks lap record to take pole

03 September 2011 by Tom Cambio

Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) set a new motorcycle lap record at Misano to take pole position ahead of Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) and team mate Dani Pedrosa. Stoner started the qualifying...

Misano 125GP: Zarco secures pole

03 September 2011 by MCN

Johann Zarco (Avant-AirAsia-Ajo) secured pole in qualifying at Misano, setting the fastest lap of 1’43.247, to start in front of Bankia Aspar team mates Héctor Faubel and Nicolas Terol in second and...

Colin Edwards confirms Forward Racing deal for 2012

02 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards has confirmed he will ride for the Forward Racing squad on a new 1000cc private MotoGP machine in 2012. As was exclusively reported by MCN over two weeks ago, the experienced Texan will...

Misano MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo fights back

02 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo showed why he’s not going to surrender the MotoGP world title without a fight after he topped the timesheets in practice at the end of the first day of action in Misano. The Spaniard was...

Misano MotoGP: Casey Stoner fastest, Valentino Rossi struggles

02 September 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner’s bid to record a fourth straight victory for the first time in his career got off to a flying start in Misano this morning. But there was little to cheer for Valentino Rossi’s home crowd...