Capirossi working to improve
Ducati Marlboro Team rider Casey Stoner dominated the first day of practice at Valencia today while Loris Capirossi was 14th quickest, albeit just 1.032 seconds off his team-mate's best time.

World Champion Stoner completed another excellent day's work at the tight and technically challenging Spanish circuit, where he made ... [ more ]

In Spain
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racers Chris Vermeulen and John Hopkins finished the first day of practice for the Valencian Grand Prix inside the top-10 today, with a promise of more to come.

Vermeulen (1'33.501, 54 laps) recorded the fifth fastest time at the end of the day's practice around the 4,005m Ricardo Tormo Circuit, after spending a large amount ... [ more ]

“I have to say I'm happy”
After finishing second in his last race appearance two weeks ago at Sepang, Marco Melandri carried his good form into the first day of practice at the Grand Prix of Valencia - the final round of the 2007 season.

After finishing second in the morning free practice, Melandri ended the day fourth overall - 0.351 seconds behind pacesetter ... [ more ]

“We've improved the bike a lot”
The Grand Prix of Valencia got off to a testing start today for the Kawasaki Racing Team as the first two of the weekend's practice sessions took place at the technical, 4km Spanish circuit.

However, by the end of the afternoon, there were marked improvements in both riders' performances, indicating things will progress ... [ more ]

“We have the potential to improve things further”
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden finished in third and ninth positions at the Ricardo Tormo circuit today as the first day of practice took place ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix of Valencia.

Riding at the third event of the year on home soil, Pedrosa was quick in both sessions as he honed ... [ more ]

At final GP of 2007
Shinya Nakano and the KONICA MINOLTA Honda Team made steady progress during the first practice session for this weekend's final MotoGP race of the year.

Shinya and the Team were struggling a little with the lower than expected temperatures at the 2.764-mile circuit. The Team altered the weight balance of their Honda RC212V machine ... [ more ]

“I have to say I'm happy”
After finishing second in his last race appearance two weeks ago at Sepang, Marco Melandri carried his good form into the first day of practice at the Grand Prix of Valencia - the final round of the 2007 season.

After finishing second in the morning free practice, Melandri ended the day fourth overall - 0.351 seconds behind pacesetter ... [ more ]

Rossi and Edwards have quite a lot of work to do
The final round of the 2007 MotoGP World Championship kicked off in Spain today, as the curtain came up on the traditional season-ending Grand Prix in Valencia.

Fiat Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards had a less than perfect start to the weekend however as they lacked traction and finished ... [ more ]

Valencia : MotoGP – Day One
Sitting pretty at the top of the timesheets on day one of the Gran Premio bwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana was World Champion Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro) who lapped fastest in both Friday free practice sessions.

The recently crowned title winner improved his morning time by 0.115s in the second run-out, which was enough ... [ more ]

Valencia : 250cc first qualifying session
Double 250cc World Champion Jorge Lorenzo (Fortuna Aprilia) produced a strong display in his final Friday qualifying run as a quarter litre class rider to take provisional pole at the Gran Premio bwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana.

Lorenzo, who retained the title at the last round in Malaysia and this weekend ... [ more ]

Valencia : 125cc first qualifying session
In making up ten points on team-mate and World Championship leader Gabor Talmacsi to snatch the title at the final race of the season local rider Hector Faubel has a big task on his hands in Valencia, but the 24 year-old made a good start to the weekend by taking provisional pole on Friday afternoon.

The Spaniard ... [ more ]

Satisfaction heading into the off-season
Williams Toyota driver Nico Rosberg had a solid second season in the sport, finishing ninth in the championship standings with 20 points.

The final race of the season, two weeks ago at Interlagos, saw Rosberg secure his best result of the season with a fourth place finish. With Williams showing an upturn in performance ... [ more ]

Zuber shows good pace with FMS & Super Nova
The first generation of the GP2 Series has ended today at Circuit Paul Ricard, the circuit at which the series took its initial steps with its first development car more than three years ago.

Today was the final time that the third and final incarnation of that car will be run in Europe, and the test ended with ... [ more ]

An early exit for the double world champion
Fernando Alonso's stormy year with McLaren came to a shuddering halt on Friday with the announcement that the Spaniard was tearing up his contract.

Alonso's spokesman, Luis Garcia-Abad, told the RNE radio station that the deposed world champion would leave the British team immediately even though his current ... [ more ]

2008 solution proving a problem
An announcement was expected later Friday confirming that deposed world champion Fernando Alonso will leave McLaren, the Marca sports daily reported.

The 2005 and 2006 F1 champion has been involved in intense contract negotiations with the team over the last two days, but the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement ... [ more ]