“Tomorrow will be a very hard race for us”
Valentino Rossi is faced with an uphill task in tomorrow's Catalan Grand Prix, after struggling with set-up issues throughout today's practices and qualifying in ninth position.

Today's session was in stark contrast to this time last year, when the Fiat Yamaha Team rider put his M1 on pole position for this same ... [ more ]

During Catalunya qualifying
Kawasaki's John Hopkins bravely qualified in 14th position for tomorrow's Grand Prix of Catalunya, after riding with an injured back sustained in a turn two highside during Friday's practice.

Hopkins was determined to make up for the loss of valuable track time to set up his Ninja ZX-RR around the Catalunya circuit, after crashing ... [ more ]

Difficult day for Melandri
Casey Stoner picked up his first pole position of the season at Barcelona with a perfect lap on his third and final qualifying tyre.

The Australian had shown good form on his first two Bridgestone qualifiers before an outstanding demonstration of skill and determination saw him smash the previous pole record by over six tenths ... [ more ]

“We are fighting hard and it is exciting”
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden scorched to a double front-row start at Catalunya today, setting the second and third fastest times in this afternoon's thrilling qualifying session.

Pedrosa was less than a tenth of a second off pole position, with Hayden just 0.251 seconds off pole.

Both ... [ more ]

For third pole of 2008
Alvaro Bautista completed the lower cylinder category sweep of Spanish polemen with his third qualifying blitz of 2008, maintaining a 100% record of front rows thus far this season.

Whilst some way off Jorge Lorenzo´s astonishing pole position record from last year –nearly half a second slower than his countryman´s time- Bautista´s ... [ more ]

With Catalunya pole position
With his first pole position since the race at Misano in 2007, World Champion Casey Stoner broke his top spot drought in qualifying for the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya.

The Australian did so with a new record time of 1´41.186, preventing a home pole for Repsol Honda´s Dani Pedrosa.

Last year´s racewinner, Stoner ... [ more ]

Catalunya : 125cc grid
Sixteen year-old Pol Espargaro took a career-first pole position in qualifying for the 125cc Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya, following up his provisional top spot from Friday afternoon.

The Spaniard, who has broken records the last two years at his home track as the youngest points scorer and podium finisher in Grand Prix history, ... [ more ]

At Mugello
Alex De Angelis was one of the star performers at the Italian Grand Prix today, delighting over 90,000 home fans with an incredible charge through the field at Mugello.

The Team San Carlo Honda Gresini rider brought his Bridgestone-shod Honda RC212V home in fourth place – the best result of his rookie MotoGP season so far.

Alex didn't ... [ more ]

And World Championship lead
Amidst blazing sunshine and starting from pole position at a track where he had been untouchable for the past six years, Valentino Rossi claimed a third consecutive victory of the season in the Gran Premio d´Italia Alice.

The script had been written, but it was still up to the Fiat Yamaha rider to perform when the lights went ... [ more ]

In home thriller
Marco Simoncelli provided the home fans with their second Italian victory of the day in the 250cc class, his first in the quarter litre category.

Involved in a two-way fight with Hector Barbera for the duration of the race, a home straight crash by the Spaniard left the last lap decidedly more comfortable for the Metis Gilera rider.

Simoncelli ... [ more ]