After eventful Jerez qualifying
Tech 3 Yamaha rider Colin Edwards emerged from an eventful Spanish GP qualifying session this afternoon with the third fastest time to maintain his 100 per cent front row starting record in 2008.

The American ran into the gravel trap and then produced an early contender for save of the season at turn one before logging ... [ more ]

Hopkins ‘reasonably happy' with third row
An agreeably warm and sunny Jerez today hosted the qualifying session for the second round of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship and the afternoon kept a significant crowd of race fans, gathered for the event, on the edge of their seats.

Kawasaki's John Hopkins managed to take his Ninja ZX-RR to ninth on the grid ... [ more ]

“We're not quite at the point where we need to be”
Casey Stoner will start from the third row of the grid in tomorrow's Grand Prix of Spain with his team-mate Marco Melandri a further three rows back after a particularly demanding qualifying practice for the Ducati Marlboro Team at Jerez.

The team and riders had expected to struggle at the Spanish circuit, ... [ more ]

“It won't be easy”
Today's qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez didn't fully show the potential of Andrea Dovizioso today.

With race tyres he was able to record one of the best laps of the day and this makes the whole team think positively for the race tomorrow, which for Andrea will be a race of maximum attack! Although Dovi will be ... [ more ]

Jerez : MotoGP grid
Jorge Lorenzo´s dream start to his MotoGP career continued in qualifying for the Gran Premio bwin.com de España, with the Spaniard taking pole position for his home race courtesy of an amazing series of laps.

In doing so, the Fiat Yamaha rider made it two pole positions in as many races in the premier class, an impressive 100% record ... [ more ]

Jerez : 250cc grid
250cc Spanish star Alvaro Bautista sent fans at Jerez home happy, with a quarter litre class pole position in the final activity of the day adding to their elation.

The Mapfre Aspar rider and former 125cc World Champion cut nearly a second off his Friday best time to take his first top spot of the season.

Bautista clocked a ... [ more ]

Jerez : 125cc grid
Three weeks on from his first 125cc pole position in Qatar, Polaris World Aprilia´s Bradley Smith will once again head the lower cylinder category grid at the Gran Premio bwin.com de España.

The Briton put in a stinging one-two combo of hot laps in the final five minutes of the session, the eventual knockout blow to the competition ... [ more ]

To eleventh position
The LCR Honda MotoGP Team rider Randy De Puniet was back on track today for the first European round of the 2008 season at Jerez de la Frontera after the night race of Qatar three weeks ago.

Randy circulated the Southern Spain circuit 49 times throughout the day clocking his fastest lap time on 1'41.268.

The Frenchman riding ... [ more ]

In Jerez
An impressive performance from American Colin Edwards saw the Tech 3 rider help Yamaha make a dominant start to the Spanish GP in Jerez today.

Edwards was a central figure throughout the opening day's free practice, claiming the third fastest overall time. Edwards, who was third in last year's Spanish GP, showed impressive form earlier when he ... [ more ]

As Yamaha fill top three spots in Jerez
MotoGP's return to Europe began in promising fashion for the Fiat Yamaha Team and Valentino Rossi today, as the Italian finished the day second fastest with Yamaha riders filling the first three spots on the time sheets.

Rossi, who won this race for Yamaha in 2005 and 2007, got straight down to business this morning, ... [ more ]