“A really great feeling”
Kawasaki's Anthony West achieved a MotoGP career best finish on Sunday, with a determined ride to fifth place aboard his Ninja ZX-RR at the Czech Republic Grand Prix.

With a complete contrast in weather conditions following Saturday's rain-soaked qualifying, West made a strong start to the 22-lap dry race from sixth position on ... [ more ]

With gutsy ride in Brno
Fiat Yamaha Team rookie Jorge Lorenzo finished a creditable tenth in Brno on Sunday, making up seven places after starting last on the grid.

The Spaniard made the most of the tools he had available to pass several riders, including two on the last lap, and hangs onto his fourth place in the championship as a result.

His ... [ more ]

In Brno
Tech 3 Yamaha's James Toseland and Colin Edwards raced to top 15 results in today's Czech Republic GP.

In front of a record crowd of over 146,000 fans at a cool and cloudy Brno, the 22-lap race proved to be a tough challenge for Toseland and Edwards, who both gave their maximum effort in difficult circumstances to claim 13th and 14th places respectively. ... [ more ]

De Angelis takes encouraging eighth
Despite a difficult start to the race, Team San Carlo Honda Gresini's riders were two of the star performances of a dramatic Czech Republic Grand Prix that took place today at Brno.

Shinya Nakano, making his first appearance on the Honda RC212V, put together an impressive charge through the field in the second half ... [ more ]

At Brno
The weekend of the Czech Republic Grand Prix has ended with a race that threw the usual form-book into disarray.

Andrea Dovizioso after two days of intensive work, which was broken by unstable weather conditions that complicated work in the garage, made the most of the materials and technical package at his disposal.

With determination ... [ more ]

Guintoli twelfth
Toni Elias, Alice Team rider, has registered great lap times since the warm up concluded with the fifth fastest lap time.

Then in the race, where he started in thirteenth position, he has made understood that today it was a completely different story. Incredible overtakes that allowed him to find himself in sixth position after only seven ... [ more ]

As Melandri clinches encouraging seventh
Casey Stoner was unable to turn his sixth successive pole position into a podium yesterday when he relinquished a one-second advantage over Valentino Rossi and crashed out of the twelfth round of the season at Brno.

It is the first time the reigning World Champion has not made it to the chequered flag after thirty ... [ more ]

“I felt impotent and ashamed”
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa had a demoralising ride to 15th in Sunday's afternoon's Czech Grand Prix, the Spaniard badly troubled by tyre problems.

Pedrosa, returning from the hand and wrist injuries he sustained during last month's German GP, struggled throughout the weekend with lack of grip, his Michelin tyres not ... [ more ]

At Brno
The Ducati Marlboro Team is ready to start the final sprint towards 2008 MotoGP World Championship glory, starting off with this weekend's classic appointment at Brno, in the Czech Republic, before a run of six crucial races across Europe, America, Asia and Australia.

Casey Stoner, who found himself down in fourth place overall, 50 points behind ... [ more ]

Following the summer break
Many fans will still be enjoying their Summer holidays when – on Sunday, August 17 – the Brno race circuit plays host to the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic: the twelfth round of the MotoGP World Championship.

Andrea Dovizioso, after yet another good performance in Laguna Seca, intends to continue the excellent run of form ... [ more ]