At this time of year in the motorcycle racing season speculation becomes rife about where our favourite riders will end up next year. Sometimes it seems unfair that certain racers get to lose their ride when their season has been dogged by injury and mechanical failures, but that is the lot of the professional motorcycle [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Moto GP 2009'
Toseland ousted from Moto GP by Spies?
September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Tags: ben spies moto gp·ben spies wsb·ben spies yamaha·james toseland motogp·james toseland yamaha·Moto GP 2009
Misano Moto GP Report
September 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Who’s the Donkey Now? When Valentino Rossi retires from competitive racing I think he should start a promotion agency as the Donkey on his helmet idea, to say yep I was an idiot last weekend, was inspired, and means he can laugh at himself whilst still getting down to the serious business of winning races [...]
Tags: Dani Pedrosa·Jorge Lorenzo·misano moto gp result·Moto GP 2009·Moto GP coverage·valentino rossi
Unexpected Result At Last Donington Moto GP
July 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Yesterdays last Moto GP at Donington race track certainly threw up an unexpected result. With weather conditions tricky all weekend and a wet practice on the morning of the race, the race itself was declared wet despite very little falling rain and the track being visibly dry in a lot of places. Ducati decided to [...]
Tags: andrea dovizioso·colin edwards·donington moto gp·james toseland·moto gp·Moto GP 2009·moto gp result·valentino rossi
Yamaha Duo Have Epic Battle at Catalunya Moto GP
June 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Yamaha teammates Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have no doubts about who is their biggest challenger to the Moto GP Championship in 2010 – each other. In qualifying for the Catalunya race Rossi held the top spot for most of the latter part of the session and no other rider seemed to be able to [...]
Tags: Catalunya Moto GP·Jorge Lorenzo·moto gp·Moto GP 2009·valentino rossi
Mugello Moto GP Report
June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Mugello was another challenging GP for the riders, but exciting for the fans, as they yet again had to cope with wet race tyres on a drying track and calculate when was the best time to come in and change to slicks. Although Casey Stoner got away to a good start, together with Chris Vermeulan, [...]
Tags: casey stoner·Dani Pedrosa·Jorge Lorenzo·Moto GP 2009·Mugello Moto GP 2009·Mugello Moto GP results·valentino rossi
Surprises At Moto GP Le Mans
May 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Yesterday’s Moto GP was one of the best I have seen in a long time and all thanks to the unpredictable weather conditions. The race was declared wet and all of the front runners chose cut tyres. However it was clear from the off that the track was drying quickly, which meant that tyre deterioration [...]
Tags: Dani Pedrosa·Jorge Lorenzo·Le Mans Moto GP 2009·Le Mans Moto GP results·Moto GP 2009·Moto GP coverage·valentino rossi
Bradley Triumphs at Jerez Moto GP
May 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Although Moto GP press interest is largely focussed on the main race the smaller cc championships have much closer racing and are a lot more exciting as a result. Whilst in the main race there were four riders at the front of the starting grid most likely to take the win – Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Rossi [...]
Tags: Bradley Smith Jerez win·Jerez moto gp·Jorge Lorenzo Jerez crash·Moto GP 2009·Valentino Rossi Jerez win
Factory Teams Surprising Winners In Japan
April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing
Moto GP has been suffering of late both with the weather causing havoc and also with it being a tad boring and predictable. The one tyre rule was supposed to sort out the boring bit and for the first time this season we saw some real evidence of that happening. Valentino Rossi took an early [...]
Tags: Dani Pedrosa·Jorge Lorenzo·moto gp·Moto GP 2009·Moto GP coverage