French Grand Prix: Weekend Preview, MotoGP
MotoGP™ returns this weekend at the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France, where Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner will look to extend his lead at the top of the championship standings. He will face stiff competition from his teammate Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo, who have been the only three racers to stand [...]
Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: Race Results – Another solid performance under threatening rain clouds
29 April 2012
The weather continued to be the main protagonist for the MotoGP race at Jerez this afternoon with rain starting to fall halfway through the Moto2 race and prompting a red flag. Once the MotoGP riders lined up on the grid about an hour later, there was no more rain, but certainly a few damp patches [...]
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Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: Warm Up Results – No rain, but damp track
29 April 2012
More rain arrived at the Jerez circuit overnight but stopped in time for the three warmup sessions to start on Sunday morning. Even after both the Moto3 and Moto2 class had finished their sessions, the track was still very damp as the MotoGP riders went out and with some dangerous wet patches at various points [...]
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Starting from third row Álvaro and Gresini expect good race result at Jerez
28 April 2012
Mixed conditions again threatened to spoil the MotoGP action at Jerez today but in the end the rain stayed clear long enough for a dry qualifying practice. The session began on a dry track under puffy white clouds. But the clouds darkened on the horizon as they moved east and threatened to turn the session [...]
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Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: Qualifying Results – Several mad dashes to the line
28 April 2012
After three practice sessions in wet or partly wet conditions, the qualifying for the MotoGP class took place in almost dry conditions at Jerez this afternoon, making the right timing of pushing for a fast lap looking crucial for a good grid position. The track started drying up throughout the Moto3 qualifying session before the [...]
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Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: FP3 Results – Rain, more rain and a small crash
28 April 2012
Conditions were even worse this morning for the third and final free practice session of the MotoGP class than they were yesterday, with more rain coming down and colder temperatures. Regardless, most riders managed to improve their laptimes compared to yesterday before the halfway stage when the continuous rain picked up again a bit stronger [...]
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A tough day’s work for Álvaro in mixed conditions at Jerez
27 April 2012
Mixed weather on the opening day of the Spanish Grand Prix made for difficult conditions at Jerez. Alvaro Bautista completed only a handful of laps in the damp this morning, but spent most of the afternoon session lapping on the fully wet track to find a good setup for these conditions, finishing the day in [...]
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Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: FP2 Results – More rain equals more track action
27 April 2012
Weather conditions worsened for the second free practice of the MotoGP class, but heavier rain since the morning meant full wet conditions which gave all riders the relatively save possibility to go out on track and fully check their wet setups. There were less rain drops right before the session started, so track conditions were [...]
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Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez: FP1 Results – Nothing but the rain
27 April 2012
Ambient temperatures of just 17°C and sporadic rain meant that the vast majority of the MotoGP™ grid did not head out on track for the first practice session of the Gran Premio bwin de España in Jerez. CRT rider Iván Silva was one of the only riders to lap consistently as he undertook the first [...]
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