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Valencia MotoGP Race Results. Stoner beats Spies by 0.015s

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:41:36 +0000

Another Casey Stoner MotoGP victory isn’t really much of a surprise, but the manner by which this one came about was.

From the start, Stoner marched off into the distance away from the rest of the riders, but the real action was happenning behind him – a crash on the straight immediately after the start saw Alvaro Bautista take out Valentino Rossi, Nicky Hayden, and Randy De Puniet before the riders had even got round the first turn.

After the chaos had settled, the main action came from Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso who were both fighting for second place in the race, and third in the Championship standings. Ben Spies soon caught up and joined the battle.

When the rain came in the closing laps, Spies managed to take on both Pedrosa and Dovizioso, and then started closing down Casey Stoner. A brave charge in wet conditions saw Spies take the lead from Stoner with two laps to go.

Spies maintained his lead, with Stoner following hotly behind, but the Yamaha rider seemed to have done enough to secure the win as he came round the final turn onto the home straight. However, Stoner got a better run out of the corner and with a little bit of extra Honda grunt, he managed to draw level with Spies, before crossing the line only 0.015 seconds ahead of him.

Andrea Dovizioso claimed third in the race, giving him third place in the Championship standing. Cal Crutchlow took fourth position after a long battle with Karel Abraham, securing his best MotoGP finish and the Rookie of the Year title.

MotoGP race results from Valencia:

1. Casey Stoner Honda 48m18.645s
2. Ben Spies Yamaha + 0.015s
3. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 5.936s
4. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha + 8.718s
5. Dani Pedrosa Honda + 9.321s
6. Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha + 23.818s
7. Josh Hayes Tech 3 Yamaha + 33.118s
8. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati + 37.952s
9. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati + 48.953s
10. Toni Elias LCR Honda + 52.501s
11. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati + 1m06.519s
12. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda + 1m08.760s

Retirements:

Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 0 laps
Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 0 laps
Nicky Hayden Ducati 0 laps
Valentino Rossi Ducati 0 laps

MotoGP: Casey Stoner dominates as he takes pole at Valencia

admin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:14:20 +0000

Casey Stoner was in a different league from the rest of the MotoGP riders today as he stormed to pole position, with a 1 second advantage over Dani Pedrosa in second place.

Ben Spies rounded out the front row in third place, and Randy De Puniet managed to maintain his strong form this weekend to finish in fourth place.

Full Qualifying times from Valencia below:

1 27 Casey STONER Repsol Honda Team 1’31.861
2 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 1’32.875
3 11 Ben SPIES Yamaha Factory Racing 1’33.057
4 14 Randy DE PUNIET Pramac Racing Team 1’33.118
5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’33.443
6 46 Valentino ROSSI Ducati Team 1’33.478
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team 1’33.656
8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 1’33.824
9 8 Hector BARBERA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 1’34.186
10 17 Karel ABRAHAM Cardion AB Motoracing 1’34.265
11 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1’34.329
12 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Pramac Racing Team 1’34.671
13 24 Toni ELIAS LCR Honda MotoGP 1’34.680
14 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1’34.838
15 89 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA Yamaha Factory Racing 1’35.999
16 41 Josh HAYES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1’36.042

MotoGP Practice Times from Valencia – Bautista leads day one

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:08:17 +0000

Yep, you read that right – Bautista tops the first day of practice at Valencia. The afternoon session was affected by heavy rain which gave the final results an unusual twist, with Randy De Puniet in third place and Karel Abraham in 4th. Full practice times below:

1. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1m47.975s
2. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m48.316s + 0.341s
3. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 1m48.684s + 0.709s
4. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 1m49.021s + 1.046s
5. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 1m49.350s + 1.375s
6. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m49.422s + 1.447s
7. Valentino Rossi Ducati 1m49.613s + 1.638s
8. Casey Stoner Honda 1m49.674s + 1.699s
9. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m49.820s + 1.845s
10. Josh Hayes Tech 3 Yamaha 1m50.509s + 2.534s
11. Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 1m51.277s + 3.302s
12. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati 1m51.838s + 3.863s
13. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 1m51.932s + 3.957s
14. Ben Spies Yamaha 1m52.072s + 4.097s
15. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 1m53.286s + 5.311s
16. Toni Elias LCR Honda 1m54.342s + 6.367s

Álvaro Bautista:
“Today has been a good day for us because we have had a full wet session to get some practice in those conditions. In this morning’s session I had a good feeling at the start, but as the track became drier it wasn’t as good and I couldn’t ride at the limit. The bike moved a lot and was spinning-up all over the track, so it was very difficult. In the second session, after the heavy rain, the track was much wetter and the conditions were a lot worse than this morning for all the riders, so it was essential that you rode smoothly and carefully. We changed some settings in the bike to help me get a confident feeling in the GSV-R and at the end of the session I was able to find a good rhythm. We finished first today and although it’s only the second free practice, you cannot improve as much in the wet as you can in the dry, so this is very good for us. I hope that tomorrow we can make some improvements in drying conditions like we had earlier today, but if it is totally dry we still have plenty of work to do to get ready. I am happy with the first day and looking forward to the rest of the weekend.”

Sepang: MotoGP Qualifying Times

admin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:21:07 +0000

Sepang: MotoGP Qualifying Times. Dani Pedrosa takes pole in Malaysia.

1. Dani Pedrosa Honda 2m01.462s
2. Casey Stoner Honda 2m01.491s + 0.029s
3. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2m01.666s + 0.204s
4. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 2m02.010s + 0.548s
5. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 2m02.105s + 0.643s
6. Nicky Hayden Ducati 2m02.172s + 0.710s
7. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 2m02.254s + 0.792s
8. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 2m02.332s + 0.870s
9. Valentino Rossi Ducati 2m02.395s + 0.933s
10. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 2m02.756s + 1.294s
11. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 2m02.939s + 1.477s
12. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati 2m03.077s + 1.615s
13. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 2m03.438s + 1.976s
14. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 2m03.619s + 2.157s
15. Toni Elias LCR Honda 2m03.646s + 2.184s
16. Ben Spies Yamaha 2m03.678s + 2.216s
17. Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 2m04.072s + 2.610s

Sepang: Pedrosa ahead in both practice sessions

admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:08:14 +0000

Dani Pedrosa dominated both practice sessions at Sepang for the Malaysian MotoGP.

Full MotoGP practice times below:

Free Practice 1:

1. Dani Pedrosa Honda 2m01.916s
2. Casey Stoner Honda 2m02.557s + 0.641s
3. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2m02.590s + 0.674s
4. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 2m03.311s + 1.395s
5. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 2m03.558s + 1.642s
6. Ben Spies Yamaha 2m03.586s + 1.670s
7. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 2m03.760s + 1.844s
8. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 2m03.778s + 1.862s
9. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 2m03.908s + 1.992s
10. Valentino Rossi Ducati 2m04.280s + 2.364s
11. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 2m04.345s + 2.429s
12. Nicky Hayden Ducati 2m04.474s + 2.558s
13. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati 2m04.521s + 2.605s
14. John Hopkins Suzuki 2m04.609s + 2.693s
15. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 2m04.666s + 2.750s
16. Toni Elias LCR Honda 2m04.890s + 2.974s
17. Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 2m05.390s + 3.474s
18. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 2m06.199s + 4.283s

Free Practice 2:

1. Dani Pedrosa Honda 2m01.250s
2. Casey Stoner Honda 2m02.070s + 0.820s
3. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2m02.664s + 1.414s
4. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 2m02.823s + 1.573s
5. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 2m02.951s + 1.701s
6. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 2m02.991s + 1.741s
7. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 2m03.123s + 1.873s
8. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 2m03.159s + 1.909s
9. Ben Spies Yamaha 2m03.312s + 2.062s
10. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 2m03.318s + 2.068s
11. Nicky Hayden Ducati 2m03.445s + 2.195s
12. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati 2m03.595s + 2.345s
13. Valentino Rossi Ducati 2m03.677s + 2.427s
14. John Hopkins Suzuki 2m03.885s + 2.635s
15. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 2m03.901s + 2.651s
16. Toni Elias LCR Honda 2m04.071s + 2.821s
17. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 2m04.603s + 3.353s
18. Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 2m05.996s + 4.746s

Casey Stoner claims 2011 MotoGP Championship with a home win

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:08:35 +0000

Casey Stoner took victory at his home MotoGP to claim the 2011 MotoGP World Championship.

It was a strange race from the start, as both factory Yamaha riders were unable to take part – Ben Spies was suffering from his high-speed crash from yesterday, and Jorge Lorenzo, the only rider that could still challenge Stoner on points, was declared unfit to ride after injuring his finger in the warm up sessions.

With Lorenzo out of the race, Bautista found himself promoted to the front row of the grid.

Jorge Lorenzo’s absence in the race meant the pressure was off Stoner, however the Australian clearly had no plans to take things easy and collect points – by the 4th lap Stoner had powered off for the rest of the riders and had a 4 second lead. Stoner remained untouchable at the front and his lead remained unchallenged.

A shower of rain towards the end of the race caused issues for many riders. Nicky Hayden was the first to enter the pits and switch bikes, but the wet conditions caught out Cal Crutchlow, Alvaro Bautista, Hiroshi Aoyama, and Karel Abraham, who all crashed out.

Full MotoGP race results from Phillip Island below:

1. Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team 42m02.425s
2. Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini + 2.210
3. Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team + 2.454
4. Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team + 13.160
5. Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 + 30.886
6. Randy De Puniet Pramac Racing Team + 48.800
7. Nicky Hayden Ducati Team + 1:16.314
8. Toni Elias LCR Honda MotoGP + 1 lap
9. Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team + 1 lap
10. Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing + 2 laps

Retirements:

Rider Team Laps
Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 4 laps
Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini 4 laps
Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 4 laps
Valentino Rossi Ducati Team 14 laps

Casey Stoner takes his 11th pole position of the season at Phillip Island

admin — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:10:30 +0000

The only real surprise in Casey Stoner taking pole position for the Australian MotoGP was the fact that he left it until the second half of the session to secure it.

Stoner looked slightly unsettled for the first half of the qualifying session and at one point even looked like he would have to fight to stay in the top 3. With less than 20 minutes to go, Stoner found his rhythm and locked in a number of fast laps to claim pole position, his 11th pole of the season so far.

Jorge Lorenzo will try to make sure that the race tomorrow is anything but a given for Stoner, as he qualified in 2nd position, 0.473 seconds behind the Australian.

The shock of the day came in the form of Alvaro Bautista, who pulled out a stunning late lap (with the help of slipstreaming Andrea Dovizioso) to put his Rizla Suzuki in 3rd position. He eventually lost out when Marco Simoncelli pushed him off the front row, but his lap was strong enough to ensure that he stayed in 4th place – this is Bautista’s best MotoGP qualifying position to date.

MotoGP Qualifying Results from Phillip Island

1. Casey Stoner Honda 1m29.975s
2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m30.448s + 0.473s
3. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 1m30.599s + 0.624s
4. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1m30.714s + 0.739s
5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m30.780s + 0.805s
6. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m30.792s + 0.817s
7. Ben Spies Yamaha 1m30.835s + 0.860s
8. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m30.871s + 0.896s
9. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m31.237s + 1.262s
10. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati 1m31.583s + 1.608s
11. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 1m31.635s + 1.660s
12. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 1m31.889s + 1.914s
13. Valentino Rossi Ducati 1m31.980s + 2.005s
14. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 1m32.023s + 2.048s
15. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 1m32.054s + 2.079s
16. Toni Elias LCR Honda 1m32.503s + 2.528s
17. Damian Cudlin Aspar Ducati 1m36.666s + 6.691s

Casey Stoner in control of Phillip Island Free Practice sessions

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:56:51 +0000

Casey Stoner stamped his authority on his own back-yard by topping the timesheets in both Free practice sessions at Phillip Island.

Stoner suffered a minor crash in the first session but was uninjured.

Marco Simoncelli and Jorge Lorenzo rounded out the top 3 in both sessions.

Phillip Island MotoGP Free Practice 1:
1. Casey Stoner Honda 1m30.475s
2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m30.744s + 0.269s
3. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 1m30.951s + 0.476s
4. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m31.480s + 1.005s
5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m31.532s + 1.057s
6. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m31.571s + 1.096s
7. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m31.662s + 1.187s
8. Ben Spies Yamaha 1m31.824s + 1.349s
9. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 1m31.935s + 1.460s
10. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati 1m32.052s + 1.577s
11. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 1m32.096s + 1.621s
12. Valentino Rossi Ducati 1m32.114s + 1.639s
13. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1m32.393s + 1.918s
14. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 1m32.583s + 2.108s
15. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 1m32.615s + 2.140s
16. Toni Elias LCR Honda 1m33.641s + 3.166s
17. Damian Cudlin Aspar Ducati 1m34.121s + 3.646s

Phillip Island MotoGP Free Practice 2:
1. Casey Stoner Honda 1m30.535s
2. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 1m30.912s + 0.377s
3. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m31.111s + 0.576s
4. Ben Spies Yamaha 1m31.495s + 0.960s
5. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m31.543s + 1.008s
6. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 1m31.582s + 1.047s
7. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 1m31.670s + 1.135s
8. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1m31.777s + 1.242s
9. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m31.805s + 1.270s
10. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m31.825s + 1.290s
11. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m31.899s + 1.364s
12. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 1m31.969s + 1.434s
13. Valentino Rossi Ducati 1m32.014s + 1.479s
14. Loris Capirossi Pramac Ducati 1m32.082s + 1.547s
15. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 1m32.360s + 1.825s
16. Toni Elias LCR Honda 1m32.639s + 2.104s
17. Damian Cudlin Aspar Ducati 1m33.658s + 3.123s

Motegi: MotoGP Qualifying Results – Stoner takes his 10th pole of 2011 in Japan

admin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:22:45 +0000

The MotoGP qualifying session at Motegi followed an all too familiar pattern as Casey Stoner took pole position. This is Stoner’s 10th pole position of 2011 (and his 4th pole position in a row).

The battle for pole seemed to be a 3-way dogfight between Pedrosa, Stoner, and Lorenzo. Pedrosa was the rider that looked strongest early in the session as he sat on provisional pole when he dipped below the 1 minute 46 second time-mark.

With only minutes to go, Lorenzo pulled out a flying lap that saw him take provisional pole away from Pedrosa. Stoner then responded and produced an incredible 1 minute 45 second lap to take pole position (and breaking the lap record in the process).

Andrea Dovizioso also caused upset by pushing Pedrosa down a further spot to take 3rd place. Pedrosa finished in 4th, and Ben Spies, who was still recovering from food poisioning, managed to haul himself up to 5th,

MotoGP Qualifying Results from Japan:

1. Casey Stoner Honda 1m45.267s
2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m45.523s + 0.256s
3. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m45.791s + 0.524s
4. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m45.966s + 0.699s
5. Ben Spies Yamaha 1m46.042s + 0.775s
6. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 1m46.211s + 0.944s
7. Valentino Rossi Ducati 1m46.467s + 1.200s
8. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1m46.586s + 1.319s
9. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 1m46.694s + 1.427s
10. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m46.763s + 1.496s
11. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 1m46.811s + 1.544s
12. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 1m46.818s + 1.551s
13. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 1m46.917s + 1.650s
14. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m47.165s + 1.898s
15. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 1m47.922s + 2.655s
16. Toni Elias LCR Honda 1m48.169s + 2.902s
17. Kousuke Akiyoshi LCR Honda 1m48.367s + 3.100s
18. Damian Cudlin Pramac Ducati 1m48.962s + 3.695s
19. Shinichi Ito Honda 1m49.971s + 4.704s

Motegi: MotoGP Free Practice 1 and 2 Results

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:17:10 +0000

Repsol Honda dominated the first two Free Practice sessions in Japan as MotoGP hits Motegi.

Casey Stoner took the first free practice session with relative ease, and was hotly followed by Andrea Dovizioso. Surprise of the session came in the form of Nicky Hayden who stormed to 3rd position with only a minute left in the session.

The second session saw Dani Pedrosa assert his dominance, and Pedrosa was the first rider to break into the 1 minute 46 second mark. Only his Repsol team-mates could eventually set similar times.

There are 19 riders racing this weekend, with Damian Cudlin standing in for the injured Loris Capirossi in the Pramac Ducati team, and Honda are also fielding a couple of Japanese wildcards.

Free Practice 1:
1. Casey Stoner Honda 1m47.289s
2. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m47.566s + 0.277s
3. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m47.732s + 0.443s
4. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m47.836s + 0.547s
5. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m47.912s + 0.623s
6. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 1m47.942s + 0.653s
7. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m48.169s + 0.880s
8. Ben Spies Yamaha 1m48.197s + 0.908s
9. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 1m48.406s + 1.117s
10. Valentino Rossi Ducati 1m48.667s + 1.378s
11. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 1m48.776s + 1.487s
12. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1m48.880s + 1.591s
13. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 1m48.892s + 1.603s
14. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 1m49.385s + 2.096s
15. Toni Elias LCR Honda 1m49.415s + 2.126s
16. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 1m49.813s + 2.524s
17. Kousuke Akiyoshi LCR Honda 1m50.688s + 3.399s
18. Shinichi Itoh Honda 1m51.461s + 4.172s
19. Damian Cudlin Pramac Ducati 1m53.218s + 5.929s

Free Practice 2:
1. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m46.790s
2. Casey Stoner Honda 1m46.844s + 0.054s
3. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1m46.952s + 0.162s
4. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda 1m47.188s + 0.398s
5. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m47.310s + 0.520s
6. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m47.381s + 0.591s
7. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda 1m47.765s + 0.995s
8. Valentino Rossi Ducati 1m47.975s + 1.185s
9. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati 1m48.055s + 1.265s
10. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1m48.076s + 1.286s
11. Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1m48.097s + 1.307s
12. Randy de Puniet Pramac Ducati 1m48.374s + 1.584s
13. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 1m48.379s + 1.589s
14. Ben Spies Yamaha 1m48.567s + 1.777s
15. Toni Elias LCR Honda 1m48.743s + 1.953s
16. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati 1m49.305s + 2.515s
17. Kousuke Akiyoshi LCR Honda 1m49.464s + 2.674s
18. Shinichi Itoh Honda 1m49.673s + 2.883s
19. Damian Cudlin Pramac Ducati 1m51.349s + 4.559s