Buzzin MotoGP

This weekend the teams and riders of the Moto GP are in Jerez for the Spanish Grand Prix.
The Jerez circuit is famous for it’s narrow track of only 11 metres in width making it difficult for overtaking, but it’s what the expected 240,000 spectators are there for.
James Toseland is feeling confident for the coming race after [...]

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John Hopkins is looking forward to racing at Jerez after a disappointing Moto GP opener at Qatar, where he finished in twelveth place.
The Kawasaki rider, is still recovering from the injury to his groin after crashing in Australia in January.
John said “The abductor muscle I tore at Philip Island in January still isn’t completely fixed [...]

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James Toseland the 27 year old British rider insists he will be fit for the start of the Moto GP on 9th March at Qatar.
Toseland crashed his Yamaha bike whilst testing in Jerez and tore ligaments in his ankle on his first lap under difficult riding conditions.  After being x-rayed, the rider was soon back [...]

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Bradley Smith, the 125cc Polaris World Aprilia rider, was the quickest man on the track yesterday at Jerez with a time of 1:47.820.  Smith seems to be on a mission this season after being quickest in the first lot of testing last month at Jerez, then second fastest in the Valencia test.
Smith was over half [...]

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On the final day of the official testing at the Jerez circuit, the Repsol Honda man, Nicky Hayden set the quickest lap of the week in the final hour.
Jorge Lorenzo was on good form finishing only four-tenths of a second behind Hayden on his Fiat Yamaha M1.
In third place was the other Moto GP rookie, [...]

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