Jorge Lorenzo - Fiat Yamaha 2010

The Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo is now leading the championship following his win at the Le Mans MotoGP at the weekend.

Valentino Rossi led the pack for the first eleven laps of the race after getting ahead of the Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa while Lorenzo slotted into third place and the two Marlboro Ducati’s of Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner were running in fourth and fifth.

Lorenzo soon passed Pedrosa as Stoner put his foot down to get past his team-mate and move into fourth and chase down the Honda.  Stoner was on the tail of Pedrosa when he crashed out for the second time in the last three races.

The two Fiat Yamaha’s led the field ahead of Pedrosa as Lorenzo attempted a pass on his team-mate on lap 7.  Rossi immediately retook his position but only for another four laps when the Spaniard made his move stick and shot off into the distance.

Pedrosa was then left to fight off his challenging team-mate Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden for his third spot on the podium.  With only 5 laps of the race to go the pair were on the Spaniard and looking for a way past which Dovizioso managed and the chance for Hayden came on the final lap as Pedrosa ran wide as his tyres wore down gifting Hayden took his opportunity to grab that fourth place.

Here are the results;

Dani Pedrosa 2009

The Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa took the victory at the final round of the 2009 season at the Valencia MotoGP followed by the two Fiat Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

125cc

There was a fantastic battle between the two Bancaja Aspar team-mates Julián Simón and Bradley Smith at the Valencia circuit yesterday with the 2009 Champion taking the win.

The two riders fought up until the last lap to claim the chequered flag with Simón just taking the lead by 0.220 seconds ahead of Smith followed by Derbi Racing team rider Pol Espargaró in third.

It looked as though Smith was in trouble at the start of his race after his bike appeared to stall on the warm-up lap but he managed to get it going in time for the start.

As the two swapped places several times throughout the race, it was Smith who made a mistake with only 4 laps of the race remaining.  As the British rider ran wide it was the advantage Simón needed as he darted into first place but with Smith still challenging until they crossed the line.

Marc Marquez crashed-out on the final lap on the Red Bull KTM while challenging for fourth place with Joan Olive on the Derbi Racing team, seeing him finish in seventeenth place.

Earlier in the race Scott Redding and Esteve Rabat, the Blusens Aprilia team riders, collided at the final turn of the lap and were both out of contention.

Danny Webb withdrew from the race after it was discovered that he had broken bones in both of his feet after his collision at the Sepang round of the championship, which were made worse after crashing during the Valencia qualifying session.  It has also been announced that the 18-year-old rider has now signed to race for the Spanish-based Jack & Jones Team for the 2010 season in the 125cc series for the next two-years.

Here are the results;

250CC

Hiroshi Aoyama yesterday became the 2009 250cc World Champion despite finishing the race in seventh position as Héctor Barberá took the chequered flag.

Barberá was joined on the podium by Spain’s Álvaro Bautista on the Mapfre Aspar machine and Raffaele de Rosa for the Scot Racing team in third.

Aoyama was moved back to eleventh place on lap 10 of the race, taking a trip through the gravel after being squeezed out by the leading pack under braking, while rival Marco Simoncelli was leading the race.  Just a few laps later Aoyama moved up to tenth place and then was gifted ninth when Mike de Meglio crashed out from fifth place with only seven laps to go.

On lap 21, Simoncelli crashed out from the lead as he lost the front of his machine at turn 2 and slid off the track and was out of the race, handing the championship to the Japanese rider and the second place in the championship standings to Barbera.

Alex Debon on the Blusens machine was unable to take part in the race despite qualifying in pole position on Saturday.  The Spanish rider had already secured his grid start and set the fastest lap of the session when he lost the back end of his bike going into turn1.  He was diagnosed with a suspected broken rib at the track-side Clinica Mobile and it was decided that he was in too much pain to take part in Sundays race.

Here are the results;

MotoGP

Dani Pedrosa took his second win of the season at his home track at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit of Valencia yesterday, after dominating the race.

Casey Stoner the Ducati Marlboro rider, had qualified on pole position but high-sided off of his machine during the warm-up lap and took no further part in the race.  It appeared to be a common problem of tyre temperatures which saw him thrown from his machine after a dramatic season for the 24-year-old, which also saw him lose his chance of third place in the championship standings.

Lorenzo had moved his Yamaha past his team-mate Rossi by the end of lap 1 to take third position before passing the San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Toni Elias on lap 3 for second place.  With his team-mate on his tail, Lorenzo was almost thrown off his machine on the following lap giving Rossi the advantage he needed to get ahead of the Spaniard.

Colin Edwards was helped in his challenge to take fifth in the championship standings by World Superbike Champion Ben Spies, who on his wild-card ride managed to get past the Repsol Honda of Andrea Dovizioso, allowing Edwards to finish in fourth.

Here are the results;

Casey Stoner

Casey Stoner won a very wet Sepang MotoGP race today for the Marlboro Ducati team while Valentino Rossi became the World Champion for the ninth time after finishing in third place.

125CC

The 2009 125CC World Champion Julian Simon took the victory today at the Malaysian  Grand Prix after an exciting battle with Britain’s Bradley Smith.

Simon moved into the lead on the second lap of the race and became to create a gap by lap 5 followed by his team-mate Smith. The two Bancaja Aspar riders were followed by Pol Espargaro but had created an advantage of 4-seconds by the half-way mark of the race.

Bradley Smith crashed out during the qualifying session on Saturday and suffered a broken fifth metatarsal in his right foot but soldiered on to take second at the Sepang circuit.  He managed to pass Simon on lap 13 but lost the lead when Smith made a mistake with only three laps of the race remaining.

Danny Webb on the Degraaf machine crashed out at the first hairpin with a highside, taking out the Viessmann Kiefer rider Stefan Bradl.  Marc Marquez suffered a mechanical problem on the Red Bull KTM forcing him to retire from the race while Efren Vazquez, Jonas Folgar and  Simone Corsi also crashed out during the race.

Here are the results;

250CC

Hiroshi Aoyama took the chequered flag for the 250cc MotoGP race after a fantastic battle with Marco Simoncelli and now leads the championship by 21 points.

Jules Cluzel led at the beginning of the race while Simoncelli fought his way through the front runners from eighth on the grid before crashing out on lap 10.

Simoncelli forced the Japanese rider off-line on lap 8 as he cut across the circuit in front of him pushing him onto the kerb.  Aoyama momentarily lost his second place to Cluzel but had regained the position before the end of the lap before attempting the same pass again on lap 11.  The two riders swapped positions again before Aoyama finally made the move stick on lap 13.

Aoyama had built up a one-second lead with five laps of the race remaining and finished the race with a 6.397 advantage as he crossed the finish line.

Simoncelli’s second place was threatened as they headed for the chequered flag by Hector Barbera, the two riders crossed the line side by side, ending with a photo finish which was given to Barbera who had set a faster lap earlier in the race, leaving Simoncelli to take the third step of the podium.

Mike di Meglio low-sided off his machine on lap 5 with Alvaro Bautista also losing his bike on the following lap.

Here are the results;

MotoGP

The Marlboro Ducati rider Casey Stoner took the victory at the Sepang circuit after dominating a rain-soaked race ahead of the Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa and Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi in third.  Rossi claimed the 2009 World Championship title for the ninth time despite only finishing the race in third position.

As the rain began to pour 25-minutes before the race was due to begin at the Malaysian track it caused a delayed start. Jorge Lorenzo was forced to start from the back of the grid after he failed to arrive on the grid on time after his Fiat Yamaha refused to start in the pit garage forcing the team to prepare his spare bike.

The race got underway despite the rain still falling with Pedrosa gaining the advantage of Rossi into turn one forcing the Italian to fall back to the middle of the riders.

Stoner passed Pedrosa to take the lead before the end of the opening lap with the second Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso sitting in third and within 4 laps Stoner had created a gap of six-seconds.

Rossi had moved into eighth place behind Lorenzo before the Spaniard passed Loris Capirossi followed by his team-mate Rossi, but Nicky Hayden on the second Ducati Marlboro proved a much harder rider to pass, taking Lorenzo five attempts before he finally made the move stick.

On lap 8, Rossi managed to get past his team-mate and by the halfway mark the track and started to show dry lines, as Rossi pulled away from Lorenzo.

Andrea Dovizioso crashed out on lap 14 allowing Rossi to claim the final step of the podium, and a position higher than he needed to claim the championship title.   Randy de Puniet suffered a huge high-side and fortunately walked away without injury.

Rossi celebrated his win with a special helmet and t-shirt stating ‘old hens make the best broth’ and including the number 9 and was also presented with a live hen donning it’s own celebration t-shirt by his fan club.

The final round of  2009 takes place at the Valencia circuit on November 6-8, with Stoner looking to take third in the championship behind Pedrosa.

Here are the results;

Casey Stoner

Casey Stoner took the chequered flag at his home circuit of the Australian Grand Prix while Jorge Lorenzo crashed-out on the first lap.

125CC

Julián Simon was crowned the 2009 champion on Sunday for the Bancaja Aspar team after winning the 125cc race on the final lap at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia.

Aprilia rider Simon was in eighth place at the end of the first lap while Cameron Beaubier on the Red Bull KTM, crashed out.  The front runners made-up of Bradley Smith, Simon, Sandro Cortese, Pol Espargaro, Simone Corsi and Nico Terol, were fighting each other for the podium places, but with four laps of the race remaining the Aspar team riders began to created a gap.

Simon needed to finish the race in front of both Smith and Terol to claim the title which he did on the very last lap at the MG corner.  The two Bancaja Aspar riders had swapped the front position during the race but Smith was forced wide on the final lap as Simon squeezed through up the inside to take the win.

British rider Bradley Smith took the second step of the podium with Sandro Cortese in third for the Ajo Interwetten team.  In fourth place was Derbi rider Pol Espargaro followed by Simone Corsi for Fontana Racing after an earlier coming together with Espargaro nearly saw the pair of them out of the race.

Jack & Jones team rider Nicolas Terol took sixth place ahead of Efren Vazquez on the second Derbi in seventh and Andrea Iannone on the Ongetta team I.S.P.A. machine.  Marc Marquez on the Red Bull KTM took ninth position followed by Sergio Gadea for the Bancaja Aspar team to complete the top ten riders.

Here are the results;

250CC

Marco Simoncelli took his sixth victory of the season in the 250cc series of the MotoGP after taking to the front early on in the race for the Metis Gilera team.

The race was red-flagged after Roberto Locatelli on his Metis Gilera crashed-out heavily on lap 18 at MG corner and was left sprawled across the track, leaving no option but to stop the race.  The results were decided on the standings at the end of the previous lap.  Locatelli was taken to the Clinica Mobile where it is believed he has received no serious injuries but is very badly bruised.

Pepe World team rider Hector Barbera claimed the second position followed by Raffaele de Rosa on the Scot Racing team bike in third.  Alvaro Bautista had been running in second place on the Mapfre Aspar machine but an early crash saw the Spanish rider rejoin the circuit and work his way back up the grid to tenth but he is now out of the championship contention.

Jules Cluzel finished in fourth place for the Matteoni Racing team despite crashing out on the same lap as Locatelli ahead of Mike di Meglio in fifth on the second Mapfre Aspar bike and Karel Abraham on the Cardion AB Motoracing machine in sixth.

Championship leader Hiroshi Aoyama finished in seventh place on the Scot Racing bike followed by Honda SAG rider Hector Faubel in eighth, Rattahpark Wilairot in ninth on the Thai Honda PTT SAG bike and Bautista in tenth.  Aoyama’s lead has now been reduced to just 12 points from Simoncelli.

Here are the results;

MotoGP

Marlboro Ducati rider Casey Stoner took the victory at his home circuit for the third consecutive year at Phillip Island ahead of Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi.

It was Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda that took the lead at the start of the race but was unable to hold-off pole sitter Stoner for long, and once past he dominated the Australian Grand Prix as he stayed ahead of a tailing Rossi.

Spanish rider and team-mate of Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, crashed out on lap 1 of the race after running into the back of Nicky Hayden on the second Marlboro Ducati.  While Hayden ran wide and off track he was able to return to the race and finished in fifteenth but Lorenzo was out as he cartwheeled through the gravel.

Pedrosa finished the race in third place for the Repsol Honda team, over 20-seconds behind Stoner followed by Honda rider Alex de Angelis in fourth.  Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Colin Edwards took fifth place ahead of second Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso in sixth.  In seventh place was Marco Melandri for the Hayate team followed by Randy de Puniet in eighth, Mika Kallio on the Pramac Racing bike in ninth and Toni Elias on the San Carlo Honda Gresini in tenth.

The Rizla Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi was demoted to twelfth place after being moved to the back of the grid due to an engine change.

Here are the results;

Valentino Rossi - Fiat Yamaha 2009

Valentino Rossi was back on top this weekend after winning in front of his home crowd at the Misano circuit for the Fiat Yamaha team.

125cc

It was a dramatic finish to the 125cc MotoGP race with the leading two runners crashing out on the final corner leaving Julian Simon to take the chequered flag.

Sergio Gadea, the team-mate of Bancaja Aspar rider and race winner Simon, crashed early on in the race with many riders having to take avoiding action to miss him as he lay out on the circuit, fortunately he was unhurt.

As the race resumed it was Simon and Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. rider Andrea Iannone who were running at the front with Pol Espargaro for the Derbi Racing team catching them in the final stages of the race.

With Espargaro leading the race ahead of Iannone and Simon, Iannone tried to make a pass on the front man heading into the final turn of the final lap.  He dived up the inside of Espargaro but lost the front of the Ongetta machine, taking them both into the gravel.  Espargaro’s bike ended-up wedged between the fence and the tyre wall after cart-wheeling through the gravel, but both riders were unhurt if not angry.  There appeared to be a bit of pushing and shoving before Iannone head-butted Espargaro, while they were both still wearing their helmets.

Simon crossed the line to take his fourth win of the season, moving him further ahead in the points for the championship winning spot.

Nicolas Terol on the Jack & Jones Aprilia finished in second place followed by Britain’s Bradley Smith, who had started the race on pole, finished in third place on the second Bancaja Aspar.

Marc Marquez on the Red Bull KTM took fourth slot ahead of Sandro Cortese on the Ajo Interwetten and Stefan Bradl on the Viessmann Kiefer Racing team bike in sixth.

In seventh was Simone Corsi on the Fontana Racing machine followed by Joan Olivé on the Derbi Racing Team bike, Jonas Folgar on the second Ongetta bike in ninth and Danny Webb on the Degraaf Grand Prix bike completing the top ten riders.

Here are the results;

250cc

Hector Barberá claimed the victory for the Pepe World Team yesterday, finishing the race only 0.04seconds ahead of Team Toth Aprilia rider Mattia Pasini.

Marco Simoncelli crashed out on lap 12 of the race after developing a traction control problem on the Metis Gilera, while fighting for the lead.

Alvaro Bautista took the final step of the podium for the Mapfre Aspar Team after battling with the Scot Racing Team rider Hiroshi Aoyama, he crossed the line with only a 0.006seconds margin, leaving the Spanish rider only 13 points behind Aoyama in the championship.

Here are the results;

MotoGP

Valentino Rossi celebrated his home win on the podium yesterday complete with Donkey ears, while also sporting the Donkey from Shrek on his crash helmet and the reason;

“In Italy, if you make a stupid mistake we say you are a donkey. As soon as I hit the ground at Indianapolis I thought what a donkey I was. Later I thought that would make a good helmet design for my home race.   So I may have lost 25 points but I solved the problem of the helmet design for Misano!”

It was the Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa that led into the first corner followed by San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Toni Elias and Valentino Rossi.

During the first lap of the race, the second San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Alex de Angelis, clipped the back of the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 bike of  Colin Edwards, taking them both out and collecting the Ducati Marlboro of Nicky Hayden on the way.  De Angelis accepted the blame for the crash and later apologised to both riders.

Jorge Lorenzo on the second Fiat Yamaha, passed Rossi on the second lap but was demoted back to fourth place after getting stuck behind Elias, allowing Rossi to move past him on lap 5.  Both of the Fiat Yamaha riders soon passed Elias before Rossi chased down Pedrosa, passing him on the inside of lap 8 to take the lead.

Lorenzo finally fought his way past Pedrosa on lap 14 but Rossi had now built-up a lead of 1.4 seconds, growing to 2.5 seconds with ten laps still to run.

Rossi took the chequered flag, followed by his team-mate Lorenzo in second and Pedrosa in third, 12.4 seconds behind the race leader, he then had to thumb a lift back to parc ferme after the Honda had run out of fuel.

The second Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso, finished in fourth place after beating Loris Capirossi, on the Rizla Suzuki as they crossed the line.  Toni Elias finished the race in sixth place ahead of Ducati Marlboro rider Mika Kallio in seventh.

In eighth place was the Hayate Racing team rider Marco Melandri followed by Chris Vermeulen on the second Rizla Suzuki and James Toseland in tenth on the second Monster Yamaha Tech 3.

Here are the results;

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 44min 32.882 sec
2. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 44min 35.298 sec
3. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 44min 45.282 sec
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 44min 59.212 sec
5. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 44min 59.421 sec
6. Toni Elias SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 45min 1.168 sec
7. Mika Kallio FIN Ducati Marlboro Team 45min 3.066 sec
8. Marco Melandri ITA Hayate Racing Team 45min 4.639 sec
9. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 45min 4.791 sec
10. James Toseland GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 45min 11.229 sec
11. Aleix Espargaro SPA Pramac Racing 45min 19.555 sec
12. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 45min 24.923 sec
13. Niccolo Canepa ITA Pramac Racing 45min 36.080 sec
14. Gabor Talmacsi HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP 45min 55.229 sec

DNF:
Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini lap 1
Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 lap 1
Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team lap 1

Jorge Lorenzo - Fiat Yamaha 2009

Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo, took the win at the Indianapolis MotoGP on Sunday after Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa both crashed out.

125CC

Pol Espargaro claimed his maiden win in the 125cc Indianapolis MotoGP on Sunday, in a thrilling race that went to the very last lap.

The 18-year-old Derbi Racing Team rider, crossed the line just 0.120 seconds ahead of the Bancaja Aspar rider Bradley Smith.  In third place was Simone Corsi on the Fontana Racing machine followed by Nico Terol on the Jack & Jones bike in fourth.

Championship leader Julian Simon on the second Bancaja Aspar bike, finished in fifth place ahead of Marc Marquez on the Red Bull KTM, Stefan Bradl on the Viessmann Kiefer Racing bike, Joan Olive on the Derbi Racing Team machine, Takaaki Nakagami for Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. and Dominique Aegerter on the Ajo Interwetten.

Here are the results;

250CC

Marco Simoncelli took the chequered flag on Sunday for the Metis Gilera 250cc MotoGP team, in the first and last 250cc event at the circuit.

Jorge Lorenzo - Fiat Yamaha 2009

The Italian rider, is currently running third in the championship, 27 points behind the Scot Racing Team rider Hiroshi Aoyama, with five rounds left to run.

Spanish rider Alvaro Bautista, took the final step on the podium as he took third for the Mapfre Aspar Team, adding valuable points to his season, and now only 16 points behind Aoyama.

Mike di Meglio, qualified in pole position on his Mapfre Aspar Team machine, finishing fourth in the race, he was followed by Roberto Locatelli on the Metis Gilera in fifth and Hector Barbera on the Pepe World Team bike in sixth.

Lukas Pesek on the Auto Kelly – CP bike, finished in seventh place ahead of Hector Faubel on the Valencia CF – Honda SAG, Thomas Luthi on the Emmi – Caffe Latte and Karel Abraham on the Cardion AB Motoracing team bike completing the top ten riders.

Jules Cluzel on the Matteoni Racing machine, was leading the race after qualifying in fifth place when he crashed out and later the Team Toth Aprilia rider Mattia Pasini went down, after starting from seventh on the grid.

Here are the results:

MotoGP

For the third time this season, the Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo took the victory for the Fiat Yamaha team while his team-mate Valentino Rossi crashed out of the race.

Dani Pedrosa made a great start from pole position on the Repsol Honda to take the lead at the start of the race ahead of Rossi and Lorenzo, but on just lap 4 of the race, Pedrosa went down.  After struggling to get the bike upright, the Spanish rider rejoined the track in last place.

Once again, the battle began between the two Fiat Yamaha riders, with Lorenzo passing Rossi on lap 9, however, on the following lap Rossi went down.  He managed to get his Yamaha back on the circuit only to retire a couple of laps later due to damage on the R1.

With Rossi and Pedrosa out of the running, the San Carlo Honda rider Alex de Angelis was now in second place with the Ducati Marlboro rider Nicky Hayden hot on his tail.  Hayden crossed the line to take third after holding off the challenging Repsol Honda of Andrea Dovizioso.

Colin Edwards finished in fifth place for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team, followed by his team-mate James Toseland in sixth.  Loris Capirossi took seventh for the Rizla Suzuki team followed by Mika Kallio on the factory Ducati in eighth, Toni Elias on the second San Carlo Honda in ninth and Pedrosa in tenth.

Pedrosa had clawed his way back through the field taking the tenth position from Chris Vermeulen on the second Rizla Suzuki as they crossed the line.

Marco Melandri crashed out on the Hayate Racing machine, late on in the race while battling with James Toseland for sixth position.

The riders and team now head to Misano for round 12 of the championship, next weekend.

Here are the results;