Casey Stoner’s defence of the MotoGP crown is now firmly back on the rails following his second successive win, this time at the Dutch TT in Assen.
The second half of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship will now start with Dani Pedrosa - who finished second in Assen - back on top of the standings. […]
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Casey Stoner got his title defence back on track at the British GP following a dominant performance at the Donington circuit and then immediately hit out at sections of the crowd.
The Australian claimed he was booed on the podium and ‘abused’ during the slow down lap.
Stoner cruised to his second British victory in a row […]
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The MotoGP season is in full swing with 5 races down and 4 different race winners it is much more competitive than last year and, at this point, it’s very difficult to call a championship winner from this pack.
Lets take a look at the top five riders in the championship following the first 5 races. […]
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The stage had already been set, following Valentino Rossi’s win in Shanghai which moved him to 89 career GP victories, Angel Nieto (winner of 90 GP victories and widely considered as one of the all time greats) arranged to get some special leathers made and to meet Rossi in Le Mans, scene of his own […]
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Briton Bradley Smith claimed a career-best second-placed finish in a rain-affected 125cc French GP at Le Mans as home rider Mike Di Meglio took the chequered flag.
Di Meglio now leads Spain’s Nicolas Terol - who finished third - in the championship by eight points, while Smith jumps from 14th to eighth.
Polaris World Aprilia rider Smith […]
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So far this season the Ducati Desmosedici GP8 has not been the all conquering machine that it’s predecessor was, with only current MotoGP champion Casey Stoner looking capable of riding the thing. Even then Stoner, so dominant last year, has struggled in the last couple of races and sees himself falling behind championship leaders Pedrosa […]
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Rookie Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo won the Portuguese GP at Estoril from Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa. It was a maiden victory for the 20-year-old Spaniard whose Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi finished third.
Briton James Toseland finished down in seventh as he benefitted from Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden crashing out ahead of him. Toseland’s Yamaha Tech […]
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So the 2008 MotoGP season picked up where it ended with Casey Stoner winning with a five second margin over rookie Jorge Lorenzo. However the race, under the floodlights of the Losail circuit, was a lot more impressive, exciting and interesting than many of the Stoner dominated races of 2007.
Pocket rocket Dani Pedrosa made an […]
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Ok, so it might not be as melodramatic as the title suggests, but the MotoGP 125cc World Championship holds a lot of intrigue and excitement for fans of British motorcycle racing.
The weekend started perfectly for young Bradley Smith as he took his Polaris World Aprilia to the pole position in qualifying, the first Briton to […]
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