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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

MotoGP testing resumed in Sepang over the last few days with a much-depleted field. With only the Fiat Yamaha team and the Gresini and Repsol Honda teams testing, along with test teams from Yamaha and Kawasaki it was a lot less busy than the previous Sepang test.
Repsol Honda were further hampered by the temporary absence [...]

The MotoGP testing period has moved from Malaysia to Phillip Island, Australia as the majority of the MotoGP grid resume their testing schedule. Tech 3 Yamaha rider Colin Edwards set the fastest lap of day one with 1′29.566 about half a second quicker than Aussie Casey Stoner.
All three MotoGP rookies present in Philip Island posted [...]

Following his spectacular crash in testing, which left him with a broken right hand and his number one bike a charred mess, Dani Pedrosa has spoken out to criticise team-mate Nicky Hayden.
Putting his crash down to mechanical/bike failure rather than rider error, he is unlikely to be available for much, if any, of the remaining [...]

For the second time in as many days Bradley Smith has topped the 125cc timesheets in the Jerez testing sessions. Putting in what is, unofficially, the fastest ever time for a bike of it’s kind at the Jerez circuit. Bradley, from Oxfordshire, put in a best time of 1′46.869 which is quicker than current record [...]

This post is written by a guest blogger, Windie, who runs a Dani Pedrosa fansite.
2007 is over. Casey Stoner won the World Championship title as well as being very dominant throughout the year. Suffice it to say he won it fair and square. Let’s hope that 2008 will be even more interesting to watch. Here [...]

2006 MotoGP Champion Nicky Hayden clocked the fastest lap time of the 3 day testing period as the 3rd day to came to a conclusion. Hayden did a 2′00.326 lap, over three tenths of a second quicker than any other rider.
Casey Stoner went second fastest despite only putting in 27 laps (the fewest of any [...]