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February 13th, 2013
Marc Marquez admits he was surprised by his rapid pace in last week’s MotoGP test at Sepang. On the first day of what was only his third premier class test, the 2012 Moto2 champion lapped within five hundredths of a second of last year’s championship protagonists Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.
January 30th, 2013
Hiroshi Aoyama will assess the condition of his fractured wrist at the start of MotoGP’s forthcoming pre-season test at Sepang. The 31-year-old Japanese rider suffered his injury when he fell while training on a motocross bike at a Barcelona circuit in January. His recovery is taking longer than expected, and MotoGP specialist Dr Xavier Mir has advised him to keep it unstressed for a further week in order to speed the healing process
January 23rd, 2013
MotoGP will trial its new spec ECU system in a special two-day test at Sepang on February 3-4. Only the CRT teams that have agreed to adopt the Magneti Marelli equipment will be permitted to run. The rest of the field will join them at the Malaysian circuit for a further three days of testing starting on February 5.
February 28th, 2012
Yamaha riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies say they are not paying too much attention to the deficit to the Hondas on day one of the second MotoGP winter test at Sepang today. Honda was first and second quickest with Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa, as Lorenzo and Spies’ best times in third and fourth places were 0.675 and 1.058 seconds off the pace respectively. But Lorenzo said the track and weather conditions made the Tuesday times unrepresentative, as the Sepang circuit was dirty initially and heavy rain fell in the afternoon
February 8th, 2012
MotoGP safety advisor Loris Capirossi believes Bridgestone’s 2012 tyres have addressed the issues that concerned riders in ’11. Several frontrunners complained that a lack of feeling from last year’s Bridgestone control tyres was a contributory factor in a number of crashes, particularly on cold rubber.
February 8th, 2012
Nicky Hayden expects to be fit for the second MotoGP winter test at Sepang on 28 February to 1 March after successful surgery on his injured shoulder. Having been in pain during the opening test in Malaysia last month, Hayden realised that the damage done in a training accident in December was more serious than he had first thought. During arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder in Fremont, California, on Monday, Ducati rider Hayden had a tear in the labrum successfully repaired by Dr Arthur Ting.
February 6th, 2012
Valentino Rossi has undergone surgery to remove the metal rod that was placed in his right tibia when he broke his leg in 2010. The Mugello practice crash nearly two years ago forced Rossi to miss several races, ending his 2010 title bid.
January 19th, 2012
Ducati has completed the first test of its 2012 MotoGP contender, the GP12. Reigning World Superbike champion, and former MotoGP rider, Carlos Checa was called up for three days of running at Jerez this week, joined by test rider Franco Battaini. Conditions were cold but dry throughout the sessions, allowing Ducati to get through its full planned programme.
January 10th, 2012
Nicky Hayden is hopeful that he will be fit for the first pre-season MotoGP test at Sepang, despite injuring himself recently in a motorcycle crash. The American broke his left scapula and fractured two ribs after falling from a bike in late December – in what was his first ride since recovering from a scaphoid injury he picked up in Valencia
November 7th, 2011
Casey Stoner and Ben Spies have expressed concerns about proposals to scrap MotoGP’s test day limits for 2012, saying it could leave top riders over-worked. At present, testing with factory riders is restricted to a limited number of pre-season and mid-season tests. But there have been suggestions that next year this could be replaced with a limit on how many tyres are available for testing, but with teams allowed to test where and when they pleased within that tyre allocation
February 21st, 2011
Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis says the departure of Valentino Rossi has allowed the team to ‘refresh’ itself – and that the squad will be a more cohesive unit in 2011 with Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies. After seven hugely successful seasons at Yamaha, Rossi left for Ducati at the end of last year, with Spies promoted from the satellite Tech 3 team to take his place alongside new world champion Lorenzo. With Rossi’s crew following him to Ducati and Spies bringing his own team of mechanics with him, Yamaha has a different look for 2011, but Jarvis believes the change will be good for the team
February 2nd, 2011
Alvaro Bautista has expressed his satisfaction at the development progress Suzuki has made so far in the first pre-season MotoGP test at Sepang. The Spaniard tried three chassis and a new rear swingarm on the GSV-R, and completed a number of comparison tests over the marathon 63 laps he completed. “Immediately I left the pit lane this morning the feeling was more normal than yesterday – after my first day back at work it was easier to understand everything,” said the 26-year-old 2006 125cc world champion
January 28th, 2011
Alvaro Bautista is confident he can live up to the responsibility of representing Suzuki single-handedly in the 2011 MotoGP championship.
January 22nd, 2011
Dani Pedrosa says there will be no development hierarchy among the three works Honda riders this year, and expects equal status for himself, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso. Pedrosa has been seen as Honda’s priority rider in recent years, when he was paired first with Nicky Hayden, then Andrea Dovizioso
January 19th, 2011
Ducati managed to put 386 laps on its new GP11 bike as it made its track debut with a three-day test at Jerez, which concluded today. Team manager Vito Guareschi returned to his previous role as test rider and was joined by Franco Battaini for the sessions. Ducati’s technical chief Filippo Preziosi was very pleased with the work Guareschi and Battaini achieved, but said it was only an initial step before race riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden are allowed to try the bike in the first group test at Sepang on 1-3 February.