http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=MOTOGP Motorsport.com news coverage http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352670 20 Nov 2009 20:45 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352670:MOTOGP Bautista continues his Suzuki education Alvaro Bautista's graduation from 250cc to the premier class continued this week, with the Spanish rider undertaking his second test on the factory Suzuki prototype. Having experienced his first action on the 800cc machine during the Valencia test earlier in the month, Bautista travelled to Portugal with Aoki to get some valuable track time at the Estoril circuit as the Rizla Suzuki team collected more feedback ahead of the start of the 2010 season. Bautista completed more than 200 laps over the three days and experienced a ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351955 11 Nov 2009 22:39 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351955:MOTOGP Honda riders complete successful three-day MotoGP test at Valencia The final day of the three-day MotoGP test at the 4.005km Valencia circuit was run in warm and sunny spring like weather that raised the track temperature and helped riders get the best from their tyres. Repsol Honda men, Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, were the fastest RCV riders on the final day of the test, Pedrosa in second place with a time of 1m 31.94s, just 0.044s off fastest time set by Casey Stoner (Ducati), Dovizioso fourth fastest. ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351954 11 Nov 2009 22:38 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351954:MOTOGP SHORT BUT INTENSE FINAL DAY AT VALENCIA FOR TWO MARCOS The third day of testing at Valencia was short but intense for Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli, with the track open from 10am to 1pm but action not getting underway until the asphalt was up to an acceptable temperature at around 11am. However, it was a positive couple of hours for the pair, who improved their lap times from yesterday and gathered important information for the future. Melandri improved his lap time and consistency, whilst Simoncelli continued to build up his confidence with the four-stroke ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351953 11 Nov 2009 22:37 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351953:MOTOGP The Repsol Honda Team wrapped up the 2009 season with a strong showing on the final morning of MotoGP testing in Valencia. Both Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso made further progress aboard the 2010-spec RC212V, significantly improving their lap times and completing a highly-valuable three days at the Ricardo Tormo circuit, scene of Pedrosa win in Sunday's final Grand Prix of the year. Today the track was available to the MotoGP teams from 10am until 1pm, and the factory Honda squad took advantage of the track time to gather further ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351952 11 Nov 2009 22:36 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351952:MOTOGP Bridgestone concludes 2009 with successful test and tyre compound debut The final grand prix of the 2009 MotoGP season was followed immediately by a three day test at the Valencia circuit at which all of next year's MotoGP entrants participated. There were four 250cc graduates including recently-crowned World Champion Hiroshi Aoyama, and Superbike World Champion and Valencia Grand Prix wildcard entry Ben Spies. For those new riders, the test was a valuable chance to familiarise themselves with their bikes and Bridgestone's ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351951 11 Nov 2009 22:36 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351951:MOTOGP POSITIVE END TO FINAL TEST OF 2009 FOR DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM The Ducati Marlboro Team completed its final test session of 2009 in positive fashion today as Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden ended up fastest and third fastest respectively on the time sheets at Valencia. The pair have been impressed with the updates to their machine brought to the circuit by Filippo Preziosi and the whole team is now looking forward to next season, with preparations due to continue in Malaysia nella during the first week of February. ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351950 11 Nov 2009 22:35 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351950:MOTOGP MOTOGP 2009 SEASON ENDS. GREAT HOPES FOR THE PRAMAC RACING TEAM FUTURE The MotoGP 2009 season ended after three days of testing on the circuit of Valencia, Spain. The riders of the Pramac Racing Team, Mika Kallio and Aleix Espargaro, have closed down with really interesting lap times that give positive hopes for next season. Mika has registered lap times by a second lower compared to Sunday's race and so has done Espargaro significantly improving thanks to greater confidence gained in these three days of work. ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351949 11 Nov 2009 22:34 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351949:MOTOGP Bautista ends Valencia test on a roll Alvaro Bautista has completed his first test onboard the Suzuki GSV-R by continuing to improve on his lap-times at a sunny Valencia today. Bautista recorded a best time of 1'34.163 from his 41 laps during the final morning session of the three-day test, almost half-of-a-second quicker than he managed yesterday. He finished his first experience of riding a MotoGP bike on a very positive level and was extremely pleased with what he had accomplished during such a short spell on the machine. ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351924 11 Nov 2009 16:14 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351924:MOTOGP Ingram's Flat Spot On by Jonathan Ingram Martin's Chase Plot Thickens The past week produced a remarkable batch of late fall racing news. One writer's view of the top ten stories. ... Motorsport.com - Jonathan Ingram http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351883 10 Nov 2009 22:30 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351883:MOTOGP MELANDRI AND SIMONCELLI MAKE PROGRESS ON SECOND DAY OF TESTS AT VALENCIA Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli continued to improve their feeling with the bikes they will use to contest the 2010 MotoGP World Championship today on the second day of testing at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia. Taking to the track in the late morning sunshine as track temperatures slowly rose to 23C, the Italian pair quickly racked up the laps as they evaluated the changes the engineers had made to their machines based on ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351882 10 Nov 2009 23:01 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351882:MOTOGP Pedrosa and Dovizioso take a 'Step by Step' approach to testing the 2010 RC212V When the MotoGP riders arrived at the track for the second day of the planned three-day test they were pleased to find track and weather conditions were much improved on yesterdays cool and blustery experience at the 4.005 km grand prix venue. The warmer track top temperatures was reflected by the lap times with all six Honda RC212V riders improving their pace, albeit to varying degrees. The Repsol Honda factory team riders, Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, put ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351881 10 Nov 2009 23:00 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351881:MOTOGP The Repsol Honda Team today joined most of the MotoGP field at the Valencia circuit as the final test of the 2009 season continued. Staring at around 11am, both Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso ran through a useful testing programme today and declared themselves satisfied with progress. Today's mission for the factory Honda pair was not to pursue outright fastest laps, but instead to continue gathering data on the 2010-spec RC212V machine. While some of the riders who will not return for tomorrow morning's ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351880 10 Nov 2009 23:00 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351880:MOTOGP Super Spies shines at Valencia test Ben Spies played a starring role on the second day of MotoGP testing in Valencia today, the Texan producing another confident and assured performance on his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1 machine. Making only his fifth appearance on board Yamaha's YZR-M1 machine, the 25-year-old continued his seamless transition from World Superbikes to finish with the fourth quickest time. Spies again resisted the temptation to experiment with different settings today, the reigning World Superbike champion taking full advantage of ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351879 10 Nov 2009 22:58 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351879:MOTOGP Season ends with successful test in Valencia A year of hard work finally came to an end for the Fiat Yamaha Team today with the last day of testing in Valencia. Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi finished the day first and third, signing off for the winter in strong form. Both riders continued to work on the new evolution YZR-M1, as well as doing some laps on their 2009 bikes in order to compare the new updates. Lorenzo set his best lap towards the end of the day's work and was 0.256 seconds faster than Casey Stoner, with Rossi 0.333 seconds behind the ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351878 10 Nov 2009 22:57 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351878:MOTOGP DE PUNIET LEAVES VALENCIA CIRCUIT WITH THE 7th LAP TIME Valencia, 10 November: After Sunday's ultimate round of the season premier class riders and team are having three additional days on-track work at Ricardo Tormo circuit. Second day of testing at the 4.005 km circuit concluded today with Lorenzo on the top of the timesheets with the best time of 1'31.939. Yesterday testing started after lunch and ended at 17:00 local time whilst today the 800cc riders have lapped from 10 am to 5 pm with ambience temperature of 21o.C. ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351876 10 Nov 2009 22:55 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351876:MOTOGP CASEY STONER AND NICKY HAYDEN IN TOP FIVE ON SECOND DAY OF VALENCIA TEST Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden ended the second day of testing at Valencia inside the top five fastest riders on track. Both riders began lapping at around midday because even though the sun was out and the wind had dropped this morning compared to yesterday the track surface was still cold. Stoner finished shortly after 4pm, having set the second fastest lap of the day. As well as continuing to work on new forks and a revised engine configuration, the Australian also tested ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351875 10 Nov 2009 22:55 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351875:MOTOGP Big steps for both riders at Valencia test Loris Capirossi and Alvaro Bautista continued in a positive direction during the penultimate day of testing at Valencia, as the pair made use of the improved conditions in Spain today. Capirossi (1'33.211, 58 laps) produced his quickest ever lap on a Suzuki GSV-R around the 4,005m Ricardo Tormo circuit on race tyres, as he resumed from where he left off yesterday by trying the new parts that Suzuki has supplied for this test. Capirossi tested new-spec engine parts ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351874 10 Nov 2009 22:54 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351874:MOTOGP KALLIO AND ESPARGARO' IMPROVE THEIR LAP TIMES IN THE SECOND DAY OF TESTING IN VALENCIA Fabiano Sterlacchini - Pramac Racing Technical Director "It was a very positive day. Mika wanted to try many different technical solutions, including the aluminum swingarm, which gave positive feedbacks. It seems that Mika is better with this set-up and we will continue to work towards this tomorrow morning. Aleix is very close to Mika lap time and this shows that despite his young age he will be already competitive in his first year in the MotoGP World Championship. ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351873 10 Nov 2009 22:53 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351873:MOTOGP Valencia Grand Prix debrief with Tohru Ubukata Bridgestone slick compounds available: Front: Soft, Medium. Rear: Medium, Hard (asymmetric) The last grand prix of the 2009 MotoGP season was won by Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa. It was the second victory for the Spaniard on Bridgestone tyres, and after Ducati Team's Casey Stoner crashed on the warm-up lap and was ruled out of the race, Pedrosa led from start to finish. The grand prix was held later this year than last and so ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351772 09 Nov 2009 22:51 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351772:MOTOGP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team begin 2010 preparations Less than 24 hours after the conclusion to a successful 2009 MotoGP world championship campaign, the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team was back in action at the Valencia circuit today to begin preparations for next season. With track action not commencing until 1pm, this morning gave the team chance to welcome new rider Ben Spies, who will partner fellow Texan Colin Edwards in 2010. It was also an opportunity for his mechanics to acquaint themselves with new crew chief Tom Houseworth, who has been a ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351769 09 Nov 2009 19:32 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351769:MOTOGP DUCATI PRESENTS 2010 INNOVATIONS FINALLY UNVEILED, WORLD PREVIEW OF THE NEW AND EAGERLY ANTICIPATED MULTISTRADA 1200. ALSO NEW FOR 2010: NEW "CORSE" LIVERY FOR THE 1198, TWO NEW HYPERMOTARD 1000EVO MODELS AND TECHNICAL ADVANCES IN THE MONSTER FAMILY Rho (Milan), 9 November 2009 - As is tradition prior to the opening of the EICMA show, Ducati has officially revealed the innovations of its 2010 product range. Dream bikes, the fruit of Italian ingenuity and creativity, and destined to ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351765 09 Nov 2009 22:50 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351765:MOTOGP Yamaha teams start work for 2010 in Valencia One day after sealing the Triple Crown of titles for 2009, the Fiat Yamaha Team was back at work in Valencia today looking towards the next season. World Champion Valentino Rossi and runner-up Jorge Lorenzo tested this afternoon and will continue tomorrow before finally getting the chance to take some time off. Lorenzo finished the day second fastest behind Casey Stoner and Rossi was just behind him in third. Both riders had a new evolution of the 2010 prototype YZR-M1 to try ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351757 09 Nov 2009 19:10 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351757:MOTOGP DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM START WORK FOR 2010 Less than 24 hours after the 2009 season had concluded the Ducati Marlboro Team was back on track at Valencia as Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden completed their first day of testing for the 2010. Warm sunshine and strong winds welcomed the riders onto the track for the afternoon session, with a full day's work scheduled for Tuesday and another half day on Wednsday, when the track will close at 13:00. Stoner and Hayden enjoyed a positive day, clocking the fastest and fifth ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351756 09 Nov 2009 19:10 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351756:MOTOGP TEST STARTED IN VALENCIA: KALLIO EIGHT, ESPARGARO' ELEVENTH Fabiano Sterlacchini - Pramac Racing Technical Director "These tests are very useful for our new rider at Pramac Racing, Aleix Espargaro. He has already had the opportunity to run with us for four races, but with the little time available during the race weekend this year, test days will be very important for him. We are very satisfied with its first performances on our Ducati and we are confident that can improve a lot during this first winter as a MotoGP rider. Mika has ... Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351755 09 Nov 2009 19:09 EDT http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=351755:MOTOGP Bautista makes encouraging debut at a chilly Valencia Alvaro Bautista made his MotoGP entrance onboard a Rizla Suzuki GSV-R at a cool and windy Valencia in Spain this afternoon. Bautista has made the step-up from the 250cc class and performed well on his first ride on a four-stroke MotoGP machine He completed 52 laps of the 4,005 Ricardo Tormo circuit as he familiarised himself with the difference in performance between the 800cc bike and his previous ride in the quarter-litre class, finishing the day with a very impressive ... Motorsport.com