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MotoGP Phillip Island Preview - A Southern Romance
By David Emmett on 02/10/2008 23:47:57
After taking the title from Casey Stoner at Motegi, Valentino Rossi heads to Stoner's home circuit. It's a track where Rossi dominated, but Stoner will surely be out for revenge.
sway gently in the winds which sweep across the Bass Strait and buffet the circuit.But despite the ramshackle pits, cramped press room and spartan spectator facilities, the riders, teams, press and fans all love Phillip Island, and would choose
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Motegi MotoGP Preview - Own The Racetrack
By David Emmett on 26/09/2008 00:03:34
After the hurricane at Indianapolis, MotoGP goes to Japan, amidst a political whirlwind. Can Rossi claim the title, and make us all forget about tires for a while?
the problem as soon as possible, but any operation will have to wait until the season is over. If Rossi clinches the title either this weekend or next, then Stoner may decide to cut his losses and get surgery right after his home Grand Prix, choosing to sit
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MotoGP Catalunya Race - Leading From The Front
By David Emmett on 09/06/2008 12:48:05
Last year, Barcelona brought us a thriller. With the bikes more evenly matched, this year's race had the potential to be better. But would it be?
scintillating scrap between the men who have dominated the season, with little to choose between them. Already, though, one name would be missing from the grid. Jorge Lorenzo had had yet another big crash during practice on Friday, and this time, the concussion
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Shanghai MotoGP Preview - Beauty And The Beast
By David Emmett on 01/05/2008 16:39:34
Is Stoner's Ducati still fast enough to hold off allcomers down Shanghai's long, long straights?
strokes of the Shang character, resembling an upside-down capital T with a short stroke to the right halfway up the stem of the T, plus small serif-like embellishments on the top and the right of the character, do not translate at all easily
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David Emmett: Showdown - Valencia MotoGP Preview
By David Emmett on 25/10/2006 14:05:07
Hayden or Rossi? MotoGP's final race will settle the title.
could choose to ride the 800 at Valencia, especially if he were to be out of the running for the championship. After Estoril, he is 27 points behind Valentino Rossi, and out of contention. Racing the 800 at Valencia would give Ducati a one-race head
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MotoGP Mugello Preview - Physical Poetry
By David Emmett on 29/05/2008 23:29:21
Mugello is a magical location, and a magical track. Can the MotoGP race live up to the surroundings?
Over the next few days, it is going to be impossible for any MotoGP fan worth their salt to avoid hearing the phrase "nestling in the Tuscan hills." For the MotoGP circus returns once again to Mugello, one of the most beautifully situated race
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MotoGP Catalunya Preview - Repeat Performance
By David Emmett on 05/06/2008 23:32:08
No peace for the wicked: Just a week after Mugello, MotoGP hits Barcelona. We can only hope for a race as good as last year.
changeable, with a strong chance of rain during at least one of the practice sessions.But it's not just last week that Barcelona evokes memories of. This time last year, we were in almost exactly the same situation: Valentino Rossi came to Barcelona off
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MotoGP Misano Preview - History In The Making
By David Emmett on 29/08/2008 01:13:18
MotoGP hits Valentino Rossi's back yard, just as The Doctor can put his name in the record books. But there's a bright red Ducati parked squarely in his path. Can he push it aside for the third time running?
remarkable locations for race tracks. Perhaps the most remarkable of all is Monza, which sits in a spacious and beautiful town park, right in the middle of a large suburb of Milan. One minute, you're watching a young couple jog past, and enjoying
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MotoGP Valencia Preview - End Of An Era
By David Emmett on 24/10/2008 00:19:59
The end of the 2008 MotoGP season beckons, but before that, there's a race to run. With little to gain, there's nothing to lose either, and only pride at stake. That is surely the best recipe for some great racing.
, any team sensing an advantage could use them. But that is now gone.Waving The FlagSupporters of the change quite rightly point out that tires, while incredibly important, are the least interesting part of a racing motorcycle to the vast majority
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MotoGP Istanbul Race Report - A New Rule Commences
By David Emmett on 22/04/2007 23:06:54
MotoGP hits Turkey, and untested tire territory
just one lap.Scrappy RacesThe following bunch had other ideas, however. Behind Capirossi, a scrap was developing for the right to chase down the Ducatis. What looked at first like a straight fight between John Hopkins and a storming Toni Elias soon
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