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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?
to spoil the party.The most likely candidate to rain on the Italian's parade is Ducati's Casey Stoner. Like his predecessor before him, the reigning World Champion is finding the #1 plate heavier than expected, and is now 50 points, or two whole race wins
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MotoGP Mugello - Italian Passion
By David Emmett on 04/06/2007 00:14:08
Would Ducati reign at Mugello, or could The Doctor fix them?
10th. Behind Hayden, Barros' team mate Alex Hofmann ran a lonely race to take 11th place, dissatisfied after his strong showing at Le Mans, while the winner's team mate Colin Edwards came in a very lowly 12th. Both Fiat Yamaha men extended
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Shanghai MotoGP Race Report - Pomp And Circumstanc
By David Emmett on 06/05/2007 21:18:56
MotoGP went to China, but can anyone stop the Ducatis?
1.4 seconds on lap 16, on lap 17, he took back over half of that deficit, and by lap 18, The Doctor was close enough to Hopkins to draft past the American's Suzuki along the long back straight, taking back 2nd and demoting Hopper back to 3rd
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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?
straights, 1.2 kilometers and 1 kilometer in length, with a few squiggles to join the straights together, all meant to resemble the Chinese character "Shang", meaning "High" or "Above", which forms part of Shanghai's name. The problem is that the simple
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MotoGP Motegi Race Report - The Top Step
By David Emmett on 30/09/2008 21:06:56
MotoGP went to Japan, where Valentino Rossi had his first chance of securing the 2008 title. But Casey Stoner wasn't about to give up his crown without a fight.
is leaving Ducati at the end of the year.Sylvain Guintoli came home in 14th, a place which won't help the Frenchman find a seat for next year, ahead of Ant West in 15th, scoring the final point.Guintoli's Alice Ducati team mate Toni Elias came home 16th, in a
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Sepang MotoGP Preview - We've Been Here Before
By David Emmett on 17/10/2008 00:01:04
MotoGP heads to the torrid heat of Sepang, and the threat of biblical deluge. Will West and Vermeulen profit, and will Casey Stoner's scaphoid hang on for two more races?
by another flick, right this time, before braking hard while leaned hard over for Turn 11, and off towards Turn 12. Brake too hard to pass at Turn 9, and your rivals will carry more speed out of 9 and into 10, and be on you and past going into 11.Once out
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MotoGP Brno Race Report - Turning Point
By David Emmett on 18/08/2008 17:19:17
Hopes were high after the MotoGP thriller at the Dry Lake in California. Would the Wet Woods in the Czech Republic live up to its predecessor?
the Australian. The Italian had made his strategy clear: he had to close enough to battle with Stoner if he was to stand any chance of winning the race. But over 1.2 seconds down, and with Stoner smashing Loris Capirossi's lap record by 8/10ths on his first
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MotoGP Misano Race Report - Fairy Tale
By David Emmett on 01/09/2008 23:33:31
After Casey Stoner's crash at Brno, would he be back, and ready to ruin Valentino Rossi's fairy tale of getting a record-equalling 68th win at the track just a stone's throw from Rossi's home?
Honda man reached 12th.The Kawasakis propped up the back of the field once again, Ant West finishing ahead of his troubled team mate John Hopkins. To finish 13th and 14th was especially disappointing, after the strong results the team had posted at Brno
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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.
for this weekend is a place somewhere in the top 10.His team mate for next year is in much the same boat. Like Loris Capirossi in 2007, Marco Melandri has had an awful time trying to tame the Ducati, and generally has failed. But unlike Capirossi, Melandri has
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Valencia MotoGP Race Report - The Party's Over
By David Emmett on 27/10/2008 22:03:59
The MotoGP finale at Valencia is supposed to be a celebration of racing. Instead of a celebration, we got a parade.
and smooth all the way home.But the Spaniard's 2nd place was confirmation of his status as the 3rd best rider on the grid. Pedrosa has taken an astonishing 12 podiums this year, 1 more than the man who beat him. His weakness has been his inability to win
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