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MotoGP Sachsenring Preview - In A Tight Spot
By David Emmett on 13/07/2007 00:03:24
MotoGP goes German, and gets twisty
Assen's transformation from public roads to closed racetrack was a long process of sections being removed piece by piece, in a form of death by a thousand cuts, the Sachsenring sprang fully-formed from the brow of the ADAC, the German automobile
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MotoGP Sachsenring Preview - Hard Left
By David Emmett on 10/07/2008 23:26:50
From the fast and sweeping Assen, to the tight and tortuous Sachsenring, the MotoGP circus moves from one extreme to another. Will it make chasing Casey Stoner any easier?
Despite Germany's status as an economic powerhouse and one of the motors behind European economic growth, the German language has failed to make very many inroads as a global means of communication. Coming too late to Imperialism to spread
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MotoGP Jerez Round Preview - The Waiting Is Over
By David Emmett on 27/03/2008 21:51:35
MotoGP returns for a wild weekend at Jerez.
motorcycle racing is all about: off-track mayhem and on-track action, all under a hot southern sun. The Phoney War is over, and battle is about to be joined in full force. Roll on Sunday.Read more of David Emmett's articles over on MotoGPMatters.com
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MotoGP Donington Preview - The Heart Of England
By David Emmett on 21/06/2007 23:23:19
Will we see another MotoGP Donington Downpour?
, overlooking some of the finest turns in racing, the Craner Curves, sits a Supermarine Spitfire, the aircraft that won the Battle of Britain, and saved England's green and pleasant land from the ignominy of German invasion, and suffering under the jackboot
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MotoGP Brno Preview - Long Time Coming
By David Emmett on 16/08/2007 23:44:16
The summer wait is over, and MotoGP is back in Brno
again, still suffering the after-effects of the horrific hand injury he picked up in Laguna Seca, where he was torpedoed amidships by Laguna rookie Sylvain Guintoli. The German was recently seen at the Brands Hatch round of World Superbikes, talking
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MotoGP Phillip Island Preview - Homecoming
By David Emmett on 11/10/2007 23:43:25
The new world champion heads for home.
session to replace Alex Hofmann, who had injured his hand in a crash. Now that Hofmann has been sacked, Davies will be riding the German's Pramac d'Antin bike for the remaining 3 races, with the prospect of a full time ride for next year on offer. Davies
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MotoGP Sachsenring Race Report - The Equalizer
By David Emmett on 14/07/2008 21:46:53
The MotoGP teams came to the Sachsenring two by two, a smart move as it turned out. Who would survive the Deluge?
capable of pulling off another miracle. Slip Sliding AwayWith so many fairy tales take shape up and down the grid, cold hard reality was bound to rear its ugly head at some point. It chose lap 6 of the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring to start
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MotoGP Shanghai Preview - The Orient Express
By David Emmett on 03/05/2007 23:26:29
MotoGP goes to China, and two very fast straights
similar: They are both new facilities, completed only a couple of years ago; They were both designed by Herman Tilke, the German architect, and both were designed to be primarily Formula 1 tracks; They are also both on the nomination list to be dropped
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Laguna Seca Preview - No Rest
By David Emmett on 18/07/2008 14:17:05
A battered, bruised and exhausted MotoGP paddock heads to Laguna Seca for the US Grand Prix. But there's no laid-back Californian lifestyle waiting, instead they face one of the busiest tracks on the schedule.
flight from Germany - if they've been lucky enough to get a direct flight, that is - to cross a 9 hour time difference, to get ready for a race which comes just 7 days after the German Grand Prix. Most of the paddock are carrying some kind of injury
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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?
Ducatis home, once again finishing well ahead of where the Pramac team are accustomed to finishing in previous seasons. Behind the German, Carlos Checa finished in 10th, the tall Spaniard struggling with his tiny Honda RC212V just as Nicky Hayden is
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