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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?
was on a similar charge. From 17th and dead last on the grid, the Kawasaki man was gaining handfuls of places every lap, with only a few riders quicker than him on the track. With the weather conditions perfect for the amphibian Australian, West looked
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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?
at the front, John Hopkins, starting from 3rd on the grid, had managed to draw level with Rossi and hold the inside line. Finding the line taken, the Italian was forced to relinquish second place to the Kawasaki, and try to pass at the first opportunity
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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?
track he rides well at is unlikely to make much difference there.Like Melandri, the Kawasaki team will find it almost impossible to match their performance from last year. Kawasaki started from 4th and 5th on the grid in 2007, with Randy de Puniet
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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.
, Vermeulen could raise a few eyebrows.His former team mate and the man who finished 3rd here last year is unlikely to feature at Valencia. The 2008 season has been disastrous for Kawasaki, and John Hopkins must be questioning the wisdom of his move. Hopper
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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?
offers a whole swathe of advantages if you design and produce any kind of vehicle, and so this is a path that several bike makers have elected to follow. Yamaha owns the Sportsland Sugo track, for example, and Kawasaki owns the Autopolis International
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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.
would make him happy. The Australian has had a dismal year aboard the Kawasaki, only part of which can be put down to West. Westy has become increasingly dispirited as he has struggled with the frankly awful Kawasaki, usually only able to engage in a
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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?
room for cynicism or conspiracy theories at Kawasaki. After a downright dismal first half of the year, Kawasaki's engineers put together a radically revised bike at Brno, and their work paid off in spades. Ant West, MotoGP's perennial backmarker
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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 forcing The Doctor down into 8th.Rossi made short shrift of Hopper, sliding neatly up the inside of the American's Kawasaki as they flicked left at Turn 7, ready for the hairpin at Turn 8, and set about chasing Capirossi's Suzuki once again.Not So Fast
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MotoGP Phillip Island Race - The Art Of Racing
By David Emmett on 07/10/2008 01:28:02
The rolling hills of Phillip Island provide a perfect setting for racing. Could anyone stop the runaway train that is Casey Stoner in front of his home crowd?
couple of tenths short.Ant West won the battle of the Kawasakis to take 12th place, ahead of his team mate John Hopkins. Phillip Island exposed the Kawasaki's weak points with painful precision, the green bike suffering from both traction problems
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MotoGP Sepang Race Report - Under The Weather
By David Emmett on 21/10/2008 00:04:30
The MotoGP riders were greeted by hot, humid conditions at tropical Sepang. It was to be a war of attrition.
on Saturday. It broke just as the morning's sessions ended, justifying the Kawasaki riders' decision to go out on qualifiers in the hope of bagging a decent grid position if the afternoon's official qualifying session should be canceled. As qualifying practice
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