slower early sessions that give me crucial pointers that add up to a few tenths off here and there.However, Losail was different. On the plane, the other journos who had been there before were talking about how difficult Losail is to learn.So before

It's 17:55 local time here at the Losail circuit just outside Doha in Qatar. I'm here for the launch of the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R.We've only had two sessions on the bike. First impressions always explode your mind on any bike that's quick

TOM SYKES is here at Losail on the launch of the all-new Kawasaki ZX-10R. We asked him to head out for a few laps to show you what the new ZX-10R is all about.Tom is a great guy, switched on, really easy going and as you can see, plenty talented

die as you're leaving pit lane or you record a perfect lap, but with the camera pointing at the sky, or the tank. Doh!So this is an example of a GoPro working well, onboard the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R at Losail circuit in Qatar. Shame about the riding

is the lightest in its class and has enabled Kawasaki to make these huge weight savings.I had five sessions out on track and used the first two to learn the Losail circuit. I can confidently say that Losail is the toughest circuit I've ever ridden, it's as flat

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licence, it was raining so hard I had to avoid a couple of swans on the racing line..I'd only really tried the traction control on dry tracks: Losail, Qatar and Cartagena, Spain so I was really interested to know how it would cope on a wet circuit

Kawasaki's S-KTRC is a leap on from other traction control systems, especially Kawasaki's original KTRC. So what makes it so good?I rode the new ZX-10R with S-KTRC at the Losail circuit in Qatar on the world launch. Before we went out on track we

of a pasting for the BT-016, it was the tyre the 2011 ZX-10R came on, a bike I've run for a year and I replaced them at the first opportunity. After riding the bike at Losail, Qatar on its world launch on Bridgestone's BT-003 RS tyres, the BT-016 didn

it needs a bit of a mix-up. If Robin and I were in charge at Dorna, then this would be what the revised 2012 MotoGP calendar would look like.We've started the season by replacing Losail, Qatar with Istanbul, Turkey. The night thing has lost its shine