Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha M1One of the best things about pre-season testing, apart from the building hype for the upcoming season, are the MotoGP machines looking downright mean in plain carbon fibre and without the corporate colours of their sponsors

Yesterday Ben touched upon the effort racers make to steal that extra tenth, amongst these was MotoGP rookie Stefan Bradl mastering a huge lean angle as he goes for more corner speed on the Honda RC213V at the infamous turn 2 at Catalunya

232 – Dani Pedrosa has scored 232 points from the first thirteen MotoGP races of this year. If he finishes either first or second at Aragón he will exceed his previous highest total point score for a full season in the MotoGP class, which is 249

has stood on the podium in MotoGP. Only two Australian riders have more podium finishes in the premier-class: Doohan – 95, Gardner – 52.45 years ago – On race day in Germany it will be exactly 45 years since Frantisek Stastny won the 500cc race

Casey Stoner will win the 2011 MotoGP championship a victory in the opening race at Qatar and now starting a winning streak from Le Mans to Catalunya. After the lull of being taken out of contention by Rossi at Jerez and the mysterious back spasm

is a reminder of the highlights of the previous nine MotoGP races held at Estoril:2002 – Having won the last 500cc GP race at Estoril in 2001, Valentino Rossi (Honda) won the first of the MotoGP races held at the circuit. This was a race that was run

the milestone of 2000 Grand Prix points.349 km/h - The highest recorded maximum speed at Mugello is 349 km/h (217 mph) set by Dani Pedrosa in the first free practice session in 2009.100% - All nine previous four-stroke MotoGP races at Mugello have been won

place on the grid. This is the lowest grid position from which a rider has had a podium finish in any class since Kazuto Sakata was 3rd in the 125cc race at the Catalan Grand Prix in 1996 from 31st place on the grid. 27 – MotoGP’s no. 27, Casey Stoner

circus. In an official interview she proclaimed her love for motorbikes and MotoGP adding: "They're actually going to send me two of them for my house."In praise of her team she said, "My riders are amazing, especially Maverick. He just won the big race

magical place combining arching S-bends from the start of the lap, high-speed in the middle and finished off with the technical and oft racing deciding final chicane, the location of many fantastic last lap battles.However the death of Kato, and Honda