of the start of the season at Phillip Island it is expected that Rea may miss the first race due to injury. Rea said: "I’m so frustrated because we were just about there on race pace and everything was feeling really good." "Early in this afternoon’s session, I

. Carlos Checa, Althea Racing Ducati, 1'32.12. Tom Sykes, Kawasaki Racing Team, 1'32.23. Max Biaggi, Aprilia Racing Team, 1'32.34. Eugene Laverty, Aprilia Racing Team,  1'32.55. Joan Lascorz, Kawasaki Racing Team, 1'32.56. Leon Haslam, BMW Motorrad

or crashing. In race one we started fast but drifted away, but we made changes for race two and the bike felt almost on rails – it was strong and a lot better. "To be fair Easton was slowing me up in places; I just wanted to set my own pace as it’s hard to see

back on a ZX-10R and under the guidance of former World Supersport champion Andrew Pitt.The 2011 Superstock runner-up said: “The last few weeks haven’t been ideal in the garage and rather than let it drag on we made a decision as quickly as possible

younger team-mate by just 0.099 seconds at the chequered flag.Valentino Rossi - Fiat Yamaha - 1st“I think this was a great race for everyone because there were all four leading riders of the championship, fighting very closely and all in strong form. We

HERE'S WHAT the top jockeys had to say following the weekend's Portuguese GP action from Estoril:Jorge Lorenzo - Yamaha - 1st"What a day! I'm so happy to win here again in the same track where I won my first MotoGP race last year. I worked so hard

Andrea Dovizioso - Repsol Honda - 1st“It’s a fantastic feeling to win my first MotoGP race because this is the top series in the world with the best riders and so to win is a fantastic emotion. I’m very pleased with my performance today

.  I'm really disappointed as I really needed those points but we have made good progress this weekend."Loris Baz: “Aaah that was a frustrating weekend! I really froze up when the pace car came out and made a mess of the race, I am sorry to the team

1st Casey Stoner"All weekend we've been struggling a little so we weren't too confident that we could run with Jorge and Dani in the race. However, this morning in warm up we found something I was a little happier with. Before the race I felt

-Max Neukirchner (Suzuki) +9.3588-Carlos Checa (Honda) +11.7879-Yukio Kagayama (Suzuki) +17.22810-Kenan Sofuoglu (Honda) +17.705WSB Brno - Race Two Results1-Troy Bayliss (Ducati) 2-Michel Fabrizio (Ducati) +0.9283-Max Biaggi (Ducati) +1.2594-Troy Corser