Canepa struggles with front tyre grip at Laguna Seca Not an easy start for the Pramac Racing rider in the Grand Prix of America, in fact, Niccolò Canepa found him self in last position in the first turns. The Italian rider have tried to push more to recover some positions, but the missing of grip in the front of the bike and seeing some riders crash... [Continue reading...]
MotoGP: Pedrosa Takes Victory For Repsol Honda In Laguna Seca
Dani Pedrosa takes his first victory of the season at Laguna Seca Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa stormed to victory in the U.S. Grand Prix today, leading from start to finish and banishing to history his injury-ravaged start to the season. It was the 23-year-old Spaniard’s 30th Grand Prix win of his career in all classes (7 in MotoGP, 15 in... [Continue reading...]
MotoGP: Five Star Team Result For Ducati At Laguna Seca
Hayden delights local crowd with a top five result Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden crossed the line in fourth and fifth place today to secure a top team result for Ducati that confirms the forward steps taken with the Desmosedici GP9 in recent weeks. A top five finish for Hayden is the result of relentless hard work and dedication from rider and team... [Continue reading...]
MotoGP: Edwards Claims 100th Point-Scoring Finish In Laguna Seca
Toseland black flagged for missing pit lane ride through Colin Edwards’ determined ride in his home race at Laguna Seca today achieved a personal milestone for the popular Texan, the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider scoring his 100th point-scoring Grand Prix finish. Edwards started and finished the 32-lap in seventh to become only the 14th rider... [Continue reading...]
MotoGP: Sixth Double Podium For Fiat Yamaha Team After Intense Laguna Finale
Incredible one two again for Fiat Yamaha at Laguna Seca The Fiat Yamaha pairing of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo shared the MotoGP podium for the sixth time this season at the US Grand Prix today, finishing second and third at Laguna Seca. Rossi closed down a gap of over three seconds to eventual winner Dani Pedrosa but fell just short of making... [Continue reading...]
MotoGP: Vermeulen Salvages Good Points At Laguna Seca
Capirossi finishes in the gravel on lap four Rizla Suzuki racer Chris Vermeulen recovered from an early race set-back and managed to fight his way through the field to finish eighth at the U.S. GP today. Vermeulen started from ninth on the grid and was edged out as the pack went into the first turn, finding himself down in 11th place. He then got boxed... [Continue reading...]
WSS: Yamaha Supersport Riders Take A Top Five And A Podium In The Salt Lake Sunshine
Crutchlow maintains his WSS lead at Miller Park It was a hard fought race at the Miller Motorsport Park today for Cal Crutchlow as he pulled out all the stops to challenge for the win. Crutchlow was tucked in behind race leader Eugene Laverty for the majority of the race, followed by Lascorz and Sofuoglu. Never more than a bike length away Crutchlow... [Continue reading...]
WSS: Sofuoglu And Ten Kate Back to Winning Ways In The USA
Kenan Sofuoglu takes the win at Miller Park Kenan Sofuoglu won today’s seventh round World Supersport championship race at Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City, USA. It was the Turkish rider’s second win of the season, following his success in the season opener at Phillip Island Australia. Starting from sixth place on the grid, Sofuoglu... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: Double Podium Delight For Ten Kate At Miller Park
Two podiums for Ten Kate in Salt Lake City The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team enjoyed a podium result in both of today’s seventh round World Superbike championship races at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City USA. In race one, Carlos Checa, climbed the rostrum for the first time this season with second place. Unfortunately for the Spaniard,... [Continue reading...]
WSBK: High Fives For Kiyonari At Miller Park
Kiyonari has problems with tyre spinning on the rim at Miller Park Ryuichi Kiyonari scored two top five finishes in the two seventh round World Superbike championship races at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, USA today. The Japanese Ten Kate Honda Racing rider had been on his best form since the weekend started with free practice on Friday... [Continue reading...]