Alex Rins: “It was quite hard. I had a whole month in the corset and trying to rest, because back injuries are something to take seriously. The crash was a strange one because I fell, and then a couple of laps later my teammate, Andrea Iannone, fell in exactly the same place. We went through the telemetry trying to determine the cause but we didn’t find anything. I took the same trajectory, the front wheel locked, and I lost it.” Source link
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MotoGP™ community donates €12,156.69 to Italy’s Croce Rossa
MotoGP™ is delighted to confirm that a total of €12,156.69 euros have been donated to the Cruz Roja Española, who in turn will transfer the donation to Italy’s Croce Rossa. The donations are a result of the MotoGP™ community’s fundraising efforts in support of the victims of the horrifying earthquakes in central Italy last August. The devastating natural disaster that tore central Italy apart in 2016 affected both those directly in the area as well as a lot of the MotoGP™ community, who have racing and family roots in the country. MotoGP™ began a campaign in Silverstone ahead of the British GP to sell charity t-shirts with all proceeds donated to the Red Cross in Italy, to help victims rebuild their
Bautista : "Fighting in the top five would be a good result"
The first time I rode the Ducati GP16 it felt easy to handle, in inverted commas, compared to other MotoGP bikes I have ridden. I really like the character of the engine, it is very smooth. I also really like the electronics. I think it is a bike with a lot of potential. It is hard to compare with other bikes because my references have changed over the years as I have gathered experience. On the Suzuki I learnt a lot about MotoGP but it had a different character. I think the Honda is the most similar but the Ducati chassis handles better and it is lighter, I like it more. For me, of all of the bikes I have
Valencia: Curtain call
The end of a MotoGP™ era in a lot of ways, the number 99 set a record-breaking pole on Saturday to give many a clue as to his intentions come race day – setting the first ever 1:29 lap of the Circuit Ricardo Tormo and whittling that down to a 29.6 by the end of the session. Then, it was a Lorenzo classic as the 2010, 2012 and 2015 MotoGP™ World Champion took off in the lead and put in a masterclass of control and pace to seal his final win in blue – although Marc Marquez was catching fast in the latter stages. Source link
9 reasons why…2017 could be even better than 2016!
In MotoGP™, there are four rookies in 2017. Moto2™ Champion Johann Zarco, joined at Monster Yamaha Tech 3 by former Moto2™ rival Jonas Folger, and intermediate class title challengers Alex Rins, at Team Suzuki Ecstar, and Sam Lowes, at Aprilia Racing Team Gresini. Pre-season testing proved more difficult for Lowes and Rins, who both cut their track time short following crashes, but Zarco and Folger were both immediately on the pace and within hundredths of each other. The fight for Rookie of the Year in 2017 will surely be a mouth-watering one. Source link
9 reasons why 2016 could have been the best ever!
At MotorLand Aragon, 2006 MotoGP™ World Champion Nicky Hayden stepped in at EG0,0 Marc VDS to sub for injured Jack Miller – meaning there were 28 World Championships lining up to go racing in the Aragon GP. One for Hayden, nine for Rossi, five for Lorenzo, four for Marquez, three for Pedrosa and another slew courtesy of Alvaro Bautista, Tito Rabat, Stefan Bradl, Pol Espargaro, Maverick Viñales and Andrea Dovizioso - star-studded by anyone’s reckoning! In addition, the one-off (or first half of the one-off) return for Hayden from WorldSBK was the first time a MotoGP™ Legend has returned to competition – and the ‘Kentucky Kid’ did himself proud with a points-scoring finish. Source link
Sepang: ‘DesmoDovi’ on cloud nine
It was a race of attrition, with big names – and previous wet weather winners – crashing out. The likes of Marc Marquez, Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Iannone all hit the deck at Sepang, and even Rossi struggled, just keeping it on the road to take second after a difficult time on his front tyre in the latter stages. Teammate Jorge Lorenzo crossed the line to take the podium, but Rossi gained just enough on the ‘Spartan’ to secure runner up in the title fight. Source link