What a weird race…:rofl
The GP race is lolz.
33rd Place to 1st Place
… I love that kid!
Suzuki filed a request for MotoGP testing…
Nice interview
I hope he pulls off at least a couple close wins.
Three new CRT entries raise grid numbers from 21 to 24…
Factory team MotoGP riders (6):
Jorge Lorenzo SPA - Factory Yamaha rider until end of 2014.
Valentino Rossi ITA - Factory Yamaha until the end of 2014.
Dani Pedrosa SPA - Repsol Honda rider until the end of 2014.
Marc Marquez* SPA - Repsol Honda rider until the end of 2014.
Nicky Hayden USA - Ducati Team until the end of 2013.
Andrea Dovizioso ITA - Ducati Team until the end of 2014.Satellite team MotoGP riders (6):
Cal Crutchlow GBR - Tech 3 Yamaha until the end of 2013.
Bradley Smith* GBR - Tech 3 Yamaha until the end of 2014.
Ben Spies USA - Pramac Ducati until the end of 2013.
Andrea Iannone* ITA - Pramac Ducati until the end of 2013.
Stefan Bradl GER - LCR Honda/HRC until the end of 2014.
Alvaro Bautista SPA - Gresini Honda until the end of 2013.CRT MotoGP riders (12):
Colin Edwards USA - Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki) until the end of 2013.
Claudio Corti* ITA - Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki) until the end of 2013.
Karel Abraham CZE - Cardion AB (ART) until the end of 2013.
Randy de Puniet FRA - Power Electronics Aspar (ART) until the end of 2013.
Alex Espargaro SPA- Power Electronics Aspar (ART) until the end of 2013.
Hiroshi Aoyama JPN - Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki) until the end of 2013.
Hector Barbera SPA - Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki) until the end of 2013.
Danilo Petrucci ITA - IodaRacing (Suter-BMW) until the end of 2013.
Lukas Pesek* CZE - IodaRacing (Suter-BMW) until the end of 2013.
Bryan Staring* AUS - Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda) until the end of 2013.
Michael Laverty* GBR - Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-Aprilia) until the end of 2013.
Yonny Hernandez COL - Paul Bird Motorsport (ART) until the end of 2013.
source: crash
dakar rally coverage starts Sunday 2:30am on NBCSports (1873 on timewarner HD)
A lot of rear break, a lot of bad passes. No wounder most of the guys in moto2 didn’t like him. I’d be pissed if he chucked on the inside on me like that.
The coming World Superbike racing season may be the last to feature Superstock classes as series promoter Dorna tries to differentiate its WSBK and MotoGP properties.
According to Italian outlet Motosprint, Dorna plans to rewrite the World Superbike and Supersport class rulebooks for the 2014 season to make the race bikes closer to their respective production models. This would create further separation between WSBK and MotoGP, with Superbike racing moving closer to its production-based roots while prototypes racing in the GP series.
The move would also render the 1000cc and 600cc Superstock classes redundant, with little to separate them from the higher classes. In there place, Dorna would introduce a small-displacement class. Motosprint reports the new class would feature racebikes based on models like the Honda CBR250R and the Kawasaki Ninja 300, or possibly lower-spec versions of Moto3 bikes.
This new structure holds a number of benefits for Dorna. With just three classes instead of four, Dorna can better package the series to television broadcasters. A more production-based WSBK class would theoretically also be less expensive for race teams.
On the other hand, the move may weaken Superbike racing in an effort to boost up MotoGP, a fear that some in the WSBK paddock had when Dorna first gained control over both series.
[Source: Motorcycle via Motosprint]
:banghead
Thursday’s Bloomberg interview with one of Ben’s sponsor and with Ben.
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/why-motogp-is-the-ultimate-alt-investment-zEMbM1VdTFWq_90vOpUcAQ.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/what-it-s-like-to-race-in-the-motogp-OW1cO2ruSyCQjW5IdYqfVg.html
