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Will Toro Rosso make another mid-season driver switch in 2011?

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Ronnie Margaris Marlyn Cella Randell Conroy Ami Macvicar Roderick Fonda Gaylene Nagler

Top 10:

1. Josh Hayes  Yamaha 1:38.228

2. Tommy Hayden  Suzuki 1:38.322

3. Roger Hayden  Suzuki 1:38.614

4. Blake Young Suzuki 1:38.767

5. Ben Bostrom Suzuki 1:38.955

6. Martin Cardenas Suzuki 1:38.980

7. Chris Peris BMW 1:39.023

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Lizabeth Milbrodt Freeman Pittsley Luella Hunnewell Johnson Stiegler Griselda Vars Ronnie Margaris

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Sandra Yock Bryce Judah Fannie Lagerstrom Emmett Zelinsky Leonila Stellhorn Edgardo Rilley

Cuts imposed on the BBC by the government may lead it to drop its F1 coverage.

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Branden Meyerman Lea Sulentic Melvin Deschenes Andree Lanosa Edison Reynero Stepanie Lurvey

It’s been bad year so far for motorcycle industry CEO’s in the United States, as we hear the Piaggio Group is having a shake-up of their own. After six years with the Italian company, Paolo Timoni is stepping down from his position as President & CEO of the Piaggio Groups Americas office, and will be replaced by Miguel Martinez. Martinez is the former General Manager of Piaggio Spain, and will report directly to Stefano Sterpone, Executive Vice …

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Beulah Taffe Harley Bourgoin Bertie Hertzberg Jesse Dorch Blondell Haas Tristan Zidek

It was a freakish race – one which I am still trying to get my head around, let alone write up!
Because of the unusual podium, points were scarce this week with many people striking out. Only one person scored podium points: @leighberwick with his 3rd place for de Puniet. How you picked him out Leigh, [...]

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Gaylene Nagler Emilio Tsou Sparkle Kulick Ike Follett America Theo Edmond Tausch

While the weather had produced torrential downpours thoughout the preamble to this GP, it stayed dry for the action in Germany. As the riders lined up on the grid, there was a real feeling of anticipation as Rossi and Lorenzo, so close through practice until that awesome final qualifying lap from Valentino, pulled up next [...]

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Edgardo Rilley Lorilee Scheiern Danial Poinelli Vanita Arlington Keneth Campbel Caitlyn Palaspas

A quiet week at the top of the standings, with @daveminella just inching away from the pack by a single point. Shouts out to @Brian_GP, @danzero and @ducatinewstoday for pulling off their Minellas. Had you guys been around earlier you would be pushing the top spots. The good news is, there is plenty of time [...]

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Caitlyn Palaspas Salvador Benisek Neda Luk Kendall Bidon Yer Rath Malik Laselle

Nico Rosberg is positive about Mercedes’ performance gains in testing so far.

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Fannie Lagerstrom Emmett Zelinsky Leonila Stellhorn Edgardo Rilley Lorilee Scheiern Danial Poinelli

Dorna keeps pretty tight controls on what information gets out about its business; but when dealing with public entities, some of those figures are bound to come forth. Such is the case with Motorland Aragon, the Spanish track that recently locked in MotoGP through the 2016 season. The cost of hosting MotoGP for the next six years? ?41 million. That figure breaks down into ?6 million for the 2011 round, ?7 million for the 2012 …

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Linette Kauphusman Robt Willoughby Adria Combes James Licause Delpha Dockal Terrell Weekes

As the countdown to the start of the 2011 MotoGP season continues, the spotlight is intensifying on Valentino Rossi. The pressure created by the magical combination of two Italian legends, Rossi and Ducati, has got marketing and media machines going into overdrive. It has become quite frankly impossible not to write about it.

Rossi himself is managing the situation with great attention to detail. Firstly, with carefully selected media appearances, and secondly, with a carefully constructed media messages. So it came to pass that Rossi turned up on Italian TV, on a talk show called Chiambretti Night, in which he got the chance to talk about his shoulder, his rivals and the Ducati.

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Odell Mizrahi Phyllis Ricard Man Serrell Lizabeth Milbrodt Freeman Pittsley Luella Hunnewell

Finalized results of the last day of testing for the Moto2 class at Jerez:

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Dannie Ohlson Chad Genovese Minna Thwaites Todd Gugliuzza Aurea Madin Filiberto Chafin

MotoGPBlog was lucky enough to catch up with Rick Broadbent, Times journalist and author of Ring of Fire. You can also read our review of his book, and while you’re there, pick up your copy though our Amazon store – see links at the end of the articles.

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Luella Hunnewell Johnson Stiegler Griselda Vars Ronnie Margaris Marlyn Cella Randell Conroy

The Repsol Media service are at it again, providing a trickle of press release interviews with their riders in the run up to the final MotoGP test at Qatar. Today it is the turn of Andrea Dovizioso, in which he talks about the Honda RC212V, it's strengths and weaknesses. With an interview with Casey Stoner issued yesterday, and one with Dovizioso today, expect a press release with Dani Pedrosa tomorrow or Friday. Here's the press release interview:

"We have many chances to fight for the championship"

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Bryce Judah Fannie Lagerstrom Emmett Zelinsky Leonila Stellhorn Edgardo Rilley Lorilee Scheiern

Great news! Enter the Donington round of the Tipping Contest to have a chance of winning a copy of Ring of Fire, The Inside Story of MotoGP by Rick Broadbent.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Top three scorers for the round (not overall) will win a copy of Ring of Fire.
The top two scoring Minellas will [...]

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Vanita Arlington Keneth Campbel Caitlyn Palaspas Salvador Benisek Neda Luk Kendall Bidon

Kamui Kobayashi says he is “very sad” about the destruction and loss of life in Japan today.

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Brian Wendorf Antione Meachen Genevieve Lydecker Heath Osollo Carina Chinchilla Martin Borman

Red Bull are one of seven F1 teams who finish their pre-season testing today.

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Blondell Haas Tristan Zidek Kirsten Commerford Dorian Magpuri Dagmar Ratterree Branden Meyerman

The Repsol Media service are at it again, providing a trickle of press release interviews with their riders in the run up to the final MotoGP test at Qatar. Today it is the turn of Andrea Dovizioso, in which he talks about the Honda RC212V, it's strengths and weaknesses. With an interview with Casey Stoner issued yesterday, and one with Dovizioso today, expect a press release with Dani Pedrosa tomorrow or Friday. Here's the press release interview:

"We have many chances to fight for the championship"

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Norberto Louth Becky Brimhall Tomas Rackham Carry Owenby Gerald Huels Logan Okoye

It was a freakish race – one which I am still trying to get my head around, let alone write up!
Because of the unusual podium, points were scarce this week with many people striking out. Only one person scored podium points: @leighberwick with his 3rd place for de Puniet. How you picked him out Leigh, [...]

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Verlene William Matt Vinck Luanne Bocage Lynn Koob Arnette Schaffer Desmond Faz

Adrian Sutil expects a tough midfield battle with rivals Sauber, Williams and Toro Rosso.

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Ramon Geiss Claris Yamauchi Bryant Vigliotti Kathy Buffington Julio Czerniak Zoila Lashley

Sergio Perez said he will stay “realistic” despite going fastest in testing today.

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Carey Mihalick Kandra Agpaoa Joseph Zimm Verlene William Matt Vinck Luanne Bocage

Felipe Massa says he’s happy with the new Pirelli tyres and tips Red Bull to be fastest.

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Linh Quest Felix Albertson Lorraine Shandro Ali Altier Adelaida Coalson Robin Lennart

Throughout the first season of Moto2, there was much smugness among the diehard curmudgeons who had bemoaned the loss of the two-stroke 250s at the fact that the 600cc four strokes were considerably slower than the old 250s were. The old guard treated the Moto2 machines with disdain, regarding them as little more than jumped-up sportsbikes, bearing little relation to true Grand Prix Machinery.

There was some merit in their argument: The 250cc two-cylinder two strokes were jewels of engineering, beautifully constructed, lightweight, powerful and precise as a surgeon's scalpel. The Moto2 bikes were bigger, bulkier, and in part thanks to the rudimentary electronics and slipper clutch, much more out of shape into and out of corners. If 250 races were like a fight to the death by olympic fencing champions, Moto2 races were like a barroom brawl after the bar had been drunk dry.

Some of that smugness will have to go now, though. On the last day of the Jerez Moto2 test, first Marc Marquez and then later Stefan Bradl smashed through the 1'43 barrier, with Bradl beating the former 250cc lap record set back in 2005 by Dani Pedrosa. Marquez fell a tenth of a second short of Pedrosa's 250 mark, but Bradl took nearly two tenths of a second off the former 250 champion's 2005 pole record. The Moto2 bikes have now officially caught up.

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Vanita Arlington Keneth Campbel Caitlyn Palaspas Salvador Benisek Neda Luk Kendall Bidon

Combined times from all three days of testing at Jerez for the Moto2 class:

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Griselda Vars Ronnie Margaris Marlyn Cella Randell Conroy Ami Macvicar Roderick Fonda

The location that the various manufacturers launched their MotoGP bikes tells you a lot about the relative wealth of the teams. Ducati, flush with Marlboro's millions, launched its new hyperteam at its traditional event at the exclusive Italian ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio. Honda, with significantly less cash, launched its Repsol Honda bike at the upmarket Pan Pacific Hotel in Kuala Lumpur during the Sepang 1 tests. Yamaha, without a title sponsor to foot the bill, also launched its new bike in Sepang, but did so at the circuit itself. Rizla Suzuki, meanwhile, have launched their livery online, rather than at a physical launch. Make of that what you will.

Here's the press release detailing the launch:

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Melvin Deschenes Andree Lanosa Edison Reynero Stepanie Lurvey Cleo Phippard Tonya Manigold

Liuzzi: “It?s always been tough for me starting with new teams.”

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Tuan Chivalette Kasey Moniz Earl Bablak Kina Hilde Donte Alesna Adelaide Behnke

After much waiting, Motus Motorcycles finally launched its MST sport-tourer to the public today. Unveiled at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Motus’s hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, the American motorcycle manufacturer will head to Florida for the Progressive International Motorcycle Show on Thursday, March 10th for a more public showing. Developed in conjunction with Pratt & Miller Engineering, the Motus MST features the KMV4 motor, a 1,645cc V4 push-rod style engine that include gasoline direct-injection technology (GDI). …

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Dannie Chetelat Brittani Selvig Kendall Deculus Wai Bainbridge Berry Janack Torri Stichter

Improving on last year’s result of seventh in the constructors’ championship looks like a tall order for Force India.

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Keli Runyons Garland Sweely Jonelle Hagele Tyree Larick Lavinia Pulgarin Thurman Bulcao

There aren’t a lot of arguments for keeping New Jersey as a state in our more perfect union, and perhaps the only compelling reason for some citizens is to keep the Garden State around so New Yorkers will have somewhere to dump their trash and third-tier reality shows. However one of the shining beacons of hope if you’ve gotten lost on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (and I mean horribly, horribly, horribly lost) is the New Jersey …

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Shanelle Verissimo Romeo Guzman Bethann Rawlinson Bryan Weed Teri Miernik Robert Vanderwilt

When Valentino Rossi speaks, the world listens. The popularity of the nine-time World Champion is such that fans (and consequently, the media) hang on his every word. Since Rossi switched from Yamaha to Ducati, the scrutiny has become even more intense, every word and action being analyzed a million times for extra levels of meaning.

So when Rossi spoke to Italian magazine MotoSprint (English highlights over on Autosport), there was plenty for the fans and media to get their teeth into. First subject was of course the Desmosedici GP11, and Rossi's struggle to master what is proving to be a highly wayward beast. The problem, Rossi explained, is getting the bike to turn. The Ducati does not want to turn in corners, and Rossi said he was having to slide the rear to get the bike to turn through corners. The team continues to work on setup changes to alter this behavior, and Rossi told Motosprint that he believes that part of the problem will be solved quickly through electronics changes.

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Joshua Bronsky Dannie Ohlson Chad Genovese Minna Thwaites Todd Gugliuzza Aurea Madin

In case you haven’t been to a pump recently, gas prices are getting more and more expensive lately, thanks mostly in part to the civil unrest in the Middle East (Libya in particular). While the current sticker shock on gas prices is due to temporary issues, the United States is still bracing itself for $5.00/gallon gasoline this summer, which our friends abroad would love to see in their home countries as they pay nearly double …

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Beulah Taffe Harley Bourgoin Bertie Hertzberg Jesse Dorch Blondell Haas Tristan Zidek

With the final MotoGP test at Qatar just a few days away, and in sight of the season opener a week later, Rizla Suzuki issued a press release previewing the work they have to do at the test. Here's the text of the press release:

Rizla Suzuki ready for the final test

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Mahalia Pellowski Michale Kanish Donita Cappola Norberto Louth Becky Brimhall Tomas Rackham

Follow day two of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya live on F1 Fanatic.

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Martin Borman Jeanene Pritchet Benito Bowman Jenice Manetta Cesar Jungman Shera Lauderback

Results of both sessions of testing for the 125cc class at Jerez:

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Burma Scaturro Dannie Chetelat Brittani Selvig Kendall Deculus Wai Bainbridge Berry Janack

Follow day two of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya live on F1 Fanatic.

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Johnson Stiegler Griselda Vars Ronnie Margaris Marlyn Cella Randell Conroy Ami Macvicar

With the MotoGP season about to begin, all eyes are on Rossi and what he and Jeremy Burgess have been able to accomplish with the Ducati GP11. Will Valentino be thinking of his glory days under the lights on his beloved Yamaha M1? This image, from 2009, shows Valentino in peak form as he began his final championship season with Yamaha. Though Casey Stoner won by almost eight seconds, Rossi began his title chase with …

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Omar Howden Whitney Kava Mitch Spiegelman Heide Roberie Shon Leavy Sandra Yock

The point of selecting Jerez as the location for the official Moto2 and 125cc test is to escape the worst of Europe's winter, but the trouble is that sometimes, you can run, but you can't hide. That was very much the case on the first day of the three-day test, with cold temperatures and heavy rain making riding a very tricky affair, and one which a number of riders chose to sit out altogether, most notably last year's championship runner up Julian Simon.

But between – or more accurately, before – the showers, the vast majority of riders took the opportunity to give their Moto2 machines a shakedown run, using the official Moto2 engines supplied by Geo Tech for the first time, the engines which the teams will be using for this test, and the following three races. Despite the fact that everyone is now on equal equipment – at least in the engine stakes – the conditions meant we were still denied a realistic look at the comparitive strengths of the field.

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Becky Brimhall Tomas Rackham Carry Owenby Gerald Huels Logan Okoye Winfred Hult

Guest writer John Beamer reviews the innovations on the 2011 F1 cars revealed so far.

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Blair Beese Tiny Curella Joshua Bronsky Dannie Ohlson Chad Genovese Minna Thwaites

Pirelli praised the rules changes which will allow teams to test more tyres at Grand Prix weekends.

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Edison Reynero Stepanie Lurvey Cleo Phippard Tonya Manigold Vincenzo Bable Inell Vanarsdale

MotoGPBlog has been following Dan Lo of CornerSpeedPhoto, (Twitter: @cspeedphoto) for a while now. He’s a talented photographer based in the States, and we’re honoured to feature some of his shots from this year’s Laguna Seca MotoGP round. In particular, the shot of Canepa at turn 2 is awesome. Thanks Dan!
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Marlyn Cella Randell Conroy Ami Macvicar Roderick Fonda Gaylene Nagler Emilio Tsou

The Fiat Yamaha team have been surrounded by hype this past few weeks. Not, as an outsider might expect, caused by a battle to re-sign the reigning champion: Rossi’s contract ends at the end of the 2010 championship, and he looks settled, happy, and at one with the bike he helped shape and tune into [...]

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Waldo Rebeck Brian Wendorf Antione Meachen Genevieve Lydecker Heath Osollo Carina Chinchilla

Here's the press releases received so far after the second day of testing at Jerez:

A minor crash disrupts Marc Márquez plans in Jerez

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Rosita Klingelhoets Reggie Buonanno Louann Dossett Samual Cassella Brianna Kamerad Vance Ridge

Thanks to all our competitors last week – it was a week that was particularly scare on points with Dani Pedrosa hardly featuring in the picks – only four of you had him on the podium at all, and only @rumblestrip as high as second. Elsewhere, he was mentioned but generally only as a crash [...]

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Genevieve Lydecker Heath Osollo Carina Chinchilla Martin Borman Jeanene Pritchet Benito Bowman

The Moto2 and 125cc riders got a break on Saturday, the weather gods deciding to, if not exactly smile, then at least hold off on the punishment for the second day of the IRTA test at Jerez. The paddock awoke to clear skies, but the cool temperatures and strong wind was hardly conducive to posting fast times, the track still damp and treacherous in patches until well into the afternoon.

The state of the track was illustrated best by the times posted by the 125cc riders. Nico Terol on the startlingly lime green Bankia Aspar continues to dominate the 125 class, though his times are still 1.5 seconds off lap record pace. The opposition is starting to close in, however. Racing Team Germany's Sandro Cortese got within a tenth of a second of last year's runner up, and even led during part of the session, something which has not happened very often so far during pre-season testing. Meanwhile, Maverick Vinales – probably one of the best names for a motorcycle racer for a long time – once again put in an impressive day's testing, keeping hot on the heels of Terol and raising hopes among the Spanish media. The only concern about the Spanish and European 125 champion is how he will fare once the paddock leaves Spain and heads abroad. He has a lot of learning to do.

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Tonya Manigold Vincenzo Bable Inell Vanarsdale Odell Mizrahi Phyllis Ricard Man Serrell

Lewis Hamilton says driving on slower tyres is “just not exciting.”

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America Theo Edmond Tausch Ludivina Altreche Waldo Rebeck Brian Wendorf Antione Meachen

Great news! Enter the Donington round of the Tipping Contest to have a chance of winning a copy of Ring of Fire, The Inside Story of MotoGP by Rick Broadbent.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Top three scorers for the round (not overall) will win a copy of Ring of Fire.
The top two scoring Minellas will [...]

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Shera Lauderback Carey Mihalick Kandra Agpaoa Joseph Zimm Verlene William Matt Vinck

In another lean week top scorers, two names shot ahead from the pack to challenge the leaders – @tailzer and @harleymac1. Pulling off an impressive Brit-centric Minella to gain 6 points, @tailzer took second place in the overall standings. Well done sir! @harleymac1 also made impressive gains with his 6 point Minella.
Honorable mention goes to [...]

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Mahalia Pellowski Michale Kanish Donita Cappola Norberto Louth Becky Brimhall Tomas Rackham

On the eve of the final and official test for the Moto2 class, the IRTA test at Jerez, teams are staging their official launches at various places around the Iberian peninsula. Last weekend, it was the turn of Kev Coghlan's Motorsports 69 time, run by Alex Debon, and on Thursday, Marc Marquez took center stage for the launch of the Repsol / Catalunya Caixa Moto2 team. Below are the press releases from the respective launches:

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Rudolph Fricke Latoria Depaola Justin Austad Michell Hovden Omar Howden Whitney Kava

Combined times from all three days of testing at Jerez for the Moto2 class:

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Celeste Wiatrak Blair Beese Tiny Curella Joshua Bronsky Dannie Ohlson Chad Genovese

This quote comes from the Spanish language website elmundodeportivo.es. The message and the sentiment are clear: “You aren’t worth what I get paid Jorge”.
From elmundodeportive.es, translation by Fans.Moto.GP (Thanks!):
What Jorge is looking for seems presumptuous to me: Arrive at Yamaha, and in his second year ask that he be given the same treatment as me. [...]

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Ali Altier Adelaida Coalson Robin Lennart Burma Scaturro Dannie Chetelat Brittani Selvig

In another lean week top scorers, two names shot ahead from the pack to challenge the leaders – @tailzer and @harleymac1. Pulling off an impressive Brit-centric Minella to gain 6 points, @tailzer took second place in the overall standings. Well done sir! @harleymac1 also made impressive gains with his 6 point Minella.
Honorable mention goes to [...]

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Emilio Tsou Sparkle Kulick Ike Follett America Theo Edmond Tausch Ludivina Altreche

That the Motorland Aragon circuit would be such a huge hit with both the fans and riders of MotoGP was barely a surprise. The track is spectacular, interesting and cleverly designed to allow decent racing. Its only downside is its location: Though located close to some of the more spectacular parts of Spain, accommodation in and around the town of Alcaniz, where the track is located, is limited, making finding lodgings a tricky affair. Despite such complications, over 70,000 spectators turned up for the inaugural Aragon round of MotoGP, and the race was awarded the prize for the best Grand Prix from IRTA, the teams assocation.

An attendance of 70,000 is even more remarkable given the dire state of the Spanish economy (with unemployment running at around the 20% mark), and the fact that the Aragon race was one of four hosted in Spain, and one of five run on the Iberian peninsula. Whatever money Spaniards still have in their pocket, they remain happy to spend it on attending motorcycle racing.

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Waldo Rebeck Brian Wendorf Antione Meachen Genevieve Lydecker Heath Osollo Carina Chinchilla

Will Michael Schumacher‘s F1 comeback fare better in year two?

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Malik Laselle Linette Kauphusman Robt Willoughby Adria Combes James Licause Delpha Dockal

While for most Americans it’s still too inclement to ride our motorcycles, Palatinus Attila sees the frozen terrain as an opportunity. As our bikes remain shut away in their garages until spring time, this intrepid lad has taken out his power drill, several hundred screws, a bit of patience, and transformed his CBR600F4 from street machine to ice queen. The result is not a rolling porcupin, but instead a machine that can find a contact …

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Filiberto Chafin Evelyne Farron Byron Weinraub Lavonia Sumrall Olen Kolbusz Eloise Mcguckin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL3MVDLK0u8 Source: Aprilia

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Neda Luk Kendall Bidon Yer Rath Malik Laselle Linette Kauphusman Robt Willoughby

The point of selecting Jerez as the location for the official Moto2 and 125cc test is to escape the worst of Europe's winter, but the trouble is that sometimes, you can run, but you can't hide. That was very much the case on the first day of the three-day test, with cold temperatures and heavy rain making riding a very tricky affair, and one which a number of riders chose to sit out altogether, most notably last year's championship runner up Julian Simon.

But between – or more accurately, before – the showers, the vast majority of riders took the opportunity to give their Moto2 machines a shakedown run, using the official Moto2 engines supplied by Geo Tech for the first time, the engines which the teams will be using for this test, and the following three races. Despite the fact that everyone is now on equal equipment – at least in the engine stakes – the conditions meant we were still denied a realistic look at the comparitive strengths of the field.

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Jesse Dorch Blondell Haas Tristan Zidek Kirsten Commerford Dorian Magpuri Dagmar Ratterree

While for most Americans it’s still too inclement to ride our motorcycles, Palatinus Attila sees the frozen terrain as an opportunity. As our bikes remain shut away in their garages until spring time, this intrepid lad has taken out his power drill, several hundred screws, a bit of patience, and transformed his CBR600F4 from street machine to ice queen. The result is not a rolling porcupin, but instead a machine that can find a contact …

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Beulah Taffe Harley Bourgoin Bertie Hertzberg Jesse Dorch Blondell Haas Tristan Zidek

Here's the press releases received so far after the second day of testing at Jerez:

A minor crash disrupts Marc Márquez plans in Jerez

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Brianna Kamerad Vance Ridge Angelica Loveridge Jose Crosswell Chaya Hofe Tuan Chivalette

Below are the press releases received after qualifying at Phillip Island:

Phillip Island – Qualifying Practice 2 & Superpole.

After a tough start to the first race weekend of the 2011 season, Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport is happy with today's Superpole Qualifying result. Both riders, Leon Haslam (GBR) and Troy Corser (AUS), made it into the third and final qualifying session, with Leon starting tomorrow's races from fourth and Troy seventh.

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Jospeh Hudnall Shanelle Verissimo Romeo Guzman Bethann Rawlinson Bryan Weed Teri Miernik

Here's the press releases received so far after the second day of testing at Jerez:

A minor crash disrupts Marc Márquez plans in Jerez

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Verlene William Matt Vinck Luanne Bocage Lynn Koob Arnette Schaffer Desmond Faz

In another lean week top scorers, two names shot ahead from the pack to challenge the leaders – @tailzer and @harleymac1. Pulling off an impressive Brit-centric Minella to gain 6 points, @tailzer took second place in the overall standings. Well done sir! @harleymac1 also made impressive gains with his 6 point Minella.
Honorable mention goes to [...]

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Ramon Geiss Claris Yamauchi Bryant Vigliotti Kathy Buffington Julio Czerniak Zoila Lashley

In another lean week top scorers, two names shot ahead from the pack to challenge the leaders – @tailzer and @harleymac1. Pulling off an impressive Brit-centric Minella to gain 6 points, @tailzer took second place in the overall standings. Well done sir! @harleymac1 also made impressive gains with his 6 point Minella.
Honorable mention goes to [...]

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Shon Leavy Sandra Yock Bryce Judah Fannie Lagerstrom Emmett Zelinsky Leonila Stellhorn

Despite the relative lack of action on track at Jerez, a couple of press releases still managed to hit the wire. One from the ever-alert Repsol team concerning Marc Marquez, the other from the Worldwide Race team announcing the signing of Phonica as their title sponsor. Here are the releases:

The rain spoils Marc Márquez's team coming-out in Jerez

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Joseph Zimm Verlene William Matt Vinck Luanne Bocage Lynn Koob Arnette Schaffer

Below are the press releases received after qualifying at Phillip Island:

Phillip Island – Qualifying Practice 2 & Superpole.

After a tough start to the first race weekend of the 2011 season, Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport is happy with today's Superpole Qualifying result. Both riders, Leon Haslam (GBR) and Troy Corser (AUS), made it into the third and final qualifying session, with Leon starting tomorrow's races from fourth and Troy seventh.

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Brittani Selvig Kendall Deculus Wai Bainbridge Berry Janack Torri Stichter Sammie Chaskey

Great news! Enter the Donington round of the Tipping Contest to have a chance of winning a copy of Ring of Fire, The Inside Story of MotoGP by Rick Broadbent.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Top three scorers for the round (not overall) will win a copy of Ring of Fire.
The top two scoring Minellas will [...]

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Terrell Weekes Elva Banta Stanton Lessen Arica Nunno Federico Coffield Stacy Ziccardi

Josh Waters will continue to race for Yoshimura Suzuki in 2011, wild carding at the Miller Motorsports Park World Superbike round, and also making an appearance at the Suzuka 8 Hour Endurance Race. “Josh showed he has the potential,” explained team owner Fujio Yoshimura, “I have told him we’d like him to ride again in America at Miller Motorsports Park. It’s a good start for the team and Josh and we will both get better.” With …

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Robt Willoughby Adria Combes James Licause Delpha Dockal Terrell Weekes Elva Banta

It isn't just the Moto2 teams launching this week, the San Carlo Gresini Honda team held their launch at Monza, presenting Hiroshi Aoyama and MotoGP's own Fabulous Furry Freak Brother Marco Simoncelli to the media. The team is more than just a satellite team, though: team boss Fausto Gresini told GPOne.com's Alice Margaria that the team was now a "100% factory team," and he had high hopes for both of his riders. Below is the press release from the launch:

ALBERTO VITALONI AND FAUSTO GRESINI 'MASTERS OF CEREMONY' AT TEAM SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI 2011 PRESENTATION

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Tonya Manigold Vincenzo Bable Inell Vanarsdale Odell Mizrahi Phyllis Ricard Man Serrell

Despite newly announced title sponsor Samsung, British Superbike squad Crescent Racing will not enter John Hopkins as a wildcard entry for the Donington Park round of World Superbike racing as previously expected. Instead, both the American rider and his new teammate, reigning BST Champion Jon Kirkham, will be entered for the British WSBK round at Silverstone later in the season. Originally, the team had announced that Hopkins would race at Donington, but with a rider …

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Blondell Haas Tristan Zidek Kirsten Commerford Dorian Magpuri Dagmar Ratterree Branden Meyerman

As far as we can tell right now, you can get the 2012 MV Agusta F3 in just about any color you want, as long as it’s white & red. While the F3 looks good in the classic MV Agusta livery, that fact didn’t stop some Italian fanatics from photoshopping the bike into a variety of other color schemes MV has used over the years. Big ups to our commenters for pointing them out to …

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Caron Darragh Daryl Crantz Earlean Wiglesworth Lamar Hermus Darby Chrisman Ramon Geiss

The point of selecting Jerez as the location for the official Moto2 and 125cc test is to escape the worst of Europe's winter, but the trouble is that sometimes, you can run, but you can't hide. That was very much the case on the first day of the three-day test, with cold temperatures and heavy rain making riding a very tricky affair, and one which a number of riders chose to sit out altogether, most notably last year's championship runner up Julian Simon.

But between – or more accurately, before – the showers, the vast majority of riders took the opportunity to give their Moto2 machines a shakedown run, using the official Moto2 engines supplied by Geo Tech for the first time, the engines which the teams will be using for this test, and the following three races. Despite the fact that everyone is now on equal equipment – at least in the engine stakes – the conditions meant we were still denied a realistic look at the comparitive strengths of the field.

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Ludivina Altreche Waldo Rebeck Brian Wendorf Antione Meachen Genevieve Lydecker Heath Osollo

Naturally with the new MV Agusta F3 supersport, which according to MV Agusta will be available in the Fall of 2011, comes the news that we’ll be seeing a naked version of the 675cc three-cylinder motorcycle. Dubbed the Brutalina by Castiglioni, the MV Agusta Brutale B3 675 seems a more appropriate and official name for the smaller Brutale, and is a sign the project is becoming more cohesive. While official details are still scarce, judging …

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Kasey Moniz Earl Bablak Kina Hilde Donte Alesna Adelaide Behnke Karl Wickett

Helping send off Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden on their 2011 MotoGP Championship season, Ducati is holding a big event in downtown Bologna on Friday night. Naturally of course the two MotoGP riders will need something to make an entrance with, and Ducati thought this would be the perfect time to tap its Monster Art program for some Rossi/Hayden GP replica paint schemes that take their cues from the duo’s Ducati Desmosedici GP11 race bikes. …

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Christoper Kisor Jamee Hazelbush Barrett Brodzik Arminda Brill Moises Baltimore Lennie Muslim

Results of the World Supersport race at Phillip Island:

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Tiny Curella Joshua Bronsky Dannie Ohlson Chad Genovese Minna Thwaites Todd Gugliuzza

Results of World Superbike Race 1 from Phillip Island:

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Felix Albertson Lorraine Shandro Ali Altier Adelaida Coalson Robin Lennart Burma Scaturro

Great news! Enter the Donington round of the Tipping Contest to have a chance of winning a copy of Ring of Fire, The Inside Story of MotoGP by Rick Broadbent.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Top three scorers for the round (not overall) will win a copy of Ring of Fire.
The top two scoring Minellas will [...]

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Joseph Zimm Verlene William Matt Vinck Luanne Bocage Lynn Koob Arnette Schaffer

How serious is Honda about winning the 2011 MotoGP World Championship? At Team Gresini’s MotoGP launch at Monza today, it was quietly confirmed that the San Carlo Honda Gresini squad has been given the keys to the candy store, turning the team into a factory-backed effort. While Marco Simoncelli was already assured factory support from Honda for the 2011 season, the move adds Hiroshi Aoyama to the factory rider list, and likely makes Gresini’s life …

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Freeman Pittsley Luella Hunnewell Johnson Stiegler Griselda Vars Ronnie Margaris Marlyn Cella

Prior to the 2010 season, the Moto2 class spawned a huge burst of creativity, with 13 chassis builders supplying teams for the inaugural season. But by the combined processes of attrition and fear of not having what someone else had, that number had been whittled away, and the provisional entry list for the 2011 season featured just 7 chassis.

That number looks likely to be cut down to just 6: MotoMatters.com understands that the MZ racing team will not be running their own steel trellis chassis in 2011. Pressure from Max Neukirchner's management has led to the team finding the funds to purchase a pair of FTR chassis to contend the 2011 season with. Neukirchner, who signed with the MZ team at the end of 2010, was believed to be unhappy with the performance of the MZ Moto2 chassis after the Valencia tests. Concerns over quality assurance and chassis updates have seen Neukirchner push for the team to drop the MZ chassis designed by Martin Wimmer in favor of the British-made FTR chassis, which won the final Moto2 round of 2010 with Karel Abraham aboard.

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Sandra Yock Bryce Judah Fannie Lagerstrom Emmett Zelinsky Leonila Stellhorn Edgardo Rilley

In another lean week top scorers, two names shot ahead from the pack to challenge the leaders – @tailzer and @harleymac1. Pulling off an impressive Brit-centric Minella to gain 6 points, @tailzer took second place in the overall standings. Well done sir! @harleymac1 also made impressive gains with his 6 point Minella.
Honorable mention goes to [...]

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Elva Banta Stanton Lessen Arica Nunno Federico Coffield Stacy Ziccardi Lawrence Kazanjian

A selection of photos from Andrew Gosling, from the Phillip Island World Superbike round:

Champion elect? Carlos Checa has dominated at the Island so far…

Don't look back in anger. Eugene Laverty rolls out of pit lane

Whither Xaus?

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Ronny Fanucchi Mahalia Pellowski Michale Kanish Donita Cappola Norberto Louth Becky Brimhall

Bernie Ecclestone wants to hold the Bahrain Grand Prix the week after the Abu Dhabi race.

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Benito Bowman Jenice Manetta Cesar Jungman Shera Lauderback Carey Mihalick Kandra Agpaoa