Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden considers Donington Park an “unfavored” track, with Casey having never been shy about stating his dislike for the circuit, despite winning the last two British Grand Prixs. Casey Stoner “We did the best job we could at Sachsenring and now I’m a bit more confident about going to Donington. The [...]
One of the MotoGP World Championship’s longest running sagas could come to an end as early as this weekend, as Jorge Martinez ‘Aspar’ looks to finalise an arrangement to move his successful lower cylinder category project up to the premier class. The Spaniard is moving ahead with a potential deal with Ducati to run a [...]
Round 5 of our bonus wallpapers posts. This one for the good ol’ Ducati 1098. High-resolution 1280 x 960 images of the 1098, 1098 R and 1098 S. Click to enlarge, right-click, “Save As” and enjoy. Ducati 1098 Ducati 1098 R Ducati 1098 S
Sachsenring, Germany On what could have been a potential podium finish for Nicky Hayden because of his best qualifying of the season, Nicky started on the grid 4th but dropped to 14th as he was left for dry in the first lap. Hayden also dropped 2 places in the championship to 13th as he was [...]
Saturday qualifying session; Sachsenring, Germany Aside from Nicky getting his best qualifying result yet, he got involved in a bizarre slash freakish accident when he high-sideded his Desmosedici GP9 on a wet circuit, before the fastest descending part in Sachsenring. Worse, he hit a passing Niccolo Canepa, who had no idea of what had happened [...]
Well, well what do you know—Nicky Hayden qualified 4th today for tomorrow’s Alice Motorrad Grand Prix in Sachsenring, Germany. His best qualifier yet. Nicky qualified with a time of 1:34.404 just behind Casey Stoner’s 1:33.759. Might this be because of the new handlebars? Go Nicky! Complete qualifying results for Germany Valentino Rossi 1:32.520 Jorge Lorenzo [...]
Nicky Hayden 8th in Free Practice 1 in Germany; continues upward trend “It is nice to be able to come to a track and not have to be trying something radical with the set-up on the first day and today we started out with pretty much the settings from Laguna, making a few changes as [...]
Casey Stoner was some three tenths of a second quicker than any other rider, with a time of 1’22.779 under wet weather conditions in Sachsenring, Friday. “If there are wet conditions over the next two days like it was earlier today it is perfect for us, because we can go further in the race and [...]
Mika Kallio – 13th in FP1 “Sometimes I hit the top part of the injured finger on the clutch and it hurts so bad, but the only thing I can do is grit my teeth and continue to fight on track. I didn’t take any painkillers and I don’t think I will need them for [...]
Riders for Health is giving people the once-in-a-lifetime chance to ride on the back of a MotoGP bike with the MotoX2 Ducati at Donington Park. This is an incredible chance to take at the Donington Park circuit in front of the full race day crowd at the British MotoGP. The money raised from the sale [...]
