Pramac pair ready to correct Qatar disappointment

Mika Kallio and Aleix Espargaró will head to Japan with the intention of securing their first points of the 2010 World Championship, following crashes in round one at Losail. Finnish rider Kallio survived two separate incidents of touching with other riders to keep his focus, before he lost the front end of his Ducati in [...]

Hayden misses on podium but happy to be back on form

Nicky Hayden missed on third in Qatar by only 0.011 seconds, but he is very happy to once again battle front-of-pack. “After qualifying in ninth I’d have taken fourth place in the race and been quite happy with it, but to have the bike working so well in the race and to get beat like [...]

Casey Stoner laments costly error but maintains focus

A crash when leading in Qatar meant the Australian left the opening race of the season with no points, but he is already looking to the season ahead to get his title challenge back on course. After dominating every session over the weekend at the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, a mistake when leading the [...]

Stoner bags pole; keeps edge in all practice sessions

Casey Stoner heads into the opening race of the season in Qatar having been fastest in both practice sessions, qualifying, and now the warm-up. Casey Stoner’s strength at the Losail International Circuit was never in doubt coming into the opening round of the 2010 season at the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar this weekend, but [...]