Thursday, July 12, 2012

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Casey Stoner wants the championship lead back

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Casey Stoner has vowed to make amends for his dramatic last lap crash in Germany as the MotoGP championship heads to Mugello in Italy this weekend.

Reigning champion Stoner handed the title initiative to Jorge Lorenzo when he slid off his Repsol Honda at the penultimate corner on the final lap at Sachsenring as he prepared to launch an attack on team-mate and eventual winner Dani Pedrosa.

The Aussie has dropped to third place in the championship behind Pedrosa and is now 20 points behind leader Lorenzo.

This weekend marks the half-way point of the series and is the third consecutive MotoGP race in a row after Assen and the German Grand Prix.

And Stoner, who set the fastest ever lap at Mugello on his way to pole position last year, is determined to put his title challenge back on the right track at the legendary Italian circuit.

“I've always liked Mugello, we've enjoyed some pretty good results there,” he said.

“Last year didn't go to plan but we know what we did wrong so hopefully this year we can be a little more competitive. 

“I really enjoy the fast corners there, there are a lot of areas where we get a lot of wheel spin and a lot of fast changes of direction,” added Stoner. 

“It's not a small dinky little track that you can't use these bikes on, it's actually somewhere where you can open the throttle up and actually get to full throttle. 

“After a disappointing race in Sachsenring, I want to get back on the bike and take some points back in the championship.”

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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Suzuki maybe back in Motogp very soon

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After the recent discussions of the rules in Motogp, its has been announced that machines entered in the Motogp class are restricted to using the same bore and stroke dimensions from 2012 till 2014.

All teams are required to notify the technical director asap.

What this means is that teams and brands that are currently not involved with the motogp paddock can build bikes and motors with the assurance that the rules will not change for the next 2 Motogp seasons.

This could mean that teams like Suzuki can prepare a bike for next season without having to worry about rule changes taking effect.

Say tuned as there has been rumours going around that we might even see a Suzuki Motogp bike as soon as the Italian round at Mugello.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Motogp: Cave to pressure and drop rookie rule for 2013

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Yes it's true, Motogp has dropped the rookie rule after Casey Stoner announcement of retiring.

As reported by the Spanish daily El Pais, Dorna and IRTA have decided that this rule that currently prevents rookies signing up with factory racing teams needed to be scrapped as there is currently not enough satelitte teams to support it.

When this rule was introduced in 2010, at that point there had been enough teams to make this a viable rule. At that point there was 3 satellite ducati seat, 2 yamaha seats and 4 honda seat available.

But probably the main reason for the rule to be changed again was because Honda wanted to sign up Marc Marquez for next season after Casey Stoners retirement. Along with this, the satellite teams themselves have there own sponsor which created more problems. Both satellite honda teams have backing from 2 seperate oil companies, which are not the same sponsor as Marc Marquez currently has, which is of course Repsol.

So for now it looks like Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa will head up the Repsol Honda team for 2013.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

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