Dani Pedrosa making 100th Motogp start at Jerez

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa will be making his 100th MotoGP start in front of his home Spanish fans at Jerez on Sunday.

Pedrosa arrives for round two of the 2012 season on top form, having finished a close second to Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo in the opening Qatar night race.

Pedrosa was a close third behind team-mate Casey Stoner and Lorenzo during March's Jerez pre-season test and has finished on the Jerez podium every year since joining MotoGP in 2006, including victory in the 2008 event.

“The pre-season test at Jerez was positive for us, we had good feelings on the bike and finished happy, so I'm really looking forward to going there for the Grand Prix this weekend,” said Pedrosa.

“We need to be very focused and have a good qualifying session in order to start the race in a good position. I love the Jerez circuit and the passionate support of the Spanish fans, I hope the grandstands are full again as it adds to the unique atmosphere there. 

“We had a great race in Qatar and to start the season on the podium is important, but we cannot relax, we will be aiming for another strong race this weekend".

Pedrosa's 15 MotoGP race wins make him the most successful rider yet to win the title.

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Air Asia: MotoGP Australia confirms official title rights

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The Australian Grand Prix Corporation, in conjunction with Dorna, today announced AirAsia as the new naming rights sponsor of the 2012 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix in an exciting title rights sponsorship deal.

Australian Grand Prix Corporation Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Westacott, said the new alliance would help to deliver another world-class Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix to Victoria.

“We are delighted to be partnering with international airline AirAsia as the title sponsor of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix. It couldn’t be a better time to get involved with what is set to be yet another blockbuster event at Phillip Island,” he said.

AirAsia, Asia’s leading low cost airline, was established with the dream of making international travel accessible for everyone. For 11 years AirAsia has broken travel norms around the globe and has swiftly risen to become a business leader.

With a route network that spans more than 20 countries, AirAsia has been voted World's Best Low-Cost Airline for 3 years running at the prestigious Skytrax Awards thanks to the excellent service it offers thousands of passengers each day.

AirAsia Chief Executive Officer, Tony Fernandes, said the close relationship with MotoGP presents a great opportunity for AirAsia to expand brand awareness within Australia and internationally.

“Our partnership with MotoGP is further strengthened through the signing of this agreement. Our airline believes in MotoGP because it allows us to expand our brand awareness and also helps us reach a young audience who are going to use our broad range of services. Our involvement in the MotoGP World Championship increases every year, as AirAsia has also been involved in the sponsorship of teams and riders, demonstrating our belief in motorcycle racing, a thrilling sport with millions of fans around the world.”

With the involvement of AirAsia, the 2012 AirAsia Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix is bound to push excitement levels to the limit, both on and off the circuit.

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Rd2 Wakefield Park Provisional Entry List

Please find below the provisional entry list for the second round of the 2012 YMF Loan Yamaha Australian FX-Superbike Championship to be run at Wakefield Park 20th-22nd April, as of 10:00 am today there is 95 entries for the second round. The race number that appears alongside the riders name is the official race number for this round. If you have sent in your entry form and your name doesn't appear below please contact us asap.

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Carlos Checa to test Panigale in June

World Superbike champion Carlos Ducati has yet to test Ducati's new Panigale 1199, but is set to ride the exciting new Italian machine during a test in June.

The Panigale was in competitive action for the first time in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup race at Imola, when Eddi La Marra put the bike on the podium in third place.

 

Ducati is adopting a tried and tested development strategy with the Panigale, with the Superstock class used as a testing ground as work continues on the Superbike version.

 

Reigning champion Checa, who completed the double at Imola, has a test on the Panigale – Ducati's most radical model for some time – scheduled for Mugello following the World Superbike round at Misano.

 

Ducati Corse's Superbike boss Ernesto Marinelli said: “Checa has not tested it yet – a strange coincidence but it was not planned. We hope to have him make a nice test around June.

 

“Every other test we have is very close to races, so it is not particularly nice to test too soon before a race. The Panigale is a different bike and the feel is different too, so we do not want to take Carlos' concentration from the championship. That is his primary target.

 

“His test is scheduled for Mugello after the Misano round, in one of our regular development tests we do every month.”

 

Marinelli, meanwhile, was satisfied with the Panigale's racing debut at Imola but feels it could so easily have been a winning one as La Marra was leading the race before the red flags were deployed.

 

“I know the potential of the bike is definitely higher than it appeared in Imola,” he said. “I was quite pleased in race one with La Marra and overall with La Marra's performance over the weekend. I would have expected a bit more from the other riders, from [Lorenzo] Savadori and [Federico] Sandi, but Sandi had not been on the bike since the first test he did at Phillip Island with Liberty Racing.

 

“He also had to adapt on the tyres, and also he had not ridden at Imola during the three days of testing there that most others had, as a test for the CIV championship.”

 

“I think it was a very strange race,” continued Marinelli. “La Marra did very well in the first part, and he was leading by 1.5 seconds before they put out the red flag.

“Our thoughts were that he was heading for his first win but they stopped it and he had already used all his four sets of tyres.

 

“He had to restart with the same tyres he finished the first leg on. They tell me Sylvain Barrier and [Loris] Baz each had one tyre that was barely used left (from their allocation), so they used them on the second part.

 

“With a five-lap race and no aggregate any more, it was one-shot race after that. Overall I have to say I was happy.”

 

Britain's Kev Coghlan finished seventh on the DMC Racing Panigale ahead of Savadori in Imola.

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