Saturday Summary at Misano: Marquez’s Half a Second and the Giant Battle for...
Half a second at Misano is a very, very long time. At a short track like this, gaps are measured in tenths, not seconds. The gap from 5th to 12th, for example, is 0.505. Yet the gap from Marc Marquez...
View ArticleMotoGP: Race Results from the San Marino GP
MotoGP Race Results from the San Marino GP at Misano, Italy:Pos.RiderTeamBikeKM/HDiff.1Jorge LORENZOYamaha Factory RacingYamaha161.044’05.5222Marc MARQUEZRepsol Honda TeamHonda160.8+3.3793Dani...
View ArticleSunday Summary at Misano: An Imperious Lorenzo, Rookie Mistakes, &...
If half a second is a long time around Misano, seven tenths of a second is almost a geological era. Jorge Lorenzo was lacking grip and braking stability on Saturday; on Sunday morning, Ramon Forcada...
View ArticlePhotos: Valentino Rossi’s Pink Floyd Helmet at Misano
True to tradition, Valentino Rossi debuted another unique helmet design for his home crowd at the San Marino GP in Misano, Italy. Themed to Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”, Rossi has added the last...
View ArticlePost-Race Misano MotoGP Test Times: Marquez Tops Timesheets While on 2014...
Marc Marquez has ended the day at the top of the timesheets, taking the 2014 version of the RC213V out for a final run at the end of the day to post a time nearly a quarter of a second faster than...
View ArticleMonday Summary at Misano: 2013 vs. 2014 Machines, Spec Electronics, & A New...
The rain on Monday morning brought a welcome respite for tired journalists at least, after a night spent filing stories until the early hours of the morning. It meant that the Misano MotoGP test did...
View ArticleMotoGP: This is HRC & This is How They Party
Marc Marquez has made a name for himself this season, not only by being a prodigy on two wheels, but also for being the light-hearted breath of fresh air that the MotoGP Championship needed so...
View ArticleNicky Hayden Aims for MotoGP Return at Misano
Still recovering from wrist surgery, where three bones were taken out of his wrist, Nicky Hayden and the Drive M7 Aspar Team are being cautious about returning the American too quickly to racing...
View ArticleOn The Riders Fighting for Their Future in Moto2 & Moto3
Most of the previews of Misano you will read over the coming few days will focus on whether Marc Marquez can match Mick Doohan’s record of twelve wins in one season, whether Valentino Rossi can finally...
View ArticleThursday Summary at Misano: At a Yamaha Track, Ducati’s Test Bonus, & The...
With Marc Marquez back to winning ways at Silverstone, the Misano round of MotoGP (or to give it its full name, the Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini) is the next venue to host the...
View ArticleAvintia Switches to Open Ducati – Starting at Aragon?
It has been a busy day for announcements at Misano. After the earlier official news that Aprilia will be returning to MotoGP in 2015 with Gresini, this afternoon, Avintia Racing announced they will be...
View ArticleFriday Summary at Misano: Wet Weather, A Terrible Surface, & A Raft of Rider...
For anyone on a budget, Misano is one of the cheaper MotoGP rounds to attend. Ticket prices aside, the area has a large amount of tourist accommodations, and the race takes place right at the tail end...
View ArticleMotoGP: Qualifying Results from Misano
MotoGP Qualifying Results from the San Marino GP at Misano, Italy:Pos.RiderTeamBikeKM/HTimeDiff.1Jorge LORENZOMovistar Yamaha MotoGPYamaha283.61’33.2382Andrea IANNONEPramac...
View ArticlePhotos: Valentino Rossi’s Special Misano Helmet, 2014
The San Marino GP is truly Valentino Rossi’s home MotoGP round (Tavullia, Rossi’s home town, is only a few kilometers from Misano), and tradition sees him sporting yet another special helmet for the...
View ArticleSaturday Summary at Misano: The Prospect of a Rossi Win, & Mika Kallio, The...
It looks like we might finally have found a Yamaha track. After Mugello, Barcelona, Assen, Brno, Silverstone, all places which were supposed to favor the Yamaha, but where a Honda won, Misano looks...
View ArticleMotoGP: Race Results from Misano
MotoGP Race Results from the San Marino GP at Misano, Italy:Pos.RiderTeamBikeKM/HDiff.1Valentino ROSSIMovistar Yamaha MotoGPYamaha160.444’14.5862Jorge LORENZOMovistar Yamaha...
View ArticleMarc VDS Racing Moves up to MotoGP with Scott Redding
Marc VDS Racing are to move up to MotoGP, fielding a factory Honda RC213V for Scott Redding. The deal was announced late on Sunday night via the Marc VDS Racing Twitter feed, after meetings between the...
View ArticleMotoGP: Grand Prix Commission Agrees to Lower Bike Weight & Freeze Software...
The Grand Prix Commission met at Misano to agree a couple of steps on the long road towards creating a single, unified MotoGP class from 2016.The four parties to the GPC agreed that the minimum weight...
View ArticleSunday Summary at Misano: The Legend Returns
It would be fair to say that Sunday at Misano turned into a perfect Italian fairy story. After being forced to sit through two renditions of the Spanish national anthem after the Moto3 and Moto2 races,...
View ArticleMotoGP Silly Season State of Play, Post-Misano
Misano was the stage for a flurry of negotiating among riders, though much of it was dependent on the fate of Scott Redding. As was previously the case with Marc Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo and Cal...
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