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Spies shines in Assen
June 25, 2011 | 
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Assen - Start from the second position, Ben Spies finally came out as the fastest in Assen circuit on Saturday, June 25th 2011, with a time of 41.44 659. The results of this Dutch MotoGP is the first victory, in which a second podium this season, for the Yamaha rider.
Spies take advantage of the fall of the pole position holder Marco Simoncelli on the first lap, which also involves his team-mate, Jorge Lorenzo. With the fall of the Super Sic, the American took over the race until the last lap.
Spies become a winner in Assen after performing consistently over the course of the race until the last lap, 7.697 seconds faster than Casey Stoner who took the runner-up position. Meanwhile, the third position is occupied by other Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso, with 27.506 seconds slower than the winner. Read the rest of this entry »
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Stoner dominated the Catalunya Grand Prix
BARCELONA – Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner dominated the fifth series of the MotoGP 2011 season, after being the fastest at the Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday, June 5th 2011.
The race atmosphere was not so high. As known, the home rider Dani Pedrosa was forced to miss due to a serious injury on his right shoulder. At the last French Grand Prix in May 15th, the Repsol Honda rider had an incident with Honda Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli.
Being the fastest in the qualifying session, Simoncelli has the right to start the race at Circuit de Catalunya from pole position. But as race flag was unfurled, Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo, who started at third position, led the race directly after the first corner. The Repsol Honda rider: Casey Stoner and Lorenzo team-mates: Ben Spies was following in second and third. But not last long, Stoner immediately took over and led the race at least until lap nine. Read the rest of this entry »
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Stoner roars to second victory of the season at Le Mans
Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner secured victory for the first time in his career at the Le Mans circuit for the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France. It was a close battle until the very end between two Italians for second place but it was the second Repsol Honda of Andrea Dovizioso who clinched the 20 points, ahead of Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) who achieved his first rostrum riding a Ducati.
Stoner took his 25th win in his MotoGP career after a dominant ride to pull away at the front and win by a margin of over 14 seconds. With his second win of the season, the Australian has now jumped up to second place in the standings, now 12 points behind Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing).
It was record-breaking attendance for the French GP with 88,400 fans attending the Le Mans circuit for today’s MotoGP race, with 176,200 for the full 3 days of action. The rain managed to stay away and an eventful race was enjoyed by the large and enthusiastic crowd. There was action throughout the field but at the end all eyes were on the dice between Dovizioso and Rossi. As in the previous race in Portugal, the Honda rider managed to deny the advances of the nine time World Champion and record his best finish of this year’s campaign. For Rossi, it was his best result of the season and the second Ducati podium of the year.
Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) who had made one his trademark rocket starts, led Stoner for the first lap until his team mate came through on the next lap to take control of the race. The Spaniard stayed with the race leader for the first half of the 28 lap race, until he fell into the clutches of Simoncelli. The Italian passed the Repsol Honda rider on lap 17 but then a controversial incident occurred between the two when Pedrosa attempted to reclaim his second position and the two touched which left the Estoril race winner clutching his right shoulder as his race came to an abrupt end. Read the rest of this entry »
Stoner edges Simoncelli for pole position in France
Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner set pole position for the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France by a margin of just 0.059s over Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team). Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) will join the duo on the front row.
Stoner continued his form from the weekend at Le Mans but has fierce competition from his Honda rivals as the RC212V dominated the top four places on the grid. The Australian’s lap time of 1’33.153 was just 0.059s faster than Simoncelli as the Repsol Honda rider took his 25th premier class pole at a circuit he has never won at.
Simoncelli split the Repsol Hondas, as he had done in the final practice session earlier in the day, and will start from the middle of the front row. Fellow Italian Dovizioso will start from the front row for the first time this season after timing in third fastest. The 25 year-old factory Honda rider finished third at the French circuit in 2010 after passing his team-mate Dani Pedrosa on the final lap, and Pedrosa will head the second row after recording the fourth best lap of the qualifying session. This will be the first time in the 2011 campaign that the Spaniard has not started the race from row one.
Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) will start from fifth, and like his compatriot Pedrosa will not start from the front row for the first time this season. The reigning MotoGP World Champion is scheduled to become the youngest rider to reach the milestone of 150 Grand Prix starts across all classes on Sunday, and along with his fellow Spaniard Pedrosa was over half a second off the pole position lap time set by Stoner.
Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) recorded his best ever qualifying result in MotoGP in his debut season with sixth place. The British rider will start from the second row having improved on his previous best grid spot of eighth, in only his fourth MotoGP race. Team-mate Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was just behind in seventh.
Ben Spies (Yamaha Factory Racing) will start from his lowest grid place of the 2011 season so far in eighth place, behind the satellite Yamaha machines, but ahead of the Ducati Team duo of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden. The Italian just got the edge over his team-mate and will start on the third row in ninth. The nine-time World Champion finished second here last season after Lorenzo passed him to claim victory. Read the rest of this entry »
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