Check here for latest versions.The latest news, updates and more straight to your inbox The day MotoGP came closest to death was probably June 17, 1990, when there were nine finishers at Rijeka, venue for the Yugoslav GP on what is now the Croatian coast. "First impressions were good and I am more and more convinced that I made the right decision, especially because I can see that everyone, members of the team and Bridgestone personnel included, really want to do well and they have a lot of faith in me: that was what I was looking for and I’m happy to have found it. However, Dani managed to follow the planned test schedule with the main aim of adapting to his new machine and tune the main elements -brake and gear bars, handlebars, seat, suspensions, footrests - according to his needs and physical characteristics.AUSTRALIAN Casey Stoner has issued an instant warning to his MotoGP rivals.The 20-year-old blasted his way around the Valencia track in Spain in his first outing on a MotoGP bike yesterday.Stoner was courted by Yamaha, but Honda eventually secured his services.He was the fastest rookie on the track yesterday, just 0.6sec a lap slower than the pacesetter, Honda’s Nicky Hayden.Stoner was 0.1sec faster than new Honda teammate Carlos Checa, who crashed at high speed but was uninjured.There has been no official word on Stoner’s ride for next year — there is some debate over the final team line-up and sponsor — but he is certain to be on a fast Honda.Camel Honda team boss Sito Pons was impressed with both Stoner and Checa.

The Ducati pilot doubled his winning margin from Donnington, crossing the line once again standing tall on the vertical Ducati  11.31 seconds ahead of Honda rider Dani Pedrosa.Pedrosa’s teammate Nicky Hayden rode a strong race in third on the new pneumatic engine Honda, but the fresh engine proved to be too thirsty. I’m very satisfied of the work done today and I’m very happy to work with the Michelin technicians at the development of the tyres.
Dani Pedrosa managed to hold up compatriots Toni Elias and Jorge Lorenzo until lap four when both Spaniards made their way into third and fourth.


Vermeulen was balked by Elias and never really recovered, fading to sixth behind Nakano and West while teammate Capirossi sealed a welcome podium for the Rizla team. "Both riders have shown great potential with the RCV and have adapted to the machine very quickly," Pons said. Kim Newcombe το μεγαλύτερο «ΑΝ» της αγωνιστικής ιστορίας

Let’s hope tomorrow will bring some good weather so we can continue working like we did today.

Rainey won the race, from Schwantz and Niall Mackenzie . Home to the award-winning podcasts. The Spanish rider completed 52 laps, his best time being 1m42.606s. Marco And Toni Continue Their Testing at …

Randy De Puniet made yet another brief but romantic congress with the asphalt on lap five, and on lap six Stoner’s Ducati seemed to hit a bump in the track on a long right hander, throwing the number one machine down the road, and gifting Rossi 25 championship points.With the battle group for third now a battle group for second tempers flared and the pace heated up, Capirossi, Vermeulen, West and Hopkins carving each other up lap after lap until on lap 10, Tony Elias from 13thon the grid launched the satellite Ducati into second, saving face for Ducati on a disastrous day and simulataneously reviving his flagging career. Sepang, the Fortuna Honda team riders continued their testing programme today at Sepang and enjoyed improved conditions compared to yestarday, allowing the riders to enter the track early on in the morning.Although Marco was not in perfect physical conditions, he continued to be one of the fastest riders on track: after having scored the best lap time yesterday, today the Italian posted the second fastest time. The MotoGP circus now heads to San Marino, a crucial round for the title hopes of Stoner and Pedrosa, and also for the future of Michelin who are once again lagging behind Bridgestone.Casey Stoner has smashed the lap record and bettered the 2007 A-Style Assen TT race time by almost 25 seconds in a dominant display at a dramatic Dutch MotoGP. Today was virtually a debut for Sete with Ducati, seeing as in the previous test at Valencia the weather conditions did not allow him to do any serious testing. All in all, I’m very happy, we have adopted a step-by-step approach and I’m gaining confidence with the RC211V.Unfortunately today I was not feeling well but thanks to the doctors of the circuit, I could finish work programme scheduled for today.The Ducati Desmosedici GP6 took to the track today for its maiden run at the circuit that will host the opening round of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship.Unfortunately the rain that had fallen during the night delayed the start of testing: in the morning both Ducati Marlboro Team riders were only able to carry out a rapid bike ’shakedown’, but they took to the track again at around 1.30 pm and continued testing for the rest of the day.With low temperatures and damp patches around the Spanish track, conditions were not ideal, but Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau were able to put in their first serious laps with the Italian manufacturer’s new bike in the afternoon.Loris and Sete also had the 2005 version available in the pit garage for eventual back-to-back tests but on this first day they concentrated exclusively on the new GP6.Loris Capirossi, who set a best time of 1m42.644s in his 35 laps, was already able to give some positive impressions. On lap four the hard charging Elias signaled his arrival with a daring move on Dovizioso which also displaced Ant West. "Carlos had a crash this morning but returned to the track in the afternoon and set some good times. 1973-2020: König 500GP η τελευταία που νίκησε Ιάπωνες και Ιταλούς!