2011 Assen MotoGP Post Race Round Up: It's That Man Again

Saturday's MotoGP race was either a real snoozer or a fantastic spectacle, depending on your point of view. For the racing purist, the kind of fan who appreciates seeing masterful riding, watching someone push the bike to the limit constantly and precisely for full race distance, there was plenty to marvel at. For the casual fan, someone who wants to watch several riders giving it their all in a close battle right to the end, it was dull as ditch water, the first-lap crash giving ultimate winner Ben Spies a gap that he could exploit, and one more pass for the podium positions on lap two settling the race.

read more

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotoGPMatters/~3/tQolUfw7fhY/2011_assen_motogp_post_race_round_up_it_.html

Daryl Beattie Roger Beaumont Leandro Beccheroni Hans Becker

2011 Middleweight Sportbike Shootout - Street [Video]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u6Ff8OSjrY

Ever feel like the odd man out, or the proverbial third wheel? If motorcycles had feelings, we know of...

Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144386&goto=newpost

Stu Avant Rex Avery Masao Azuma Jan Bäckstrom

The 2009 1000cc/Literbike Shootouts: Who Won?

Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/2009-1000ccliterbike-shootouts-who-won.html

Fabio Barchitta Alan Barnett Lorenzo Baroni Jose Barresi

Triumph Entering the Indian Market

If you follow where the volume and the growth in the motorcycle industry come from, then it should be no surprise to hear that Triumph has announced its intention to enter the Indian market with its motorcycles. The 109-year-old brand based out of Hinckley is just the latest of many major OEMs to enter India, whose high tariffs and exploding market necessitate a local presence by manufacturers in order to be competitive. Rest assured the ...

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AsphaltandRubber/~3/II8ilhi1e1g/

Carlo Bellotti Jean Pierre Beltoise Felice Benasedo Gert Bender

2011 MotoGP Championship Standings After Round 7, Assen, The Netherlands

MotoGP Championship standings for round , 2011

read more

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotoGPMatters/~3/6n5FtbrdRDs/2011_motogp_championship_standings_after.html

Jean François Balde Mike Baldinger Alex Baldolini Mike Baldwin

2011 MotoGP Championship Standings After Round 7, Assen, The Netherlands

MotoGP Championship standings for round , 2011

read more

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotoGPMatters/~3/6n5FtbrdRDs/2011_motogp_championship_standings_after.html

Reg Armstrong Arciso Artesiani Sandro Artusi Javier Arumi

Princess Diana

Damn this is tasteless garbage.

What Princess Diana's Life Might Look Like Now - Newsweek...

Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/chitchat/146395-princess-diana.html

Takashi Akita Kousuke Akiyoshi Raffaele Alberti Josef Albisser

Mugello Welcomes a Confident Yamaha Team

The Yamaha Factory Racing Team head straight to Mugello this week in optimistic mood after a text bo...

Source: http://www.fim-live.com//en/media/news/news-detail/article/1309335826-mugello-welcomes-a-confident-yamaha-team/

Romolo Balbi Jean François Balde Mike Baldinger Alex Baldolini

Williams to persevere with new exhaust | F1 Fanatic round-up

In the round-up: Williams will run their new exhaust again at Silverstone.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/f1fanatic/~3/F-gb13z2Nmk/

Shunji Yatsushiro Ryuji Yokoe Toshimi Yorino Kenichi Yoshida

PPIHC: Carlin Dunne Smashes the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Motorcycle Record ? Declared Rookie of the Year

Asphalt & Rubber spent the last week waking up at 2am everyday to muster up to the staging grounds for the 89th annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and upon arriving at the second oldest running race in the United States (the Indy 500 being the oldest), we were surprised to see our old friend Carlin Dunne, owner of Ducati Santa Barbara, pitting in the motorcycle paddock with a Ducati Multistrada 1200 race bike. Now, ...

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AsphaltandRubber/~3/hkxrnTwjgRo/

Steve Bonsey Paul Bordes Juan Bordons MotoGP Racer List

The S1000RR... How it Should Have Looked

Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/s1000rr-how-it-should-have-looked.html

Jean Michel Bayle Jean Pierre Bayle Len Bayliss Troy Bayliss

PPIHC: Carlin Dunne Smashes the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Motorcycle Record ? Declared Rookie of the Year

Asphalt & Rubber spent the last week waking up at 2am everyday to muster up to the staging grounds for the 89th annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and upon arriving at the second oldest running race in the United States (the Indy 500 being the oldest), we were surprised to see our old friend Carlin Dunne, owner of Ducati Santa Barbara, pitting in the motorcycle paddock with a Ducati Multistrada 1200 race bike. Now, ...

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AsphaltandRubber/~3/hkxrnTwjgRo/

Willi Bertsch Paul Berwick Kees Besseling Max Biaggi

WSBK: Monza and Kyalami 2009 Highlights

Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/wsbk-monza-and-kyalami-2009-highlights.html

Takuma Aoki Hiroshi Aoyama Shuhei Aoyama Andre Luc Appietto

"I Want MotoGP back to America

Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director Lin Jarvis, had big dreams for MotoGP return staged in Indonesia. Therefore, he asked for encouragement from all sides, including the Honda team, in order to urge Dorna (MotoGP rights holders) to realize these targets. We've been told about it officially to Drona and requested strong support to the Honda, including Yamaha's own, that race in Indonesia could be implemented as soon as possible. I hope the Sentul Circuit can be modified, or there is a new circuit in Indonesia in the future. But of course, this also depends on the Government of Indonesia, "said Jarvis, Saturday (06/25/2011), ahead of the MotoGP race at Assen Circuit, Netherlands.

"So, I asked for support from the media and also from industry such as Yamaha and Honda, as well as the Federation of Motorsport Indonesia so that MotoGP could soon return to Indonesia."

Jarvis also hope there are riders Indonesia that could arise in the arena of world motor racing, although not directly to the most prestigious class, MotoGP. He hoped the Indonesian young talent can appear first in the lowest class, Moto3-which replaces the 125cc class next season, got the attention of the Yamaha and Honda.

Indeed, the Sentul Circuit had seized the attention of the world when it became one of the organizers of MotoGP (500cc class at that time still). However, it only lasts until the end of 1997 and thereafter MotoGP never again return to the country.

In an interview in the hospitality Yamaha, Jarvis also spoke on the condition his team now compared to when there is Valentino Rossi. According to him, this time a very harmonious relationship internally because there was no tension between the rider.

"It is very different position when Jorge and Valentino a team, compared with now, because there are two riders are tough competition resulting in a hard internally. It was good, but sometimes can create a difficult situation," said Jarvis.

"But now, Lorenzo was a champion and Spies continues to grow. So, team harmony is maintained because of good relations between the two riders. This is very important for the integrity of a team in a live competition.

"Regarding our current position (in the standings), I was a little disappointed because we finally had to go down. But it might be good for the rider because it is easier to pursue than to defend. Moreover, competition is still very long."

Based on the calendar, this season there will be 19 series, and the Dutch Grand Prix is ??the seventh series. From the total of the race, Repsol Honda rider, Casey Stoner, topped by collecting 136 points, followed by Lorenzo with 108 points. Meanwhile, Ben Spies, who won the Dutch Grand Prix, now in the order of 6, which stood at 61 points.

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/7hFWHeTKxWf/I+Want+MotoGP+back+to+America

Dick Allen Rudy Allison Pedro Alvarez Luis Alvaro

Bill boosts his lead in Senkvice

Pellicari team rider Julien Bill won the fifth round of the FIM MX3 World Championship in Senkvice, ...

Source: http://www.fim-live.com//en/media/news/news-detail/article/1309161448-bill-boosts-his-lead-in-senkvice/

Manfred Baumann Alvaro Bautista Lenfranco Baviera Richard Bay

Early Finish for MotoGP Riders as Oil Halts the Action at Assen

The Assen TT got underway today in The Netherlands with riders enduring much ...

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/X-LaxHsQl3y/Early+Finish+MotoGP+Riders+Oil+Halts+Action

Hector Barberá Fabio Barchitta Alan Barnett Lorenzo Baroni

Iowa doubleheader next year?

AUTO RACING - INDYCAR: Iowa Targeted For Doubleheader In 2012...

Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/indycar/146355-iowa-doubleheader-next-year.html

Mitsuo Akamatsu Takashi Akita Kousuke Akiyoshi Raffaele Alberti

2011 MotoGP Assen Friday Round Up: Tire Talk, And 11.1 = 11.0

It's funny how the mood of the paddock can swing. There was much to talk about after qualifying on Friday - because race day is on Saturday here, a hangover of Assen's Dutch Reformed Church past - such as Marco Simoncelli's second pole, Casey Stoner's relatively lowly 3rd place, Jorge Lorenzo missing out on the front row twice in 7 races, Karel Abraham - yes, the kid with the rich daddy, or perhaps we should say the really, really fast kid with the rich daddy - being quickest of the Ducatis, and Valentino Rossi struggling with the GP11.1 just as much as he did with the GP11.0. But instead, all anyone wanted to talk about was tires.

The topic got chewed over by every rider, journalists moving from hospitality unit to hospitality unit to ask the same questions, and receive the same answers, more or less, the only variation being in the solutions offered. The problem, of course, is that the Bridgestones are simply too good. MotoGP's spec tires offer phenomenal levels of grip - in an offhand comment, Casey Stoner referred to 58 degrees of lean as "not that much" - with outstanding duration. It is common for riders to set their fastest laps in the second half of the race, the point at which the tires are supposed to be degrading and losing grip.

read more

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotoGPMatters/~3/aTNBVaaIhKE/2011_motogp_assen_friday_round_up_tire_t.html

George Andrews Luigi Anelli Marcel Ankone Hans Georg Anscheidt

Female Rider to Race Moto2 at Assen

The Mapfre Aspar Moto2 team has named Elena Rosell the replacement rider for the injured Julian Simon in the June 25 Moto2 race at Assen.

Rosell will become the first woman to ever race in the Moto2 class and the first in any Grand Prix road racing class since Katja Poensgen competed in the 250cc class during the 2003 season. Rosell regularly races Stock Extreme class of Spain?s CEV championship, currently sitting 11th in the standings.

Other female racers who have competed in the Grand Prix World Championships include Tomoka Igata, Taru Rinne, Nikoletta Kovacs and Marketa Janakova.

Rosell will have a tough job filling in for Simon, the 2009 125cc GP Champion and runner up in the 2010 Moto2 Championship. Simon suffered multiple fractures in his right leg after a crash at the Catalan Grand Prix. Simon currently sits 5 in the 2011 Moto2 standings despite the crash at Catalunya and missing the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Simon is expected to be out for a while longer but it isn?t clear if Rosell or another rider will fill in for other upcoming rounds.

[Source: MotoGP (Spanish)]

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags: aspar, Assen, assen tt, dutch grand prix, dutch tt, elena rosell, injury replacement, julian simon, mapfre, moto2

Source: Motorcycle.com

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/Vzmz76RtdUF/Female+Rider+Race+Moto2+Assen

Geoff Barry Hans Bartl Harald Bartol Darren Barton