Shanghai track With just three months remaining before the city of Beijing plays host to the XXIX edition of the Olympic Games, China opens its doors to an equally talented array of athletes and a similarly historic championship this weekend as the MotoGP World Championship lands in Shanghai for the fourth round of an already [...]
Archive | April, 2008
Fiat Yamaha pair going for gold as MotoGP returns to China
Posted on 29 April 2008.
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Rossi continues Bridgestone work
Posted on 15 April 2008.
With the new Yamaha/Bridgestone partnership still in its infancy, Valentino Rossi’s main focus during Monday’s Estoril test was unsurprisingly on continued tyre development. Rossi, who has taken two podiums from his first three Bridgestone starts and holds third in the current world championship standings, will be looking to break a seven-race losing streak – since [...]
Lorenzo takes spectacular maiden victory at Estoril
Posted on 14 April 2008.
Lorenzo passes Rossi Jorge Lorenzo topped off an incredible opening month in MotoGP with his maiden premier class victory today, his first ever career win at Estoril. After three pole positions and two podiums, the Fiat Yamaha Team rookie went one step further to win the Portuguese Grand Prix in fine style, taking joint first [...]
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Race results – Estoril
Posted on 13 April 2008.
Full race results from the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril, round three of the 2008 MotoGP season. 1. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 45min 53.089 secs 2. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 45min 54.906 secs 3. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 46min 5.812 secs 4. Colin Edwards USA Tech [...]
Pole-star Lorenzo makes it three in a row
Posted on 12 April 2008.
Fiat Yamaha Team rider Jorge Lorenzo made it an incredible three poles from three MotoGP starts with another masterful qualifying display in Portugal this afternoon. Estoril was one of only two circuits on the calendar at which the outstanding rookie had never before claimed a pole position, but he put that behind him in impressive [...]
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Motorcycling-MotoGP riders consider protest over Tibet
Posted on 11 April 2008.
MILAN, April 11 (Reuters) – MotoGP riders are considering a protest at the Chinese Grand Prix in May over the security crackdown in Tibet. Former world champion Valentino Rossi of Italy said the riders would meet to decide if they should protest at the next Grand Prix in Shanghai on May 4. “All the world [...]
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MotoGP Teams Arrive In Portugal
Posted on 11 April 2008.
From a press release issued by Dorna Sports: Estoril all set for exciting third MotoGP round bwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal Thursday 10th April motogp A typically strong wind blowing in off the Atlantic Ocean, some sporadic rain showers and cool spring temperatures welcomed the MotoGP World Championship to Estoril on Thursday, ahead of the [...]
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Fiat Yamaha Expecting Grand Prix Of Portugal To Be Tough
Posted on 10 April 2008.
From a press release issued by Fiat Yamaha: Fiat Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo head to Europe’s Atlantic coast this weekend as they look to build on a positive start to the season with another bountiful points-haul at Estoril. The eleventh edition of the Grand Prix of Portugal is the third round of [...]
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Setup-Report Estoril: Fiat Yamaha riders go west in points quest
Posted on 08 April 2008.
Estoril Fiat Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo head to Europe’s Atlantic coast this weekend as they look to build on a positive start to the season with another bountiful points-haul at Estoril. The eleventh edition of the Grand Prix of Portugal is the third round of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship and is [...]
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