Valentino Rossi Ducati – MotoGP 2012

Thousands of mourners have gathered in the streets of Coriano, Italy to bid farewell to the MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli who died in an accident at the Malaysian Grand Prix Sunday. The 24-year-old’s hearse arrived at the Santa Maria Assunta church in the central Italian town just before 3pm local time. Family, members of Team [...]

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The world of motorsport is in mourning over the passing of yet another racer. MotoGP star Marco Simoncelli died after a horrific crash during last weekend’s race in Malaysia. The 24-year-old Italian rider was involved in a collision with Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards. He lost control of his bike on turn 11 and lost his [...]

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Amateur footage from Sepang on Sunday has showed Malaysian MotoGP marshals dropping a stretcher carrying the fatally wounded Marco Simoncelli. The Gresini rider, who had fallen from his bike and was hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi, succumbed to his injuries in the circuit medical centre. Although the moment was never seen during the [...]

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Italian rider Marco Simoncelli has died after a horrific crash at the Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang. The race was stopped after four minutes when Simoncelli’s bike veered across the track at turn 11 into the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. The 24-year-old had his helmet knocked off and was hit by both other [...]

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Factory Yamaha riders Jorge Lorenzo (warm-up) and Ben Spies (qualifying), plus Aspar Ducati’s Damian Cudlin (practice), all missed the race as a result of accidents during the weekend. 1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 42m 2.425s 2. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 42m 4.635s 3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 42m 4.879s 4. Dani Pedrosa [...]

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Casey Stoner claimed his 11th pole position of this year’s MotoGP Championship in front of his home fans at today’s qualifying session for the Iveco Grand Prix of Australia at Philip Island. The Repsol Honda rider continued his untouchable form during the session to head the front row with main rival Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory [...]

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Honda test riders Shinichi Ito and Kosuke Akiyoshi have got wild-card rides for their home round, while Damian Cudlin is making his MotoGP debut as a replacement for the injured Loris Capirossi. 1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 1m 45.267s 2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 1m 45.523s 3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 1m 45.791s [...]

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