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| This is good for Spies to get a run b4 his season next year. Hope he gives Toseland a whoopin too. |
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| Yamaha unveils Ben Spiesâ livery for Valencia Wednesday, 04 November 2009 The Sterilgarda Yamaha Team have unveiled the special one-off livery for 2009 Superbike Champion Ben Spies. The Sterilgarda Yamaha Team have unveiled the special one-off livery for 2009 World Superbike Champion Ben Spies ahead of his wildcard ride at the final MotoGP race in Valencia this weekend. Spies will be riding the Yamaha YZR-M1 prior to joining the Tech3 Yamaha Team next Monday to start testing for the 2010 season. The American rider has achieved astonishing success in his rookie year in World Superbike, bringing the first ever World Superbike Championship victory for Yamaha. Over the 2009 season he scored 14 race wins and 11 pole position starts in the class, becoming the all-time greatest rookie in the process. âIâm really excited for the opportunity to race at Valencia this weekend,â said Spies. âIâm fully aware that MotoGP is a big step up from World Superbike and realize itâs not going to be possible to achieve the same results in my first year there. I see this weekend as an opportunity to spend some time on the bike and start learning it for next season, and to have some fun as well!â. |
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| The competition for fifth place is still very much alive, with just six points the difference between Andrea Dovizioso and Colin Edwards. The Italianâs crash at Sepang was not largely capitalised on by Edwards, whose 13th-placed classification means that the fight for fifth will now go down to the wire at Valencia. Seventh place, meanwhile, is still to be decided upon between no less than six likely candidates. Marco Melandri (Hayate Racing), Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki), Alex de Angelis and Toni ElÃas (both San Carlo Honda Gresini), Chris Vermeulen (Rizla Suzuki) and Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) are all separated by just seven points from positions seven to 12. All have top-ten finishes at Valencia within the past two seasons, with Melandriâs fourth in 2007 the most notable recent result from the pack. Nicky Hayden, at a further eight points adrift of De Puniet, has an outside chance of challenging for seventh if he manages his second podium of the year and other results go his way. Also riding at Valencia will be American star Ben Spies, who will take to the track as a wildcard for Yamaha in preparation for his first full MotoGP season with Monster Yamaha Tech 3 in 2010. |
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| Multiple battles to be contested at final round at Valencia Monday, 02 November 2009 Valentino Rossi may have sealed the 2009 MotoGP World Championship at Sepang, but there are still scores to be settled involving Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa, and a host of other riders in the final round of the season at Valencia. A ninth world title was wrapped up by Valentino Rossi in Malaysia, leaving the remainder of the MotoGP class to decide the final standings beyond first place for the 2009 season at the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana. Rossiâs Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo pushed him the closest for the title this year, and now the 22 year-old looks primed to secure second spot in his second season in the premier class. With a 25-point margin between him and Casey Stoner in third, it would take a non-point scoring finish from the Spaniard and a race win for the Ducati Marlboro man to dislodge Lorenzo from the runner-up position. Far likelier for Stoner, who comes into round 17 in a rich vein of form having won his last two races at Sepang and Phillip Island, is third place to round off a season interrupted by illness. Speculation will linger as to how the final standings could have looked had the 2007 World Champion not missed Brno, Indianapolis and Misano due to fatigue, but the focus is now on preventing Dani Pedrosa from regaining third place. With victory last year and second the season before, the 24 year-old Australian has a strong pedigree at Valencia. Repsol Hondaâs Pedrosa is 11 points adrift in fourth, and needs a strong showing at a track where he won in 2007 and finished second at last time out. The competition for fifth place is still very much alive, with just six points the difference between Andrea Dovizioso and Colin Edwards. The Italianâs crash at Sepang was not largely capitalised on by Edwards, whose 13th-placed classification means that the fight for fifth will now go down to the wire at ... |
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| As much as its good that Spies has replaced Toseland, Superbike riders have found it to be another level when they step up to MotoGP. |
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| "It was spectacular, and I can't thank Yamaha enough and everyone who has been behind me for my first year here. "It'll sink in during the next couple of days." Spies won the world title with 462 point from Haga (456), Fabrizio (382), Aprilia's Max Biaggi (319) and Honda's Jonathan Rea (315). Australia's Troy Corser was 13th on 96 points after a rollercoaster debut year on the BMW. For Haga, it's the second time in three years that he's been the championship runner-up by only a few points. But the 34-year-old from Nagoya was magnanimous in defeat. "My compliments go to Ben who has been such a strong rival this year and even though he is going to MotoGP next year, I am sure we will remain friends," said Haga. "All weekend I have had problems with set-up, mainly with the tyres that didn't give me total confidence. "In race one we mounted two hard tyres and they didn't perform as we'd hoped and unfortunately I fell even though I wasn't pushing so hard. "We changed bikes for race two, just to be sure, as well as changing tyres of course. "Unfortunately second in the race was not enough to take the title and it's a real pity." Meanwhile, Newcastle's Broc Parkes completed his Kawasaki tenure with 11th and 12th places, and 18th place overall in the championship. |
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| New Stoner rival grabs Superbike crown AAP - October 26, 2009, 10:17 am AFP © Brilliant American Ben Spies is set to challenge Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi on the 2010 world MotoGP circuit after claiming the world Superbike title in a stunning debut season. Spies clinched the crown in a tense final round at Portimao, Portugal on Sunday, as chief rival Noriyuki Haga blew his chance when the battle which went down to the wire. The Texan set a record for the most pole positions in a year, and followed it up with 14 stirring race victories - six more than Haga - as he delivered Yamaha's first individual world title win since the championship began in 1988. Spies, the sixth American to win the world superbike title, will now take on new champion Rossi and Stoner when he races in the final round of this year's MotoGP title at Valencia as a wildcard, ahead of a permanent move in 2010. Spies rose to the occasion in the final round Superbike round, dominating race one from start to finish, while Haga lost the front-end of his Ducati and crashed on lap seven while making up time in fifth place. That allowed Spies to head into the final race with a handy 15 point margin over Haga, requiring only a sixth or better even if the Japanese rider won. In a monitoring exercise throughout the 22-laps, Spies remained vigilant in fifth place, more than enough to win the world title from Haga, who was a close second behind his Italian Ducati teammate Michel Fabrizio. "We did what we had to do and it was difficult to do that because the pace was quite fast and I saw that there were a couple of people behind me," said Spies. "I knew that if Nori won I had to be sixth, so I tried to stay out of trouble." "It was spectacular, and I can't thank Yamaha enough and everyone who has been behind me for my first year here. "It'll sink in during the next couple of days." Spies won the world title with 462 point from Haga (456), Fabrizio (382), Aprilia' ... |
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| welldone CASEY.... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding effort by Lorenzo to get 4th from the back of the grid too. Next year will be something to look forward to. |
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| VALENTINO !! 9 World titles, 5 different Divisions, All by the age of 30. The greatest rider of all time and will not be bettered for at least another generation. #46 :) |
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| Nine world titles. and seven in the premier class!!!!!!! Love him or hate him it is an OUTSTANDING achievement......... Hail VALE!!!! the greatest rider ever!!!!!! whats the bet that now the championship is done and dusted, the last round is a gloves off affair, with rossi, stoner and lorenzo having nothing to lose.....I hope so..... Valle Valle Valle Valle!!!! |
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| Shortly after, Stonerâs lead at the front had grown to a huge 15 seconds, but there was no such deficit between Pedrosa in third and his Repsol Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso, who diced for second spot. Disaster struck for the Italian however, as on lap 14 he succumbed to the wet conditions and slid off, allowing Rossi to move up to third and target Pedrosa. The Spaniard was out of Rossiâs grasp for the remainder however, but third was one place higher than he required to take the title (had Lorenzo won the race), and a characteristically flamboyant celebration followed involving a chicken dressed in the Italianâs blue and yellow colours. Elsewhere, Aleix Espargaró impressed with an eleventh-placed finish in his third MotoGP race of the campaign for Pramac, while Monster Yamaha Tech 3 pair Colin Edwards and James Toseland both struggled, finishing in 13th and 15th respectively. After Lorenzo took fourth spot he duly handed hearty congratulations to Rossi, with Hayden equalling his second-best result of the season in fifth. Chris Vermeulen (Rizla Suzuki), Toni ElÃas (San Carlo Honda Gresini), Marco Melandri (Hayate Racing), Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) and Mika Kallio (Pramac Racing) completed the top ten. |
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| Rossi clinches title as Stoner wins wet Sepang contest Sunday, 25 October 2009 Valentino Rossi finished third behind Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa at a rain-soaked Sepang to take the 2009 MotoGP World Championship title. Valentino Rossi, 2009 MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner was the race victor at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix on Sunday, but it was Valentino Rossi whose achievement of third place laid the foundation for the story of the weekend. Stonerâs second successive win was impressive enough, as was his astounding 14.666s margin of victory, but it was the Italianâs result that secured his ninth world title â a seventh in the premier class â as he defended his 2008 crown, with Dani Pedrosa finishing second with his 78th career podium across all classes. The race started on a wet track after a 35-minute delay due to rain, and there was drama from the off. A problem during the sighting lap with his machine for Jorge Lorenzo meant that failure to join the starting grid in time resulted in relegation from second to the back. It made little difference to the Spaniard however as he flew up to overtake Rossi, who dropped to tenth after a sluggish start from pole position. Lorenzo eventually finished in fourth position. Randy de Puniet had a very early nasty high-side which fortunately resulted in no injury for the Frenchman, as Stoner established a four-second lead at the front over Pedrosa after just two laps. Nicky Hayden was dogged in his attempt to hold off Lorenzo in fifth place, but the Fiat Yamaha rider managed to pass the Ducati Marlboro man before Rossi passed both to move into fourth spot after eight laps. Shortly after, Stonerâs lead at the front had grown to a huge 15 seconds, but there was no such deficit between Pedrosa in third and his Repsol Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso, who diced for second spot. Disaster struck for the Italian however, as on lap 14 he succumbed to the wet conditions a ... |
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| wet race. stoner wins... on ya stacey.. |
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| a stack in the first hairpin could make the championship interesting,but i hope its a tight battle all the way:) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Go Lorenzo. Rossi basically has the Championship but Hope Jorge has another win or 2 . |
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| fox broadcast is at 2.45pm,ONE is at 9pm and ch10 is 11pm.GO ROSSI,GO LORENZO.sectors two and three are narly dudes,love that high speed corner action! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thanks for posting the results...the only thing I could find was about Rossi and I didn't see Casey's name anywhere but then it's late and I'm tired :P...GO CASEY !!!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only thing lorenzo will be recovering from mag is the hangover he would of had on monday morning after the amount i saw him guzzle, its a sure bet he would of been feeling pretty average :-)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lorenzo seems fit and ok then? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hopefully the event will be on Ten at an earlier time than usual. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MotoGP Qualifying Practice Classification Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap 1 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 2'00.518 310.077 2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 2'01.087 310.612 0.569 3 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 2'01.254 314.410 0.736 4 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 2'01.455 312.138 0.937 5 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 2'01.716 308.131 1.198 6 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 2'01.918 310.434 1.400 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 2'01.980 309.101 1.462 8 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 2'02.098 305.775 1.580 9 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2'02.195 308.219 1.677 10 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 2'02.274 307.517 1.756 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 2'02.362 307.604 1.844 12 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 2'02.435 312.952 1.917 13 44 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Ducati 2'02.859 303.541 2.341 14 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 2'03.032 304.998 2.514 15 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 2'03.088 307.604 2.570 16 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2'03.528 306.992 3.010 17 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 2'03.874 303.968 3.356 |
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| Rossi secures pole position with Sepang record Saturday, 24 October 2009 Valentino Rossi will start the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix in pole position, as he bids to secure the 2009 World Championship at Sepang on Sunday. Sepang 2009 - MotoGP QP Highlights A best lap of 2â00.518 in MotoGP qualifying secured Valentino Rossi pole position for Sundayâs race at Sepang, with Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa completing the front row. The Italian broke his own previous pole record at the circuit â recorded on a 990cc machine in 2006 â by 0.087s and lapped 0.569s faster than his Fiat Yamaha team-mate Lorenzo. Lorenzo, who crashed on his MotoGP race debut at the track last season, was followed onto the front row of the grid by Pedrosa. The Repsol Honda man had been the fastest in practice, but was unable to match the blistering pace set by Rossi, finishing a further 0.167s behind Lorenzo. Casey Stoner, who won the race at Sepang in 2007, will head up the second row after lapping at almost a full second slower than Rossi, while Loris Capirossi secured fifth spot on the grid on his Suzuki GSV-R. Toni ElÃas (San Carlo Honda Gresini), Nicky Hayden (Ducati Marlboro), Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda), Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Alex de Angelis (San Carlo Honda Gresini) all came through inside the top ten as well. |
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| MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap 1 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 2'01.427 314.318 2 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 2'01.446 309.544 0.019 3 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 2'01.485 309.988 0.058 4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 2'01.804 309.189 0.377 5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 2'02.076 307.079 0.649 6 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 2'02.181 311.059 0.754 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 2'02.416 309.455 0.989 8 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2'02.425 306.992 0.998 9 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 2'02.607 311.059 1.180 10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 2'02.825 309.278 1.398 11 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 2'02.993 305.689 1.566 12 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 2'03.181 305.343 1.754 13 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 2'03.220 305.949 1.793 14 44 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Ducati 2'03.458 305.689 2.031 15 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 2'03.732 308.307 2.305 16 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2'04.078 302.351 2.651 17 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 2'04.492 304.654 3.065 |
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