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Valentino Rossi second in chilly Jerez
28.11.2008
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The Fiat Yamaha Team began a two-day test in Jerez, southern Spain yesterday and Valentino Rossi made a positive start to the second winter session, finishing the day second fastest behind Dani Pedrosa. Wi weiter >> |
Provisional 2009 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Entry List
08.11.2008
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Robin Barbosa (FRA)
Brad Binder (RSA)
Deane Brown (GBR)
Kevin Calia (ITA)
Alessio Cappella (ITA/NGR)
Xavier Figueiras (ESP)
Hayden Gillim (USA)
Daijiro Hiura (JPN)
Taylor Mackenzie (GBR)
Nelson Major (FRA)
Florian Marino (FRA)
Dylan Mavin (AUS)
Leandro Mercado (ARG)*
Jakub Korn weiter >> |
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup - Final Selection Event - Estoril
08.11.2008
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- November 7th & 8th
The sun came out on Saturday in Estoril for a beautiful second day of the Final Selection Event for the 2009 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Riders came from around the world, from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia and across Europe from Sweden to the Czech Republic p weiter >> |
Yamaha and Fiat to continue together for two more years
05.11.2008
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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd and Fiat Automobiles Spa have concluded an agreement to continue their partnership for a further two years.
The agreement will see Fiat continue as the title sponsor of Yamaha’s Factory MotoGP Team, which will continue to be known as the Fiat Yamaha Team, for 2009 and 2010.
Fiat joined Yamaha at the start of 2007 and their partnership has b weiter >> |
Tomoyoshi Koyama top KTM finisher in final 125 cc GP in Valencia
27.10.2008
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Japanese Red Bull KTM rider Tomoyoshi Koyama rode an impressive final 125 cc race to close the 2008 road racing season in Valencia on Sunday storming from sixteenth position after two laps to finish a strong seventh.
Spanish Onde 2000 KTM rider Pablo Nieto finished his active racing career in a great ninth position ahead of Repsol KTM's Esteve Rabat in tenth and weiter >> |
Aoyama fifth in KTM's final 250 cc GP in Valencia; Kallio off on final lap
27.10.2008
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| Red Bull KTM factory rider Hiroshi Aoyama put in a brave and determined ride to finish fifth in Sunday's 250 cc GP in Valencia to conclude a proud chapter in road racing history for the orange bikes "Made in Austria".
Teammate Mika Kallio was not so lucky. After putting in a do-or-die dash for final victory in a display of riding that illustrated the determination, skill weiter >> |
Valencia Ricardo Tormo - Valencia Race results
27.10.2008
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2008 MotoGP Valencia
Circuit Length: 4005
Weather: Dry
1 Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 46'46.141
2 Daniel Pedrosa Honda ESP 0'3.390
3 Valentino Rossi Yamaha ITA 0'12.194
4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda ITA 0'24.159
5 Nicky Hayden Honda USA 0'26.232
6 Colin Edwards Yamaha USA 0'32.209 weiter >> |
Rossi rounds out world championship season with 16th podium
27.10.2008
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Valentino Rossi brought the curtain down on a spectacular season with a third place in Valencia today, his 16th podium from 18 races in a year which saw him win his eighth world title. The 29-year-old Italian has taken nine wins, five seconds and two thirds this year, surpassing the all-time premier class win record and the record for the most points in a season in the process. H weiter >> |
MotoGP rookies triumph in 2-race contest with AMA rookies
26.10.2008
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MotoGP rookies from Europe and the rest of the world triumphed in Valencia in a two-race series for the Riders Cup that concluded the competition for these talented junior riders for the 2008 season.
Britain's Matthew Hoyle (17) put in a great race from third place on the grid to the chequered flag to win the race from Spaniard Luis Salom. The 16-year-old Spania weiter >> |
Esteve Rabat fastest KTM on 125 cc Grid for Sunday's final GP in Valencia
26.10.2008
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Repsol KTM's Esteve Rabat was fastest KTM rider in qualifying for the final 125 cc GP of the season at Valencia, Spain, finishing in twelfth position in what was difficult an ever changing weather conditions.
Tomoyoshi Koyama, who has returned to the Red Bull KTM team for the final two races of the season, struggled to find the right level of confidence for the weiter >> |
Simon and Kallio start final 250 cc GP from first row
26.10.2008
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Repsol KTM rider Julian Simon and Red Bull KTM star Mika Kallio will start on the front row for the last GP of the season and the final race that KTM will contest in the 250 cc category.
With Kallio's team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama in fifth position, KTM's three-rider line-up in this class is ready for a great final fight and are determined to end the exciting campaig weiter >> |
Hoyle leads MotoGP Rookies to victory
25.10.2008
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Red Bull Riders Cup - Valencia Race - October 25th
Matthew Hoyle led his team to victory in the Red Bull Riders Cup at Valencia on Saturday. The 17 year old Briton made it virtually a start-to-finish victory comfortably ahead of 16 year old Spaniard Luis Salom. The 16 year old Spaniard pulled through from a mediocre grid position and start to overtake 15 year old A weiter >> |
Jorge Lorenzo in fast form in rainy return to Spain
25.10.2008
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Jorge Lorenzo made a return to home soil in Valencia today but it was a somewhat rainy homecoming for the 21-year-old as the final race of the season got underway. The Fiat Yamaha rider formed a bright spot in the gloom however as his M1 is carrying a special paint job for this race, incorporating the national flag of each of the 14 countries in which he has won during his world weiter >> |
Red Bull Riders Cup - Valencia Practice - October 24th
24.10.2008
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Few heroes, few left standing.
Pole position for Saturday's Red Bull Riders Cup went to the AMA U.S. Team and visiting American 13 year old Hayden Gillim on a day when wet and slippery conditions saw almost all the Red Bull Rookies, including Gillim crash at least once in the three practice sessions. Second fastest was 16 year old South African Mathew Scholtz who l weiter >> |
Red Bull Riders Cup - Valencia Preview
22.10.2008
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Saturday in Valencia, the final MotoGP weekend of the season, sees the Red Bull Riders Cup contested for the second time. The top ten riders from the Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup cross the Atlantic to do battle with their opposite numbers from the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup.
The Riders Cup was contested for the first time on the other side of the ocean as part of the Re weiter >> |
Fiat Yamaha riders head to Valencia with more records in sight
21.10.2008
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A record-breaking season for Fiat Yamaha reaches its finale this weekend as the Grand Prix of Valencia brings the curtain down on the 2008 MotoGP World Championship. The traditional season-ending Spanish fiesta sees Valentino Rossi arrive with the title already in his pocket and the all-time points record for a season within his sights, whilst Jorge Lorenzo will become the highes weiter >> |
KTM Factory Road Racing Team to focus on 125 class in 2009
17.10.2008
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- KTM reopens activities in the 125cc Grand Prix factory team for 2009.
- Official withdrawal from the 250 cc World Championship.
KTM is focusing its efforts on the 125 cc Grand Prix class for the future of the road racing world championship. The Red Bull KTM Team, under the technical leadership of constructor Harald Bartol, will be a newly weiter >> |
Fiat Yamaha Team take podium mission to Malaysia
13.10.2008
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A glorious MotoGP season for the Fiat Yamaha Team reaches its penultimate chapter this weekend, with Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo targeting the podium at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur. From the fresh air of Phillip Island the series heads to sticky and steamy Sepang with both riders keen to maintain Yamaha's record of having at least one rider on the podium in eve weiter >> |
Kallio and Simon battle it out for third in Australian GP
05.10.2008
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Red Bull KTM 250 star Mika Kallio and Spanish Repsol KTM rider Julian Simon fought a hard battle for the third podium place in Sunday's 250 cc Australian GP with Kallio snatching the glory in the final seconds.
Simon swept ahead of Kallio for the first time on lap three, defending his position until the twelfth lap before both of them started their thrilling cat weiter >> |
Valentino Rossi roars through the field to take second on the island
05.10.2008
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Fiat Yamaha rider and 2008 World Champion Valentino Rossi recovered from yesterday's mishap to charge through the field from the fourth row at Phillip Island today, eventually taking second behind Casey Stoner. His team-mate Jorge Lorenzo took a second consecutive fourth place after a race long battle with several other riders.
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Top qualifying slots for all three KTM 250 riders in Phillip Island
04.10.2008
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All three KTM 250 riders qualified in top positions for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, with Red Bull KTM's Mika Kallio in second, team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama in fourth and Spanish Repsol KTM 250 rider Julian Simon in sixth place.
Kallio, who has scored three victories and five podium finishes this season, is determined to keep his title chances alive. Aoyama, a fo weiter >> |
Qualifying mishap leaves Rossi on fourth row down under
04.10.2008
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An unfortunate mistake in the later stages of this afternoon's qualifying session means that Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi will start tomorrow's Australian Grand Prix from the outside of the fourth row. The new world champion ran off onto the grass approaching turn three and fell awkwardly when he hit the gravel trap, suffering slight whiplash and some damage to the muscles i weiter >> |
Fiat Yamaha seek further glory at Phillip Island
01.10.2008
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The Fiat Yamaha Team make a triumphant return to Australia this week with the triple crown of riders', teams' and constructors' titles already in the bag, one year after arriving at Phillip Island in very different shape.
Valentino Rossi's resounding victory at Motegi, combined with fourth place for his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and top ten finishes for satellite riders Ja weiter >> |
Further information World Title Valentino Rossi
28.09.2008
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"I think it’s difficult to say, but maybe this is even better than the first championship with Yamaha in 2004. In 2004 I arrived after three championships in a row; the change was very big and no one expected me to win then, not even us to be honest! But t weiter >> |
Rider, Teams and Manufacturer standings after Japan GP Motegi
28.09.2008
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Rider Standings 28/09/2008
1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha ITA 312
2.. Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 220
3.. Daniel Pedrosa Honda ESP 209
4. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 169
5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda ITA 136
6. Colin Edwards Yamaha USA 118
7. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki AUS 117
8. Nicky Hayden Honda USA 115
9. Lor weiter >> |
2008 MotoGP Japan - Motegi 28/09/2008 Race 1 results
28.09.2008
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Circuit Length: 4801
Temp: 20
Crowd: 50000
Weather: Dry
2008 MotoGP Japan - Motegi 28/09/2008 Race 1 - 24 Laps
1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha ITA 43'9.599
2 Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 0'1.943
3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda ESP 0'4.866
4 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 0'6.165
5 Nicky Hayden Honda weiter >> |
Tech 3 perform well in Yamaha's home race
28.09.2008
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Capitalising on a strong start from the third row of the grid, Tech 3 rider Edwards reeled off a series of consistently fast lap times to mount a serious assault on the top six in the second half of the race. The American managed to claw back a three second deficit on Loris Capirossi to shadow the Italian from lap 12 onwards.
Edwards exerted intense pressure on the Itali weiter >> |
Valentino Rossi takes eight World Title with home win for Yamaha
28.09.2008
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Valentino Rossi rode a perfect race to win Yamaha's home Grand Prix in Japan today, claiming the 2008 MotoGP World Championship title in the process. In doing so the 29-year-old Italian became only the second rider in history to recapture the title after two years, the other being Giacomo Agostini, whose all-time victory record Rossi surpassed at the last race in Indianapolis. weiter >> |
Koyama turns on one of season's best 125 cc races for home town fans
28.09.2008
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Local hero Tomoyoshi Koyama from Team ISPA KTM Aran was best KTM rider in the 125 cc category and celebrated eleventh place with a huge burn-out in front of his home crowd.
It was one of the diminutive Japanese rider's best results for the 2008 season.
Meanwhile German Red Bull KTM rookie Jonas Folger rode much faster than in prac weiter >> |
Julian Simon celebrates fourth and season's best in Japan 250 GP
28.09.2008
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Repsol KTM 250 rider Julian Simon battled his way to fourth place in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix on the Motegi circuit and celebrated his best result so far aboard his KTM FRR 250.
But while Simon enjoyed an almost flawless and trouble-free weekend, Red Bull KTM riders Hiroshi Aoyama and Mika Kallio had their hopes of a podium double dashed on the circuit where weiter >> |
Jorge Lorenzo seals stunning pole in Motegi for Yamaha's home race
27.09.2008
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Jorge Lorenzo was on superb form at Motegi today, taking an impressive pole position on his first visit to Japan as a Yamaha rider. The 21-year-old will head the field for his Factory's home race tomorrow whilst his Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi, who will be bidding to seal his eighth World Championship crown, will start from fourth.
Lorenzo struggled in the dry weiter >> |
Front row start for Aoyama and Kallio in Japan
27.09.2008
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Red Bull KTM stars Hiroshi Aoyama and Mika Kallio secured front row starting positions for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix proving both riders are completely at home on the Motegi circuit.
Both riders are determined to continue KTM's amazing success story at Motegi, where Aoyama rode to victory in the 250 cc race of 2006, and Kallio repeated the success last year. weiter >> |
Rossi gets weekend off to good start with third in Motegi practice
27.09.2008
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Valentino Rossi made a solid start to his Japanese Grand Prix weekend by riding his Fiat weiter >> |
"Gentleman Thief" to race with Lorenzo in Motegi
27.09.2008
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To celebrate the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi this Sunday, Jorge Lorenzo’s no. 48 Fiat Yamaha will race with an unusual and original livery. The Spanish rider’s YZR-M1 will carry the image of comic-book hero Arsenio Lupin III, the celebrated ‘Gentleman Thief’ made famous in the Japanese Manga series created by Kazuhiko Kato, or ‘Monkey Punch’.
The celebratory fairing is weiter >> |
First title 'Match Point' for Rossi in Motegi
23.09.2008
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Valentino Rossi gets his first opportunity to wrap up the 2008 MotoGP World Championship this weekend in Yamaha's home race at Motegi. The record-breaking 29-year-old arrives at the Grand Prix of Japan with an 87-point lead over Casey Stoner at the top of the standings with only four races left, meaning third place on Sunday will be enough to seal the title even if Stoner takes v weiter >> |
Red Bull Riders Cup - Indianapolis Race - MotoGP Rookies' take home the Cup
15.09.2008
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The Red Bull Riders Cup was seized by the visiting MotoGP Rookies Team as they swept the leaderboard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In tricky damp to wet conditions 16 year old Norwegian Sturla Fagerhaug rode superbly to head home 16 year old South African Mathew Scholtz and 17 year old Briton Matthew Hoyle.
The MotoGP Team won by 114 points to 26 as the first man ho weiter >> |
Rider, Team, Manufacturer Standings after Indianapolis GP
15.09.2008
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Rider Standings 14/09/2008
1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha ITA 287
2. Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 200
3. Daniel Pedrosa Honda ESP 193
4. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 156
5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda ITA 129
6. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki AUS 117
7. Colin Edwards Yamaha USA 109
8. Nicky Hayden Honda USA 104
9. Shiny weiter >> |
Valentino Rossi comes through the deluge to make history at Indianapolis
15.09.2008
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Valentino Rossi wrote another chapter in his ever-expanding history book at Indianapolis today, claiming his 69th premier-class win and becoming the most successful rider in premier-class history in the process. His hat trick of pole position, fastest lap and race victory made for a perfect first Indianapolis Grand Prix for the Italian and a third place for Jorge Lorenzo rounded weiter >> |
Red Bull Riders Cup - Indianapolis Preview - September 14th
13.09.2008
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Riders Cup Indianapolis - It's a team thing.
The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Team arrived in Indianapolis on Tuesday evening ready to do battle with the Red Bull AMA U.S. Team for the Riders Cup on Sunday. With 10 riders in each team the two squads represent the best of the World's teenage racers and will be out to show which of the parallel Rookies Cups contains t weiter >> |
Yamaha riders unveil new YZF-R1 in Las Vegas
09.09.2008
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All four Yamaha MotoGP riders took part in the global unveiling of the all-new Yamaha R1 today in a suitably glittering show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fiat Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, plus Tech 3 Yamaha team-mates Colin Edwards an weiter >> |
Fiat Yamaha Team lead the way to Indianapolis
09.09.2008
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The MotoGP World Championship heads to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time in its history this weekend, fittingly with the equal most successful rider of all-time leading the groundbreaking pilgrimage to one of motorsport's most iconic venues. Fiat Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi leveled Giacomo Agostini's record of weiter >> |
Krummenacher to take a two-race break in 125 cc GP program
08.09.2008
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KTM and Randy Krummenacher's management have reached a mutual agreement to allow the young Swiss rider to take a rest and recuperation break during the coming two races in the 125 cc Grand Prix program.
Krummenacher will therefore not contest the next two races in Indianapolis, USA and Montegi, Japan and instead will return to the KTM factory team stable for the weiter >> |
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup - Selection Event - Adria
07.09.2008
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- September 1st to 4th
Teenage stars in the sun.
Four days of glorious Italian sunshine allowed one hundred of the World's best teenage motorcyclists to show off their abilities at the two Initial Selection Events, looking for those who will join the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2009. A pair of two day tests run back to back at the Adria Rac weiter >> |
Valentino Rossi matches Giacomo Agostini's record with win number 68
01.09.2008
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Valentino Rossi reached another milestone in his outstanding career today by matching the all-time premier-class win record. His 68th premier-class victory brings him level with his great countryman Giacomo Agostini and the fact that he was able weiter >> |
KTM rider Marquez impressive in fourth place in 125 cc GP at Misano
01.09.2008
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Spanish teenager Marc Marquez put in an impressive race and final lap to be the top KTM 125 cc finisher at the GP of San Marino on the Misano circuit.
Marquez fought his way through the 23-lap race and overtook his Spanish rival Nicolas Terol on the last lap. Repsol KTM team-mate Esteve Rabat was second-best KTM rider of the day, riding to a strong ninth positio weiter >> |
Unlucky crash for Kallio and Aoyama at GP of San Marino
01.09.2008
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After a very promising start in the 250 cc GP of San Marino by both Red Bull KTM factory riders Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama disaster struck in the fourth lap when the two touched, crashed and their race was over.
Kallio, who had been ninth after the opening lap, gained ground rapidly and was running right behind his team-mate in sixth position, when both of t weiter >> |
Rossi on course for home town showdown at Misano
30.08.2008
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QUALIFYING 1
Valentino Rossi put his Fiat Yamaha M1 on the front row for the eighth time this season today, qualifying second behind Casey Stoner for his home Grand Prix at Misano. The 29-year-old, who lives just 15km away in Tavullia, will be flanked by his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo tomorrow, back on the front row of the grid for the first time since race three in weiter >> |
Young Marquez leads in the KTM 125's in qualifying at Misano
30.08.2008
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Spanish teenager and Repsol rider Marc Marquez was fastest KTM rider on the Misano circuit on Saturday ahead of the 125 cc GP of San Marino.
Local hero Raffaele de Rosa from Team Onde 2000 KTM qualified in fifteenth place while German Wild Card rookie Jonas Folger improved steadily in all practice sessions to take twenty eighth on the grid in only his sec weiter >> |
Mika Kallio goes for broke with new chassis ahead of Misano GP
30.08.2008
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In his fight for the 2008 250 cc World Championship title, Red Bull KTM star Mika Kallio decided to go for broke and try out a brand new chassis on Saturday as he chased a good starting position the San Marino and Riviera die Rimini Grand Prix.
KTM Technical Director Harald Bartol had planned to test the new development on Monday after the race, but since the te weiter >> |
