We’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about the incident between Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi at the Spanish GP. Charging to overtake Stoner at Turn 1, Rossi found himself going too hot into the turn, and too heavy on the brakes. With Stoner swinging wide to let Rossi through, the Italian went up the inside of Casey’s line, tucked the front, and the rest is history. While Stoner would later call the crash a “racing incident” in his press debrief, he still chastised his counterpart for making a rash move and an apology that seemed more like a media stunt than a sincere gesture.
The sunny Spanish weather gave way to rain this Sunday, as the Spanish GP got underway with 123,750 rain soaked…
We knew as the rain hit Jerez this weeks that the weather would be a significant factor at the Spanish…
Filling in for the injured Álvaro Bautista at the Spanish GP, John Hopkins was once again the powder blue of the Rizla Suzuki squad and on the Suzuki GSV-R race bike. Obliging Asphalt & Rubber with some copious notes on the Jerez Circuit, Hopper is the second rider in our on-going track notes feature, and we really appreciated the level of detail and insight he gave us on Jerez. Over the course of the 2011 MotoGP Championship, A&R will be getting track notes from each MotoGP racer on the 18 venues the series visits throughout the season.
Qualifying for the Spanish GP got underway today under the sunny, but windy skies of Jerez, Spain. Unsurprising to just…
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