Photo of the Week: Blue Fire for the Land of the Rising Sun


If you follow my Facebook page, you may have seen a similar image a few weeks ago, and read the story about how many tries it took to get an instance of the blue fire. Here it is again for those who missed it. On Saturday night of the 2011 season opener, I was working in the pit lane when I noticed something visually striking. When some bikes were revved up by the mechanics in ...

Alvaro Bautista Troy Bayliss Max Biaggi Shane Byrne Niccolo Canepa

Repsol Honda duo top Jerez timesheet

Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner had a positive start in Jerez, with both riders sharing the top positions on the time sheets on the first day of practice for the Gran Premio bwin de España. They were the only riders who managed to set a lap time in the 1'39?s, which was also broke the Circuit Record of 1'39.731 set by Pedrosa in 2010.

Toni Elias James Ellison Aleix Espargaro Michel Fabrizio Sete Gibernau

MotoGP: Crashes Shake-Up Qualifying at Jerez


Qualifying for the Spanish GP got underway today under the sunny, but windy skies of Jerez, Spain. Unsurprising to just about anyone, the Repsol Hondas of Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa were on the top of the time sheets, with local Jorge Lorenzo completing the front row and only 0.16 seconds off the qualifying pace. While the rank and order surprises few, all eyes will be on the latter stages of tomorrow’s race to see ...

Jurgen van den Goorbergh Sylvain Guintoli Noriyuki Haga Tetsuya Harada Nicky Hayden