MotoGP: Crutchlow Claims Career Best in Le Mans

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Yamaha Tech 3 Press Release: Cal Crutchlow produced the ride of his MotoGP career in Le Mans today to claim a heroic podium in the home race of the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team. Just 24 hours after a heavy practice crash left him with a fracture in his right leg, the British rider showed [...]

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Riders’ Raise $1 million For Health Care In Africa

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Riders For Health Press Release: The money raised in the appeal will help ‘Riders’ ensure that more health workers in Africa have the reliable transport they need to deliver health care to everyone who needs it, no matter where they live. The matched funding will specifically help support programs in Zambia and Kenya. The appeal [...]

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Stopping Power! Brembo identifies the “best of the late brakers” at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix.

Stopping Power!

Reigning MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner has won the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca two years in a row, and both times, the Repsol Honda rider made the winning pass on title-rival Jorge Lorenzo over blind Turn 1. According to Brembo, the Italian manufacturer that currently supplies all but three [...]

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Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca MotoGP Post-Race Wrap-Up “Soft-option” Bridgestone rear tire is a winner for Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner.

2012 Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix

Casey Stoner won the 10th round of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship, 32 laps of Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California. At the start, three strong riders—Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Stoner—pulled away from the pack as they have done so often this year. At first, Lorenzo, who led more than half the race, [...]

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MotoGP: Stoner Snatches German GP Pole in Wet Qualifying

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MotoGP Press Release: All three MotoGP classes were met with heavy rainfall and torrid conditions for qualifying at the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland at the Sachsenring, during which Casey Stoner made use of a briefly drying track in the final minutes to snatch pole position in the premier-class ahead of Ben Spies and Dani [...]

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Jorge Lorenzo waits, pushes, wins at Silverstone Spaniard earns British Grand Prix victory, extends MotoGP points lead.

Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner

MotoGP racing at Silverstone was another demonstration that every rider has serious problems, and that racing is infinitely more (and more interesting!) than just “goin’ for it.” The Yamahas of Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies were still down on power to the Hondas of Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa, but the Hondas had their special [...]

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Yamaha Keeps Lorenzo! Jorge Lorenzo will stay with Yamaha through the 2014 MotoGP season.

Yamaha Rider Jorge Lorenzo in-action

Spanish roadracing star Jorge Lorenzo will remain with Yamaha through the 2014 MotoGP season, ending speculation that he would take reigning series champion Casey Stoner’s seat at Repsol Honda when the Australian retires at the end of this year. “I am extremely happy to have signed with Yamaha for two more years,” said Lorenzo. “They’ve [...]

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Casey Stoner Stops Spanish Dominance In Jerez Jorge Lorenzo continues to lead MotoGP world championship; Nicky Hayden top American finisher.

Stoner holding off Lorenzo as the gap narrowed towards the end of the race

Casey Stoner gambled on bike setup and tire choice for Sunday’s Grand Prix of Spain and won his first MotoGP race at the Circuit of Jerez. Last year’s race-winner and series points-leader, Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo, applied heavy pressure, closing within 0.177 of second with two laps remaining in the race, which took place under dark [...]

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MotoGP: Stoner Takes First Ever Jerez Victory

Casey Stoner crossing finish line with checkered flag at Jerez, Spain 2012

MotoGP Press Release: On a day when MotoGP fans around the globe were treated to three absolutely thrilling races, reigning World Champion Casey Stoner took his first premier-class victory at the Jerez track at the Gran Premio bwin de España, as he fought an epic battle with championship rival Jorge Lorenzo. With rain throughout much [...]

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MotoGP Jerez: Hayden Qualifies on Front Row

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MotoGP Press Release: What had been anticipated as a wet qualifying session after the rainy conditions so far, turned out to be a psychological battle with the elements, as a drying track and hovering dark clouds made conditions far from easy in MotoGP qualifying at the Gran Premio bwin de España. It was an absolutely thrilling [...]

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