MotoGP: Lorenzo Celebrates Birthday With Pole in Jerez

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Yamaha Factory Racing Press Release: Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo celebrated his 26th birthday in style today, taking pole position in qualifying for tomorrow’s Gran Premio Bwin de España at the Jerez de la Frontera Circuit in Southern Spain. The reigning World Champion was the man to beat for the second day of the Grand [...]

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MotoGP: Yamaha Factory – Jerez Free Practice Report

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Yamaha Factory Racing Press Release: The first European Grand Prix weekend of the 2013 season, the Gran Premio Bwin de España, got underway today at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Southern Spain. Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo started his first home Grand Prix of the year as he means to go on, one [...]

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MotoGP: Repsol Honda – Jerez Free Practice Report

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Repsol Media Press Release: After visits far afield to Qatar and the USA, MotoGP is back in Europe. The Spanish Grand Prix kicked off today at the Circuito de Jerez, where Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez rode to second and fifth, respectively, on the combined time-sheets. The opening Free Practice session saw a tight duel [...]

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MotoGP: Ben Spies to Miss Jerez Race

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Pramac Racing Press Release: Unfortunately, the pain felt by the Ignite Pramac Racing Team rider at the end of the warm up during last weekend in Austin (Texas), has had more serious consequences than expected. As a result, Ben Spies will not be able to race at the next round of the Championship, held on [...]

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MotoGP: Jerez Test Day Two – Yamaha Report

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Yamaha Factory Racing Press Release: The second day of the final pre-season MotoGP test was again played out in difficult weather conditions today with riders having to splash through a water-filled morning before being able to enjoy some dry track time later in the afternoon. Valentino Rossi was finally given the conditions that allowed him [...]

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MotoGP: Jerez Test Day One – Yamaha Report

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Yamaha Factory Racing Press Release: Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo kicked off day one of three of the final pre-season test of 2013 at the front, leading the MotoGP field by over a second in the time sheets. Following a successful team launch yesterday, today’s first day of action was a disappointing affair for [...]

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MotoGP: Ducati Test Concludes at Jerez

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Ducati Corse Press Release: Three days of private testing concluded today for Ducati at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Spain. The riders present at Jerez for the Italian factory were Pramac Racing’s Andrea Iannone, whom it was decided to send late last week in order to provide further development input for the Ducati [...]

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MotoGP: Weather Affects Ducati Test at Jerez

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Ducati Corse Press Release: Just a few days after the Ducati Desmosedici GP13’s official unveiling at Madonna di Campiglio, the Ducati Development Team was already busy at Jerez for the first of a number of tests planned for the coming weeks in preparation for the new season. The three-day test, which started on Saturday at [...]

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wSBK: Jerez Added for 2013

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WSBK Press Release: Infront Motor Sports and Jerez de la Frontera have announced that the Spanish circuit will join the eni FIM World Superbike Championship calendar from 2013 onwards following an agreement signed today in Jerez. The agreement is for three years from 2013 to 2015 inclusive and next year’s race can now be confirmed [...]

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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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