Hayate Racing gave Melandri 1 year contract
Italian rider motivated to show potential in 2009, having cancelled Kawasaki contract.
Marco Melandri will contest the 2009 season as a Hayate Racing rider in a single-rider, single-year deal, the Italian has confirmed to motogp.com. His previous two-year contract with Kawasaki has been torn up and a new agreement hastily arranged in time for the start of the coming season, one in which he will ride a Ninja ZX-RR with no further factory development.
Spanish sport award given to Angel Nieto
Former lower cylinder world champion Angel Nieto was awarded last Tuesday with the announcement of winners at the Spanish Premios Nacionales del Deporte.
Pedrosa fractures not expected by Clinica Mobile
Doctor Claudio Macchiagodena’s initial examination on Spaniard reveals only bruising and swelling.
One of the first to attend to Dani Pedrosa after his crash in Qatar, Clinica Mobile’s Doctor Claudio Macchiagodena has eased fears over the Spaniard’s condition. The experienced paddock medic performed the initial examination on Pedrosa’s left hand and knee, and his early findings were limited to bruising and swelling.
Takahashi learning lines from predecessor Dovizioso
Scot Racing rider picks up 800cc track tips in Qatar.
Preparing for their debut on the biggest stage, the MotoGP debutants are busy learning their lines for opening night in Qatar. That is the case for newcomer Yuki Takahashi, who chose an appropriate rider to whom to play understudy on the second night at Losail.
Last evening at Qatar sees Stoner set the pace in early running
As the last night of testing at the Losail International Circuit got underway on Tuesday it was Ducati Marlboro’s Casey Stoner leading the way on the timesheets.
At the midway point of Tuesday night’s concluding test session in Qatar the 2007 World Champion and winner of the last two MotoGP races at the Losail track, Casey Stoner, was again way out in front of his rivals on the timesheet.
Pedrosa to undergo surgery on arm and knee
Back in Barcelona following his Qatar test crash, Dani Pedrosa will need an operation on his left arm on Wednesday to fit a screw in a fractured radius bone, with his injured left knee also in need of surgery.
Having had a full medical assessment at the USP Institut Universitari Dexeus clinic in his native Barcelona on Tuesday, as a result of his Monday night Qatar test crash, Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa has been diagnosed with a fractured left radius (one of the bones in the forearm) and a severely cut and bruised left knee.
Stoner ends Losail visit ahead of competitors again
As the MotoGP Official Night Test came to a conclusion at midnight in Qatar on Tuesday it was Casey Stoner who sat proudly at the head of the timesheet.
Winner of the last two MotoGP races at the Losail International Circuit, including last year’s historical first ever floodlit Grand Prix, Casey Stoner showed his strength around the 5.38km desert track again on Tuesday night.
MotoGP News: Melandri warns of need for time after Qatar return
New Hayate Racing bike requires adaptation for MotoGP star.
Always a bluntly realistic rider, Marco Melandri has warned that he will need time to get fully acquainted with the Hayate Racing bike that has salvaged his participation in the 2009 season. The second fastest man on track on Sunday night in Qatar, in a session that saw reduced activity as a result of rainfall, Melandri put in the most laps of any rider -35- as he searched for comfort on the Ninja ZX-RR.
MotoGP News: Rossi leads the way early on second evening at night test
The World Champion Valentino Rossi only featured briefly on Sunday night in Qatar but Monday evening’s early proceedings saw him set the pace in the desert.
MotoGP News: Pedrosa injured in Losail test crash
Dani Pedrosa’s Qatar test came to an abrupt end on Monday evening under the floodlights at Losail, as he suffered further leg and arm injuries when he crashed at 10.00pm local time.
