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: Friends and family wish Rossi Happy Birthday
The MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi has received Happy 30th Birthday messages from a number of his closest friends, his family and several World Championship rivals.
Valentino Rossi has had an immensely successful career to date, winning eight World Championships, 97 races in all classes and becoming the most successful premier-class rider of all time. As he enters his 14th season in the MotoGP, his sixth… Read More…
Champion Rossi celebrates 30th birthday
Perhaps the most talented and gifted rider of all time, the current MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi celebrates his 30th birthday on Monday.
As he prepares to undertake his 14th season of World Championship competition the legendary Italian rider Valentino Rossi turns 30 on Monday and he is sure to be celebrating in style.
The reigning king of MotoGP, who… Read More…
Rossi’s Laguna manoeuvre scoops American honour
Pass on Casey Stoner voted ‘MotoGP Best Move’ of 2008 in online poll.
It probably doesn’t rank too highly on Casey Stoner’s list of magic manoeuvres from 2008, but Valentino Rossi’s overtaking move on the Australian at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix has been continually cited as the…
Sepang Test Results
| 1 | Casey STONER | Ducati MarlboroTeam | 2:02.038 | 2:01.483 | 2:01.043 | - | - |
| 2 | Valentino ROSSI | Fiat Yamaha | 2:02.324 | 2:01.626 |
Rossi and Lorenzo pleased with test results
The Fiat Yamaha team left Malaysia on Saturday with confidence high, after three productive days of testing.
Factory Yamaha colleagues Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo rounded off the first test of 2009 in good form on Saturday, with Rossi finishing second, less than one tenth off pace-setter Casey Stoner and Lorenzo ending up seventh – the Spaniard inside lap record pace for the first time this week.
Sepang test concludes with Stoner on top
As the first MotoGP test of 2009 concluded it was Ducati’s Casey Stoner who sat proudly at the top of the Sepang timesheets.
Ducati Marlboro’s Casey Stoner set the pace on the third and final test day in Malaysia on Saturday, registering a hot lap of 2’01.043 on the last of his 38 turns of the Sepang circuit to keep him ahead of the pack.
