The MotoGP paddock heads to Barcelona this week for the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya at the Montmeló circuit in Spain. Round 5 of the 2011 Championship, the second on Spanish soil this season, sees 2010 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo ready and prepared to defend his Championship lead in front of his home Catalan crowd. [...]

Speaking to former GP rider Daryl Beattie, Jeremy Burgess spoke about a range of subjects, starting with the switch to Ducati with Valentino Rossi for the 2011 campaign. “It’s been a hard start, clearly, with Valentino’s injury” Burgess told Beattie an interview for Australian channel One HD. “The bike was being built at the end [...]

From what you’ve seen during the first four races of the 2011 MotoGP season, who do you think will be crowned world champion after the 18th and final round at Valencia on November 6?To help you decide, here are some of the main stats:Championship top six:1. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 78 points2. Casey Stoner (Honda) 66 [...]

A letter updating teams and paddock personnel of the current situation relating to the staging of the rescheduled Japanese MotoGP race makes it clear that Dorna believes the event will go ahead in early October. Several top riders including Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Marco Simoncelli expressed concerns that the Twin Ring Motegi [...]

Mon, 23 May 12:24:00 2011 Four races down in the 2011 season and Casey Stoner looks to be back to his best. He may be trailing Jorge Lorenzo in the overall standings, but few fans or fellow competitors would doubt that the Australian is the man to beat this year. Free practice sessions have so [...]

Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner have joined Dani Pedrosa this year in supporting the Honda Safety Institute promoted by Montesa Honda SA, adorning the Institute logo on their RC212V for this year’s MotoGP World Championship. On the eve of the Catalan GP, the three HRC riders will join the Repsol Montesa Honda trial team at [...]

Check out this teaser video of Casey Stoner testing the 1000cc 2012 Repsol Honda. Casey tested the new Honda beast in Jerez this week for the 2012 season. Unfortunately the R&D department at Honda is keeping the engine sound to themselves as it is top secret and this is why music is playing instead of [...]

After a positive first day test, HRC decided to continue testing the 2012 prototype on Wednesday with Casey Stoner. The original plan was to have a one day test with Stoner and one with Pedrosa, however, due to the outcome of events from last weekend in Le Mans with Dani’s injury, HRC decided to complete [...]

Conditions all weekend were fine with only a brief rain shower on Saturday morning, and the laptimes on the new tyre were very fast. Casey Stoner was fastest all weekend and dominated the race to take victory after an early battle with teammate Dani Pedrosa. Pedrosa and Marco Simoncelli collided on lap 18, resulting in [...]

Moto GP NewsWith a two week break before the Grand Prix of Catalunya, Honda Racing Corporation today returned to the track in Jerez with French GP winner Casey Stoner aboard the 2012 Honda prototype.HRC test riders Kosuke Akiyoshi and Shinichi Ito have been testing this machine in April at Suzuka, Japan and it was planned [...]