An extraordinary duel between team mates Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo led to one of the most thrilling climaxes to a MotoGP event in years.
The top three riders all got off to good starts, running in qualifying order, Jorges Lorenzo initially opening out a gap over Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner for the first lap [...]

Casey Stoner emerged victorious from a wildly eventful and unpredictable Italian MotoGP, to end Valentino Rossi’s seven-year run of home wins here. But it was something of a lottery throughout, with at least half a dozen riders in contention for the win at various points of the race.
It threatened to be a disaster for polesitter [...]

Jorge Lorenzo arrived at Le Mans determined to make amends for crashing out in Jerez and telling all and sundry that he absolutely had to win at Le Mans if he was to keep his title hopes alive. So that’s exactly what he went and did.
It didn’t seem like it was going to be Lorenzo’s [...]

Valentino Rossi had to battle hard, but ultimately pulled off a famous win at Jerez to see off the competition from the local heroes and give his championship prospects a huge boost at this early stage of the season.
Rossi got a reasonable start for once (meaning that he didn’t lose multiple positions and get swallowed [...]

Casey Stoner recorded his best ever MotoGP qualifying performance at the Jerez circuit to secure a front row spot for what promises to be a scintillating Spanish Grand Prix tomorrow. The Ducati MotoGP rider clocked the third fastest time in this afternoon’s qualifying session behind local pair Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, with his team-mate [...]

Australian experiences lack of confidence with front end slippage.
The standout rider of the Official Test at Jerez, Casey Stoner encountered some early difficulties as the 2009 race weekend began at the track. The first practice session, in which the Australian finished third with a time of 1’40.268, was dedicated to finding a solution to a [...]

For the second race running, the weather played a hugely important role in the MotoGP race – even if the race itself enjoyed a completely dry track and brilliant sunshine.
That hadn’t been the case a few hours earlier when the riders endured a sodden final warm-up practice session; and things had been even worse on [...]

Full Saturday free practice times from the Japanese Grand Prix at a wet Motegi, round two of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. 1. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2min 1.841 sec 2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 2min 1.893 sec 3. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 2min 2.497 sec 4. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 2min 3.007 sec 5. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2min …

Italy’s reigning world champion Valentino Rossi swept all before him in practice Friday for the Japanese Grand Prix, snapping archrival Casey Stoner’s early-season domination.

MotoGP leader Casey Stoner hopes to repeat past successes at Motegi on Sunday.