Shoulder lack strength
Filed under: Dani Pedrosa, Events, Honda, Losail Circuit, MotoGP, Qatar, Rossi, Stoner, Travel
Last night qualifying battle was between the two Repsol Honda team mates Stoner and Pedrosa, but Stoner was faster and managed to beat Pedrosa…Lorenzo came 3rd.
The surprise was that Rossi came 9th and after qualifying Rossi said that his shoulder was fine now but lack enough strength to keep up the pace, on the technical side he also confirmed that they made some improvement to the bike and there is a lot to be made but its not possible at time being.
Tonight at 10pm the real race starts, and we believe its going to be very competitive.
The 6iq Taqies ride Losail
Filed under: 6iq 6aqi Riders, Bike Dudes, Fast, Losail Circuit, Qatar, Travel, Video, YouTube
A small clip of a warm up lap at Losail.
Losail is a very nice and fast track, its 5.380 km in length, 12 meters width, has 10 right corners and 6 left ones with a main straight of 1,068 meters, it also has a good safe area just incase you like running out wide like me.
In 2007, the track was equipped with lighting for night races and became the largest sport venue with permanent lighting in the world, but it recently lost the title to Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.
The first night race in MotoGP history was the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar in March 2008.
You’re never too old !
A thrilling opener
Filed under: Bike Dudes, Jorge Lorenzo, Losail Circuit, MotoGP, Qatar, Rossi, Yamaha
What a start for the season, it was a really thrilling race yesterday at Losail…kept it us on our toes from lap one.
The Doctor claims the podium, but the star was Lorenzo…this dude is aggressive…he is the” No Guts…No Glory” type of guy.
May the best man win
Today at 11pm 7:30pm on Jazeera Sport 2, or Eurosport for the uncensored version ;-).
Oh and lets not forget the Valencia round of the Super Bike, at 4:45pm 3:45pm.
Casey takes the podium
Filed under: Ducati, Losail Circuit, MotoGP, Qatar, Rossi, Stoner
Defying Gravity
Filed under: Losail Circuit, MotoGP, Photo of the day, Qatar, Racing
A superb win for Stoner
Although i’am a huge fan of Rossi but i just can’t hide my enjoyment of Stoner’s performance on the Ducati at opening race of the 2009 MotoGP in Qatar yesterday , at one point Sorner managed to increase the gap between him and Rossi to around 5sec with a top speed of 330Km…looks like its going to be a tough battle this season with the 2 Yamaha riders finishing second and third.
Next race is will take place at the Motegi circuit in Japan on the 26th of April, the Netherlands will be hosting the forth round of the World Super Bike at the same day as well.
May the best man win
Filed under: Losail Circuit, MotoGP, Motor Sports, Qatar, Racing
Due to bad weather conditions, the forst round of the 09 MotoGP race at Qatar has been postponed, the warm-up will run at 6.30pm, with the race scheduled to start at 9pm.
Mr.Elbowz
Filed under: Losail Circuit, Motor Sports, Qatar, Racing, WSBK
WSBK rookie Ben Spies also know as Mr.Elbows due to his riding style where his elbows frequently touch the ground when making sharp turns, is giving the god fathers of the WSBK a run for the pole positions.
Mr.Elbowz dominated the two WSBK qualifying sessions at Losail Circuit in Qatar, he lapped the 5.380 km circuit in 1 minute 57.280 seconds, Jakub Smrz on the 1098R came second, a fraction of a second behind Spies, and ahead of Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) in third. The race is taking place tomorrow, and am very anxious to see if the big boys will let rookies set foot on the podium.