Portugal, Sun 6th May 2012- Repsol Honda Team’s Casey Stoner made it two wins in a row to take the lead in the MotoGP™ championship with victory at the Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril. Having led from the start, the reigning World Champion never gave up the lead, as he put in another dominant [...]

Jerez -Sun Apr 29th- On a day when MotoGP™ fans around the globe were treated to three absolutely thrilling races, reigning World Champion Casey Stoner took his first premier-class victory at the Jerez track at the Gran Premio bwin de España, as he fought an epic battle with championship rival Jorge Lorenzo. With rain throughout [...]

Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) took his first premier class victory at the Losail International Circuit to open the 2012 MotoGP™ season in the best possible manner, after battling reigning World Champion Casey Stoner and the Australian’s Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa for the duration of the 22-lap race on Sunday evening. It was also [...]

Qatar, Losail,Sat, 7 April 2012-An enthralling first qualifying session of the 2012 MotoGP™ season saw Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) take pole position for the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, as the Spanish rider beat reigning World Champion Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) to the fastest lap by 0.221s on Saturday evening. Lorenzo’s time of 1’54.634 [...]

Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar,  Day 2- After Casey Stoner had led the first two practice sessions at the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, Jorge Lorenzo took control of the final session on Friday to set the best lap in FP3 and raise expectations for an exciting qualifying run on Saturday. The Yamaha Factory Racing rider [...]

The MotoGP™ class was blessed with close to ideal conditions at Jerez on Sunday, where the third and final day of the Official Test took place. With the first practice session of the season’s opening race – the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar – less than two weeks away, on April 8th, all 21 riders [...]

Friday, 20 January 2012- The reigning MotoGP World Champion took time out of his winter break to share with motogp.com his views on fatherhood, his rivals, the switch to 1000cc bikes and how he will defend his title in 2012. How was your Christmas break and your reception back at home in Australia? “It was pretty [...]

Yamaha Factory Racing rider Jorge Lorenzo kicked off 2012 yesterday with a visit to New Delhis, Buddh International circuit. The MotoGP star was in India for a personal appearance at the Auto Expo to meet both racing fans and the national Indian media. Lorenzo also took time in the afternoon to visit the impressive Buddh [...]

  Casey Stoner closed the 800cc era with his tenth victory of his title-winning season, edging Ben Spies across the finish line by just 0.015s as Andrea Dovizioso claimed the final podium spot and with it third place in the final Championship standings. The race was declared dry at the start but light rain fell [...]

Ahead of what will be an emotional weekend at the Ricardo Tormo circuit, where the final round of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship takes place this weekend, the customary pre-event press conference took place on Thursday afternoon. This weekend will see the MotoGP paddock pay tribute to Marco Simoncelli just two weeks after he passed [...]