SPANISH SPORTS | MARQUEZ - LORENZO CLAIM MOTO WORLD TITLES

While most of Spain slept two Spanish Sportsmen & Moto riders proclaimed themselves 2012 WORLD CHAMPIONS in Australia. The difference in time zones discouraged many to wake up at 04.00 am to watch live the AUSTRALIAN MOTO GP CHAMPIONSHIPS, however the final results & excellent Spanish Sports news were beamed immediately.

JORGE LORENZO needed only 3 points to mathematically claim the 2012 MOTOGP World Championship & he did so after title rival Spaniard Dani Pedrosa fell & withdraw from the race. Jorge Lorenzo finished second behind Australia Casey Stone who wanted to win retiring with a home victory.

Its the second GP World title for Lorenzo making him the Spaniard with most GP titles in the History of the Sport.

Spanish rider MARC MARQUEZ proclaimed himself mathematically 2012 MOTO 2 WORLD CHAMPION after finishing third in his Moto 2 race. Its his second World Title, the first being in the 125cc category. The rider will now jump to the MOTOGP category next season where he will take the place left vacant by retiring Casey Stoner in the Honda team having countryman Dani Pedrosa as team-mate.

Congratulations to both from Spanish Football & Sports, great day for Spanish Sports.

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SPANISH MOTO GP 2011 JEREZ | LORENZO - TEROL WIN THEIR CATEGORIES

A wet & slippery Jerez circuit made todays SPAIN MOTO GP 2011 in all catagories exciting, controversial & with Spanish riders doing overall well. 

Jorge Lorenzo win Spanish MotoGP 2011

Current Spanish GP World Champion JORGE LORENZO managed to win in the GP category giving him the maximum points to take him into top spot of the current classifiaction table with 45 points. Secod place with 36 points is another Spaniard, Dani Pedrosa who came in second in  todays race infront of American Nicky Hayden who was third.

Rossi & Stoner incident 

Currently third on the World Championship classification table, Australian Casey Stoner did not finish due to a "race incident" with Italian Valentino Rossi when the latter slipped-slided in a risky curve manoeuvre that took out Stoner. Rossi managed to get back on his bike & he finished 5th, causing Stoners anger to explode even more after the Australian left  furious & latter applauded "ironcally" as Rossi rode pass.

Rossi visited Stoner in boxes after the race to excuse himself but Stoner looked extremely "pissed-off" as he did nt get any points due to Rossi´s very "aggressive riding" that cancelled him out & his chances to win todays race. 

Iannone wins Moto2

IANNONE won the Moto2 category ahead of Luthi with third place to Corsi. The best placed Spanish rider was SIMON who came in 6th in today's race. Promoted Spanish rider & last years 125cc World Champion Marc Marquez again failed to finish after a rider collided into his bike forcing Marquez to retire.

Spanish rider Terol wins 125cc

Big win for Spaniard TEROL who takes the lead in the 125cc World Champions table. The seconds place race winner today was Folger & third place went to Zarco

There will be a short break & MOTO GP returns the beginning of May with the Portuguese GP Tweet

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MOTOGP 2011 | SEASON KICKS OFF IN QATAR | SPANISH RIDER NICO TEROL LEADER IN 125CC

Have to be honest, its been a too long a break & waiting for the start of the 2011 MOTOGP season. Tonight the season kicked off in Qatar under lights with mixed results for Spanish riders , but with an overall positive taste as we race through the summary of all catagories.

Jorge Lorenzo Qatar 2011: courtesy of motogp.com

The GP catagory saw Australian & new Honda rider Casey Stoner fly pass the checker flag to win & become the first GP classification leader for the new season. Honda has managed to "fine - tune" their machines in "lighting bolt" mode & it was a grand effort by second placed & current World Champion JORGE LORENZO to take his Yamaha bike into the silver position with some brilliant & outstanding driving as he was really pleased post-race. Spaniard & Honda rider DANI PEDROSA got in third after he felt some pain in his shouder as Lorenzo flew by him 3/4 of the way. 

Marquez crash: courtesy of rtve

Not so good news for Spanish riders in the MOTO2 catagory with the race finishing in this order: 1st German rider Bradl; 2nd Iannone & 3rd Luthi. The bad news was the spectacular crash from last years Spanish 125cc World Champions Marc Marquez. I have always believed that riders jump catagories too soon in the careers & these things happen. A 125 cc bike has nothing to do with a Moto2 bike as with a GP bike. It takes a lot of adaptation to get under control the new & more powerful bikes. The best placed Spanish rider in this category was Julian Simon in 10th place. 

Spanish 125cc rider Terol

The happy news for Spanish Sports was in the 125cc catagory with NICO TEROL winning ahead of Cortese & another Spaniard Gadea. Terol starts fantastically the season & looks great along with Gadea. The 125 cc has traditionally of late been a Spanish strong hold.

Next race: Spanish GP ( Jerez ) - 3rd of April

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MOTO GP 2010 | SPANISH WORLD CHAMPIONS IN ALL THREE CATAGORIES

Dream day for Spanish Sports & Motobikes as young 17 year old Spanish rider MARC MARQUEZ proclaimed himself 125 cc World Champion 2010. Marquez finished 4th in todays Valencia (Spain) race & securing the points necessary as he needed to finish in the top 8 places.

2010 World Champion 125cc - Marc Marquez

In Moto 2 , World Champion Toni Elias fell & in GP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo won in his catagory. As you may well have already figured all Three World Champions in each catagory are in fact Spanish riders. This puts Spain in the maximum level of the Sport with sub- Champions also Spanish riders in the mentioned catagories. Bright future & spectacular moment for the country . Congratulations to all Spanish riders & thanks for the wonderfull 2010 season.

Three World Champions 2010 - all Spanish - Elias (Moto2),
Lorenzo (GP) & Marquez (125cc)

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SPANISH SPORTS | JORGE LORENZO MOTO GP TONI ELIAS MOTO 2 WORLD CHAMPIONS 2010 | RAFAEL NADAL WINS TOKYO TENNIS TITLE

I am currently out of town in the countryside & have at my disposal  a primative "Wi-fi" which is very slow; thus it limits my availabilty to stay connected too long. Said this please excuse the shortness of the posts until I get back to the "big smoke".
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Woke up this morning to find that SPANISH SPORTS has two new WORLD CHAMPIONS & that RAFAEL NADAL had won the Tokyo Tennis Trophy.

MOTO GP 2010 World Champion JORGE LORENZO

Spanish MOTO GP rider JORGE LORENZO proclaimed himself mathematically MOTO GP WORLD CHAMPION 2010 after coming in third in todays MALAYSIAN GP race. The winner was Valentino Rossi followed by Italian Dovisioso, but Lorenzo only needed to come in the first 9 places to secure the title. He adds this grand title to his other two 250cc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations Lorenzo!

MOTO 2 2010 World Champion TONI ELIAS

Spaniard TONI ELIAS proclaimed himself mathematically MOTO 2 2010 WORLD CHAMPION after coming in second in todays race in the MALAYSIAN GP. Congratulations to Toni as well!

Finally, although the 125cc World Title is still up for grabs, another young Spaniard MARQUEZ won his race in Malaysia to get top spot on the classification ladder & open up excellent options to gain the title.Wish him luck.

RAFAEL NADAL wins 2010 Tokyo Tournament

Spanish World Nº1 ranked Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL won the 2010 TOKYO Tournament defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-1 7-5.

Wish we - all Spaniards - wake up every Sunday with this great news for Spanish Sports always :O)
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MOTO GP | JORGE LORENZO & MARQUEZ WINNERS IN BRITISH MOTOGP

Spanish riders JORGE LORENZO in GP & MARQUEZ in the 125cc catagory flew the Spanish flag high this afternoon at Silverstone - British GP.

JORGE LORENZO put himself ahead of the race in the first turn passing Spaniard Dani Pedrosa & never looked back. In fact, the race had its exciting "battle" for the 2º & 3º place which eventually went to Dovizioso & third to Ben Spies. Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa had a deceptional day & race finishing 8th.

Jorge Lorenzo opens up a gap with the lead in the current GP World Championships table:
1. Lorenzo 115pts ; Dovizioso 78pts; 3. D.Pedrosa 73 pts.

MOTO2 catagory saw Cluzel win ahead of Luthi with Spaniard SIMÓN coming in third. The current Moto 2 World Championship table has Spanish rider TONI ELIAS first with 80pts , with Japanese rider Tomizawa second with 65 pts foloowed by Luthi with 53 pts

Great race in the 125cc catagory with Spaniard MARQUEZ winning his 2º straight race ahead of another Spaniard ESPARGARÓ who was second with Brit Smith coming in third. Spanish riders dominant the top places of the World Championship classification table:
1. Espargaró 98pts; 2. Terol 98 pts; 3. Marquez 82 pts. Tweet

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MOTO GP: 2010 SEASON KICKS OFF IN QATAR - MIXED FOR SPANIARDS

The 2010 MOTO GP season kicked off under lights tonight in QATAR with mixed results - although relatively good - for the big contigent of Spanish riders this season on the two wheel vehicle.

The star catagory of GP started as it finished last year with VALENTINO ROSSI winning in great style. Earlier in the race Aussie Casey Stoner who dominanted training fell & starts without points which is a set back in his attempt to fight for the title. Behind Rossi the battle was mostly Dovizioso & Hayden who were surprised with 4 laps left by "injured" Spanish rider & Rossi team-mate JORGE LORENZO who overtook both & finished in 2º place & 3ºrd place finally fell to Divizioso. The other Spanish riders Pedrosa finished 7th & Barbera 12th.

The Moto 2 catagory formerly, 250cc last season, was won by Japanese rider TOMIZAWA, with Spaniard ALEX DEBON getting a great second place with Frenchmen CLUZEL coming in 3ºrd place.

In the 125cc catagory we got a picture to hang on the wall. All 3 placed riders are Spaniards, with the winner being TEROL, second place for VAZQUEZ & third to MARQUEZ. Great night for the boys here.

Next race : Japan GP Tweet

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MOTO GP - VALENCIA 2009: SPANIARDS DOMINATE

Spanish riders won all three catagories of the MOTOGP Valencia
circuit today & the last for the 2009 season.

(photo: Pedrosa_reuters)























In the Gp catagory, Spaniard PEDROSA won from the start as he pulled
away & opened an unbeatable lead. Italian & 2009 World Champion
Valentino Rossi finished second with Sub-2009 World Champ & Spaniard
LORENZO third. Earlier Casey Stoner fell on the warm-up lap & did not
start.

GP Final World Championship standings:
1.Rossi 306pts; 2. Lorenzo 261pts; 3. Pedrosa 234pts

In the 250cc catagory Spanish rider HECTOR BARBERÁ won ahead of
Spaniard BAUTISTA & Italian De ROSSI. Barberá managed to finish
Sub-2009 World Champion behind AOYAMA who took the 2009 World
Championship title after a scare when he went off the track to
luckily come back in. Italian Simoncelli fell & said goodbye to his
slim chances of beating Aoyama for the title.

250cc Final World Championship standings:
1.Aoyama 261pts; 2.Barberá 239pts; 3.Simoncelli 231pts

(photo: Julian Simon)























In the 125cc catagory Spanish 2009 World Champion JULIAN SIMON
won ahead of the Brit SMITH & Spaniard ESPARGARÓ

125cc Final World Championship standings:
1. Simon 289pts; 2. Smith 223,5pts 3.Terol 179,5pts

MotoGp takes a break & returns April 2010 Tweet

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MOTO GP - MALAYSIA 2009: ROSSI WINS NINTH CHAMPIONSHIP & SIMON WINS IN 125CC

SFS congratulates VALENTINO ROSSI for his 9th World Championship
after finishing 3ºrd & ahead of rival Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo to
give the Italian an unbeatable lead with only one race left this season.

The "Old Chook" (chicken) laided his ninth "golden egg" as shown on
the podium while he celebrated.
























However, Australian Casey Stoner took the race with Spanish rider
Dani Pedrosa coming in second.

The 250cc catagory saw Japanese rider Aoyama get closer to the
World title after winning ahead of Spaniard Hector Barbara & Italian
Simoncelli.

250cc - Current World title standings:
1. Aoyama 227pts; 2. Simoncelli 215pts; 3. Bautista 194pts


















In the 125cc catagory, newly crowned World Champion Julian Simon
(above) won ahead of Smith & Spanish rider Esparago.

NEXT RACE (& last): Valencia SPAIN Tweet

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MOTO GP: SAN MARINO 2009 - ROSSI KING AT HOME, SPANIARDS HAPPY

Valentino Rossi won in the GP catagory at San Marino in front of
000s of "home" fans - his town is 15 km away from the racing track
- to open a 30 point lead over Spainard JORGE LORENZO on the
World Championships table. The latter finished 2º with another
Spanish rider DANI PEDROSA coming in 3ºrd & also gaining the 3º
place in the Championship table.

(photo: Jorge Lorenzo/elmundo.es)























In the 250cc catagory Spaniard HECTOR BARBERA finally managed
a win in a close finish with Pasini & Spanish rider ALVARO BAUTISTA
came in third. The latter who is second on the World Championships
table shuts further the points gap to 13 with Aoyama leading.

In the 125 cc catagory Spanish raiders dominated with JULIAN SIMON
the winner,TEROL second & Brit Smith gaining the third place. The
World Championship table is a mirror reflection of todays race finish.

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MOTO GP: CZECH REP - GOOD DAY FOR SPANIARDS EXCEPT FOR LORENZO

Spanish GP rider JORGE LORENZO ( below) may have "kissed" his
chances of the World title after feeling the pressure & falling of his
bike when in front & with Valentino Rossi about to manouver to
overtake. The fall gives the Italian & 8 times World Champion a 50
point gap lead in the current Championship standing after winning
todays GP race.The good news is that two other Spanish riders got
the podium along with Rossi, with Dani Pedrosa second & Toni Elias
in third place.


















Current World Champions table:
1. Rossi 212pts; 2. Lorenzo 162; 3. Stoner

In the 250cc catagory, Spaniard ALVARO BAUSTISTA finished 3rd &
most importantly ahead of current World title leader Aoyama cutting
back points to 12 as Bautista is second in the standing. The winner
was Italian & current World Champion Simocelli with fellow country
man Pasini coming in second place.

Current World Champions table:
1. Aoyama 172pts; 2. Bautista 160; 3. Simoncelli 140

















In the 125cc catagory two Spanish riders came in first & second, these
being TEROL & SIMON respectively. The third place went to Iannone.
Julian SIMON has a > 50 pts leading gap over Terol in their battle for
the World title.

Current World Championship table:
1. Simon 174pts; 2. Terol 119,5; 3. Smith 111,5

Next race: Indiannapolis USA Tweet

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MOTOGP 2009 - SPANIARDS DO WELL - LORENZO & BAUTISTA WIN IN JAPAN GP2009

Good news from MotoGp & from Japan. Spanish GP rider JORGE
LORENZO (pictured) has won the Japan Gp race in a magnificent
exhibition of riding. Jorge finished ahead of Italian World Champion
& team-mate Valentino Rossi, plus the other good news was the 3ºrd
place for DANI PEDROSA
























The added highlights came from Casey Stoner who had problems
with his bike & Dani Pedrosa who did an excellent start to get ahead
9 places & slip into 2º place behind Rossi in the first curve. From
here Rossi was´nt able to escape & Lorenzo began pulling back places
from 3ºrd to overtake Perdrosa & Rossi take the race & the
leadership in the World points table.

Race results: 1.J.Lorenzo; 2.V.Rossi;3.D.Pedrosa

World Championship points: 1.J.Lorenzo 41pts; 2.V.Rossi 40pts;
3. C.Stoner 38pts
























In 250cc Spaniard ALVARO BAUTISTA (above) managed to win the
race after a terrible start. The race was exciting as the norm in this
catagory with a competitive battle with Aoyama & Pasini. The
Spaniard now goes 1ºst on the World championship table.

Race results. 1.A.Bautista;2.H.Aoyama;3.Pasini

Word Championship table: 1.A.Bautista 34pts; 2.H.Aoyama 33pts;
3. H.Barbera 30pts
























The 125cc catagory saw victory go to IANNONE (pictured) with two
Spaniards,SIMON & ESPARAGO, finsihing 2º & 3ºrd respectively.
Iannone takes the lead in the World Champions table with 37,5pts
followed by Esparago with 30pts & third Cortese with 22,5pts

NEXT RACE - Jerez SPAIN - 3rd of MAY Tweet

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MOTO GP: SPANIARD JORGE LORENZO & VALENTINO ROSSI

Great video with Spanish Moto Gp rider JORGE LORENZO & his
Italian & World Champion teammate Valentino Rossi. Both have
participated in his humorous piece as part of the new team bike launch
& the beginning of the new 2009 season.

The Unveiling of the Yamaha YZR-M1 - 2009


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MOTO GP: SPANIARD GP ROOKIE JORGE LORENZO GRABS POLE

The Spanish raider JORGE LORENZO is the reigning two time 250cc
WORLD CHAMPION that has "jumped" up to the maximum
catagory this year. He has signned with Yamaha & shares team with
none other than Valentino Rossi, his natural place is therefore to be
the "rookie" & learn the methods of the more powerful motorbike.

However, the "new turk" has surprised everyone at the qualifying
round for POLE position in tonights QATAR GP night circuit. The
Spaniard "blitzed" the favourites & will start the first race of the 2008
season in the pole position. Current GP World Champion Casey Stoner
will start 4th while Lorenzo´s teammate Rossi with take off from the
7th position.

Great news, excellent & promising start from Jorge Lorenzo

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