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 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.

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