No sooner had Rizla Suzuki anounced that Alvaro Bautista had left the team, there was an announcement that Bautista had joined Gresini Honda as a replacement for Hiroshi Aoyama. Bautista will hit the track today for the first time on the bike. Fausto Gresini: “I am particularly satisfied that Alvaro Bautista will ride a Honda [...]

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Marco Simoncelli claimed 3rd place in today’s qualifying session at Phillip Island, and will have a front row seat for tomorrow’s battle between Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo. ‘Super Sic’ will challenge Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo for victory tomorrow at his favourite circuit, despite suffering his third crash in as many sessions at turn [...]

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Not a huge surprise this one – Marco Simoncelli and Gresini Honda have confirmed that they will extend their existing contract into 2012, and Simoncelli will get a factory Honda RC213V machine and all the technical back-up required to keep him at the front of the grid. He has proved that he has the speed, [...]

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Marco Simoncelli (4th) “I am pleased with this result – we had to grit our teeth and I’m sure that even without the mistake I wouldn’t have been challenging for the podium anyway. Lorenzo was faster than me on used tyres so no complaints there. I didn’t get a great start but I managed to [...]

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Marco Simoncelli took 3rd position in qualifying today for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello. This is Simoncelli’s sixth straight consecutive front row start. Simoncelli faces a balancing act in this race – he needs to translate his raw speed into solid results, and finishing off the podium will be unacceptable. However, he faces the added [...]

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