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The MotoGP world champion reached the final qualifying session of the U.S. GP. UU. with the unknown to know how he felt about the YZR-M1 after the sharp fall suffered during FP3 this morning. With time running out, and after setting the fastest time of the morning free, Jorge output when rehearsing with the traction control off and without shifting (action again active control), the Spaniard went down in the Turn 5, a violent exit that left Lorenzo ears sore in the land of Laguna Seca.

Recovered from the shock and somewhat bruised, Jorge Lorenzo has taken the lead in the qualifying session from the first bars of the same, down to 1’22 “with a time of 1’21″ 610, while nobody has been able to beat . With fifty minutes ahead, only Dani Pedrosa went to Yamaha, running to tens of Lorenzo and being the only two drivers who, for much of the session, have been shot in the range of 1’21 “.

With signs of discomfort, Casey Stoner has tried to keep pace with Lorenzo and Pedrosa, making down to 1’21 “to forty minutes at the end of the session. Frenchman Randy De Puniet fell at turn five, the one where George fell this morning, a few minutes later, Bautista also went down in Turn 3 when he was in eighth place on the timesheets.

Spies was another driver who has gone down even earlier, with fourteen minutes remaining, the Texan was the first time pole down so far marked by Lorenzo, albeit with soft tires. With a time of 1’21 “578 and pole time, Lorenzo returned to the attack to lower the record of his teammate at 1’21″ 336 and then 1’21 “221.

Not satisfied with this time, George has again beat its own record for pole with 1’21 “202 at its thirty-sixth round. Stoner, in his last outing in 0072 managed to complete Lorenzo, a second ahead of Pedrosa, which closes the front row at the pole 0178.

Spies, Simoncelli and Dovizioso up the second line, Dovi being the last of the riders who lapped in 1’21 “. Valentino Rossi opened the third line in seventh place, three thousandths faster than Hector Barbera, eight ahead of Nicky Hayden, another driver who has also been dropped without any consequences.

Crutchlow, Edwards and Bautista, twelfth, shape the fourth line; Abraham finished thirteenth, fourteenth and Aoyama Randy De Puniet fifteenth. Capirossi, Elias and close the grill Bostrom of the U.S. GP. UU.

The Australian Team Repsol Honda, Casey Stoner, has claimed pole position in the Grand Prix of Great Britain, while Spanish Jorge Lorenzo will start third, behind Italy’s Marco Simoncelli.
Lorenzo started the session strong and soon became the fastest time, far from Simoncelli and Stoner. The Spanish leader was over 40 minutes, but when 18 minutes remained for the flag fall, Stoner managed to beat his time.

The Australian record was very good and difficult to overcome, but Simoncelli got it down and let the clock in 2:02.389. Three tenths separated Lorenzo on pole, while Stoner was to 136 thousandths of Italian. At that time, decided to enter Simoncelli ‘boxes’ to make some tweaks and Stoner took advantage to reduce the time of 2:02.020 and leave it in Italian, when there were eight minutes left.

Lorenzo tried in the time remaining, but the Spaniard could do nothing before the time the Australian had to settle for third place.

For the rest of Spanish Alvaro Bautista has done a good job and starts ninth, while Hector Barbera has had to settle for twelfth place. In addition, Toni Elias will output in fourteenth place, just behind Italy’s Valentino Rossi, who has not found anything comfortable with his Ducati in the session on Saturday.

Spies Lorenzo and discusses the progress made in the official test day held the day after the Portuguese GP.

The men of the Yamaha Factory Racing took the meteorological boom in Estoril on Monday to carry out an intensive program of work with his YZR-M1. Ben Spies Jorge Lorenzo and his work focused on testing a new swingarm and suspension components updated. The Spaniard also took the opportunity to test new electronic settings in the search for better grip in the saddle. And like many of the drivers present in the day, both drivers also tested some new Bridgestone tires.

With the same speed that allowed him to climb the podium in Sunday’s race, Lorenzo was fast from the start and finished the morning round as the fastest man on track with a lap of 1’37 .170. The afternoon session continued the same course. The Spaniard took advantage of the new configuration to cross the barrier of 1.37 and down to 1’36 .316 at the end of the day, with a deficit of just 0.105s on the fastest of the day.

Spies had a day much better than Sunday, when his involvement in the Portuguese race with a fall. Texan pilot and his team tested all new parts in the afternoon. Even had the opportunity to reduce nearly seven tenths of a second off his previous best time and finish with a 1’37 .421 which stood at seventh place in the timesheets.

Jorge Lorenzo
“I’m very happy with the test we did today. Before, I felt so safe and comfortable when entering curves as last year and in 2009. Now we have found something with the chassis setup that works much better, so I I feel comfortable again. I think I can be faster through the corners now, so I’m looking forward to going to France to fight for more podiums.

Ben Spies
“It was a decent test day for us after what happened on Sunday. I’m happy with the sessions. This afternoon, at the last minute, we found something we had not been proven yet and I think that really will benefit in Le Mans. Today we have improved the lap times. I’ve done the best I could and now have to wait for Le Mans for a fresh start.

MotoGP followers will discover very soon the latest feature documentary by director Mark Neale.

Following the success of ‘Faster’ and ‘The Doctor, The Tornado and The Kentucky Kid’, the director Mark Neale is preparing to launch its new feature-length documentary centered on the MotoGP, `Fastest ‘. (Being the fastest)
Filmed in different countries between 2010 and 2011 and narrated by Ewan McGregor, `Fastest ‘captures the intense and exciting reality of the MotoGP World Championship and documents a pivotal moment in the sport. The way in which Valentino Rossi in search of their tenth World Championship title and the Italian is one of the toughest challenges of his career: An exceptionally fast generation of young competitors, a chilling leg injury in his home race and an incredible comeback after only a little over 40 days.

Defeated by his rival Jorge Lorenzo, Rossi in 2010 faced one of the most difficult years of his illustrious career and, like their opponents, had to wonder: Who is the fastest now?

“‘Fastest’ is an incredible feeling. Being the fastest means higher risks, says director Mark Neale. “This is the essence of MotoGP and this movie. Ecstasy and terror at the highest level of motorcycle racing.

After a couple of races more or less fun, now we are back to the stark reality of MotoGP. Boredom and more boredom, broken only by Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden in the closing laps. But the way things are, Casey Stoner has returned to be eventful and intractable in their home in Australia Grand Prix at Phillip Island and has swept the track each and every one of his rivals without any respite. Gets his third victory of the season and is the fourth consecutive year to win at this track.

Behind the Australian, has placed the new MotoGP World Champion, Jorge Lorenzo, I was pleasantly surprised and appears to have relaxed too much. You tried at all times keep the pulse of Casey even if in the distance, and have not given up throughout the race. We are closing the podium with Valentino Rossi after the bad training that has taken place this weekend, has gotten a pretty decent result.

The race has had a long history, and only lasted what it took for the lights to go out, when Casey shot and put out by land. Nobody has seen this guy’s hair. Soon also placed second Lorenzo, trying, unsuccessfully, to follow the trail of Stoner. So, only encouraged us a little comeback Rossi, who made a horrible exit was placed in ninth position and he had to paddle upstream, but this time has not yet passed the third place. The fact that the Italian has left us a bunch of overtaking and best of the race has been starring alongside Nicky Hayden.

And it seemed that Vale was going to escape the American just fun, but nothing is further from reality, as Nicky has been attached to the wheel of Rossi at all times. And just when I was two laps, Hayden gave a full-fledged hack Valentino, but of course it was not going to sit still, so in the last lap it back, again almost touching both in action. Since then, Nicky has not seen the hole and finished fourth. Not bad that fight between teammates future Ducati and Valentino can rest easy, because the Ducati ride a great time.

They have played each and every one of the races of the motorcycling world championship in Phillip Island circuit in Australia and have given us the following results:

In Moto GP victory took Casey Stoner running at home, dominated from start to finish and did not give any option to an already world champion Jorge Lorenzo just 2, even more distant finish a Valentino Rossi ended in 3 rd place and winning the duel will be their teammate Nicky Hayden for next year.

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