MotoGP: Catalunya Post-Race Test Times – Lorenzo Edges Hayden, Suzuki up to...
Jorge Lorenzo has topped the timesheets at the end of the Barcelona MotoGP test, but the talking point of the test was Suzuki. On its first public run out, Randy de Puniet clocked a time of 1’42.676,...
View ArticleXXX: 10 Photos of the Suzuki “XRH-1″ Testing at Catalunya
Suzuki broke some hearts today by announcing that the company’s MotoGP team would not return to the premier class until 2015, instead of 2014 as was rumored.Telling perspective riders last week about...
View ArticleAnalyzing MotoGP’s Game of Thrones at the Catalan Test
Pity poor Jorge Lorenzo. Once again he comes to a test and tops the timesheets, and everyone is talking about someone else. This time, though, he will probably not mind, as he was not really out for...
View ArticleMonday Summary at Catalunya: Rain Hits Post-Race Test
Bradley Smith leaves Barcelona as the fastest of the MotoGP riders, after heavy rain disrupted testing shortly before midday, and left the track wet for the rest of the day.The weather meant that some...
View ArticleNotes from the Catalunya Post-Race Test: Honda’s 2014/2015 Hybrid, & The...
Frustration and resignation. Those were the two most prominent emotions at the post-race MotoGP test at Barcelona.Two sides of the same coin, in reality, as the weather robbed teams in desperate need...
View ArticleMonday MotoGP Summary at Catalunya: New Tires, New Chassis, Some Equivocation
On the day after the Barcelona MotoGP race, the entire grid bar the Aspar Ducatis were back at the track for a full day of testing. Conditions were ideal; so ideal that they perhaps a little confusing....
View ArticlePaddock Pass Podcast – Episode 29 – Catalunya
Episode 29 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and it has David Emmett and Neil Morrison covering the recent GP races at the Catalan GP in Barcelona, Spain – as well as the post-race test that was held...
View ArticleMonday MotoGP Test Summary at Catalunya: Yamaha Chassis, Honda Tires, & The...
Why go testing on Monday after a race? Even though riders are pretty drained after a full race weekend, riding on Monday provides really useful feedback. First of all, the track is clean and already...
View ArticleMonday MotoGP Summary at Catalunya: What The Riders Did And Didn’t Tell Us
The Monday test at Barcelona felt like a proper test. Normally, such tests descend into a simple shoot out in the last fifteen minutes, frail egos demanding to finish fastest, especially when only...
View ArticlePaddock Pass Podcast #75 – Catalan GP
Episode 75 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and in it we see David Emmett, & Neil Morrison on the mics, as they discuss the Catalan GP in Barcelona, Spain. Though the race itself was a show of...
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