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July 1st, 2009, Los Angeles, CA - Making its world premier is the exciting new SBK World Superbike endorsed 2010 Fast Dates Race Bike Swimsuit Pinup Calendar sponsored by Performance Machine. Photographed by renoun motorsports and fashion photographer Jim Gianatsis, the Fast Dates racebike pinup model Calendar always features the word's top sport and roadracing bikes.
This year's cover features Ducati's World Superbike Championship winning homologation 1098R Superbike with beautiful Calendar Kittens Rachel Bernstein and Sabella Shake. Of course inside , there's all all the top factory race bikes of the SBK World Superbike Championship photographed this year on location at the Miller Motorsports Park round in Utah, USA. Included are the top factory superbikes from Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Ducati including
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The agony of victory? - Dani Pedrosa.
2009 MotoGP World Motorcycle Championship, Round 8 of 17, Red Bull U.S. GP
Dani Pedrosa takes runaway US MotoGP Victory at laguna
Laguna Seca, CA , July 3-5 2009 - Dani Pedrosa, Team Repsol Honda, got s great drive from his 2nd row start at today's Laguna Seca U.S. MotoGP to emerge from Turn 2 with the race lead, and pull away to victory. Pedrosa was never challenged for the led until the last laps' final Turn 11, having nearly relaxed a little too much in backing off his pace by nearly 2 seconds, allowed Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha to attempt a pass in the final corner Turn 11 before Pedrosa heard the Yamaha coming and got back on the throttle just in time to hold Rossi off as they raced towards the finish line.
Rossi's teammate Jorge Lorenzo took third, having passes Casey Stoner, Marlboro Ducati, mid way through the race. Stoner had passed Rossi for 2nd place in the opening laps and looked like he could reel-in on Pedrosa for the lead, but half way through the race casey again seemed to suffer from the malady that has been robbing him of energy when he exerts himself hard, and casey again fell off his pace to be passed by Rossi and Lorenzo, eventually finishing a distant 4th..
MotoGP greats Rossi, Lawson, Rainey and Roberts got to gather for a media event cart race.
Laguna Seca Gears Up for the U.S. MotoGP
Press Day Thurday 2nd - Thursday afternoon in the MotoGP paddock, and already Rossi had been proclaimed a race winner at Laguna Seca. The Italian will have to wait until Sunday for his real shot at glory, but a SuperKart ‘exhibition’ against three MotoGP Legends gave him an early taste of triumph.
Pitting reigning World Champion Rossi against past titlists Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson and Kenny Roberts Sr., the run-out began as an exhibition between the Yamaha riders past and present on the American track. However, things inevitably got competitive, with Rossi coming out on top in a one-lap sprint.
Find out who is the greatest of the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix weekend over the next three days, beginning with Friday’s free practice session and concluding with the Sunday race, broadcast live on FOX at 2pm Pacific time (5pm Eastern time).
Race Preview
This weekend’s Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca is the first of two FIM World Championship visits to America this year and is the second of four GPs in a five week period, as the 2009 season really begins to gather pace.
With Indianapolis to come in August the MotoGP riders will this weekend enjoy their first Stateside trip of the campaign as they head to California, with visits to Sachsenring and Donington Park still to come on the busy schedule before the summer break.
After seven rounds so far this year things are tight at the top, with three main protagonists emerging as the title candidates. Heading to Assen in the Netherlands last weekend, Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner were all square on points at the head of the standings and even though Rossi has pushed ahead with the superb 100th GP victory of his career at the Dutch track his young rivals are still snapping at his heels.
Last year at Laguna Rossi took a hugely important win over Stoner, passing him brilliantly on infamous Corkscrew corner and scoring a significant psychological blow against the Australian. This year, however, he has two key rivals to contend with.
World Champion Rossi goes into round eight in great from, with a five point lead over Lorenzo in the general classification, having relegated his Fiat Yamaha team-mate to second place in the last two races at Catalunya and Assen. The Italian looks as strong as ever, with his Yamaha M1 machine working brilliantly as he looks to turn up the heat on his rivals.
Lorenzo, meanwhile, has never completed a race at Laguna having crashed out on the first lap on his debut at the Californian track last year. He insists however that this year he is finding things more comfortable at tracks which did not favour him in the past and can be expected to be pushing Rossi hard at the front again this weekend.
Fitness doubts for Stoner could be the major factor hindering the Ducati star following another grueling race in The Netherlands, where for the second round in succession he finished third, but was totally exhausted on the podium. If he can recover full strength he will be confident of another good performance on Sunday, at a track where he won in 2007 and finished second in 2008.
Behind the leading three in the championship, the Repsol Honda duo of Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa will be desperate to bounce straight back from their Assen disappointments having both crashed out of the Dutch contest, in separate incidents at the same corner, when well positioned to earn some decent points. Dovizioso is currently fourth in the standings, some distance behind the top three, but with just a two point advantage over Pedrosa and Colin Edwards.
Texan rider Edwards arrives for his home race in good form following his fourth place at Assen and is hoping for another strong result as he seeks to extend his MotoGP career. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider was on the podium at Laguna Seca in 2005 but since then has struggled for good results there and will aim to correct that pattern on Sunday. His compatriot Nicky Hayden, the only other American rider in the premier class at present, boasts two of his three MotoGP career wins at Laguna and would love nothing more than to get his first top five result of 2009 on his Stateside debut for Ducati this weekend.
Ahead of the weekend’s Californian spectacular Randy de Puniet, Toni Elías and the aforementioned Stoner have already been soaking up the American atmosphere with a visit to the famous Universal Studios Hollywood theme park in Los Angeles, on Tuesday afternoon.
Taking a chance to relax before they head up the coast along Route 101 to Laguna, the trio of premier class competitors were given a tour of the Universal Studios Hollywood attractions, including film and TV sets and rollercoasters, getting up close and personal with ‘Desperate Housewives’, ‘Jaws’, ‘The Mummy’ and ‘The Simpsons’.
The Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix promises to be a memorable event, coinciding with the American 4th July celebrations and commencing this Friday, 3rd July, with Free Practice 1 at 1.55pm local time, (9.55pm GMT, 10.55pm CET). The 250cc and 125cc classes do not compete at Laguna and will be back in action at Sachsenring on the 17th-19th July weekend.
Rossi Leads Friday Practive, Stoner Crashes Hard, Hayden Leds the Back Row
July 3rd - In perfect conditions at the Laguna Seca circuit on Friday afternoon, with Californian sunshine and comfortable temperatures of 24°C, the MotoGP riders got the eighth race weekend of the year underway. World Champion Valentino Rossi put down the fastest time late in FP1 for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. The current MotoGP ‘big three’ were on top again as the action commenced, Rossi followed on the timesheet by his Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and Ducati’s Casey Stoner.
Rossi’s 1’21.981s lap around the shortest track on the MotoGP calendar, on the last of his 32 laps, was enough to put him 0.112s ahead of the young pretender to his crown Lorenzo.A first lap crasher in the 2008 race on his Laguna Seca debut, Lorenzo will aim to put the memories of last year’s contest behind him and already looks comfortable around the picturesque American track. Stoner was himself just 0.189s down on Rossi’s pace as he tested his condition following the severe exhaustion he has experienced in recent weeks. The 2007 Laguna Seca race-winning Australian is out for revenge over Rossi this weekend following their epic 2008 battle.
Valentino Rossi - Position: 1stTime: 1'21.981, Laps: 32
"I am happy with the session today, it was a good performance and at the end, with the harder tyre, we did an especially good job and I was able to make the best time. We got a lot of data about the track, which we will use tomorrow in order to improve things further. We need to work a bit to improve the front feeling because we can still make the bike a bit easier to ride in one or two corners and then we will also look at the electronics in order to control the wheelie, because there are a lot of bumps and jumps on this circuit. Once again me, Lorenzo and Stoner are very close so we can expect another big fight this weekend, but we are confident that our M1 is working well."
Jorge Lorenzo - Position: 2ndTime: 1'22.093, Laps: 38
"I was very fast today and I feel good here at this track in the California sunshine! I know that this is a very complicated circuit to get used to and that you have to make a lot of laps to learn it, but I did have some time on it last year and I feel great here now. Today I stopped after a few laps and changed the tyre to the harder Bridgestone one and then I felt even better; I was having a lot of fun riding the bike and I was able to do more or less race distance with consistent lap times. We will work on further improving our setting tomorrow and I hope that I can continue in the same way again."
In fourth place was Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa. The Spanish rider is still fighting back to 100% fitness this weekend, although he is already in far better shape than last year when he went home after the Friday practices -due to injuries sustained at Sachsenring in the previous round.
There was a good start to the weekend for San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Toni Elías who immediately benefitted from the introduction of a new chassis on the Honda RC212V to lap fifth quickest. Italian pair Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) and Marco Melandri (Hayate Racing) were sixth and seventh, respectively, 0.899s and 1.159s down on the pace. Rizla Suzuki’s Chris Vermeulen crashed at the beginning of the session but soon got back out on track to complete 27 laps in total and still managed to go round eighth fastest. Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and Alex de Angelis (San Carlo Honda Gresini) rounded off the top ten, whilst Edwards’ compatriot Nicky Hayden made a sluggish start to his American Ducati debut in 14th place.
Lorenzo and the team's umbrlla girls.
Fiat Yamaha Qualifies One-Two on Front Row, Stoner in 3rd
Lorenzo Takes Pole With 2 hard Crashes In 1-Hour Qualifying
Saturday Afternoon Qualifying, July 4th - Jorge Lorenzo secured his fourth pole position of the season at Laguna Seca today for tomorrow's US Grand Prix despite crashing twice during the qualifying session, the second accident leaving him with an Acromial Clavicular Separation to the right side and a contusion to the right foot. He is hopeful for tomorrow but will be reassessed in the morning before taking a final decision on whether or not to race.
His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi secured second after a last-minute improvement which edged Casey Stoner, who also crashed in the final minutes, into third.
This morning was much cooler than yesterday but Lorenzo continued strongly and topped the time sheets for the second free practice session. Rossi meanwhile struggled a little on the colder track and could only manage third. The sun finally came out at lunchtime and qualifying was run in temperatures more similar to yesterday, Lorenzo quickly claiming the top spot and remaining there for the majority of the session. With twenty minutes to go the Spaniard lost the front at turn ten and slid out for the first time but he was unhurt and raced back to the pits to change bikes. Whilst he was off track Stoner moved into provisional pole but Lorenzo showed there were no ill effects of the crash just ten minutes later by re-taking the top spot. However with just three minutes to go the 22-year-old crashed again in the same section of the track and was less lucky this time, being taken immediately to the circuit clinic for examination. The damage to his right shoulder area, although painful, is not dangerous and he is hoping to ride tomorrow but will wait until the morning before making a decision.
Rossi found the going today somewhat harder than yesterday and was unable to find the perfect setting for his M1, losing time particularly in the final sector of the 3.6km track. In the last ten minutes the World Champion was constantly improving his time but not enough to move from third position, where he sat behind Stoner and Lorenzo. His last flying lap, although not enough for pole, was an improvement however and he moved into second, 0.167 seconds off his team-mate.
Jorge Lorenzo - Position: 1st Time: 1'21.678
"I was trying to push but first I had some traffic and then the tyres were cold, and I wasn't in the right shape to try to improve my time. I'm disappointed for these two crashes but I am okay and I am optimistic that I will be able to ride tomorrow. Now the American doctors and the Clinica Mobile are working together to try to help me as best they can and make me more comfortable. Thanks to all the American people here for their support!"
Valentino Rossi - Position: 2nd Time: 1'21.845
"Firstly I want to say that I hope Lorenzo and Stoner are okay for the race tomorrow, because it should be a great battle between the three of us. I am happy about this session because we have had two practices today when we haven't been in perfect shape and we have struggled in some areas, especially in the last sector where we are still not strong enough. I was finding it quite hard to ride at the maximum there today and control the bike how I wanted, so we need to try to improve a bit more. It depends how the other two are but I hope they're okay and then we can have an exciting race."
However, it wasn’t all plain sailing for Ducati's Casey Stoner eith4r , who crashed out heavily at the end of the session. The 2007 World Champion is nevertheless confident he will be able to ride tomorrow although he is expecting a gruelling race, not least because of the physical exhaustion he has been suffering in recent weeks. Hayden can also expect a tough battle in an intense mid-pack, with less than half a second separating him from the man in fourth on the grid and three riders within three tenths just behind him.
Casey Stoner (3rd; 1’21.910)
"To be honest the bike had given us a few warnings in a lot of places around the circuit today and I’m sure there were a lot of other guys in a similar situation. The tyre is quite hard on the right-hand side and needs a couple of laps to warm up properly. Unfortunately on the lap before the crash, in the most important corner for heating that side of the tyre up I was held up by two riders having a disagreement and then I got stuck behind one of them into the next right-hander too. I was wary that the tyre would be cooler than I needed it to be on the next lap so I went into turn three a lot more carefully than normal, but as I closed the gas on the way into the corner the rear just came around. I tried to pick the bike up and go straight into the gravel but it didn’t want to and that was it – it threw me straight up in the air! It hurt when I landed but I thought I’d only winded myself - now it looks like I might have torn something in my groin, which is not the best thing to happen before the race. Anyway, we have a great bike for this track so we’ll see what we can do."
MotoGP Qualifying
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 1'21.678
2 Valentino Rossi Yamaha ITA 1'21.845
3 Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 1'21.910
4 Daniel Pedrosa Honda ESP 1'22.113
5 Andrea Dovizioso Honda ITA 1'22.135
6 Toni Elias Honda ESP 1'22.146
7 Colin Edwards Yamaha USA 1'22.490 |
8 Nicky Hayden Ducati USA 1'22.540
9 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki AUS 1'22.633
10 Loris Capirossi Suzuki ITA 1'22.662
11 Marco Melandri Kawasaki ITA 1'22.842
12 Alex De Angelis Honda SMR 1'23.004
13 Sete Gibernau Ducati ESP 1'23.106
14 Randy De Puniet Honda FRA 1'23.147
15 James Toseland Yamaha GBR 1'23.390 |
Dani Pedrosa (3) emerges from Turn 2 after the Start with the lead ahead of Casey Stoner (27), Rossi Dovizioso (4) and pole sitter Lorenzo (99).
Pedrosa Storms is a Hot Laguna Victory
Race day, Sunday July 5th - Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa stormed to a flag-to-flag victory in the U.S. Grand Prix before a sun-drenched crowd of nearly of over 46,000 on the challenging Laguna Seca circuit within sight of the Pacific Ocean in Monterey, California.
Starting fourth on the grid, the Spaniard jetted into the lead over the turn one crest and into the turn two left hand hairpin. Then he was gone. Pedrosa set one fast lap after another to pull away to what seemed a certain victory. But on the final lap Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) made a robust challenge to Pedrosa, closing onto his rear tire in the final turn. Pedrosa, however, was resolute, and used the power of the Honda RC212V to cross the line with a gap of .344s. Rossi was second and his teammate Jorge Lorenzo was third.
The victory, Pedrosa’s seventh in MotoGP and 30th career, was his first since the Catalunya Grand Prix on June 8, 2008. He was also able to solidify fourth in the championship after eight of 17 rounds.
What made the victory especially sweet, was that it showed he’d reverted to the form that can take him to victory after a very difficult set of races. Pedrosa injured his right hip in a crash in Mugello and for the following two races he couldn’t ride as he wanted. Today he was under no physical restrictions and showed what a powerful package he and the Honda RC212V can be.
Attrition took its toll on the field as they tried to complete 32 laps of the demanding 3.61k track. Only 12 made it to the finish, but four of the top eleven were Honda-mounted. San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Toni Elias finished a season best sixth and within .4 secs. of fifth placed Nicky Hayden (Ducati), who he chased to the checkered flag.
Randy De Puniet (LCR Honda) finished ninth, two spots in front of Alex De Angelis on the second San Carlo Honda Gresini machine. De Puniet had difficulty with traffic in the early laps before breaking clear. His fastest lap was the 18th of 32, by which time he was securely in ninth. De Angelis also found the early part of the race more difficult than the latter part. His fast lap was also on the 18th. And though he pressured Marco Melandri (Kawasaki), he couldn’t find a way past and was frustrated to miss out on a top ten finish by under a second.
Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) was among the unlucky. The Italian was in a secure fifth place and on the tail of the lead quartet when his front end slid away in the left hand turn five on the seventh lap. Earlier he’d had problems with engine braking after inadvertently hitting his clutch lever on one of the plastic stanchions separating the pit lane exit from the track. But he took full responsibility for the crash, which happened after repeated warnings.
Earlier, Gabor Talmacsi (Scot Honda) had crashed out on the fourth lap. It was his first race crash in his third MotoGP race, and on his first visit to Laguna Seca.

Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda: 1st, said: “This is a fantastic win for us and it’s a great feeling after such a long time without a victory. The start to the season has been really difficult and actually it’s been tough since Sachsenring last year because I’ve had a lot of injuries and I haven’t been able to ride at 100 per cent for a long time, or train properly. But my team and Honda never gave up and I’d like to thank everyone who’s been working really hard to help me get back to this position. I’d also like to thank the doctors who have treated me because there have been quite a few of them! I got a good start, I was able to get into a good rhythm straight away and my pace was a little better than in practice. Perhaps my only mistake here was to slow down too much on the last lap because I didn’t realize how close Valentino was. Anyway, it was a great race, a great day and it’s a great feeling. Now I just want to focus on each race and get the best results possible. There’s a long way to go in the championship but there’s also a big gap to the leaders so I’m just going to take it one race at a time.”
Race Classification MotoGP: (32 laps = 115.52 km)
Pos/ Rider / Nat / Team / Motorcycle / Time/ KM/H / Gap
1 / Dani PEDROSA / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / HONDA / 44'01.580 / 157.433 /
2 / Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Fiat Yamaha Team / YAMAHA / 44'01.924 / 157.412 / 0.344
3 / Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Fiat Yamaha Team / YAMAHA / 44'03.506 / 157.318 / 1.926
4 / Casey STONER / AUS / Ducati Team / DUCATI / 44'14.012 / 156.695 / 12.432
5 / Nicky HAYDEN / USA / Ducati Team / DUCATI / 44'23.243 / 156.152 / 21.663
6 / Toni ELIAS / SPA / San Carlo Honda Gresini / HONDA / 44'23.621 / 156.130 / 22.041
7 / Colin EDWARDS / USA / Monster Yamaha Tech 3 / YAMAHA / 44'31.781 / 155.653 / 30.201
8 / Chris VERMEULEN / AUS / Rizla Suzuki MotoGP / SUZUKI / 44'34.437 / 155.498 / 32.857
9 / Randy DE PUNIET / FRA / LCR Honda MotoGP / HONDA / 44'41.905 / 155.065 / 40.325
10 / Marco MELANDRI / ITA / Hayate Racing Team / KAWASAKI / 44'49.608 / 154.621 / 48.028
11 / Alex DE ANGELIS / RSM / San Carlo Honda Gresini / HONDA / 44'50.390 / 154.576 / 48.810
12 / Niccolo CANEPA / ITA / Pramac Racing / DUCATI / 45'20.111 / 152.887 / 1'18.531
Pole Position: Jorge LORENZO 1'21.678 159.112 Km/h
Fastest Lap : Dani PEDROSA 1'21.928 158.627 Km/h Lap 15
Circuit Record Lap: Casey STONER 1'21.488 159.483 Km/h 2008
Circuit Best Lap: Casey STONER 1'20.700 161.040 Km/h 2008
World Championship Positions:
1 ROSSI 151, 2 LORENZO 142, 3 STONER 135, 4 PEDROSA 92, 5 EDWARDS 76,
6 DOVIZIOSO 69, 7 MELANDRI 61, 8 VERMEULEN 61, 9 DE PUNIET 58, 10 CAPIROSSI 56,
11 TOSELAND 39, 12 HAYDEN 38, 13 ELIAS 37, 14 DE ANGELIS 36, 15 KALLIO 26.

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May 15th 2009 - The Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show, in our never ending quest to provide wholesome family entertainment while enhancing the quality of artistic and cultural experience for our visitors, is excited to announce the addition of Pajama Band to our performance lineup with the Calendar Girl Music Festival which is included with July 18-19th 2009 event weekend at the Queen Mary Event Park in Long Beach, CA.
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SpeedTV Not Exactly Truthful about return to "Same Day Race Coverage"
July 5th - All of SpeedTV's advertsised hype about returning to "same day race coverage of AMA Superbike this weekend at Laguna Seca was not exactly true. The weekend's Daytona Sportbike Class was scheduled for broadcast at 12:00am Midnight on Sunday/Monday, followed by AMA Pro Superbike at 1:00am Monday. Sorry Speed, that is not same day coverage.
World Superbike Championship Points leader Haga Undergoes Surgery for Serious Donnington Injuries
SURGERY A SUCCESS, HAGA WILL RETURN TO ITALY TOMORROW
Monday Jun 29 2009 - Donington - At 5pm this afternoon Ducati Xerox rider Noriyuki Haga underwent successful surgery at the Derby City Hospital. Having fractured the ulna in his right arm in yesterday's crash at Donington Park, Noriyuki today had a plate and screws inserted to set the bone. The surgical team deemed the surgery a success and there were no unforeseen complications.
Prior to the operation, medical staff took a closer look at his right shoulder blade and an x-ray unfortunately confirmed that he has multiple fractures to his left scapula. The scapula will not necessitate surgical intervention and the bone should knit itself back together in time; this complication should not prolong Noriyuki’s recovery time. The Japanese rider should be discharged from hospital tomorrow (Tuesday) and he and his family will fly back to Italy so that Noriyuki can begin the necessary physiotherapy treatment.
The Ducati Xerox rider will not participate in the next tests at Imola but it is foreseen that he will compete in the next round at Brno.
Jamie Hacking's Kawasaki Superbike Career ends in Disappointment at Donnington
Arriving at the team's home race, the PBM Kawasaki World Superbike Championship Team were hoping for a strong showing at Donington Park but after a traumatic weekend, they left with just one points scoring ride out of four opportunities at the ninth round of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship this weekend.
Australian Broc Parkes and British-born American Jamie Hacking struggled around the Leicestershire circuit all weekend and with unsettled weather again playing a part, both riders missed out on Superpole, Parkes for the first time this season, meaning they had to start from 22nd and 25th places respectively.
Race day dawned dry, warm and humid and in the opening 23-lap race, both riders got hooked up with the back traffic meaning Parkes battled to 18th at the flag with Hacking three places further back but in the second race of the day, Broc got a good start and made progress with some good lap times.
Unfortunately, he had a gearbox problem towards the end of the race which cost him a place in the top ten and he had to settle for 14th place and two points but Hacking ended up crashing out at Coppice Corner on lap two on the second of the
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The team plans further development work on the machines at the upcoming test at Imola before the next round of the series in a month's time at Brno where they hope to bounce back to form.
Broc Parkes: "Its been a big struggle this weekend during our practice and qualifying sessions and it's the first time all year that I've sat out of Superpole which was really disappointing. In race one I had a bad start and had to work my way through from the back of the pack and although our result wasn't good I felt OK on the bike and was happy to finish the race. For race two, we changed tyres but it was really slippery out there so I'd wished I'd stayed on my race one tyre. I had a good start and got away and was able to battle with the middle guys until I had an issue with the gears in the last few laps which unfortunately put me out of the top ten. I'm looking forward to the Imola test and getting back some momentum in the team."
Jamie Hacking: "This was another new track for me and we didn't have a good start again with the weather. Learning new circuits with wet set-ups isn't ideal and this has made it all the more difficult for me. I really struggled to find a decent set-up this weekend; I'm not used to starting that far back on the grid so the start of the races was tough. In race one I held back to allow the guys through and ended up in last place so I just had to try hard to make up some ground. For race two I was put in a different grid position on the inside which I wasn't comfortable with so I was pushed back again in the back end of the pack. I tried hard to gain some ground but took a corner in the wrong gear and ran off the track and into the gravel. Obviously my time here in Europe has been extremely disappointing for me and I really feel that I was not able to find my feet and show my true potential on the world stage."
Paul Bird, Team Owner: "It's our home race so we wanted to do well here for our sponsors and friends but it wasn't to be for us this weekend. We've struggled since the beginning and it's really disappointing and frustrating to see us in this place after a few races where we were looking really good. But we'll bounce back for the Imola test where we are looking forward to having Makoto back on the bike."
Paul Risbridger, Team Manager: "Unfortunately it's been another tough weekend for the team and it was disappointing to miss Superpole after some good progress during Friday afternoon and Saturday's sessions. Both riders were caught up in traffic in race one and had to climb through the pack to gain a few positions which was hard going as they were both doing times of the top twelve. In race two Broc got a better start and was competitive with the mid-field for most of the race battling for a top ten position until he had an intermittent gearbox problem which dropped him back to fourteenth. On the positive side it was good to get some points after such a hard weekend and we're encouraged from the race pace and look forward to the Imola test in a few weeks time."
The next round of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship takes place at Brno in the Czech Republic on July 24/26.
American Blake Young
races Donnington
World Superbike
Team Suzuki Press Office - June 23rd -Team Suzuki Alstare Brux gave talented American Blake Young a ride on Max Neukirchner's GSX-R1000 K9 at the British World Superbike ninth round at Donington Park this weekend.
With Neukirchner still sidelined through injury, Team Manager Francis Batta has decided to give the 21-year old a no-pressure ride at the East Midlands circuit after discussions with Young and former World Champion Kevin Schwantz.
Young, from Wisconsin, is riding the Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing GSX-R1000 Suzuki in this year's AMA championship; has taken two podiums to date; and currently lies in eighth position behind team mate and series leader Mat Mladin.
He will join regular Suzuki Alstare Brux rider Yukio Kagayama, who is carrying on racing despite broken bones in his right heel; the gritty Japanese rider has already defied the pain to race in America and Misano and is determined as ever to battle for the podium.
Blake Young: "I'm really excited to race the Suzuki Alstare Brux GSX-R1000 at Donington Park this weekend. I've been racing motorcycles for as long as I can remember. I always wanted to race Superbikes and I got the chance to do that with the Rockstar Makita Suzuki team in America. Now, getting the opportunity to do a World Superbike race with the Suzuki Alstare Brux team in Europe is like a dream come true. I'm looking forward to it and want to make the most of this opportunity."

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Rossi reaches century of wins and Lorenzo makes it another double podium for Yamaha at Assen
Assen June 27th - Valentino Rossi wrote another chapter in his extraordinary career in Holland today, becoming only the second rider in history to reach 100 Grand Prix wins. 13 years after his very first victory in 125cc, the Italian took the hat-trick of pole position, fastest lap and race win with a perfect display in front of a huge Assen crowd to pass the century mark. It was his 40th win since joining Yamaha in 2004, meaning that over half of his premier-class wins have come with the Japanese factory.
His team-mate Jorge Lorenzo finished a strong second and had a milestone of his own to celebrate as it was the fiftieth podium of his career. Like Rossi, The Mallorcan has now finished on the podium in all but one round this season. Yamaha Tech 3 riders Colin Edwards and James Toseland made it four Yamahas in the top six after finishing fourth and sixth respectively.
The eight-time World Champion got a strong start from pole and was second at the end of the first lap, passing Casey Stoner soon after to take a lead which he never relinquished. With his M1 and Bridgestone tyres working perfectly throughout, his race pace was even better than he had shown in practice and he gradually stretched his lead from Lorenzo in the latter stages of the race to seal his historic victory. The 30-year-old Italian and his fan-club joined forces on the slow-down lap to unroll a 25-metre banner which pictured every one of his 100 wins, spanning a career which began when he was 17 years old.
Lorenzo had a poor start and lost several positions in the early melee, leaving him to fight his way back to the front in the early laps. It took him until lap five to come through to second but by then Rossi had opened up a gap of nearly 1.5 seconds. The 22-year-old looked to be closing on his team-mate a little at mid race distance but in the latter stages he began to lose a bit of confidence in the front and was happy enough to settle for second and an important 20 points.
With Stoner finishing third today the championship standings remain tight at the top - Rossi leads on 131 points, Lorenzo is second on 126 and Stoner is hard on his heels with 122. The MotoGP paddock now heads directly to California and Laguna Seca for round eight in a week's time.
Valentino Rossi - Position: 1stTime: 42'14.611
"This is a very emotional moment and for sure I will remember this 100th victory for the rest of my life. When I reached 70, 100 seemed a long way away but here I am and it has been great, great fun getting here. It is down to so many people, like Jeremy and my guys who have been with me for ten years and all of the team who always give 100% and always give me the best bike possible. Especially however I have to thank the friends who have been with me my whole life and my father Graziano, who won here in Assen 30 years ago when I was a baby, and my mother Stefania, because they have always supported me. It's great to reach this moment here at Assen because it's the 'Cathedral' of motorcycle racing and the most historic track we go to. Today was a perfect race - I got a great start and my bike was incredible which meant that my pace was very strong. In fact I think it was better for everyone's hearts not to have another last-lap battle like in Barcelona! I had a good advantage from Lorenzo in some parts of the track and it was a great ride for me. Now I have 100 wins and I'm only the second rider to arrive at this number, but Agostini still has 22 more and for me he is still the greatest. 100 is a great result but the atmosphere in our team is wonderful and the motivation is still as high as ever - we want to win a few more races together yet!"
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo - Position: 2ndTime: +5.368
"First of all I have to say congratulations to Valentino because this is an incredible thing to achieve and this day belongs to him. Unfortunately I didn't get a good start today and I had to take a few risks to pass people and come back to the front. Once I did I tried to go after Valentino but in some places I just wasn't as fast as him; he was riding 36.5s every time and I didn't really have quite enough confidence to push that hard today because the bike didn't feel perfect. As the race went on I started to feel the front tyre 'close' a bit and I decided that it was safer to come home in second! Another podium is a great result; it's my fiftieth and we continue to be very strong this season so I am happy. I am only five points from the lead and we are in a good position going to Laguna, which I am very excited about."
Davide Brivio - Team Manager
"100 victories speak for themselves! For all of us in this team it's a huge honour and pleasure to work with Valentino because for sure he is one of the greatest in history, something he's shown again today. Furthermore, working with him is always great fun and we enjoy every weekend. This is a very important piece of history for Yamaha as well because 40 of these wins have been here with us, more than with any other manufacturer and the majority of his wins in this class. When we started together in 2004 it was impossible to think of targets like this and I know that everyone involved and all of Yamaha's employees will always remember this time. I think I speak on behalf of everyone by saying thank you to Vale for these memories and thank you for joining Yamaha!"



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Video Tribute To John Britten. Backyard Motorcycle Visionary
onsidered at the time of his death the best motorcycle engineer in the world, designing and building motorcycles and much more, John Britten gave us a fabulous lesson of perseverance, courage, humility and creativity. If you never watched it, this 5- part documentary (total 7 h 15 minutes) shot in his home in New-Zealand is a must see for all the pros and backyard builders around the world. By the time he died of cancer in 1995, John Britten had become a household name.
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