MotoGP Comes To Youtube

By Kropotkin | Sat, 18/08/2007 - 22:04

While many sports wage pitched battles with Youtube over content hosted on the video sharing website, Dorna, the rights owners for the MotoGP series, have understood that that's a battle that no one is capable of winning, and so has decided to embrace the technology, rather than try and control it. They today announced the launch of the Youtube MotoGP channel, hosting much of the content previously placed on the MotoGP.com website.

The Final Yamaha Seat Goes: Edwards Moves To Tech 3

By Kropotkin | Sat, 18/08/2007 - 20:20

With 3 of the 4 Yamaha seats for 2008 already filled, the only question remaining was who would ride the 4th Yamaha next year. With Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo taking the official factory Yamaha seats, and James Toseland signing for Tech 3 Yamaha, the list for the final Tech 3 seat seemed terribly long.

2007 Brno Qualifying Practice Report

By Kropotkin | Sat, 18/08/2007 - 15:32

When qualifying practice started at Brno this afternoon, there was never any doubt about the outcome. Casey Stoner had dominated every single session of practice so far, despite finishing behind Sylvain Guintoli in yesterday's second free practice session, and the expectation was that the young Australian would come out on his Ducati and lay waste to the opposition, just as he has done all season. But Stoner's plan started to go awry from his very first lap.

Melandri Out Of Czech GP

By Kropotkin | Sat, 18/08/2007 - 13:20

What we feared earlier today has now been confirmed: Marco Melandri will take no further part in the Czech Grand Prix at Brno, as a result of the pain and weakness he is suffering caused by the neck injury he sustained at Laguna Seca. Despite intense treatment, including a series of injections and magnetic therapy, Melandri is still in too much pain to ride due to a herniated disk.

The Italian will now concentrate on recovering in time for the next round at Misano, just 50 miles from his hometown of Ravenna, Italy.

2007 Brno FP3 Times - Day 2

By Kropotkin | Sat, 18/08/2007 - 09:15

Casey Stoner and John Hopkins were once again far and away the fastest riders on the track at Brno this morning, leading the timesheets within the first 10 minutes of practice, and staying there all the way to the end. Stoner was fastest by a small margin for most of the session, until 2 minutes from the end, the Australian Ducati man destroyed the existing lap record, set by Loris Capirossi last year. Suzuki's John Hopkins was the only man who could stay within range of Stoner, and the only other man capable of consistently running 1'58 second laps, which looks like being race pace.

Melandri Looking Doubtful For Race

By Kropotkin | Sat, 18/08/2007 - 08:20

With Saturday's morning session of free practice under way, Marco Melandri's name is once again missing from the timesheets. It seems that the Italian is still suffering as a result of the trapped nerve we reported yesterday, and is still in too much pain, and lacking too much strength to take much part in the proceedings. It's conceivable that Melandri is saving himself for this afternoon's qualifying practice session, but if he doesn't set at time in qualifying, his weekend is effectively over.

Trapped Nerve Sidelines Melandri At Brno

By Kropotkin | Fri, 17/08/2007 - 13:48

Marco Melandri was conspicuous by his absence from this afternoon's free practice session, and only afterwards did we find out the reason. The Dutch site Racesport.nl is reporting that a trapped nerve is causing considerable pain and a lack of feeling in Melandri's left arm, leaving the Italian incapable of riding during FP2, after he was unable to remove his own helmet at the end of the first free practice session.

2007 Brno FP2 Times - Day 1

By Kropotkin | Fri, 17/08/2007 - 13:18

The day's second free practice session took place under overcast skies, though it stayed dry throughout. And the fastest two men of the morning's practice were fastest once again for most of the afternoon. But this time, Casey Stoner didn't dominate the session like he had in the morning. In fact, it wasn't until 10 minutes from the end that Stoner finally managed to better the time set by Suzuki's John Hopkins. Once faster, though, he proceeded to set a series of blistering laps within half a second of the existing lap record set by Loris Capirossi during last year's race.

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