2011 Mugello MotoGP Post-Race Test Press Releases From Repsol And Cardion AB
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Press releases after the MotoGP test at Mugello, from the Repsol Honda team and from Karel Abraham's Cardion AB team:
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Press releases after the MotoGP test at Mugello, from the Repsol Honda team and from Karel Abraham's Cardion AB team:
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What a difference a track makes. At the fast, flowing Mugello circuit, we had three pretty interesting races, two tense duels and a full on battle in Moto2. After a season full of races decided in the first few laps, to see a race day full of overtaking brought some much-needed relief to those suffering with the racing bug.
The 125cc race only saw two passes for the lead, Johann Zarco passing Nico Terol, and then Terol taking the Frenchman back to take victory, but the two protagonists maintained the tension all the way to the end. Never separated by more than a couple of tenths, the race became a case of two men trying to pressure the other into a mistake. Fresh back from having a tendon reattached in his little finger, Terol was the first to crack, running wide in San Donato, the wide, uphill hairpin that comes at the end of the straight. But Terol kept his head, latched onto the back of the Zarco, and waited for the long drag towards the finish line to make his move.
A smart race by Terol, and a strong and smart race by Zarco too: Terol looked to be on a planet of his own, but Zarco came along and joined the party. A strong race, too, by young Spaniard Maverick Vinales: at a track which is as notoriously difficult to learn as Mugello is, Vinales ended his first race at the track on the podium. The rookie sits 3rd in the championship, with big things expected of him in the future. He is, after all, just sixteen-and-a-half years old.
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Press releases from the MotoGP teams after Sunday's Italian Grand Prix at Mugello:
Bautista robbed of a top-six challenge at Mugello
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Press releases from the 125cc and Moto2 teams at Mugello:
Common sense brings Salom to sixth at Mugello
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1 | STONER Casey | AUS | 152 | |
2 | LORENZO Jorge | SPA | 133 | -19 |
3 | DOVIZIOSO Andrea | ITA | 119 | -33 |
4 | ROSSI Valentino | ITA | 91 | -61 |
5 | HAYDEN Nicky | USA | 77 | -75 |
6 | SPIES Ben | USA | 74 | -78 |
7 | PEDROSA Dani | SPA | 69 | -83 |
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1 | BRADL Stefan | GER | 147 | |
2 | MARQUEZ Marc | SPA | 95 | -52 |
3 | SMITH Bradley | GBR | 79 | -68 |
4 | CORSI Simone | ITA | 76 | -71 |
5 | LUTHI Thomas | SWI | 66 | -81 |
6 | DE ANGELIS Alex | RSM | 66 | -81 |
7 | IANNONE Andrea | ITA | 64 | -83 |
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1 | TEROL Nicolas | SPA | 153 | |
2 | ZARCO Johann | FRA | 114 | -39 |
3 | VIÑALES Maverick | SPA | 106 | -47 |
4 | FOLGER Jonas | GER | 101 | -52 |
5 | CORTESE Sandro | GER | 98 | -55 |
6 | VAZQUEZ Efren | SPA | 90 | -63 |
7 | SALOM Luis | SPA | 65 | -88 |
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Results and summary of the MotoGP race at Mugello:
Jorge Lorenzo has taken a much-needed victory at Mugello to get his championship defense back on track, catching and then passing Casey Stoner to secure a convincing win.