Yamaha Festival on the first day – Rossi can still do it! Despite all prophecies of doom, the old master proved to all critics that he can still do it. While all Suzuki and except for Oliveira all KTM pilots stumbled, Valentino Rossi made it into the top ten and all Yamaha’s are provisionally in […]
The wake-up call
Cancellation of the Finnish MotoGP Grand Prix At the end of the MotoGP FP1 at Le Mans it was announced that the Finnish GP had also been cancelled this season due to the pandemic. The question is whether this will also serve as a signal for other races in Europe. On July 11th this would […]
Le Mans Friday live
French Grand Prix in Le Mans – Friday live blog On race day the order is as usual, with Moto3 first, followed by Moto2 and MotoGP. Nevertheless, the sequence in practice and qualifying for the weekend of the French Grand Prix remains reversed. As before in Jerez de la Frontera, the premier class drives on […]
Voices before Le Mans
Some rider voices from the press conference Pecco Bagnaia: “Everything is fine with me, we have to take it race after race, which also applies to here at Le Mans. I like the track a lot, but last year I had problems in the second part of the race. As the forecast looks, it will […]
English weather in France
The lousy weather in Le Mans dampens the anticipation of many drivers In MotoGP, rain races with the electronic helpers and the huge fall areas are far less dangerous than until the 1980s. Neither of these existed back then and if you crashed in the wrong place, you ran the risk of sacrificing your life […]
Jonas’ and Eugene’s outlook
Jonas Folger before his comeback and Eugene Laverty before the restart We still remember the MotoGP season very well, almost as if it were yesterday. Back then Tech 3 was still consistently successful and, as a Yamaha customer team with its riders Zarco and Folger, was sensationally strong right from the start. While the French […]
Underdogs before the 1st race
The many unknowns – from Gil Yamaha & MIE Honda to ORELAC Racing Now that Lucas Mahias has finally received his new 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10RR, he can still do a few laps in Misano before the first lap starts a few days later in Motorland Aragon. With this miserable preparation, however, the Frenchman will not […]
Vive la France
The French before their MotoGP home race In contrast to Germany with the Sachsenring race, there is absolute high spirits in France before the home game of their MotoGP heroes. From Johann Zarco to Fabio Quartararo to Lorenzo Fellon in Moto3, their heroes have strikingly Italian-sounding names. The French don’t care at all because the […]
Pedercini before the 1st race
Pedercini Racing before the start of the 2021 season with 30 years of racing According to Wikipedia, Pedercini Racing was founded in 1993. However, the website of his team insists it was on 1992. Basically, the majority of the riders in the past millennium have been on the road for their own “team”, regardless of […]
Puccetti before the 1st race
Kawasaki Puccetti Racing ahead of the 2021 WorldSBK season You don’t win races with splendid hospitality. KTM had to experience this painfully in MotoGP, supported by Red Bull. Being the backbencher team for three years was a tough lot for the oranges. At Kawasaki Puccetti Racing, their performance was already more than impressive when Toprak […]