Excellent Eighth For Alvaro At Indy

Excellent! A really nice “up” to the way things have been going of late, as Alvaro produced a battling and mature race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to bring his Suzuki GSV-R home in a very respectable eighth place. READ MORE

Indianapolis Qualifying Report

Rizla Suzuki racers Alvaro Bautista and Loris Capirossi will start tomorrow’s Indianapolis Grand Prix alongside each other on the fourth row of the grid. READ MORE

Last Lap Crash Closes Frustrating Brno Weekend

Ah well – what looked like being a vaguely “up” end to the Czech GP came to grief after all when Alvaro dropped the bike on the very last lap of the race. While it’s a great relief that he was fit enough to take to the track – and also excellent to see him doing some passing – it was a real blow to see the run ultimately end like this. READ MORE

Alvaro Will Race At Brno Despite New Injury Woes

Alvaro will start tomorrow’s Czech GP at Brno from 17th place after a crash in this morning’s practice forced him to miss this afternoon’s qualifying session. READ MORE

MotoGP 2010 Game for iPhone and iPod Touch now available

I-play, Oberon Media’s publishing division and the world’s leading multi-platform casual games publisher, today announced the launch of the MotoGP 2010 Game for iPhone and iPod Touch. READ MORE

Statblast: Spanish Riders At Brno

• Alvaro Bautista won the 125cc race at Brno in 2006 on his way to taking the world title. He has finished on the podium at the Czech GP for the last two years in the 250cc class.

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Brno – A bit of history…

This year will be the 41st occasion that a Grand Prix event will have been staged at Brno. The first Grand Prix to be held at Brno was back in 1965 on the old road circuit which measured 13.94 km. The circuit remained essentially the same until 1975, when it was shortened to the 10.92 km circuit that was used up until 1982, at which time it was deemed no longer up to the safety standards required for Grand Prix racing. READ MORE

Alvaro: “I’m Very Fired Up For Brno”

Alvaro, along with the entire Rizla Suzuki MotoGP squad, is eager to get back in to action this coming weekend as the MotoGP season re-commences at Brno in the Czech Republic after its mid-season break. READ MORE

Dorna and A-Style announce Aragón GP title sponsorship deal

A-Style and Dorna will once more work alongside one another in 2010 after an agreement was reached between the MotoGP rights holders and the Italian fashion brand for the title sponsorship of the GP at the Motorland Aragón circuit in September. READ MORE

Frustrating Crash Leads Into Mid-Season Break

Well, raceday didn’t turn out well after all as Alvaro was yet again the victim of another incident as Aleix Espargaro knocked Suzuki’s Spanish rider out of the race at the start of the third lap. Bati had already got into a good rhythm and had passed a couple of other riders before Espargaro’s intervention bought his race to an abrupt end for the second week in succession. READ MORE

Laguna Seca Qualifying Bodes Well For Raceday

Alvaro made significant improvements during Saturday’s final practice and qualifying sessions for the American Grand Prix, shaving almost two-and-a-half seconds off his best time from Friday. Both he and Loris are in a positive mood ahead of the race around the 3,610m Laguna Seca circuit, as they believe that the improvements will continue though the 32-laps of the race. READ MORE

VROOM Magazine, webzine for fans of Spanish riders, goes live

This has been going on so long it no longer feels like news to me. Nonetheless it *is* news and it’s good news…. Say hello to VROOM Magazine – my latest web launch and a project that I have really enjoyed developing along with stv21 (that’s Tamara to you and me) – who helps run the BatiFans network of sites as well as her own blog, Sonrisa de Talavera. READ MORE