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

Say Hello To The Rizla iPhone App

Ah, here’s a treat for a total nerd like me… Rizla has joined in with the iPhone revolution by producing its very own App featuring all the information about Rizla Suzuki MotoGP plus much, much more. READ MORE

Superfab Fifth For Alvaro In Team’s Best 2010 Weekend

Alvaro, Loris and the Rizla Suzuki MotoGp Team all recorded their best race finishes of the season so far at the Catalunya Grand Prix in Spain today. Bati scored a career best MotoGP result of fifth, as he controlled his race from start to finish, before bringing his Suzuki GSV-R home for the team’s best result of the season. READ MORE

Win an iPad and the MotoGP Official Live Timing Application

Soft Pauer, the people who brought you the amazing MotoGP Live Timing App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, have now launched a competition to win an iPad (and of course a copy of the App is included too) with 25 runner-up prizes of the App itself.
You can either text to be in with a chance of winning (just look at the banners across this site) or you can enter online at www.softpauer.com/motogpwin where you can also find all the full rules and T&Cs.
(*The competition closes on July 23rd) READ MORE

Alvaro Brings Home A Tough Two Points At Mugello

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racers Loris Capirossi and Alvaro Bautista both finished today’s Italian Grand Prix in points scoring positions. The two riders finished in 10th and 14th places respectively after tough races for the pair, but for different reasons. Capirossi struggled to get the front end feeling that he wanted from his Suzuki GSV-R and couldn’t push hard enough to get up to the pack in front of him for a higher position. He was disappointed to finish his home GP in 10th, but philosophical about completing a full race after crashing in both of his last two outings. READ MORE

Go Danny Kent In The Red Bull Rookies!

It’s not only MotoGP’s main classes that are in action this weekend, following the volcano induced long break since the season opener at Qatar… I’m also kind of excited as the always excellent Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup kicks off its 2010 season in Jerez this weekend as part of the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez. With practice on Friday and a race both on Saturday May 1st and on Sunday May 2nd it is a crucial double header for all 25 of the sport’s fastest racing teenagers.
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Groundbreaking Virtual GP On Twitter This Weekend!

Lots of people slag off Twitter. They’re idiots of course. But they do. And sometimes you can accept that there’s differing levels of usefulness, triviality and purposelessness to the phenomenon in an already crowded world of communications and technology.
Nonetheless, any MotoGP fan should find themselves very grateful that Twitter exists this coming weekend, when the world’s first genuinely virtual sporting event takes place on the service – a completely virtual MotoGP weekend played out in the absence of the *real* Japanese GP (which has been postponed until October due to the travel chaos caused by the Icelandic volcano eruption). READ MORE

Japanese GP Postponed Following Volcano Travel Chaos

www.motorcyclenews.com reports that the Japanese MotoGP race, scheduled to take place at the Twin Ring Motegi next weekend (April 25), has been postponed until early October because of on-going European travel chaos caused by an Icelandic volcano. The Twin Ring Motegi race, which was due to be the second of 18 races on the 2010 MotoGP calendar, will now run on October 3 after crisis talks were held by Dorna management. The race will now be round 14 and run before the Malaysian GP in Sepang on October 10 and the Australian GP at Phillip Island on October 17. READ MORE

MotoGP Official Live Timing App for iPhone + iPod Touch

In 2010 MotoGP fans are able to enjoy an amazingly detailed experience on their iPhone and iPod Touch thanks to the new Official Live Timing Application by Soft Pauer. This new application ensures that fans will not miss a minute of the action from any of the rounds on the 2010 calendar, regardless of where they are. READ MORE

Alvaro “Can’t Wait”!

Alvaro’s in high spirits and full of enthusiasm ahead of the Qatar GP this coming weekend.
Although under no illusions that it’s a different world from 250s, he’s nonetheless totally upbeat and relishing the challenge ahead…

“For me this is a very important weekend because it will be my first race in MotoGP. I have done ok in testing, but racing is a different thing. I still have very much to learn about the bike and about MotoGP because it is so different from 250, so I must keep focussed and take everything as it comes. READ MORE

Alvaro Blogs About Settling In At Suzuki

Alvaro has been given some blogging space on the Suzuki Racing website – although it’s not clear yet who regular or frequent this might be – and in his first post he talks about how he’s settling in with the Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Team…

When I first came to Rizla Suzuki I was a little bit unclear about what to expect because it was a new team and everybody speaks in English – even the Japanese staff! I thought this might make things difficult because my English is not perfect and I thought it would be hard to work here, but it is the total opposite to that! READ MORE

2010 BatiFans.com Fan Merchandise Now Available!

Big news – and we think, good news…
I’ve reopened the BatiFans Fan Shop with a kicking new collection of fan gear and merchandise.
We’ve got all kinds of shirts and tops, bags, badges and more – cool clothes for both guys and girls (we’ve even got a bandana for dogs too!) – with funky graphics and a huge choice of colours and styles. READ MORE

Qatar Official Test – Combined Times

For those of you who like your stats, you’ll be glad to know that motogp.com the Official MotoGP website have published the combined times to pull together the disparate figures from the two days’ performance of the top class riders.
The motogp.com report covering the final day can be found here…

Combined Times

Pos Rider Team Session 1 Session 2 Prev. Gap Lead. Gap
1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:55.717 1:55.353 - -
2 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1:55.402 1:55.860 +0.049 +0.049
3 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 1:56.811 1:55.879 +0.477 +0.526
4 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:55.954 1:56.779 +0.075 +0.601
5 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 1:56.855 1:56.115 +0.161 +0.762
6 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:57.099 1:56.195 +0.080 +0.842 READ MORE