casey stoner

Well Done Casey


Congratulations; job well done :)

MotoGP – Japanese Grand Prix – TV Coverage on Eurosport


Well, according to the little widget on my MacBook, the TV scheduling for this weekend’s Japanese MotoGP events is going to mean some pretty early mornings and some pretty strong cuppas…
Still – it may all be worth it: will Alvaro Bautista deliver another stunner of a ride in the 250cc like he did in Estoril? Will Casey Stoner wrap up the title in the top class? Will Rossi continue to be in the mix again?
You can find out by following the action on British Eurosport on Saturday and Sunday…

Japanese GP Coverage on British Eurosport

Saturday 22/09/07
125cc – Live Qualifying – 05.00
MotoGP – Live Qualifying – 05.45
250cc – Live Qualifying – 07.00
MotoGP – Qualifying (repeat) – 19.00

Sunday 23/09/07
125cc – Live Race – 02.45
250cc – Live Race – 04.00
MotoGP – Live Race – 05.15
250cc – Race (repeat) – 07.30
MotoGP – Race (repeat) – 08.00
MotoGP – Race (repeat) – 17.00

Alvaro 5th In 250cc Czech Grand Prix At Brno


Ah well, nobody was really going to touch Lorenzo today (though Dovizioso put up a spirited fight some of the way).
Bati came through from 11th on the grid to get to 8th within a couple of corners, and then wound up in 5th, after a good set of battles with Hector Barbera.
Here’s the results…

(Pos Rider Bike Time)
1. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 41:04.954
2. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 7.708
3. Mika Kallio KTM + 11.107
4. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 13.422
5. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 13.944
6. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM + 13.989
7. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 22.817
8. Julian Simon Honda + 36.339
9. Shuhei Aoyama Honda + 36.367
10. R.Locatelli Gilera + 37.552
11. Alex de Angelis Aprilia +1:02.616
12. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia +1:13.529
13. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia +1:14.063
14. Karel Abraham Aprilia +1:14.575
15. Efren Vazquez Aprilia +1:14.643
16. R.Wilairot Honda +1:15.165
17. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia +1:15.474
18. Jules Cluzel Aprilia +1:40.064
19. Imre Toth Aprilia +1:53.798
20. Dan Linfoot Aprilia +1:57.103

This leaves Bati 4th overall in the Championship standings, which is great.
Couple of weeks till the next race – the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano.

Oh – and congrats to Casey Stoner on yet another awesome win in the top class :)
Very happy about that!

Decent weekend’s motor sport even without Bati!


Ah well, even if there was no 250cc action featuring Bati this weekend at least there was an amazing “European” (German) GP in Formula One, apparently scripted by the people who brought you Whacky Races (though sadly it continued Kimi Raikkonen’s Nurburgring jinx, dammit!)…
And in the main MotoGP class there was an excellent weekend for Ducati rider Casey Stoner who completed the event at Laguna Seca with an ‘icing on the cake’ win, having topped all sessions. Nice work matey :)
I’m dead chuffed for Stoner, having really rooted for him last year in his debut season in the top class – one where he was fab on the bike, but sadly also seemed to spend a fair bit of time *off* it too! This year he seems to have found a perfect mix of team, bike, skills and maturity to take the championship…. is it only a matter of time now?