To celebrate Alvaro’s superb victory at Catalunya last weekend, it seems only right that the best way to do it is with a set of desktop icons of his special “Man of La Mancha” helmet.
As per usual I’ve done a set of Mac OSX and a set for Windows XP/Vista, each of which contains two icons of the helmet – one with a drop-shadow and one without.
All carefully crafted and alpha-channelled to pimpify your computer desktop to the very best effect.
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Alvaro Bautista Catalunya Helmet Desktop Icons
Alvaro Post-Race Quotes: Catalunya
“During the race it was very hard to ride, because the heat was very intense. I couldn’t make any mistakes. On the first lap I lost a few places, but I kept calm because I knew that things were under control. After three laps I saw that I could impose my pace on the others, and maybe escape from Hector, so in the end things worked out fine.
This win is important for my morale, because at the moment we are the only ones to have repeated a victory in 2009. It is a big blow to our rivals. Despite Simoncelli falling, we can’t rule anyone out for the championship, and in any case we have to focus on our own work and do what we’ve been doing. I would like to thank the fans for their tremendous support over the home races, and I’m glad to have been able to give them a win.”
Pic Of The GP: Catalunya
Although this may only be pic of the day till someone posts up a shot of Sideshow Bob covered in gravel, of course… 
Catalunya GP – 250cc Race Result
A superb win by Alvaro who took charge in the opening couple of laps, and slowly edged away once Sideshow Bob thankfully went and binned himself on lap 2 and left everybody that teensy bit safer for the remainder…
Sensible, swift, measured and mature – a great ride from Alvaro – and judging by the noise form the crowds drowning out the engines, a very very popular one too.
Estupendo Alvarito! Estupendo!
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 41m09.018s
2. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 7.185s
3. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 7.282s
4. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 10.784s
5. Alex Debon Aprilia + 15.740s
6. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 15.780s
7. R.Wilairot Honda + 28.654s
8. Karel Abraham Aprilia + 31.600s
9. Raffaele De Rosa Honda + 33.760s
10. Hector Faubel Honda + 33.843s
11. Jules Cluzel Aprilia + 34.871s
12. Lukas Pesek Aprilia + 35.117s
13. Alex Baldolini Aprilia + 39.840s
14. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + 42.821s
15. Steve Bonsey Aprilia +1m16.524s
16. Axel Pons Aprilia +1m16.689s
17. Valentin Debise Honda +1m28.826s
18. Balazs Nemeth Aprilia +1m39.488s
19. Bastien Chesaux Honda +1m47.958s
20. Vladimir Leonov Aprilia +1 Lap
21. Toby Markham Honda +1 Lap
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Imre Toth Aprilia 21
R.Locatelli Gilera 14
Shoya Tomizawa Honda 13
Marco Simoncelli Gilera 6
FASTEST LAP: Bautista, 1m46.656s on lap 9
Catalunya GP – Saturday Quotes From Alvaro
“Considering the conditions we had to deal with today I don’t think second place is a bad result. With less temperature this morning I felt more comfortable and that’s a good sign for tomorrow because the race is more or less at the same time. It is a shame that I wasn’t able to get maximum potential out of the new tyre at the end because I ran into some traffic and lost some vital tenths.
Anyway, the important thing is that we’re on the front row because we need to get a good start and run at the front. The lap times are tight and it will be difficult for anybody to escape so the key will be to stick in the lead group and see what transpires as the laps go by. If I can push on and break things up I will. Still, we don’t know what will happen until the race starts. If there is a chance we can win I’ll fight tooth and nail and won’t give anything up easily.”
Alvaro Takes Second In Qualifying
Pos | Num | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Lap time
1 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Pepe World Team Aprilia 1′46.749
2 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Aprilia 1′46.899
3 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA Metis Gilera Gilera 1′46.908
4 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Emmi – Caffe Latte Aprilia 1′47.081
5 6 Alex DEBON SPA Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens Aprilia 1′47.125
6 4 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Scot Racing Team 250cc Honda 1′47.166
7 75 Mattia PASINI ITA Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia 1′47.225
8 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Valencia CF – Honda SAG Honda 1′47.379
9 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc Aprilia 1′47.426
10 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT SAG Honda 1′47.559
11 25 Alex BALDOLINI ITA WTR San Marino Team Aprilia 1′47.596
12 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia 1′47.725
13 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Scot Racing Team 250cc Honda 1′47.747
14 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Matteoni Racing Aprilia 1′47.795
15 48 Shoya TOMIZAWA JPN CIP Moto – GP250 Honda 1′48.032
16 15 Roberto LOCATELLI ITA Metis Gilera Gilera 1′48.088
17 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Auto Kelly – CP Aprilia 1′48.101
18 7 Axel PONS SPA Pepe World Team Aprilia 1′50.450
19 51 Stevie BONSEY USA Milar – Juegos Lucky Aprilia 1′50.598
20 53 Valentin DEBISE FRA CIP Moto – GP250 Honda 1′50.653
21 11 Balazs NEMETH HUN Balatonring Team Aprilia 1′50.732
22 8 Bastien CHESAUX SWI Racing Team Germany Honda 1′51.229
23 10 Imre TOTH HUN Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia 1′51.296
24 56 Vladimir LEONOV RUS Viessmann Kiefer Racing Aprilia 1′52.133
25 54 Toby MARKHAM GBR C&L Racing Honda 1′52.856
