2009 MotoGP Jerez Spain: The Doctor First Victory in 2009

Valentino Rossi beat host of Dani Pedrosa at the Jerez circuit on the MotoGP Spain, Sunday (2009/May/03). "The Doctor" also get its first victory in this season. Starting the race from fourth position, Rossi break Pedrosa hope to ascend the top podium in front of the supporting. Vale continued to lead from the start until mid-race, Pedrosa down position should start lap 17.

Since Rossi is unbearable and finish number one, and get the first victory in this season. In two previous series of Fiat Yamaha Team is only a runner up in Qatar and Japan. Meanwhile, Pedrosa, champion season in Jerez, must be satisfied in second place, followed by Casey Stoner in the ranking of three. In the meantime, Rossi grab top position from Jorge Lorenzo with 65 points. Lorenzo failed to complete their own race because of drop in the four-lap final.

With 123,340 spectators, Pedrosa and Stoner smoothly in its start. They take the pole position of the position held Lorenzo, at the first bend, when the race started. Rossi stalk in fourth place, followed by Randy de Puniet and Colin Edwards. This position does not change much until the first lap is completed. On the second lap Rossi successfully defeated Lorenzo is a fellow partner in the Fiat Yamaha Team, to take a three-position front. Not long after he, Stoner, Pedrosa and start the competition involved tight, in the forefront of the group.

Behind them is quite exciting race going on between De Puniet, Loris Capirossi and Edwards. Rossi continues to chase after the fifth lap Stoner able to pass. But it's not long, because the track straight towards a junction Stoner to counterattack to take place earlier. Duel Rossi and Stoner continue to occur, and in the sixth lap Rossi wins again. Behind them, Honda rider, Andrea Dovizioso make mistakes, fall to the sand track. Extent to the ongoing ordinary course race. Stoner on lap 14 Rossi started from behind, while the champion survived the wild hunt Pedrosa. The distance between them shall continue to move up, from one second to be more or less a second.

From lap 16 Pedrosa is in great pressure because Honda is so close to the Yamaha by Rossi. And the pressure that he can not afford a levee when the next lap, before a curve, Rossi Pedrosa took over the position from the right, and position are also changed. Rossi leads. Lap for the next lap, Pedrosa does not appear more competitive than Rossi. From there, victory for the show rider in Italy. Unlike the Rossi, Lorenzo unhappy experience. Go unopposed, he too sloping curve while in the curve. When tire grip disappears, that is one of Spain's motorcycle slip and drag it to Gravel.

Lorenzo able to rise up and assisted some of the climb back to his motorcycle. However, luck has not gone, because then he must go to the cockpit and failed to complete the race. He was annoyed and hit his front fairing. Anticlimax Lorenzo made the podium is always increased in the first two series: the number three in Qatar, the number one in Japan. De Puniet gain from the failure of Lorenzo and finish in fourth place, ahead of Marco Melandri and Edwards.

MotoGP Spain 2009 Results:
1. Valentino Rossi......... Yamaha......... 45 minutes 18.557 seconds
2. Dani Pedrosa......... Honda......... + 2.700
3. Casey Stoner......... Ducati......... + 10.507
4. Randy de Puniet......... Honda......... + 31.893
5. Marco Melandri......... Kawasaki......... + 33.128
6. Colin Edwards......... Yamaha......... + 34.128
7. Loris Capirossi......... Suzuki......... + 34.421
8. Andrea Dovizioso......... Honda......... + 34.625
9. Toni Elias......... Honda......... + 42.689
10. Chris Vermeulen......... Suzuki......... + 45.183
11. Sete Gibernau......... Ducati......... + 48.192
12. Yuki Takahashi......... Honda......... + 51.875
13. James Toseland......... Yamaha......... + 53.683
14. Alex de Angelis......... Honda......... + 53.941
15. Nicky Hayden......... Ducati......... +1 minutes 01.237
16. Niccolo Canepa......... Ducati......... +1 minutes 10.896

Unfinish:
Jorge Lorenzo......... Yamaha......... 23 lap
Mika Kallio......... Ducati......... lap 12

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2009 MotoGP Motegi Japan

World MotoGP champion, Valentino Rossi finish second in the circuit Motegi, Japan, Sunday (2009/4/26). That started the race without qualifying session Saturday because of heavy rain yesterday to take the ongoing dry qualifying results from Friday practice sessions.

Not the usual "Vale" to a bad start, this time go directly to Rossi at the front of the start. Rossi is able to lead the race until mid-race before eventually defeated by Lorenzo who is a friend of his team in the Fiat Yamaha Team.

Towards the end of the race lap Rossi and Pedrosa had a fight to grab the second position. It appears that, Rossi still want to give the action on race day with the turnover frequency for the second position. Maximum racing action going on in some of the last curve, Rossi defeating Pedrosa to fight with Lorenzo. The distance between the "X-fuera" with "The Doctor" that reaches over 2 seconds can be pursued only half. As a result, until the end of the race, Rossi is not able to overcome Lorenzo. Finally, Lorenzo and sweep the race followed by Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa at Motegi in 2009.

Meanwhile, the bad start made by Casey Stoner. The Ducati is direct loss of position and fall back to the position of some order. One of which is through Dani Pedrosa, although the Spaniard in the start position 11.

One thing of interest in this race Motegi in 2009 when Marco Melandri is able to occupy the sixth position. This is a surprise for the Kawasaki decided to leave MotoGP. Because Hayate Racing Team motor will never be developed for a future season, was still competitive.

So, Kawasaki leave MotoGP is a wrong decision? Let's see the next MotoGP News in Hot Biker.











MotoGP Motegi Japan results:
1. Jorge Lorenzo (43m 47.238s)
2. Valentino Rossi (+ 1.304s)
3. Dani Pedrosa (+ 3.763s)
4. Casey Stoner (+ 5.691s)
5. Andrea Dovizioso (+ 9.207s)
6. Marco Melandri (+ 30.555s)
7. Loris Capirossi (+ 32.756s)
8. Mika Kallio (+ 39.416s)
9. James Toseland (+ 43.106s)
10. Chris Vermeulen (+ 43.245s)
11. Randy de Puniet (+ 44.834s)
12. Colin Edwards (+ 46.540s)
13. Alex de Angelis (+ 53.525s)
14. Niccolo Canepa (+1 m21.804s)
15. Toni Elias (+ 1 lap)

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2008 MotoGP Rookie

Jorge Lorenzo joined the Fiat Yamaha Team for 2008 and 2009 seasons as the double 250cc World Champion, after winning the title for two years with Aprilia.


Lorenzo was born on 4 May 1987 in the Balearic island of Mallorca, Spain. The first time he ride a motorcycle in the house at a young age and in three weeks time to compete in the race took minicross first. In 1995, aged eight, he won the title in the Balearic and the next year on the island minicross, trial, minimoto and junior motocross titles.


Lorenzo graduated to road racing and national competition in 1997 and does not take long to adapt, Aprilia 50cc Cup win in 1998. Although officially too young, a special dispensation in 2000 allowed him to compete in the Spanish 125cc series at the age of 13 and he was making history in the next year to compete in Europe and had been the youngest winner of the European 125cc race.







Speed growing up, once again shows that there is no age limit for the rapid rise in the ranking of motorcycle racing, the first robbery carried out to the world stage with Derbi at the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez in 2002, the third round of the season. He did not reach the legal age of 15 until Saturday and therefore missed the first day of practice but unfazed in this paddock and impressed by qualifying for the race, cementing his position in the World Championship during the season as he was overcome with the circuit.


Young people aged Mallorcan come next season, winning the first 125cc Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro and then going to win three races next season, finishing fourth in 2004 and took her tally to nine podium before making a step up in the quarter liter class and switch to Honda engines. Six podium finish and fourth pole position in the 250cc season sealed candidates in the fifth championship and, with the move to the factory Aprilia team, 2006 is widely expected to determine that year.


Lorenzo was surpassed all expectations in 2006, dominated the class with eight wins and a record-equalling ten pole, the first clinching the world title convincing. See more than 2007 of the same extraordinary pole position and nine saw him win from each one of them, he claimed the world title in the second penultimate round in Sepang. He also became the most successful Spanish 250cc rider of all time in the process.








2008 saw Lorenzo make a step up to MotoGP with Yamaha, where he will partner Valentino Rossi in the Fiat Yamaha Team. A colorful character, Lorenzo has a penchant for exuberant post-race celebration, which makes him a popular figure with the fans. His nickname 'X fuera', is an allusion to the flamboyant style of overtaking on the outside.










X fuera Biography:

Name: Jorge Lorenzo
Nationaly: Spanish
Date of Birth: 04/05/1987
Place of Birth: Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
Height: 1.70 m
Weight: 55.00 kg

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