Moto-gp test Sepang

Sepang was the venue for the first official outings of the 2009 motogp bikes. Surprise, surprise Casey Stoner topped the time sheets, closely followed by Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi and Colin Edwards

Valentino and Stoner were not the only riders carrying injuries, with Dani Pedrosa finishing the test early, to rest his recently operated knee.

 James Toseland  sufferred the "worst fall" of his career (125mph highside) and despite being concussed was fortunate not to suffer any other serious injuries, and was able to complete the test.

JT's crash !

 GWS JT

 

WSB - Round 1 - Phillip Island

A cracking start to the year in WSB.

Race 1: Haga from Neukirchner from Kagayama

Race 2: Spies from Haga from Haslem (pictured below)

So Haga leads the championship, full marks to Haslem for getting on the podium on the Stiggy Fireblade in race 2.

The rest of the Brits faired less well:

Shane Byrne sufferring 2 crashes, Tom Sykes with a solid pair of 10ths, Tommy Hill with a chatterring pair of 14ths, Jonny Rea with a 5th and a 9th. All in all the Brits are right in the midst of it all, which bodes well for the rest of the season.

In WSS Eugene Laverty held 4th till losing out to Cal Crutchlow by 1000th of a second. So Brits in 4th and 5th. Good works boys.

 

Motogp test at Qatar

Casey Stoner continued where he left off leading from Jorge Lorenzo, with Valentino just behind in 3rd. Chris Vermuelen had a good test to post the 4th best time, just ahead of Nicky Hayden who seems to be gelling with the Desmosedici.

More unfortunate was Dani Pedrosa who suffered an off and broke his forearm and reopened his knee. He underwent surgery to fix the forearm fracture and have a skin graft to is knee. So all in all a bad day for Dani.

Our own James Toseland placed 15th but was happy to be regaining his confidence following his Sepang acrobatics !

 

Apologies everyone, for being soo behind with all the news that new and improved !

I shall get on it asap, there's just soo much of it.

I suppose the main news is that Sam will not be at Mallory as she's away doing Enduro Himalya, and back just in time for Brands!