ani Pedrosa dominated proceedings at the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM 2010, as he romped to victory, from pole position, by a margin of over 4 seconds. However, Valentino Rossi was badly missed by his home crowd, as the 2009 champion had gone down in a crash during pratice, and fractured his right tibia. World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) took second place to extend his lead at the top of the standings, ahead of third-placed Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) who gave the home crowd a podium to cheer about. …

alentino Rossi suffered a high-side crash in the second practice session on Saturday morning at the Gran Premio d’Italia. ‘The doctor’ will thus, miss his home GP at Mugello for the first time. The defending World Champion fell at Turn 13, the top of the fast chicane, as his M1 highsided and threw him from the bike. Rossi was in immense pain, as was stretchered off the track and taken directly to the medical centre, where he underwent X-rays which confirmed a displaced and exposed fracture of his right tibia.
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orge Lorenzo’s lead at the top of the MotoGP World Championship extended to nine points after the Spaniard won the third round at Le Mans, his second victory of the season. Team-mate Valentino Rossi and Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso were the other podium-clinchers. A superb start from Rossi from his pole position saw the Italian lead into the first turn ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Lorenzo, but the latter quickly moved into second and set his sights on his Fiat Yamaha team-mate. The early race order saw Ducati Marlboro pair …

fter the Japanese Grand Prix got postponed, it was a long break in the MotoGP calendar. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland spat smoke and ash for days, disrupted air traffic, and with it played havoc with the circus’ movement between Qatar and Japan. Thus, after a much longer wait came the Spanish Grand Prix 2010, and it proved to be worth the wait. It was a dominating performance by the young turk, Jorge Lorenzo as he edged his compatriot Dani Pedrosa out moved to the top of the World Championship …

alentino Rossi underlined his supremacy in the MotoGP World Championship, as the season opener saw the defending world champion cruise to a comfortable victory. This win came at the Losail circuit in Qatar, where championship rival Casey Stoner had dominated for the past four years. Stoner was fastest on Friday and Saturday, and started the race from pole. But, on Sunday, Stoner lost the front of his bike going into Turn Four on the fifth lap when in the lead. Before this, Dani Pedrosa lived upto his reputation of being …