With fine margins over success and failure in MotoGP, the importance of every minor detail makes massive differences to each bike and racer.  Marco Simoncelli and veteran Loris Capirossi discussed the value of the technical aspect to themselves.

“The aerodynamics in every road racing bike is very important because when you go over 200 km/h it makes the difference,” explains Simoncelli, whose height resulted in some special amendments to his San Carlo Honda Gresini bike earlier this year.

“It’s not a big modification but each modification can give me more or less 3 or 4 km/h more in the straight,” adds the Italian.

For a yearly campaigner such as Capirossi, it is a vital aspect.

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This weekend’s Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix is one that the Ducati squad are excited about. For Nicky Hayden it is his home event and the scene of his first ever MotoGP victory in 2005.

“I can't wait to get to Laguna, a circuit that is extremely special to me,” states the American. “It is tough but really nice and it is where I won my first GP. I'm not just saying it because I'm American but it really is a unique place. There isn't really a straight – all the corners run into each other and they are a mixture of fast and slow bends. The Corkscrew is unique, a three-storey drop with a blind entry – you feel like you're taking off into space!”

“Another thing about Laguna is that you can't afford to run off line at any point because the exit to one corner is the entry to the next and you have to get your line right. At Sachsenring we had a tough weekend but recovered in the race and found a good feeling for the bike. That makes me confident for this weekend.”

Also anxious for the ninth round at Laguna is colleague Casey Stoner, who was victorious at the circuit in his own title winning year of 2007. The Aussie is enjoying a run of three consecutive stage appearances and is getting close to finding his known form.

“Laguna is a circuit I have always liked because it's tough but great fun and it follows the natural undulations and direction changes of the land. I also enjoy the raucous but respectful atmosphere that the American fans provide,” says the 24 year old.

“Naturally I am looking for a good result but I don't want to make any predictions because recently we have been close to the front without managing to finish with the result we want. We're not far off - we just need a little more grip, stability under braking and handling, which would give us the extra tenth or two we're missing.

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Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and Monster Yamaha Tech 3 pair Ben Spies and Colin Edwards, arrived to a special showing prior to the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix this weekend, the trio visited American television personality Jay Leno’s private garage to look at his extensive car and motorcycle collection.

Lorenzo was also a guest in the audience whilst filming Leno’s ‘The Tonight Show’, and then united with his fellow MotoGP competitors, along with legends Eddie Lawson, Kenny Roberts and Wayne Rainey as guests of Leno, who showed his private collection of over 200 cars and motorcycles to the champions.

Americans Spies and Edwards had the pleasure of their families present, the rookie spoke of his aim for a second podium of the year amongst his home crowd at Laguna Seca, while Edwards was keen on receiving updates to his YZR-M1 engine. Championship leader Lorenzo is looking for more good results after having crashed at the track in his debut premier session in 2008 and arriving third last season.

Leno was given a Yamaha superbike which included a Troy Lee designed helmet, incorporating the designs of Lorenzo, Spies and Edwards.  Alpinestars leathers were also a gift to the presenter, whose collection was instantly impressed the racers.

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Rizla Suzuki competitor Loris Capirossi arrived on his Suzuki GSV-R in 11th position at the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland on Sunday, while colleague Álvaro Bautista was made to skip the second half of a race that was red flagged. Capirossi and Bautista were both challenging for top 10 places over the first part of the event, before Randy de Puniet smashed out on lap nine.

Capirossi was in close vicinity to the accident but missed the falling rider, however Bautista was not so fortunate and had to take evasive action to avoid De Puniet, but could not steer clear of the stricken Honda. The race was immediately red flagged due to De Puniet’s injuries and the three crashed motorcycles on the track – Aleix Espargaró was also involved in the incident. Sadly for Bautista and Espargaró they were unable to join the restart, due to the regulations, and had to sit out the second part of the race.

Capirossi started part two of the race from 11th on the grid, however was not able to find grip from the wheel he used for the restart.

Álvaro Bautista states, “It has been a bit of a disaster today. I didn’t start that well and I couldn’t get enough warmth in the right-side of the tyre early on. After the first few laps I managed to get a good rhythm and was able to stay with the group for top-10 positions. After nine laps Randy crashed and I had some riders in front of me and I couldn’t see where his bike was on the track, but when the other riders disappeared I saw the bike in front of me and I couldn’t do anything to avoid it, so I crashed. I then couldn’t get to the box with my bike, so I couldn’t start again. The regulation is the regulation, but in this case maybe there could’ve been an exception because I crashed because of Randy not for something I had done. We must continue learning, like we have done this weekend, because at the moment this is the most important thing.”

Loris Capirossi adds, “Overall we worked quite hard this weekend to find the best setting and we wanted to make a modification today for the race in warm-up, but unfortunately it was wet so we couldn’t try it. We decided to try a different setting in the race and some electronic modifications and in the first part of the race it worked really well. It was the best the bike had been all weekend and I had a good feeling and was sure I could get past some of the guys in front of me. After the red flag we decided to change to a used tyre from yesterday because there were no new ones left, and it just didn’t work and I had no feeling at all from the beginning until the end – zero grip! I ended up fighting with De Angelis to keep my place.

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Randy de Puniet incurred a successful two hour surgery on his left leg to insert a titanium rod, after fracturing his left tibia and fibula in a crash recently at Sachsenring.

The operation was done at a hospital in Hartmannsdorf where De Puniet was flown by helicopter from the track. LCR Honda have announced the surgery was positive, and De Puniet will exit the hospital tomorrow (Tuesday, July 20th) to commence rehabilitation.

“As riders we always risk crashing and breaking something, but it’s always when you are not thinking about crashing that you do,” says De Puniet. “When Kallio accidentally hit my leg after I crashed I immediately knew I had a serious problem. However, the surgery went very well and now I am feeling better. I want to thank Doctor Costa and all the medical staff here for the good job they did. They say that I need a six-week recovery period before starting to race again, but I will try my best to be back in Brno (August 15th).”

LCR Honda have officially confirmed that Roger Lee Hayden, younger sibling of 2006 MotoGP World Champion Nicky, will race the squad’s satellite RC212V at the Red Bull US Grand Prix this weekend. The agreement facilitated by American Honda, allows Roger Lee Hayden to compete in his second MotoGP event at the track after having raced there to arrive in seventh place in 2007 on a Kawasaki.

LCR Honda Team Manager Lucio Cecchinello comments, “I was a rider and injured myself several times so I understand Randy’s condition and how he feels. I am still here with him at the hospital and Doctor Costa and Doctor Ulf are very confident about his recovery. He is a tough rider and I am sure he will be back soon.”

“After yesterday’s bad news we had a meeting with Randy and Honda to take a decision for the following race,” continued Cecchinello. “Despite this unfortunate experience we decided to go on with our job and we agreed to replace Randy for the US GP. Thanks to the cooperation from Nicky Hayden and Kevin Schwantz, we went for the best choice: Roger Lee Hayden. He has plenty of experience at Laguna Seca and we will do our best to support him.”

Roger Lee Hayden adds, “First of all I want to wish Randy a speedy recovery. It’s never nice to see another rider on the sidelines due to injury. I'm very happy that LCR has chosen me to fill in for Randy this weekend at Laguna Seca. It is a track I like a lot and I hope to do a good job for the team and for all the American fans.

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Sachsenring arrives at round eight in the 2010 year.

Heading the Championship on 111 points and 17 above the others in the 125cc competition is Toni Elías, the Gresini Racing racer will look for improvements from last season as he attempts to keep his lead. His only stage appearance at the German circuit was in 2001, when he ended second.

It will be a tough race for the Spanish competitor with a talented Thomas Lüthi quickly gaining points. The Interwetten Moriwaki racer has claimed the podium in the prior three races, four times in the seven events this season which accounts as the most top three finishes of all competitors in the session. His best result at Sachsenring arrived in his 125cc World Championship title victory year of 2005 when he arrived second.

In third and fourth positions respectively are Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar) and Shoya Tomizawa (Technomag-CIP), both separated by only 1 point on 77 and 76. The Spaniard was victorious from pole at Sachsenring last year, while Tomizawa gained points in the 250cc session in his first race there last season.

The top five is concluded by Andrea Iannone (Fimmco Speed Up) who is on 70 points.

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Andrea Iannone finished the second and final day of the private Moto2/125cc testing at Motorland Aragón with the quickest time again, his lap of 1’55.424 was only six/hundredths slower than his prior day’s best time, now a new track record.

The Italian of the Fimmco Speed Up squad was united by three other racers under the 1’56” mark on Wednesday, Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar), Toni Elías (Gresini Racing) and Roberto Rolfo (Italtrans STR). Current 125cc World Champion Simón fell at Turn 2 but was not injured, arriving back to the circuit to finish 28 laps by 1pm, his best time put him 0.144s behind Iannone. Championship leader Elías was 0.423s further on Iannone’s time and 0.065s in front of Rolfo, whose final lap placed him fourth in the standings.

Following his recovery from surgery for his collarbone, Tom Lüthi (Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2) was fifth fastest with 1’56.033, whilst British racer Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing) came inside the top six.  Raffaele de Rosa (Tech 3 Racing) and Simone Corsi (JiR Moto2) are also included in the top eight on day two. Shoya Tomizawa (Technomag-CIP) was 13th quickest with a tough day, he had two smashes luckily with out injury.

Swiss chassis maker Suter were on circuit again with German competitor Arne Tode, providing their squad with an redeveloped chassis design and suspension settings. Suter reported receiving good feedback on the fresh amendments.

In the 125cc session, Marc Márquez (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) was also quickest on day two with a best time of 1’58.619.

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Casey Stoner’s second recurring stage appearance at Montmeló on Sunday is another forward step in the direction that the Ducati Team racer needs to move, he feels that without a minor error on lap six, that he could have battled with Jorge Lorenzo for the win.

Following a tough start to the year, Stoner eventually claimed third position on the podium last weekend at Assen, and follows it up with a repeat performance at Catalunya on Sunday. He was in third position and challenging with Andrea Dovizioso as the duo kept close tabs on leader Lorenzo, when a minor detour off circuit sent him back to fifth.

Stoner recovered for the rest of the event to arrive third, but discusses that he had the speed to take the lead. “Without a small mistake of my own I think we could have been pushing for the lead for most of the race,” he says. “We had the pace to do that and the bike felt quite good, but unfortunately I just got the draft of both of them going into that turn, and the slipstream coming off the back of them buffered me a bit and brought the rear of the bike up. There was no way I was going to stop for that corner. So I thought it was better to play it safe and not hit anyone and finish the race.”

“I’m a little bit disappointed because I thought I could at least have been second. I thought I had the pace to close down on the front two but unfortunately I just couldn’t overtake the people in front of me and that was our biggest battle today. We’ll look forward to next week and try and solve these issues, but we’re feeling a lot more confident with the bike.”

Stoner arrived behind Dani Pedrosa, when asked about the difference between himself and the Spanish racer, he resonds, “Dani got all his exits right, he was braking quite consistently but with the gaps he was pulling out of every corner into the next one it was just impossible to close. I was already having small problems with the front end which was wanting to close, so there was no sense in going in there and risking it by doing a daring manoeuvre on the brakes and bringing us both down. It was better for me to pick my point and try and get past, but he didn’t make any mistakes and I give him credit for that.”

Looking ahead to Sachsenring, Stoner comments, “We have always had pretty good races there and I’m definitely looking forward to it after a race like this.

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Casey Stoner’s first stage finish of the 2010 season at Assen has allowed the Aussie more desire to secure a more permanent return to the rostrum, the Ducati Team racer has made a tough beginning to the year but is preparing for the next round at the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya this weekend.

“I have had some fantastic races at Catalunya in the past and others not so good but generally I have very fond memories there,” states Stoner, who was victorious at Montmeló in 2007 and has placed third in the last two seasons there. “I hope we can get around the issues we usually have there and be competitive because gradually we are getting better, but we need to start picking up the results to show for it; it would be nice to start doing that at Catalunya.”

He adds, “The layout is really nice, it’s quite a classic, but sometimes with our bike we have struggled to find grip there. We have to try and sort that out this year and hopefully I can have some fun because we normally get some really close racing here.”

Ducati Team Manager Vittoriano Guareschi says Stoner’s Dutch finish was the inspiration he needed, and is sure his progress can continue at Catalunya.

“Barcelona brings us to the end of a series of three consecutive races during which time we have worked a lot on the set-up of the GP10 with both our riders,” says Guareschi. “Casey in particular needed to rediscover his confidence with the front and he was satisfied with the progress we made at Assen.

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The open doors of Marc Márquez’s talent continued on Saturday when the young Spaniard claimed his third straight 125cc event at the TIM TT Assen. Since claiming victory at Mugello three weeks ago, the Red Bull Ajo Motorsport competitor can now add another 2 to his list, as he displays continued potential from race to race.

It was also Márquez’s second straight victory from pole position as his consistency grows over each GP weekend, he is now third in the Championship rankings with an interesting battle at the top occurring.

“I only got my first victory at Mugello and I have improved in every race,” stats Márquez, who is now the second youngest racer in history following Marco Melandri to be victorious in three successive GP events. “I have a great feeling with the team as well. I think one of the reasons (I won) this weekend is because of the last two victories. My motivation is very high but we need to keep our feet on the ground for Barcelona.”

The Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya will allow Márquez the opportunity to claim four victories in row amongst of his home crowd, however he has a mature approach that equals his talents and youth.

“It is another weekend which will be completely different and we need to work in the same way, and try and improve a little bit more.

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The Pramac Racing squad had a productive TIM TT Assen on Saturday as Aleix Espargaró claimed his fourth top ten result, while Mika Kallio improved on his previous result from Silverstone to arrive in 11th position.

Espargaró lost spots from his beginning of tenth place, however made up ground with a good race, at one point heading Marco Simoncelli before eventually losing the challenge with the Italian for ninth.

Kallio has enjoyed a good beginning from 13th and battled with Héctor Barberá on the remaining five laps, able to beat the Spanish racer to 11th as he moved closer to the top ten than he has been a week prior.

Aleix Espargarò states, "Unfortunately my bad start meant I lost contact with the front group and I had to fight to regain the positions I lost. After I had passed some riders I had a good race pace that allowed me to recover the gap to Simoncelli. In eight laps I managed reduce the three-second gap to him and pass. I pushed as hard as I could to try and break away from him but I risked falling, and he got in front of me. I studied the places where I could try to overtake him, but on the last lap I was not close enough. I'm also happy to have had my smallest gap to the race winner this season. Now we race in Barcelona, my home Grand Prix, and I will do my best to get a good result for my team and my fans.”

Mika Kallio adds, "I was very happy with the excellent start I made which allowed me to gain three positions after the first lap. Unfortunately my race pace didn’t let me keep up with the best riders and my bike was not very quick in some fast points of the track.

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The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 squad incurred an excellent start to the 80th staging of the infamous Dutch TT at Assen.

In odd warm temperatures up to 27ºC, Colin Edwards had a welcome return to form at the legendary Assen track. The American raced to the circuit with a fresh front end geometry setting on his YZR-M1 engine, and instantly felt more confident with the abilitiy to show his true class following a difficult start to the season.

Capitalising very well on the improved turning performance from his front end amendments, Edwards ended fourth and was only 0.013s behind the top three.

“I really needed that after a tough start to the season and thanks to my guys at Monster Yamaha Tech 3 who have been working really hard to improve my situation,” states the American. “I really like Assen and the change they made on the back section made it feel a little bit more like the old circuit.”

“My bike is quite a bit different to what it has been this season and I'm running a front geometry setting that is a lot different to what I've ever run before,” he continues. “I'm just trying to make the bike turn easier and feel a little more natural and it is similar to the setting that Valentino and Jorge like. I've got a lot more confidence than Silverstone because that was not a positive weekend at all. This track is a lot more free flowing and you have to keep a lot of momentum and that suits my style. And I can just get the bike to turn better and that's where I've been lacking. Now the bike feels great and I'm looking forward to a good weekend.”

Ben Spies also proved to be a strong contendor in the afternoon, the reigning World Superbike champion was determined to gain on the momentum following his brilliant maiden MotoGP podium in the last round at Silverstone.

The Texan produced a variety of consistent laps and in the last ten minutes, moved quickly into the top four. A best lap of 1’35.942 saw Spies arrive in eighth position but was only 0.020s away from the top six.

The warm conditions saw circuit temperatures soar to 44ºC, Spies spent the category on the hard compound Bridgestone rear tyre option, in order to gain crucial data ahead of Saturday's 26 lap round. He will make minor adjustments to improve turning performance on his YZR-M1 and is confident of gaining his first top six grid position in the qualifying session.

“It was a decent session though we definitely need to make a couple of changes to the bike to make it a bit better in the longer turns,” says Spies. “I had quite a good set-up at Silverstone to make the bike more nimble and we started with that setting here. But it wasn't working that well so we'll go back to what we know works tomorrow and I'm confident it should be better. I worked a lot on the hard race tyre and I'm definitely happy with the performance and the balance of the bike. I just need to make the bike turn better when I'm on the throttle. I 'm really happy with corner entry but I'm losing a lot on the longer turns.”

The rookie adds, “The target tomorrow will be to get on the second row and I've not managed that yet.

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Yamaha Motor Corporation USA have confirmed there will be an amazing opportunity to bid for a full set of Monster Yamaha Tech 3 racer Colin Edwards’ MotoGP racing apparel, with all funds raised given to "Feed the Children".

The lucky winner will be given their purchase by Edwards himself at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on July 23rd to 25th, after being invited on stage to collect their autographed memorabillia. The winner will also enjoy the fact that they have aided to raise much needed monies for Yamaha Motor Corporation's charity.

The package will incorporate a full set of Edwards’ MotoGP race apparel, with Spidi leathers and Sidi boots and gloves, plus the Texan’s Arai helmet. As an extra, the winning bidder will also get a pair of weekend three day general admission passes to the GP, which includes paddock access and a hotel room for Friday through to Sunday.

"Colin has proven once again just why he's such a favourite of fans around the world by donating an actual set of his race gear for such a great cause," says Bob Starr, Yamaha's General Manager of National Communications. "This year Colin has also thrown in a special ‘Boot Camp’ rider skills training session near his home in Texas for the winning bidder!"

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Andrea Dovizioso’s consistency throughout the year has seen him move forward again at the AirAsia British Grand Prix on Sunday, where the Repsol Honda racer claimed his best finish of the season with second place.

He already placed third in three of the four rounds, the Italian now enjoying a new level on the stage at Silverstone, a result that has also improved his ranking in the Championship.

“I’m really happy with second in the race, and we also have second in the Championship now so this reflects our strong start to the season,” says Dovizioso.

“In the middle of the race I saw many riders were closing in behind me and so I tried to push at 100% to get a gap and try to avoid a fight on last lap. Corners 13 and 14 towards the end of the lap are really slow and you can see clearly the riders that are behind, and it would be easy to be overtaken here on the last lap if they were too close, so it was important to get a gap, which I managed to do.”

With such a good beginning to the year, Dovizioso is now preparing to focus on the next step and claiming a win, something he has achieved only once before in the premier class.

“I’m so pleased with the season so far and I’d like to say thank you to Honda and to the team for the work they are doing. We still need to improve so that we can battle for race wins, but we are one step closer today and it’s a good result for us at the start of a busy period of races.

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MotoGP arrives back to Silverstone this weekend following a 24 year absence, and also for ten years between 1977 and 1986, the World Championship had some memorable moments at the Northamptonshire arena.

Over that period, a variety of defining moments appeared, such as the first ever one/two finish for American competitors in GP racing when Pat Hennen and Steve Baker claimed first and second in the maiden 500cc event. In each of the ten events between 1977 and 1986, sidecar events were also witnessed along with GPs for solo motorbikes.

Further back when the timing was clocked to the closest hundredth of a second, the nearest ever finish in the 500cc event was recorded in 1979 at Silverstone with only 0.03 seconds apart between Kenny Roberts and Barry Sheene. The initial five racers over the line in the 1983 250cc event were covered by only 0.4 seconds, this is the closest ever top five in the 61 years of history in the 250cc category.

1979 saw Honda debut the NR500 four-stroke battle to the already established two-stroke engines in the 500cc category. The bikes were raced by Mick Grant and Takazumi Katayama. Grant smashed at the first corner and Katayama finished a handful of laps before retiring. Freddie Spencer competed in an updated version of the NR500 at Silverstone in 1981 and arrived as high as fifth spot in the event before retiring with mechanical issues.

Competitors that have experienced some major highs at the track include Kork Ballington and Angel Nieto, the two racers with most GP wins at Silverstone, each having been victorious at the circuit six times. Toni Mang’s 1985 victory gave him the claim as the only racer to have won 250cc GP events on bikes from three various Japanese manufacturers: Kawasaki, Yamaha and Honda.

For the Brit racers, Silverstone has also provided an enjoyable venue to race. Ten Brits have ended on the podium over all the solo categories of Grand Prix racing at Silverstone: Barry Sheene (1978/500cc/3rd, 1979/500cc/2nd), Tom Herron (1978/250cc/2nd, 1978/350cc/2nd), John Williams (1977/350cc/3rd), Steve Manship (1978/500cc/2nd), Mick Grant (1978/350cc/3rd), Clive Horton (1978/125cc/2nd), Keith Huewen (1981/350cc/2nd), Andy Watts (1984/250cc/2nd), Ron Haslam (1984/500cc/3rd) and Ian McConnachie (1986/80cc/1st).

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Jorge Lorenzo will look to increase his Championship lead even more this weekend at the AirAsia British Grand Prix, but will need to do so on a fresh track layout that the MotoGP competitors have not yet experienced.

An amazing beginning to the year sees Lorenzo take victory twice and finish second on the podium on two occasions so far in the four rounds, currently leading by 25 points. Round five at Silverstone will bring a new and exciting challenge as the MotoGP competitors arrive to a new circuit that has not yet hosted the World Championship since 1986.

"After Mugello we arrive at Silverstone, a track that none of us know!” states Lorenzo. “I will do some laps with the scooter on Thursday; I don't always do this but I think it's very important because so far I've only seen the track on the PlayStation and it's changed quite a lot.”

Lorenzo is focussing on improvement after his strong result of second in the last race in Italy, he wants to locate a better level of grip to battle with in the campaign.

“My aim is once again to get on the podium, but I was disappointed after Mugello and I want to have a better race in England,” he adds. “I am happy with my lead in the standings but I want to keep improving and this weekend we will try to find some more traction for my M1.”

Prior to the action, Lorenzo will arrive to the home of cricket to gain an insight into the game. “On Wednesday I will go to Lord's Cricket Ground for a press conference and it will be the first time I've seen cricket, because we don't play in Spain,” he says. “I think it will be interesting to discover this sport, and maybe even play!”

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Bradley Smith was very close to claiming his first podium of the 2010 year in the 125cc category at the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM on Sunday, however was just beaten to third spot after battling throughout the event for a stage appearance.

“It’s frustrating but considering the first three races and the fact that the chassis is now there, it’s just down to the other half of the bike to catch up,” Smith explains. “We’re still searching and it’s not through a lack of trying, the other guys have just got slightly better stuff.”

“We have a lot of work to do off the track, over the next two weeks the team has to sit down and try and find some more speed. I’m sure they’re capable of it, this is the Aspar team and they’re not number one in the world for no reason.”

The speed shown by Smith gave an indication of his desires, on lap eight he claimed a new track record with a quick time of 1’58.009. “That showed I had the pace to be there, but when I was just sat on my own and not in anyone else’s slipstream I lost over a second a lap and the guys were able to sit behind me quite easily,” he adds.

“Overall I’m happy. I could’ve done with being on the podium or winning this race, but we’ll leave that for Silverstone and my home GP.”

The sharing of data with colleague Nico Terol is no issue for Smith, he is taking encouraging progress that has occurred since the beginning of the year.

“Everything is exactly the same, our team is open and we’re getting the same treatment on both sides,” he says. “There is always going to be one rider that has a better day than the other, but this has happened on too many occasions now so I really think we need to check over everything because with the long straights at Silverstone that will show it even more.

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Young fans of the World Championship can now be sure to enjoy specially designed games on the iPhone. MotoGP Kids is due for download from the iTunes shop and allows a wide variety of entertaining options.

There are 5 educational games, Wheely Pop, Memory Pairs, Colouring, Puzzle, and Trivia, the application involves appropriate graphics for youngsters.

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Casey Stoner took some vital Championship points on Sunday at the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM with fourth position, following a hard working weekend, taking his best result of the season so far.

Stoner struggled for grip as he watched Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso get clear at the start of the event, the Aussie became involved in a three way challenge with Marco Melandri and Randy de Puniet for fourth spot.

“We expected to be a little faster in the race today especially using the softer option of the tyres, but unfortunately we just didn’t seem to generate any grip,” says Stoner. “We had a reasonable set-up in the morning warm-up which was a big step from yesterday, but we made another change for the race which didn’t seem to work so I wasn’t able to catch the guys in front. The guys behind me were using me as a good rabbit to chase, and I wasn’t able to pull away from them so I let them have their race and then on the last lap I knew it was time for me to get in the best points position possible.”

Considering how the weekend progressed so far, Stoner discussed the 13 Championship points he gained as very positive. “We’re pretty happy with the way the race went after the weekend we’ve had as we’ve really struggled,” he said. “It’s been tough not only for me but also for Nicky and Mika (Kallio, Pramac Racing). We’ve seen a lot of things happening that shouldn’t be so unfortunately we’re just not able to finish in the places we want.”

Nicky Hayden was not so lucky as he smashed out on lap five after losing the front end of his Desmosedici GP10 engine heading into Turn 12. The American lost pace prior to his fall, ending his race early.

“I got a terrible start which complicated things, and I let the clutch out and the bike bogged - it went backwards,” he states. “I wasn’t in front of a lot of guys in Turn 1 and I made a few passes in the first couple of corners and moved up a bit. But I really didn’t have a good pace and after the practices we had I expected to go a lot faster than that.”

Discussing the crash, Hayden adds, “I was pushing hard and had a few moments on the front and then going down into that Ducati corner I crashed.

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Hiroshi Aoyama will be preparing to focus on improvements made at Le Mans when he arrives to the circuit at Mugello this weekend, for the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM. The Interwetten Honda MotoGP competitor ended 11th in the final event after battling for a spot inside the top ten, he is confident that a good beginning in practice on Friday will see him achieve his goals.

“Mugello is one of the difficult tracks and you have to have a lot of experience to be able to handle it. Even for me Mugello is not really easy and I have been around for a few years,” says the Japanese racer, who will compete on the Italian track on a premier session 800cc engine for the initial time.

“I want to be stronger straight away in the practice sessions this time, and I want to keep improving like I did in Le Mans – I am sure that we have the potential to be better. I want to give my all this weekend and we will see where we can be.”

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