Sepang test: The final classification

Α/Α DRIVERS TEAM TIME MISCELLANEOUS
1 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:00.757
2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2:00.770s 0.013
3 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team 2:00.811 0.054
4 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 2:00.845 0.088
5 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 2:00.945 0.188
6 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.002 0.245
7 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:01.353 0.596
8 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 2:01.534 0.777
9 C. Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech3 2:01.651 0.894
10 A. Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2:01.687 0.93
11 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team 2:01.842 1.085
12 Hector Barbera Mapfre Aspar Team 2:02.030 1.273
13 Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team 2:02.057 1.3
14 Randy de Puniet Pramac Racing Team 2:02.159 1.402
15 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing 2:02.645 1.888
16 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech3 2:02.717 1.96
17 Toni Elias LCR Honda MotoGP 2:02.916 2.159

The Hopkins back in MotoGP;

The driver of the Suzuki can run a race as a temporary

When we met in 2009 in Monza race of the John Hopkins, who fought in World Superbikes with team Stiggy Racing Honda, the Anglo-American told us that he wanted to return to MotoGP, unless they find a more competitive bike from Kawasaki by which struggled in 2008.
Of course by then Hopkins lost the train of WSBK and will now participate in the Suzuki BSB, the British Championship Superbikes. This may give him a place in the MotoGP this year! A temporary driver (wildcard) in the old group MotoGP Rizla Suzuki team.
The team manager Paul Denning, confirmed that the «Hopper» will participate in an extraordinary game of a World Superbike wildcard in the race to be held at Donington Park, before the start of the season for the British Superbikes.
Asked whether the Anglo-American will compete with motorcycle Suzuki MotoGP, the Denning said he considered leaving and hinted that this would be welcome. Perhaps the manager wants to leave more open such a possibility, knowing that on the one hand the evolution of the motorcycle with only one driver is not easy and secondly that in any fall or other problem Bautista, o Hopkins seems to best solution for replacement.
Eidomen!

The differences Rossi - Stoner, cornering

In the same turn with the same (almost) motorcycle
The Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner are quite different as characters. One of the few common is that both have led Ducati in MotoGP.
Of course both characters are different, equally have a different driving style, it is certain that they know how to push a bike to the limit.
The photo montage made with an Italian friend and colleague Paolo Scalera - two images taken at the same point (last year and this year), the photographer with whom it collaborates magazine MOTOGP WORLD, o Gigi Soldano - clearly demonstrates the difference and why why Rossi and Stoner have to erect the different motorcycle.

The Casey slips back a lot more during a shift. It's way beyond the problem of understeer the Ducati and the forces to go in the right direction. Stoner also hung a lot more on its internal shift, shifting its weight to try to charge the ball as much as possible.

The Valentino (and because of) sits just behind the bike, pulling his body out much less and generally staying in a less «extreme» position. This position is proposed and the Kevin Schwantz, who believes that the shoulders should be kept in tanks near the steering wheel so that a better and easier to control when the bike starts to get away.

"Safer" then the Valentino, with a greater risk that Casey, as evidenced by the stability of Italy, in connection with instability and fall of many Australians. We expect future tests to see whether Rossi will have to change the style and approach to that of Stoner, to lead more quickly GP11, or whether it will succeed in other settings to subdue the vixen!
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Honda presents its sporting programme in Tokyo

The HRC riders flew directly to the Japanese capital from Sepang, where they took part in a spectacular event to mark the start of the season.

The Welcome Plaza headquarters of Honda Motor Company in Tokyo was the setting for the Japanese factory's presentation of its 2011 sporting programme this week, which included national and international activities involving both motorcycling and motorsport.
The three riders on the Repsol Honda team this year, Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner, flew directly from Sepang for the event, along with Japanese rider Hiroshi Aoyama. Also present was Gresini Racing Moto2's Yuki Takahashi, who represented the intermediate category riders, the class to which Honda is the official engine supplier.
During the event, at which Honda Motor Company President and CEO Takanobu Ito was present, Dani Pedrosa commented that he was “very satisfied both with the result of the Sepang Test and the condition of my shoulder after the operation this winter”. With regards to his aims for the season, Pedrosa said that “the most important thing is to continue working hard and learning, which is the only way to improve and to get better each year. I hope to be consistent and get good results in every race.”
Dovizioso explained that he was especially motivated because he had “never started a season at such a high level. The times achieved correspond to those normally recorded at the second Test. This demonstrates the intense work carried out by HRC, and all the Honda riders were very fast.”
Australian rider Casey Stoner said he was “very excited to be back at Honda. To form part of the official HRC team is like realising a dream which I've had since I was very young. They have provided me with a package of the highest level, and that fills me with great hope heading into the season”.
Stoner continued: “Logically the main favourite this year is Jorge Lorenzo, the reigning World Champion, but the list of hopefuls this year is very long. Dani is always there, Andrea has improved a lot, you also have to say Simoncelli after the times he set in Sepang. There is Spies, of course Valentino, so there are lots of riders with hopes, we have to wait for the first race to have a clear idea where each of us stand.”