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Nissan Leaf wins Japan "Car of The Year" 2011-2012

Nissan Leaf, 100 percent electric car, obtain the latest prestige title of "Car of the Year " Japan 2011-2012. Announcement of winners of the Japanese car of the year is done directly in the arena of the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show.

According to Nissan, this is a selection of car of the year that all 32 are held in Japan and for the first time to win an electric car. Up to this time, Nissan Leaf has sold over 20,000 units worldwide.

The victory was the support of experts and journalists to automotive manufacturers to continue to make cars more environmentally friendly.

In addition, Nissan Leaf also won the "2012 RJC Car of the Year Award" organized by researchers and Japanese automotive journalists, "Japan Automotive Hall of Fame (Jahfa) Car of the Year" and "2011-2012 Jahfa Car Design". Last year, Nissan Leaf also had been named as "European Car of the Year" by some media and European automotive journalists.

Casey Stoner managed to close MotoGP season perfectly. The Australian rider emerged victorious in Valencia series some time ago.

Casey Stoner emerged as the champion in Valencia in a fairly brilliant. Fight with Ben Spies in the recent races, he wins after overtaking his opponent right at the finish line.

The third position is obtained Andrea Dovizioso that next season moved to Yamaha Tech 3 Team. Cal Crutchlow followed in fourth position after removing
Dani Pedrosa had to settle for fifth position.

This race is also the last series for the 38-year racer career, Loris Capirossi. The Italian has been active in the racing world for 22 years.

Results MotoGP Valencia 2011
1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 48m 18.645s
2. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 48m 18.660s
3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 48m 24.581s
4. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 48m 27.363s
5. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 48m 27.966s
6. Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Factory Racing 48m 42.463s
7. Josh Hayes USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 48m 51.763s
8. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 48m 56.597s
9. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing 49m 7.598s
10. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda 49m 11.146s
11. Hector Barbera ESP Mapfre Aspar 49m 25.164s
12. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 49m 27.405s

DNF:
Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing
Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro
Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Marlboro
Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki

Marco Simoncelli has died following injuries sustained on the second lap of the Malaysian MotoGP 2011 at Sepang.

In the race, which initially went well the Super Sic raced to fourth. Simoncelli immediately gets resistance from Alvaro Bautista. Mutual action of overtaking occurs both drivers.

In turn 11, Marco can not control his bike and cut off the racing line Colin Edward right behind.

Marco looked did not move at the track and his helmet off. While riding the bike that was destroyed because it was hit by Colin Edwards bike.

The committee immediately raising red flags mark the race was stopped and eventually canceled because Simoncelli condition is quite critical.

Simoncelli's death is the first in MotoGP premier-class since another Gresini rider, Daijiro Kato, was killed at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix.

Rest in Peace.. Marco... Amen.

Marc Marquez did not win the Moto2 series Australia at Phillip Island some time ago. The Spaniard was only third place.

Race was won by Alex de Angelis was followed by Stefan Bradl in second place.

The extraordinary race for Marquez is starting from last position or grid 38. But with the talent, skill, mental strength and supported with a good motor, Marquez had skyrocketed to be able to finish third.

These results make the title race getting tighter. Marquez is now only 3 points left from Bradl in the first place.

See the video below...

Casey Stoner finally completed his dream to become a MotoGP world championship this season. Won the race in his own home, Stoner even embraced second championship title in his career.

Stoner was untouchable from start to finish and make himself a record fifth successive victory on this circuit since 2007.

Racing this time not followed by two Factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies who suffered an injury during warm-up lap.

As a result the race was dominated by Honda rider, who finished first through fourth. Fifth place was won by Ducati, Nicky Hayden.

The Doctor again achieved poor results after slipping on lap 12 shortly after the preceding Alvaro Bautista to be in fifth position.

Stoner became the world champion, which stood at 325 points in the riders standings and could not be overtaken again by Jorge Lorenzo (260 points) in two series remaining, Sepang and Valencia.

Results MotoGP Australia 2011
1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 42m 2.425s
2. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 42m 4.635s
3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 42m 4.879s
4. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 42m 15.585s
5. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 42m 33.311s
6. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing 42m 51.225s
7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro 43m 18.739s
8. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda 42m 5.177s
9. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing 42m 9.187s
10. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 42m 45.142s

DNF:
Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki
Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini
Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Marlboro

DNS:
Damian Cudlin AUS Mapfre Aspar
Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing

video courtesy of trans7

Lewis Hamilton appeared as the fastest racer in the Korean Grand Prix qualifying session. These results break the pole records that always reached by Red Bull since the start of the season.

At the session held at the Circuit Yeongnam, Saturday (15/10/2011), Hamilton incised record time of 1 minute and 35.820 seconds. He is successful ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who was in second position, with a distance of 0.222 seconds.

Meanwhile, the third and fourth position is occupied by Jenson Button and Mark Webber. Both left 0.306 seconds and 0.468 seconds behind Hamilton's time records.

This is the first time this season, pole position is not occupied by the Red Bull racer. As for Hamilton himself, this is his first pole since the Canadian Grand Prix 2010.

Neither Button or Hamilton already showed their pace since the second free practice session, where they always turn to be the fastest racer. Hamilton also had expressed his belief to be the fastest in the qualifying session.

Results of Qualifying F1 Korean GP 2011
1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:35,820
2. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) 1:36,042 + 0,222
3. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:36,126 + 0,306
4. Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) 1:36,468 + 0,648
5. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:36,831 + 1,011
6. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:36,980 + 1,160
7. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:37,754 + 1,934
8. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 1:38,124 + 2,304
9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes tanpa catatan waktu
10. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes tanpa catatan waktu

Q2
11. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:38,315 + 1,789
12. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 1:38,354 + 1,828
13. Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:38,508 + 1,982
14. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:38,775 + 2,249
15. Bruno Senna (Renault) 1:38,791 + 2,265
16. Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Cosworth) 1:39,189 + 2,663
17. Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) 1:39,443 + 2,917

Q1
18. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) 1:39,538 + 2,013
19. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Renault) 1:40,522 + 2,997
20. Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Renault) 1:41,101 + 3,576
21. Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:42,091 + 4,566
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio (Virgin-Cosworth) 1:43,483 + 5,958
23. Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT-Cosworth) 1:43,758 + 6,233

Casey Stoner was absolutely unstoppable in grabbing pole position at the Phillip Island circuit. Repsol Honda rider was right to start the race on Sunday leading edge of the grid after he scored the fastest time in Qualifying Practice session Grand Prix of Australia.

But Stoner efforts to clinched his second world is likely to get resistance from Jorge Lorenzo will start from the second grid. In the qualifying session, the Yamaha Factory Racing rider was lost to 0.473 seconds of Stoner.

Last grid in the first row will be filled by San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Marco Simoncelli. While Alvaro Bautista will occupy the first grid in the second row. It at once became the best qualifying result of Rizla Suzuki MotoGP rider.

The top five positions filled by Andrea Doviziozo which was followed by two American rider, Nicky Hayden and Ben Spies.

Other Honda Repsol rider, Dani Pedrosa was only able to occupy 8th position of, in front of Colin Edwadrs and two Pramac Racing riders, Loris Capirossi and Randy de Puniet.

While Valentino Rossi, who since the session Free Practice 1 (FP1) was able to record the above position 10 eventually had to settle for starting the race from 13th on the grid to the back of Hiroshi Aoyama.

Here are the results of Qualifying Practice MotoGP 2011, Phillip Island - Australia.

1 Casey Stoner/Australia/HONDA/Repsol Honda/1’29.975
2 Jorge Lorenzo/Spanyol/YAMAHA/Yamaha Factory Racing/+0.473
3 Marco Simoncelli/Italia/HONDA/San Carlo Honda Gresini/+0.624
4 Alvaro Bautista/Spanyol/SUZUKI/Rizla Suzuki MotoGP/+0.739
5 Andrea Dovizioso/Italia/HONDA/Repsol Honda/+0.805
6 Nicky Hayden/USA/DUCATI/Ducati Team/+0.817
7 Ben Spies/USA/YAMAHA/Yamaha Factory Racing/+0.860
8 Dani Pedrosa/Spanyol/HONDA/Repsol Honda/+0.896
9 Colin Edwards/USA/YAMAHA/Monster Yamaha Tech 3/+1.262
10 Loris Capirossi/Italia/DUCATI/Pramac Racing/+1.608
11 Randy de Puniet/Prancis/DUCATI/Pramac Racing/+1.660
12 Hiroshi Aoyama/Jepang/HONDA/San Carlo Honda Gresini/+1.914
13 Valentino Rossi/Italia/DUCATI/Ducati Team/+2.005
14 Cal Crutchlow/GBR/YAMAHA/Monster Yamaha Tech 3/+2.048
15 Karel Abraham/Ceska/DUCATI/Cardion AB Motoracing/+2.079
16 Toni Elias/Spanyol/HONDA/Honda LCR MotoGP/+2.528
17 Damian Cudlin/Australia/DUCATI/Mapfre Aspar/+6.691

MotoGP Motegi 2011 was held some time ago leaving some interesting stories. The main news of course, victory of Dani Pedrosa in Repsol Honda team track's .

Then there is the story of three drivers who got penalty through due to stealing start. The third rider was Marco Simoncelli, Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Cruthlow.

The most heartbreaking story of course come from Valentino Rossi who suffered an incident with Ben Spies at first corner and make The Doctor failed to continue the race.

Some interesting stories immortalized by the Los Minibikers in the interesting cartoon video below. Enjoy The show!

pic from motogp-mania.com

Jenson Button has been directing a shot to the next season after Sebastian Vettel clinched the 2011 season at the Japanese GP, Sunday (10/09/2011).

Starting the race from position two, Button managed to finish in the leading position. For the McLaren racer, this is his third victory this season.

"You can say a victory from pole position would be boring, but this is something that I did not accomplish for some time, so the win from the position of two very meaningful to me," he said on ESPN F1.

"Hopefully this will happen more frequently this year," please Button.

This season there are only three drivers who managed to "steal" the victory of Vettel domination. Button to be one of them and even the most with three victories - two Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso one.

Button are now hoping to further reduce the rate of Vettel with Red Bull so she could be more frequently planted on the highest podium. As a foundation toward next season, he was determined to wipe out the remaining four series.

Valentino Rossi failed to take advantage of Ducati rise in Japanese MotoGP series last week. The Doctor as loss of concentration at the corner beginning of the race.

9 times world champion has experienced an incident with Yamaha rider Ben Spies, which makes it fail to continue the race. While Ben Spies was able to continue racing and finished in sixth position.

With three races remaining on the 2011 season, Rossi is predicted to only be focused to test the performance of the bike for next season. The Doctor in the standings behind Casey Stoner and far from just being in the sixth position with 139 point.

Here's a video of incidents involving himself with Ben Spies in Motegi yesterday.

Dani Pedrosa won the 2011 Japanese MotoGP at Motegi. This is achieved with perfect because it is quite far from Jorge Lorenzo in second place.

Casey Stoner had to settle for third place after making a mistake on lap five. Luckily Stoner was still able to enter the track and finished third.

The fourth position achieved by the Marco Simoncelli after won last lap duel with Andrea Dovizioso.

Results MotoGP Japan 2011
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 42m 47.481s
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 42m 54.780s
3. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 43m 5.861s
4. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 43m 11.031s
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 43m 11.172s
6. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 43m 25.085s
7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro 43m 26.468s
8. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 43m 32.504s
9. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 43m 36.555s
10. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing 43m 46.503s
11. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 44m 1.445s
12. Kousuke Akiyoshi JPN LCR Honda 44m 9.190s
13. Shinichi Ito JPN Honda Racing Team 44m 13.862s

DNF:
Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda
15. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki
Damian Cudlin AUS Pramac Racing
Hector Barbera ESP Mapfre Aspar
Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Marlboro

DNS:
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing

Aragon 2011 MotoGP race is less friendly for the Yamaha team. This race was won Repsol Honda with the advantage of being far enough.

In this series could arise indications orders placed Yamaha team, although ultimately denied by Ben Spies.

To immortalize the event in Aragon 2011, Los Minibikers re-create a funny cartoon video that is packaged attractively.

One funny scene that Stoner and Dani Pedrosa, who held a red carpet to overtake Ben Spies.

There are also scenes of Marco Simoncelli shaved his head with a new, more aerodynamic style.

See the funny video.

Casey Stoner widen the distance from Jorge Lorenzo after winning the MotoGP Aragon in 2011 a few moments ago.

Race from pole position, Spies and Pedrosa had overtaken Stoner at the start of the race. But quietly, Kuri-kuri boy can regain leading position.

Continue to widen the distance with Dani Pedrosa in second place, Australia is not overtaken rider to the finish line.

His teammate Dani Pedrosa had to settle for second place followed by world champion Jorge Lorenzo in third position.

With the victory Stoner now have the advantage of 44 points from Lorenzo.

Results MotoGP Aragon 2011
1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 42m 17.427s
2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 42m 25.589s
3. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 42m 31.636s
4. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 42m 38.073s
5. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 42m 45.166s
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki 42m 47.800s
7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro 42m 51.715s
8. Hector Barbera ESP Mapfre Aspar 42m 54.732s
9. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 42m 57.079s
10. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 42m 57.259s
11. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 42m 57.424s
12. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing 43m 12.144s
13. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 43m 15.857s

DNF:
Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing
Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing

Marc Marquez again victorious in the arena of race Moto2. This time the Spaniard won the race at the circuit Aragon.

During the race, Marquez competing with some of the drivers of Stefan Bradl, Andrea Iannone, Redding and Simone Corsi.

Iannone Marquez managed to overtake on lap 14 and not overtaken until touching the finish line.

With the win, Marques diluting the distance with standings leader Stefan Bradl with just 6 points behind.

Results Moto2 Aragon 2011
1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol Suter 158.6 40'20.575
2 20 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Speed Master Suter 158.4 +2.466
3 16 3 Simone CORSI ITA Ioda Racing Project FTR 158.4 +2.574
4 13 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM JIR Moto2 Motobi 158.4 +3.054
5 11 40 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pons HP 40 Pons Kalex 157.9 +10.831
6 10 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 157.9 +10.870
7 9 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter 157.9 +11.005
8 8 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing Kalex 157.9 +11.212
9 7 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP Suter 157.8 +11.810
10 6 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 157.8 +11.939
11 5 13 Anthony WEST AUS MZ Racing Team MZ-RE Honda 157.8 +12.108
12 4 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 157.8 +12.114
13 3 76 Max NEUKIRCHNER GER MZ Racing Team MZ-RE Honda 157.8 +12.180
14 2 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA HP Tuenti Speed Up FTR 157.8 +12.908
15 1 45 Scott REDDING GBR Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 157.7 +13.329
16 34 Esteve RABAT SPA Blusens-STX FTR 157.7 +13.875
17 60 Julian SIMON SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Suter 157.7 +13.954
18 19 Xavier SIMEON BEL Tech 3 B Tech 3 157.6 +15.251
19 71 Claudio CORTI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Suter 157.4 +18.470
20 18 Jordi TORRES SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Suter 157.3 +20.128
21 4 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI GP Team Switzerland Kiefer Racing Kalex 156.1 +38.974
22 25 Alex BALDOLINI ITA Pons HP 40 Pons Kalex 156.1 +39.072
23 9 Kenny NOYES USA Avintia-STX FTR 156.1 +39.340
24 7 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN Technomag-CIP Suter 155.5 +48.695
25 88 Ricard CARDUS SPA QMMF Racing Team Moriwaki 155.5 +48.843
26 64 Santiago HERNANDEZ COL SAG Team FTR 154.6 +1'02.670
27 33 Sergio GADEA SPA Desguaces La Torre G22 Moriwaki 154.4 +1'05.633
28 6 Joan OLIVE SPA Aeroport de Castello FTR 154.3 +1'06.619
29 53 Valentin DEBISE FRA Speed Up FTR 154.0 +1'11.832
30 39 Robertino PIETRI VEN Italtrans Racing Team Suter 153.1 +1'27.512
31 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 152.8 +1'31.402
32 95 Mashel AL NAIMI QAT QMMF Racing Team Moriwaki 152.7 +1'33.725
33 82 Elena ROSELL SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Suter 152.5 +1'36.548
Not Classified
51 Michele PIRRO ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 155.3 4 Laps
16 Jules CLUZEL FRA NGM Forward Racing Suter 157.4 12 Laps
14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda Singha SAG FTR 156.6 12 Laps
35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA NGM Forward Racing Suter 156.1 12 Laps
75 Mattia PASINI ITA Ioda Racing Project FTR 153.7 18 Laps

Scott Dixon won the Indy Japan race in Motegi (18 / 9). Dixon excels 3 seconds more than Will Power who are in second place.

Meanwhile, third and fourth position occupied by Marco Andretti and Alex Tagliani.

Race results
1. #9 Scott Dixon 63 laps 01:56:41.0107s
2. #12 Will Power 63 laps + 3.4375s
3. #26 Marco Andretti 63 laps + 4.4782s
4. #77 Alex Tagliani 63 laps + 5.5913s
5. #2 Oriol Servia 63 laps + 6.1621s
6. #19 Sebastien Bourdais 63 laps + 6.6399s
7. #4 JR Hildebrand 63 laps + 8.7436s
8. #10 Dario Franchitti 63 laps + 9.0690s
9. #27 Mike Conway 63 laps + 9.3816s
10. #5 Takuma Sato 63 laps + 10.1187s
11. #7 Danica Patrick 63 laps + 10.6995s
12. #38 Graham Rahal 63 laps + 11.4555s
13. #18 James Jakes 63 laps + 11.6119s
14. #78 Simona de Silvestro 63 laps + 12.0651s
15. #06 James Hinchcliffe 63 laps + 12.5498s
16. #22 Giorgio Pantano 63 laps + 14.4549s
17. #82 Tony Kanaan 63 laps + 15.8407s
18. #17 Hideki Mutoh 63 laps + 16.3024s
19. #24 Ana Beatriz 63 laps + 20.5159s
20. #6 Ryan Briscoe 63 laps + 38.5887s
21. #59 EJ Viso 63 laps + 99.0777s
22. #3 Helio Castroneves 63 laps + 99.0787s *
23. #83 Charlie Kimball 62 laps + 1 laps +
24. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 62 laps + 1 laps
25. #14 Vitor Meira 61 laps + 2 laps
26. #34 Joao Paulo de Oliveira 19 laps Mechanical

Jorge Lorenzo managed to stop the barrage of Casey Stoner wins after finishing first at the San Marino MotoGP 2011 at Misano Circuit.

The Spaniard managed to be the fastest with the excellence of more than 7 seconds from second place.

The second position is achieved by his compatriot Dani Pedrosa of having managed to overtake Stoner 6 laps before the finish.
Meanwhile Stoner must be willing in third position behind team-mate Dani Pedrosa.

Two Italian rider Marco Simoncelli and Andrea Dovizioso in a row are on the fourth and fifth positions. Ben Spies was in sixth position followed by The Doctor at the seventh position.

Here's the video highlight the San Marino MotoGP 2011.

Results MotoGP San Marino, Italia 2011
1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 44m 11.877s
2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 44m 19.176s
3. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 44m 23.844s
4. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 44m 29.230s
5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 44m 29.267s
6. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 44m 29.969s
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 44m 35.580s
8. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki 44m 42.555s
9. Hector Barbera ESP Mapfre Aspar 44m 49.379s
10. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 44m 49.597s
11. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 44m 51.425s
12. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 44m 52.383s
13. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 45m 5.226s
14. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing 45m 14.243s
15. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda 45m 32.033s

DNF:
Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing
Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro

Casey Stoner continued good performance. After appearing as the fastest racer in the free practice III, now he successfully took pole position after being the fastest in the qualifying session.

At the session which took place at the Misano circuit on Saturday (03/09/2011), Stoner incised record time of 1:33.138 seconds. He successfully beat Jorge Lorenzo in second position with a gap of 0.120 seconds.

Being in third place was teammate Stoner, Dani Pedrosa, who left 0.180 seconds behind. Then the sequence is in position four and five was Ben Spies and Marco Simoncelli.

Results Qualifying MotoGP San Marino 2011
1. Casey Stoner (Honda) 1:33.138
2. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 1:33.258 + 0.120
3. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:33.318 + 0.180
4. Ben Spies (Yamaha) 1:33.947 + 0.809
5. Marco Simoncelli (Gresini Honda) 1:33.990 + 0.852
6. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 1:34.026 + 0.888
7. Colin Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) 1:34.054 + 0.916
8. Alvaro Bautista (Suzuki) 1:34.360 + 1.222
9. Hector Barbera (Aspar Ducati) 1:34.592 + 1.454
10. Hiroshi Aoyama (Gresini Honda) 1:34.637 + 1.499
11. Valentino Rossi (Ducati) 1:34.676 + 1.538
12. Karel Abraham (Cardion Ducati) 1:34.727 + 1.589
13. Cal Crutchlow (Tech 3 Yamaha) 1:34.791 + 1.653
14. Randy de Puniet (Pramac Ducati) 1:34.870 + 1.732
15. Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 1:34.955 + 1.817
16. Loris Capirossi (Pramac Ducati) 1:35.502 + 2.364
17. Toni Elias (LCR Honda) 1:36.167 + 3.029

Dani Pedrosa again failed to gain points in the MotoGP race. This time the Spaniard fell on the third lap at the time was leading the race

Early in the race, Pedrosa looks very promising appearance. Although time overtaken Jorge Lorenzo, he was able to reclaim its leading position.

However, the fight stopped on lap Pedrosa third. In a position to lead the race, he slipped and fell down into the gravel.

"It's a shame. I lost the front and I fell. That's it," said Pedrosa in MotoGP's official website.

"I'm not even pushing it too hard. I just took over the leadership race. Well, I might tilt the bike too much, maybe the tires have not been too hot. I still do not know," he said.

The same thing happened three other drivers who failed to finish the race that is Cal Crutchlow, Alvaro Bautista and Karel Abraham.

Casey Stoner wins MotoGP race again in 2011. This time with a perfect Australian rider won the Brno MotoGP series some time ago.

The second position is achieved among the Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso, followed by Super Sic in third place. This is the first podium for Simoncelli in the MotoGP class.

Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo had to settle for fourth in position, followed by teammate Ben Spies fifth place.

In this series of four riders can not finish the race, including winning the pole Dani Pedrosa crashes at the time was leading the race.

Results MotoGP Brno, Czech 2011
1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 43m 16.796s
2. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 43m 23.328s
3. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 43m 24.588s
4. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 43m 25.309s
5. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 43m 26.982s
6. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 43m 29.428s
7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro 43m 39.833s
8. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 43m 40.985s
9. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 43m 41.998s
10. Hector Barbera ESP Mapfre Aspar 43m 53.362s
11. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda 43m 53.475s
12. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing 43m 53.905s
13. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing 44m 5.707s

Not finished:
Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing
Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda

Carlos Checa again won WSBK Silverstone 2011. After becoming champion in Race 1, Checa again became king in Race 2.

In Race 2, the competition is more fierce occurred between the drivers. Hopkins was shot in the early laps.

But on lap six, Checa pushed forward and were eventually able to finish first again. The second and third position again achieved by Laverty and Marco Melandri.

Results WSBK Silverstone 2011 Race 2
1. Carlos Checa ESP Althea Ducati 1098R 38mins 03.361s
2. Eugene Laverty IRL Yamaha YZF R1 WSBK +2274 s
3. Marco Melandri ITA Yamaha YZF R1 WSBK +3675 s
4. Max Biaggi ITA Alitalia Racing Aprilia RSV-4 +3.8960 s
5. Leon Camier GBR Alitalia Racing Aprilia RSV-4 +4405 s
6. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Ducati 1098R Effenbert Liberty +10,958
7. John Hopkins USA Suzuki GSX-R1000 Samsung +11,387 s
8. Leon Haslam GBR BMW Motorrad S1000RR +11,496 s
9. Michel Fabrizio ITA Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 +12,247 s
10. Ayrton Badovini ITA BMW Italy S1000RR +19,705 s
11. Jakub Smrz Ducati CZE 1098R Effenbert Liberty +19,753 s
12. Maxime Berger FRA Ducati 1098R Supersonic +21,582 s
13. James Toseland GBR BMW Italy S1000RR +27,235 s
14. Mark Aitchison AUS Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R +30,702 s
15. Jon Kirkham GBR Suzuki GSX-R1000 Samsung +42,579 s

16. Fabrizio Lai ITA Castrol Honda CBR1000RR +43,420 s

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17. Roberto Rolfo ITA Pedercini Kawasaki ZX-10R 16 laps completed
18. Troy Corser AUS BMW Motorrad S1000RR 12 laps completed
19. Alex Lowes GBR Castrol Honda CBR1000RR 7 laps completed
20. Joan Lascorz ESP Kawasaki ZX-10R Racing 6 laps completed
21. Noriyuki Haga JPN PATA Aprilia RSV-4 4 laps completed

Tom Sykes GBR DNS RTS Kawasaki ZX-10R

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