
When Bradl overtook nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi in the early stages of the race, the moment was greeted by great cheers from the crowd at Turn 12. "I think it was a good weekend for us, even if we missed the chance to achieve the podium," he said afterwards. "Actually I had a good...
Bradl's Friday-topping lap time came in the form of 1'22.030, with Lorenzo ending the day second overall from Repsol Honda Team's Dani Pedrosa and their respective teammates Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez. Completing the top eight were Monster Yamaha Tech 3's Cal Crutchlow, Ducati Team's Nicky...
From third on the grid Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) started alone towards the front on slick tyres and led the early laps after rain in the race build up caused confusion as to which tyres would work best. With the track drying quickly much of the rest of the field changed from wet set-up to...
Crutchlow, who started from row two, was in eighth place when he lost the front end and slid down the track. His GP14 machine then hit Bradl's bike, causing the German to have a nasty high side crash, with both riders forced to retire from one of the most important races of the season for their...
After the disruption of Friday and Saturday, there were now blue skies and a warm morning on offer. Bradl, back in action after fracturing an ankle in Malaysia just over two weeks ago, posted the session-leading effort of 1'46.440, 19 thousandths of a second up on Pedrosa and one tenth quicker...
"Really sorry to @stefanbradl for the bike being in track! Was scary moments when in track with bikes coming at me. Improve in Barcelona ..." - Cal Crutchlow, shortly after the race via Twitter DucatiTeam's Cal Crutchlow, who started from row two, was in eighth place when he lost the front end...
Movistar Yamaha Press Release: Movistar Yamaha MotoGP's Jorge Lorenzo had been strong at the Losail International Circuit the whole weekend and the race day was no exception. He rode a faultless race from start to finish, and brought home the first win of the season. Teammate Valentino Rossi...