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Children Academy launched at Losail International Circuit | 1 comment(s)

This weekend there was launched the QMMF Children Academy at Losail International Circuit.

Mr. Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Attiya, QMMF President, is very excited with this new project that will give the opportunity to children and teenagers to have the contact with the motorsport with the help of professional riders. The goal is to fill the gap is between all generation and all ages, and the school is open for anybody that is interested in motorsport and will receive all the support from QMMF.

Honda claims victory in season opener

Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda RC212V) continued the excellence he’d shown all weekend by leading a Honda onslaught in his first race as a member of the Honda family in the season-opening Grand Prix of Qatar under the desert lights of the Losail International Circuit. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) interrupted the Honda parade by finishing a distant second, with Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V) finishing third, Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda RC212V) fourth, and Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini RC212V) a fighting fifth.

Stoner had showcased his abilities on the Honda RC212V throughout pre-season testing, as well as in the run-up to the race. On the first race weekend of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship, Stoner was fastest in all three practice sessions before taking the 27th pole position of his career with a blistering lap of the 5.380k circuit outside the capital of Doha.

2011 MotoGP Qatar Schedule

The opening event of the MotoGP season in Qatar will be spread over four days to ensure that all sessions take place in full darkness.

The race times at Losail have been moved forward by an hour this year - when the MotoGP race now starting at 10pm local time - in response to concerns that moisture was forming on the track later in the evening and causing accidents.

Qatar launch for world leading motorcycle at Losail International Circuit

Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Kawasaki has chosen the Losail International Circuit for the launch of its most important Supersport motorcycle to date.

As the first motorcycle manufacturer to offer journalists the chance to ride the Losail circuit by floodlight, Kawasaki have been impressed with both the track facilities and also the warm welcome offered them by the people of Qatar, as Marketing Manager for Kawasaki Motors Europe, Jan Willem van der Straten, explains. This is the second time that Kawasaki chooses the Qatari track to launch a new motorcycle.

Ducati Team end Qatar test with Stoner on top...

The Ducati Marlboro Team concluded its preseason testing schedule this evening with both riders extremely satisfied with the set-up of their GP10 machines and their lap times. The second and final night of tests in Qatar saw Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden first and fourth on the time sheets despite both crashing in turn two, where several other riders also came unstuck.

The next appointment for the Ducati Marlboro Team is back on the same track on 11th April for the opening race of the season, the Grand Prix of Qatar.

Rossi continues pre-season domination as Lorenzo makes his return

Reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi continued his domination of the pre-season testing programme in Qatar today, finishing the opening day of the final test 0.3 seconds ahead of Casey Stoner. His team-mate Jorge Lorenzo made a welcome return from injury to finish the day a creditable seventh and with Ben Spies third and Colin Edwards fourth, it was four Yamahas in the top seven.

Testing began at 6pm under the floodlights at the desert track and Rossi was in command from the word go, finding yet more improvement in the 2010 M1 at what is not generally one of his best tracks. A break for dinner saw both Stoner and Spies better his time but the Italian was determined to finish the day on top and improved again on his last run to regain first place.

Jorge Lorenzo to take part in next test in Qatar

Fiat Yamaha Team rider Jorge Lorenzo will take part in this week's MotoGP test in Qatar, four weeks after breaking a bone in his right thumb during a training incident.

The 22-year-old has spent the time recuperating at home in Barcelona and he has now been given the all-clear by his doctor to get back on his bike. The recovery has gone well and the hand is no longer swollen, but he needs to continue with physiotherapy in order to keep repairing the muscle around the break.

Russia in MotoGP: Vladimir Leonov makes debut ride

Qatar Gran Prix, the first overnight MotoGP race, was held in Losail on April 12.

As reported earlier, Russia’s Vladimir Leonov was part of the German team Viessmann Kiefer Racing riding his Aprilia RW 250.
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