KTM Freeride Concept Gets Closer to Being Ready


When will the first true electric motorcycle from an large OEM hit dealer floors? Pretty soon by what we’re hearing come out of Austria lately. KTM’s Freeride is fairly straight-forward in concept, as it takes the tried and true KTM off-road package, and puts an electrical drive train inside it (easy enough, right?). Designed with help from Austrian firm Kiska, the KTM Freeride looks like a dirt bike, smells like a dirt bike…well, you get ...

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Stoner Makes Flying Start in Qatar


Repsol Honda Team MotoGP rider Casey Stoner of Australia in action during the MotoGP final race of the Motorcycle Grand Prix of Qatar at al Losail International Circuit in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday. (EPA Photo)

Doha. Australian Casey Stoner won the floodlit Qatar MotoGP season-opener for the fourth time in five years on Sunday ahead of Spaniards Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa.

Starting from pole position after dominating all three practice sessions, Stoner beat Yamaha's world champion Lorenzo by 3.44 seconds at the Losail circuit in a dream debut with the works Repsol Honda team.

The Australian, who raced for Ducati last year, has now won 24 grands prix in the top category.

Spain's Pedrosa, Stoner's Honda team mate, was struggling with a painful arm and looked exhausted after finishing just over five seconds behind the Australian, despite taking the lead on the opening lap and fighting an entertaining duel to the halfway point.

Valentino Rossi of Italy, winner of nine world titles across the classes but struggling with a shoulder injury, finished well off the pace in seventh in his first race with Ducati after leaving Yamaha.

"Definitely, it couldn't be any better," Stoner, the 2007 world champion, told reporters.

"It's a similar start to what we had when we won the world championship. ...we've had some fantastic starts to the season but everything with Honda so far has been just amazing, everything we've done with the bike over the pre-season," he added.

Lorenzo had warned that Stoner and Pedrosa were the men to beat, with Honda fastest at every preseason test, and had said he would be happy to be on the podium.

The Mallorcan exceeded his own expectations and his delight was evident as he punched the air repeatedly as he cruised down the pitlane after taking the chequered flag.

On the victory podium, the Spaniard appeared the happiest of the three with the two Honda riders waving Japanese flags in solidarity with the victims of the devastating quake and tsunami.

"Not so many people thought about us for this race," said Lorenzo. "But we believed in ourselves every day, better and better. Today I put everything I have on the track, I didn't save anything. I was at the limit in every corner and every lap.

"I almost crashed. When you go like this it is very easy to crash." Pedrosa took the lead at the start but was passed by Lorenzo while Stoner hit the front on lap two. The Spaniard overtook Lorenzo for second on the third lap and got back in front of the Australian for a brief stint.

His battle in the second half of the race was for second place, with the two Spaniards dicing with each before Lorenzo made his move stick with four laps remaining.

"In the middle of the race I started having a lot of problems again with my left arm," he said. "I couldn't control the bike any more and I just tried to slow down...I couldn't grip really good or use the clutch in the proper way." Britain's Cal Crutchlow finished 11th on his MotoGP debut with 13 finishers.

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Update on Dani Pedrosa?s Shoulder Condition


Leading into the Qatar GP the talk was all about Repsol Honda, namely the blistering fast paces of Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa, who seemed to be on a different level from everyone else, even teammate Andrea Dovizioso. However after seeing Pedrosa’s race performance be hampered by a lingering shoulder injury that, which was causing his arm to go numb and lose strength during the race, question marks began to develop over whether the Spaniard ...

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v8 supercar events Live online Now

Enjoy Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Motorsports,Australia
17-18-19-20 March 2011

Welcome to the Clipsal 500 Adelaide, a truly world-class festival of motor sport.

South Australia has a well-earned reputation for innovation and excellence in staging major events and, in doing so, regularly sets a benchmark for others to follow.

The Clipsal 500 Adelaide – the most awarded and popular motor sport event in the nation- is an outstanding example.

Four days of exciting motor sport action headed by the V8 Supercars, and complemented by a program of the best feature support races, also includes four on-circuit concerts and a myriad of other associated activities.

With the South Australian Government having invested more than $20 million into our unique street circuit in recent years, it continues to offer an unprecedented level of comfort to spectators as well as top-shelf facilities for teams, officials and media.

The South Australian Motor Sport Board has done a great job in promoting the Clipsal 500 Adelaide, and I take this opportunity to thank the Chairman, Board, management, and staff for their efforts.

Enjoy the Live experience another action-packed Clipsal 500 Adelaide, and enjoy the sights, sounds and sensations of Adelaide at its very best.

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Details Schedule Clipsal 500 Adelaide

Thursday program – On track 17 March

V8 Utes Practice 1 9:00 am
Australian GT Championship Practice 1 9:35 am
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Practice 1 10:10 am
Formula Ford Practice 1 11:05 am
Aussie Racing Cars Practice 1 11:40 am
Touring Car Masters Practice 1 12:15 pm
V8 Utes Practice 2 12:50 pm
Australian GT Championship Practice 2 1:25 pm
Aussie Racing Cars Practice 1 2:00 pm
Formula Ford Practice 2 2:35 pm
V8 Utes Qualifying 1 3:10 pm
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Practice 2 3:45 pm
Touring Car Masters Practice 2 4:40 pm
Aussie Racing Cars Race 1 5:15 pm
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Meeting Rides 5:50 pm
V8 Utes Race 1 6:25 pm
Australian GT Championship Qualifying 1 7:05 pm

Friday program – On track 18 March

Formula Ford Qualifying 9:00 am
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Qualifying 9:40 am
Touring Car Masters Qualifying 10:30 am
V8 Supercars Championship Outside Top 14 Plus Rookies – Practice 1 11:10 am
Murray Walkers Extreme Machines Car showcase 12:00 pm
V8 Supercars Championship Outside Top 14 Plus Rookies – Practice 2 12:30 pm
Touring Car Masters Race 1 1:20 pm
Aussie Racing Cars Race 2 1:55 pm
V8 Supercars Championship Practice 3 2:20 pm
V8 Utes Race 2 3:05 pm
V8 Supercars Championship Practice 4 3:40 pm
Formula Ford Race 1 4:25 pm
V8 Supercars Championship Meeting Rides 5:00 pm
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Race 1 6:03 pm
Australian GT Championship Race 1 7:15 pm

Saturday program – On track 19 March

Aussie Racing Cars Race 3 9:00 am
V8 Utes Race 3 9:30 am
V8 Supercars Championship Qualifying 1 10:10 am
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Race 2 11:03 am
V8 Supercars Championship Top 10 Shootout 12:00 pm
Murray Walkers Extreme Machines Car showcase 12:40 pm
Henley on Tod
1:00 pm
Clipsal 500 Adelaide Demonstrations & Parades 1:00 pm
Clipsal Challenge
1:00 pm
Touring Car Masters Race 2 1:30 pm
V8 Supercars Championship Entertainment 2:00 pm
V8 Supercars Championship Clipsal 500 Adelaide – Race 3 2:35 pm
Formula Ford Race 2 5:05 pm
Australian GT Championship Sponsor Rides 5:40 pm

Sunday program – On track 20 March

Touring Car Masters Race 3 9:00 am
Aussie Racing Cars Race 4 9:35 am
Australian GT Championship Race 2 10:05 am
V8 Supercars Championship Qualifying 2 10:45 am
Murray Walkers Extreme Machines Car showcase 11:25 am
Clipsal 500 Adelaide Drivers Parade 11:55 am
Clipsal 500 Adelaide Demonstrations & Parades 12:40 pm
V8 Utes Race 4 1:10 pm
V8 Supercars Championship Entertainment 1:45 pm
V8 Supercars Championship Clipsal 500 Adelaide – Race 4 2:35 pm

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