Mission Impossible: Simoncelli vs. Aoyama in Valencia

Can AGV Dainese's rising star Marco Simoncelli bring the crown back home in Valencia this weekend? Supersic is 21 points behind Honda's Aoyama and will go for it in Spain.

Good luck Marco!!

AGV Dainese riders Top 10 in 250cc race at Sepang

Another podium finish for Supersic Simoncelli with a well deserved 3rd, ahead of his Dainese teammate Thomas Luthi in 4th.


Lukas Pesek brought his Aprilia to a 8th place finish.

The FIM 250cc Points standing after Sepang:

1st - H. Aoyama - 252 pts
2nd - M. Simoncelli - 2321 pts
3rd - H. Barbera - 214 pts
6th - Thomas Luthi - 107 pts
7th - Raffaele De Rosa - 106 pts
14th - Lukas Pesek - 70 pts

Supersic wins in Australia

After his Dainese teammate Raffaele De Rosa had picked up the pole in qualifying, Marco Simoncelli realized an amazing race at Phillip Island, scoring very important points when his direct competitors, Aoyama and Bautista lost valuable ones.

 

With his victory declared after a red flag on lap 18, Supersic is back 12 points from Aoyama and regains hopes of retaining his title.

Great race for Raffaele De Rosa who finished 3rd.

 

 

Valentino and Lorenzo again

VR46 and JL99 are the fastest again, taking the top 2 qualifying spots at the German MotoGP today. Rossi scoring blazing lap time, looking for his 101st victory.

 

In the 250 QP, our man AGV Dainese rider Marco Simoncelli scored the pole in the wet.

Wild Save by Raffaele De Rosa - must see!

Check this crazy video of AGV Dainese 250cc rider Raffaele De Rosa rodeo-riding his Honda at Mugello today.

Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, Rossi rules, Simoncelli scores

It was another very rewarding weekend for the AGV Dainese riders at the Spanish MotoGP and 250cc races, despite a crash and DNF for MotoGP pole sitter Dainese's Jorge Lorenzo.

Valentino Rossi started 3rd and made his way to the front for his first win of the year, after short battles with Stoner and Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo who started a disappointing 4th was making his way back on Casey Stoner when he low-sided and lost all chances to score points.

All at AGV Dainese are proud to see Vale take the points lead ahead of Ducati's Casey Stoner and Fiat Yamaha team mate, Jorge Lorenzo.

Gran Premio bwin.com de España, Jerez, Spain, results:

1	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha	Yamaha
2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda	Honda
3	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro	Ducati
4	Randy De Puniet	LCR Honda	Honda
5	Marco Melandri		Kawasaki

MotoGP Championship standings for round 3, Jerez, Spain 2009

1	ROSSI Valentino	ITA	65
2	STONER Casey	AUS	54	(-11)
3	LORENZO Jorge	SPA	41	9-24)
4	PEDROSA Dani	SPA	41	(-24)
5	DOVIZIOSO Andrea	ITA	30	(-35)

In the 250cc races, Mrco Simoncelli who injured his wrist in a motocross crash 5 weeks ago, was in a 4-way battle with Aoyama, Barbera and Bautista for the full race. Marco took the lead a few times but ended 3rd, scoring his first podium of the year. This is a great result for the Gilera rider who is making his way back in the title chase.

The other 250cc Dainese riders had rather positive results as the MotoGP scene is moving to the French Grand Prix in 10 days.

Gran Premio bwin.com de España, Jerez, Spain, 250cc results:

1	4	Hiroshi AOYAMA	HONDA
2	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	APRILIA
3	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	GILERA
4	40	Hector BARBERA	APRILIA
5	12	Thomas LUTHI	APRILIA
6	75	Mattia PASINI	APRILIA
7	28	Gabor TALMACSI	APRILIA
8	16	Jules CLUZEL	APRILIA
9	15	Roberto LOCATELLI	GILERA
10	35	Raffaele DE ROSA	HONDA
11	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	APRILIA
12	48	Shoya TOMIZAWA	HONDA
13	52	Lukas PESEK	APRILIA
14	55	Hector FAUBEL	HONDA
15	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	HONDA

FIM 250cc Championship standings for round 3, Jerez, Spain 2009;

1	AOYAMA Hiroshi	JPN	58
2	BAUTISTA Alvaro	SPA	54	(-4)
3	BARBERA Hector	SPA	43	(-15)
4	LUTHI Thomas	SWI	29	(-29)
5	CLUZEL Jules	FRA	28	(-30)
6	TALMACSI Gabor	HUN	28	(-30)
7	PASINI Mattia	ITA	26	(-32)
8	DI MEGLIO Mike	FRA	21	(-37)
9	DE ROSA Raffaele	ITA	21	(-37)
10	SIMONCELLI Marco	ITA	16	(-42)
11	PESEK Lukas	CZE	15	(-43)
12	LOCATELLI Roberto	ITA	14	(-44)
13	TOMIZAWA Shoya	JPN	14	(-44)
14	DEBON Alex	SPA	13	(-45)
15	AOYAMA Shuhei	JPN	10	(-48)

Marco Simoncelli out of Qatar race

After riding through pain in practice reigning World Champ and AGV Dainese rider Marco Simoncelli had to pull out of the opening race on the 2009 FIM 250cc World Championship at the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar.