Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa finished the Sepang test fastest overall, nearly 0.4s ahead of reigning champ, Jorge Lorenzo. Valentino Rossi picked up his pace today and was only just over a tenth from J-Lo.
Thanks to a variety of circumstances, not least his talent, 2012 was a pretty good year for Cal Crutchlow. It had to be really, because berths in MotoGP are hard to get in the first place – and they’re even harder to keep.
We regularly play a game here at Fast Bikes. In the name of testing (and small wallets), we use every drop of gasoline in the tank and test the reserve light, praying another FB member is around for a roadside rescue in case the inevitable happens.
To celebrate the start of Britain’s biggest motorcycle show, the best of British racing talent will be out in force as part of a grand opening ceremony that will see MotoGP star Cal Crutchlow fire up his Yamaha M1 machine on the Black Horse Stage – kicking off Motorcycle Live 2011 in deafening style.
