Le Mans (France), May 15 (Ians) Frenchman Fabio Quartararo of Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP grabbed his third consecutive pole position at Le Mans after the qualifying sessions at the Shark Grand Prix de France on Saturday.
Quartararo set a time of 1:32.600 sec on his final flying lap to beat teammate Maverick Vinales by 0.081 sec.
Spanish Gp winner Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) is also on the front row, while his teammate and World Championship leader, Francesco Bagnaia, will start at 16th.
The day belonged to Quartararo as the Frenchman gave it his all in the final sector to beat teammate Vinales's time by 0.081s, with a shadowing Miller snatching a late front row as well.
On Sunday, Quartararo and Vinales will be hoping for a dry race after Saturday's qualifying was marred by rain.
Qualifying results: 1. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) 1:32.600; 2. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 0.081; 3. Jack...
Quartararo set a time of 1:32.600 sec on his final flying lap to beat teammate Maverick Vinales by 0.081 sec.
Spanish Gp winner Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) is also on the front row, while his teammate and World Championship leader, Francesco Bagnaia, will start at 16th.
The day belonged to Quartararo as the Frenchman gave it his all in the final sector to beat teammate Vinales's time by 0.081s, with a shadowing Miller snatching a late front row as well.
On Sunday, Quartararo and Vinales will be hoping for a dry race after Saturday's qualifying was marred by rain.
Qualifying results: 1. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) 1:32.600; 2. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 0.081; 3. Jack...
- 5/15/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
"This is what you have to do - brake as late as possible." 1091 Pictures has released an official US trailer for a documentary titled Hitting the Apex, which is finally getting an official release in the US this year. The film originally opened in the UK back in 2015, but considering it's about motorcycle racing, which isn't that popular in the US (at least compared to NASCAR), it never opened. Until now. Hitting the Apex, narrated by Brad Pitt (who also produced the doc film), is the story of six fighters – six of the fastest motorcycle racers of all time – and the fates that awaited them at the peak of the sport. The racers profiled are: Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi, Marco Simoncelli, and Casey Stoner. A bit strange that it has taken so long for this to get a US debut, but oh well, it's finally going...
- 8/14/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
If I’m honest I’d forgotten all about the Moto Racer franchise and with good reason, it’s been over 15 years since the third game was released (although there was apparently a Nintendo DS version of the game from the same developers as this). Since then motor racing games have come a long way – be it as side-scrolling stunt games a la Trials HD; or more arcade titles like Mx vs. Atv, another survivor of the PS2 era that has been resurrected (somewhat successfully, at least in terms of gameplay) by Thq Nordic; and even motorbike simulations like Ride 2 and Valentino Rossi: The Game – which means Moto Racer 4 has a lot of ground to cover.
Developed under the supervision of the original Moto Racer designer Paul Cuisset, Moto Racer 4 delivers high-speed races and a white-knuckle ride that gleefully ignores the rules of fair play in favour of ruthless...
Developed under the supervision of the original Moto Racer designer Paul Cuisset, Moto Racer 4 delivers high-speed races and a white-knuckle ride that gleefully ignores the rules of fair play in favour of ruthless...
- 1/6/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Sunday was a father-son fun day for Brad Pitt and his and wife Angelina Jolie's 7-year-old son, Knox! The two attended the 2015 British motorcycle Grand Prix, aka the MotoGP World Championship, at Silverstone in Northampton, England. Sporting noise-cancellation headphones, the boy and the 51-year-old actor, a biker himself, watched the race with his dad. Pitt and Knox then met with winner and Italian racer Valentino Rossi and posed for group photos. The event took place days before the release of Pitt's new documentary Hitting The Apex. Pitt co-produced and narrates the film, which is about six of the fastest motorcycle racers in the world and features Rossi as one of them. The movie is...
- 8/30/2015
- E! Online
The appeal of this Brad Pitt-produced documentary will depend entirely on your interest in watching men leaning over at high speed
Beneath the leather and diesel, a heavy whiff of A-lister indulgence comes off this Brad Pitt-produced doc profiling the young generation of bikers who’ve dethroned reigning Moto Gp champ Valentino Rossi.
Director Mark Neale ekes out traces of personality – the goofy Marco Simoncelli is such a vital pit-lane presence that events at the 2011 Malaysian Gp catch everyone out – but any drama is limited to the track: its grip depends entirely on your interest in watching men leaning at high speed.
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Beneath the leather and diesel, a heavy whiff of A-lister indulgence comes off this Brad Pitt-produced doc profiling the young generation of bikers who’ve dethroned reigning Moto Gp champ Valentino Rossi.
Director Mark Neale ekes out traces of personality – the goofy Marco Simoncelli is such a vital pit-lane presence that events at the 2011 Malaysian Gp catch everyone out – but any drama is limited to the track: its grip depends entirely on your interest in watching men leaning at high speed.
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- 8/27/2015
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
The high adrenalin world of MotoGP - the motorcycling Grand Prix - is captured in this exhilarating documentary narrated by Ewan McGregor. Ten-time world champion Valentino Rossi takes on a whole new band of young competitors just 40 days after a horrific leg break at his home circuit. With rival Jorge Lorenzo holding the 2010 title, it's up to Rossi to see red and win the 2011 contest and regain his crown.
- 5/8/2014
- Sky Movies
Who’s fastest? That’s the question explored in the latest MotoGP documentary from filmmaker Mark Neale, his follow-up to Faster and The Doctor, The Tornado and the Kentucky Kid. Motorsports have been featured in a few docs recently, with TT3D: Closer to the Edge and Senna having been released in the last year or so. Great timing, then, for the release of Fastest.
The film opens with a breathtaking final lap from a MotoGP race. The two lead riders enter the final lap neck and neck. Trading the lead several times, they keep the crowd guessing until the very final corner. To a viewer more accustomed to Formula 1, where races are generally won through tactics and track conditions, and overtaking is a rare and precious thing, it is a revelation.
Fastest revolves mostly around aging superstar Valentino Rossi. Known as The Doctor, he is the sport’s biggest icon,...
The film opens with a breathtaking final lap from a MotoGP race. The two lead riders enter the final lap neck and neck. Trading the lead several times, they keep the crowd guessing until the very final corner. To a viewer more accustomed to Formula 1, where races are generally won through tactics and track conditions, and overtaking is a rare and precious thing, it is a revelation.
Fastest revolves mostly around aging superstar Valentino Rossi. Known as The Doctor, he is the sport’s biggest icon,...
- 6/12/2012
- by Barry Steele
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Italian motorsport hero Marco Simoncelli has been killed in a horror crash at the Malaysian Moto Grand Prix.
The 24-year-old biker died of chest, head and neck injuries after he lost control of his Honda and collided with fellow Italian Valentino Rossi just four minutes into the race in Sepang on Sunday.
The race was abandoned following the tragedy, which came on the same day as U.S. IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon's funeral. Wheldon died after his car was flipped into the air during a 15-vehicle Indy 300 pile-up in Las Vegas last Sunday.
Paying their respects to flamboyant Simoncelli, British Formula One driver Jenson Button took to Twitter.com and posted, "R.I.P Marco... Such an exciting talent lost. My thoughts are with his family, friends and everyone involved in MotoGP. Motorsport can be so cruel..."
And Button's Formula One teammate Lewis Hamilton writes, "My thoughts are with his family, friends and team at this extremely sad time. Another tragic loss at such an early age."
Meanwhile, rocker Slash also remembered the racer on Twitter.com, writing, "Is it true Marco Simoncelli died?" and then adding, "That's really sad news to hear. Rip Marcos, u were a great rider."...
The 24-year-old biker died of chest, head and neck injuries after he lost control of his Honda and collided with fellow Italian Valentino Rossi just four minutes into the race in Sepang on Sunday.
The race was abandoned following the tragedy, which came on the same day as U.S. IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon's funeral. Wheldon died after his car was flipped into the air during a 15-vehicle Indy 300 pile-up in Las Vegas last Sunday.
Paying their respects to flamboyant Simoncelli, British Formula One driver Jenson Button took to Twitter.com and posted, "R.I.P Marco... Such an exciting talent lost. My thoughts are with his family, friends and everyone involved in MotoGP. Motorsport can be so cruel..."
And Button's Formula One teammate Lewis Hamilton writes, "My thoughts are with his family, friends and team at this extremely sad time. Another tragic loss at such an early age."
Meanwhile, rocker Slash also remembered the racer on Twitter.com, writing, "Is it true Marco Simoncelli died?" and then adding, "That's really sad news to hear. Rip Marcos, u were a great rider."...
- 10/23/2011
- WENN
I have to be honest, my driving game collection has up until this point been comprised entirely of four wheelers, apart from brief flirtations with past editions of Moto Gp (which ended in trade-ins in all cases), with motorsport titles ranking near the bottom in terms of numbers. I don’t know what it is, but up until this year, I have never come across a motorbike racing game that matches the high-octane excitement of watching the sport- and despite preferring it as a sporting spectacle to Formula One, I have never felt quite as compelled to pick one up the same way I religiously buy the F1 games as they hit the market.
Moto Gp has usually been the exception- three titles have graced my shelves at one point, but I honestly thought that 2009/10 was going to be the last I went for. Last year’s offering- the first...
Moto Gp has usually been the exception- three titles have graced my shelves at one point, but I honestly thought that 2009/10 was going to be the last I went for. Last year’s offering- the first...
- 3/23/2011
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Socialite, heiress and party-girl Paris Hilton is about to add motorcycle maven to her list of titles.
Hilton posted a link from her twitter page with the caption "Huge!" on Monday (Dec. 13). The link brought us to a Motorcycle.com page announcing that the famous blonde will be launching a new 125Gp racing team for the 2011 World Championship. Can you say unexpected?
She is set to present the SuperMartxe VIP by Paris Hilton team in Madrid, Spain on Saturday (Dec. 18). The team will have support from the Bqr Race Team and the former crew chief of Valentino Rossi and Marco Melandri during their championship years -- so it looks like Hilton will actually have qualified help from some of the best in the industry.
She is hoping to use her fame to bring mainstream attention to the world of Grand Prix racing. It remains to be seen whether she will draw positive attention,...
Hilton posted a link from her twitter page with the caption "Huge!" on Monday (Dec. 13). The link brought us to a Motorcycle.com page announcing that the famous blonde will be launching a new 125Gp racing team for the 2011 World Championship. Can you say unexpected?
She is set to present the SuperMartxe VIP by Paris Hilton team in Madrid, Spain on Saturday (Dec. 18). The team will have support from the Bqr Race Team and the former crew chief of Valentino Rossi and Marco Melandri during their championship years -- so it looks like Hilton will actually have qualified help from some of the best in the industry.
She is hoping to use her fame to bring mainstream attention to the world of Grand Prix racing. It remains to be seen whether she will draw positive attention,...
- 12/13/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
John Abraham is one biker who not only loves to ride, but also his vehicles equally. And it should some calibre run away with his motorbike. Want to know who did that? “Mahi just ran away with my bike in Mumbai as I kept waiting for him,” says the actor about none other than cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni. And he adds, “But it’s very easy to give Mahi a gift. All you need is a helmet — he has 29 bikes after all.” In the Capital for Yamaha, John couldn’t contain his excitement to meet Valentino Rossi ...
- 1/10/2010
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
An Italian motorcyclist has reportedly won his appeal against a decision to revoke his licence after he was clocked as driving at 383mph. Paolo Turina of Cernusco Lombardone, Lombardy was also fined in the incident, but argued that an error must have occurred, Giornale di Merate reports. Turina said: "If I could go that fast I'd enter my bike in the MotoGP world championships. Valentino Rossi would not stand a chance. What did they think they were clocking - a jet fighter? "If the court rules the fine will stand then I'm going to send it to The Guinness Book of Records (more)...
- 11/2/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's adopted son Maddox is a potential motorcycle champion, according to Italian MotoGP ace Valentino Rossi.
Pitt treated bike-fan Maddox to a day at Mugello race track on Sunday (1Jun08) after jetting there in a helicopter from the couple's retreat in the south of France.
And the six-year-old got up close to the action and the riders, including seven-times world champ Rossi, who told Us Weekly, "Brad said Maddox is very interested in bikes. We might have another champion on our hands."...
Pitt treated bike-fan Maddox to a day at Mugello race track on Sunday (1Jun08) after jetting there in a helicopter from the couple's retreat in the south of France.
And the six-year-old got up close to the action and the riders, including seven-times world champ Rossi, who told Us Weekly, "Brad said Maddox is very interested in bikes. We might have another champion on our hands."...
- 6/5/2008
- WENN
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