MotoGP

Though conditions were nearly ideal, a number of crashes marked a difficult Round 6 of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship at Catalunya, High temperatures and clear skies greeted MotoGP riders during qualifying at Catalunya, where Dani Pedrosa broke a long standing lap record for his second consecutive pole position of the year, MotoGP free practice kicks off MotoGP action at Catalunya, with Yamaha Factory Racing's Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo leading the way, The top three riders in the championship hail Round 6 of the 2013 MotoGP championship as their home round, setting the stage for some impassioned racing at Catalunya, Max Biaggi gets acquainted with the Pramac Ducati GP13, as the former MotoGP competitor and two-time SBK champion concludes a two-day test at Mugello, Yamaha is auctioning MotoGP star Cal Crutchlow’s leathers to benefit the Feed The Children Oklahoma Relief Fund, Max Biaggi returns temporarily to MotoGP, the retired former SBK/GP racer test riding the Pramac Ducati GP13 at the two-day Mugello test, Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo rode a virtually perfect race to take the MotoGP win at Mugello, Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa secures his 25th career pole position with his MotoGP qualifying success at Mugello, Reigning world champ Jorge Lorenzo returned to form today at Mugello setting the quickest combined time in the two 45-minute practice sessions from the Italian circuit, Honda fans unite at Laguna Seca MotoGP Race, MotoGP heads to Italy for Round 5 of 2013 at Mugello, with Dani Pedrosa leading in points and defending champion, Jorge Lorenzo, sitting third overall, Honda releases a testing image of the production model it's develping for use in the 2014 MotoGP World Championship, Our man Melling keeps up the paddock chatter with his aged GP groupies – with his insiders hinting that The Doctor may be out sooner rather than later – and Crutchlow on a Suzuki? Frank gets us up to speed in this Single Track Mind update, Wet conditions made for close MotoGP combat at Le Mans, with with a number of unexpected twists that saw one rider gain the best GP finish of his career and a title favorite finish outside the top five, Dry conditions prevailed for MotoGP qualifying at Le Mans and for the first time since Spain in 2012, a Honda, Yamaha and Ducati pilot make up the top-three spots on the grid, Dry conditions held through both MotoGP practice sessions at Le Mans on Friday, and Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa heads into Saturday as the man to beat, MotoGP heads to Le Mans for Round 4 of the 2013 season with three riders in heated battle for the overall points lead and an entire grid hoping for clear conditions, Our man Melling spreads a juicy bit of gossip about the state of Ducati in MotoGP and posits some interesting scenarios for the 2014 season.