MotoGP News – Dec. 1, 2012

Final day of Jerez testing a washout
It was only Ducati Team’s Nicky Hayden who put in some laps in the final day of testing at Jerez today, as rain, wind and cold temperatures hit the southern Spanish circuit. Read more.

Ducati Team completes 2012 testing at Jerez
The Ducati Team’s scheduled three-day off-season test at the Spanish Jerez circuit certainly wasn’t without its hurdles, but the team took them in stride and heads into MotoGP’s winter test ban with information that will be helpful as engineers do their development work on the 2013 Desmosedici. Read more.

Corsi, De Angelis and Cardus with the SpeedUp bike in 2013
The good weather conditions have allowed the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Moto2 riders Ricky Cardus, Simone Corsi and Alex De Angelis to follow through their three days testing program with the SpeedUp before the winter break at the Circuito de Almeria in Spain. Read more.

Changes to the CEV Buckler 2013
In the quest for a championship with more rounds –without significantly increasing participant costs– the 2013 season will be made up of 7 rounds, with a total of 9 races in each category. Read more.

Successful “arm-pump” surgery for Bradl
The LCR Honda MotoGP rider Stefan Bradl underwent an operation yesterday, on the day of this 23th birthday, to repair a chronic compartment syndrome of the right forearm in a procedure carried out by Dr. Xavier Mir, Head Surgeon of Hands and Upper Extremities at Instituto Universitario USP Dexeus in Barcelona. Read more.

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