MotoGP News – Feb. 6, 2013

Crutchlow and Smith kick off 2013 preparations in Sepang
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team riders Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith enjoyed a positive and productive start to the 2013 MotoGP winter testing campaign at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia today. Read more.

Bradl ends Sepang day one in fifth
LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl started strongly at the first MotoGP test of the season in Sepang posting the 5th fastest lap time (just two tenths off Rossi) on a hot and humid day. Read more.

CRTs get first taste of softer option rear tyre
The seasonally cool temperatures at the first Sepang test led to all CRT riders assessing the new soft compound rear slick that is now available exclusively to that class. Read more.

Official MotoGP™ 2012 Review DVD and Blu-ray special offer
The Official MotoGP™ 2012 Review is now out on DVD and Blu-ray at a special discount – so snap it up while stocks last. Read more.

RTBF enriches its motorsport offer with MotoGP™
MotoGP™ rights holder Dorna Sports S.L. has announced a new television rights agreement in French-speaking Belgium, which will see the country’s public television station, RTBF, broadcast the Championship this season on its channel ‘La Deux’. Read more.

Yamaha makes positive start in Malaysia
The long winter wait was finally over this morning as the 2013 MotoGP field took to the track in Sepang for the first official test of 2013. Read more.

Strong start for Repsol Honda Team in Sepang
The Repsol Honda Team has begun 2013 in the best possible way, with Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez finishing the first day first and third respectively. Read more.

Espargaró and De Puniet start the year as fastest CRTs
The Power Electronics Aspar riders picked up from where they left off at the end of 2012, and were again the top dogs of the CRT competitors in Sepang. Read more.

Pedrosa heads close-fought first day of Sepang MotoGP™ test
The first day of MotoGP™ testing was a close-fought affair with the top seven riders within almost eight tenths of each other, while the top three of Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez were less than four hundredths apart. Read more.

CIP riders undergo tropical pre-season training
Physical and psychological preparation for 2013 season keeps going for Alan Techer and Juanfran Guevara, CIP Moto3’s riders. Read more.