The 2011 MotoGP World Champion took time out of his winter holiday to answer questions posed by fans on twitter. Here´s what he had to say about impending fatherhood, MotoGP safety and his car collection...
In the last edition of After the Flag for 2011, presenter Gavin Emmett reviews the 18th and final round of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship, the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana.
Valentino Rossi sports a special helmet decoration for the MotoGP season-closer in Valencia as a tribute to his close friend Marco Simoncelli who passed away two weeks ago in Malaysia.
Re-live all the excitement, thrills and action from the last race of the year - Round 18 of the MotoGP World Championship, the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana.
On Sunday morning riders from all three categories of the World Championship have been invited to depart from Pit Lane as a group, and completed a lap of the track in honour of Simoncelli. The procession was led by former World Champion Kevin Schwantz riding at the head of the group on board Simoncelli’s San Carlo Honda Gresini RC212V bike.
Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden were greeted with snow, fans and a frenetic media welcome upon their arrival Monday evening for the twenty-second edition of the Wrooom Press Ski Meeting. The two attended a meet and greet session alongside Scuderia Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa as they posed for photographs in front of the waiting press. Tuesday morning the pair participated in a press conference and interviews where they reflected on 2011, shared their thoughts about the return to 1000cc capacity bikes and spoke about their expectations and goals for the upcoming 2012 season.
Re-live all the excitement, thrills and action from Round 15 of the MotoGP World Championship, the Grand Prix of Japan, in the latest free instalment of MotoGP Rewind.
Casey Stoner has dominated the 2011 season and appears unstoppable in his charge to a second MotoGP title. But have we seen some cracks in the Australian’s seemingly unstoppable performance? Have his rivals stepped up their game, or will Stoner take the title at home?
