Sorry guys….
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! Sorry guys if this was the longest break since I had started my diary…
Today we will face more or less delicate issues, I would like to clarify one last controversial point and then no more words about it…
Unfortunately for sport and for motorcycle racing it has been a very difficult moment..Starting from the disappearance of Simoncelli, to the accident of Lascorz and to the loss of 3 sportsmen for heart problems including 2 Italians, Vigor Bovolenta and Mario Morosini…
After Marco’s accident I stayed away for a while, I had no words, I felt so irritated by all of those who had the solution ready about what happened to Simoncelli or as magic became his best friends..
I’m not so good at expressing my emotions and my feelings, I wanted to insert number 58 somewhere, but for sure I would be criticized again because we were not true friends first, for ours common goals…Fortunately this doesn’t happen so often in SBK.
I withdrew into myself, and when I say myself I mean Manuela too, we talked a lot we thought about Marco [...]
Interview with Marco Melandri
“Marco, in an exciting first race at Donington, you and Leon achieved the first ever one-two victory for BMW Motorrad Motorsport. What does this historic success mean to you?”
Marco Melandri: “It is something really special. When I joined BMW Motorrad, my target was to help to make the RR a winning bike and to get the first victory ever and this is what we, the team and the people at the factory achieved. [...]
Donington: sweet and sour.
Final postion: race 1, Winner – race 2, crash. “It is an awesome feeling for me to put my name in the history books of a factory like BMW Motorrad. I could not have imagined dreaming of this when I was young. I just want to say thank you to BMW Motorrad in Germany, to [...]
Monza: a weekend to forget.
Final postion: race 1,cancelled – race 2, 4th “It was the right decision today to cancel the first race. It had rained a lot, and there are different surfaces on the track. While the new tarmac doesn’t allow for the water to drain away, the old asphalt is different and dries up very quickly. It [...]
Assen: a very tough weekend.
Final postion: race 1, 9th – race 2, 4th. “It has been a very tough weekend. Today, the most important thing was to bring home points. Race one was pretty good for us when it was dry. I had a very good start and I was following Tom Sykes. I was waiting for the best [...]
Imola test: I wish Joan good luck.
Best overall lap time: 1:47.779 min (1st session) “It is very sad what happened to Joan. I wish him good luck and hope that everything is going to be well. Regarding the sporting aspects, I am really happy because I think it has been my best test day since I have been with BMW Motorrad. [...]
Imola: not a positive day.
Result Race 1: 6th Result Race 10th “I think I could say that it was a negative day for me. We have been struggling with the gearbox and in race one I went straight into the pit lane entrance. Afterwards I was working hard to catch up. My pace was not too far from the [...]
