Crunch time in Czech Republic for Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Lorenzo Baldassarri heads north from his home on the Adriatic coast with a 6 point advantage over Arthur Sissis. 16 year old Sissis had been leading the title chase from the second event in Estoril on, only to suffer disaster in the last round in Germany where he scored zero points due to a technical failure and a crash in the two races at the Sachsenring.

Sissis knows Brno well as it is his 3rd year in the Cup, though the Australian did not have much luck at Brno last year with a technical problem in Race 1 and an 11th in Race 2. Meanwhile Baldassarri has another track to learn, though new tracks have not been a problem with for the Italian.

Of this year's Rookies who competed in Brno last season by far the most successful was 16 year old South African Brad Binder. He was 7th in Race 1 and 4th in Race 2. He sits 5th in the point standings and has every chance of winning some of the remaining races.

Alan Techer and Philipp Oettl are 3rd and 4th respectively and both have a mathematical chance of taking the title. 16 year old Techer, who made his comeback at Brno last year from the broken arm he sustained in the 1st weekend of the season, is 45 points behind Baldassarri and is on form this year, having won a race the last time out in Germany. Oettl is 65 points behind Baldassarri, so with 75 on offer from the last races has a slim chance of the title but he, like Techer, scored a win in Germany so is very much on form. He was only 16th and 12th last year in Brno but 12 months on is a different rider.

All is ready for another 2 great races with Race 1 starting at 16.30 CET on Saturday, August 13th and Race 2 on Sunday at 15.30. The races can be seen on TV around the world and by live webcast at redbull.tv with the shows beginning 10 minutes before the races..

Valentino Rossi started his own?

With the climate of these days all you can talk about except to Summer. And then instead of a "dream market Midsummer" we speak of a " winter dream ", if only in the previous dream came true almost everything: Ducati Rossi, Ben Spies alongside Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner at the HRC Pedrosa's side. The theme is once again Valentino Rossi. Of the situation "tense" Rossi-Ducati we have talked extensively yesterday.

Valentine called for a frame , called a motorcycle with the frame similar to those of Japanese, and has recently rejected the project GP12 : "With the 1000 we are slower than 800". On the Internet, on TV, in newspapers do not talk that much of this frame, or less if it is right that the House of Ducati satisfied the nine-time world champion distorting his philosophy . Of course, time to change the current bike there, if Ducati decide to change following the directions of Rossi, the bike will only do so for 2012. For the current season, Ducati is working mainly on electronics.

And now we come to the "winter dream", born of some rumors summer, which, I want to clarify, I do not think at all. Valentino Rossi , seen the bad results of 2010, would be leaving Ducati metido to their fate (and his own philosophy ) and would be looking to " go it alone . " The idea of the Doctor would be to establish a team of his own followed by his faithful, Burgess & Co. A project result in an embryonic stage of the bitter pills that Valentino is forced to swallow every race.

But that bike is that? Some speculate a Honda "private", while others suggest a Honda engine with custom frame. A very risky project, impossible, but at the same time very ambitious, in line perhaps, I might add, with the philosophy of Red Bull. For Red Bull , already sponsors a number of private pilots, would be an opportunity to enter definitively into the premier class. A project called just unreal Team RedBull VR46 

source: motoblog.it