Jerez: Dani Pedrosa streaked away to win the Spanish MotoGP, triumphing in a three-way tussle with his Spanish compatriots Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo on Sunday. In dry, sunny conditions, Honda rider Pedrosa cut inside pole holder Lorenzo with 22 laps to go and steadily pulled clear to win his first race of the season. Rookie Marquez fought an enthralling battle with Lorenzo for second place, barging past on the...
08:02 PM, May 05, 2013
Spanish rookie Marc Marquez out-duelled Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa to win the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas on Sunday and become the youngest ever winner in the MotoGP premier class. Starting from pole, Marquez was beaten to the first turn by Pedrosa but the 20-year-old Spaniard patiently stalked his team mate around the twisting Circuit of the Americas before grabbing the lead with nine laps remaining...
11:22 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Barcelona: Barcelona needed a Pedro equaliser to draw 1-1 with Paris St Germain on Wednesday in their Champions League quarter-final, second leg and advance to the last four on away goals. The favourites started the match at the Nou Camp with Lionel Messi on the bench after he damaged a hamstring in last week's 2-2 first-leg draw in Paris. Without the World Player of the Year Barca, lacked cutting edge...
02:11 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Barcelona forward Pedro has damaged a calf muscle while away on international duty and will be out of action for 10 days. ...
09:35 AM, Mar 28, 2013
Spain bounced back from their mini-slump by beating France 1-0 to return to the top of their World Cup qualifying group. ...
08:04 AM, Mar 27, 2013
De la Rosa managed to return to the Jerez track and get in 50 laps in his debut behind the wheel of a Ferrari, but his best single-lap time was only the ninth fastest of the day. ...
02:00 PM, Feb 09, 2013
The 31-year-old will be the designated driver for trials at Jerez from Feb 5-7 before Alonso returns from his off-season break. ...
01:20 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Barcelona continued their record start with 17 wins and a draw to maintain their 16-point lead over third-place Madrid. ...
02:29 AM, Jan 07, 2013
London: The departure of Spanish strugglers HRT from Formula One still leaves the sport with one team too many, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Thursday. Madrid-based HRT have not been included on the official 2013 entry list published by the governing International Automobile Federation, a move that leaves 11 teams and 22 cars on the starting grid. "I'd rather have 10," Ecclestone told Reuters. "I never wanted 12. "It's...
07:04 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Sao Paulo: Formula One tail-enders HRT face an uncertain future after Sunday's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix with employees in the dark about plans to sell the team, according to veteran Spanish driver Pedro de la Rosa. "It's not easy for anyone, especially mechanics and engineers and people who from now on have to fight for their future. None of us know what will happen," he told reporters in the Interlagos...
10:09 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Austin: Pedro De la Rosa denied reports on Thursday that his cash-strapped Formula One team HRT was putting him in danger by sending the Spanish driver out in an unsafe car for this weekend's US Grand Prix. The Spanish-based Formula One backmarkers are up for sale and talks are ongoing with a number of groups interested in buying the team, owners Thesan Capital said earlier this week. With HRT's future...
09:23 AM, Nov 16, 2012
London: Zlatan Ibrahimovic illuminated a low-key night of international friendlies on Wednesday, scoring an audacious overhead kick from 30 yards to cap his four-goal display in Sweden's 4-2 win over England. Ibrahimovic's one-man show in Stockholm - featuring what both his opponents and pundits hailed as one of the greatest goals seen in recent years - overshadowed two high-profile matches between fierce European rivals, with the Netherlands and Germany drawing...
08:50 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Madrid: HRT Formula One team is up for sale, its owners Thesan Capital has announced 16 months after buying a majority stake in the Spanish outfit from Jose Ramon Carabante. HRT are yet to score a point since joining F1 in 2010. The owners are hoping to find new investors in the coming weeks. "The current owners of HRT want to confirm they are holding talks with several groups interested...
05:51 PM, Nov 13, 2012
London: Spanish-based Formula One backmarkers HRT are up for sale and talks are ongoing with a number of groups interested in buying the team, owners Thesan Capital said in a statement on Monday. The team, who have yet to score a point in three years, have Indian Narain Karthikeyan and Spanish veteran Pedro De la Rosa as their two current drivers in a season that ends later this month. HRT...
11:29 PM, Nov 12, 2012
