With just one win to his name this season Dani Pedrosa wants to double that tally on home soil on Sunday at the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana, and after starting the weekend third on the timesheets in Friday’s free practice he knows he needs to up the pace. The Spanish star, who has a good record at Valencia, was just under half a second off pace man Casey Stoner’s hot lap... more.

Italian racing fans had a chance to meet Repsol Honda MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso when they went to fill their tanks at the first garage to be completely designed and built by Repsol Italy. The small town of San Bellino, halfway between Bologna and Venice in the north-east of Italy, became a congregating point for a host of Italian racing fans yesterday as they had a chance to meet Reps... more.