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Sunday, 04 May 2008 |
 
| | 04.05.2008 | | Double victory for Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama | | Red Bull KTM 250 stars Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama mastered treacherous conditions in today’s wet Grand Prix of China to score a fantastic double victory for KTM. |
| It was the second one-two for the Austrian manufacturer in the 250 cc category after Aoyama won the German Grand Prix last year ahead of his team-mate.
Pole-sitter Alvaro Bautista had established an early lead, but when the young Spaniard crashed out on the ninth lap of the race, Kallio had a clear track ahead and rode to a comfortable win despite increasing grip problems on the drying tarmac. With two victories and four podium finishes in four races so far, the Finn extended his world championship lead to a massive 21 points. Aoyama, who tried so hard to catch Kallio that he opened up a gap of no less than 13 seconds to Mattia Pasini in third place, celebrated his first podium finish of the year.
Results
1. Mika Kallio, Finland, Red Bull KTM, 48:12.217
2. Hiroshi Aoyama, Japan, Red Bull KTM
3. Mattia Pasini, Italy,
4. Marco Simoncelli, Italy,
5. Alex Debon, Spain, Aprilia
Julian Simon, Spain, Repsol KTM DNF
Standings
1. Mika Kallio, KTM, 82 points
2. Mattia Pasini, 61
3. Hector Barbera, Spain, 49
4. Yuki Takahashi 46
5. Hiroshi Aoyama, KTM 44 | | No comments for this item |
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First Details Emerge on BMW's S 1000 RR |
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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First Details Emerge on BMW's S 1000 RR BMW Motorrad have unveiled a prototype of their Superbike World Championship future contender - the S 1000 RR. BMW have indicated that the "S" stands for Supersports (marking a new class of motorcycles from BMW), the "1000" designates the size of the engine, and the "RR" stands for the model itselfThe manufacturer's objective is to offer the customer a high-performance motorcycle with absolutely outstanding qualities and features on both the road and race track in terms of rideability, performance, and ergonomics. In the early project phase BMW checked out various engine concepts but decided in favour of a four-cylinder, with the straight-four offering the best qualities to meet the power, performance, weight, and package requirements
| Since they are still in the middle of the development process they are currently unable to mention any specific technical data however. BMW has also promised that the engine will offer a number of special features, especially on the cylinder head. 
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| In compliance with the rules of the Series, the road-going production version will be available to customers in 2009 and BMW have said they will build 1000 production models by the end of next year. | | No comments for this item |
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