Marco Simoncelli - Rainmaster

Marco Simoncelli has added fuel to his title defence with a dominant wet-race win ahead of Hector Faubel and veteran teammate Roberto Locatelli. After missing the first two rounds due to injury reigning Champion Simoncelli needed a win to ignite his title defence and delivered on a day that his challengers suffered from bad luck and mistakes. The wet conditions proved challenging for the 250cc pilots with many, including Alex Debon crashing more than once during the race. Read more

Barbera’s Dream Return

Hector Barbera has made a dream return to 250cc racing with a win at Qatar. With reigning champion Marco Simonceli sidelined by an injury sustained in a motocross accident it was title candidate Alvaro Bautista tipped to capitalise on the misfortune of his nemesis. Starting from pole in a typically hectic race Bautista soon learned that the more things change, the more they stay the same in 250cc racing as the first corner melee saw him bumped back to 11th. Read more