August 2008
29th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Misano Practice
The
Grand Prix of San Marino and Riviera di Rimini began in
the best weather conditions possible today. Conditions which
are expected to remain throughout the weekend
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25th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Misano Preview
The
forthcoming Grand Prix of San Marino, which precedes four
‘flyway’ outside Europe, will be an emotional
one for the riders of JiR Team Scot
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22nd Aug - JiR Team Scot - Interview to Pietro
Caprara, JiR Team Scot MotoGP Chief Technician - Part 2
With
the advent of the 990cc machines, this was initially greeted
with many uncertainties related to the competitiveness of
the machines, but soon we saw an escalation of the dizzying
performance, which led to a reduction in engine capacity
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21st Aug - JiR Team Scot - Interview to Pietro
Caprara, JiR Team Scot MotoGP Chief Technician - Part 1
Pietro
Caprara, born in 1967, is the Chief Technician of JiR Team
Scot in MotoGP. He has extensive experience in world competition,
which began in 1996 with the Yamaha YZR500 in the Blue Riband
class before moving to MotoGP
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18th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Brno Testing
After
the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic, Andrea Dovizioso and
JiR Team Scot stayed on at the circuit of Brno for a day
of tests focusing on the material made available by tyre
suppliers Michelin.
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17th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Brno Race
The
weekend of the Czech Republic Grand Prix has ended with
a race that threw the usual form-book into disarray.
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17th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Brno Race 250
After
two days of tests with uncertain weather conditions, the
Czech Republic 250cc Grand Prix set out under optimum conditions.
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16th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Brno Qualifying
250
The
second day of qualifying at the Grand Prix Czech Republic
was held on a wet track with only a brief opportunity to
test the dry weather rubber.
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16th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Brno Qualifying
The
second day of tests of the Grand Prix Czech Republic started
under the unyielding presence of heavy rain which fell throughout
the night and persisted until the closing round of qualification
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15th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Brno Practice
250
The
Grand Prix Czech Republic saw the first day of official
tests for the 250 class plagued by constant rain that looks
set to stay for this typically uncharacteristic August weekend.
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15th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Brno Practice
The
Grand Prix of the Czech Republic MotoGP kicked off this
weekend under an ominous overcast sky which saw the JiR
Team Scot work hard to develop the ideal package
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11th Aug - JiR Team Scot - Brno Preview
Many
fans will still be enjoying their Summer holidays when –
on Sunday, August 17 – the Brno race circuit plays
host to the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic: the twelfth
round of the MotoGP World Championship.
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July 2008
20th Jul - JiR Team Scot - USA GP Race
For
Andrea Dovizioso and JiR Team Scot the United States Grand
Prix ended full of satisfaction.
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19th Jul - JiR Team Scot - USA GP Qualifying
At
Laguna Seca, the second period of qualifying for the Grand
Prix of the United States has ended, leaving Andrea Dovizioso
in ninth place
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18th Jul - JiR Team Scot - USA GP Practice
Fog
and cool temperatures have greeted the MotoGP riders on
the first day of testing for the United States Grand Prix.
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16th Jul - JiR Team Scot - USA GP Preview
The
MotoGP World Championship, after six consecutive European
events, leaves the ‘old continent’ to fly over
the Atlantic Ocean to arrive on the west coast of the USA
in California, at the Laguna Seca circuit
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13th Jul - JiR Team Scot - German GP Race
250
Yuki,
starting from the tenth position, attempted a fast blast
through the pack, but in the fast corners was soon slowed
by a lack of grip at the rear wheel, which then began to
slide.
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13th Jul - JiR Team Scot - German GP Race
For
JiR Team Scot and Andrea Dovizioso the weekend of the German
Grand Prix was very satisfying
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12th Jul - JiR Team Scot - German GP Qualifying
250
After
two days of testing at the German Sachsenring circuit, Yuki
Takahashi, has secured the tenth best time, but the JiR
Team Scot rider is confident they can make a good race.
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12th Jul - JiR Team Scot - German GP Qualifying
The
second day of practice for the German Grand Prix was concluded
under dry conditions with some clouds in the sky but with
temperature on the Tarmac down by 10 degrees compared to
yesterday.
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11th Jul - JiR Team Scot - German GP Practice
250
The
first day of qualification for the Grand Prix of Germany,
ended positively for Yuki Takahashi as he placed the Honda
of JiR Team Scot on the second row of the grid.
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11th Jul - JiR Team Scot - German GP Practice
The
first day of practice for the German Grand Prix ended with
a positive result for Andrea Dovizioso who is comfortably
in the top ten.
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7th Jul - JiR Team Scot - German GP Preview
After
a one week break following the British and Dutch GP ‘double
header’ last month, the 2008 MotoGP season resumes
at the Sachsenring
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June 2008
28th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Assen Race
The
Grand Prix of the Netherlands in which Andrea Dovizioso
finished in fifth position, confirms the positive trend
that JiR Team Scot has maintained during the last three
races.
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28th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Assen Race 250
The
250cc Grand Prix of Holland ended today with an eighth place
finish for Yuki Takahashi.
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27th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Assen Qualifying
250
During
today’s second day of practice for the Grand Prix
of Holland, the conditions were dry, but the levels of grip
were influenced by the rain-fall from the previous night
as well as the low temperatures
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27th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Assen Qualifying
The
second day of practice for the Dutch TT at Assen was hit
by wet circuit conditions this morning, thanks to overnight
rain.
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26th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Assen Practice
250
The
Grand Prix of the Netherlands, the ninth event of the season,
saw Yuki Takahashi end the first day of qualifying in ninth
position.
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26th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Assen Practice
This
weekend’s racing at the Dutch TT started well for
Andrea Dovizioso, ending the first day in 11th position.
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24th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Assen Preview
As
soon as the fans left the British Grand Prix at Donington
Park on Sunday, the JiR Team Scot team also left the United
Kingdom and headed to Holland
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22nd Jun - JiR Team Scot - Donington GP Race
After
a weekend of very differing weather conditions at the eighth
round of the MotoGP World Championship, today Donington
Park was finally kissed by sunshine
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22nd Jun - JiR Team Scot - Donington GP Race
250
For
Yuki Takahashi and the JiR Team Scot squad, the British
Grand Prix has not fulfilled the potential shown by the
team during the weekend.
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21st Jun - JiR Team Scot - Donington GP Qualifying
250
The
British 250cc Grand Prix starting grid was effectively decided
during Friday’s qualifying session. Today rain continued
to fall on the circuit taking away the possibility for the
riders to improve any further.
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21st Jun - JiR Team Scot - Donington GP Qualifying
In
the afternoon the JiR Team Scot rider in the qualifying
session for the British Grand Prix ended with the sixth
fastest time – his best qualifying this season
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20th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Donington GP Practice
250
On
the first day of qualifying at Donington Park for the 250cc
British GP – the eighth round of the season –
Yuki Takahashi has secured the fifth best time.
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20th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Donington GP Practice
Today’s
first day of practice for the British Grand Prix saw some
typical English weather. In the sky there were clouds, just
a little sunshine but no rain despite the weather forecast!
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17th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Donington GP Preview
After
the Grand Prix of Catalunya, on the outskirts of Barcelona,
JiR Team Scot heads north across the European continent
and crosses the English Channel heading for Great Britain
and the city of Derby.
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13th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Interview with
Gianluca Montiron
Gianluca
Montiron, General Manager of JiR Team Scot analyses both
the results so far and strategic matters concerning the
first half of the MotoGP season and what could be in store
for the future.
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10th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Catalunya testing
I
wanted to use all the time to the best today because we
have a lot of testing to do. I came on the track at 10am
in the morning but then it started to rain and then stopped.
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9th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Catalunya testing
The
JiR Team Scot squad, following on from yesterday’s
Catalunya Grand Prix where they finished in fourth place,
stayed on at the Spanish circuit to continue the development
of their Honda RC212V.
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8th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Catalunya GP Race
The
Spanish weekend ended in satisfaction for the JiR Team Scot
squad.
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8th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Catalunya GP Race
250
The
race under a blazing sun saw the Japanese rider start well
and he was fourth into the first turn but half way through
the first lap he contacted with Roberto Locatelli
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7th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Catalunya GP Qualifying
250
At
end of the first day of qualifying Yuki Takahashi was not
satisfied with his position and was sure that he could do
even better today.
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7th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Catalunya GP Qualifying
After
the first intense day of work yesterday, this morning’s
third session saw the chance to put in a better performance,
despite the fact that grip conditions were still not at
the maximum level.
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6th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Catalunya GP Race
250
The
Catalunya Grand Prix started positively for Yuki Takahashi
today, when he achieved the eighth best time in the first
day of qualifying on the Barcelona circuit.
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6th Jun - JiR Team Scot - Catalunya GP Practice
The
seventh round of the MotoGP season was welcomed to the Catalunya
circuit on Thursday with heavy rain, which only ended last
night.
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2nd Jun - JiR Team Scot - Catalunya GP Preview
After
the Italian GP at Mugello last Sunday, the MotoGP circus
moves to Spain to race on Sunday June 8th at the GP of Catalunya
on the Barcelona circuit.
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1st Jun - JiR Team Scot - Italian GP Race
The
Italian Grand Prix at Mugello saw Andrea Dovizioso fighting
at the head of the field once more.
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1st Jun - JiR Team Scot - Italian GP Race
250
Starting
from 11th position in the sun at Mugello, Yuki Takahashi
started fast today in the 250cc GP and within a few corners
was up to fifth position.
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May 2008
31st May - JiR Team Scot - Italian GP Qualifying
250
The
second day of qualifying for the 250 class saw the JiR Team
Scot rider do a good job of development on his Honda RS250RW
but was unable to finish in a good position on the grid
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31st May - JiR Team Scot - Italian GP Qualifying
Today’s
qualifying session for tomorrow’s Italian MotoGP race
showed how strong Valentino Rossi is, beating the lap record
of the track and also riding with a strong pace for the
race.
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30th May - JiR Team Scot - Italian GP Practice
250
The
unstable weather conditions have characterized the first
day of qualifying practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
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30th May - JiR Team Scot - Italian GP Practice
The
sixth round of the MotoGP World championship at the Mugello
circuit has seen the first day of free practice under very
constant and heavy rain.
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26th May - JiR Team Scot - Italian GP Preview
The
MotoGP championship arrives in Mugello this weekend –
a track, which is one of the most exciting circuits in the
world for both the fans and thanks to the media interest
generated at this legendary track
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23rd May - JiR presents its programme for
the future
Since its launch in 2004, JiR has developed
the activity of motorcycle sport together with commercial
activities putting JiR in the position to offer companies
and partners a different service for promotions, marketing
and communications
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18th May - JiR Team Scot - French GP 250
Race
Yuki
Takahashi put in a race full of commitment once more
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18th May - JiR Team Scot - French GP Race
After
two days of hard work in practice to find the best technical
package, Andrea Dovizioso started from 10th on the grid
today and once more was able to move back up the rankings
and finish the race in 6th
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17th May - JiR Team Scot - French GP 250
Qualifying
Despite
the terrible weather forecast, qualifying in the 250 class
started with blue skies, before a short thunderstorm came
over part of the racetrack and this affected the whole session
with more than half of the riders failing to improve on
their times from yesterday
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17th May - JiR Team Scot - French GP Qualifying
Today
on the circuit of Le Mans everyone was waiting for the bad
weather to arrive but thankfully conditions were stable
for the MotoGP qualifying session.
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16th May - JiR Team Scot - French GP 250
Practice
The
first day of qualifying for the 250cc class has seen Yuki
Takahashi make marked improvement during the course of the
day.
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16th May - JiR Team Scot - French GP Practice
The
first day of practice for the French Grand Prix has been
used by JiR Team Scot to evaluate new technical parts and
materials and make choices for tomorrow’s practice
and qualifying sessions.
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12th May - JiR Team Scot - French GP Preview
The
MotoGP World Championship heads into the heart of the calendar
now, with races where anything can happen and anyone can
lead or win a race.
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4th May - JiR Team Scot - Chinese GP Race
The
final result of today doesn’t show our real potential.
From 11th on the grid I knew I was still in a good condition
to come up to the head of the race and fight for the top
positions
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4th May - JiR Team Scot - Chinese GP 250
Race
Yuki
Takahashi once again demonstrated his fighting spirit in
today’s 250cc race following on from his difficult
qualifying session yesterday.
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3rd May - JiR Team Scot - Chinese GP 250
Qualifying
The
second qualifying day for the 250cc Chinese Grand Prix race
ended after just six laps for the JiR Team Scot squad.
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3rd May - JiR Team Scot - Chinese GP Qualifying
Today’s
high temperatures during the qualifying session for tomorrow’s
Chinese Grand Prix affected grip on the Tarmac of the Shanghai
track affecting the starting position of JiR Team Scot’s
Andrea Dovizioso.
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2nd May - JiR Team Scot - Chinese GP 250
Practice
The
first qualifying session for the 250cc class today and Yuki
Takahashi made excellent progress from the morning to the
afternoon session.
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2nd May - JiR Team Scot - Chinese GP Practice
Summer
weather today greeted the JiR Team Scot squad at the Shanghai
race circuit for the first day of practice
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April 2008
28th Apl - JiR Team Scot - Chinese GP Preview
From
Europe to China, JiR Team Scot heads to the fourth round
of the 2008 championship, which will be held on the Shanghai
circuit.
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19th Apl - The JiR Junior Team ready for
the first race of the Italian championship!
The ‘Campionato Italiano Velocità’
starts this weekend at Mugello. The spectacular Tuscany
track plays host to the first appointment of the season
of the Italian Championship this Sunday, 20th April.
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13th Apl - JiR Team Scot - Estoril GP Race
The
Grand Prix of Portugal ended today for Andrea Dovizioso
in a crash, which was poor reward for the effort and skill
he displayed during the first half of the race.
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13th Apl - JiR Team Scot - Estoril GP250
Race
After a battling 26-laps at the 250cc Portuguese Grand Prix,
Yuki Takahashi finished the race in sixth position.
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12th Apl - JiR Team Scot - Estoril GP250
Qualifying
Another day of intense testing and practice at Estoril in
Portugal ended today with the JiR Team Scot squad in 5th
place overall.
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12th Apl - JiR Team Scot - Estoril GP Qualifying
The
second day of practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix was
held today in good conditions, which once more allowed the
JiR team to make yet more progress – especially in
the race configuration of their Honda RC212V.
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11th Apl - JiR Team Scot - Estoril GP250
Practice
Yuki Takahashi enjoyed a good morning practice session in
the wet on his JiR Team Scot Honda and made further improvements
in the dry afternoon session
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11th Apl - JiR Team Scot - Estoril GP Practice
The
first session of the first day in Portugal saw Andrea Dovizioso
achieving a good position by setting the sixth fastest provisional
time
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7th Apl - JiR Team Scot - Estoril GP Preview
This
is a demanding and complicated circuit, with a real mix
of corners where the right set-up is crucial for both rider
and bike
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March 2008
31st Mar - JiR Team Scot - Jerez Testing
Following
on from yesterday’s Spanish Grand Prix, JiR Team Scot
dedicated today to yet more testing as they try to improve
their performance still further.
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30th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Jerez GP Race
In
his 100th Grand Prix, Andrea Dovizioso and his JiR Team
Scot squad experienced a ‘back-to-front’ race
on their Honda RC212V.
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30th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Jerez GP250 Race
JiR Team Scot rider Yuki Takahashi took his first podium
of the year at the second race of the season at Jerez today.
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29th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Jerez GP250 Qualifying
JiR Team Scot rider Yuki Takahashi has an optimistic approach
to tomorrow’s race even if today ended without the
results he or his team expected.
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29th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Jerez GP Qualifying
Today’s
qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez didn’t
fully show the potential of Andrea Dovizioso today.
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28th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Jerez GP250 Practice
The first day of practice for the 250cc class got underway
today and Yuki Takahashi was able to find a good setting
and get more feedback for tomorrow’s crucial day of
qualifying
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28th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Jerez GP Practice
After
an excellent debut in the first race of the year, the target
today for JiR Team Scot was to improve performance of the
Honda RC212V in such a way as to target the podium on Sunday
afternoon
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25th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Jerez GP Preview
After the start of the championship at Qatar in the desert
night, the MotoGP circus comes back to Europe to start round
two of the championship in Spain at the wonderful circuit
of Jerez de la Frontera
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9th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Qatar GP250 Race
At the first race of the season Yuki Takahashi took 5th
position at the flag and always attacked demonstrating that
he can be battling with the best of the 250cc riders
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9th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Qatar Race
Andrea Dovizioso attacked the Losail circuit tonight and
took fourth place in an amazing race, in which he was always
attacking.
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8th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Qatar GP250 Qualifying
Tonight confirmed the excellent performance of Yuki Takahashi
after two days of practice at the Losail race circuit.
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8th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Qatar Qualifying
Tonight’s very important qualifying session for the
first MotoGP race of the season produced a lot of expectation
and also came with some big surprises.
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7th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Qatar GP250 Practice
A solid performance for Yuki Takahashi in today in the night
practice in Qatar shows the great step forward that was
begun by JiR Team Scot during the winter tests.
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7th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Qatar Practice
Today’s first day of practice which kicks-off of this
weekend’s 2008 MotoGP championship felt like the first
day of school as it was the first real occasion for the
teams to show the fans the results of all the hard work
done during the winter tests.
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4th Mar - JiR Team Scot - Qatar Preview
The 2008 Grand Prix season starts this weekend on the 9th
March with the Grand Prix of Qatar in which JiR Team Scot
is involved in two classes: the premier MotoGP class and
250cc GP.
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3rd Mar - JiR Team Scot - Testing Qatar
The third and last test day in Qatar for the 125 and 250
classes has been used by Yuki Takahashi and the JiR Team
Scot squad to verify all the results from the previous days’
work
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2nd Mar - JiR Team Scot - Night Testing Qatar
The second day has begun for the JiR Team Scot squad as
they research tyre solutions and suspension settings ahead
of the first round of the 250cc GP championship here in
a week’s time.
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1st Mar - JiR Team Scot - Night Testing Qatar
Despite effectively only having tested at Jerez recently
thanks to his lay-off due to injury, Yuki Takahashi signed
in at the first day of the night tests in Qatar with an
excellent 4th best time.
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February 2008
29th Feb - JiR Team Scot - Night Testing
Qatar
The second evening of night testing at the Doha circuit
saw the temperature range for the test sit below the 15
centigrade level by the time testing got underway for the
final evening of the Doha test
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28th Feb - JiR Team Scot - Night Testing
Qatar
The desert night was broken by the light of the floodlights
that will make the night day at the Losail circuit in time
for the first race of the 2008 season
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21st Feb - JiR Team Scot - Testing Jerez
The third and last day of testing for the IRTA 250cc tests
at the Jerez track closed positively for the JiR Team Scot
squad with strong signal that rider Yuki Takahashi is moving
forward and showing increased potential
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20th Feb - JiR Team Scot - Testing Jerez
Testing continued on day two of the JiR Team Scot squad’s
three-day test with their rider Yuki Takahashi.
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19th Feb - JiR Team Scot - Testing Jerez
Once more the poor weather played a part in proceedings
as the 250cc machines made their debut on the 2.748-mile
Jerez circuit today
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18th Feb - JiR Team Scot - Testing Jerez
Rain once again disturbed today’s final day of testing
at the official IRTA tests at the Jerez circuit in southern
Spain.
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17th Feb - JiR Team Scot - Testing Jerez
Rain in the morning led to the afternoon’s qualifying
session to be conducted in difficult conditions, with the
Tarmac getting drier as the 40-minutes session went on
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16th Feb - JiR Team Scot - Testing Jerez
Today
marked the dramatic debut of the new 2008 silver livery
on the JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V. Andrea Dovizioso took
his 2008 800cc MotoGP machine out for the first time today
in its new livery at the 2.748-mile Jerez circuit.
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1st Feb - JiR Team Scot - Testing Phillip
Island
Andrea
Dovizioso and his JiR Team Scot squad completed their three-day
test at Australia’s Phillip Island circuit satisfied
with their hard work and looking forward to their next test
session
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