Bruno Senna collecting points to stay ahead

Bruno Senna is determined to secure enough World Championship points in order for Renault to stay ahead of Force India in the constructors' standings.

Renault currently sit in fifth place, 22 points in front of Vijay Mallya's team.

However, since Senna became part of the Renault outfit before the Belgian Grand Prix, the squad have netted just four points, during a period that saw Force India bag 22.

"My prerogative is adding more points to my name, " said Senna. "If we can still add to the car a little bit here and there, that will help."We need to stay ahead of the teams behind us, in particular Force India. If we can close the gap to Mercedes GP in fourth, that would be a real boost for the team but primarily we must hold on to fifth position."

The Renault machines were far off the pace in Singapore last weekend, but Senna believes that the team will be in the battle for points at the next event, the Japanese Grand Prix.

"I'm convinced that will be the case," he said. "The low-speed nature of Singapore made it the worst circuit for us in terms of performance.

"That hurt us a little bit, but with the updates that we have planned for Suzuka we should be strong there, and get both cars in the points again - that's where we belong." - http://www.setanta.com

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sportsfest: Japan Grand Prix Pedrosa's vistory

sportsfest: Japan Grand Prix Pedrosa's vistory: Spanish rider takes win at Honda’s home race. Dani Pedrosa gave his Repsol Honda team its first ever win at the Grand Prix of Japan and t...

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sportsfest: Japan Grand Prix Pedrosa's vistory

sportsfest: Japan Grand Prix Pedrosa's vistory: Spanish rider takes win at Honda’s home race. Dani Pedrosa gave his Repsol Honda team its first ever win at the Grand Prix of Japan and t...

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Japan Grand Prix Pedrosa's vistory

Spanish rider takes win at Honda’s home race.

Dani Pedrosa gave his Repsol Honda team its first ever win at the Grand Prix of Japan and the Japanese manufacturer their first home GP race win since 2004 with a perfect performance at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in round 15 of this year’s MotoGP championship. Pedrosa crossed the line ahead of fellow countryman Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) and his teammate and championship leader Casey Stoner.
The first lap saw the three factory Honda’s get a great start with Lorenzo and teammate Ben Spies in close pursuit but in the second corner disaster struck for Ducati Marlboro’s Valentino Rossi who crashed out after finding Lorenzo in his way when trying to turn into the corner giving the Italian nowhere to go then he found Spies on the outside who Rossi hit on his way into the gravel. Spies was able to remount and re-join the race while Rossi was forced to retire. - http://www.motorsport.com

"I'm really happy because at this track I've had a mix of good and bad results and some bad injuries, so come back one year later and win in MotoGP is fantastic." - Dani Pedrosa

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sportsfest: Asian Handicap MotoGP - Japan Grand Prix Race 12BE...: Stoner is racing with the Repsol Honda Racing Team in 2011, with team mates Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. In preseason testing in Malay...

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Asian Handicap MotoGP - Japan Grand Prix Race 12BET 10/2 2PM GMT+8

Stoner is racing with the Repsol Honda Racing Team in 2011, with team mates Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. In preseason testing in Malaysia, Stoner was quickest in all three sessions, closely followed by Pedrosa and reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo. Stoner won the season-opening race in Qatar from pole position, and had been quickest in each of the free practice sessions held before qualifying. Stoner won three out of the first five rounds of the season, with victories in Le Mans and Catalunya to add to his Qatar victory. Stoner added victories at Silverstone in damp conditions, and Laguna Seca, to hold a 20-point lead over Jorge Lorenzo with eight races to go in the season.Stoner proposed boycotting the Japanese Grand Prix out of fears for his health from radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant even though all the independent scientific experts including the World Health Organization and Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency stated that it is safe to live permanently 80 km (50 mi) or more from the plant, and despite the fact that he rides for a Japanese manufacturer.

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Good practice time record for Pedrosa and Stoner for Japan Grand Prix

Spain's Dani Pedrosa clocked the fastest free practice time on Friday, edging MotoGP championship leader Casey Stoner into second place ahead of the Grand Prix of Japan.
Pedrosa timed 1min 46.790sec, 0.054sec ahead of Australia's Stoner, with Andrea Dovizioso third quickest.
"It seems good. All the (Honda) bikes are in the top three," said Pedrosa, ranked fourth in the championship. "I have always been fast here."


Honda tests its bikes at Motegi and a confident Stoner was ready to defend defend his Japan race title, won last year on a Ducati.
With a 44-point lead over reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo of Yamaha, victory for Stoner could give him the chance to seal the championship at his home Grand Prix in Australia on October 16.


"The bike feels pretty good. Everything is working quite well for us," Stoner said.
"We won a lot of races this year. We are very happy with the way we performed and the bikes performed.
"So far it almost has been a dream season. We only have one more step to go to make it a dream season," he said.


Lorenzo, who was fifth quickest after Honda's Marco Simoncelli, said Honda riders had been consistently strong throughout the season.

 Marco Simoncelli

"We were quite far from Pedrosa and Casey. On this track, we are struggling to be closer," said Lorenzo, winner in Japan in 2009.


"It's not a big surprise because this year this happened in most of the races.


"But (even) with the problems we have, we are second in the championship. Yes, maybe I had to push a little bit more in most of the races to be closer to faster riders."

 Casey Stoner

Stoner said there were several bumps in the track, probably caused by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that hit northern Japan in March.
A number of riders have expressed unease about the ongoing nuclear crisis caused by the earthquake and tsunami.

Dani Pedrosa

Pedrosa said he was considering leaving all his clothes in Japan, while Stoner said he flew in Thursday night from Australia to minimise the length of his stay in Japan to reduce any risk of radiation exposure.
Lorenzo and Dovizioso also separately said it was a difficult decision for them to race in Japan. - ww.abc.net.au

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