A bit of fun

Karting with a TVE journalist in Japan 2007.

How to celebrate a 125cc champion

With Julian Simon becoming the new 125cc champion in Australia, there had to be an appropriate party of course. Including cake - of the in-your-face variety - and awkward dancing.
The whole Aspar Team is present. Let's see if you can spot Alvaro clapping for the champion and munching cake in the corner. ;)

Dale Gas - Estoril

The newest comic animation episode with Alvaro is out! :D

It features much of what happened before the long season break and even includes Alvaro's Fanclub! Can't wait for Estoril.

Bancaja Aspar bikes in 3D

Found this awesome 3D animation of the 125cc Bancaja Aspar bikes on Vimeo today. It's very short, but really cool to look at.
Make sure you have HD switched on for the full experience.

Alvaro and Suzuki / Alvaro and Ducati

With silly season in full swing and Jorge Martinez confirming his collaboration with Ducati from next season on, the big question on where Alvaro will go next year has kept journalists and fans busy over the summer break. Right after the British GP it seemed almost certain that Alvaro would join Aspar in his ambitious MotoGP next season, but recent reports make it look increasingly likely that Alvaro will instead sign with Suzuki. Rumour has it that he already had a pre-contract with them since last year and all that's missing now is his signature. Aspar will have one last chance to convince him otherwise when meeting with his management in Brno tomorrow, but Spanish and Italian media already assume that Alvaro will be in blue next year.

Here's a short piece from TVE about it, including a short statement from Alvaro after the British GP two weeks ago.

Presenting La Bañeza

Álvaro was out and about this weekend, specifically at the legendary La Bañeza race, acting as some kind of presenter. Before the races there was a "Honour lap of champions" with Bati going round in a car and waving like the Queen, captured by many of the spectators via camera.



Another fun little fanvid from the weekend is this bit when Bati makes his way to the car.



Notice the guy in the background who answers the "Vamos Álvaro" with a little "y muerte Simoncelli". *lolz*

There are a couple more videos from this weekend available on YouTube already and they are surely gonna get some company in the next few days. So check for yourself, search for "La Bañeza" and see some of the historic bike action going on there.

Donington Live - Melbourne Loop

A bunch of BatiFans met up at Donington last weekend and naturally I made as many videos as possible. Some of that stuff will only be available for members of batifans.com and AREA19, so if you're not a member yet - why not? ;)

Anyhow, here's one of the few live videos you can see on this VLog, it's a short clip of Alvaro and several other 250cc riders going round the Melbourne Loop. Enjoy.