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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Pedrosa Absent in Catalunya?

Le Mans - Dani Pedrosa threatened to return aside from the circuit. Accident at Le Mans on Sunday (15/05/2011), making it potentially even absent in his hometown series, MotoGP Catalunya, Spain, three weeks.

Pedrosa recovering from left shoulder injury, now have to back injury. This time, his right shoulder was injured after the motorcycle bounced back after nudging ben Marco Simoncelli when both are fighting for second place at Le Mans.

As quoted in The Independent, Tuesday (05/17/2011), this injury suddenly make the existence of Pedrosa in MotoGP this season, threatened a mess. Spaniard is reportedly going to miss the fifth MotoGP series in front of the public in Barcelona, 5 June.

More than that, the Spaniard even rumored going to back up the table surgery to heal a broken bone in his shoulder. If this happens, then, Pedrosa was endangered absent in more than one series.

"Within the next few days, we will decide whether he should undergo surgery to restore bone fracture in his shoulder or let the bone heal itself without intervention (surgery)," said one staff Repsol Honda team.

As a result of this accident, Pedrosa also must be willing to position in the standings, slipped. Drivers who won the series in Estoril, Portugal this position must be willing to go down to number three with 61 points, or five points behind team-mate Casey Stoner and 17 points adrift of league leaders while Jorge Lorenzo.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

BMW 5 Series Touring (F11) enhanced by Hamann tuners

The German specialists from Hamann decided to release details on their new tuning package specially developed for the Touring version of the current 5 Series generation. If few months ago, the sedan version received a styling package from the Germans, this time, the Touring version, codenamed F11, gets few aesthetic tweaks.

 sedan version received a styling package from the Germans, this time, the Touring version, codenamed F11, gets few aesthetic tweaks.
BMW 5 Series Touring (F11) by Hamann
As expected, Hamann offers just a styling package without improving the engine range, exactly the same story as the tuning kit developed for the sedan variant.
BMW 5 Series Touring (F11) by Hamann

All the major modifications can be seen at the exterior, where the German family model receives a body kit including side skirts, a rear air diffuser integrating the quad-pipe exhaust system, a rear spoiler and a set of 21-inch matte black “Anodized” Edition Race Design fitted with 255/30 ZR21 (front) and 295/25 ZR21 (back) tires.