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Post by truenorth on Apr 26, 2023 7:40:19 GMT -8
Iker Lecuona: get to know Marquez' Spanish GP replacement A two-time GP podium finisher and a Honda WorldSBK star – the young Spaniard boasts plenty of experience ahead of Jerez stand-in ride After moving across to WorldSBK at the end of the 2021 season, Iker Lecuona is back in MotoGP™ this weekend as he gets set to replace the injured Marc Marquez in the Repsol Honda Team ranks at the Gran Premio MotoGP™ Guru by Gryfyn de España. But for those who might be new to the sport, you might be wondering: who is Iker Lecuona? Well, here’s a little more information about the two-time Grand Prix podium finisher and former MotoGP™ rider. Born in 2000, Lecuona raced in the FIM CEV Repsol International Championship in Moto2™ - now the Finetwork FIM JuniorGP™ - in 2015 and 2016, with a slew of impressive top five results. His debut in the Moto2™ World Championship came in 2016, a year in which he raced six times, before three full-time seasons came in 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the intermediate class. A debut podium was achieved at the 2018 Valencia Grand Prix, and another was earned at the 2019 Thai GP – a rostrum he shared with Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing). Then, a move to Tech3 in MotoGP™ came in 2020. Three top 10s were scored in his impressive debut MotoGP™ campaign, while in 2021, three more top 10 results came his way on a tricky-to-ride KTM RC16. 2022 saw Lecuona move across to WorldSBK as part of Team HRC’s factory line-up. His debut season on a Superbike saw the exciting Spaniard earn one podium and one pole position, and so far in 2023 he sits P13 in the overall standings on 33 points after three rounds in Australia, Indonesia and the Netherlands.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 26, 2023 7:42:43 GMT -8
Peter Bom: Jerez is a small track where the layout makes it necessary to use the curbs a lot. This track map shows you where the MotoGP riders generally do this. But thanks to the natural position of the curbs, it's not a 'track limits' track.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 26, 2023 16:20:33 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Apr 26, 2023 16:22:30 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2023 6:00:03 GMT -8
DaniPedrosa will compete in MotoGP again during the Spanish Grand Prix to be held this weekend. It will be his second 'wild card' since he has been with KTM and his first MotoGP race since the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2023 8:48:20 GMT -8
Marc Marquez: "I was too optimistic. Coming back at Le Mans is realistic but not 100% sure. The long lap penalty? For a rider, there's nothing worse than missing 3 GPs"
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Post by Pistola on Apr 27, 2023 10:48:26 GMT -8
Meh.............maybe he should spend a day or two at Valle's ranch to see if he still has it. Slightly seriously but that's basically like 12 races he's missed since the start of last year.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 3:06:00 GMT -8
He must be wondering if it's over despite his saying he wants to get going.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 3:07:20 GMT -8
Moto3 P1 1 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'46.173 12 16 213.8 2 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Leopard Racing HONDA 1'46.581 14 14 0.408 0.408 210.5 3 96 Daniel HOLGADO SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'46.702 14 16 0.529 0.121 213.4 4 99 José Antonio RUEDA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'46.919 12 14 0.746 0.217 214.7 5 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'46.964 10 15 0.791 0.045 216.8 6 48 Ivan ORTOLÁ SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'46.979 14 16 0.806 0.015 213.8 7 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'46.984 12 16 0.811 0.005 218.1 8 7 Filippo FARIOLI ITA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'47.069 14 14 0.896 0.085 214.2 9 10 Diogo MOREIRA BRA MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'47.075 9 14 0.902 0.006 214.7 10 80 David ALONSO COL Gaviota GASGAS Aspar M3 GASGAS 1'47.102 12 15 0.929 0.027 215.1 11 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA CIP Green Power KTM 1'47.116 12 15 0.943 0.014 216.4 12 27 Kaito TOBA JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'47.179 14 16 1.006 0.063 213.4 13 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN Gaviota GASGAS Aspar M3 GASGAS 1'47.211 13 15 1.038 0.032 214.7 14 19 Scott OGDEN GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 1'47.265 14 14 1.092 0.054 211.7 15 55 Romano FENATI ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'47.352 12 14 1.179 0.087 208.8 16 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'47.494 15 15 1.321 0.142 213.8 17 18 Matteo BERTELLE ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'47.743 16 16 1.570 0.249 213.0 18 95 Collin VEIJER NED Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'47.899 13 16 1.726 0.156 213.8 19 66 Joel KELSO AUS CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'47.936 7 8 1.763 0.037 215.5 20 63 Syarifuddin AZMAN MAL MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'48.074 14 14 1.901 0.138 215.1 21 38 David SALVADOR SPA CIP Green Power KTM 1'48.094 13 14 1.921 0.020 212.5 22 44 David MUÑOZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'48.119 14 15 1.946 0.025 216.4 23 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN Leopard Racing HONDA 1'48.148 9 9 1.975 0.029 213.0 24 82 Stefano NEPA ITA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'48.409 10 12 2.236 0.261 213.0 25 72 Taiyo FURUSATO JPN Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'48.516 10 14 2.343 0.107 211.3 26 64 Mario AJI INA Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'48.668 7 14 2.495 0.152 209.3 27 92 David ALMANSA SPA Finetwork Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'48.857 14 15 2.684 0.189 210.1 28 22 Ana CARRASCO SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'49.417 15 15 3.244 0.560 214.7 29 70 Joshua WHATLEY GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 1'49.819 14 14 3.646 0.402 209.3
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 3:08:22 GMT -8
Moto2 P1 1 22 Sam LOWES GBR Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1'41.170 16 17 251.1 2 35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1'41.400 18 23 0.230 0.230 252.9 3 21 Alonso LOPEZ SPA CAG SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 1'41.489 17 20 0.319 0.089 249.4 4 37 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1'41.497 12 17 0.327 0.008 251.1 5 96 Jake DIXON GBR Autosolar GASGAS Aspar M2 KALEX 1'41.634 13 17 0.464 0.137 250.5 6 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1'41.907 14 15 0.737 0.273 251.1 7 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA Fantic Racing KALEX 1'41.963 13 19 0.793 0.056 249.4 8 40 Aron CANET SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 1'42.018 4 13 0.848 0.055 250.0 9 7 Barry BALTUS BEL Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 1'42.091 15 19 0.921 0.073 249.4 10 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1'42.100 11 18 0.930 0.009 249.4 11 12 Filip SALAC CZE QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 1'42.113 17 19 0.943 0.013 250.0 12 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1'42.140 10 19 0.970 0.027 248.8 13 79 Ai OGURA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1'42.160 12 18 0.990 0.020 250.0 14 54 Fermín ALDEGUER SPA CAG SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 1'42.165 10 18 0.995 0.005 248.2 15 18 Manuel GONZALEZ SPA Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 M KALEX 1'42.430 8 8 1.260 0.265 251.7 16 11 Sergio GARCIA SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 1'42.454 17 18 1.284 0.024 251.1 17 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 1'42.487 14 19 1.317 0.033 248.8 18 71 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1'42.555 12 17 1.385 0.068 250.0 19 84 Zonta VD GOORBERGH NED Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 1'42.619 8 17 1.449 0.064 250.5 20 3 Lukas TULOVIC GER Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 1'42.865 15 17 1.695 0.246 248.8 21 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1'42.937 12 19 1.767 0.072 247.7 22 24 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA Forward Team FORWARD 1'43.024 16 17 1.854 0.087 248.8 23 28 Izan GUEVARA SPA Autosolar GASGAS Aspar M2 KALEX 1'43.186 17 18 2.016 0.162 250.5 24 33 Rory SKINNER GBR American Racing KALEX 1'43.267 16 18 2.097 0.081 246.5 25 72 Borja GOMEZ SPA Fantic Racing KALEX 1'43.302 13 18 2.132 0.035 248.2 26 4 Sean Dylan KELLY USA American Racing KALEX 1'43.321 18 20 2.151 0.019 248.2 27 19 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1'43.367 12 14 2.197 0.046 247.7 28 17 Alex ESCRIG SPA Forward Team FORWARD 1'43.532 14 16 2.362 0.165 248.2 29 8 Senna AGIUS AUS Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 1'43.588 16 17 2.418 0.056 249.4 30 2 Soichiro MINAMIMOTO JPN Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 M KALEX 1'45.371 19 19 4.201 1.783 247.7
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 3:09:42 GMT -8
MotoGP P1 1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'36.770 20 20 298.3 2 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'36.804 19 20 0.034 0.034 294.2 3 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 1'37.044 17 19 0.274 0.240 291.1 4 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'37.053 18 19 0.283 0.009 291.8 5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'37.090 15 18 0.320 0.037 291.8 6 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'37.097 20 20 0.327 0.007 295.0 7 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'37.138 18 19 0.368 0.041 293.4 8 43 Jack MILLER AUS Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'37.262 18 19 0.492 0.124 297.5 9 1 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'37.388 17 17 0.618 0.126 292.6 10 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'37.389 17 19 0.619 0.001 295.0 11 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'37.432 16 20 0.662 0.043 294.2 12 42 Alex RINS SPA LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA 1'37.487 18 19 0.717 0.055 289.5 13 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team APRILIA 1'37.633 17 17 0.863 0.146 295.8 14 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'37.682 19 19 0.912 0.049 291.1 15 36 Joan MIR SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'37.850 17 18 1.080 0.168 290.3 16 6 Stefan BRADL GER HRC Team HONDA 1'37.902 17 17 1.132 0.052 291.8 17 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team APRILIA 1'38.055 13 19 1.285 0.153 291.1 18 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'38.073 6 21 1.303 0.018 289.5 19 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'38.104 16 19 1.334 0.031 288.7 20 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'38.106 14 16 1.336 0.002 289.5 21 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 1'38.278 17 19 1.508 0.172 288.0 22 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'38.931 13 13 2.161 0.653 293.4 23 94 Jonas FOLGER GER GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 1'39.545 17 18 2.775 0.614 289.5 24 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'40.509 13 16 3.739 0.964 288.7
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 3:16:21 GMT -8
Senna Agius scores call up to stand in for injured Darryn Binder and will contest the Moto2 World Championship race this weekend at Jerez
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 3:21:25 GMT -8
Bagnaia: “I’ve spoke with the team. I need to better understand the conditions I’m in and keep some margin. The tire pressure rule? It wouldn’t be good for either safety or the show.”
Medical Info Update : Moto3 rider #66 joelkelso66 has been declared FIT after his review
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 4:17:29 GMT -8
Moto3 P2 1 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Leopard Racing HONDA 1'46.905 15 16 211.3 2 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'46.917 7 8 0.012 0.012 210.5 3 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA CIP Green Power KTM 1'47.000 12 13 0.095 0.083 209.3 4 27 Kaito TOBA JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'47.078 6 8 0.173 0.078 212.1 5 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN Leopard Racing HONDA 1'47.120 8 9 0.215 0.042 215.5 6 18 Matteo BERTELLE ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'47.201 13 15 0.296 0.081 210.9 7 96 Daniel HOLGADO SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'47.220 10 17 0.315 0.019 213.0 8 44 David MUÑOZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'47.236 12 14 0.331 0.016 216.4 9 82 Stefano NEPA ITA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'47.240 11 11 0.335 0.004 210.9 10 48 Ivan ORTOLÁ SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'47.317 14 14 0.412 0.077 210.1 11 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'47.423 13 15 0.518 0.106 210.5 12 10 Diogo MOREIRA BRA MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'47.435 12 14 0.530 0.012 215.5 13 55 Romano FENATI ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'47.506 12 14 0.601 0.071 210.5 14 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'47.675 3 14 0.770 0.169 209.7 15 19 Scott OGDEN GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 1'47.872 15 16 0.967 0.197 208.0 16 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'48.056 15 15 1.151 0.184 211.7 17 80 David ALONSO COL Gaviota GASGAS Aspar M3 GASGAS 1'48.081 7 7 1.176 0.025 210.1 18 63 Syarifuddin AZMAN MAL MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'48.142 13 14 1.237 0.061 213.0 19 7 Filippo FARIOLI ITA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'48.200 11 13 1.295 0.058 211.3 20 99 José Antonio RUEDA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'48.285 14 14 1.380 0.085 211.7 21 92 David ALMANSA SPA Finetwork Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'48.367 15 17 1.462 0.082 205.7 22 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN Gaviota GASGAS Aspar M3 GASGAS 1'48.441 15 16 1.536 0.074 211.7 23 38 David SALVADOR SPA CIP Green Power KTM 1'48.838 14 15 1.933 0.397 209.3 24 66 Joel KELSO AUS CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'48.842 6 9 1.937 0.004 210.9 25 64 Mario AJI INA Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'48.966 2 16 2.061 0.124 208.0 26 72 Taiyo FURUSATO JPN Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'48.992 18 18 2.087 0.026 210.1 27 22 Ana CARRASCO SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'49.045 15 16 2.140 0.053 210.9 28 70 Joshua WHATLEY GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 1'49.059 14 16 2.154 0.014 210.9 29 95 Collin VEIJER NED Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'50.044 9 10 3.139 0.985 207.6
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 4:37:51 GMT -8
HRC attention to detail in Bradl's rear end Also, note the extra rear wing
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 4:44:20 GMT -8
Niki Kovács: Bike porn is back. And we didn't have to wait till the Monday test to see new things. Doing a wild card means that you can homologate your own fairing. On Dani Pedrosa's bike the air intake is different, and btw 3D printed.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 4:45:59 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Honda's RCV213 has a (very beautiful) revised seat hump here - may just be the carbon-fibre but who knows what goes on inside? For a while it's been big enough to make you think there must be some kind of mass damper stuff going on in there.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 4:55:14 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Morbidelli will be evaluating a twin pipe Akrapovic on one of his M1s
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 4:55:47 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Apr 28, 2023 4:57:26 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Pedrosa trying a new fairing lower, with this new feature at the front of the belly and no diffusers
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