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Post by truenorth on Sept 10, 2023 2:21:30 GMT -8
Moto3 Race 1 25 80 David ALONSO COL Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 34'04.490 148.8 2 20 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Leopard Racing HONDA 34'04.526 148.8 0.036 3 16 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 34'04.727 148.8 0.237 4 13 44 David MUÑOZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 34'05.254 148.7 0.764 5 11 95 Collin VEIJER NED Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 34'09.290 148.4 4.800 6 10 27 Kaito TOBA JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 34'12.272 148.2 7.782 7 9 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 34'12.352 148.2 7.862 8 8 48 Ivan ORTOLÁ SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 34'12.562 148.2 8.072 9 7 99 José Antonio RUEDA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 34'12.657 148.2 8.167 10 6 55 Romano FENATI ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 34'12.843 148.2 8.353 11 5 72 Taiyo FURUSATO JPN Honda Team Asia HONDA 34'12.892 148.2 8.402 12 4 10 Diogo MOREIRA BRA MT Helmets - MSI KTM 34'13.565 148.1 9.075 13 3 82 Stefano NEPA ITA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 34'13.597 148.1 9.107 14 2 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 34'15.336 148.0 10.846 15 1 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN Leopard Racing HONDA 34'15.842 148.0 11.352 16 96 Daniel HOLGADO SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 34'15.931 147.9 11.441 17 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 34'21.722 147.5 17.232 18 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 34'21.846 147.5 17.356 19 66 Joel KELSO AUS CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 34'22.074 147.5 17.584 20 18 Matteo BERTELLE ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 34'22.106 147.5 17.616 21 7 Filippo FARIOLI ITA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 34'24.969 147.5 20.479 22 70 Joshua WHATLEY GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 34'30.324 146.9 25.834 23 19 Scott OGDEN GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 34'30.456 146.9 25.966 24 20 Lorenzo FELLON FRA CIP Green Power KTM 34'31.587 146.8 27.097 25 63 Syarifuddin AZMAN MAL MT Helmets - MSI KTM 34'41.622 146.1 37.132 26 64 Mario AJI INA Honda Team Asia HONDA 34'42.079 146.1 37.589 27 22 Ana CARRASCO SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 34'52.730 145.3 48.240 Not classified 38 David SALVADOR SPA CIP Green Power KTM 1'48.521 140.1 19 laps
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Post by truenorth on Sept 10, 2023 3:47:13 GMT -8
Moto2 Race 1 25 37 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 35'30.145 157.1 2 20 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA Fantic Racing KALEX 35'36.450 156.6 6.305 3 16 21 Alonso LOPEZ SPA +Ego SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 35'40.134 156.3 9.989 4 13 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 35'41.489 156.2 11.344 5 11 79 Ai OGURA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 35'42.587 156.2 12.442 6 10 35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 35'43.305 156.1 13.160 7 9 18 Manuel GONZALEZ SPA Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 M KALEX 35'44.052 156.1 13.907 8 8 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 35'50.495 155.6 20.350 9 7 12 Filip SALAC CZE QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 35'50.668 155.6 20.523 10 6 34 Mattia PASINI ITA Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 35'51.904 155.5 21.759 11 5 11 Sergio GARCIA SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 35'52.134 155.5 21.989 12 4 96 Jake DIXON GBR Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 35'53.045 155.4 22.900 13 3 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 35'53.892 155.3 23.747 14 2 24 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA OnlyFans American Racing KALEX 36'00.432 154.9 30.287 15 1 7 Barry BALTUS BEL Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 36'02.692 154.7 32.547 16 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 36'08.818 154.3 38.673 17 67 Alberto SURRA ITA Forward Team FORWARD 36'16.174 153.8 46.029 18 72 Borja GOMEZ SPA Fantic Racing KALEX 36'21.491 153.4 51.346 19 23 Taiga HADA JPN Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 36'22.861 153.3 52.716 20 4 Sean Dylan KELLY USA Forward Team FORWARD 36'25.353 153.1 55.208 21 5 Kohta NOZANE JPN Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 M KALEX 36'25.475 153.1 55.330 Not classified 3 Lukas TULOVIC GER Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 34'29.403 154.3 1 lap 28 Izan GUEVARA SPA Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 34'29.696 154.3 1 lap 22 Sam LOWES GBR Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 24'21.901 156.1 7 laps 54 Fermín ALDEGUER SPA +Ego SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 22'54.488 154.9 8 laps 33 Rory SKINNER GBR OnlyFans American Racing KALEX 14'55.508 152.8 13 laps 40 Aron CANET SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 11'22.323 156.0 15 laps 71 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 5'05.949 149.1 19 laps 84 Zonta VD GOORBERGH NED Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 5'06.110 149.0 19 laps 8 Senna AGIUS AUS Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 3'25.925 147.7 20 laps
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Post by truenorth on Sept 10, 2023 5:08:01 GMT -8
MotoGP Race 1 25 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 41'33.421 164.7 2 20 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 41'34.771 164.6 1.350 3 16 1 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 41'37.233 164.4 3.812 4 13 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 41'37.902 164.4 4.481 5 11 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 41'43.931 164.0 10.510 6 10 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team APRILIA 41'45.695 163.9 12.274 7 9 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 41'46.997 163.8 13.576 8 8 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team APRILIA 41'47.512 163.8 14.091 9 7 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 41'48.403 163.7 14.982 10 6 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 41'48.905 163.7 15.484 11 5 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 41'49.123 163.7 15.702 12 4 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 41'49.299 163.6 15.878 13 3 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 41'49.319 163.6 15.898 14 2 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 41'57.199 163.1 23.778 15 1 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 41'58.000 163.1 24.579 16 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 42'04.651 162.7 31.230 17 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 42'05.958 162.6 32.537 18 6 Stefan BRADL GER HRC Team HONDA 42'08.751 162.4 35.330 19 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 42'17.022 161.9 43.601 Not classified 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 23'25.125 162.4 12 laps 36 Joan MIR SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 15'44.183 161.1 17 laps 43 Jack MILLER AUS Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 14'06.095 161.8 18 laps 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Aruba.it Racing DUCATI 14'06.434 161.7 18 laps
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Post by truenorth on Sept 10, 2023 8:09:27 GMT -8
Three in four: Alonso outsmarts Masia and Öncü, Holgado 16th The Colombian beats the Spaniard and Turk in a final lap barnstormer in Misano as the World Champion fight gets blown wide open David Alonso (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team), take a bow. The young Colombian takes his third victory in four races after beating Jaume Masia (Leopard Racing) and Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in a phenomenal Moto3™ battle at the Gran Premio Red Bull di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini. The top three crossed the line 0.2s apart as World Championship leader Daniel Holgado (Red Bull KTM Tech3) struggles to P16, blowing the title race wide open. Colombia vs Spain vs Turkey – another brilliant Moto3™ victory fight It was Ayumu Sasaki (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) from the middle of the front row who got the best launch as the Japanese star grabbed the holeshot into Turn 1, but Masia immediately responded to take the lead at Turn 4. Kaito Toba (SIC58 Squadra Corse) lost ground on the first lap, he was shoved down to P5 as Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets – MSI) and Alonso made forward progress. Masia held a 0.6s advantage on Lap 2 as Sasaki and Moreira squabbled for second place. The lead was up to a second heading onto Lap 3, with the chasing pack needing to settle down and work together to try and reel in the early runaway leader. However, settling down isn’t something Öncü can do. The Turk shoved his way past Moreira and set his sights on catching Masia. By Lap 6 of 20, Öncü and Moreira had bridged the gap. Sasaki, David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports), Alonso and Toba were a further 0.7s adrift, with World Championship leader Holgado battling outside the top 10. With 12 laps left, a lead group of seven had formed with Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) and Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) tagging onto the back of the battle in P8 and P9. Lap 11 of 20 saw the lead change for the first time as Masia went from P1 to P3 in the blink of an eye, with Öncü now at the front. With seven laps remaining, a top four of Öncü, Masia, Muñoz and Alonso had gapped Moreira, Sasaki, Toba, Veijer and Rueda. The front quartet were two seconds up the road, with Holgado still P11 and over a second off tenth place Ivan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Team). It was bubbling up nicely for a final lap spectacular in Misano. The top four was as you were for a few laps before Muñoz had a big front-end moment at Turn 2 – the Spaniard did well to keep it upright but lost P3 to Alonso. Heading onto the final lap, Öncü led from Masia and Alonso, with Muñoz 0.6s adrift in P4. Alonso slammed in the fastest lap of the race as we strapped in for a last-lap thriller. It stayed the same through the first half of the lap before Alonso grabbed P2 at Turn 10. Then on the run into Turn 14, Masia pocketed a two-for-one deal. It was a cracking move but Alonso returned the favour on the cutback and managed to hold onto the lead all the way to the flag. Alonso beat Masia by 0.036s to P1 with Öncü settling for P3 having led for most of the second half of the race. Your San Marino GP points scorers as Holgado misses out Muñoz bounced back from his Catalan GP disappointment with a solid P4, as Veijer takes home a top five after showing great late race pace. Japan’s Toba and Sasaki crossed the line in P6 and P7 respectively, with Ortola doing well to claim P8 after being shoved well wide in the early exchanges. Rueda and Romano Fenati (Rivacold Snipers Team) rounded out the top 10, as Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia), Moreira, Stefano Nepa (Angeluss MTA Team), Ryusei Yamanaka (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) and Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) rounded out the points. For Holgado, P16 is what the Spaniard has to swallow in Misano. The #96 remains the title leader, but his gap has been cut to just four points ahead of the inaugural Grand Prix of India. The top six – Holgado, Sasaki, Masia, Öncü, Alonso and Ortola – are split by just 29 points now. It’s game on in the Moto3™ title race. Deniz Oncu
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Post by truenorth on Sept 10, 2023 8:12:45 GMT -8
Acosta stamps his authority on Moto2™ with Misano masterclass The Spaniard took a statement win on his title rivals home turf as Vietti and Lopez rounded out the podium Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was back in business at Misano, putting in an inch-perfect performance to take victory The Spaniard controlled the race perfectly at the front as he edged away from home hero Celestino Vietti (Fantic Racing) pilling on the pressure mid race. The Italian brought home an important second place, with Alonso Lopez (+Ego SpeedUp) keeping Tony Arbolino (Elf MarcVDS Racing Team) at bay to round out the podium. Acosta came out the gates with fire in his belly as he took the holeshot from the polesitter Vietti. Manuel Gonzalez (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Mastercamp) tried to hold on from his front row start, but the Spaniard quickly fell victim to Lopez and Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40) who charged their way through on the first lap. The front three then began to break away as Lopez dropped off the back of the group, with a few bike lengths back to Gonzalez in fifth. Acosta was pushing on at the front and was asking big questions of Vietti, who was keeping the Spaniard in his sights. Still, the Championship leader's pace began to stretch out the field and it wasn't long before the Red Bull KTM Ajo machine was almost a second up the road With the pace getting hotter and hotter, Canet then cracked as a tiny mistake at Carro corner saw him crash out of a podium position with 14 laps to go, promoting Lopez to P3. That left Vietti in a lonely 2nd place and with some ground to cover to Acosta out the front. Vietti responded to the Spaniard's hot pace however as he began to reel in the Championship leader tenth by tenth. The Italian was throwing absolutely everything he had at it with the prospect of a home Grand Prix victory dangling before his eyes. Vietti's bike was making all sorts of shapes as the Italian had no choice but to push the limits to try and match Acosta's pace. Whilst the battle for victory had been decided the battle for third was raging on. Arbolino had been carving his way through the field from the moment the lights went out. The Italian desperately needed a good result to keep his Championship hopes alive and after charging from ninth on the grid to fourth, with five laps to go he had just under a second to Lopez in the final rostrum position... Arbolino had the bit between his teeth as he proceeded to hit his markers in a valiant attempt to reel in the Boscoscuro machine. Lopez had it covered however as the Spaniard's pace just made it too difficult for the Italian to bridge the gap. The SpeedUp rider took his first podium since Le Mans, with Arbolino forced to settle for P4. A late charge from Idemitsu Honda Team Asia's Ai Ogura and Somkiat Chantra saw them pip Gonzalez as the Spaniard dropped to P7, with Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team), Filip Salač (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2™) and wildcard home hero Mattia Pasini (Fieten Olie Racing GP) completing the top ten.
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Post by truenorth on Sept 10, 2023 8:16:45 GMT -8
Pitch perfect Martin doubles up in Misano to cut title chase deficit Pole, Sprint and a Sunday race win came the way of the Spaniard as wounded Bezzecchi and Bagnaia complete the San Marino podiumPole position, Tissot Sprint win and a Sunday race victory. Jorge Martin’s (Prima Pramac Racing) weekend at the Gran Premio Red Bull di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini couldn’t have gone any better as the Spaniard made no mistake to take maximum points on his title rival’s stomping ground. The winning margin over second place Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) was 1.3s over the line as World Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) fights through the pain to claim an important third. Martin untouchable again as Pecco fends off Pedrosa Just like he did in the Tissot Sprint, Martin got a perfect launch and pocketed the holeshot as Bezzecchi and Bagnaia slotted in behind. Dani Pedrosa (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) got away well again and was up to P4, as the MotoGP™ Legend held on after a moment between Turn 1 and 2. Bagnaia then picked his way past Bezzecchi at Turn 3 as the #1 immediately began to hound Martin. Unlike yesterday, Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) made good progress off the start and at the beginning of Lap 2, the South African was up to P4 and began to chase Martin, Bagnaia and Bezzecchi. A fascinating early race fight was unfolding at the front. Martin, Bagnaia and Bezzecchi were locked together, with Binder 0.7s adrift heading onto Lap 5. On Lap 6, Bezzecchi passed Pecco for P6 down at Turn 8 but just like he did a lap previous, the Italian was wide at Turn 10 to allow the Champion back through. That gave Martin a little bit of breathing room – if you can call 0.3s that – as Binder went quicker than the trio in front of him. Disaster then struck for Binder at Turn 14 on Lap 8. The KTM star was down at the tight right-hand hairpin as his podium hopes ended, handing Pedrosa the lead KTM baton. The #26 was 1.5s off the leaders, as KTM’s afternoon then got worse as Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) crashed out of contention after being involved in an incident with Michele Pirro (Aruba.it Racing). Elsewhere, on Lap 12 of 27, it was time to cue the jaws music. Who for? Pedrosa. The wildcard was beginning to close at a vast rate of knots and with 15 laps left, Pedrosa was just 0.6s off Bezzecchi’s rear wheel. Unbelievable. Pedrosa was the only rider lapping in the 1:31s at this stage of the race. Pedrosa’s pace dropped off soon after but the gap remained at just over a second. At the front, with 10 laps to go, Martin’s lead grew to over a second for the first time as the #89 began to get the hammer down. Were the injuries to Bagnaia and Bezzecchi starting to take their toll or was Martin’s pace just too good? Bezzecchi was looking impatient behind VR46 compatriot Bagnaia, and a move came at Turn 8. By now though, Martin’s advantage was 2.2s. Bagnaia was fading. Pedrosa was coming. 0.7s split the double World Champion from the three-time World Champion, with Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) and the classy Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) a further four seconds back. A huge six laps beckoned, could Bagnaia hold on to what would be a very valuable and hard-earned 16 points? With four laps to go, Bagnaia was holding Pedrosa at bay by 0.6s. Bezzecchi was now under two seconds away from Martin but it was too little too late, with the latter controlling his advantage nicely as he powered towards completing the perfect weekend. With two to go, Pedrosa was right on Bagnaia’s coattails. Catching the Ducati rider was one thing but as he found out in the Sprint, passing was a whole different kettle of fish. In the end, Bagnaia did hold on to a crucial P3 as Martin made no mistake to cap off a sensational weekend. Bezzecchi bagged P2 despite his injured hand to gain ground in the title chase. The points scorers in Misano Pedrosa took the chequered flag just 0.6s away from the podium as the Little Samurai again demonstrates why he’s a three-time World Champion and a MotoGP™ Legend. Unreal from the popular Spaniard, who finished six seconds up the road from fifth place Viñales. Miguel Oliveira (CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP™ Team) was sixth ahead of Marc Marquez, who somehow bags a brilliant P7 after racing with a soft rear tyre. Raul Fernandez (CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP™ Team) takes home his best MotoGP™ finish in P8, as the Ducati’s of Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) and Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) complete the top 10. Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), Catalan GP winner Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™), a recovering Binder and Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) closed out the points in San Marino. Pol Espargaro (GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3) and Joan Mir (Repsol Honda Team) joined Miller and Pirro as the riders to notch up DNFs. 36 points in it heading to India A brand-new challenge awaits us next time out as India hosts MotoGP™ for the very first time. Martin’s perfect weekend sees the gap between him and Championship leader Pecco sit at 36 points as the flyaway tour of the season begins.
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Post by truenorth on Sept 10, 2023 8:28:51 GMT -8
"Absolutely phenomenal weekend" – Pedrosa to return for more? The MotoGP™ Legend came agonisingly close to a podium again on Sunday as he and KTM enjoy a fruitful weekend at Misano
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Post by truenorth on Sept 10, 2023 14:51:05 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Sept 11, 2023 6:14:45 GMT -8
Little Samurai Dani A part time tester, long retired, and not race fit. He was also racing with a new and unproven chassis while he is testing new parts for next year, He was matching pace with the 3 Title contending Ducati riders. Incredible
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Post by truenorth on Sept 11, 2023 6:16:09 GMT -8
Mat Oxley Marc Marquez heading out on Honda's latest prototype RC213V. Features a mass damper, new frame & I'd hope pretty much new everything. All last week's hoo-ha about him leaving Honda has died down. But whichever sites ran the story got a hell of a lot of clicks, so job done!
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Post by truenorth on Sept 11, 2023 6:28:40 GMT -8
Niki Kovács Marc Márquez apparently has still not decided on his future yet, though 1,5 weeks ago he said on Dazn that he knew where he would ride in 2024. 'Around India, Sepang I will decide' - he said to Paolo Ianieri. 'But you said to Izaskun that you already decided...' - I asked. 'Yes, but I don't inform. Because maybe it's not clear. Stimes you can change. I decide. I have 2 plans, now I need to choose one, but the decision is there.' 6 min later to Alex Lopez-Rey: 'I have plan, ideas A, B and C. There are 3. It's clear what has to happen to each of them. BTW the first impression is that the new bike has more or less the same problems, e.g. no rear grip. 'Still we are far. If this is the bike or base, we need to change many things... And Valencia test is only 2 months away.'
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