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Post by truenorth on Nov 22, 2023 8:20:06 GMT -8
Aruba Ducati provide medical update on Bautista following MotoGP™ wildcard Tuesday, 21 November 2023 The Spaniard underwent medical examinations following the Malaysian Grand Prix after he revealed pain in his neck hindered his performance The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team have provided an update on Alvaro Bautista following his wildcard at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The Spaniard revealed on the Sunday in Malaysia that he was suffering with pain in his neck following a testing crash at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto which limited his performance at Sepang, with the team now providing a further update on him. They have said surgery is not currently planned following examinations in Madrid. Bautista finished 17th in the Grand Prix on Sunday as he battled the problem, before disclosing it following the conclusion of his first MotoGP™ appearance in five years. It came after a post-round test at Jerez in WorldSBK. He had a highside at Turn 13 on the opening day of the two-day test which briefly brought out the red flags, but he returned to the track to complete his duties before heading to Malaysia for the wildcard. After a tricky weekend where he finished well down the order in every session, Bautista first spoke of his injury and now the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati outfit have provided a further update on this. A release said: “In the week following the MotoGP™ Grand Prix in Malaysia, Alvaro Bautista underwent examinations by Dr. Angel Villamor in Madrid. After medical specialist consultation and cervical spine MRI review due to loss of strength, numbness, and tingling sensation in the left upper limb reported after the crash in Jerez test and MotoGP™ Grand Prix of Malaysia, the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team’s rider was diagnosed with C6-C7 hernia and C5-C6 disc protrusions. Further medical examinations and tests will be carried out in the next few days in order to assess possible damages due to the cervical nerves compression. For the time being, however, surgery is not planned.”
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Post by truenorth on Nov 22, 2023 8:21:35 GMT -8
2023 FALLS REPORT: who crashed the most in WorldSBK throughout 2023? Tuesday, 21 November 2023 After an incredible season, it’s time to look at the data to see which riders crashed the most, which circuits had the highest number of falls and which corners proved to be the most challenging… While the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship is on its off-season following 12 intense rounds of thrilling and non-stop action, it’s time to look back and analyse some of the data that came from the season. This time, we take a look at the 2023 Falls Report and see which rider crashed the most, which corner was the trickiest in terms of the number of falls and much more. OVERALL NUMBERS: fewer crashes in WorldSBK and WorldSSP300, more in WorldSSP In total, there were 523 crashes across WorldSBK, WorldSSP and WorldSSP300. These can be broken down by 172 in WorldSBK, 220 in WorldSSP and 131 in WorldSSP300. In World Superbike, the number was down from 217 last year, an average of 14 per event, while in WorldSSP it increased from 120 last year. In WorldSSP300, the number decreased from 143 in 2022 to 131 this season at an average of 16 per event in the eight rounds the Championship was at. THE RIDERS WITH THE MOST CRASHES: Lowes leads the way, Razgatlioglu with the fewest In WorldSBK, two factory riders lead the way in terms of crashes. Alex Lowes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) went down 15 times this season, while Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) was only two behind. Third on the list went to Lorenzo Baldassarri (GMT94 Yamaha) with the Italian crashing 11 times, one ahead of Champion Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) with ten. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) recorded nine, while Championship runner-up Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) only went down twice. These were crashes in Australia, when he was caught up in a crash by Lowes, and Most, when a tyre failure forced him out of contention for a stunning victory. In WorldSSP, Bahattin Sofuoglu (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) recorded the most crashes with 15, closely followed by Glenn van Straalen (EAB Racing Team) with 14. Tom Edwards (Yart-Yamaha WorldSSP Team), Adrian Huertas (MTM Kawasaki) and Jorge Navarro (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) had 11 each. Ruben Bijman (Arco Motor University Team) led the way in WorldSSP300 with 12, with rookie Loris Veneman (MTM Kawasaki) on ten. Four riders finished with six falls each: Samuel Di Sora (ProDina Kawasaki Racing), teammate Mattia Martella, Fenton Seabright (Kawasaki GP Project) and Juan Pablo Uriostegui (Sublime Racing by MS Racing). CRASHES BY TRACK: Most the most challenging followed by Imola Two circuits recorded more than 60 crashes each in 2023. The Autodrom Most was top of the list with 65. WorldSBK and WorldSSP300 both recorded 23 of these, while WorldSSP made up the other 19. It was closely followed by the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola with 63. This time, they weren’t split as evenly. WorldSSP had 33 tumbles at the iconic circuit, with WorldSBK on 16 and WorldSSP300 on 14. The Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” had 58 tumbles across all three classes, split fairly evenly: 21 in WorldSSP300, 20 in WorldSSP and 17 in WorldSBK. THE HARDEST CORNERS: first and last turns at different circuits With Most and Imola making up two of the top three circuits for crashes, it’s no surprise to see corners from these tracks feature here too. The second part of the Variante Bassa, Turn 22, at Imola had the most crashes, 17, closely followed by the right-hand hairpin of Turn 5 at Magny-Cours with 16. Two corners had 14 crashes each. These were Turn 1 at Most, the first part of the opening chicane, and Turn 10 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. As always, we would like to send our thanks and gratitude to every single Marshal whose invaluable support throughout 2023 helped to keep our races, and our racers, as safe as possible. Without them, we would not be able to enjoy the sport we all love. Total crashes for WorldSBK riders in 2023 (wildcards and replacement riders not included) 15 – Alex Lowes 13 – Iker Lecuona 11 – Lorenzo Baldassarri 10 – Alvaro Bautista 9 – Loris Baz, Garrett Gerloff, Jonathan Rea, Michael van der Mark 8 – Michael Ruben Rinaldi 7 – Dominique Aegerter, Eric Granado, Xavi Vierge 6 – Axel Bassani, Remy Gardner, Oliver Konig 5 – Philipp Oettl, Scott Redding, Tom Sykes 4 – Andrea Locatelli, Tito Rabat, Bradley Ray 3 – Danilo Petrucci 2 – Toprak Razgatlioglu, Isaac Vinales
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Post by truenorth on Nov 23, 2023 14:29:02 GMT -8
"One of the best tests we’ve done" – Locatelli revels after Jerez test, worked on base setup and acceleration Wednesday, 22 November 2023 The Italian completed 155 laps across the two days as he worked alongside his new teammate for the first time, while he had a different crew chief for the test Two days of testing for the Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK team came to an end on Tuesday at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto with Andrea Locatelli working together with Jonathan Rea for the first time following the six-time World Champion’s shock switch to the Japanese manufacturer after nine seasons with Kawasaki. Speaking after the second day concluded, ‘Loka’ was on hand to give his thoughts on bike improvements heading into 2024, working with a different crew chief and how Andrew Pitt, his former crew chief, will benefit Rea. TEST OVERVIEW: “We found a really good base setup” Locatelli completed 155 laps during the two-day test and set the fastest time with a 1’38.447s, matching the best time set by Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) at the same circuit a few weeks back; the Australian posted a 1’38.448s. For ‘Loka’, the test was a chance to be back on the bike after not taking part in the first Jerez test, with the Italian happy with the work completed by him and the team in Spain. Reviewing the test, Locatelli said: “I’m so happy about these two days of testing at Jerez because, in the past, it’s been a little bit difficult for me to do a really good job here. I think we found a really good base setup and I had a really good feeling on the bike. I was fast in all conditions and the whole day, so this was really important. We were happy about the lap time and the rhythm. I think it’s one of the best tests we’ve done, especially because we’re at Jerez and the feeling I had after the round wasn’t amazing, but we improved it a lot. We understood a lot during these two days.” MAKING GAINS: “Tried to work on acceleration… we can bring something good to improve” Of course, the goal of any test is to find improvements with Team Principal Paul Denning saying after Day 1 that the goal was to find gains when it comes to acceleration. This was reiterated by the #55 after the test concluded with the 2020 WorldSSP Champion believing Yamaha will be able to find improvements, while also explaining how the work done at this test will be evaluated before the team’s next scheduled outing, in January. He added: “Comparing the bike, we changed different parts of the bike and I think we found a good solution. I think it’s only the first two days with some new parts so it’s difficult to say if it’s much better or not, so we have to test them a little bit more. We have more days in January before Phillip Island. The best things were to confirm the base setup, the good feeling on the bike and then we got a lot of data to consider and to work for on the Yamaha stuff, especially during December, to maybe prepare something new or better or maybe we change which way we go to improve the bike and to make another big step. We tried to work a little bit on acceleration because sometimes this is a strange point for us. Sometimes we have a lot of spin, but I think we can bring something good to improve in this area.” A NEW CREW CHIEF: not his 2024 right-hand man… The 14-time WorldSBK podium finisher has worked with Andrew Pitt ever since his graduation to WorldSBK with the team, but there’s been a reshuffle in the box following Phil Marron’s departure to BMW with Toprak Razgatlioglu. Two-time WorldSSP Champion Pitt has moved over to work with former teammate Rea, while Tom O’Kane will join the team as Locatelli’s Crew Chief shortly. For the test, the Italian worked with GRT Yamaha’s Damiano Evangelisti, usually Gardner’s crew chief, and he explained how this helped him at Jerez. Talking about his relationship with Evangelisti and how it helped during the test, Locatelli said: “I worked with Damiano during these two days. I want to thank GRT because he was able to work with us. I had a good relationship with him immediately, probably because he’s also Italian. I already know him, so it was nice to work with him, because sometimes it’s nice to meet new people, to see other people working. It was interesting. It was a good opportunity to work with him and try to make a step and also, I think he helped us a lot to help make an improvement.” WHAT CAN PITT BRING TO REA? “He can help Jonathan improve a little bit and immediately try to have a good feeling” With Pitt moving to work with Rea for 2024, there’s no one better to ask than Locatelli what the Australian will be able to bring to the Ulsterman’s side of the box as he adjusts to the Yamaha YZF-R1 machine. It’s the first time since 2014 that he hasn’t ridden a Kawasaki machine, but he’s now faced with a new bike and a new team to get his head around as he goes in search of an unprecedented seventh World Championship. Explaining what Pitt can bring to Rea, Locatelli said: “To see Andrew on the other side of the box is a bit strange! He worked with me for three years, but our relationship is good because we’re friends. I think, for Jonathan, it could be different; he’s also a friend of his. It’ll be interesting. Andrew can do a really good BBQ in Phillip Island to prepare for Jonathan’s weekend! Also, the language is the same as Jonathan’s but he can also have another possibility to work with a crew chief who was a rider. It’s probably something that can help Jonathan to improve a little bit and come to our box and immediately try to have a good feeling and I think Andrew is a really good person for this job.”
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Post by truenorth on Nov 23, 2023 14:30:27 GMT -8
"I immediately felt some strong points" Xavi Vierge was able to get on the new-for-2024 CBR1000RR-R machine for the first time at Jerez, and he was full of praise for the new bike.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 23, 2023 15:54:52 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Nov 29, 2023 8:27:36 GMT -8
First of all, thanks to the many Mayhemistas that follow my work covering WSBK and MotoGP. There's not much point if no one is reading, so thanks. Thanks to the followers who actually respond - KidRybot, Pistola, and rarely Sabrina. I always wish there was a way of knowing who is following. Now that racing is over, all bike racing info will be posted here until racing starts again.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 29, 2023 8:30:46 GMT -8
We knew this story will drag on. Nothing like rich people fighting over their money to extend a tale. CryptoDATA CEO: Peace talks with Dorna By Günther Wiesinger 11/28/2023 Raúl Fernández: 5th place on Sunday in Valencia at the RNF-Aprilia The Romanian Ovidiu Toma, head of CryptoDATA, owed Dorna around half of the costs for the naming rights of the Austrian GP. Now the RNF team owner is left in a shambles. The euphoric long-term MotoGP plans of the CryptoDATA-RNF-Aprilia customer team have gone up in smoke after twelve months. CryptoDATA managing director Ovidiu Toma said on November 4, 2022 at the team presentation on Friday evening at the Valencia GP: “We want to fight for podium places in two or three years.” And his global strategy expert Bogdan Maruntis, a founder of CryptoDATA, added: “We have an unlimited contract with RNF. Our planning currently extends until the end of 2026. But the collaboration will extend beyond this point in time because we are partners, shareholders and friends.” At that time, the acquisition of the majority shares in RNF Racing Limited was announced. Razlan Razali remained team prince and retained 40 percent of the shares, CryptoDATA managers Toma and Maruntis bought 60 percent of RNF. Now RNF-Karren is deep in the mud. The “MotoGP Selection Committee” (consisting of FIM, IRTA and Dorna) revoked RNF’s license for 2024 yesterday. Aprilia Racing has terminated the contract for 2024, depriving the RNF team of its business basis. Banks are expected to call in some loans. American Justin Marks, racer and owner of the Trackhouse NASCAR team, is interested in taking over the Aprilia MotoGP customer team and is ready to employ the entire technical staff. Word got around in the Valencia paddock today that Crypto Data CEO Ovidiu Toma was in Madrid at lunchtime to hold peace talks with Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, after he filed a lawsuit against the WM in a childish Twitter post yesterday promoter from Spain had threatened. SPEEDWEEK.com conducted an interview with Ovidiu Toma on Sunday. We are publishing the second part of the conversation here. Why was Razlan Razali removed as team principal before the Valencia GP? Razlan didn't lose his job, I want to make that clear. But there were some business decisions that we asked him to explain. As a board member and partner, we wanted to hear why he made certain decisions as a team principal. It is our right to know why things XY happened. It's about the budget and expenses. The day after we asked him to provide these explanations and tell us his plans for the future, he himself resigned because he felt too much pressure from the co-owners. This happened three weeks ago, but we are gentlemen and didn't announce it. We allowed him to stay on board until the end of the season. He just resigned from his position as team director. He couldn't resign as a partner. We are now conducting an internal audit and auditing the accounts of RNF Racing Limited. Then we'll see if we can proceed further. We want to find out whether Razlan has overstayed his mandate in expenses and activities or not. I don't want to go public with any details, but there are some things we're not happy about. But these are internal events and I don't want to say anything about them or throw dirt on anyone until everything is clear and decided. In German we say: Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan. Is that a cause of the problems? No problem exists. But some people talk and tell a lot. The goals for 2023 were not achieved. There were only three top 5 results with Miguel Oliveira and Raúl Fernández. The drivers finished the World Championship in 16th (Oliveira) and 20th place. 2023 was a year of transition. We knew we could get results, but maybe not. It was our first year with Aprilia and we had two riders who came from KTM. Therefore, we assumed that we might have to make concessions in terms of performance and results. But we knew: It's motorsport, it's about business and racing. All of these perspectives form a team. From various points of view we have been successful this year. From a motorsport perspective, we didn't achieve the results we hoped for, but the world doesn't end because of that. And our intention to continue has not suffered as a result.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 29, 2023 8:43:49 GMT -8
Sir Guy of Guisborne - Carry On Number One Pecco on seeing the 2024 Honda, “Its very long, just like the Ducati” At last maybe Honda are onto something
Peter Bom Since Honda is so long and so far behind, it makes sense to start kopying the best bikes, ie the Duc and Aprilia. Hiring Marini will for sure help the development. But in the end, the 'only' problem honda has, is a cultural problem, not technical.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 29, 2023 12:09:27 GMT -8
Alessio Piana I listened again to what Marc Marquez said to his technicians after the first run (7 laps) aboard the Ducati GP23. In points, I summarize in broad terms: 📌 Superlative rear grip; 📌 Less demanding (demanding) than the Honda (damn, I might add), especially when changing direction. He expected it to be less manageable, but instead it "turns" which is a blast; 📌 Required some changes in terms of ergonomics because it didn't feel 'comfortable' yet; 📌 In the lean when he opens the throttle he feels that the bike tends to widen due to a lack of feeling with the front (at this stage he didn't 'feel it'); 📌 In this debrief, however, he spent much of the time talking about one of the "secrets" of the GP23: braking, Bagnaia's (and Martin's) strong point above all. He reported that if he brakes too hard, the rear lifts. If it breaks progressively, however, it tends not to close the curve. Must compromise and/or adapt essentially. All this after 7 fucking laps when he was already 3rd eh.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 29, 2023 12:13:06 GMT -8
David Emmett Arm pump surgery for Marc Marquez. Amazing that he never let on In the second part of the season, I have been suffering from Compartment Syndrome in my right arm. This morning we solved the problem with Dr. Ignacio Roger de Oña's team with the aim of being ready for 2024!
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Post by truenorth on Nov 30, 2023 8:03:13 GMT -8
El Periodico HRC problems "Marc had been asking for two years for them to make a bike shorter and, above all, to slim it down, to take weight off and they never listened to him. And now, in two months, after seeing the wolf's ears, they design and build a new bike that, possibly, after testing it in the Misano test, would have made him doubt and perhaps, now, we would still have the best rider in history," says another source, who believes that the Cheste prototype has an excellent base on which to work. A lot and good, ahead of the first test in Malaysia in February.
Less weight, more running "If you take eight kilos off a bike in just two months, if you put your mind to it, you're capable of making a winning bike," said another of the people who has already left the Repsol Honda team. "Even if you don't do anything else to the bike, which they have, when you lose eight kilos of a MotoGP bike, the bike runs more, accelerates more and better, pulls a lot more, brakes less abruptly, lies down a lot more and, above all, it becomes a bike easier to ride, whatever the style is."
Says it all. He asked, they didn' t listen, he left.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 30, 2023 8:07:35 GMT -8
Masia wins title with dirty riding
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Post by truenorth on Nov 30, 2023 9:41:27 GMT -8
German Garcia Casanova
Not only have they (HRC) lost 8 kg, but they can still lose 6 more kg. The Japanese had this rocket in storage and have only taken it out when the rest of the manufacturers have signed the concessions. Now they have a year to do whatever they want with the bike Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Post by truenorth on Nov 30, 2023 9:46:48 GMT -8
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Post by kidrybot on Nov 30, 2023 15:20:46 GMT -8
Marquez is very pleased with the Duke's performance by all accounts. He's going to dominate like AMD AMX.
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Post by truenorth on Dec 1, 2023 8:21:23 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Dec 1, 2023 8:46:25 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Dec 2, 2023 8:52:19 GMT -8
Peter Bom Martin's Duc; green circles from top down: Radiator cover to slow down engine cooling. Oval shaped covers to increase the airflow to cooler. 8 infrared sensors for tire outside temp. 3 axis acc sensor, helps calc susp effectivenes by comparing the acc with a sensor on 3 clamp.
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Post by truenorth on Dec 2, 2023 12:43:16 GMT -8
Peter Bom wrote down from the technical director of Dorna, aero development most likely will get limited over a max frontal aera rule. In 2027.
MotorcyclePseudonym Extremely expensive and time consuming wind tunnel testing would be the only way to accurately measure downforce produced by each bike. Dorna/FIM would not absorb that cost, so the factories would be forced to. I.E. they would refuse to do so.
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Post by truenorth on Dec 2, 2023 13:04:13 GMT -8
"The Ducati is much less demanding than the Honda. With it, it is very easy to change direction. I noticed it a lot between turns 9 and 10, and 12 and 13. When entering the corner it gives me more confidence than the previous bike."~ @marcmarquez93
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