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Post by truenorth on Aug 22, 2021 8:24:29 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 22, 2021 8:24:58 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 23, 2021 14:27:42 GMT -8
By Martin Raines|August 15th, 2019 Is it really 40 years ago? Silverstone comes around once again and this is the 43rd successive year that I have attended the British Grand Prix – every year since it replaced the Isle of Man TT races as the British round of the world championship in 1977. Perhaps the most memorable of those 42 previous years was exactly 40 years ago and the great battle between Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts n 1979. Before giving my memories of the race, just a few words about Barry Sheene to set the scene. My first race meeting at Oulton Park at Easter of 1972 when I saw this young guy with flowing hair and white leathers trounce everyone in the 250cc and 500cc race on his Yamahas. At the time it was the performance of Cal Rayborn and Ray Pickrell that everyone was raving about, but for a young lad of 16 it was the style and riding of Barry Sheene that caught the eye. So you could say that he became my racing “hero” a few years before becoming a household name after his Daytona crash in 1975. In fact the crash certainly increased his standing in my view as it illustrated that here was a guy worth the hero status – as not only was he a fantastic rider but also incredibly tough and determined. Of course over the next few years he went on to win his world titles and this was a great time to follow racing as Barry Sheene appeared at many British meetings as well as the Grand Prix, where there would be 40,000 or more spectators turn up to watch. I can recall one International meeting at Mallory where there was Barry Sheene racing against Giacomo Agostini, Phil Read and Kenny Roberts!! Can you imagine that now? I think the only way to compare the effect Sheene had on racing and the way he brought it to the notice of the ordinary guy in the street was, just imagine if Valentino Rossi was English…..someone who is not only the best rider in the world but also has style and charisma. Now to the race in question. To be honest when the Grand Prix series arrived at Silverstone in 1979 Barry Sheene was not having a great season and was being well beaten in the Championship by his great rival Kenny Roberts. Of course for me, as a Sheene fan, Roberts was the arch-enemy. Even though Sheene had qualified fifth, more than 1.7 seconds down on Roberts, there was always belief that he could come good in the race. Of course at the start of the race everyone’s attention was diverted by the embarrassing crash by Mick Grant on the NR500 at the first corner on his team-mate’s oil!! Early in the race Wil Hartog was up front. This was my first experience of the fanatical Dutch supporters, as I was in the Woodcote stands and there was about 50 of them in a group just behind us that went mad every time Hartog came around. But once Sheene and Roberts got to the front it was just a great race and also great atmosphere there in the Woodcote stand. I am sure both riders thought they had the other covered……but then it happened, right in front of where I was sitting, when a back-marker got in the way of Sheene going onto the last lap……and we though then that the race was run. But Sheene broken the lap record on the last lap (amazingly more than one and half seconds faster than his qualifying time) to challenge Roberts right in front again of where I was sitting. What a great finish to a fantastic race…..but of course a great disappointment to the home crowd. I don’t think I have been more excited by a race since…..or more disappointed at the result. Many years later I was fortunate enough to be producing the official MotoGP statistics and now know that the record books show this as the fifth closest race finish of all time in 500cc class – but as always the record books do not give the full story. Lets hope we are in for another thriller on the 40th anniversary of that race, but this time with a British rider winning by a whisker to give the home crowd something to remember in 2059!
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Post by truenorth on Aug 24, 2021 8:04:31 GMT -8
Marquez: “My situation hasn’t changed, we need to improve”: “Many riders will be fast at Silverstone.”
Pol Espargarò: “The goal is to try to solve the problems we had in Austria.”
Sahara reveals that Suzuki in 2022 will have a manager to replace Davide Brivio: The project leader of the Hamamatsu manufacturer has declared that, after a season without a team manager, the Japanese outfit will look for one to rebalance the team
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Post by truenorth on Aug 24, 2021 8:18:55 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 24, 2021 8:51:19 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 25, 2021 6:41:47 GMT -8
Morbidelli expected to become Yamaha ‘Factory’ with Quartararo at Aragon: It's a ‘possibility' they say in Yamaha. And to win the 'Triple Crown' - the world championship for riders, manufacturers and teams – they are thinking about filling the void
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Post by truenorth on Aug 25, 2021 7:06:42 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 25, 2021 7:21:52 GMT -8
Savadori (Aprilia) wants to race at Silverstone, tomorrow the medical examination for the OK: Lorenzo has been operated on his right malleolus after the accident in the Styrian GP: "I can't wait to get back on the saddle to understand how the ankle will react"
Rossi and retirement: "riders of the past had more heart and passion, now it’s a real work": "I didn't want to retire while I was at the top so as not to have any regrets, but now I'm quiet because the last year has been difficult.
Bagnaia: “Silverstone doesn’t favor Ducati, but we work well”: Pecco has to shorten the gap with Quartararo on a track that exalts Yamaha, Miller has to forget the two races in Austria
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Post by truenorth on Aug 26, 2021 6:09:42 GMT -8
Time’s up: no news from the Prince and VR46 already has a plan B ready: Confirmation and money from Tanal should have arrived today, but it didn't… Rossi's team will do MotoGP anyway, perhaps with other partners. SofaRacer The moral of the story is you can’t finance a MotoGP Team on Sheiky foundations.
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Post by truenorth on Aug 26, 2021 6:20:08 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 26, 2021 6:38:37 GMT -8
Vinales on the Aprilia for tests at Misano August 31st: He’ll make his debut on the RS-GP during two days of testing. Albesiano: “I’m sure that Maverick’s talent and speed will quickly emerge, and I can’t wait to start working together.”
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Post by truenorth on Aug 26, 2021 7:16:59 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 26, 2021 15:13:03 GMT -8
Martin Raines
BritishGP The first ever 500cc GP at Silverstone in 1977 was won by Pat Hennen (Suzuki) from Steve Baker (Yamaha) - the first ever Grand Prix one-two finish for American riders.
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Post by truenorth on Aug 26, 2021 15:16:21 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 27, 2021 4:22:38 GMT -8
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2021
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 334.3 2'00.941 2 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 329.2 2'01.191 0.250 / 0.250 3 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 328.2 2'01.301 0.360 / 0.110 4 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 334.3 2'01.336 0.395 / 0.035 5 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 335.4 2'01.409 0.468 / 0.073 6 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 327.2 2'01.422 0.481 / 0.013 7 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 330.2 2'01.596 0.655 / 0.174 8 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 333.3 2'01.783 0.842 / 0.187 9 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Pramac Racing Ducati 332.3 2'01.795 0.854 / 0.012 10 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 329.2 2'01.870 0.929 / 0.075 11 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 329.2 2'01.956 1.015 / 0.086 12 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 329.2 2'01.966 1.025 / 0.010 13 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Pramac Racing Ducati 330.2 2'02.102 1.161 / 0.136 14 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 328.2 2'02.111 1.170 / 0.009 15 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 329.2 2'02.219 1.278 / 0.108 16 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 327.2 2'02.334 1.393 / 0.115 17 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 329.2 2'02.400 1.459 / 0.066 18 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 326.2 2'02.526 1.585 / 0.126 19 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 328.2 2'02.620 1.679 / 0.094 20 10 Luca MARINI ITA SKY VR46 Avintia Ducati 327.2 2'03.196 2.255 / 0.576 21 96 Jake DIXON GBR Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 320.4 2'03.939 2.998 / 0.743 22 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 318.5 2'07.699 6.758 / 3.76
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Post by truenorth on Aug 27, 2021 4:26:43 GMT -8
Moto2 Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2021
1 9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Lightech Speed Up Boscoscuro 276.9 2'04.896 2 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 279.7 2'05.027 0.131 / 0.131 3 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex 276.2 2'05.478 0.582 / 0.451 4 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex 281.9 2'05.603 0.707 / 0.125 5 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 277.6 2'05.766 0.870 / 0.163 6 22 Sam LOWES GBR Elf Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 276.9 2'05.830 0.934 / 0.064 7 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team Kalex 275.5 2'05.886 0.990 / 0.056 8 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team Kalex 276.9 2'06.032 1.136 / 0.146 9 11 Nicolò BULEGA ITA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 274.1 2'06.293 1.397 / 0.261 10 97 Xavi VIERGE SPA Petronas Sprinta Racing Kalex 278.3 2'06.299 1.403 / 0.006 11 21 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 280.5 2'06.340 1.444 / 0.041 12 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL NTS RW Racing GP NTS 275.5 2'06.411 1.515 / 0.071 13 62 Stefano MANZI ITA Flexbox HP40 Kalex 276.9 2'06.414 1.518 / 0.003 14 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Kipin Energy Aspar Team Boscoscuro 276.9 2'06.494 1.598 / 0.080 15 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 279.7 2'06.545 1.649 / 0.051 16 44 Aron CANET SPA Kipin Energy Aspar Team Boscoscuro 277.6 2'06.701 1.805 / 0.156 17 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Liqui Moly Intact GP Kalex 277.6 2'06.816 1.920 / 0.115 18 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Liqui Moly Intact GP Kalex 280.5 2'06.903 2.007 / 0.087 19 35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 278.3 2'06.944 2.048 / 0.041 20 24 Simone CORSI ITA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta 274.8 2'06.990 2.094 / 0.046 21 19 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 278.3 2'07.060 2.164 / 0.070 22 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA American Racing Kalex 279.0 2'07.069 2.173 / 0.009 23 54 Fermín ALDEGUER SPA Lightech Speed Up Boscoscuro 274.8 2'07.230 2.334 / 0.161 24 6 Cameron BEAUBIER USA American Racing Kalex 281.9 2'07.319 2.423 / 0.089 25 79 Ai OGURA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 277.6 2'07.530 2.634 / 0.211 26 7 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI ITA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta 272.7 2'07.749 2.853 / 0.219 27 70 Barry BALTUS BEL NTS RW Racing GP NTS 273.4 2'08.123 3.227 / 0.374 28 77 Adam NORRODIN MAL Petronas Sprinta Racing Kalex 276.9 2'08.334 3.438 / 0.211 29 40 Hector GARZO SPA Flexbox HP40 Kalex 277.6 2'08.514 3.618 / 0.180 30 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 278.3 2'08.629 3.733 / 0.115
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Post by truenorth on Aug 27, 2021 4:27:24 GMT -8
Moto3 Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2021
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 55 Romano FENATI ITA Sterilgarda Max Racing Team Husqvarna 231.7 2'12.196 2 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 Honda 230.2 2'12.856 0.660 / 0.660 3 2 Gabriel RODRIGO ARG Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 Honda 232.7 2'12.914 0.718 / 0.058 4 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 233.2 2'13.018 0.822 / 0.104 5 37 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 233.2 2'13.078 0.882 / 0.060 6 12 Filip SALAC CZE CarXpert PruestelGP KTM 230.2 2'13.336 1.140 / 0.258 7 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 232.2 2'13.464 1.268 / 0.128 8 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA BOE Owlride KTM 229.2 2'13.660 1.464 / 0.196 9 7 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Leopard Racing Honda 233.7 2'13.690 1.494 / 0.030 10 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA Rivacold Snipers Team Honda 227.3 2'13.841 1.645 / 0.151 11 92 Yuki KUNII JPN Honda Team Asia Honda 225.4 2'13.904 1.708 / 0.063 12 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA Leopard Racing Honda 234.7 2'13.908 1.712 / 0.004 13 40 Darryn BINDER RSA Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda 230.2 2'14.020 1.824 / 0.112 14 11 Sergio GARCIA SPA Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 230.2 2'14.067 1.871 / 0.047 15 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 229.2 2'14.299 2.103 / 0.232 16 23 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA Avintia VR46 KTM 231.7 2'14.421 2.225 / 0.122 17 82 Stefano NEPA ITA BOE Owlride KTM 231.2 2'14.583 2.387 / 0.162 18 27 Kaito TOBA JPN CIP Green Power KTM 234.2 2'14.616 2.420 / 0.033 19 67 Alberto SURRA ITA Rivacold Snipers Team Honda 229.2 2'14.792 2.596 / 0.176 20 28 Izan GUEVARA SPA Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 230.7 2'14.890 2.694 / 0.098 21 31 Adrian FERNANDEZ SPA Sterilgarda Max Racing Team Husqvarna 234.7 2'15.001 2.805 / 0.111 22 99 Carlos TATAY SPA Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 KTM 228.8 2'15.115 2.919 / 0.114 23 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 228.3 2'15.180 2.984 / 0.065 24 17 John MCPHEE GBR Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda 225.9 2'15.272 3.076 / 0.092 25 73 Maximilian KOFLER AUT CIP Green Power KTM 232.7 2'15.462 3.266 / 0.190 26 20 Lorenzo FELLON FRA SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 230.7 2'15.714 3.518 / 0.252 27 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN CarXpert PruestelGP KTM 228.3 2'16.737 4.541 / 1.023
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Post by truenorth on Aug 27, 2021 4:40:14 GMT -8
Andrea Dovizioso , Yamaha and Petronas study the final details. In the next season MotoGP the Forlì will have an M1 factory, guarantees WithU.
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Post by truenorth on Aug 27, 2021 5:10:30 GMT -8
Moto3 Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2021
1 55 Romano FENATI ITA Sterilgarda Max Racing Team Husqvarna 230.7 2'11.334 2 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 236.3 2'11.473 0.139 / 0.139 3 23 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA Avintia VR46 KTM 232.2 2'11.533 0.199 / 0.060 4 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA BOE Owlride KTM 232.7 2'11.718 0.384 / 0.185 5 7 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Leopard Racing Honda 233.2 2'11.724 0.390 / 0.006 6 40 Darryn BINDER RSA Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda 232.2 2'12.036 0.702 / 0.312 7 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 235.2 2'12.056 0.722 / 0.020 8 20 Lorenzo FELLON FRA SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 232.2 2'12.144 0.810 / 0.088 9 37 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 232.7 2'12.162 0.828 / 0.018 10 2 Gabriel RODRIGO ARG Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 Honda 232.2 2'12.164 0.830 / 0.002 11 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 233.2 2'12.225 0.891 / 0.061 12 28 Izan GUEVARA SPA Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 233.7 2'12.233 0.899 / 0.008 13 82 Stefano NEPA ITA BOE Owlride KTM 233.2 2'12.254 0.920 / 0.021 14 99 Carlos TATAY SPA Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 KTM 229.7 2'12.286 0.952 / 0.032 15 17 John MCPHEE GBR Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda 230.2 2'12.286 0.952 16 27 Kaito TOBA JPN CIP Green Power KTM 233.2 2'12.378 1.044 / 0.092 17 11 Sergio GARCIA SPA Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 232.7 2'12.383 1.049 / 0.005 18 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA Leopard Racing Honda 233.7 2'12.425 1.091 / 0.042 19 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA Rivacold Snipers Team Honda 232.2 2'12.458 1.124 / 0.033 20 31 Adrian FERNANDEZ SPA Sterilgarda Max Racing Team Husqvarna 234.2 2'12.530 1.196 / 0.072 21 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda 231.7 2'12.807 1.473 / 0.277 22 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 Honda 229.2 2'12.888 1.554 / 0.081 23 12 Filip SALAC CZE CarXpert PruestelGP KTM 232.2 2'12.936 1.602 / 0.048 24 67 Alberto SURRA ITA Rivacold Snipers Team Honda 231.2 2'13.059 1.725 / 0.123 25 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN CarXpert PruestelGP KTM 231.2 2'13.243 1.909 / 0.184 26 73 Maximilian KOFLER AUT CIP Green Power KTM 232.2 2'13.572 2.238 / 0.329 27 92 Yuki KUNII JPN Honda Team Asia Honda 228.3 2'14.282 2.948 / 0.71
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