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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 3:09:52 GMT -8
Peter Bom: I will miss suzukimotogp in MotoGP very much. Incredible nice group of people with a motorcycle who is a study in minimalism, simple but effective; always a clear sign of quality. Hope all the guys find suitable workplaces for 2023.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 3:13:51 GMT -8
Final Race Showdown Since the motorcycle Grand Prix world championship series was introduced in 1949 there have been eighteen occasions previously that the premier-class title has been decided at the final race of the year. A few details of these final race showdowns are given here:
1950 – Going to the final race of the year at his home race at Monza, Umberto Masetti riding a four-cylinder Gilera had a marginal lead in the championship over Geoff Duke riding a single-cylinder Norton. Geoff Duke won the race, but Masetti did just enough by finishing second to clinch the title by a single point.
1952 – Again Umberto Masetti arrived at the final race of the year with a narrow lead in the title chase, over the 1949 champion Les Graham (MV Agusta) and Irishman Reg Armstrong (Norton). Les Graham won the race which took place over 48 laps of the Montjuich circuit in Barcelona, but once again Masetti did enough to clinch the title by finishing second.
1957 – Libero Liberati (Gilera) won the final race of the year at Monza to take the title from Bob McIntyre (Gilera). Liberati had crossed the line first at the Belgium GP earlier in the year, but had been disqualified for changing his machine without notifying the officials. After the end of the season Liberati was re-instated as winner of the Belgium GP, meaning he had in retrospect won the world title before arriving in Italy for the final race.
1966 – Two of the greatest rivals of all time Mike Hailwood (Honda) and Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) were neck and neck arriving at the final race of the year at Monza. The two rivals battled for the lead early in the race until Hailwood’s Honda failed, allowing Agostini to cruise home to take the first of his eight 500cc world titles.
1967 – In a repeat of the previous year, Hailwood and Agostini went into the final race still battling for the championship as the grand prix competitors visited Canada for the one and only time. Hailwood won the race to give him the same points total as Agostini, each having won five races. Agostini took the title due to his three second place finishes to Hailwood’s two.
1975 – Giacomo Agostini was once again involved in a final race shoot-out with a British rider, this time it was Phil Read, who had taken over as the number one rider at MV-Agusta and won the title for the previous two years. Read won the final race of the year at Brno but Agostini riding a Yamaha cruised home in second place, to clinch the title and become the first rider ever to win the premier-class crown on both two-stroke and four-stroke bikes.
1978 – Kenny Roberts (Yamaha) had just an eight point lead over Barry Sheene (Suzuki) going into the final race of the year at the old 22 km Nurburgring circuit. Roberts finished in third place, just ahead of Sheene, to become the first American rider ever to win the premier-class title.
1979 – Kenny Roberts once again arrived for the final race of the year battling with a Suzuki rider for the world title, this time young Italian Virginio Ferrari, at the Le Mans circuit. After leading in the early stages of the race Ferrari crashed out, which gifted the title to Roberts for the second year running.
1980 – For the third successive year a Suzuki rider was challenging Kenny Roberts for the world title, this time it was fellow American Randy Mamola and the circuit was once again the old Nurburgring circuit, the final time that this famous track was used for Grand Prix racing. Even though Mamola led the race in the early stages, Roberts always looked the favourite to take the title having only to finish in eighth place or higher. Mamola’s challenge evaporated mid-way through the race when he was slowed with mechanical problems.
1981 – For the second successive year Randy Mamola arrived at the final race of the year, this time held at the Swedish Anderstorp circuit, with a chance of the title. Marco Lucchinelli was the rider leading the classification and he needed to finish fifth or higher to take the championship if Mamola won the race. The race was held in mixed conditions with light rain falling and after leading early in the race Mamola fell steadily back through the pack and out of the points while Lucchinelli cruised home to a safe ninth to take the title.
1983 – Freddie Spencer (Honda) had a five point advantage on Kenny Roberts (Yamaha) when they arrived at the final race of 1983. Throughout the race, held at the Imola circuit, Roberts attempted to slow Spencer down to allow his team-mate Lawson to catch up and possibly finish ahead of Spencer. At the final flag Spencer managed to take the second place needed to clinch the title and become the first Honda rider to win the 500cc crown.
1989 – Once again two American riders arrived at the final race of the year with a chance of the title, this time it was Eddie Lawson (Honda) and Wayne Rainey (Yamaha). Lawson finished second in the race to clinch the title after a tremendous battle with Rainey and fellow American Kevin Schwantz who won the race.
1992 – Mick Doohan (Honda) suffered severe injuries in a crash during practice at round eight at Assen by which time he had a 65 point lead over Wayne Rainey (Yamaha). When Doohan returned to compete at the final two races of the year, still far from fully fit, Rainey had reduced the lead considerably so that when they arrived at Kyalami in South Africa for the final race of the year Doohan had just a two point advantage. In spite of Doohan’s heroic efforts to finish in sixth, Rainey took a safe third place to win the title by four points.
1993 – Strictly speaking this was the last time that the 500cc title went to the last race of the year with Kevin Schwantz (Suzuki) leading Wayne Rainey by 18 points. However in reality Schwantz had won the title two races previously at the Italian GP when Wayne Rainey suffered a crashed that ended his racing career.
2006 – Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) arrived at the final race of the year with an eight point advantage of closest rival Nicky Hayden (Honda). Troy Bayliss, standing in for injured Sete Gibernau, won the MotoGP race in front of Ducati team-mate Loris Capirossi in a first ever one-two for the Ducati factory. Nicky Hayden filled the final podium place to become the last world champion of the 990cc era, after Valentino Rossi had crashed on lap five and re-started to finish 13th.
2013 – Marc Marquez had a thirteen point lead over Jorge Lorenzo arriving in Valencia for the final race of the year. Lorenzo won the race, but Marquez finished third to clinch the title in his Rookie season in the MotoGP class.
2015 – Valentino Rossi led team-mate Jorge Lorenzo by seven points arriving in Valencia. Lorenzo won the race with Rossi 4th after starting from the back of the grid for accumulating four penalty points, giving the title to Lorenzo by 5 points.
2017 – Marc Marquez had a 21 point advantage over Andrea Dovizioso arriving in Valencia. After a scare when he ran off the circuit, Marquez finished 3rd and won the title, with Dovizioso crashing out in the late stages of the race.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 3:39:39 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 4:10:36 GMT -8
Moto3 Q1 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max HUSQVARNA 1'38.857 5 6 229.2 2 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'39.096 7 7 0.239 0.239 229.2 3 44 David MUÑOZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'39.180 5 6 0.323 0.084 227.6 4 9 Nicola Fabio CARRARO ITA QJMotor Avintia Racing Team KTM 1'39.268 2 7 0.411 0.088 229.9 5 66 Joel KELSO AUS CIP Green Power KTM 1'39.486 2 8 0.629 0.218 226.9 6 77 Filippo FARIOLI ITA GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 1'39.513 2 6 0.656 0.027 230.7 7 23 Elia BARTOLINI ITA QJMotor Avintia Racing Team KTM 1'39.579 3 7 0.722 0.066 229.2 8 95 David ALMANSA SPA Finetwork Team BOE Motorsports KTM 1'39.626 2 7 0.769 0.047 231.5 9 20 Lorenzo FELLON FRA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'39.781 6 7 0.924 0.155 226.9 10 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'39.788 6 7 0.931 0.007 225.4 11 27 Kaito TOBA JPN CIP Green Power KTM 1'39.836 2 7 0.979 0.048 226.1 12 31 Adrian FERNANDEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'39.958 5 5 1.101 0.122 229.2 13 19 Scott OGDEN GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 1'40.049 2 7 1.192 0.091 229.9 14 67 Alberto SURRA ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'40.064 6 6 1.207 0.015 221.8 15 72 Taiyo FURUSATO JPN Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'40.191 3 7 1.334 0.127 224.7 16 64 Mario AJI INA Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'40.498 2 7 1.641 0.307 221.8 17 70 Joshua WHATLEY GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 1'40.735 2 7 1.878 0.237 226.1 18 22 Ana CARRASCO SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'41.384 2 7 2.527 0.649 226.9
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 4:13:21 GMT -8
Bezzecchi may need a new rear rim
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 4:14:58 GMT -8
Ducati Corse: Our little farewell party for our mate, jackmiller! First, we all laughed together and then burst into tears! There’s not much to say! You are such a wonderful person and a fantastic rider! We love you, Jack!
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 4:41:26 GMT -8
Moto3 Q2 1 28 Izan GUEVARA SPA Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 1'38.479 5 6 226.9 2 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'38.525 6 7 0.046 0.046 231.5 3 11 Sergio GARCIA SPA Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 1'38.654 6 8 0.175 0.129 226.1 4 10 Diogo MOREIRA BRA MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'38.697 5 6 0.218 0.043 227.6 5 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max HUSQVARNA 1'38.761 5 5 0.282 0.064 227.6 6 48 Ivan ORTOLÁ SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'38.797 6 6 0.318 0.036 231.5 7 7 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Leopard Racing HONDA 1'38.856 6 6 0.377 0.059 228.4 8 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN Leopard Racing HONDA 1'38.875 2 6 0.396 0.019 229.2 9 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'38.927 2 6 0.448 0.052 229.9 10 17 John MCPHEE GBR Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max HUSQVARNA 1'38.949 6 6 0.470 0.022 229.9 11 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'39.016 6 7 0.537 0.067 229.9 12 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'39.018 6 6 0.539 0.002 229.9 13 38 David SALVADOR SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'39.021 5 6 0.542 0.003 229.2 14 44 David MUÑOZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'39.039 5 6 0.560 0.018 232.2 15 96 Daniel HOLGADO SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'39.146 3 8 0.667 0.107 226.9 16 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'39.167 6 6 0.688 0.021 231.5 17 99 Carlos TATAY SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'39.262 7 8 0.783 0.095 221.8 18 9 Nicola Fabio CARRARO ITA QJMotor Avintia Racing Team KTM 1'39.307 2 6 0.828 0.045 223.9
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 4:57:47 GMT -8
FIM MotoGP Stewards MotoGP rider #30 takanakagami30 has been given a 3-place grid penalty after he was observed to be riding slow on the racing line and disturbing rider.
MotoGP rider #72 Marco Bezzecchi has been given an official warning in addition to a fine of 1000 Euros, after he was observed as making physical contact with a marshal in an aggressive and unprofessional manner
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 5:19:50 GMT -8
MotoGP FP4 1 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'30.762 5 17 324.3 2 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'30.996 6 18 0.234 0.234 324.3 3 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'31.044 8 18 0.282 0.048 328.9 4 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'31.051 12 15 0.289 0.007 328.9 5 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'31.072 5 16 0.310 0.021 328.9 6 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'31.096 6 16 0.334 0.024 328.9 7 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'31.123 9 20 0.361 0.027 332.1 8 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'31.160 11 16 0.398 0.037 327.4 9 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'31.176 12 16 0.414 0.016 330.5 10 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'31.177 14 14 0.415 0.001 324.3 11 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'31.270 10 13 0.508 0.093 328.9 12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'31.276 7 17 0.514 0.006 324.3 13 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'31.360 7 13 0.598 0.084 330.5 14 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'31.389 4 13 0.627 0.029 327.4 15 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'31.431 6 16 0.669 0.042 327.4 16 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'31.434 13 15 0.672 0.003 322.8 17 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 1'31.449 6 16 0.687 0.015 325.8 18 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA 1'31.453 14 16 0.691 0.004 322.8 19 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'31.541 11 16 0.779 0.088 325.8 20 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 1'31.633 11 15 0.871 0.092 322.8 21 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'31.808 6 13 1.046 0.175 325.8 22 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'31.917 5 12 1.155 0.109 322.8 23 40 Darryn BINDER RSA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 1'32.350 4 12 1.588 0.433 325.8 Not classified 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 5:30:25 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: FP2 fallers so far: Morbidelli, Di Giannantonio, Marquez, Crutchlow, Aleix E. Track may be a bit more slippy than usual, plus gusting winds are a real problem when you're at 60 degrees on the edge of the tyres
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 5:37:12 GMT -8
MotoGP Q1 1 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'30.090 6 8 324.3 2 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'30.126 6 8 0.036 0.036 330.5 3 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'30.193 6 6 0.103 0.067 327.4 4 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'30.236 7 8 0.146 0.043 322.8 5 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA 1'30.453 6 7 0.363 0.217 324.3 6 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'30.504 8 9 0.414 0.051 322.8 7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 1'30.548 7 8 0.458 0.044 322.8 8 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'30.588 6 8 0.498 0.040 325.8 9 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'30.695 6 8 0.605 0.107 327.4 10 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'30.804 7 9 0.714 0.109 322.8 11 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 1'30.830 8 8 0.740 0.026 321.3 12 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'30.936 3 5 0.846 0.106 325.8 13 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'31.676 7 8 1.586 0.740 322.8 14 40 Darryn BINDER RSA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 1'31.989 7 8 1.899 0.313 324.3
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 6:07:43 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 6:08:36 GMT -8
MotoGP Q2 1 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'29.621 2 7 328.9 2 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'29.826 7 9 0.205 0.205 325.8 3 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'29.834 2 7 0.213 0.008 328.9 4 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'29.900 8 9 0.279 0.066 324.3 5 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'29.940 2 7 0.319 0.040 328.9 6 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'29.955 4 8 0.334 0.015 325.8 7 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'30.039 6 8 0.418 0.084 327.4 8 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'30.049 6 8 0.428 0.010 330.5 9 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'30.102 6 7 0.481 0.053 325.8 10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'30.124 7 9 0.503 0.022 325.8 11 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'30.143 6 8 0.522 0.019 327.4 12 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'30.241 4 9 0.620 0.098 325.8
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 9:48:07 GMT -8
Moto2 Q1 1 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team KALEX 1'34.758 4 9 269.6 2 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1'34.782 5 6 0.024 0.024 271.7 3 18 Manuel GONZALEZ SPA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team KALEX 1'34.946 8 9 0.188 0.164 273.9 4 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1'34.956 7 8 0.198 0.010 268.5 5 8 Senna AGIUS AUS Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1'35.076 4 9 0.318 0.120 270.7 6 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1'35.080 4 10 0.322 0.004 268.5 7 72 Borja GOMEZ SPA Flexbox HP40 KALEX 1'35.109 4 9 0.351 0.029 271.7 8 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Liqui Moly Intact GP KALEX 1'35.165 5 10 0.407 0.056 271.7 9 61 Alessandro ZACCONE ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 KALEX 1'35.282 8 10 0.524 0.117 269.6 10 17 Alex ESCRIG SPA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV AGUSTA 1'35.409 4 7 0.651 0.127 264.4 11 29 Taiga HADA JPN Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1'35.474 5 9 0.716 0.065 273.9 12 24 Simone CORSI ITA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV AGUSTA 1'35.631 4 9 0.873 0.157 268.5 13 4 Sean Dylan KELLY USA American Racing KALEX 1'35.737 8 9 0.979 0.106 270.7 14 81 Keminth KUBO THA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team KALEX 1'35.823 8 8 1.065 0.086 269.6 15 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV AGUSTA 1'35.910 3 9 1.152 0.087 270.7 16 84 Zonta VD GOORBERGH NED RW Racing GP KALEX 1'35.956 5 9 1.198 0.046 270.7 17 28 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team KALEX 1'36.160 9 9 1.402 0.204 272.8
Moto2 Q2 1 21 Alonso LOPEZ SPA Beta Tools Speed Up BOSCOSCURO 1'34.314 3 9 268.5 2 51 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1'34.315 6 9 0.001 0.001 271.7 3 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1'34.481 4 9 0.167 0.166 268.5 4 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1'34.583 5 9 0.269 0.102 273.9 5 79 Ai OGURA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1'34.665 8 9 0.351 0.082 271.7 6 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1'34.674 7 8 0.360 0.009 269.6 7 40 Aron CANET SPA Flexbox HP40 KALEX 1'34.765 4 9 0.451 0.091 272.8 8 54 Fermín ALDEGUER SPA Beta Tools Speed Up BOSCOSCURO 1'34.771 6 6 0.457 0.006 266.5 9 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team KALEX 1'34.773 4 9 0.459 0.002 275.0 10 19 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1'34.866 4 9 0.552 0.093 275.0 11 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1'34.875 8 8 0.561 0.009 273.9 12 35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1'34.907 6 9 0.593 0.032 275.0 13 6 Cameron BEAUBIER USA American Racing KALEX 1'34.920 7 8 0.606 0.013 269.6 14 18 Manuel GONZALEZ SPA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team KALEX 1'34.928 3 9 0.614 0.008 275.0 15 96 Jake DIXON GBR Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1'34.976 4 9 0.662 0.048 276.1 16 12 Filip SALAC CZE Gresini Racing Moto2 KALEX 1'35.138 8 8 0.824 0.162 270.7 17 11 Mattia PASINI ITA RW Racing GP KALEX 1'35.139 3 9 0.825 0.001 273.9 18 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA Liqui Moly Intact GP KALEX 1'35.258 4 9 0.944 0.119 273.9
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 9:56:32 GMT -8
The Decider: how can Bagnaia, Quartararo win the title? The Italian sits 23 points clear of Quartararo ahead of #TheDecider – here’s how both can claim the premier class title Tags MotoGP, 2022, PETRONAS GRAND PRIX OF MALAYSIA It all comes down to #TheDecider at the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) has a 23-point lead over Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) coming into the final round of the 2022 MotoGP™ season, so here’s how both riders can claim his maiden premier class title.
Bagnaia, World Champion in Valencia if… - Quartararo doesn’t win - He finishes P14 or higher - He finishes P15 and Quartararo doesn’t win
Quartararo, World Champion in Valencia if… - He wins and Bagnaia is P15 or lower
The maths for Quartararo is simple: the Frenchman must win to stand any chance of retaining his MotoGP™ title. Anything less will hand Bagnaia the 2022 crown.
Whatever happens, we’re in for a fascinatingly tense few days in Valencia.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 10:00:33 GMT -8
All to play for at The Decider: Martin pole, Quartararo P4 The Frenchman throws down the challenge by beating Bagnaia by a full row in qualifying at #TheDecider The stage is set for #TheDecider after the completion of MotoGP™ qualifying at the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) has secured pole position for the final race of the season while Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) pushed as hard has he could – and then some – to earn P4 on the grid at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Importantly for Yamaha’s title contender, he will start a full row ahead of World Championship leader Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), who qualified eighth – it's been a nervous weekend for Pecco so far and everything is possible in this title fight. Martin rapid early As was the case a fortnight ago in Malaysia, Martin was on the pace immediately in Q2, setting a 1:29.621 which would still be fastest at the end of the first runs. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) was second on a 1:29.834 and Quartararo fourth on a 1:30.135, while Bagnaia was back to pitlane after a single 1:30.766 which left him 11th when the track went quiet. Miller’s hopes of one last pole for Ducati then disappeared when he crashed at Turn 2, while an under-the-weather Marc Marquez jumped from ninth to P2 when he fired in a 1:30.049. Bagnaia moved to sixth, ahead of Quartararo, when he set a 1:30.049 before 'El Diablo' leapfrogged his title rival by clocking a 1:30.027. A scare for Quartararo There were more yellow flags when Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) had a spill at Turn 6, while Bagnaia toured the run-off at Turn 8. Quartararo was still on a hot lap and, fortunately for him, it was unaffected as he sought to elevate himself further up the grid. He did indeed move up two spots more to fourth with a 1:29.900 before running into the Turn 2 gravel trap on his final lap of the session – although that was in fact a moot point with replays showing FQ20 also running onto the green at Turn 1 anyway. Martin had no improvement during his second run but still bagged pole, ahead of Marc Marquez and Miller, who kept his berth on the front row despite the tumble. Quartararo heads up Row 2, next to Q1 graduate Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) and the pace-setter in that earlier qualifying session, Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing). Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) was classified seventh, ahead of Bagnaia, Zarco, Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), and Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar). How Q1 looked In Q1, Rins had been fastest on a 1:30.230 and Viñales second on a 1:30.307 at the end of the first runs. Viñales then went top with a 1:30.090 before Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) moved into second place with a 1:30.193. However, Rins hit back with a 1:30.126 and then Bastianini’s chances of advancing to Q2 were dashed when he crashed at Turn 2 – rider okay. 'La Bestia' is set to start 13th and Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), who topped FP4 and then threatened to upstage both Viñales and Rins late in Q1, from 14th. Bastianini and Oliveira will be joined on Row 5 by Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol), who finished the session on his second bike after pulling off with a technical problem for his first. Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) earned 22nd after a crash at Turn 2, while Raul Fernandez (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing) was a notable in qualifying 23rd – the rookie had missed FP4 altogether after a visit to hospital following a crash in FP3, but was declared fit and completed eight laps in Q1. Both he and Espargaro will move up one position due to a grid penalty for Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu). The next time we see MotoGP™ bikes on-track will be Sunday morning’s Warm Up at 09:40 (GMT +1), then we will crown our 2022 World Champion – whoever that may be – after lights go out for #TheDecider at 14:00! MotoGP™ Q2 Top 10 1. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) – 1:29.621 2. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) + 0.205 3. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.213 4. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 0.279 5. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.319 6. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) + 0.334 7. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 0.418 8. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.428 9. Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) + 0.481 10. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) + 0.503
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 11:51:01 GMT -8
Simon Patterson: Raul Fernandez, a rider who has already had a concussion-induced crash this year, says he was dizzy and had vision problems after his FP3 crash. Passed fit to ride and competed in Q1
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Post by truenorth on Nov 5, 2022 11:55:21 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Bagnaia says he won't be out to win the race but cos he's on row 3 he will have to take risks in the first laps to get away from the pack & out of trouble, then his pitboard will tell him where Quartararo is. Quartararo's only option to win the title is to win the race. Jorge Martin's fifth pole of the year is Ducati’s 16th this season, from 20 races! This number equals the all-time record of most poles in a MotoGP season set by Honda in 2011.
Marc Marquez: "Not that it makes me happy, but I understand that he is fighting for the world championship and that tomorrow he will be ready to be aggressive and give everything. The other Ducati riders in turn will attack a lot
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 3:06:42 GMT -8
Pretty sad, as MLB ends (Won for Dusty, yay), motoGP ends, and Nascar ends so ends getting up at 3am to watch racing. Moto3 Race 1 25 28 Izan GUEVARA SPA Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 38'10.406 144.7 2 20 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 38'10.468 144.7 0.062 3 16 11 Sergio GARCIA SPA Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 38'16.963 144.3 6.557 4 13 7 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Leopard Racing HONDA 38'24.539 143.8 14.133 5 11 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max HUSQVARNA 38'24.980 143.8 14.574 6 10 31 Adrian FERNANDEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 38'25.082 143.8 14.676 7 9 44 David MUÑOZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 38'25.295 143.8 14.889 8 8 10 Diogo MOREIRA BRA MT Helmets - MSI KTM 38'25.454 143.8 15.048 9 7 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN MT Helmets - MSI KTM 38'25.694 143.8 15.288 10 6 96 Daniel HOLGADO SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 38'25.846 143.8 15.440 11 5 17 John MCPHEE GBR Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max HUSQVARNA 38'25.939 143.8 15.533 12 4 48 Ivan ORTOLÁ SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 38'26.024 143.8 15.618 13 3 99 Carlos TATAY SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 38'26.183 143.7 15.777 14 2 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN Leopard Racing HONDA 38'38.899 143.0 28.493 15 1 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 38'38.909 143.0 28.503 16 9 Nicola Fabio CARRARO ITA QJMotor Avintia Racing Team KTM 38'38.951 143.0 28.545 17 23 Elia BARTOLINI ITA QJMotor Avintia Racing Team KTM 38'39.224 142.9 28.818 18 38 David SALVADOR SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 38'39.566 142.9 29.160 19 77 Filippo FARIOLI ITA GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 38'39.808 142.9 29.402 20 20 Lorenzo FELLON FRA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 38'39.860 142.9 29.454 21 66 Joel KELSO AUS CIP Green Power KTM 38'42.321 142.7 31.915 22 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 38'46.888 142.5 36.482 23 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 38'46.932 142.5 36.526 24 27 Kaito TOBA JPN CIP Green Power KTM 38'47.157 142.4 36.751 25 95 David ALMANSA SPA Finetwork Team BOE Motorsports KTM 38'52.497 142.1 42.091 26 70 Joshua WHATLEY GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 39'00.421 141.6 50.015 27 64 Mario AJI INA Honda Team Asia HONDA 39'00.562 141.6 50.156 28 22 Ana CARRASCO SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 39'07.686 141.2 57.280 29 67 Alberto SURRA ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 39'07.766 141.2 57.360 Not classified 19 Scott OGDEN GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 26'11.892 137.5 8 laps 72 Taiyo FURUSATO JPN Honda Team Asia HONDA 23'35.224 142.6 9 laps 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 13'25.168 143.2 15 laps
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 3:15:02 GMT -8
Moto3 World Championship Classification
Rider Points Leader Previous QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL 1 GUEVARA Izan SPA 319 8 20 - 9 11 25 16 20 25 25 20 - 9 16 25 25 11 25 4 25 2 GARCIA Sergio SPA 257 62 62 20 13 25 - 25 20 9 25 13 16 16 - 11 - 3 13 - 16 16 16 3 FOGGIA Dennis ITA 246 73 11 9 25 20 20 8 0 13 - - 20 - 25 4 25 2 20 25 7 10 13 4 SASAKI Ayumu JPN 238 81 8 - - 16 13 16 10 20 - - 13 25 - 25 - 20 16 20 13 20 11 5 ÖNCÜ Deniz TUR 200 119 38 13 11 2 11 13 13 7 1 11 9 7 16 13 13 13 1 0 20 6 20 6 MASIA Jaume SPA 177 142 23 - 9 - 25 20 16 25 0 8 4 - 20 0 20 8 -8 1 13 0 7 SUZUKI Tatsuki JPN 130 189 47 - 6 11 6 4 - 11 16 16 11 13 - 20 10 4 -- - - 2 8 MOREIRA Diogo BRA 112 207 18 10 - 10 - 6 6 2 - - 0 0 10 10 9 1 10 10 9 11 8 9 MIGNO Andrea ITA 103 216 9 25 - - 16 9 2 6 13 - 5 1 7 0 - 0 79 0 2 1 10 HOLGADO Daniel SPA 103 216 0 0 7 9 - - 7 5 - - 10 10 - 8 11 16 -5 - 9 6 11 MCPHEE John GBR 102 217 1 11 - - - - - 4 - 9 0 - 9 7 7 6 9 - 10 25 5 12 YAMANAKA Ryusei JPN 94 225 8 7 5 4 0 0 8 8 11 0 - 8 8 3 3 - 86 - 8 7 13 MUÑOZ David SPA 93 226 1 - - - - - - - 5 20 7 - - 16 4 9 11 7 5 - 9 14 ROSSI Riccardo ITA 87 232 6 4 0 13 7 5 - 3 10 5 - 5 2 0 5 0 6 16 6 - - 15 TATAY Carlos SPA 87 232 0 - 16 8 8 10 - 10 0 10 - 2 6 - - 7 -3 4 - 3 16 ARTIGAS Xavier SPA 83 236 4 6 10 - 10 0 11 - 0 6 3 11 5 2 0 5 52 2 5 0 17 ORTOLÁ Ivan SPA 73 246 10 5 - 1 5 - 3 0 9 0 6 4 - 5 8 10 30 3 7 4 18 NEPA Stefano ITA 64 255 9 3 - 0 3 1 1 0 - 0 1 9 11 1 6 0 4 13 11 - - 19 TOBA Kaito JPN 63 256 1 16 4 7 - 0 9 1 0 1 0 6 13 6 0 0 0- 0 0 0 20 FERNANDEZ Adrian SPA 51 268 12 2 - 3 2 - - 0 6 7 8 - 1 0 0 11 0- 0 1 10 21 KELSO Joel AUS 36 283 15 10 6 0 7 - - 4 4 - - - 0 2 0 -4 8 0 0 22 BARTOLINI Elia ITA 27 292 9 08 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 - 0 0 1 0 00 0 3 0
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