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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 4:41:02 GMT -8
Moto2 Race 1 25 51 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 39'52.413 150.6 2 20 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 39'53.645 150.5 1.232 3 16 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 40'02.576 150.0 10.163 4 13 54 Fermín ALDEGUER SPA Beta Tools Speed Up BOSCOSCURO 40'06.820 149.7 14.407 5 11 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 40'11.317 149.4 18.904 6 10 18 Manuel GONZALEZ SPA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea KALEX 40'12.967 149.3 20.554 7 9 96 Jake DIXON GBR Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 40'13.657 149.3 21.244 8 8 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA Liqui Moly Intact GP KALEX 40'18.281 149.0 25.868 9 7 8 Senna AGIUS AUS Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 40'26.176 148.5 33.763 10 6 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Liqui Moly Intact GP KALEX 40'27.530 148.4 35.117 11 5 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 40'28.011 148.4 35.598 12 4 72 Borja GOMEZ SPA Flexbox HP40 KALEX 40'28.749 148.4 36.336 13 3 12 Filip SALAC CZE Gresini Racing Moto2 KALEX 40'31.355 148.2 38.942 14 2 19 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 40'34.123 148.0 41.710 15 1 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 40'37.651 147.8 45.238 16 61 Alessandro ZACCONE ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 KALEX 40'44.240 147.4 51.827 17 81 Keminth KUBO THA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea KALEX 40'45.297 147.4 52.884 18 4 Sean Dylan KELLY USA American Racing KALEX 40'45.522 147.3 53.109 19 17 Alex ESCRIG SPA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV AGUSTA 40'47.592 147.2 55.179 20 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV AGUSTA 40'48.040 147.2 55.627 21 84 Zonta VD GOORBERGH NED RW Racing GP KALEX 40'56.317 146.7 1'03.904 22 29 Taiga HADA JPN Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 41'08.999 134.3 2 laps Not classified 40 Aron CANET SPA Flexbox HP40 KALEX 30'23.173 150.2 6 laps 11 Mattia PASINI ITA RW Racing GP KALEX 29'01.798 148.9 7 laps 35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 22'29.784 149.5 11 laps 28 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team KALEX 22'54.774 146.8 11 laps 79 Ai OGURA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 11'13.539 149.8 18 laps 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team KALEX 16'02.019 104.9 18 laps 6 Cameron BEAUBIER USA American Racing KALEX 8'03.603 149.0 20 laps 21 Alonso LOPEZ SPA Beta Tools Speed Up BOSCOSCURO 4'52.350 147.9 22 laps Not finished first lap 24 Simone CORSI ITA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV AGUSTA
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 4:41:33 GMT -8
Augusto Fernandez Moto2 World Champion 2022
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 5:51:35 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 5:55:49 GMT -8
Pecco is an accountant and closes in 9th position, Quartararo does not go beyond 4th place. Alex Rins ends Suzuki's adventure with a flourish by winning the race, Bastianini third in the world championship
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 6:26:25 GMT -8
MotoGP Race 25 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 41'22.250 156.8 2 20 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 41'22.646 156.8 0.396 3 16 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 41'23.309 156.7 1.059 4 13 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 41'24.161 156.7 1.911 5 11 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 41'29.372 156.3 7.122 6 10 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 41'29.985 156.3 7.735 7 9 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 41'30.774 156.2 8.524 8 8 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 41'34.288 156.0 12.038 9 7 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 41'36.691 155.9 14.441 10 6 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 41'36.926 155.9 14.676 11 5 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 41'39.905 155.7 17.655 12 4 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 41'47.120 155.2 24.870 13 3 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 41'48.796 155.1 26.546 14 2 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 41'48.860 155.1 26.610 15 1 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 41'54.069 154.8 31.819 16 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 42'51.120 151.4 1'28.870 17 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA 42'07.305 148.3 1 lap Not classified 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 33'43.693 156.7 5 laps 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 23'08.581 155.7 12 laps 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 23'34.934 152.8 12 laps 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 13'50.842 156.1 18 laps 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 6'18.505 152.3 23 laps 40 Darryn BINDER RSA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 6'20.427 151.5 23 laps 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 5'09.894 139.5 24 laps
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 11:00:08 GMT -8
Historic triumph for Bagnaia in dramatic decider! Pecco crowned Champion with Ducati in a tense decider which saw the title contenders make contact The Ducati Lenovo Team’s Francesco Bagnaia has won the 2022 MotoGP™ World Championship by finishing ninth in the final race of the season at the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana – a first such title for the man mentored by Valentino Rossi. Monster Energy Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo started the Grand Prix needing nothing less than victory to have any hope of a second straight crown but finished a fighting fourth in a contest won by Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins – one more victory for the Hamamatsu manufacturer. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) rounded out the podium after 27 laps around the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Early contact between Bagnaia and Quartararo Rins qualified on the middle of Row 2 but made a brilliant start and led the field to the first corner, ahead of pole-sitter Martin and Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team). Quartararo took a wide berth at the Turn 2 braking zone, emerging behind Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) and in a battle for fifth with none other than Bagnaia. When Marquez attacked Miller for third on the opening lap, Quartararo squeezed his Yamaha down the inside of the Australian’s Ducati at Turn 8 as well, and he was up to fourth. Miller hit back at the start of Lap 2, forcing Quartararo to pick up his YZR-M1 at Turn 2 with a pass which incentivised Bagnaia to also have a look. The title contenders made contact which pulled a wing off the factory-entered Ducati, but Bagnaia was ahead of his key rival. It stayed that way until Lap 4, when Quartararo was down his inside at Turn 6 and back into fifth position – but facing a task to catch the top four. Bagnaia starts to slide as Marquez crashes In said top four, Miller moved back into the podium positions when he passed Marquez on Lap 6 at Turn 1, before the eight-time World Champion crashed out altogether, four laps later at Turn 8. In the meantime, Quartararo had shaken Bagnaia, who, due to some combination of caution and the damage from his contact with ‘El Diablo’, was on the slide. He had already been overtaken for sixth by Brad Binder when he gave Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) an easy position on Lap 13 at Turn 14. Up the road, Rins was trying to break away but the rest of the top five was compressing, which was both good and bad news for Quartararo given he was running fourth with a KTM ridden by Binder catching up. The Frenchman braked as deep as he dared at Turn 1 at the start of Lap 18 to try and keep the South African behind him, but ran wide and was picked off by Binder at Turn 2. pbs.twimg.com/media/Fg4iancXwAM2FD3?format=jpg&name=smallBinder on the rise but Rins creeps clear Meanwhile, Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) was also through on Bagnaia, and soon Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) was as well. Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) then caught up to his future teammate and while he might have had thoughts about the Ducati hierarchy watching on in the garage, Pecco left a humongous gap at Turn 2 on Lap 22 to give ninth position to ‘La Bestia’ and save himself any possible trouble. It was more dramatic in the battle for the podium places, with Binder going past his own future teammate, Miller, on Lap 23 at Turn 2, then setting after Martin. Halfway around the lap at Turn 11, Miller’s last race with Ducati came to a premature end when he crashed out, handing over fourth spot to Quartararo again. Bagnaia is the Champion Rins had not quite been able to drop the field like he might have hoped, but was still nine tenths of a second to the good when Binder overtook Martin for second place at Turn 4 on the penultimate lap. They would take the chequered flag 0.396 seconds apart as Rins delivered the final win for Suzuki in its current stint in MotoGP™, with Martin getting home just over a second from victory, and Quartararo nine tenths further back. Oliveira would pass Mir for fifth, with the 2020 World Champion therefore classified sixth, ahead of Marini and Bastianini. Bagnaia found himself under pressure from Quartararo’s Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™ teammate Franco Morbidelli in the final laps but beat the Italian to ninth position. Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) finished 11th, ahead of Tech3 KTM Factory Racing duo Raul Fernandez and Remy Gardner, then Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) in 14th and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) in the last points-paying position. Joining Miller on the list of retirements was Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) after a crash on Lap 16, plus both the Aprilia Racing entries of Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales, both the Repsol Honda Team entries of Marquez and Pol Espargaro, and also Darryn Binder (WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team). Bagnaia can now celebrate his first MotoGP™ Championship crown, and Ducati’s first riders’ title in 15 long years, but before the off-season, we have the Valencia Test back at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo on Tuesday. MotoGP™ Race Top 10 1. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) 2. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 0.396 3. Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) + 1.059 4. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 1.911 5. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 7.122 6. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 7.735 7. Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 8.524 8. Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) + 12.038 9. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 14.441 10. Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 14.676
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 11:25:49 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 11:30:25 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 11:34:15 GMT -8
Johann Zarco to GP Mag: “the best start and the worst feeling from the front of the season. My front tire heated up in traffic and I crashed. But I will work to build the victory next year.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 11:51:58 GMT -8
Simon Patterson: The last photo I’ll take of these beautiful things.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 11:52:57 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Nov 6, 2022 12:32:01 GMT -8
Fabio !/4Arrow: "I'm a winner, the first 15 minutes after the GP are difficult but it's time to close the chapter and start a new one from Tuesday's tests"
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Post by truenorth on Nov 7, 2022 6:51:51 GMT -8
What to look forward to at the Valencia Test MotoGP™ will be sprinting into 2023 on Tuesday, with preparations for 2023 already beginning
Having seen a new World Champion crowned at the Valencia GP, teams and riders don’t have much time to draw breath as on Tuesday, November 8th, preparations for 2023 begin with the Official Valencia Test.
The one-day Test is sure to draw interest with plenty of novelties set to be on show and numerous personnel changes within teams. What’s more is that fans can enjoy track action LIVE on motogp.com, as well as an exclusive range of extra and behind-the-scenes content from the team at the circuit. As per usual, teams will bring out a variety of upgrades for their 2023 machines as they aim to get a headstart on next year’s campaign, so expect to see lots of innovation across the day.
Apart from the tech side of things, we’ll see a number of riders don the leathers of their new teams for the first time. Jack Miller is one of the biggest names in the series to move manufacturers as he swaps a factory Ducati for a factory KTM. He’s not the only incoming rider at the Austrian manufacturer either. Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) will debut on MotoGP™ machinery with GASGAS Factory Racing Team, while Pol Espargaro will ride the RC16 once again as he moves back to the orange marque from Repsol Honda.
Honda themselves will welcome current Suzuki duo Joan Mir and Alex Rins into the fold, with both riders getting a first taste of the RC213V alongside Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) and Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu). It will be another pivotal test for the Japanese manufacturer as they continue to revamp their bike in an effort to provide a more competitive package in 2023.
Apart from the tech side of things, we’ll see a number of riders don the leathers of their new teams for the first time. Jack Miller is one of the biggest names in the series to move manufacturers as he swaps a factory Ducati for a factory KTM. He’s not the only incoming rider at the Austrian manufacturer either. Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) will debut on MotoGP™ machinery with GASGAS Factory Racing Team, while Pol Espargaro will ride the RC16 once again as he moves back to the orange marque from Repsol Honda.
Honda themselves will welcome current Suzuki duo Joan Mir and Alex Rins into the fold, with both riders getting a first taste of the RC213V alongside Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) and Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu). It will be another pivotal test for the Japanese manufacturer as they continue to revamp their bike in an effort to provide a more competitive package in 2023.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 7, 2022 7:46:00 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Nov 7, 2022 8:44:56 GMT -8
Pecco's half century record that evaded Vale The Italian joins Giacomo Agostini in an exclusive club as Nick Harris reflects on a historic weekend in Valencia World Champion Pecco Bagnaia and Ducati joined a very exclusive club on Sunday. A club that even Valentino Rossi is not a member of. A club that boasts members from just two countries since it was founded 74 years ago. A club that boasted just five riders until Valencia on Sunday. That Italian passion and pride just flows like a gushing overflowing river when it comes to sport. Anybody in that sell-out crowd at Valencia on Sunday would endorse just what Bagnaia’s world title meant to a nation. A country starved of a MotoGP™ title for 13 long dark years. A country still reeling from Rossi’s retirement. A country that has not celebrated a World Champion riding an Italian motorcycle for 15 years and the longest wait of them all, an Italian rider riding an Italian motorcycle to a premier class title. How appropriate it was to see both Italian legends Giacomo Agostini and Rossi in the Ducati garage at the Ricardo Tormo circuit. Vale, the last Italian MotoGP™ World Champion back in 2009. Ago, the last Italian rider to win the premier class on an Italian machine 50 years ago. Yes, half a century ago way back in 1972. Vale tried but failed in his two seasons with Ducati. Stoner won Ducati’s only other MotoGP™ Championship riding the 800cc machine but of course, he is Australian. It is an amazing fact that just two countries have produced premier class World Champions riding machinery built in their country. Since Grand Prix racing began in 1949 only Italy and Great Britain have achieved such a feat. Others and especially Japan have tried but still wait to join the exclusive double club. It will be no great surprise that Italy leads the way. The combination of superb innovative engineering and brilliant riders had brought them that unique double ten times before Sunday. The Italian membership of the club opened in 1950, just the second year of the World Championship, when Umberto Masetti brought Gilera the 500cc title. He was crowned Champion again two years later riding the magnificent four-cylinder 500cc Gilera. It was Gilera in 1957 with Libero Liberati taking the title. Nine years later Ago and MV Agusta simply took over. For seven years between 1966 -1972, they dominated the 500cc Championship. His former team-mate Mike Hailwood and Honda tried to knock them off their perch but failed. MV continued to win but with Phil Read in the saddle. Ago went to Yamaha and brought them the first two-stroke 500cc title. The only rider to come close to the double during those 50 years before Sunday was Loris Capirossi. In 2006 the 125 and 250cc World Champion led the Championship going into the seventh round riding the Ducati in Barcelona. His Championship lead disappeared in a multi-bike first-bend crash and Loris eventually finished third in the title race behind Nicky Hayden and Rossi. British success came a long time ago. The very first 500cc World Champion Les Graham won the 1949 title riding a British-built single cylinder AJS. Two years later Geoff Duke won on Norton before switching to Gilera and that was that. When the two-strokes arrived and when the Championship returned to the four-strokes two decades ago it is Japanese machinery that have ruled the roost. Only Ducati broke the sequence in 2007 until Valencia on Sunday. The Japanese manufacturers have been desperate to find the Japanese rider who could match their engineers' brilliance but they are still waiting. Tadayuki Okada came the closest in 1997 when he finished second behind Honda team-mate Mick Doohan. He was third two years later behind Alex Criville and Kenny Roberts. Hideo Kanaya was the first Japanese 500cc Grand Prix winner when he won the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix for Yamaha. Norick Abe, Makoto Tamada and Tohru Ukawa won 500cc Grands Prix but never really challenged for the title. Tragically Honda’s title challenger 250cc World Champion Daijiro Kato lost his life at the opening 2003 round at Suzuka. So, can anybody join Italy and Great Britain next season? Looking at the 2023 entry list that was revealed last week the answer is no. As I said at the start Pecco Bagnaia and Ducati joined a very exclusive club on Sunday. Membership is extremely limited.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 7, 2022 9:00:58 GMT -8
Moto3 Congratulations to Diogo Moreira for his rookie of the year. And to his team, which is also a "rookie" in the championship. Great job!
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Post by truenorth on Nov 7, 2022 16:07:13 GMT -8
Alex Márquez: 73 is already on the new bike Looking forward to testing tomorrow! www.motogp.com/en/news/2022/06/26/gresini-racing-announce-alex-marquez-for-2023-ride/428025Gresini Racing announce Alex Marquez for 2023 ride The two-time World Champion will partner Di Giannantonio on a Ducati next season, replacing Bastianini. Gresini Racing MotoGP™ have confirmed Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) will partner Fabio Di Giannantonio for the 2023 MotoGP™ season. The double World Champion will replace Enea Bastianini in the Gresini ranks next year, with the Italian moving to either the factory or Prima Pramac Racing Ducati set-up to ride a factory Desmosedici in 2023.
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Post by truenorth on Nov 8, 2022 6:41:53 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: A very, sad empty space behind the bike sheds
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Post by truenorth on Nov 8, 2022 6:43:14 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Oliveira is the first rider who's changed brands for 2023 to make it into the top ten on lap times. He's 9th, just 0.6s off leader Vinales, which suggests the Aprilia is as neutral & friendly as I've thought for a while
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Post by truenorth on Nov 8, 2022 6:47:30 GMT -8
Simon Patterson: Raul Fernandez is so far the only rider to go faster on his new bike (an Aprilia RS-GP) than he did on his old bike (a KTM RC16) in qualifying
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