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Post by truenorth on Oct 15, 2023 11:49:38 GMT -8
Phillip Island Phillip Island, the self-styled home of Australian motorsport, is steeped in motor racing tradition, with the first car races having been held there on public roads in the 1920s. The first motorcycle races took place in 1931 and a permanent track was built in 1956. The circuit fell into disrepair during the late 70s and early 80s until it was bought in 1985 and given a AUS $5m facelift. MotoGP returned in 1989 and 1990 before becoming a regular fixture once more from 1997 onwards. The Phillip Island circuit is blessed with breathtaking scenery and beautiful ocean views and, as one of the fastest, most fluid, tracks on the calendar, it continues to provide some of the most spectacular racing in the MotoGP season.
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Post by truenorth on Oct 16, 2023 7:45:33 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Oct 16, 2023 7:48:50 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Oct 16, 2023 7:52:07 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Oct 16, 2023 8:02:46 GMT -8
Martin Raines Ten of the current riders have topped the world championship classification at some point during their time in the MotoGP class: Marc Marquez, Vinales, Quartararo, Mir, Zarco, Bagnaia, Bastianini, Aleix Espargaro, Bezzecchi and Martin
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Post by truenorth on Oct 16, 2023 9:41:22 GMT -8
After falling in the race, Marc didn’t show up to answer questions. He briefly commented on the day: “I wasn’t pushing, I was just waiting to get to the finish line”
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Post by truenorth on Oct 17, 2023 9:54:40 GMT -8
Mat Oxley No more Mooney VR46 next year… the team will become Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team, backed by the Indonesian oil company. No idea if they’ll still back Gresini (and therefore the Marquez bros!) too. Probably not I guess
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Post by truenorth on Oct 18, 2023 6:57:34 GMT -8
Mat Oxley Phillip Island likely to be a particularly mental battle this weekend. The Bagnaia/Martin title fight continues at MotoGP's only track where the rider can make pretty much all the difference, so Marquez, Quartararo, Binder, Miller etc will see it as their only chance for a win this year. Then there's the scary 220mph straight, with winds gusting in from Antarctica as riders pass the grandstands before they funnel into Turn 1, with the bikes harder-than-ever to manoeuvre in windy conditions with all the aero, plus the right side of the tyre cooling off, a forecast ambient temperature of 13 degrees and maybe a bit of rain too. Aaaaaghhh!
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Post by truenorth on Oct 18, 2023 7:06:34 GMT -8
Mat Oxley Pretty sure Phillip Island is the only MotoGP track to have its own special rule in the MotoGP regs book, due to the potentially dangerous clash between strong winds and large downforce aero surfaces - ie if wind gets under those surfaces, it could be disastrous.
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Post by truenorth on Oct 18, 2023 7:11:41 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Oct 18, 2023 8:47:11 GMT -8
Mat Oxley I need to do a daily Bezzecchi quote. This is after his amazing third place in the Mandalika sprint: "The sprint is always a shit feeling, a mixed feeling, because it's not a race, it’s a sprint. Anyway I'm very happy, don’t get me wrong."
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Post by truenorth on Oct 19, 2023 7:18:06 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Oct 19, 2023 7:30:51 GMT -8
Peter McLaren Wind gusts reaching as high as 80km/h are currently forecast for the Phillip Island circuit on Sunday at the Australian MotoGP.
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Post by truenorth on Oct 19, 2023 7:34:02 GMT -8
Mat Oxley Re my blog about the MotoGP riders' trade union. If you need an excuse to dislike Bernie Ecclestone any more than you already do, here's the first-ever riders rep Sito Pons talking about trying to improve safety at Spa.
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Post by truenorth on Oct 19, 2023 7:52:42 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Oct 19, 2023 16:11:48 GMT -8
Moto3 Practice 1 1 44 David MUÑOZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'37.638 9 13 246.2 2 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'37.903 14 14 0.265 0.265 244.0 3 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'38.034 17 17 0.396 0.131 247.3 4 31 Adrian FERNANDEZ SPA Leopard Racing HONDA 1'38.119 19 19 0.481 0.085 249.1 5 10 Diogo MOREIRA BRA MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'38.150 15 16 0.512 0.031 242.9 6 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Leopard Racing HONDA 1'38.152 18 18 0.514 0.002 248.5 7 66 Joel KELSO AUS CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'38.264 15 17 0.626 0.112 244.0 8 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 1'38.447 17 17 0.809 0.183 249.6 9 96 Daniel HOLGADO SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'38.475 12 15 0.837 0.028 245.1 10 99 José Antonio RUEDA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'38.574 17 17 0.936 0.099 247.3 11 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'38.613 14 15 0.975 0.039 243.5 12 95 Collin VEIJER NED Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'38.684 17 17 1.046 0.071 244.6 13 82 Stefano NEPA ITA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'38.690 13 16 1.052 0.006 247.3 14 21 Vicente PEREZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'38.807 14 14 1.169 0.117 244.0 15 48 Ivan ORTOLÁ SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'38.969 14 16 1.331 0.162 249.1 16 9 Nicola Fabio CARRARO ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'39.116 14 16 1.478 0.147 244.0 17 64 Mario AJI INA Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'39.265 13 17 1.627 0.149 244.0 18 38 David SALVADOR SPA CIP Green Power KTM 1'39.314 15 17 1.676 0.049 244.6 19 70 Joshua WHATLEY GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 1'39.315 17 17 1.677 0.001 247.3 20 63 Syarifuddin AZMAN MAL MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'39.529 16 17 1.891 0.214 245.1 21 20 Lorenzo FELLON FRA CIP Green Power KTM 1'39.549 17 17 1.911 0.020 243.5 22 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'39.639 12 15 2.001 0.090 242.9 23 7 Filippo FARIOLI ITA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'39.727 15 16 2.089 0.088 245.1 24 27 Kaito TOBA JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'40.298 10 10 2.660 0.571 245.7 25 80 David ALONSO COL Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 1'40.361 15 15 2.723 0.063 246.8 26 72 Taiyo FURUSATO JPN Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'40.648 15 15 3.010 0.287 240.2 Not qualified (Out 105%) 1'42.519 18 Matteo BERTELLE ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'42.632 3 6 4.994 1.984 244.0 19 Scott OGDEN GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 1'46.460 2 4 8.822 3.828 249.6
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Post by truenorth on Oct 19, 2023 16:13:58 GMT -8
Moto2 Pracice 1 1 54 Fermín ALDEGUER SPA Beta Tools SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 1'32.794 15 19 298.5 2 37 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1'33.003 16 19 0.209 0.209 297.6 3 40 Aron CANET SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 1'33.238 17 19 0.444 0.235 291.2 4 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1'33.572 17 20 0.778 0.334 292.8 5 21 Alonso LOPEZ SPA Beta Tools SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 1'33.857 17 19 1.063 0.285 301.0 6 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1'33.865 17 20 1.071 0.008 292.0 7 96 Jake DIXON GBR Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1'33.913 13 17 1.119 0.048 293.6 8 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1'33.925 16 19 1.131 0.012 294.4 9 24 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA OnlyFans American Racing KALEX 1'33.981 16 21 1.187 0.056 296.8 10 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 1'34.136 21 21 1.342 0.155 296.8 11 7 Barry BALTUS BEL Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 1'34.200 16 21 1.406 0.064 292.0 12 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA Fantic Racing KALEX 1'34.211 14 21 1.417 0.011 296.0 13 28 Izan GUEVARA SPA Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1'34.273 15 15 1.479 0.062 296.0 14 22 Sam LOWES GBR Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1'34.279 16 19 1.485 0.006 292.8 15 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1'34.395 19 19 1.601 0.116 292.8 16 12 Filip SALAC CZE QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 1'34.397 12 12 1.603 0.002 296.8 17 79 Ai OGURA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1'34.492 17 17 1.698 0.095 291.2 18 71 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1'34.542 16 18 1.748 0.050 298.5 19 15 Darryn BINDER RSA Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 1'34.552 13 18 1.758 0.010 295.2 20 67 Alberto SURRA ITA Forward Team FORWARD 1'34.712 13 15 1.918 0.160 291.2 21 11 Sergio GARCIA SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 1'34.838 19 19 2.044 0.126 291.2 22 18 Manuel GONZALEZ SPA Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 T KALEX 1'34.893 17 17 2.099 0.055 296.8 23 3 Lukas TULOVIC GER Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 1'34.954 16 18 2.160 0.061 296.0 24 84 Zonta VD GOORBERGH NED Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 1'35.054 17 20 2.260 0.100 292.0 25 35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1'35.171 5 14 2.377 0.117 292.8 26 23 Taiga HADA JPN Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1'35.353 12 17 2.559 0.182 293.6 27 17 Alex ESCRIG SPA Forward Team FORWARD 1'35.924 13 17 3.130 0.571 295.2 28 33 Rory SKINNER GBR OnlyFans American Racing KALEX 1'36.066 17 22 3.272 0.142 295.2 29 9 Mattia CASADEI ITA Fantic Racing KALEX 1'36.456 19 19 3.662 0.390 294.4 30 5 Kohta NOZANE JPN Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 T KALEX 1'37.017 4 17 4.223 0.561 291.2
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Post by truenorth on Oct 19, 2023 16:49:43 GMT -8
MotoGP Practice 1 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'29.039 19 19 349.5 2 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 1'29.759 19 20 0.720 0.720 340.7 3 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'29.777 19 21 0.738 0.018 347.3 4 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'30.285 8 22 1.246 0.508 347.3 5 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'30.311 5 20 1.272 0.026 345.0 6 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'30.434 7 20 1.395 0.123 348.4 7 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'30.434 7 21 1.395 349.5 8 43 Jack MILLER AUS Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'30.453 18 21 1.414 0.019 345.0 9 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'30.464 7 19 1.425 0.011 348.4 10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'30.480 16 21 1.441 0.016 345.0 11 1 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'30.518 13 19 1.479 0.038 346.1 12 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'30.614 4 18 1.575 0.096 346.1 13 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 1'30.675 6 19 1.636 0.061 350.6 14 42 Alex RINS SPA LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA 1'30.678 15 17 1.639 0.003 341.8 15 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team APRILIA 1'30.753 13 19 1.714 0.075 341.8 16 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'30.819 12 18 1.780 0.066 342.9 17 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 1'30.834 11 22 1.795 0.015 341.8 18 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'30.858 10 20 1.819 0.024 342.9 19 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'30.940 15 16 1.901 0.082 345.0 20 36 Joan MIR SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'30.972 18 19 1.933 0.032 347.3 21 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team APRILIA 1'31.163 13 19 2.124 0.191 340.7 22 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'31.332 6 19 2.293 0.169 344.0
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Post by truenorth on Oct 19, 2023 19:22:34 GMT -8
Moto3 Practice 2 1 44 David MUÑOZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'36.791 13 16 249.6 2 82 Stefano NEPA ITA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'36.864 14 16 0.073 0.073 247.9 3 10 Diogo MOREIRA BRA MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'37.111 11 14 0.320 0.247 243.5 4 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'37.115 11 12 0.324 0.004 247.3 5 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'37.146 14 17 0.355 0.031 246.8 6 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Leopard Racing HONDA 1'37.337 11 11 0.546 0.191 246.2 7 48 Ivan ORTOLÁ SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 1'37.411 11 14 0.620 0.074 247.9 8 66 Joel KELSO AUS CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'37.423 16 17 0.632 0.012 241.8 9 70 Joshua WHATLEY GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 1'37.554 14 14 0.763 0.131 245.1 10 96 Daniel HOLGADO SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'37.623 15 17 0.832 0.069 246.8 11 95 Collin VEIJER NED Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP HUSQVARNA 1'37.765 16 16 0.974 0.142 242.9 12 38 David SALVADOR SPA CIP Green Power KTM 1'37.864 14 16 1.073 0.099 246.2 13 80 David ALONSO COL Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 1'37.916 17 17 1.125 0.052 247.9 14 27 Kaito TOBA JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'37.926 13 14 1.135 0.010 247.9 15 21 Vicente PEREZ SPA BOE Motorsports KTM 1'37.992 5 13 1.201 0.066 247.3 16 99 José Antonio RUEDA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1'38.005 15 15 1.214 0.013 246.2 17 72 Taiyo FURUSATO JPN Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'38.029 14 14 1.238 0.024 242.9 18 7 Filippo FARIOLI ITA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 1'38.064 13 17 1.273 0.035 244.0 19 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 1'38.210 10 16 1.419 0.146 246.8 20 9 Nicola Fabio CARRARO ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'38.369 6 12 1.578 0.159 244.0 21 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 1'38.374 17 17 1.583 0.005 247.3 22 31 Adrian FERNANDEZ SPA Leopard Racing HONDA 1'38.406 17 17 1.615 0.032 246.8 23 18 Matteo BERTELLE ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 1'38.413 17 17 1.622 0.007 244.0 24 64 Mario AJI INA Honda Team Asia HONDA 1'38.485 15 17 1.694 0.072 243.5 25 20 Lorenzo FELLON FRA CIP Green Power KTM 1'38.695 5 16 1.904 0.210 244.6 26 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 1'39.000 10 10 2.209 0.305 246.2 27 63 Syarifuddin AZMAN MAL MT Helmets - MSI KTM 1'39.243 10 13 2.452 0.243 243.5 Not classified 19 Scott OGDEN GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA
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Post by truenorth on Oct 19, 2023 20:27:53 GMT -8
Moto2 Practice 2 1 54 Fermín ALDEGUER SPA Beta Tools SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 1'32.548 16 21 290.5 2 40 Aron CANET SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 1'32.686 16 19 0.138 0.138 291.2 3 96 Jake DIXON GBR Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1'33.098 14 18 0.550 0.412 292.8 4 37 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1'33.144 16 17 0.596 0.046 296.0 5 18 Manuel GONZALEZ SPA Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 T KALEX 1'33.180 14 18 0.632 0.036 292.8 6 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1'33.335 14 19 0.787 0.155 288.1 7 35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1'33.450 2 21 0.902 0.115 293.6 8 11 Sergio GARCIA SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 1'33.472 19 21 0.924 0.022 290.5 9 21 Alonso LOPEZ SPA Beta Tools SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 1'33.553 15 20 1.005 0.081 290.5 10 22 Sam LOWES GBR Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1'33.574 11 22 1.026 0.021 290.5 11 28 Izan GUEVARA SPA Inde GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1'33.696 11 19 1.148 0.122 294.4 12 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1'33.749 19 20 1.201 0.053 290.5 13 24 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA OnlyFans American Racing KALEX 1'33.793 19 23 1.245 0.044 292.8 14 15 Darryn BINDER RSA Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 1'33.910 13 15 1.362 0.117 296.0 15 79 Ai OGURA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1'33.952 20 20 1.404 0.042 290.5 16 84 Zonta VD GOORBERGH NED Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 1'33.965 18 21 1.417 0.013 289.7 17 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 1'34.055 13 18 1.507 0.090 292.8 18 71 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1'34.065 15 18 1.517 0.010 294.4 19 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA Fantic Racing KALEX 1'34.114 16 18 1.566 0.049 294.4 20 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1'34.185 15 20 1.637 0.071 292.0 21 3 Lukas TULOVIC GER Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 1'34.280 11 19 1.732 0.095 292.0 22 7 Barry BALTUS BEL Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 1'34.295 16 21 1.747 0.015 287.4 23 12 Filip SALAC CZE QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 1'34.427 13 20 1.879 0.132 291.2 24 23 Taiga HADA JPN Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1'34.581 10 23 2.033 0.154 288.9 25 33 Rory SKINNER GBR OnlyFans American Racing KALEX 1'34.587 6 23 2.039 0.006 290.5 26 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1'34.729 13 17 2.181 0.142 287.4 27 17 Alex ESCRIG SPA Forward Team FORWARD 1'34.945 13 17 2.397 0.216 293.6 28 67 Alberto SURRA ITA Forward Team FORWARD 1'34.966 11 14 2.418 0.021 292.0 29 5 Kohta NOZANE JPN Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 T KALEX 1'35.180 17 19 2.632 0.214 288.1 30 9 Mattia CASADEI ITA Fantic Racing KALEX 1'35.476 18 22 2.928 0.296 290.5
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