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Post by truenorth on Apr 26, 2024 10:47:54 GMT -8
Bagnaia steals top honours from Viñales in Spain The Italian ended Friday quickest after a hectic Practice session ahead of Viñales and Marc Marquez! It was a hard battle for the top 10 spots in MotoGP™ Practice at the Gran Premio Estrella Galicia 0,0 de España as the shootout for direct Q2 entry went down to the wire. By the end of play, a top three split by only 0.143 had emerged: reigning Champion Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), COTA winner Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) and eight-time World Champion Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™). For Bagnaia, it was a day to test things out on the bike following by a shiny new lap record; for Viñales, a crash early doors before a laptime that initially put him top; and for Marquez, just one sector that stood between him and the fastest lap of the day. All three were under the previous lap record too, not just Bagnaia, and that teases plenty of action on super Saturday even before the full cast of characters are brought onto the stage. Despite a crash at turn one at the beginning of the session, Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing) fought back to fourth in the final 10 minutes of the day, with he and teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio both having a positive Friday and ‘Diggia’ also through to Q2 in P9. Championship leader Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) is fifth on Friday, but it’s a four-tenth gap to the top he’s looking to bridge in Q2, and he’s got some company he’d likely rather escape right behind him: Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3). The rookie sensation was outside the top 10 heading into the final run but got the pedal to the metal and jumped up to sixth at the end of the day, after earlier running round in tandem with MotoGP™ Legend and wildcard Dani Pedrosa (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) too. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) was seventh as he looks to get back on a par with Viñales at a track that saw the #41 take pole last year, making it both factory Aprilias securing a spot in Q2. Second in the Championship Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team) set a 1:36.480 for P8 – improving on his pace from the morning Free Practice session – but he’ll want more on Saturday. Behind the aforementioned Diggia in ninth, Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) is the final rider heading straight through as he completes the top ten. That means there are a few fast and famous faces ready to do battle in a star-studded Q1. One of the most famous is probably Pedrosa, as he was P14 at the end of play. And the most desperate to get through is probably teammate Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), who finished up P11 after a crash near the end of PR when he was setting red sectors. Barring any bad luck or trouble, the South African would seem a safe bet for moving up from Q1. Teammate Jack Miller looks to do the same, ending Friday in P13, and Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing) wants to ruin the party for them all. The Italian, who missed pre-season through injury, is really getting there on pace and put in a convincing Friday in Jerez, in the upper echelons of the timesheets until getting pushed down to P12 by the end of the decisive PR session. Erstwhile master of Jerez Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) was in P20 too, and will aim for a big step on Saturday after teammate Alex Rins turned the tables on Day 1, taking P15 and four tenths up the road.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 26, 2024 10:50:33 GMT -8
Roberts rockets to the top ahead of Aldeguer The American ends Friday at the Spanish GP ahead of Aldeguer and Garcia The Moto2™ field has completed Practice 1 at the Grand Premio Estrella Galicia 0,0 de España, with Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team) rocketing to the top spot at the end of Friday. The American continued to show strong pace after finishing second at the Americas GP, setting a strong 1:40.664, ending Practice 1 ahead of Fermin Aldeguer (Beta Tools SpeedUp), who was just 0.234 away from the top spot. Race winner at COTA, Sergio Garcia (MT Helmets – MSI), rounded out the top three after a brilliant session for the #3 – setting a personal best time on lap 12. Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing Team) capped off a great opening day for American Racing, finding pace late in the session to set a 1:40.964. Ramirez was ahead of Ai Ogura (MT Helmets – MSI), who showed strong pace in the early stages of the session - rounding out the top five. Manuel Gonzalez (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2) set a 1:40.999 to jump the Spaniard to sixth position – ending the day safely inside the top 14. Zonta Van Den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP) was briefly at the top of the timesheets but finished the session in seventh ahead of title contender Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools SpeedUp). Albert Arenas (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2™) was ninth, finishing the session ahead of CFMOTO Aspar Team's Izan Guevara, who rounded out the top 10. The #28 was ahead of teammate Jake Dixon (CFMOTO Aspar Team) in 11th and Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia), who had a crash in the closing minutes of Practice 1. Filip Salac (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) was 13th ahead of Barry Baltus (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP ), who took the final place inside the top 14. It was a tough day in the office for Aron Canet (Fantic Racing), who crashed at the end of the session, unable to fight for the top 14 positions. Celestino Vietti (Red Bull KTM Ajo) will also have to find time on Saturday morning, ending Friday in 19th position.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 26, 2024 10:53:54 GMT -8
Alonso completes a perfect Friday ahead of Roulstone The Colombian broke the lap record once again to finish ahead of Roulstone and Veijer The Moto3™ field has finished Practice 1 at the Gran Premio Estrella Galicia 0,0 de España, with David Alonso (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) dominating proceedings at the top of the timesheets. The #80 pounced to the top with 15 minutes to go and would continue to improve and would set an incredible 1:43.710 to destroy a lap record which was just set by the Colombian on Friday morning. Alonso was almost a second clear of rookie Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3), who was briefly at the top of the timesheet – settling for second position at the end of the session. Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) was a further 0.083 on a very impressive Friday for the Dutchman. Finding time in the afternoon session was Daniel Holgado (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3), who jumped to fourth position, ending the session ahead of David Almansa (Rivacold Snipers Team), who found time in the final sector on a final fast lap to round out the top five. The #22 was the sole Honda inside the top 10, finishing ahead of Joel Kelso (BOE Motorsports), who was outside the top 10 with 20 minutes to go but would find time to finish in sixth. Last year’s race winner Ivan Ortola (MT Helmets – MSI) was fastest in the early stages of the session but would end Practice 1 in seventh ahead of Riccardo Rossi (CIP Green Power). BOE Motorsports’ David Muñoz will enter Saturday inside the top 14 – ending the session in ninth in front of Stefano Nepa (LEVELUP – MTA), who rounded out the top 10. Tatsuki Suzuki (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) was 11th ahead of Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI) and CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team’s Joel Esteban, with Scott Ogden (MLav Racing) rounding out the top 14. It was a dramatic session for Nicola Carraro (LEVELUP – MTA), who fell at turn two late in the session, rider ok. This means the Italian will have to find time on Saturday morning, after finishing outside the top 14 at the end of Friday. Both Leopard Racing machines of Adrian Fernandez and Angel Piqueras will also have to fight for their spot inside the top 14 in Practice 2.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 26, 2024 10:56:59 GMT -8
Crutchlow set to make three wildcard appearances in 2024 The British rider will race at the British GP, Italian GP, and San Marino GP subject to IRTA confirmation Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™ has announced that Cal Crutchlow will return to the MotoGP™ paddock for three rounds this season. Crutchlow will aim to join the premier class for the Gran Premio d’Italia (round seven, Mugello, May 31 – June 2), Monster Energy British Grand Prix (round 11, Silverstone, August 2 – 4), and the Gran Premio Red Bull di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini (round 14, Misano, September 6 – 8). The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™ team indicated on social media: "he aims to gather extra data to support Yamaha in their bike development mission."
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 3:36:49 GMT -8
2024 Jerez Moto3 Practice 2 Result: Alonso Fastest In Any And All Conditions By Zara Daniela | Sat, 27/Apr/2024 - 00:24 The lightweight class got a soaking wet welcome on Saturday morning, with grey clouds still unloading around the Spanish circuit, but that didn’t stop David Alonso’s domination – perhaps slightly slowed it down. Alonso wasn’t miles ahead in the tricky conditions but still made his way to the top of the timesheets in the final couple of minutes of P2, demoting teammate Joel Esteban to second. He wasn’t the only rookie keen to impress and test himself in a wet session, with Angel Piqueras about four tenths of a second slower, ahead of teammate Adrian Fernandez.
Matteo Bertelle relegated rookie Xabi Zurutuza to sixth, while Scott Ogden made a late jump ahead of Noah Dettwiler. Luca Lunetta added yet another rookie to the top 10, which was completed by the significantly more experienced Stefano Nepa. The Italian was over a second and a half slower than the leader but the drastically different conditions did not allow for any changes to the hierarchy for qualifying and only four of the top 10 riders had secured Q2 places on Friday: Alonso, Esteban, Ogden and Nepa. The remaining tickets went to Ryusei Yamanaka, Riccardo Rossi, David Muñoz, Collin Veijer, Tatsuki Suzuki, Ivan Ortola, Dani Holgado, Joel Kelso, Jacob Roulstone and David Almansa.
After struggling with illness from the start of the weekend, Jose Antonio Rueda withdrew from the rest of the weekend’s action and was replaced by Vicente Perez, who finished just outside of the top 10 places.
Results:
Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev 1 80 David Alonso CFMOTO 01:56.619 2 78 Joel Esteban CFMOTO 01:56.715 0.096 0.096 3 36 Angel Piqueras Honda 01:57.007 0.388 0.292 4 31 Adrian Fernandez Honda 01:57.540 0.921 0.533 5 18 Matteo Bertelle Honda 01:57.666 1.047 0.126 6 85 Xabi Zurutuza KTM 01:57.703 1.084 0.037 7 19 Scott Ogden Honda 01:57.731 1.112 0.028 8 55 Noah Dettwiler KTM 01:57.833 1.214 0.102 9 58 Luca Lunetta Honda 01:58.180 1.561 0.347 10 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 01:58.258 1.639 0.078 11 21 Vicente Perez KTM 01:58.301 1.682 0.043 12 10 Nicola Carraro KTM 01:58.596 1.977 0.295 13 70 Joshua Whatley Honda 01:58.643 2.024 0.047 14 6 Ryusei Yamanaka KTM 01:58.685 2.066 0.042 15 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 01:58.696 2.077 0.011 16 7 Filippo Farioli Honda 01:58.958 2.339 0.262 17 64 David Muñoz KTM 01:59.132 2.513 0.174 18 95 Collin Veijer Husqvarna 01:59.432 2.813 0.300 19 72 Taiyo Furusato Honda 01:59.465 2.846 0.033 20 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Husqvarna 01:59.569 2.950 0.104 21 48 Ivan Ortola KTM 01:59.624 3.005 0.055 22 96 Daniel Holgado GASGAS 01:59.949 3.330 0.325 23 5 Tatchakorn Buasri Honda 02:00.093 3.474 0.144 24 66 Joel Kelso KTM 02:00.805 4.186 0.712 25 12 Jacob Roulstone GASGAS 02:02.139 5.520 1.334 Not Classified 22 David Almansa Honda 0.000 0.000
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 3:37:26 GMT -8
2024 Jerez Moto2 Practice 2 Result: Garcia Goes Top Then Tumble On Wet Track By Zara Daniela | Sat, 27/Apr/2024 - 01:08 More wet weather was on the cards for the intermediate class and that meant no changes to the Q2 hierarchy but also extra work for crews after a flurry of high-sides in the tricky conditions. Jake Dixon escaped any drama and enjoyed the familiar weather from the top of the timing screens for much of the session, until Sergio Garcia demoted him in the final couple of minutes of P2. The world championship leader didn’t quite get to enjoy his time in the limelight as he immediately crashed out at turn 3 and took a while to compose himself after the rapid tumble.
A late burst of speed from Tony Arbolino promoted him to second, further demoting Dixon to third, although the Italian wasn’t quick enough for Q2 on Friday afternoon. Ai Ogura, Alonso Lopez and Somkiat Chantra also showed off with their wet weather riding skills inside the top six, while Friday’s leader Joe Roberts kept close in seventh position. All four riders were safely in Q2, unlike the rest of the session’s top 10, made up of Celestino Vietti, Jeremy Alcoba and Bo Bendsneyder – who was over two seconds slower than the leader.
Although not troubling the top of the timesheets in P2, the likes of Albert Arenas, Manuel Gonzalez, Izan Guevara, Marcos Ramirez, Zonda Van Den Goorbergh, Fermin Aldeguer, Barry Baltus and Filip Salac will be joining Q2 directly – with Van Den Goorbergh and Aldeguer passing through the workshop first to sort out crash damage to their machines.
A notable absence was that of Aron Canet, who is out of commission with a broken ankle after his crash on Friday.
Results:
Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev 1 3 Sergio Garcia Boscoscuro 01:54.051 2 14 Tony Arbolino Kalex 01:54.190 0.139 0.139 3 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 01:54.282 0.231 0.092 4 79 Ai Ogura Boscoscuro 01:54.732 0.681 0.450 5 21 Alonso Lopez Boscoscuro 01:54.935 0.884 0.203 6 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 01:55.182 1.131 0.247 7 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 01:55.339 1.288 0.157 8 13 Celestino Vietti Kalex 01:55.434 1.383 0.095 9 52 Jeremy Alcoba Kalex 01:55.869 1.818 0.435 10 64 Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 01:56.174 2.123 0.305 11 53 Deniz öncü Kalex 01:56.322 2.271 0.148 12 11 Alex Escrig Forward 01:56.396 2.345 0.074 13 34 Mario Aji Kalex 01:56.580 2.529 0.184 14 20 Xavi Cardelus Kalex 01:56.613 2.562 0.033 15 75 Albert Arenas Kalex 01:56.656 2.605 0.043 16 15 Darryn Binder Kalex 01:56.693 2.642 0.037 17 81 Senna Agius Kalex 01:56.951 2.900 0.258 18 5 Jaume Masia Kalex 01:57.203 3.152 0.252 19 18 Manuel Gonzalez Kalex 01:57.439 3.388 0.236 20 28 Izan Guevara Kalex 01:57.649 3.598 0.210 21 9 Jorge Navarro Forward 01:57.798 3.747 0.149 22 10 Diogo Moreira Kalex 01:57.995 3.944 0.197 23 24 Marcos Ramirez Kalex 01:58.112 4.061 0.117 24 84 Zonta Vd Goorbergh Kalex 01:58.673 4.622 0.561 25 54 Fermin Aldeguer Boscoscuro 01:58.761 4.710 0.088 26 43 Xavier Artigas Forward 01:58.776 4.725 0.015 27 23 Matteo Ferrari Kalex 01:59.015 4.964 0.239 Not qualified (Out 105%) 12 Filip Salac Kalex 02:00.317 6.266 0.307 7 Barry Baltus Kalex 02:00.010 5.959 0.995 71 Dennis Foggia Kalex 0.000 0.000 22 Ayumu Sasaki Kalex 0.000 0.000
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 3:38:34 GMT -8
2023 Jerez MotoGP Free Practice 2 Result: Marquez Still Mastering Changing Conditions By Zara Daniela | Sat, 27/Apr/2024 - 01:53 The weather in Jerez played a trick on us, as the track turned wet to damp throughout the session and the slight patches of blue sky were giving everyone some hope. That hope was dashed just before the chequered flag came out, when more rain returned to spoil the party, but one man who didn’t seem to mind the tricky conditions was, perhaps predictably, Marc Marquez, the veteran’s adaptability making him the standout leader in FP2.
The Gresini man enjoyed a sizeable advantage of around half a second for much of proceedings, until Fabio Di Giannantonio picked up the pace to come within seven hundredths of a second of top spot. Pecco Bagnaia was not in a rush to attack the timesheets but eventually climbed into third on his penultimate lap, marginally ahead of Raul Fernandez. Maverick Viñales completed the top five ahead of Miguel Oliveira, while Pedro Acosta kept close but didn’t make much noise at the front until a save at turn five stole him back some airtime on his way to seventh position.
Franco Morbidelli, Alex Marquez and Aleix Espargaro completed the top 10 in the tricky conditions, with the top 14 covered by one second. This included Jorge Martin, whose session got underway with a wardrobe malfunction, the Spaniard losing his visor on the out-lap and delaying his assault on the timing screens, ending the session 12th.
Results:
Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev 1 93 Marc Marquez Ducati 01:48.183 2 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 01:48.259 0.076 0.076 3 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 01:48.653 0.470 0.394 4 25 Raul Fernandez Aprilia 01:48.722 0.539 0.069 5 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 01:48.749 0.566 0.027 6 88 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 01:48.794 0.611 0.045 7 31 Pedro Acosta KTM 01:48.850 0.667 0.056 8 21 Franco Morbidelli Ducati 01:48.875 0.692 0.025 9 73 Alex Marquez Ducati 01:48.901 0.718 0.026 10 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 01:48.902 0.719 0.001 11 72 Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 01:48.988 0.805 0.086 12 89 Jorge Martin Ducati 01:49.083 0.900 0.095 13 43 Jack Miller KTM 01:49.145 0.962 0.062 14 26 Dani Pedrosa KTM 01:49.249 1.066 0.104 15 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati 01:49.514 1.331 0.265 16 37 Augusto Fernandez KTM 01:49.515 1.332 0.001 17 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 01:49.810 1.627 0.295 18 5 Johann Zarco Honda 01:49.930 1.747 0.120 19 6 Stefan Bradl Honda 01:49.936 1.753 0.006 20 33 Brad Binder KTM 01:50.027 1.844 0.091 21 36 Joan Mir Honda 01:50.192 2.009 0.165 22 42 Alex Rins Yamaha 01:50.220 2.037 0.028 23 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 01:50.358 2.175 0.138 24 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 01:50.748 2.565 0.390 25 10 Luca Marini Honda 01:50.824 2.641 0.076
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 3:39:30 GMT -8
2024 Jerez MotoGP Qualifying Result: Back To The Future By Zara Daniela | Sat, 27/Apr/2024 - 02:57 Qualifying got underway with rain not quite decided whether to stay or go but a glimpse of sun eventually warmed up the battle for pole, just in time to place the spotlight on Marc Marquez for his 93rd career pole. The Spaniard led the way from his first flying lap and although rivals soon demoted him, he bookended the session with the only 1:46 time of the morning - immediately followed by a classic “celebration” with a save at the first corner. Although frustrated to miss out on one final lap, Marquez had no reason to worry as his top time ended up nearly three tenths of a second quicker than his challengers and the Gresini recruit took his first pole with Ducati on home soil.
Powered by his boss’s visit, Marco Bezzecchi briefly held top spot before settling for a fine second place on the grid, flanked by Spaniards, with Jorge Martin taking the third spot on the front row, although six tenths of a second off pole. Brad Binder escaped Q1 and had an early advantage in Q2 from the extra track time, before settling for fourth and reclaiming the honour of being top KTM. Fabio Di Giannantonio couldn’t quite threaten Marquez like he did in FP2 but did a solid job with fifth, sharing second row with Alex Marquez – the Spaniard a whole second slower than his brother.
A frustrated Pecco Bagnaia took the chequered flag seventh, after a mistake at turn two on his final lap and will be in familiar company on the third row, from Q1 leader Franco Morbidelli and teammate Enea Bastianini. Pedro Acosta also made a costly mistake, the rookie looking on course to snatch provisional pole in the closing stages of Q2 when he gently slid out at the final corner and got demoted all the way down to 10th. After ruling the roost in Texas, Maverick Viñales did not have the best of rainy days and ended up 11th, joined by teammate Aleix Espargaro on the fourth row.
In some mild good news for Honda, Johann Zarco came close to challenging for a Q2 position but made do with 13th on the grid, ahead of Miguel Oliveira and a frustrated Jack Miller, and with wildcard Dani Pedrosa a cautious 16th. If Honda had some glimpse of hope in the shape of Zarco, Yamaha had Alex Rins at the very back of the grid and Fabio Quartararo only a couple of positions ahead.
Results:
Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev 1 93 Marc Marquez Ducati 01:46.773 2 72 Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 01:47.044 0.271 0.271 3 89 Jorge Martin Ducati 01:47.381 0.608 0.337 4 33 Brad Binder KTM 01:47.730 0.957 0.349 5 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 01:47.778 1.005 0.048 6 73 Alex Marquez Ducati 01:47.840 1.067 0.062 7 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 01:47.962 1.189 0.122 8 21 Franco Morbidelli Ducati 01:48.116 1.343 0.154 9 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati 01:48.362 1.589 0.246 10 31 Pedro Acosta KTM 01:48.528 1.755 0.166 11 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 01:48.595 1.822 0.067 12 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 01:49.417 2.644 0.822 Q1 Results: Q2 21 Franco Morbidelli Ducati 01:47.887 Q2 33 Brad Binder KTM 01:47.949 0.062 0.062 13 5 Johann Zarco Honda 01:48.102 0.215 0.153 14 88 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 01:48.418 0.531 0.316 15 43 Jack Miller KTM 01:48.672 0.785 0.254 16 26 Dani Pedrosa KTM 01:48.699 0.812 0.027 17 25 Raul Fernandez Aprilia 01:48.728 0.841 0.029 18 37 Augusto Fernandez KTM 01:49.229 1.342 0.501 19 6 Stefan Bradl Honda 01:49.659 1.772 0.430 20 36 Joan Mir Honda 01:49.765 1.878 0.106 21 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 01:49.860 1.973 0.095 22 10 Luca Marini Honda 01:49.978 2.091 0.118 23 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 01:50.100 2.213 0.122 24 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 01:50.245 2.358 0.145 25 42 Alex Rins Yamaha 01:50.302 2.415 0.057
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 4:08:22 GMT -8
Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 1
1 14 T.Arbolino 1:41.961 2 13 C.Vietti +0.357 3 10 D.Moreira +0.419 4 52 J.Alcoba +0.444 5 81 S.Agius +0.455 6 64 B.Bendsneyder +0.497 7 15 D.Binder +0.581 8 53 D.Öncü +0.629 9 71 D.Foggia +0.947 10 9 J.Navarro +0.961 11 5 J.Masia +1.055 12 23 M.Ferrari +1.129 13 34 M.Aji +1.472 14 11 A.Escrig +1.477 15 20 X.Cardelus +1.857 16 43 X.Artigas +3.041 17 22 A.Sasaki
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 4:10:31 GMT -8
2024 Jerez Moto3 Qualifying Result: Fastest Come Rain Or Shine By Zara Daniela | Sat, 27/Apr/2024 - 04:47 After rain spoiled plans in morning practice, the lightweight class enjoyed sunny and nearly dry conditions for their qualifying sessions, and not even the wind and scattered damp patches could prevent David Alonso from fulfilling the prophecy he wrote throughout the weekend. After being untouchable in both wet and dry conditions, Alonso kept his cool in qualifying and opened up an unbeatable advantage to secure back to back pole positions. Helped by a luxury tow from the poleman, David Muñoz climbed into second at the chequered flag and was the only rider within a second of the leader. Collin Veijer threatened top spot as well but ultimately faded to third, one full second slower than Alonso.
Joel Kelso was a close fourth and will be joined on the second row of the grid by Ryusei Yamanaka and top rookie Angel Piqueras, scoring his best qualifying result in the world championship after acing Q1. Ivan Ortola opens third row ahead of rookie Joel Esteban and veteran Tatsuki Suzuki, while Nicola Carraro escaped Q1 and climbed into an excellent 10th place on the grid. The rookie will be in familiar company on the fourth row ahead teammate Stefano Nepa and fellow Q1 graduate Adrian Fernandez.
Scott Ogden, Riccardo Rossi and Filippo Farioli compose fifth row, while row six is a bit of an unusual one, led by David Almansa ahead of Jacob Roulstone and Dani Holgado. Although Roulstone’s speed looked promising on Friday, the tricky conditions on Saturday spelled disaster for the Tech 3 squad, with the Australian adding a second crash to his day - this time a rapid high-side at turn five on an out-lap. Making matters worse, teammate Holgado had already abandoned the fight at the same corner early in the session, which left the world championship leader at the bottom of the timesheets in Q2 and 18th on the grid.
Results:
Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev 1 80 David Alonso CFMOTO 01:44.954 2 64 David Muñoz KTM 01:45.174 0.220 0.220 3 95 Collin Veijer Husqvarna 01:46.013 1.059 0.839 4 66 Joel Kelso KTM 01:46.053 1.099 0.040 5 6 Ryusei Yamanaka KTM 01:46.152 1.198 0.099 6 36 Angel Piqueras Honda 01:46.477 1.523 0.325 7 48 Ivan Ortola KTM 01:46.495 1.541 0.018 8 78 Joel Esteban CFMOTO 01:46.600 1.646 0.105 9 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Husqvarna 01:46.797 1.843 0.197 10 10 Nicola Carraro KTM 01:46.963 2.009 0.166 11 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 01:47.018 2.064 0.055 12 31 Adrian Fernandez Honda 01:47.152 2.198 0.134 13 19 Scott Ogden Honda 01:47.182 2.228 0.030 14 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 01:47.366 2.412 0.184 15 7 Filippo Farioli Honda 01:47.561 2.607 0.195 16 22 David Almansa Honda 01:47.603 2.649 0.042 Not Classified 17 12 Jacob Roulstone GASGAS 0.000 0.000 18 96 Daniel Holgado GASGAS 0.000 0.000 Q1 Results: Q2 36 Angel Piqueras Honda 01:47.823 Q2 10 Nicola Carraro KTM 01:48.064 0.241 0.241 Q2 7 Filippo Farioli Honda 01:48.249 0.426 0.185 Q2 31 Adrian Fernandez Honda 01:48.296 0.473 0.047 19 18 Matteo Bertelle Honda 01:48.406 0.583 0.110 20 58 Luca Lunetta Honda 01:48.579 0.756 0.173 21 72 Taiyo Furusato Honda 01:48.651 0.828 0.072 22 70 Joshua Whatley Honda 01:49.203 1.380 0.552 23 55 Noah Dettwiler KTM 01:49.228 1.405 0.025 24 21 Vicente Perez KTM 01:49.523 1.700 0.295 25 5 Tatchakorn Buasri Honda 01:50.340 2.517 0.817 26 85 Xabi Zurutuza KTM 01:51.460 3.637 1.120
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 4:30:52 GMT -8
Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 2
1 54 F.Aldeguer 1:40.673 2 96 J.Dixon +0.793 3 18 M.Gonzalez +0.881 4 75 A.Arenas +0.925 5 10 D.Moreira +0.984 6 13 C.Vietti +0.994 7 3 S.Garcia +1.033 8 14 T.Arbolino +1.086 9 16 J.Roberts +1.126 10 35 S.Chantra +1.216 11 7 B.Baltus +1.300 12 24 M.Ramirez +1.327 13 12 F.Salac +1.572 14 21 A.Lopez +1.674 15 52 J.Alcob +1.787 16 28 I.Guevara +1.902 17 7A.Ogura +2.032 18 84 Z.Vd Goorbergh
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 5:29:54 GMT -8
MotoGP Tissot Sprint
1 89 J.Martin 19:52.682 2 31 P.Acosta +2.970 3 20 F.Quartararo +7.052 4 26 D.Pedrosa +7.102 5 21 F.Morbidelli +8.481 6 25 R.Fernandez +15.882 7 93 M.Marquez +18.131 8 37 A.Fernandez +18.278 9 88 M.Oliveira +18.418 10 36 J.Mir +18.553 11 30 T.Nakagami +21.136 12 5 J.Zarco +21.948 13 49 F.Di Giannantonio +23.478 14 43 J.Miller +37.901 15 42 A.Rins +1:02.288 16 32 L.Savadori +1:22.979 17 10 L.Marini 18 6 S.Bradl 19 12 M.Viñales 20 72 M.Bezzecchi 21 73 A.Marquez 22 33 B.Binder 23 23 E.Bastianini 24 1 F.Bagnaia 25 41 A.Espargaro
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 5:41:05 GMT -8
^major crash fest. fersher
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 6:24:45 GMT -8
Martin strikes gold as M. Marquez crashes from the lead in a dramatic Sprint The Spaniard won an unbelievable Tissot Sprint that did not disappoint ahead of Acosta and Quartararo in Jerez Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) is back on top, winning an epic Tissot Sprint for the first time since the opening round! The #89 battled hard on the first lap to steal the lead and would battle hard with Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) throughout the Sprint before crossing the line to claim victory with a comfortable gap after at the Gran Premio Estrella Galicia 0,0 de España on a Saturday which had many twists along the way. The battle for second was intense, with Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) crashing out, promoting Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) to second and Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team) into third position with a handful of laps remaining. There was potential for drama at turn one, with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) claiming the holeshot after a sensation start for the South African. Martin soon found a gap on pole-sitter Marc Marquez, who tried to fight back at turn two but would abort the mission, sitting sights for a move later in the Sprint. Martin soon hit the front of the race, leaving Binder to fight with the Marquez brothers behind. Reigning World Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) had a terrible start to the Sprint, colliding with Binder and Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing) at turn one – bringing a premature end to the #1’s Sprint with no further action to be taken on the collision. pbs.twimg.com/media/GMLH3qCWAAADbim?format=jpg&name=smallMartin put the hammer down straight away, building a gap of one second to Marc Marquez, who was working hard to close the gap. The #93 clawed the gap back to half a second before Martin ran wide, allowing Marquez to pounce on lap seven of the race – causing the Jerez crowd to erupt. Behind the race leaders was a great battle for third between Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™), Binder, and Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team), with all three riders losing the front at turn five. Seconds after, Marc Marquez would lose the front from the Sprint lead, crashing out and dropping down to ninth position. This promoted Martin back into the lead, Acosta into second, and Fabio Quartararo into third. On the final lap of the race, Martin had a comfortable four-second lead and looked unbeatable on the final lap. The #89 held onto the victory, crossing the line to win the Tissot Sprint ahead of Acosta and Quartararo. Further down the field, Daniel Pedrosa (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) was unable to find a gap in Quartararo’s armour in the final lap, crossing the line to finish in fourth ahead of Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing), who rounded out the top five. The #21 made a move on the final corner, ending the race ahead of Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing). Marc Marquez was forced to drop one position in the closing stages of the race but made a brilliant last lap to battle back to claim seventh position at the line – claiming Championship points. Agusto Fernandez made it a double-point finish for both the Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 squad, crossing the line in eighth ahead of Miguel Oliveira (Trackhouse Racing), who took the final point in the Sprint. There would be a handful of other fallers throughout the race, Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing’s Fabio Di Giannantonio, who would also fall in the early stages at turn 13 before Bezzecchi would fall with four laps remaining. Both Aprilia Racing machines of Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales would also crash out of the Sprint before Luca Marini (Repsol Honda Team) would crash with one lap remaining.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 6:25:22 GMT -8
2024 MotoGP Championship Standings After Round 4 Sprint, Jerez, Spain By Zara Daniela | Sat, 27/Apr/2024 - 07:06 Pos No. Rider Bike Points Deficit 1 89 Jorge Martin Ducati 92 2 31 Pedro Acosta KTM 63 -29 3 23 Enea Bastianini Ducati 59 -33 4 12 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 56 -36 5 1 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 50 -42 6 33 Brad Binder KTM 49 -43 7 93 Marc Marquez Ducati 39 -53 8 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 39 -53 9 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 26 -66 10 49 Fabio Di Giannantonio Ducati 25 -67 11 43 Jack Miller KTM 22 -70 12 72 Marco Bezzecchi Ducati 20 -72 13 73 Alex Marquez Ducati 14 -78 14 88 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 14 -78 15 25 Raul Fernandez Aprilia 11 -81 16 37 Augusto Fernandez KTM 9 -83 17 36 Joan Mir Honda 7 -85 18 26 Dani Pedrosa KTM 6 -86 19 21 Franco Morbidelli Ducati 5 -87 20 5 Johann Zarco Honda 5 -87 21 42 Alex Rins Yamaha 3 -89 22 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 2 -90 23 10 Luca Marini Honda 0 -92 24 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 0 -92 25 6 Stefan Bradl Honda 0 -92
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 6:27:16 GMT -8
2024 Jerez MotoGP Sprint Result: Muddled Mayhem By Zara Daniela | Sat, 27/Apr/2024 - 06:58 The weather seemed to be a lottery on Saturday in Jerez, with sunshine one second and dark grey clouds overwhelming it the next, but the forecast wasn’t even a factor in the 12 laps of pure sprint mayhem that unfolded. For a while it looked like someone finally got Jorge Martin’s measure on a Super Saturday, but an avalanche of mistakes from his rivals allowed Martin to take a comfortable victory in the end, with a three-second advantage. Despite a mildly disappointing qualifying position of 10th, Pedro Acosta kept his cool when his more experienced rivals seemingly didn’t and brought home a lonely second and his first sprint podium finish. However, the man of the moment was probably the one in third place, Fabio Quartararo recovering from 23rd on the grid to 3rd on the podium, resisting Dani Pedrosa’s advances to give Yamaha a first sprint podium of the season.
Although he stole the show in qualifying, Marc Marquez didn’t make the best of starts, allowing the notoriously rocket-like KTM of Brad Binder to steal the lead into the first corner, with Martin also getting ahead of the poleman. Alex Marquez made a solid launch to trail his brother in the top four, while Marco Bezzecchi was battling pal Pecco Bagnaia for fifth early on. Enea Bastianini, Acosta, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Maverick Viñales completed the top 10 on the opening lap, while Aleix Espargaro and Jack Miller crashed out of the action, placing Quartararo and Pedrosa on the coat-tails of the top 10.
Binder’s dream start only lasted about half a lap, as both Martin and Marquez regrouped to attack the South African. While Martin thrived at the front, Binder retaliated against Marquez and the exchange allowed Alex Marquez to take advantage and get involved in the battle for second – although big brother eventually came out on top. There was more drama to come soon after, with Bagnaia crashing out of the top five after getting trapped in a Bezzecchi-Binder sandwich at the start of lap three. The next victim of the chaotic sprint was Di Giannantonio, who also abandoned the top 10 over the first three laps, leaving a group of seven men still vaguely in podium contention. Viñales was eight, one and a half seconds back, while Quartararo and Pedrosa were battling for the final point-scoring position nearly three seconds behind the Aprilia man.
Back at the front, Martin continued untroubled, the Marquez duo allowing him one second of breathing room over the next few laps, although the gap was steadily coming down. Despite a track limits warning, the elder Marquez picked up the pace on lap six and started making progress in reeling in the runaway leader, while dropping his brother over a second behind, into the clutches of Binder, Bastianini and Acosta.
Marquez’s assault came sooner than he probably expected, helped by a mistake from Martin out of turn seven, which allowed Marquez to immediately mount an attack at turn nine and take the lead with six laps to go. It sounded like a long six laps with a vicious Martin on his tail, but the Pramac man seemed to give his compatriot some space at the front and bided his time four tenths back. While that storm was brewing, the battle for third was hotting up but soon deflated anti-climactically as Alex Marquez, Binder and Bastianini all slid out in tandem at turn five, gifting third to Acosta.
Before the replays were even over, Marquez decided to join the gravel in the same place he had taken the lead a couple laps earlier, the poleman crashing out of the lead on lap 9 and allowing Martin back in the limelight. Acosta gratefully accepted another position in second, but Viñales didn’t get to enjoy his time in the provisional podium places at all, as he became the next victim of turn five and swiftly handed third to Quartararo. While Pedrosa, Johann Zarco and Morbidelli were trying to make it a battle for third, Marquez had rejoined the action down in 10th position and was harassing Joan Mir and Miguel Oliveira, copping a one-position penalty in the process but making quick work of the familiar rivals.
Left to his own devices, Martin was cruising at the front, taking the chequered flag nearly three seconds ahead of Acosta – the rookie having a tame race by his standards. Four seconds behind, Quartararo fended off Pedrosa for the final podium position, the duo crossing the finish line separated by just five hundredths of a second. Zarco looked like a top five contender until disaster struck at the final corner, where he joined the long crash list and allowed Morbidelli to keep fifth place. Raul Fernandez claimed a rather lonely sixth, while Marquez recovered to seventh, ahead of Augusto Fernandez and Oliveira.
The crash-ridden sprint made Martin the happiest as he extends his lead in the world championship standings to 29 points, with Acosta now his closest challenger. Bastianini trails his Ducati colleague by 33 points, Viñales is fourth with a 36-point deficit, while Bagnaia loses further ground to fifth, 42 points behind his main rival.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 6:29:59 GMT -8
Aldeguer claims a sensational first pole of the season The Spaniard will start the Spanish GP from pole position ahead of Arenas and Dixon Fermin Aldeguer will start from pole position at the Gran Premio Estrella Galicia 0,0 de España. Aldeguer amazed the field on Saturday after brilliant pace throughout the entire session placed the Spaniard P1. Joining the #54 on the front row will be Albert Arenas (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2™) who sneaked onto the front row after a great final lap – ending the session 0.438s adrift. CFMOTO Aspar Team’s Jake Dixon secured third, claiming a first front-row start of the season. Spots of rain as lap times tumble After a strong Q1 with spots of rain reported in the latter part of the session, Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) was quickest, securing a spot in Q2 alongside Celestino Vietti (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Racing Team), and Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team’s Jeremy Alcoba. Once Q2 got under, Aldeguer put in a great first lap to lead early in the session. Meanwhile, Zonta Van Den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP) had a fall at turn five before Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools SpeedUp) crashed at the same corner minutes later. On the second run, Gonzalez soon stole the top spot before Aldeguer responded, going half a second quicker. There were multiple red sectors in the closing laps of the session, but the only rider to piece the perfect lap together was again Aldeguer – entering the 1:40 bracket. Big names missing on the front three rows Heading the second row of the grid will be Manuel Gonzalez (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2™), who will start from fourth after a great qualifying – ending the session ahead of Moreira. The #10 will start inside the top five after setting a blisteringly quick 1:41.657 in tricky conditions. Americas GP winner Sergio Garcia (MT Helmets – MSI) starts from sixth, rounding out the second row. After battling through Q1, Vietti heads the third row of the grid, securing a great result after a tough end to Friday. Joining the Italian on the third row will be Arbolino, who was briefly inside the top three before ending qualifying in eight ahead of Alcoba, who rounds off the top nine riders.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 6:37:11 GMT -8
Unstoppable Alonso storms to a second consecutive pole The Colombian continues to make history in Jerez after storming to pole position ahead of Muñoz and Veijer David Alonso (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) stormed to pull position at the Gran Premio Estrella Galicia 0,0 de España. The Colombian claimed a second consecutive pole position and destroyed the field after setting a 1:44.954. David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) pulled off a stunning final lap to leap to the front row of the grid after setting a brilliant last sector. Rounding out the top three and the front row was Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP), who was a further 0.839s adrift. Experienced gained in Q1 with tricky conditions in Q2 Slick tyres were fitted for Q1, with some damp patches on the circuit. These conditions were perfect for Angel Piqueras (Leopard Racing), who secured a spot in Q2, alongside Nicolo Carraro (LEVELUP – MTA), Filippo Farioli (SIC58 Squadra Corse), and Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing), who would all battle for pole position. Heading into Q2, Alonso was the rider everybody wanted to beat – coming into qualifying with almost a one-second advantage. Early on in Q2, World Championship leader Daniel Holgado (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) crashed at turn five, bringing a premature end to the Spaniard’s session with no time set. David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) was at the top of the timesheets early on before Alonso pulled the pin and entered the 1:46 bracket. Veijer soon fought back to briefly demoted the #80 to second before Alonso pulled off a stunning lap. pbs.twimg.com/media/GMKvE3iXoAAlni6?format=jpg&name=smallClose times further down the grid On the second row of the grid was Joel Kelso, who capped off a great qualifying for BOE Motorsports, ending the session in front of Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI). Piqueras was sixth after the #36 used all the added experience from Q1 to qualify as the top Honda on the grid. Last year’s race winner, Ivan Ortola (MT Helmets – MSI), ended the session in seventh, continuing to show pace throughout the Spanish GP. CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team’s Joel Esteban showed great pace towards the end of the session. Still, the #78 could only manage eighth as the chequered flag flew, ending the session ahead of Moto3™ veteran Tatsuki Suzuki (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP). Many big names are missing from the front three rows, including Jacob Roulstone (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) who crashed at the same corner as his teammate Holgado – also not setting a time.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 6:48:16 GMT -8
Peter Bom Sprint race in Jerez turned out to be a shocker with 14 (!) crashes. My theory: This mornings rain has come back up trough the tarmac creating wet spots without actual rain. Have seen this happen at this place before.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 27, 2024 6:55:26 GMT -8
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