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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 5:33:42 GMT -8
MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2018 Brno, Saturday, August 04, 2018 Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev. 1 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 311.5 1'55.538 2 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 307.6 1'55.852 0.314 / 0.314 3 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 308.3 1'56.029 0.491 / 0.177 4 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 311.1 1'56.031 0.493 / 0.002 5 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 307.1 1'56.218 0.680 / 0.187 6 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 307.3 1'56.285 0.747 / 0.067 7 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 308.2 1'56.316 0.778 / 0.031 8 6 Stefan BRADL GER HRC Honda Team Honda 309.7 1'56.330 0.792 / 0.014 9 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 311.0 1'56.353 0.815 / 0.023 10 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 304.8 1'56.512 0.974 / 0.159 11 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 308.3 1'57.037 1.499 / 0.525 12 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 306.0 1'57.208 1.670 / 0.171 13 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 308.6 1'57.217 1.679 / 0.009 14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 309.0 1'57.250 1.712 / 0.033 15 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 304.2 1'57.438 1.900 / 0.188 16 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 307.9 1'58.048 2.510 / 0.610 MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2018 Brno, Saturday, August 04, 2018 Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev. 1 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 314.7 1'54.689 2 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 309.9 1'54.956 0.267 / 0.267 3 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 310.7 1'54.961 0.272 / 0.005 4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 310.2 1'55.038 0.349 / 0.077 5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 311.7 1'55.055 0.366 / 0.017 6 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 312.1 1'55.203 0.514 / 0.148 7 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 307.7 1'55.221 0.532 / 0.018 8 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 308.6 1'55.270 0.581 / 0.049 9 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 308.3 1'55.431 0.742 / 0.161 10 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 311.5 1'55.474 0.785 / 0.043 11 53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 311.5 1'55.686 0.997 / 0.212 12 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 308.5 1'55.823 1.134 / 0.137 2018 Brno MotoGP Qualifying Result: Not Unbelievable But Still Surprising Zara Daniela on Sat, 2018-08-04 With tarmac hitting 50 degrees, barely any breeze above it and a lot of falls in Q1, a dramatic Q2 was to be expected. Despite seemingly struggling in FP4, there was nothing wrong with Jorge Lorenzo’s one lap speed, the Spaniard the early leader of the qualifying session by exactly half a second from Marc Marquez. Cal Crutchlow also deposed Marquez soon after but barely bit into Lorenzo’s gap and the battle moved to round two after a quick trip through the pits. Timesheets turned red once again with three minutes left on the clock and the first man to drop into the 1:54s was the reigning world champion but Marquez had to wait patiently to see if Andrea Dovizioso’s hot pace could match his. And it did, by over two tenths of a second, the Ducati man popping out of nowhere to score only his sixth pole position in the premier class in quite a lengthy career. Dovizioso managed the feat while also dragging Danilo Petrucci and Valentino Rossi with him. Petrucci faded towards the end of the lap but the Yamaha veteran went from zero to hero for the second time today, as he climbed from last position to second on the grid. That left Marquez settling for third, only five thousandths of a second behind Rossi and the final man into the 1:54s – with his pole record still untouched. Lorenzo might have missed out on a great front row opportunity and had his thunder stolen by his teammate but the Spaniard’s trademark rocket launch off the line is still doable from fourth grid spot. That is if he can hold back Crutchlow and Petrucci, with whom he shares second row. Johann Zarco also looked like a late threat for pole but had to make do with seventh position and share third row with the two Suzukis of Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins. Dani Pedrosa could not replicate his Friday heroics and qualified tenth, two tenths of a second faster than Tito Rabat and four tenths ahead of Maverick Viñales. The Yamaha man came flying through Q1 together with Rins but could not progress any further and coupled with his poor race starts of late, he is unlikely to be a worry to the leading men. Franco Morbidelli was best of the rest and qualified 13th, ahead of Alvaro Bautista, who might have hoped for more after an excellent showing in practice, had it not been for a late tumble in Q1.
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 6:22:21 GMT -8
Moto2 Qualifying Classification 2018
Brno, Saturday, August 04, 2018
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 10 Luca MARINI ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 254.2 2'02.244
2 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 254.0 2'02.359 0.115 / 0.115
3 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 254.1 2'02.417 0.173 / 0.058
4 44 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 256.2 2'02.446 0.202 / 0.029
5 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex 253.8 2'02.449 0.205 / 0.003
6 42 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 252.8 2'02.451 0.207 / 0.002
7 41 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 257.3 2'02.493 0.249 / 0.042
8 97 Xavi VIERGE SPA Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex 258.0 2'02.505 0.261 / 0.012
9 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Kiefer Racing KTM 255.6 2'02.520 0.276 / 0.015
10 7 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI ITA Pons HP40 Kalex 253.8 2'02.649 0.405 / 0.129
11 9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 254.8 2'02.653 0.409 / 0.004
12 36 Joan MIR SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 256.2 2'02.748 0.504 / 0.095
13 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Swiss Innovative Investors KTM 258.7 2'02.749 0.505 / 0.001
14 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Boost - Speed Up Racing Speed Up 254.1 2'02.760 0.516 / 0.011
15 5 Andrea LOCATELLI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 254.6 2'02.824 0.580 / 0.064
16 24 Simone CORSI ITA Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Kalex 255.4 2'02.905 0.661 / 0.081
17 13 Romano FENATI ITA Marinelli Snipers Team Kalex 255.6 2'03.106 0.862 / 0.201
18 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 254.3 2'03.235 0.991 / 0.129
19 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 250.6 2'03.273 1.029 / 0.038
20 89 Khairul Idham PAWI MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 255.1 2'03.301 1.057 / 0.028
21 40 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Pons HP40 Kalex 251.6 2'03.363 1.119 / 0.062
22 22 Sam LOWES GBR Swiss Innovative Investors KTM 248.9 2'03.385 1.141 / 0.022
23 16 Joe ROBERTS USA NTS RW Racing GP NTS 251.4 2'03.540 1.296 / 0.155
24 52 Danny KENT GBR Boost - Speed Up Racing Speed Up 258.4 2'03.548 1.304 / 0.008
25 45 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 257.3 2'03.569 1.325 / 0.021
26 4 Steven ODENDAAL RSA NTS RW Racing GP NTS 254.8 2'03.594 1.350 / 0.025
27 62 Stefano MANZI ITA Forward Racing Team Suter 255.3 2'03.613 1.369 / 0.019
28 66 Niki TUULI FIN Petronas Sprinta Racing Kalex 255.0 2'03.873 1.629 / 0.260
29 12 Sheridan MORAIS POR Willi Race Racing Team Kalex 253.3 2'04.126 1.882 / 0.253
30 95 Jules DANILO FRA Nashi Argan SAG Team Kalex 253.5 2'04.281 2.037 / 0.155
31 18 Xavi CARDELUS AND Team Stylobike Kalex 251.7 2'04.659 2.415 / 0.378
32 55 Alejandro MEDINA SPA SAG Team Kalex 251.2 2'04.869 2.625 / 0.210
51 Eric GRANADO BRA Forward Racing Team Suter
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 6:22:45 GMT -8
Steve Day When Valentino Rossi collected his first win in Brno 1996, Luca Marini wasn’t even born. 22 years on and they will both be in the post qualifying press conference, in Brno.
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 9:09:11 GMT -8
Lorenzo: Start slowly? It's the opposite of what you should do: "Managing the tyres will be important, but in the race you never go slowly." Jorge jokes about his 4th place: "Qualifiers should last 7 minutes"
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 9:09:58 GMT -8
Rossi worried as ‘as pace is not strong’
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 9:10:57 GMT -8
"A front-row start is a very positive result at this track. So far we’re having a solid weekend, and I decided to not try a final time attack at the end of qualifying, as it would’ve been a bit too risky."
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 9:11:48 GMT -8
Pedrosa: "Today we were able to have two positive free sessions and to work well enough on our race setup, but qualifying was difficult. It’s a shame because 10th is not what we were hoping for. I hope I’ll be able to get a good start tomorrow."
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 9:12:44 GMT -8
Rossi: "This time Luke is put better than me": Valentino happy for the pole of his brother but worried about the race his: "Fast in qualifying, constantly slow as rhythm"
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 9:15:06 GMT -8
Morbidelli: Too bad for Q2, but I can smile: "I missed some speed to access it but we improved on the front. For tomorrow the goal is the area points, difficult the top ten "
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 9:52:57 GMT -8
Viñales in press blackout on the trouble with Forcada: The Spaniard is only 12th: "Due to a mistake in the garage I had to use the hard on the front and it was impossible to do better, the first problem is the setup"
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 9:53:59 GMT -8
Broken ribs holding Guintoli back
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 9:58:35 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 10:14:30 GMT -8
Petrucci: "To get on the podium must be calm": Danilo worried about the tires: "With my weight I'll have to pay more attention than the others. The favorite for the race is Dovizioso "
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Post by truenorth on Aug 4, 2018 10:18:04 GMT -8
Not wanting to stand still, KTM is keen to make Dani Pedrosa a MotoGP test rider in 2019. It's believed the factory approached him about the role as early as June. Dani in "no rush" to make a decision.
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Post by truenorth on Aug 5, 2018 4:15:15 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Aug 5, 2018 4:19:25 GMT -8
David Emmett Pol Espargaro has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken collarbone after his warm up crash. Terrible news for KTM. There's a test Monday, then their home race next weekend.
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Post by truenorth on Aug 5, 2018 4:43:58 GMT -8
2018 Brno Moto2 Race Result: Fancy Seeing You At The Final Corner Zara Daniela on Sun, 2018-08-05
Clouds were gathering over the grid in Brno as riders were lining up for the 150th race in the Moto2 class. The rain never came but the race was entertaining enough as it was and the anniversary win went to Miguel Oliveira, who snatched not only the biggest trophy but also the championship lead. Luca Marini followed up on his first pole position with his best result yet, climbing on the second step of the podium after giving Oliveira a fair fight for the win. Pecco Bagnaia had to settle for third behind his teammate and limited the damage in the championship.
The start of the race saw Marini battling Alex Marquez, with the Spaniard ahead by turn three, but Marquez did not have it all his own way as Bagnaia also showed intentions and the trio engaged in battle. Oliveira kept a close eye on proceedings, with Xavi Vierge and Mattia Pasini also in the lead group. Meanwhile, Marcel Schrotter was sluggish on lap one, dropping back to tenth and in the company of Brad Binder and Lorenzo Baldassarri, the trio leading the chasing group about half a second behind the leaders.
Bagnaia was showing the way to Marini by lap four and it was Oliveira’s turn to challenge them, with Vierge biding his time behind. Marini robbed his teammate one lap later and Oliveira soon pulled a brilliant move on Bagnaia as well. Half a second down the road, Marquez and Pasini led the pursuers in a group including Binder and Baldassarri and with Schrotter aiming to join three tenths back.
By lap seven, Oliveira hit the front of the race to take change in the championship battle despite some minor mistakes inviting the SKY duo back. The shenanigans allowed Marquez back into the lead pack and the Spaniard was soon gunning for podium positions. His hopes didn’t last long as Marquez went down in turn 14 after pulling off a great move on Oliveira and it made Marc VDS’s day go from bad to worse after Joan Mir had already been taken out before completing lap one.
Things were getting heated at the halfway mark as the SKY teammates settled back at the front, with Bagnaia ahead, Oliveira close behind the duo but with few opportunities to attack. Meanwhile, Baldassarri did get a chance to attack the Portuguese rider with seven laps left and managed to do what Oliveira could not – getting past Marini and setting his sights on Bagnaia.
Barely one lap later, the move was done and dusted but Baldassarri could not make an escape and Oliveira smelled an opportunity to made it past the Italian with four laps remaining. The SKY duo were left to dispute third position, Marini profiting from a mistake from Bagnaia to get ahead but things were far from settled. After an excellent charge through the pack, Baldassarri’s tyres had enough so he was easy prey for Marini and soon had to defend his podium from Bagnaia.
Meanwhile, Marini looked like a real threat to Oliveira’s victory and the Italian attacked at the start of the final lap, in a synchronised move with Bagnaia on Baldassarri. Oliveira fought back several times on the last lap and even though Marini was a handful until the very last corner, the Red Bull KTM rider had better drive to the line and snatched the win by seven hundredths of a second. Bagnaia did not get another shot at victory as he lost ground in the fight with Baldassarri but the SKY rider kept the final podium position.
Vierge was best of the rest in fifth, ahead of Binder, Schrotter and Jorge Navarro. Despite showing good pace throughout the race, Sam Lowes spent his time recovering from a poor qualifying position and climbed up to ninth place, with Pasini completing the top ten.
Oliveira’s trip to the top step of the podium also brought him prime position in the championship standings, the Portuguese rider now a mere two points ahead of Bagnaia. Marquez’s misfortune drops him 53 points behind the leader while Baldassarri’s heroics on exhausted tyres helped him climb into fourth, 60 points back.
Results:
Pos. Num. Rider Bike Gap 1 44 Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM 39'22.324 2 10 Luca MARINI Kalex +0.070 3 42 Francesco BAGNAIA Kalex +0.525 4 7 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI Kalex +0.745 5 97 Xavi VIERGE Kalex +3.362 6 41 Brad BINDER KTM +3.643 7 23 Marcel SCHROTTER Kalex +3.694 8 9 Jorge NAVARRO Kalex +3.728 9 22 Sam LOWES KTM +4.038 10 54 Mattia PASINI Kalex +5.030 11 20 Fabio QUARTARARO Speed Up +5.153 12 40 Augusto FERNANDEZ Kalex +5.839 13 27 Iker LECUONA KTM +6.857 14 5 Andrea LOCATELLI Kalex +9.473 15 24 Simone CORSI Kalex +10.054 16 45 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA Kalex +10.626 17 77 Dominique AEGERTER KTM +10.658 18 16 Joe ROBERTS NTS +18.136 19 4 Steven ODENDAAL NTS +19.040 20 89 Khairul Idham PAWI Kalex +21.334 21 66 Niki TUULI Kalex +28.078 22 95 Jules DANILO Kalex +34.570 23 51 Eric GRANADO Suter +45.169 24 12 Sheridan MORAIS Kalex +1'08.853 Not Classified 52 Danny KENT Speed Up 8 Laps 73 Alex MARQUEZ Kalex 11 Laps 13 Romano FENATI Kalex 12 Laps 62 Stefano MANZI Suter 14 Laps 18 Xavi CARDELUS Kalex 17 Laps 55 Alejandro MEDINA Kalex 18 Laps Not Finished 1st Lap 36 Joan MIR Kalex 0 Lap 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER Tech 3 0 Lap 87 Remy GARDNER Tech 3 0 Lap
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Post by truenorth on Aug 5, 2018 4:56:29 GMT -8
2018 Brno Moto3 Race Result: It Was About Time Zara Daniela on Sun, 2018-08-05 The first race of the day was missing its championship leader as Jorge Martin missed the Czech round due to injury for a second consecutive year. Adding insult to injury was teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio finally getting that first win that was so painfully taken away in Le Mans. The Italian youngster kept his cool in a standard/chaotic lightweight class race and led the sizeable pack over the line after making it stick in turn three on the final lap. Aron Canet also played his best cards to come back into the title battle, while poleman Jakub Kornfeil gave a special reason to cheer to the local crowds as he stepped on the podium at home for the first time. Kornfeil had made a good start to keep the lead into turn one and stretched a gap of eight tenths of a second by the end of lap one. Gabriel Rodrigo picked up the task of chasing down the leader, with John McPhee, Marcos Ramirez, Di Giannantonio, Canet and Philipp Oettl within striking distance but with a gaggle or riders on their tail as well. Marco Bezzecchi and Enea Bastianini lost places at the start to drop back to 15th and 16th halfway through lap one but the pack was still close together. Bezzecchi had finally re-joined the top ten on lap three but the Leopard rider could not quite follow the example and was stuck in 15th position. Canet was the only one successful in reeling in Kornfeil on lap four and brought the gap down in one lap to take over the lead. Kornfeil got demoted further by Ramirez and Rodrigo and the fight for victory was truly on. While the pack was still substantial and the leaders were planning their strategy up front, Bezzecchi was not really making the most of the opportunity given in the championship fight and had dropped back to 15th once again. At the halfway point of the race, the lead started to change hands at every crossing of the line, with McPhee, Dennis Foggia, Di Giannantonio and Rodrigo putting their names in the frame. The first to blink was McPhee, the CIP rider falling out of contention with eight laps left. Oettl picked up the lead with seven laps remaining but the 21-rider group looked like it had no intention of breaking apart. Bezzecchi had tentatively found his way back in the top eight to provisionally lead the championship. The final five laps saw the popular poleman back at the front but it wasn’t to last with sharks like Di Giannantonio on his tail. The duo exchanged top position several times in the next couple of laps but Oettl and Canet wanted in on the fun soon after. While the four men were the main protagonists at this point, Bastianini went under the radar while making his way towards the top five and was soon threatening the podium positions. Kornfeil started the final lap in the lead but Di Giannantonio looked unconcerned as he got his last lap startegy spot on and took the checkered flag one tenth of a second ahead of Canet. The home hero settled for a well celebrated final podium position, while Bastianini completed a great recovery job in fourth place. Rodrigo settled for fifth while Bezzecchi snatched sixth to edge ahead in the championship battle. Ramirez and Oettl were the final men to keep up with the leading group until the end, while Albert Arenas and Lorenzo Dalla Porta completed the top ten almost a second down the road. Bezzecchi’s ultimate recovery means that he now leads the championship by three points ahead of Martin. Di Giannantonio becomes a closer threat to his teammate as he trails him by only 14 points, with Canet another four points back. Results: Pos. Num. Rider Bike Gap 1 21 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO Honda 39'09.124 2 44 Aron CANET Honda +0.112 3 84 Jakub KORNFEIL KTM +0.339 4 33 Enea BASTIANINI Honda +0.560 5 19 Gabriel RODRIGO KTM +0.771 6 12 Marco BEZZECCHI KTM +0.896 7 42 Marcos RAMIREZ KTM +1.030 8 65 Philipp OETTL KTM +1.097 9 75 Albert ARENAS KTM +2.034 10 48 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA Honda +2.056 11 23 Niccolò ANTONELLI Honda +2.093 12 10 Dennis FOGGIA KTM +2.359 13 22 Kazuki MASAKI KTM +2.517 14 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI Honda +2.616 15 14 Tony ARBOLINO Honda +2.770 16 41 Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT Honda +3.674 17 5 Jaume MASIA KTM +4.618 18 72 Alonso LOPEZ Honda +4.870 19 8 Nicolo BULEGA KTM +4.942 20 16 Andrea MIGNO KTM +4.954 21 77 Vicente PEREZ KTM +12.923 22 71 Ayumu SASAKI Honda +12.942 23 40 Darryn BINDER KTM +12.956 24 15 Filip SALAC KTM +41.511 Not Classified 7 Adam NORRODIN Honda 1 Lap 81 Stefano NEPA KTM 4 Laps 17 John MCPHEE KTM 9 Laps 27 Kaito TOBA Honda 16 Laps
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Post by truenorth on Aug 5, 2018 5:11:58 GMT -8
pecinogp.com
Hey Maverick, maybe the problem is an other one… A good start in MotoGP does not guarantee a good final position, but a bad start can ruin your race. To check who is who when the red light gets out we have compared positions on the starting grid with positions after the first corner of each MotoGP rider in each of the celebrated GPs so far. For example, if a rider at the end of the straight is leading but enters a corner and is passed by two competitors, his position after the start is 3rd. At circuits such as Le Mans or Montmeló, where the end of the straight has a succession of corners, the position they are in after negotiating the “esses” is considered. It has been an amazing task watching for hours the start videos of all races, but it has been worth: the result is amazing. Marc, a leader since the traffic light goes off The first data that the table displays is that Márquez, the solid leader of the championship, is also the best over the first race meters. His average position on the starting grid is 3.22 (Determined by adding each GP grid position and dividing it among the current 9). The second best-qualifying rider after Q2 is Zarco with 5.44, who thanks to two early season poles has compensated for latest poor results. The third on the list is Dovizioso with an average of 5.89. The curious thing about this data is the large jump between Marc and his most direct competitors by more than two positions. But even greater is the average number of positions that remain ahead after reaching the first corner. Here Marc’s average in the 9 GPs is of 2.89, which widely exceeds all the others. Rossi and Iannone follow with an average of 5.78 each, that is, practically 3 positions behind. It’s no coincidence that Márquez is the strong man in the category, something that is evident by simply looking at the first meters of the race, just as it is no coincidence that Rossi is second in the Championship. The Italian excels when entering the peloton of riders at the end of the straight, and tops the list with a top gain of 8 positions thus far. Viñales, a championship mortgaged in 15 seconds There are 15 seconds between the time the traffic light goes out and the first turn is negotiated, a small part of the race where Viñales has lost a total of 24 positions in these first 9 races. For a rider who has a hard time passing competitors, it’s too great a distance. Only in Spain was he able to gain a position, in the other 8 races has lost them: One in Qatar, 4 in Argentina, 2 in the United States, another 2 in France; 6 in Italy and another 6 in Catalonia; 3 in the Netherlands and one in Germany. Maverick complains about problems he has at the start of the race with the new tires and the full tank, but the truth is that at each GP he has fallen back as soon as he starts, and reaching the group in the first corner leaves him with a lot of riders to overtake – A steep setback. Lorenzo and the ascending line If we discount the first 3 GPs, Lorenzo would be the strongest in the whole championship in this comparison. His average start position would drop to 4.33 and his average position after the first corner would be 1.5. And in these 6 races, Jorge has been first on 4 occasions making him the rider who has occupied the lead after the start most often. Left out are starts like in Argentina, where he was last partly because the previous year his race was ruined at the same time and in very similar conditions. Curiously, of these last six starts, only in the Catalonia GP did he lose positions though this same race was the only GP he started from pole position. Lorenzo is becoming the King of Starts, especially with moves like in Holland, where he passed 8 riders in the first meters of the race. We can say that Jorge’s races are diametrically opposed to those of Maverick. While the Yamaha rider falls back after great starts, the Ducati rider’s strats are meteoric. A gun called Bradley Smith The most curious data to observe in our research is that of Smith and the KTM. The British rider has gained the most positions in this time interval, with a shocking 48 positions!! Along with teammate Pol, the two are the only riders who have only passed competitors. Not only have they never yielded a position, but Smith, the lowest number of positions gained in a GP has been 3 and the highest 10. Logically, both riders are usually gridded on the last rows, giving them more chances of gaining more positions than one with fewer competitors ahead, but in that same situation there are many riders and none are even close to the numbers of the orange bikes. Does the KTM have the secret to starting? The start, the race’ first challenge At the beginning of 2010 we did this study for the first time, looking at which rider had the best start since 2008. Over these 36 races we analyzed we found some surprising data, like that Pedrosa had gained a total of 83 positions on those starts, while Lorenzo lost a total of 65 positions in the initial meters. Between Dani and Jorge, the distance in those 36 races was 148 positions, a difference so abysmal that it made the Mallorcan rider seriously rethink his starts. Coincidentally, after the publication of these data, Jorge spent much of the following test to practice starts, solving a problem that did not seem so serious until he saw these numbers. Will Viñales do the same?
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Post by truenorth on Aug 5, 2018 5:28:43 GMT -8
Curious, this is the first victory he Andrea Dovizioso gets in Brno, a circuit that until now had not been given anything well with only 4 visits on the podium since he debuted in the World Cup.
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