2019 Americas MotoGP
Now Navarro and two-times winner Fernandez are equal on points with Luthi, with 146 apiece, just 35 adrift of Marquez. Valentino Rossi, his best days behind him and no threat to podium, managed to hold on to fourth place in front of countryman Franco Morbidelli and homeboy Cal Crutchlow, who said during the week he needs surgery, i. The 2019 championship staggered inexorably closer to the abyss today, as Marquez extended his series lead over the fallen Dovizioso to a game-over 78 points which, with a better script, would be 83. Another erstwhile points leader, Lorenzo Baldassarri Flexbox Kalex was 18th, some 1. A rider has to finish the race to earn points. First asked whether he had contacted Ducati, he obfuscated, talking about the problems he had faced after two big crashes at Montmelo tests then Assen less than two weeks later. Morbidelli and Pol Espargaro are currently locked in a duel for the final spot in the top ten. Fine weather is forecast for tomorrow, so those out of the top ten — including 15th-fastest Alex Rins Ecstar Suzuki — will have another chance to make the top ten for Q2. Cal Crutchlow Race report: Losail, Qatar 10 March Podium: 1. The delay in getting up to speed was not just a hunt for settings, he said, but because the resurfacing had changed the track to such an extent it involved a new learning process. He ended up seventh, leading row three, but with times so close that from Rossi in second to Dovi in seventh was covered by less than two tenths. Oliveira was passed fit to ride, but still suffering severe pain from right wrist ligament damage, as well as from his shoulder, he rode only four times laps, before withdrawing. The returned Jorge Lorenzo Repsol Honda was a tentative 22nd and last, more than 3. We prepared really well for the race, and I knew I had good potential. Create your style by choosing from the most complete selection of accessories and brands ever and have fun with the new graphic editors! As a consolation, however, the team did confirm renewal of his contract to ride for them for a second year in the MotoE championship. Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 192 6. And the Hinckley-based British company promises exclusivity for buyers. Fabio di Giannantonio Speed Up , Xavi Vierge, Mattia Pasini and Augusto Fernandez all Kalex complete the top ten. It was designed by well-known German architect and circuit designer Hermann Tilke. Despite the boorish comportment of 93, we will find things to discuss as we close in on November. With sealed engines required to do three races before replacement and a total of 200,000 km clocked up in racing and testing, reliability had been good enough to allow the rev limit to be increased from 14,000 to 14,500 rpm. Marquez now has a round 250 points, Dovizioso 172; then Rins 149, Petrucci 145 and Vinales 118. The Honda Team Asia rider was 0. Two of the top four, Fernandez and Sasaki, were through from Q1; likewise Vietti; while the top 11 were inside one second. Cal Crutchlow Race report: Buriram, Thailand 6 October Podium: 1. While Frabio Quartararo has been impressive in qualifying all season, he has been prone to mistakes that prevent him from getting his Alien card. Pol Espargaro and a shocking Andrea Iannone allowed and , respectively, to make token appearances in the top ten. That pesky old Sylvain Guintoli showed up again in the wet but would have to come through Q1 anyway. Track Limits Modified Track limits proved flexible at Silverstone, after the controversial cancellation and then reinstatement of two key lap times on Friday afternoon. He was later taken via helicopter to Coventry Hospital after the medical center determined he suffered a concussion. There was a little rubber on the track. However, some riders had been exceeding the limit on back-shifting, and persistent offenders who damaged engines would be charged 5,150 Euros for a rebuild. Jack Miller Aus Race report: Sachsenring, Germany 7 July Podium: 1. Bradley Smith Race report: Rimini, Italy 15 September Podium: 1. Weight was not revealed, awaiting homologation, but the bike is lighter than the stock model, they said. He replaced who switched to the. Cal Crutchlow Race report: Aragon, Spain 22 September Podium: 1. Lorenzo again said he planned to see out the second year of his contract, and he and Honda were continuing to work on adapting the bike to suit his style. Marquez explained his tactics for his second run, having already set a good banker lap. Quartararo had been fastest on Friday as well, but Vinales was confident in his race pace. But as soon as I am back on the bike I will start to get back to the good pace I was starting to show before the accident. As usual, positions including the lead changed constantly; and when the big lead group was broken up when Gabriel Rodrigo at the front fell, bringing down Tatsuki Suzuki and Alonso Lopez down and pole starter Marcos Ramirez onto the grass and out of contention. His teammate Maverick Viñales, suffered in P9 and looked unlikely to make big noise on Sunday. Now Oliveira is the natural target to take the place of Johann Zarco in the factory team next year, although satellite team owner Hervé Poncharal makes no secret of his with to prevent that move. In 2017, the fight went to the last round, with Marquez ending up 37 points clear. For the first race since the three flyaways at the start of the year the 40-year-old was able to give a hearty guffaw at the suggestion, after qualifying second fastest. Rider Team Time 1 Álex Rins Suzuki Ecstar 40:12. New world champion Lorenzo Dalla Porta was 13th, but several star riders were out of the top 14, potentially having to go through Q1 to try to move up the grid for Sunday. With zeroes showing on the clock, and riders out on the track, the leaders, as best I recall, were Fabio, Rins and Viñales. He replaced , who retired at the conclusion of the 2018 season to take a testing role with. On the other hand, he now has two new challengers. The new engine has a revised crankshaft with altered firing intervals, and the sound suggests that all four cylinders of the V4 fire close together. It is different for Johann — to leave with no job to go to is a desperate situation. Dovizioso was taken off the track on a stretcher but was later seen up on his feet. There were four Yamahas in the top eight. Rider Rounds 29 All 38 1, 4, 7, 14 41 All 43 All 63 All 04 All 9 All 51 6, 13, 19 17 All 53 1—17, 19 6 4 6 9—11 93 All 99 1—8, 12—19 5 17—19 30 1—16 35 All 5 1—13 44 All 82 14—19 27 19 55 All 88 1—18 36 1—10, 13—19 42 All 50 7, 10, 16 50 12 12 All 46 All 20 All 21 All Source: All the bikes use tyres. But he had only kissed the green boundary, and it was reinstated. Now the places where there are bumps are not dangerous. Gearing is also modified for more track focus, and there is a slipper clutch. The front race was tense, but lacked variety. Marquez walked away from the crash, but was clearly in pain as he got back to the pits; and was bumped down from and earlier front-row position to 11th and row four in the final rush … only the third time in his career he has not qualified on the front or second row. Will you make it to the podium? He followed that up with his second on Saturday in Sepang. The top ten will go straight into Q2, the rest will have to battle for the top two slots in Q1, to get into the top dozen on the grid. The penalised rider must ride through the defined area within 3 laps of being notified, thereby suffering a penalty equivalent to several seconds, typically 2 or more seconds , on that lap. Moto2 With the top 17 riders within one second and 19 inside the old lap record, Moto2 promised a close and fast contest, and little comfort for provisional pole-sitter Jorge Navarro Campetella Speed Up. Under new owner John Bloor, who bought the ailing company in 1983, the involvement in racing had hitherto been strictly limited. He was placed last in free practice, more than 3. Alex Marquez won the Moto2 race, increasing his championship lead over Thomas Luthi to 33 points. Not this next year, but a year or two after that. He ultimately won 12 races, breaking the single-season points and podium records with 420 points and 18 podium finishes from 19 races. But he would never get closer, and soon after half distance Vinales had stretched it to two seconds … and to more than three seconds at the flag. Q2 was staged on a damp drying track, with a thunderstorm tossed in for the last three minutes. Then at the end Rossi was in front, and I was able to take advantage. Challenge your friends in different modes: - Public Lobby: create a fully customisable lobby number of laps, weather, sessions or scroll through the list of lobbies available and pick your favourite one; - Private Lobby: create a custom event and challenge your friends; - Race Director: choose the starting grid, give penalties and direct the race! In the end I did some good races, had some podiums. For the year, we will concede the title to Marquez. Joan Mir Ecstar Suzuki was best of the rest. With a cushion of 63 points after 10 races, Marquez is adding an average of 6. It was Dovizioso third, also on a morning time; then the factory Yamaha pair. Rins took over third place from Petrucci and closed the distance between himself and Dovizioso. Cannily tucked in behind Valentino Rossi Monster Yamaha , whose earlier lap had been cancelled and who had one last chance to get a decent time, Marquez smashed the record yet again to take his eighth pole of the season, bringing his tally up to 60 percent: 60 poles in 120 races. The two Italians would later yield to the three Spaniards, producing an all-Spanish podium, the same three that graced the podium at early in the year. Fernandez claimed a final new record on the penultimate lap. As summer draws to a close the flying circus returns to Italy, to the Adriatic Riviera, to one of the sweetest venues on the calendar. The corner in question was Chapel, the last in the famous left-right-left complex leading onto the Hangar Straight; the riders were Fabio Quartararo and Valentino Rossi. But I feel able to ride again, and to try. Only 20 and 93 broke 1:56, but there were another 13 riders who broke 1:57. The last was in 2014, when Alex won the Moto3 title and Marc his second in premier-class. Over in Moto2, Augusto Fernandez took advantage of a crash by series leader Alex Marquez to win in front of a clot of riders including Jorge Navarro, Brad Binder and Remy Gardner. Viñales, Rossi, Miller, Crutchlow and Quartararo look ready to fight over fifth place. Beta Tools Speed Up rider Jorge Navarro, who also has a mathematical if not realistic chance of the title, qualified 15th after slipping off early in the session, getting out again only in the last five minutes to scramble for a time. Miller, Quartararo and Crutchlow are tussling over P7. Rider Team Time 1 Marc Marquez Repsol Honda 39:24. Bastianini was with the front group near the end of the race when he was skittled because of an error by Luca Marini, who also fell, without injury. Dovi had his hands very full fending off a persistent Valentino Rossi Monster Yamaha , who got ahead a couple of times, but never for more than a few yards. The surprise was that it was his first tumble since Le Mans, round five, in mid-May. Fabio Quartararo — never got started, as the young Frenchman, starting from P4, got way too aggressive on cold tires early in Lap 1, high-sided, and dropped his Petronas directly in front of hopeful Andrea Dovizioso, who had nowhere to go but up. Friday afternoon saw four riders under the old record — Quartararo, Marquez, Viñales and Rossi. Maverick Vinales Yamaha 211 4. At Malaysia Jorge Lorenzo again said he planned to see out the second year of his contract with Honda. Title leader Lorenzo Dalla Porta did most of the leading over the line, but it was his Leopard Honda team-mate Marcos Ramirez who came through in the final laps, and seized the lead on the final lap. Johann Zarco was blamed for causing the first-lap crash that took out Franco Morbidelli and Joan Mir. I think the smart money will be on Motegi once again this year. He may be a flash in the proverbial pan. On his two final laps, on slicks, he skated through turns 13 and 14 in a downpour on his way to one of the ballsiest pole performances of all time. Rins flirted with the podium most of the day before his rear tire turned to jelly, settling for fourth. Alex Rins steals one from Marc Marquez, winning by a mere 0. Fernandez took 25 points out of Marquez and now trails Little Brother by 35 points which, if nothing else, is less than 60. For this race, only the fairing remained. Cal Crutchlow Race report: Le Mans, France 19 May Podium: 1. I know when you are in that situation it is very difficult — you lose motivation and the happiness, to think positive, to think you can do well. Team-mate Cal Crutchlow also crashed out. Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Tranches After Sachsenring: Tranche 1: Marc Marquez Tranche 2: Danilo Petrucci, Jack Miller, Franco Morbidelli, Maverick Viñales, Andrea Dovizioso, Alex Rins, Fabio Quartararo, Cal Crutchlow Tranche 3: Valentino Rossi, Aleix Espargaro, Pol Espargaro, Joan Mir, Takaa Nakagami Tranche 4: Jorge Lorenzo, Johann Zarco, Miguel Oliveira, Pecco Bagnaia Tranche 5: Karel Abraham, Hafizh Syahrin, Tito Rabat, Andrea Iannone After Brno: Tranche 1: Marc Marquez Tranche 2: Danilo Petrucci, Jack Miller, Franco Morbidelli, Andrea Dovizioso, Alex Rins, Fabio Quartararo, Cal Crutchlow, Valentino Rossi Tranche 3: Maverick Viñales, Aleix Espargaro, Pol Espargaro, Joan Mir, Takaa Nakagami Tranche 4: Jorge Lorenzo, Johann Zarco, Miguel Oliveira, Pecco Bagnaia Tranche 5: Karel Abraham, Hafizh Syahrin, Tito Rabat, Andrea Iannone Next Stop: Spielberg Aron Canet won a close-fought Moto3 race, beating Lorenzo Dalla Porta and Tony Arbolino, with just 0. I did them a favour and they did me a favour. Fabio Quartararo Fra Race report: Catalunya, Spain 16 June Podium: 1. This Ducati debacle left a top five of Marquez, Valentno Rossi, Rins, Franco Morbidelli and Maverick Viñales. We need to use the track this year, because next year maybe there will be more bumps. This year, Marquez secured the crown one race earlier in Thailand, and they arrived in Malaysia for the penultimate round with the gap standing at 135 points. He replaced , who moved to , taking over the seat vacated by. Such is life, as one of our readers likes to observe, amongst the yachting class. Dovi had also come through from Q1. Vinales went on to take the win, his second of the season. I kept pushing because I was afraid the Yamaha riders might catch us, and take away important points. He may, in fact, be The New Kid in Town. Race records had fallen at every track so far, although not always lap records, in spite of the extra power and torque. Sharp-eyed pit-lane observers noted a new piece of kit for the Spaniard — an extra left-handlebar near the clutch, operating the rear brake. With current second Repsol Honda Jorge Lorenzo struggling badly to come back from injury, unstoppable rumours that Honda will replace him with Zarco have been lent extra impetus as if any were needed. Combine fonts and shapes to customise your helmet, lower back patch and racing number or download the ones created by other players! He admitted there was an obvious fear factor to be overcome. Marquez, as is his wont, switched to slicks before everyone else, went out, dodged the larger puddles, and stuck his Repsol on pole again, this time by 2½ seconds. It was not only the Assen crash that had shaken him, he had said, although that was more injurious — but an equally having tumble at post-race tests at the previous round in Catalunya. Jorge Lorenzo returned to action after missing the last few rounds due to injury. Dalla Porta is untouchable on 279 points. The best racing experience ever is waiting for you! It is also reasonable to expect that the 2020 silly season, jockeying for seats in 2021-22, will be hectic, with a host of rider contracts expiring at the end of 2020 and a number of quick Moto2 and Moto3 riders bucking for promotions. Meaningful magic numbers for clinching the championship start showing up around Buriram. At that race the Portuguese rider finished a career-best sixth; while at Silverstone he was also giving nothing away to the factory riders. Marquez won that by lap three, and was now 1. The highlight of the post-season test at Valencia will be , who joins Marc Marquez on the Repsol Honda team following two years aboard the Ducati Desmosedici. A bit of a scramble behind him left pilots Andrea Dovizioso and Jack Miller on the side steps of the podium. Lorenzo dalla Porta leaves Silverstone leading Aron Canet by 14 points for the Moto3 title chase. Marquez clinched the Moto2 Championship. After fifteen rounds of the championship, successfully defended his Rider's Championship in taking his sixth premier class title, having already won nine races. Last-corner drama sealed off the battle of Britain. Other fancied runners are close on time, but not on the grid: erstwhile points leader Thomas Luthi Dynavolt Kalex 12th, and team-mate Marcel Schrotter another through from Q1 13th. The battle for second continues, with Aron Canet — eighth today — on 190, ninth-placed Tony Arbolino 175, and Ramirez 174. Quartararo, Marquez and Jack Miller Ducati topped the sheet, followed in close order by Dovizioso, Viñales and Alex Rins. At each circuit, a route is to be defined and marked at a safe point around the circuit usually an asphalt run-off area outside of a turn. We look forward to watching Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci and Rins slug it out for second. At my age, if you have some bad races people say it is time to stay home. Cal Crutchlow Race report: Spielberg, Austria 11 August Podium: 1. This, said an insider, was the consequence of new-generation tyres, which were deliberately conservative; while the tyre endurance did allow the race times to be cut. They should get the same people to resurface Brno, then we would have three tracks that are really nice to ride. With his 76th career grand prix win, Marc Marquez ties Mike Hailwood for fourth all time, trailing only Angel Nieto 90 , Valentino Rossi 115 and Giacomo Agostini 122. Although five riders have won races this year, four of them — Viñales, Dovizioso, Rins and Petrucci — are tied for second with a single win each. Sam Lowes Federal Oils Kalex is ninth, Fabio Di Giannantonio Campetella Speed Up completes the top ten. Marc Marquez led wire-to-wire without breaking a sweat for his 50th premier class win and a 63-point lead heading to Austria. Though he would have liked the win, Marc Marquez should be satisfied with second place, especially with Andrea Dovizioso crashing out early. Beyond that, the only people who care about what happens are sponsors and bookies. The control-tower cronies concurred, and for Saturday the corner exit was repainted, extending the white of the kerb. Dalla Porta, who secured the title last weekend, leads an all-Honda row three from Ayumu Sasaki and Gabriel Rodrigo. Zarco was deemed to have been riding in an irresponsible manner, and will be penalized three grid positions at Misano. More significantly, breaking his back in two places in practice at Assen has left the 32-year-old Spaniard visibly lacking confidence, as he fears further crashes might cause more serious damage. Vinales took over third from Rins, 201 points to 194; Petrucci has 176. Practice and Qualifying At least two things became immediately clear on Friday, as Petronas Yamaha prodigy Quartararo flirted with, then broke, the all-time track record at Silverstone, held by Marquez since 2017. The driving direction is counter clockwise and has a total of 20 corners with 9 right turns and 11 left turns. I have had two months, and obviously I still have some pain in my back. One of its more distinctive features is near 41m-elevation change with an impressive incline at the end of the home-straight followed by a sharp left. On the first and third occasions, however, any growing confidence was almost immediately undermined by crashes. The schedule once again features 19 rounds, and mirrors the 2018 calendar. Red Bull Ring has a total of ten turns; The Circuit of the Americas has 11 right-handers and nine lefts. Repsol team manager Alberto Puig told Dorna today that Honda had no plans to dispense with Lorenzo prematurely. We are not fast enough on the straight, but for the rest it is better. In the process, Marquez set yet another all-time track record, the fifth time this season he has done so in twelve rounds, one of which was wet. Fellow front-row starters Franco Morbidelli and Petronas Yamaha team-mate Fabio Quartararo, on pole, were never in the action, run in blazing heat in front of more than 103,000 highly vocal fans at the Sepang circuit adjacent to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Eventually Quartararo had no choice but to run for it. There will be only 765 of each version, each numbered on the top triple-clamp, with no follow-up mass-produced version. And it looks like in the last period Yamaha have worked in a good direction, and done some clever things. Waldo was sitting, all Cheshire cat-like, in P9, praying for rain. Strong rumours from several sources said that he had been seeking a switch back to the Italian marque in the satellite Pramac team as early as next year, after his switch to the Repsol Honda had been both so painful and so far unproductive. My condolence to all the family. The top ten were over the line inside 1. The winner this time was compatriot Alex Rins on the Ecstar Suzuki, who had hounded the Repsol Honda for the full race distance over 20 complicated laps of the longest track of the year. By the end, seven had got together again, over the line in less then 1. And it was new champion Marc next up, only in the closing minutes, as he resisted the temptation to fit soft tyres and concentrated on his weekend strategy — interrupted by a still unexplained break-down that saw his Repsol Honda pushed back to the pits in the morning session. Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 269 3. Dovizioso and Rins made it through Q1 to set up an exhilarating Q2. Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 115 Last updated on 22 September Results Valencia, Spain 17 November Podium: 1. Your boy Cal Crutchlow made P5 lemonade out of a P11 start. Viñales started from P9 and showed absolutely nothing all day on his way to finishing 10th. Left out in the Q1 cold were names led by Dovizioso, Rins, and Takaa Nakagami; Jorge Lorenzo, limping around multiple seconds behind the leaders, must have been terrified. He joined where he replaced , who moved to the. The production bike, with 128 horsepower at 13,250 rpm, improves on every aspect of power and torque of the base 765, throughout the rev range. The Circuit Of The Americas is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U. He is defending second from Ramirez, McPhee and Tony Arbolino Honda , who narrowly failed to escape from Q1 and will start from 19th. It might have been different had he not had to switch to his spare bike, after pitting with his preferred bike gesticulating at a row of flashing warning lights. Rossi sitting second and Miller third set up a grand battle on Sunday, in which my two picks not named Marquez would start from P6 and P7. The rumours left Pramac incumbent Jack Miller on tenterhooks, not knowing if he would be out of a job; but at least partial resolution came on Saturday night, with news that Lorenzo had telephoned Honda team boss Alberto Puig to confirm his commitment to fulfil the second year of his contract. In spite of Márquez's sizeable championship margin, seven races, namely , , , , , and were decided with last-lap passes, the season having plenty of close racing. The Repsol Honda rider was playing psych-out games with his new rival, following him earlier in the session, pitting in his wake, then following him out again, slowing when Quartararo slowed to look over his shoulder; speeding up again when the Frenchman did. He was due to take the place of Tito Rabat on the Reale Avintia Ducati, with the Spaniard withdrawing from the race, still suffering from hand injuries that ruled him out in Japan and after three laps in Australia. Toward the end of the session riders were out on wet tires and slicks, mediums and softs, something for every taste and budget. Bradley Smith Race report: 2018 standings. Fabio Quartararo crashed on the first corner, taking out Andrea Dovizioso in the process. Flexbox team-mates Augusto Fernandez and Lorenzo Baldassarri were next; then Sam Lowes Federal Oils , holder of the previous best lap. Maybe this is the same with Zarco. It is possible he might pull out for the final race in Valencia as well, following the example of Taka Nakagami in undergoing shoulder surgery as early as possible to be fit for start of the 2020 season. Both riders ended their day in the gravel; both could be injured, as there is no report yet. But I got my target, which was the podium. This was nonetheless his third front-row start of the year. In between the Leopard riders, another Honda — of Snipers rider Tony Arbonlino, who had qualified on pole. Part of the reason was the nature of Silverstone, he said. The previous two seasons' championship runner-up once again finished second for with two wins and on a sealed third with two wins. Where the Honda-powered bikes generally were stuck with one corner line, all in the same gear, the new generation offers different possibilities to riders, encouraging more overtaking. He qualified ninth; while Crutchlow came through and placed fifth. As a result of this link-up, Tech 3 dropped long-time title sponsor , replaced by rival energy drink. Lots of rumors flying around about Moto3 guys getting kicked up to Moto2 next year, including Ramirez and, of all people, Naughty Romano Fenati who, despite his trove of personality disorders, is fast on a motorcycle and would likely be excited beyond words to have 765cc roaring beneath him. Moto3 Records tumbled also in Moto3, with double 2020 winner Toni Arbolino setting the pace in the cooler morning session at 2m 12. Saturday News Special-Edition Triumph Introduced Silverstone saw the launch of the first love-child between Dorna and new Moto2 partners Triumph — a special limited-edition track-day-focused street bike, with strong links to the 765cc three-cylinder engine that has reinvigorated the previously almost moribund middle grand prix class. He still holds a 35-point lead over both Augusto Fernandez and Thomas Luthi for the championship.。 。 。 。 。 。
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