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    dimanche 9 août 2015

    Le rêve américain continue pour Márquez / Marquez wins epic duel with Lorenzo


    Márquez s’est imposé pour la cinquième année d’affilée à Indianapolis et pour la septième fois en sept courses MotoGP™ aux Etats-Unis.
                Marquez wins epic duel with Lorenzo
    Malgré une première moitié de saison compliquée, Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) continue d’établir de nouveaux records au long de sa troisième année en MotoGP™ et a étoffé un palmarès déjà exceptionnel aux Etats-Unis en s’imposant devant Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) au Grand Prix Red Bull d’Indianapolis. 
    Qualifié en pole position pour la dixième manche de la saison 2015, le Champion du Monde en titre a suivi son compatriote durant la quasi-totalité de la course pour s’échapper avec lui et a sagement attendu d’être à trois tours du drapeau à damier pour attaquer et s’assurer une cinquième victoire consécutive à l’Indianapolis Motor Speedway, où il s’était imposé depuis la pole ces deux dernières années en MotoGP™ et avait aussi gagné en Moto2™ en 2011 et 2012. Márquez demeurait ainsi invaincu sur le territoire américain depuis 2011, n’ayant jamais manqué la première place aux Etats-Unis depuis son arrivée dans la catégorie reine, que ce soit à Austin, à Laguna Seca, qui ne figure plus au calendrier, ou à Indianapolis.
    Vaincu au bout d’un duel titanesque après avoir mené durant 24 des 27 tours, Lorenzo affirmait dans le parc fermé sa satisfaction d’avoir réalisé une course quasi-parfaite, en ayant maintenu un rythme exceptionnel et avec au final un très faible déficit de rythme par rapport à Márquez, plus frais en fin de course après s’être contenté de suivre le Majorquin. Ce dernier se rapprochait néanmoins un peu plus de la première place du classement général, occupée par son coéquipier Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP). 
    Huitième sur la grille de départ et visiblement en difficulté lors des deux premières journées, l’Italien n’a comme d’habitude pas manqué de se montrer compétitif pour la course et s’est battu en duel avec Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) pour la troisième place. Doublé par l’Espagnol à l’ouverture du dernier tour, Rossi a su répliquer pour s’assurer la troisième place et ainsi prolonger sa série de podiums avec un quatorzième Top 3 consécutif en comptant les quatre derniers de la saison 2014. Le nonuple Champion du Monde limitait ainsi les dégâts au classement général et conservait neuf points d’avance sur Lorenzo. 
    Grâce à sa seconde victoire d’affilée après celle remportée en Allemagne avant la trêve estivale, Márquez remontait quant à lui à la troisième place du classement général, à 56 points de Rossi et avec dix longueurs d’avance sur Andrea Iannone (Ducati), qui finissait de nouveau en solitaire derrière les prétendants au podium, en cinquième position, à une quinzaine de secondes de Rossi et Pedrosa. 
    Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) a nettement battu son coéquipier Pol Espargaró, qui a été confirmé chez Tech3 pour 2016, en finissant huit secondes devant lui, à la sixième place, tandis que Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda), Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati), qui était hors du Top 12 dans le premier tour, et Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing) complétaient le Top 10 à l’arrivée. 
    Jack Miller (CWM LCR Honda) est tombé en début de course alors qu’il était le pilote Open le mieux classé. La victoire Open est ainsi revenue à Héctor Barberá (Avintia Racing), quinzième devant Nicky Hayden (Aspar MotoGP Team) et Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing). 
    Stefan Bradl (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) a quant à lui fini sa première course sur la RS-GP à la vingtième place, loin derrière Álvaro Bautista (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) et Eugene Laverty (Aspar MotoGP Team) et avec un rien d’avance sur Alex de Angelis (E-Motion IodaRacing Team) et Toni Elías, qui remplaçait Karel Abraham (AB Motoracing).
    Le Championnat du Monde MotoGP™ 2015 continue la semaine prochaine, du 14 ay 16 août, à Brno pour le Grand Prix bwin de République Tchèque.
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    Marc Marquez maintains his incredible record on US soil to take victory at the Indianapolis GP after a race long battle with Jorge Lorenzo.
                  Marquez sets hottest lap in MotoGP™ warm up
    Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez made it five wins in a row (2x Moto2™, 3x MotoGP™) at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway after an epic race long duel with Jorge Lorenzo (+0.688s) on the Movistar Yamaha. Championship leader Valentino Rossi (+5.278s) maintained his 100% podium record this season to finish in third, and remain on top of the standings by nine points.
    After the Moto3™ and Moto2™ races were declared wet earlier in the day, conditions had improved by the time the MotoGP™ riders took to the grid and luckily, apart from a few spots of rain, it remained dry throughout the race. It was Lorenzo who would lead into the first corner from pole man Marquez, and it wouldn’t take long for these two to break away at the front of the field, opening up a second gap by the end of lap 8. The 68,000 fans present at the ‘Brickyard’ then bore witness to some incredible riding between the two Spaniards, as lap after lap Marquez ominously stalked Lorenzo.
    The reigning MotoGP™ World Champion Marquez bided his time, sitting behind Lorenzo and studying his strengths and weaknesses before finally making his move with just three laps to go into turn 1. Lorenzo had no response and Marquez pulled the pin to cross the line over half a second ahead of his compatriot, taking Honda’s 700th GP victory in the process. It was also the 9th race in a row that Marquez has won on US Soil and the first time he has achieved back-to-back victories this season.
    Rossi started from 8th on the grid but after a sensational opening lap he was up into fourth and hunting down Pedrosa for the final podium spot. The Italian was made to rue his poor Qualifying performance, as while he could match the pace of Marquez and Lorenzo at the front, he could not make any meaningful dent in the gap to the leaders. Rossi finally managed to overtake Pedrosa into turn 1 on lap 18, although the diminutive Spaniard was having none of it and after recovering he managed to re-take third, setting up a dramatic last lap showdown. On the last lap Pedrosa overtook Rossi into turn 1, but ‘The Doctor’ fought back immediately and made it stick, managing to hold on to cross the line 0.181s ahead of Pedrosa (+6.147s).
    Ducati Team’s Andrea Iannone (+21.528s) was a further 15 seconds back in fifth as he managed to hold off a hard-charging Bradley Smith (+21.751s) on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 towards the end of the race. The Italian, celebrating his 26th Birthday, eventually crossed the line just 0.223s ahead of the Brit.
    Smith, starting from 9th on the grid, once again enjoyed a brilliant start and found himself as high as 5th after the first few corners. Unfortunately he would run wide at turn 10 on the first lap and be forced to fight his way back through the field. He had to settle for sixth. His teammate Pol Espargaro was a further 8.627s further back in seventh.
    CWM LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow had an eventful race, dropping down to 11th after almost clipping the back of Smith at the start of the race. He had to fight his way back into the top ten, before eventually crossing the line in eighth.
    Andrea Dovizioso also ran wide on the first lap (turn 2) first lap and found himself down in very last place. The Italian recovered brilliantly and fought back to finish in ninth ahead of the Factory Octo Pramac Racing Ducati of Danilo Petrucci, who completed the top ten.
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    The Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR’s of Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargaro were 11th and 14th respectively, with Scott Redding on the EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda finishing in 13th.
    Avintia Racing’s Hector Barbera took the Open class victory in 15th ahead of local Hero Nicky Hayden (Aspar MotoGP Team) in 16th and his teammate Eugene Laverty in 19th.
    Stefan Bradl finished in 20th on his debut for the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini while CWM LCR Honda’s Jack Miller was the only rider to crash out of the race as he fell foul of turn 6 on lap 9.
    All of this means that Rossi (195pts) remains on top of the MotoGP™ World Championship standings, although his lead over second placed Jorge Lorenzo (+186pts) has been cut to just 9 points, with Marquez (139pts) a further 56 points back in third.
    Check out the full MotoGP™ race results and the latest championship standings.
                      

    2015 MINI ADVENTURE Argentina


    Official film of the 2015 MINI ADVENTURE expedition in Argentina with 15 MINI Countryman and 26 international bloggers. This first MINI ADVENTURE trip was organised on a 10 days and 2000 km trip between Cordoba and Salta via 50% offroad across Atiplano, inluding a stopover in the DAKAR camp at Chilecito.


    Spotted in London: A charitable pair of prancing (sea)horses


    London’s car-spotters were whipped into a frenzy earlier this week, as two 1960s Ferraris – expected to fetch a combined £8m+ when they go to auction in aid of the RNLI this October – were parked up on the road outside an exclusive preview event attended by Classic Driver…

    Sitting pretty

    The two cars – a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB and a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4, both in rare right-hand-drive form – were left at the kerb of an exclusive auction preview event, held at the premises of antique dealer Mallett in London’s trendy Mayfair district. Both will be sold at auction by H&H in October to benefit the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at their late owner’s behest, and are expected to generate healthy bids due to their highly original, yet well-used and -maintained condition. However, it was their beautiful shapes and rare presence on London’s roads that drew in the automotive paparazzi, one of which was our contributor Luke Gilbertson – who was so drawn to the ‘seahorses’ that he stayed right through to the end of the event, in order to capture them being safely loaded into their transporter.
    Photos: Luke Gilbertson for Classic Driver
    The cars will be auctioned at H&H’s Duxford sale on 14 October 2015, with all proceeds going towards the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
    You can find hundreds more classic Ferraris for sale in the Classic Driver Market.

    SCHOOL BUS DRAG RACING


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