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    jeudi 25 juin 2015

    Lorenzo au sommet de sa forme pour le Motul TT Assen / Lorenzo at physical peak for Dutch GP


    Rossi, Lorenzo, Iannone, Márquez, Smith et Pedrosa étaient réunis en conférence de presse mercredi à Assen.
     Lorenzo at physical peak for Dutch GP
    Leader du classement général avec un point d’avance sur son coéquipier Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), Valentino Rossi a été le premier à prendre la parole pour aborder la course de ce week-end, qui a lieu sur un circuit où il a déjà gagné huit fois (1x125cc, 1x250cc, 6xMotoGP™). Sa dernière victoire dans la ‘Cathédrale du motocyclisme’ remonte néanmoins à 2013 et l’Italien a admis qu’il devrait améliorer ses performances en qualifications pour espérer battre Lorenzo : 
    « Jorge est meilleur que moi en qualifications, il est toujours un peu plus rapide. C’est difficile parce qu’il y a beaucoup de motos rapides et que les Suzuki et Ducati ont le pneu extra soft. Les Honda sont elles aussi très rapides mais Jorge a le même pneu et la même moto que moi et nous devons donc progresser. C’est dur quand on part de la troisième ligne. À Barcelone j’avais un bon rythme et nous n’avions pas mis longtemps pour remonter jusqu’à la seconde place mais Jorge était déjà trop loin. C’est une histoire différente à chaque week-end et sur chaque circuit. Nous devrons rapidement comprendre le potentiel de notre moto et des pneus pour faire le maximum dès le début. »
    Rossi a aussi confirmé qu’il testerait un nouveau cadre au long du week-end après l’avoir essayé une première fois la semaine dernière au MotorLand Aragón : « L’objectif était de tester le nouveau cadre sur deux pistes différentes et il était important de le faire à Barcelone (lors du test post-GP officiel) parce que nous pouvions directement comparer mais les conditions étaient trop mauvaises. Nous n’avons essayé le nouveau cadre qu’à Aragón et je pense que nous continuerons à le tester demain pour voir si nous obtenons quelque chose de mieux ou pas. »
    Vainqueur des quatre dernières courses en ayant mené durant 103 tours consécutifs, Lorenzo arrive aux Pays-Bas en pleine confiance et a affirmé :
    « J’ai eu de très bonnes périodes dans ma carrière mais nous n’avions pas cette moto à l’époque. Notre moto est très constante en course, elle nous permet de garder un rythme élevé et c’est pourquoi nous avons jusqu'ici dominé le dimanche. Je suis aussi en grande forme, je suis capable de battre mon coach en VTT pour la première fois et j’en suis très fier. Nous devons cependant continuer à travailler dur afin de trouver un bon set-up. »
    À 69 points de Rossi après avoir chuté lors des deux dernières courses, Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) réessayera le cadre 2014 de la RC213V ce week-end à Assen en espérant résoudre ses problèmes sur une piste où il avait gagné l’an dernier : « Après les deux dernières courses, nous avons évidemment besoin d’un bon résultat. Assen est une piste que j’aime, l’an dernier ça s’était bien passé mais les conditions météo avaient été mitigées pour la course. Vale et Jorge avaient été très forts il y a deux ans. Nous devrons attendre de voir comment se passera le week-end. Nous sommes confiants, nous n’avons malheureusement pas pu essayer tout ce que nous avions prévu à cause de la pluie au test de Barcelone mais nous allons faire de notre mieux. Le lundi après la course, j’avais utilisé le cadre de 2014, c’était positif et je l’utiliserai ici aussi. »
    Dans le Top 6 à chaque course depuis le début de la saison, Andrea Iannone (Ducati) arrive à Assen en étant classé troisième et a commenté : « C’est un moment très positif pour moi et il est important que je continue à travailler. Les GP14 et GP13 étaient très difficiles à piloter sur cette piste mais je pense que la GP15 sera meilleure ici parce qu’elle est beaucoup plus agile. J’espère me battre pour le podium. Je veux me battre pour le podium à chaque course mais ce serait encore mieux si c’était pour la victoire ! »
    Premier pilote satellite au général, Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) compte seulement un point de retard sur Márquez et 21 d’avance sur son premier poursuivant, son compatriote Cal Crutchlow. Le Britannique est clairement beaucoup plus épanoui qu’en 2014 et a déclaré : « Il y a eu beaucoup de changement cette année et du bon côté. Je suis content de pouvoir démontrer ce dont je suis capable. Le principal objectif pour cette saison était d’être régulier et d’être le premier pilote satellite et j’ai plus de vingt points d’avance en ce moment. Ce n’est rien d’extraordinaire mais nous finissons les courses et continuons à gagner en expérience. »
    Sur le podium pour la première fois de l’année en Catalogne lors de l’épreuve précédente, Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) retrouve le circuit de sa première victoire en Grand Prix et a affirmé : « J’avais eu ma première victoire ici quand j’étais encore tout jeune, c’était un grand moment pour toute ma famille. Monter sur le podium chez moi (au GP de Catalogne) après tout ce qui s’était passé cette année a aussi été un moment spécial. Je n’ai pas fait ma meilleure course mais j’étais onzième après un mauvais départ. J’espère que nous pourrons bien rouler ici. Nous devons faire mieux en qualifications et prendre un bon départ cette fois-ci ! »
    Le Motul TT Assen commence jeudi matin à 9h avec la première séance d’essais libres de la catégorie Moto3™.

    Rossi, Lorenzo, Iannone, Marquez, Smith and Pedrosa were all present at the press conference that marks the start of the Motul TT Assen.
    The official Press Conference kicked off round eight of the MotoGP™ World Championships at the legendary TT Circuit Assen, the only track to host an event every year since the World Championships began back in 1949.
    Valentino Rossi arrives at Assen leading the championship standings by just one point from his teammate Jorge Lorenzo. The Italian has won at Assen eight times before (1x125cc, 1x250cc, 6xMotoGP™), although the last time he stood on the top step at the “Cathedral” was back in 2013. Rossi knows he has to improve his performance in qualifying to have any chance of beating Lorenzo: “Yeah, Jorge is better than me in qualifying; he’s always a little bit faster. It’s difficult because there are a lot of bikes that are very fast and Suzuki and Ducati have the extra soft tyre to help. The Hondas are also very fast, but Jorge has the same tyre and bike as me, so we need to improve. Starting from the third row is tough, in Barcelona I had a good pace and we didn’t lose much time to get to second, but already Jorge was far. Every weekend and track has a different story so we have to understand the potential of the bike and the tyres and make the maximum from Friday.”
    Rossi & the qualifying conundrum
    Rossi also revealed that he will be evaluating a new frame over the course of the weekend after trying it out in a private test: “The plan was to try the new frame at two different tracks and it was important to try in Barcelona (Official test) because we can compare back to back from the race, but the conditions were very bad. We only tried the new frame in Aragon and I think we will try it tomorrow and to fully understand it in practice if we have something better or not.”
    His teammate Jorge Lorenzo has won the last four races in a row, and is in the form of his life coming into the Dutch GP. Lorenzo has also led the last 103 laps across the line as he looks to add to his two MotoGP™ World Championship titles this season. The Spaniard feels he is experiencing one of the best moments of his career: “I have had some very good periods in my career, but probably we didn’t have this bike. Especially in the race our bike is very constant and we can keep a high pace, this is why we’ve dominated on Sunday till now. For now, I’m in good shape, for the first time I beat my trainer on the mountain bike so I’m really proud of that! But we still have to work hard and find a good set up.”
    Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez faces make or break time in Holland. The reigning MotoGP™ World Champion heads into the weekend trailing Rossi by 69 points in the standings, after crashing out in front of his home fans at the Catalan GP. Marquez is hoping he can replicate his success from last year when he won at Assen, and will be trying out the 2014 frame on his RC213V in an effort to improve his fortunes: “Of course after the last two races we need a good result. Assen is a track I like, last year was good but it was also a mixed weather race. Two years ago Vale and Jorge were very strong. We’ll have to see how this weekend goes. We have a good confidence, unfortunately the Barcelona test was raining so we couldn’t try everything but we’ll try to do our best. I used on Monday after the race the 2014 frame, it was good and I will use it here.”
    Ducati Team’s Andrea Iannone arrives in Assen having not finished outside of the top six all season. The Italian is now third in the Championship standings, after finishing fourth last time out in Barcelona. Iannone clearly feels that the GP15 will be suited to the nature of the Assen circuit: “It’s really important for me in this moment, a positive one, to keep working. The GP14 and 13 were very difficult in this track and I hope the GP15 improves on this track because the agility of this bike is much better. I hope for the podium. I want to fight for the podium in every race, but the victory is better!”
    Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Bradley Smith is the leading Satellite rider in the standings after two consecutive fifth-placed finishes. The Brit currently has 68 points, just one less than Marquez, and 21 more than his nearest Satellite rival Cal Crutchlow. Smith is clearly enjoying the 2015 season so far compared to last year: “It’s been a big change this season and for the better. It’s been nice to showcase what I can really do. Obviously the main object for this season was to be consistent and to be the top Satellite rider; right now I have over a 20-point lead. Nothing spectacular but we’ve been finishing races and gaining experience.”
    Dani Pedrosa continued his encouraging return from arm-pump surgery at the Catalan Grand Prix, after being forced to miss three races. The Spaniard managed to finish on the podium for the first time this season in Barcelona, and he will be hoping for more of the same at a circuit where he has some happy memories: “Yes my first victory was here when I was just a kid, it was a really happy moment for all of my family. I still remember it! Yeah, it was special to be on the podium at home (Catalan GP) after everything that has happened. I didn’t have the best race. I was 11th on the first lap after a bad start. After the first laps, I wasn’t progressing much but then I went well and hopefully we can do things better here. We need to do a better qualifying and finally do one good start!”
    Smith brought the biggest laugh of the press conference when he was asked the secret to his fantastic race starts this year, to which he simply replied, “Big balls and brake late!”
    The Motul TT Assen on-track action kicks off on Thursday with Moto3™ Free Practice at 9am local time.

    samedi 30 mai 2015

    Iannone place Ducati en pole position au Mugello / Iannone delights Italian fans as Marquez provides the drama


    Iannone delights Italian fans as Marquez provides the drama
    L’Italien sera en tête de la grille MotoGP™ pour la première fois de sa carrière dimanche au Grand Prix TIM d’Italie.
    Suite à une première journée dominée par son coéquipier Andrea Dovizioso au Mugello, Andrea Iannone a été le héros du samedi au Grand Prix TIM d’Italie, dont il a décroché la pole position, sa première en catégorie reine, la première de Ducati au Mugello depuis celle de Casey Stoner en 2007 et la première d'un Italien sur une moto italienne à domicile en catégorie reine depuis Giacomo Agostini en 500cc à Imola en 1972.
    Affaibli par une blessure au bras gauche, l’Italien, qui avait occupé la pole position à huit reprises en Moto2™, s’est surpassé pour tirer le meilleur de la GP15 ainsi que de son pneu tendre et a signé un nouveau record du Mugello en 1’46.489 ainsi qu’un nouveau record pour la vitesse maximale en MotoGP avec une pointe à 350.8 km en FP4.
    Après avoir survolé les essais libres du samedi matin, Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) a dû se contenter de la seconde position en qualifications mais était pleinement satisfait de son chrono (1’46.584) et demeure le favori à la victoire en raison de la régularité de ses performances en configuration course mais aussi de son palmarès au Mugello, où le Majorquin a obtenu trois victoires et trois secondes places sur les six dernières années.
    Dovizioso partira lui aussi de la première ligne après s’être qualifié à 0.121s de son coéquipier et renforçait la présence de Ducati en tête de la grille de l’épreuve italienne. Désormais surnommé Desmo Dovi, l'Italien est déjà monté sur le podium du Mugello en MotoGP™ avec Honda (2010, 2011) ainsi qu'avec Yamaha (2012) et n'a manqué le Top 3 qu'une seule fois cette année, à Jerez.
    Crutchlow: “I just missed out on the front row again”Inscrit en wildcard sur une Ducati GP15, Michele Pirro a lui aussi réussi sa qualification en prenant la sixième position, derrière Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda), quatrième à 0.168s de la pole, et Aleix Espargaró (Team Suzuki Ecstar), qui réalisait une excellente opération après avoir participé à la Q1 et en avoir signé le deuxième temps.
    La troisième ligne accueillera Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda), Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) et Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar), qui s’est, à l’instar de son coéquipier, distingué avec d’excellents temps intermédiaires sur le deuxième secteur sinueux de la piste toscane grâce à l’excellente maniabilité de la GSX-RR.
    Arrivé en Italie avec quinze points d’avance sur Lorenzo en tête du classement général, Rossi partira en huitième position pour la troisième fois de la saison, comme au Qatar et en Argentine, où il avait remporté ses deux victoires de 2015. Le nonuple Champion du Monde a en fait remporté ses trois dernières victoires depuis la 8e position, dont il était aussi parti avant de s'imposer en Australie l'an dernier.
    Smith: 'We have been fast from the word go'Pol Espargaró (Monster Yamaha Tech3), Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) et Yonny Hernández (Octo Pramac Racing) seront quant à eux en quatrième ligne. Le Colombien avait réalisé le meilleur temps au dernier moment en Q1, reléguant Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) à la troisième position et le privant donc d’une participation en Q2. 
    En difficulté et tombé à la mi-journée dans le virage n°1 lors de la séance FP4, le Champion du Monde en titre n’avait eu à passer par la Q1 qu’une seule fois auparavant, sur le même circuit, en 2013, et manquait la Q2 pour la toute première fois de sa carrière. Il s’élancera de la treizième position et s'était jusqu'ici toujours qualfié sur l'une des deux premières lignes depuis ses débuts en MotoGP™.
    Héctor Barberá (Avintia Racing) a de son côté été le plus rapide en catégorie Open et partira quinzième, derrière Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing), tandis que les Français Loris Baz (Athinà Forward Racing) et Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing) seront respectivement 18e et 22e sur la grille de départ.
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    The big question: Can Iannone keep that pace over 23-laps?Andrea Iannone claimed Ducati’s first pole at Mugello since 2007, while Marc Marquez experienced his worst ever MotoGP™ Qualifying.
    It was a day of contrasts at the Gran Premio D’Italia as Ducati Team’s Andrea Iannone sent the Italian fans at the Autodromo del Mugello into rapture as he claimed his first career MotoGP™ pole position in near perfect conditions.
    Countering that was the dramatic action involving the reigning MotoGP™ World Champion Marc Marquez, as he failed to make it through to Q2 for the first time in his career and will start Sunday’s race from the head of the fifth row in thirteenth.
    Iannone delights Italian fans as Marquez provides the drama
    Iannone, riding with a fractured humerus sustained during a testing crash at the Tuscany Circuit, took advantage of the softer option tyre available to Ducati to set a 1’46.489 which was almost seven-tenths quicker than Dani Pedrosa’s pole record from 2013: “I am very pleased with how things went today! For sure in my condition this result was in no way expected, but in the end me and my team did a great job and we managed to improve. The only problem I have at the moment is my shoulder condition, because it needs more time to get back to 100%: tomorrow will be a tough race but I will not give in”
    Marquez: 'We can't be happy about today'Marquez struggled throughout the day, getting caught out in FP3 and finishing down in eleventh on the combined timesheets. It was only the second time the Spaniard has failed to automatically qualify for Q2, the first being at Mugello in 2013.
    A crash in FP4 only compounded matters and as Marquez attempted to make it through from Q1 he set a time good enough for second on the timesheets with 2 minutes to go in the session. Thinking that the job was done, it was then that disaster struck for him and his team. Yonny Hernandez on the Octo Pramac Racing Ducati displaced him in the final seconds, securing the Columbians progress through to Q2 at Marquez’ expense. This means that Marquez will have to start Sunday’s race from the front of the fourth row in 13th, his worst ever MotoGP™ Qualifying performance: “We can't be happy about today, because this was the worst qualifying result that we have had in MotoGP. Starting in the morning, we didn't use the new tyre and that took us into Q1 – in which we had a problem that prevented us from progressing to Q2. Nevertheless, I think we have a good pace for tomorrow, although it is clear that starting from so far back we will suffer a lot.”
     Lorenzo sets fastest ever lap as Marquez misses out
    Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo will be a force to be reckoned with come Sunday’s race, as he demonstrated in incredibly persistent race pace throughout Free Practice. The double MotoGP™ World Champion was only 0.095s behind Dovizioso in Q2 and will start from second on the grid, a feat made all the more impressive as Lorenzo does not have the softer option tyre available to him: “We must be proud of our performance, because we improved the bike, which has been our goal for today. We had to improve our pace by half a second and maybe we didn‘t do that but we did shave off three-tenths. Today has been a great day. We couldn‘t get the pole position, but second place is great.”
    Andrea Dovizioso followed up Iannone’s incredible pole lap by securing third on the grid, making it two Ducati GP15’s on the front row, and the team will be pushing hard for their first win since Stoner’s victory in Australia in 2010: “It was a great qualifying session for our team, because there are two Ducati GP15 bikes on the front row. I had a good feeling with the bike when I did my lap, and this is very important in view of the race because it means that we have the speed to be able to fight for the leading positions.”
    Crutchlow says braking error cause for crash
    CWM LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow won the battle of the Satellite riders, as he once again impressed during Q2 to finish fourth fastest as the fastest Honda on the grid: “Overall I was happy, because I tried a hard front tyre and I was happy with that, so much so I even qualified with it. I just missed out on the front row again, but I made a small mistake which was my own fault.”
    Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Aleix Espargaro was another rider who had to grit his teeth as he was suffering from the injury to his right thumb sustained during his Free Practice crash at Le Mans. The Spaniard sought medical advice before the day’s action, and it clearly paid off, as he will start the race from the middle of the front row.
    To top off an almost perfect day for Ducati, their test rider Michele Pirro managed to set a time good enough for sixth in Q2, and will complete the second row for Sunday’s race, the best qualifying performance from a wild card rider since Ben Spies in 2008 at Indianapolis.
    Dani Pedrosa on the second Factory Repsol Honda RC213V showed he is recovering from his arm pump surgery by setting the seventh fastest time. The Spaniard will start from the head of the third row, ahead of nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi.
    Rossi: “My lap time was not so bad, but it wasn‘t enough”Rossi once again could not perform as he wanted during qualifying, although he wont be too disappointed to start the race from eighth on the grid, as his last two victories have both been achieved when he started from that position: “I improved a lot and my lap time was not so bad, but it wasn‘t enough. All the top riders were able to improve their pace a lot, so apart from my starting position on the third row, which is not fantastic, I‘m quite happy about today.”
    Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Maverick Viñales will start the race from ninth on the grid, with Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Pol Espargaro & Bradley Smith in tenth and eleventh respectively.
    Avintia Racing’s Hector Barbera was the leading Open class rider in fifteenth, with the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda of Scott Redding down in 17th.
    Check out the full MotoGP™ Qualifying results, the 23-lap race starts at 14:00 local time in Mugello on Sunday.


    samedi 2 mai 2015

    La pole position et le record du circuit pour Lorenzo / Lorenzo sets new lap record to claim pole


    Le Majorquin a démontré qu’il serait l’homme à battre au Grand Prix bwin d’Espagne en dominant clairement les qualifications.
    Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) sera en pole position pour la première fois de l’année et la première fois depuis septembre 2014 après avoir dominé essais libres et qualifications au Circuit de Jerez. Le double Champion du Monde était assuré de la pole mais est parvenu à battre son meilleur temps de trois dixièmes pour établir un nouveau record du circuit en 1’37.910. 
    Malgré sa blessure à la main gauche, Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) sera bien présent en première ligne et occupera la deuxième position sur la grille, devant Andrea Iannone (Ducati), tandis que Pol Espargaró (Monster Yamaha Tech3), Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) et Aleix Espargaró (Team Suzuki Ecstar) partiront de la deuxième.
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    Jorge Lorenzo produces the fastest ever lap by a motorcycle around the Circuito de Jerez to take his first pole of the season.
    Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo sent the Spanish fans into rapture by setting a 1’37.910, the only time anyone has ever been under the 1’38 mark on two wheels at the Spanish circuit, beating Marc Marquez previous record from last year by over two-tenths of a second.
    Despite track temperatures reaching over 50 degrees the Spaniard, showing renewed determination in Jerez, led from the outset and never looked like missing out on pole. Marc Marquez will start from second on the grid after riding through the pain once more with his broken finger to finish 0.390s behind Lorenzo.
    Ducati Team’s Andrea Iannone (+0.558s) outshone his teammate to start from the front row, while Pol Espargaro was the leading satellite rider on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 M1 and will start from the head of the second row.
    Current Championship leader Valentino Rossi (+0.722s) will start the race from fifth, with the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR of Aleix Espargaro (+0.728s) only six-thousandths of a second further back in 6th.
    CWM LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow heads the third row in front of the second Ducati Team GP 15 of Andrea Dovizioso and Pramac Racings Yonny Hernandez.
    Bradley Smith completes the top ten, ahead of Scott Redding (11th) and Danilo Petrucci (12th).
    Earlier it was the Pramac Racing duo of Petrucci and Hernandez who made it through from Q1, while Hector Barbera on the Avintia Racing Ducati will start the race from 13th on the grid as the leading Open class rider.
    Check out the full MotoGP™ Qualifying results and grid, the race is due to start at 14:00 local time on Sunday in Jerez.

    samedi 18 avril 2015

    Moto GP ; Deuxième pole consécutive pour Márquez / Marquez takes pole by over 0.5s at #ArgentinaGP


    Le Champion du Monde en titre sera de nouveau en tête de la grille pour le Grand Prix Red Bull de la République Argentine.
    Vainqueur depuis la pole à Termas de Río Hondo en 2014, mais aussi au Texas le week-end dernier, Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) tentera de faire aussi bien cette année et s’est assuré la pole position en étant une demi-seconde plus rapide que ses concurrents en qualifications. 
    Pilote le plus rapide en Argentine vendredi, Aleix Espargaró (Team Suzuki Ecstar) a décroché la seconde position devant Andrea Iannone (Ducati). Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda), Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) et Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) partiront en deuxième ligne tandis que Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) sera au milieu de la troisième, entre Danilo Petrucci (Pramac Racing) et Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar).
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    Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez stamped his authority on proceedings in Q2 to claim pole ahead of Aleix Espargaro and Andrea Iannone.
    After the excitement during Qualifying in Austin, there was a sense of anticipation in the air as riders took to the 4.8 km Termas de Rio Hondo circuit. Conditions had improved from Friday, with the sun coming out in force and the track temperature rising to 43 degrees in time for MotoGP™ Q2.
    Earlier it was Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Bradley Smith and Hector Barbera on the Avintia Racing Ducati that made it through from a hotly contested Q1, in a session that saw Smith’s teammate Pol Espargaro and the Satellite Pramac Racing machine of Yonny Hernandez fail to progress.
    Marc Marquez dominated proceedings to take pole with a 1’37.802 ahead of the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR of Aleix Espargaro (+0.514s) and Andrea Iannone (+0.665s) on the Ducati Team GP15.
    CWM LCR Hondas Cal Crutchlow (+0.683s) will start from the front of the second row in front of Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo (+0.683s), who matched the British riders time in 5th, and the second Ducati Team GP15 of Andrea Dovizioso (+0.718s).
    Pramac Racings Danilo Petrucci will start from 7th on the grid, with Valentino Rossi over a second off the pace of Marquez in 8th. Maverick Viñales completed the third row in 9th, with Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Bradley Smith rounding out the top ten. Hector Barbera leads the Open class in 12th, just behind the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Racing Honda of Scott Redding.
    Click here for the full MotoGP™ Qualifying results and line up for Sundays race, which is due to start at 16:00 local time in Argentina.

    samedi 11 avril 2015

    Moto GP ; Le meilleur temps pour Márquez à Austin / Marquez restablishes dominance during MotoGP™ FP2


    Le Champion du Monde en titre a survolé la fin de la seconde séance d’essais une fois passé sur pneus slick.
    Après une matinée pluvieuse au Circuit des Amériques, les pilotes MotoGP™ ont pu rouler sur pneus slick pour la seconde moitié de leur deuxième séance d’essais suite à un changement de conditions dont Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) a profité pour prendre la première position avec une nette avance sur ses adversaires. 
    L’Espagnol, invaincu aux Etats-Unis depuis 2011, a terminé avec plus de trois dixièmes de seconde d’avance sur Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda) et Andrea Iannone (Ducati). Aleix Espargaró (Team SUZUKI ECSTAR), Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati), qui avait été le plus rapide sur piste mouillée, et Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) sont quant à eux à plus de sept dixièmes de Márquez.
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    Marc Marquez reestablished his dominance at the Circuit of The Americas as he set the quickest time in FP2.
    It was all change for FP2, with the track drying and the rain holding off it gave riders a chance to head out and attempt to set what could be their fastest lap of the two days of practice. The time’s from FP2 might be very important, as with more rain forecast for tomorrow they could decide who makes it through to the second qualifying session on Saturday.
    Riders initially headed out on wet tyres to get a feel for the track conditions, but came back in to switch to slicks as the racing line began to dry with about 20 minutes to go. This led to a frantic end to proceedings as riders attempted to take advantage of what could be the only dry session of the weekend.
    Repsol Honda’s Marquez was the only rider to break the 2’05 barrier, as he set a 2’04.835 to finish three-tenths ahead of the CWM LCR Honda of Cal Crutchlow (+0.327s) who is benefitting from a chassis and seat upgrade to his RC213V in Austin, and was the fastest of the Satellite riders.
    Completing the provisional front row was the Ducati Team GP15 of Andrea Iannone (+0.355s). Seven-tenths back from Marquez was Aleix Espargaro on the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR in 4th, with Andrea Dovizioso in 5th on the second Factory Ducati. Valentino Rossi, the man who rolled back the years to claim the race win in Qatar, ended the day in 6th on the leading Yamaha.
    Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Bradley Smith crashed out during the session but was unhurt, while Athina Forward Racing's Stefan Bradl (+1.155s) was the leading Open class rider in 8th place.
    Click here for the combined MotoGP™ Practice times from Friday, FP3 is scheduled to start at 9:55am local time on Saturday in Austin.
    Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati Team, COTA FP1