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samedi 26 septembre 2015
Pole, record et chute pour Márquez !/ Marquez destroys his own record on way to pole
Le Champion du Monde en titre a excellé au MotorLand Aragón lors d’une séance de qualifications malheureusement finie sur une chute.
Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) s’est assuré de partir en pole position au MotorLand Aragón pour la troisième année consécutive en réalisant un superbe chrono de 1’46.635, soit plus d’une demi-seconde de mieux que l’ancien record du circuit, qu’il avait établi en 2014.
Le double Champion du Monde MotoGP™ a ensuite réédité sa performance sur son deuxième run, s’arrêtant à 0.040s de son meilleur temps, et a fini par chuter en perdant l’avant sur sa troisième sortie, un incident dont il ne gardera heureusement aucune séquelle.
Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) a fait de son mieux pour se qualifier le plus haut possible et n’a échoué qu’à un dixième de seconde du nouveau record du circuit. Le Majorquin, deuxième du classement général avec 23 points de retard sur son coéquipier Valentino Rossi, s’est surtout assuré une très importante place sur une première ligne que complètera l’Italien Andrea Iannone (Ducati).
Affaibli par une épaule luxée, ce dernier terminait à 0.543s de la pole et atteignait la première ligne pour la première fois depuis l’épreuve du Mugello, où il avait aussi été blessé à l’épaule.
Installé en troisième position pendant un moment, Pol Espargaró (Monster Yamaha Tech3) a été relégué à la quatrième place par Iannone en fin de séance. L’Espagnol, qui égalait sa meilleure qualification de l’année, mènera donc la deuxième ligne, devant Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) et Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP).
Le leader du Championnat du Monde a fini à 0.857s de la pole et s’élancera du bout de la deuxième ligne avec l’objectif d’empêcher Lorenzo de prendre trop d’avance en début de course.
Aleix Espargaró (Team Suzuki Ecstar) et Cal Cruthlow (LCR Honda) seront en troisième ligne en compagnie de Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing), qui avait réalisé le meilleur temps de la Q1 pour ensuite gagner deux places en Q2.
Également convié en Q2 suite à son deuxième temps en Q1, son coéquipier Yonny Hernández (Octo Pramac Racing) sera onzième sur la grille de départ, derrière Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) et devant Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar).
Troisième en Q1 et donc absent de la Q2 pour la première fois de l'année, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) a signé la contre-performance de l’après-midi, sur un circuit où il était pourtant monté sur le podium avec Tech3 en 2012.
Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing) et Loris Baz (Forward Racing), qui avait lourdement chuté le matin et souffrait du cou, se sont respectivement qualifiés aux 18e et 22e positions.
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Marc Marquez obliterated his own record on the way to claiming his 7th pole of the season ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Iannone.
Repsol Honda’s Marquez set the fastest ever lap by a MotoGP™ bike around the 5km MotorLand Aragon circuit as he claimed his 29th premier class pole position in a thrilling Q2 session. The Spaniard made the most of ideal conditions (Track temp. 38˚C) at the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón to set a 1’46.635 on his first run to completely annihilate his own 2014 Pole Record (1’47.187) in the process by over half a second. The reigning MotoGP™ World Champion utilised a two-stop strategy and appeared to be going even quicker on his third run before he lost the front at turn 2, walking away unhurt.
Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo, who had earlier topped FP3 after dominating on Friday, was the only rider to get within 0.5s of Marquez. Lorenzo finished 0.108s off the pace of Marquez as he attempts to close the 23-point gap in the standings to his teammate Valentino Rossi. Lorenzo was the only other rider to break the 1’47 barrier as he claimed his 11th front row start of the season and 6th in a row.
Ducati Team’s Andrea Iannone pulled off the surprise of the day to complete the front row despite riding through the pain barrier. The Italian re-dislocated his left shoulder in a training accident after Misano but managed to set a time good enough to secure his fourth front row start of the season and first since Mugello. Incredibly though, he was over half a second off the pace off Marquez as 0.543s separated the top three riders.
Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Pol Espargaro (+0.699s) put in a sensational lap to start from the front of the second row in fourth as the leading Satellite rider. This equalled the Spaniards best qualifying performance of the season at Jerez.
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa (+0.722s) had topped the earlier FP4 session but will start Sunday’s race from fifth. Pedrosa had found himself on the provisional front row after the first run but could only improve by three-hundredths of a second on his second run and will have to start from the middle of the second row.
Movistar Yamaha’s championship leader Rossi (+0.857s) was staring down the barrel of a third row start before he managed to respond on his final lap to set a time good enough for sixth. The nine-time World Champion found himself 0.749s off the pace off his closest rival Lorenzo in what was his worst qualifying performance since Indianapolis.
Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Aleix Espargaro made use of the minor engine upgrade brought by his team to Aragon to set the seventh fastest time in his best qualifying performance since the Sachsenring.
LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow will start from the middle of the third row as he lost out to Espargaro by just 0.001s. The British rider improved from 13th on the combined timesheets on Friday to finish in tenth ahead of Danilo Petrucci on the Octo Pramac Racing Ducati. Petrucci earlier had made it through from Q1 with his teammate Yonny Hernandez at the expense of Andrea Dovizioso on the Factory Ducati who will be forced to start from 13th.
Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Bradley Smith recovered from an earlier crash at turn 5 in FP3 to complete the top ten, while Hernandez and the second Suzuki GSX-RR of Maverick Viñales round out the fourth row.
EG 0,0 Marc VDS’s Scott Redding will start form 14th, while Eugene Laverty (Aspar MotoGP Team) is the leading Open class rider in 15th in his best qualifying performance since Argentina. His teammate Nicky Hayden qualified in 15th despite riding with a broken thumb while Australian Jack Miller will start from the middle of row seven in 20th.
Check out the full MotoGP™ Qualifying results; the 23-lap race starts at 14:00 local time on Sunday.
MOTORIEEP R100R
Wayne Rainey won his third straight GP championship, Shakespeare’s Sister outstayed their welcome in the pop charts and BMW continued to sprinkle nostalgic glitter on their now tired R100. You guessed it, 1992, remember like yesterday don’t you. Well, it was so long ago that Marc Marquez was merely a twitch in his father’s under crackers when this bike rolled off the Bavarian production line.
It would have had the latest Japanese forks and eight pots gripping floating discs, how very modern. Maybe then, but this is now and frankly most of us are now used to proper stoppers, fat rubber and forks that don’t flex like Sergey Bubka’s pole. Thankfully custom builders are addressing this issue and fitting uprated front ends as a matter of course. Pierre from Motorieep in Paris is one such customiser adding phwooar to bikes that are otherwise overlooked, this R100 might be a mainstay among these pages but some of his previous builds utilise the more ugly of duckling donors.
The ’92 R100R donor used here was given a complete overhaul before the resurrection could begin. First to hit the recycling bin were the forks and brakes, replaced by beefy Showa RWU units with trick uprated internals. 300mm floating discs and Tokiko calipers force the chunky Dunlop Mutant into the Tarmac.
Wide LSL bars coerce the R100 into submission while switchgear and levers from a Yamaha R6 are a more svelte option than the stock clunkers. A Daytona speedo maintains simplicity and a Harley-Davidson headlamp lights the way.
With the wider clamps came the option of fatter wheels so a 17 x 3.5″ Excel rim runs up front and a 17 x 4.25″ in the rear, hence the possibility of fitting sticky supermoto Mutants. (Dear Mr Dunlop, please make other sizes, immediately).
The Paralever setup lends itself to minimal styling and this solo seat appears to levitate over the rear end and a minimal custom subframe. Pierre’s friend Stéphane from La Sellerie Cognacaise took care of the upholstery, adding Alcantara inserts to grip one’s trouser during bouts of exuberance.
The 998cc boxer engine was in fine fettle and needed only a through inspection and service before being recommissioned. The sluggish Bing carbs have been replaced by a brace of 40mm Dellortos and BMC pod filters. The stainless exhaust is Pierre’s handiwork, snaking around to one side before crossing back again courtesy of a SBK spec carbon end can. This has the makings of a fruity sounding combination. Just in shot here is the stock airbox which now contains a lithium battery by French company Solise, alongside part of the brand new wiring loom. The rest is neatly hidden away under the Beemer’s cavernous fuel tank.
As you can imagine we are sent dozens of BMWs every week and despite trends morphing all the time there seems no end to the boxer’s appeal. One thing that makes Pierre’s bikes jump out of our inbox is the physical balance he achieves. That lardy engine is now matched by wide tyres, chunky forks and a tidy rear; all adding to that “I want a go on that one” factor.
If you speak foreign or don’t mind buying a mag just for the photos, grab a copy of Café Racer Magazine, the next issue features the Motorieep Voxan Scrambler, if that doesn’t induce man noises then perhaps you’ve arrived at the wrong website.
via The Bike Shed
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