samedi 26 septembre 2015
Royal Cambouis 2015
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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.
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KITCHEN MOTO CUSTOM NOX DOMINAE
The huge volume of social media and web content available to us at all hours of the day means that the decision as to whether a bike is liked, loved or loathed can be knee-jerk and totally image based. OK, so a lot of this content is our fault but one thing we try to uncover is the newcomer. Whether young or old, seasoned rider or newbie straight from the test centre, what makes our day is to hear a story of someone overcoming some form of adversity in the mission to incorporate creativity into their motorcycling life.
Justin Tuskey is a 26 year old chef, originally form upstate New York and now tantilising palettes in Savannah, Georgia. His dad is an ex-professional motocross racer so Justin caught the bug early but it’s taken until the last few of years for him to fully embrace two wheels.
Rewind two years and buddy Brandon had bought a basket case of a CB360 and started the laborious resurrection, Justin didn’t even own a spanner at the time let alone a tool box, yet became totally transfixed by the process. He immediately went out and bought some basic tools, a load of degreaser and a non-running 1971 CB750. What he couldn’t find on the shelf was the 5 gallon drum of experience and knowledge required to get the bike going, so utilised his practicality with the assistance of online forums. 8 months later and the CB was running sweet and Justin had begun to scratch the custom itch.
Fast forward in time and Justin’s tinkering looked to be in jeopardy as he moved to a house that didn’t have a garage, a persistent problem for many of us. And this is what distinguishes Justin from the many, he used the house as a garage. The kitchen, dining room and living room became the workshop, now full of work tables, vices, a polishing station, electrical work bench, drill press, tool boxes, spare parts, shelves and new parts. There are 5 bikes out back, under the roof overhang and another 5 in the spare bedroom (some jerk in the past had converted a perfectly good garage into a bedroom, what’s with people!)
Justin sounds like our sort of guy “Work with what you have inside your means. Don’t make excuses, make bikes instead.”
This bike, Nox Dominae is Justin’s first café/restomod, the name loosely translates from Latin to “lady of the night” which turned out to be quite apt, “I spent many hours burning the midnight oil in preparations for this mistress to see the road. I picked up the bike from a buddy in North Carolina for a really good price, running and with a title. It looked decrepit. Someone before my buddy tried to make a café racer out of it but failed pretty miserably and then left it outside for a few years. It ran really well though surprisingly.”
Justin’s buddy Omar Portigliatti, and Italian jeweller, proved pivotal in with this build and together they went from contemplating a quick paint, service and sell-on to the more in depth project seen here. The low mileage motor was good and tight so a soda blasting and re-paint saw it ready to go again, with the addition of a trick, transparent points cover. Whilst dealing the mechanicals all bearings, seals and perishable parts were replaced.
Owners of CB750s will be fully versed in the trials and tribulations of tuning these engines to run properly with pod filters, they work better with the original airbox, period. Justin left this in place and utilised the side panels to shroud a custom battery box and tool roll holder. Practicality and custom bikes, surely not. The cleaned carbs provide the perfect mixture to the engine, jetted correctly for the Cycle-X 4-2-1 race exhaust, which according to the guys sounds fantastic.
The engine might have been in fine fettle but wiring in the 1970s wasn’t renowned for being particularly resilient to the elements, nor slimline. Justin started from scratch and made a completely new loom, hiding the guts of it in the tail hump, including an air horn to alert idiot road users, should the race exhaust’s decibels not be enough. A modern bucket houses the Truck-lite LED headlamp and the cockpit has been relieved of the clunky ignition. A dedicated ignition circuit utilises an LED idiot light in the headlamp bucket and starter button recessed into the headstock nut, for a completely keyless set up. It took Justin a while to figure out how best to incorporate this without blowing fuses, but it’s turned out to be one of the most rewarding parts of the build.
Car nuts among you might have recognised the paint colour, yup, that famous Shelby GT500 ‘Eleanor’ or Pepper Grey Metallic as it’s called on the can. The spray booth was of course one of the corners of Justin’s house and from here the finish looks pretty good. To give the more mundane components an individual touch Omar spent hours engraving intricate patterns into usually overlooked parts.
There’s a stack more other work carried out but in this case the grit and determination of the builder is what we wanted to shine through. Justin says “I am pleased with the end result. The bike is an absolute monster. The clubmans sit low, and as you ride you can really feel the road as it zooms by. The sound is incredible with the 4-2-1 exhaust, and it inspires near redline shifting. It gets plenty of looks everywhere it goes, and someone asked me what model Honda it was because they didn’t see it at the dealership. I told them it was from 1978 and their jaw just about dropped. Sorry pal, can’t buy it. Gotta build one.
Justin has not only proved that you don’t need a mega-workshop in order to build a stunning bike, but also given us an idea for a t-shirt design. “Don’t make excuses, make bikes instead”.
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Snapshot, 1953: The mad scientist of Goodwood
We’re wondering what magic potion this chap is cooking up, beside the track at Goodwood in 1953…
The potion will give racing drivers a super-power of sorts; in the test tube is high-octane petrol, the hot topic of the Picture Post reporter’s research into new fuels. Following scientific breakthroughs in the 1930s and 1940s, higher octane fuels were introduced to raise the compression rates of aircraft engines, thus improving their performance. Following World War II, such research went into improving the performance of racing cars, instead – today, even super-unleaded fuel for road cars is typically 95 or 98 RON.
Photo: Ronald Startup/Picture Post/Getty Images
Classic Driver’s extensive coverage of the Goodwood Revival 2015 is kindly supported by our friends at Credit Suisse. You can find an overview of all Revival 2015 articles here.
vendredi 25 septembre 2015
Kajto signe la pole pour les qualifications du Rallye de Chypre / Kajto grabs pole in ERC Cyprus Rally qualifying
Kajetan Kajetanowicz a signé le meilleur temps de la spéciale qualificative du Rallye de Chypre CNP ASFALISTIKI et aura donc l’honneur de choisir en premier, sa position de départ pour la première journée de compéition de demain.
Copiloté par Jarek Baran, le pilote de la Ford Fiesta R5 LOTOS Rally Team a signé un chrono de 2’42’’236 sur cette portion de 4,39 km, située entre les villages de Vavla et Kalavasos, qui était composée à 35% de gravier et 65% d’asphalte.
Alexey Lukyanuk se classe 2e sur sa Fiesta R5 du Russian Performance Motorsport, à tout juste 0’’069 !
Il y a ensuite un écart de 5,5 secondes avec le 3e, Robert Consani, qui fait équipe avec une nouvelle copilote Lara Vanneste sur sa Citroën DS3 R5.
Bruno Magalhaes termine 4e sur sa Peugeot 208 T16 tandis que David Botka complète le top 5 sur sa Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. Il est d’ailleurs le meilleur pilote ERC2, long devant le leader de la catégorie Vojtech Stajf (Subaru) seulemenr 12e.
Les 15 premiers pilotes pourront choisir leur ordre de départ pour la première étape de demain, honneur à Kajto. Stavros Antoniou, auteur du 15e chrono, prendra la place qu’il restera.
Tous les équipages de l’ERC ont rallié l’arrivée de la spéciale sans difficulté malgré les hautes températures. Les voitures de devant ayant de meilleures conditions de route.
Alexey Lukyanuk pense avoir fait une erreur en choisissant de partir 15e sur la route pour la première journée du Rallye de Chypre CNP ASFALISTIKI.
Le Russe, avait signé le 2e chrono de la spéciale qualificative sur sa Ford Fiesta R5 du Russian Performance Motorsport, ce qui faisant de lui le 2e pilote à décider de sa position. Alors que le poleman Kajetan Kajetanowicz a choisi de s’élancer 5e, Lukyanuk a quant à lui opter pour la 15e place. Mais tous les autres ‘top’ pilotes ont en fait emboité le pas de Kajetanowicz. Robert Consani a choisi la 6eposition, Bruno Magalhaes la 7e, David Botka la 8e, Dominykas Butvilas la 9e, Raul Jeets la 10e, Jaromir Tarabus la 11e, Antonin Tlust’ak la 12e. Stavros Antoniou, auteur du 15e chrono en qualifications hérite finalement de la 14e place ?
Ce choix aurait pu être un coup de génie mais ayant la plus lente voiture du top 15 devant lui, il a plus de risque d’être confronté à la poussière, aux pierres et autres débris sur la route, Lukyanuk allait bientôt regretter sa décision.
« C’est une erreur de ma part je pense, admet Lukyanuk. Généralement, plus vous partez loin sur les rallyes de gravier, plus vous avez une route propre mais la voiture qui s’élancera juste devant nous, était 25 secondes plus lente sur les 4,39 km de la spéciale qualificative. Je pense que pour des raisons de sécurité je demanderai à ce qu’il y ait un écart plus important pour être sur de ne pas le rattraper. Ca serait trop dangereux de tenter un dépassement dans ces montagnes. Nous verrons. J’espère que ça ne nous ralentira pas trop. »
A confident and happy Kajetan ‘Kajto’ Kajetanowicz set the fastest time on the Qualifying Stage of the CNP ASFALISTIKI Cyprus Rally 2015, and in doing so will be the first to select his starting position for tomorrow’s first day of competition.
Co-driven by Jarek Baran, the LOTOS Rally Team Ford Fiesta R5 driver set a time of 2m42.236s over the 4.39 kilometre test, which was 35% gravel and 65% asphalt, and situated between the villages of Vavla and Kalavasos.
Alexey Lukyanuk was second fastest in his Russian Performance Motorsport Fiesta R5, a mere +0.069s slower!
There was a five and a half second gap to third, with Robert Consani successfully completing his first ever timed stage with new co-driver Lara Vanneste in their Citroën DS3 R5.
Bruno Magalhães was fourth quickest in his Peugeot 208 T16, while Dávid Botka was the top ERC2 driver with an outstanding fifth best time in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. ERC2 leader Vojtěch Štajf (Subaru) was 12th fastest.
The top 15 drivers will select their starting positions for tomorrow’s opening leg this afternoon, with Kajto getting the first choice and 15th fastest Stavros Antoniou (Mitsubishi) having to take whatever’s left.
All the ERC crews got through the hot and dusty Qualifying Stage without drama, with road conditions better for the cars running at the front of the field.
Alexey Lukyanuk believes me may have made a mistake choosing to run 15th on the road, when the opening leg of the CNP ASFALISTIKI Cyprus Rally 2015 gets underway tomorrow.
The Russian driver had been second fastest over the Qualifying Stage in his Russian Performance Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 and was second (out of 15) to select his starting position. Whilst rival and ‘pole sitter’ Kajetan Kajetanowicz picked fifth on the road, the Russian driver picked 15. But then all the other top ERC drivers followed Kajetanowicz – Robert Consani picking sixth on the road, Bruno Magalhães seventh, Dávid Botka eighth, Dominykas Butvilas ninth, Raul Jeets 10th, Jaromír Tarabus 11th, and Antonín Tlusťák 12th. Indeed, the only position left for Stavros Antoniou, who had been 15th fastest in Qualifying and therefore the last to select, was 14th on the road.
It might turn out to be a stroke of genius, but with the slowest of the top 15 cars running ahead of him, plus the potential for dust and the possibility of rocks and other debris on the road, Lukyanuk was soon regretting his decision.
“It’s a mistake from me I think,” admitted Lukyanuk. “Traditionally on gravel rallies, you have cleaner roads further back, but now the car that is starting immediately ahead of us was 25 seconds slower over the 4.39 kilometre Qualifying Stage. I think for safety reasons we will ask for a bigger gap, because for sure we will catch him and then it is dangerous to try and overtake someone on gravel in the mountains. We will see. I hope it won’t slow us down.”
GP Aragon ; Lorenzo plus rapide
Auteur du meilleur temps vendredi au MotorLand, Lorenzo s’attend à des qualifications disputées samedi après-midi.
Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) a été le grand protagoniste de la première journée du Grand Prix Movistar d’Aragón et a été le plus rapide lors de chacune des deux premières séances d’essais du week-end. Sur un circuit où il était venu réaliser un test privé durant l’été et que Yamaha avait choisi comme terrain d’entraînement afin de travailler sur les points faibles de la M1, le Majorquin s’est aisément installé au sommet de la hiérarchie et comptait plus d’une demi-seconde d’avance sur ses concurrents.
Jorge Lorenzo :
« Il y a une très grosse différence entre ce que nous ressentions ici auparavant et ce que nous ressentons maintenant. Ces progrès sont le fruit du travail des ingénieurs, qui ont amélioré le comportement de la moto, ce qui nous permet d’être compétitifs même sur une piste difficile comme celle d’Aragón. Nos adversaires ne dorment pas et la pole de demain va être rapide. Nous devrons encore améliorer nos réglages afin de trouver un meilleur rythme. »
L’Italien a constaté les bénéfices de son dernier test privé réalisé avec Yamaha au MotorLand Aragón.
Deuxième du classement combiné avec 0.683s de retard sur son coéquipier Jorge Lorenzo vendredi au MotorLand Aragón, Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) s’est dit satisfait d’avoir pu être performant dès la première séance du week-end, sur une piste qui lui avait posé de nombreux problèmes par le passé.
Satisfait des progrès réalisés par Yamaha, qui occupait les trois premières positions en fin de journée, Rossi a quand même rappelé que les deux pilotes du team Repsol Honda, Marc Márquez et Dani Pedrosa, n’avaient pas utilisé de pneus tendres à la fin de la seconde séance et qu’ils devraient donc être bien plus rapides que leurs chronos ne le suggèrent.
Valentino Rossi :
« Nous avions fait un test en Aragón il y a un mois parce que c’est notre circuit de test. Nous avions choisi ce circuit parce que nous avions par le passé eu du mal ici avec la Yamaha. Ce début de week-end n’a pas été mauvais parce que nous avons pu partir avec une bonne base pour les réglages et que Jorge et moi avons été très forts dès ce matin. Jorge a cependant été un peu plus rapide et nous devrons donc continuer à travailler pour progresser encore un peu dans certains secteurs. Après, le choix des pneus va être très important pour la course. Il est encore trop tôt pour dire s’il vaut mieux courir sur le dur ou le medium. Nous avons essayé le medium à la fin de la séance mais nos principaux adversaires ne l’utilisaient pas. Autrement, ils auraient été à notre niveau mais tout ira bien tant que nous pourrons nous battre avec eux parce qu’ils sont généralement un peu plus forts ici. Nous devrons travailler sur le freinage pour aller plus loin dans le virage mais en gardant suffisamment d’agilité. »
Cinquième vendredi à 0.884s de Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Márquez n’a certainement pas joué toutes ses cartes.
Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) était deuxième à 0.490s de Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) vendredi matin à l’issue de la première séance d’essais du Grand Prix Movistar d’Aragón et est ensuite descendu à la cinquième place après la seconde séance, se retrouvant cette fois-ci à 0.884s de Lorenzo et un rien derrière son coéquipier Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda).
Le Champion du Monde en titre et son coéquipier n’ont, contrairement aux trois pilotes qui les précédaient, cependant pas cherché le chrono sur gomme tendre en fin de séance et leur retard sur les pilotes Yamaha dans le classement combiné demeure donc tout relatif.
Marc Márquez :
« Aujourd’hui nous avons essayé beaucoup de choses. Nous avons testé les pneus durs et medium à l’avant et à l’arrière pour mieux comprendre leurs performances pour dimanche. Nous avons aussi travaillé sur le set-up de la moto, un domaine où nous avons encore une marge de progression. Nous devons aussi prendre en compte que Jorge pilote à un très haut niveau. Il a fait deux excellentes séances aujourd’hui et il a un pas d’avance sur nous. Dani a lui aussi un très bon rythme. Nous verrons demain si nous pouvons continuer à progresser et atteindre le niveau de Jorge. »
A dominant first day at the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragon sees Jorge Lorenzo within half a second of the pole record.
The MotorLand Aragon circuit is Movistar Yamaha’s designated test track, the squad choosing it due to their past difficulties at the Spanish track. Everyone from the rider to the team to the engineers has worked hard to make the Yamaha M1 as competitive as possible in 2015 and results are starting to show at every round. Jorge Lorenzo ended Friday practice on top with a crushing 1’47.517, leading the rest of the MotoGP™ field by over half a second and helping to complete a Yamaha top three lockout.
Misano was a disaster for Lorenzo who crashed and was unable to score points for the first time this season. He has a 23-point gap to close down on championship leader Valentino Rossi, the Mallorcan clearly stating his intention as the Aragon GP weekend got underway. It may be more than just Rossi he has to contend with, both Repsol Honda riders showed flashes of speed during practice and have strong records at Aragon and Lorenzo is by no means ruling them out.
Jorge Lorenzo: “There‘s a big difference between how we have always felt here before and how we feel here now. The improvement is thanks to the work of the engineers, who improved the way the bikes work, so even at a difficult track such as Aragon we can be competitive. Our rivals don‘t sleep so they will be strong and tomorrow‘s pole will be fast. We need to further improve the setting to be able to make an even better pace.”
Private testing in Aragon boost Valentino Rossi on the opening day of practice for the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragon.
A strong opening day saw Valentino Rossi end in second and as the only rider within three quarters of a second of Movistar Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo. Multiple private tests at the Spanish track allowed Rossi and his Movistar Yamaha team to come with a predefined base setting, resulting in more work on the finer details of his M1. Unfortunately, Rossi was unable to match the blistering pace of Lorenzo who stamped his authority on proceedings.
Tyres will play a critical role throughout the weekend, especially for Sunday’s race and Rossi is still debating using the medium or the hard tyre and he feels he needs more information with both. Saturday will focus on choosing a tyre, the Repsol Honda riders yet to fit the softer option as Yamaha did in FP2. Rossi believes this to be the main reason that neither Marc Marquez nor Dani Pedrosa were inside the top three.
Valentino Rossi: “We did a test last month at Aragón, because it‘s our test track. We decided on this circuit because in the past we suffered a lot here on the Yamaha. The start of the weekend was not so bad because we could start with a good basis setting and in this practice both me and Jorge were very strong, but Jorge was a little bit faster, so we need to continue to work and try to improve in some sectors just a little bit. After that the tyre choice for the race will be very important. You can go with the medium or the hard, right now it‘s still too early to say. Tomorrow we need to improve the setting and make the right choice for the tyres. We tried the softer tyre at the end of the session but our main rival didn‘t. If they had done so, they would have been at our level, but as long as we are able to fight with them on Sunday it‘s OK, because they are usually a bit stronger here. We have to work on braking, to be able to go deep into the corner yet have a good agility.”
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez admits there is room for improvement after ending Friday’s practice in fifth overall, 0.884s behind Lorenzo.
Marquez arrived in Aragon trailing Valentino Rossi by 63 points in the championship standings. The reigning MotoGP™ World Champion knows that while his chances of retaining the title are extremely slim, he could still play a key role in where it ends up.
With that in mind Marquez impressed in FP1 to finish in second, just 0.490s off the pace of Jorge Lorenzo. In FP2 the fact that Aragon is an official test track for the Movistar Yamaha team seemed to pay off, as Lorenzo and Rossi topped the timesheets and Marquez found himself in fifth overall. Marquez will not be too disappointed though as he spent the whole of FP2 on the hard rear tyre compound in comparison to the Yamaha’s who set their fastest times on the medium. Marquez ended Friday 0.884s off the pace of Lorenzo but only four-tenths behind his teammate Dani Pedrosa (4th).
Marc Marquez: “Today was a day in which we tried a lot of things out; with both the front and the rear, we ran hard and medium tyres in order to have a better understanding of their performance for Sunday. We also worked on the setup of the bike, which is an area where we still have room for improvement. We must also take into account that Jorge is riding at a high level; he rode two great sessions today and is a small step ahead of us. Dani is also riding with a very strong pace. Let's see if tomorrow we can continue to improve and get up to the same level as Jorge."
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