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www.bridgestonemotorsport.com JaPan moteGi 15 02/10/2011 soFteR ReaR sliCks seleCted FoR motegi The MotoGP circus travels to Japan on 2 now one step softer for improved warm-up and points, and its layout is characterised by hard October for round 15 of the championship at safety in the opening laps in response to rider acceleration followed by heavy braking. This the Twin Ring Motegi circuit near Mito, just a requests. The available options are now the Soft places the emphasis on front tyre stability and a few hours’ drive from the Tokyo headquarters and Medium compounds. The Medium option strong centre section, and good traction from the of Bridgestone Corporation. The original date rear has a soft compound left shoulder and the rear tyre. was set for 24 April but the natural disasters Soft compound rear uses Bridgestone’s extra and subsequent crisis in Japan forced the soft rubber in the left side. To date the extra soft postponement so the event now lies one compound rubber has been used at a total of six week before an overseas back-to-back pair of Grands Prix this season. races on Australia and Malaysia. The 4.8km Motegi circuit features four long Compared to last year the rear slicks are and fast straights followed by very heavy braking this year the left side of the rear tyres is one step softer than last year for improved warm-up performance in the opening laps event sChedule LocaL Time S : SPEED TRAP Hairpin FRiday 1 : CORNER NUMBER 10 1 65km/h 09:15-09:55 125cc Free Practice 1 1 : GEAR SELECTION / SPEED km/h 10:10-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 1 : SECTOR 1 : SECTOR 2 11:10-11:55 Moto2 Free Practice 1 : SECTOR 3 115km/h 13:15-13:55 125cc Free Practice 2 2 180km/h 14:10-14:55 MotoGP Free Practice 2 3 115km/h 8 2 15:10-15:55 Moto2 Free Practice 2 S-Curve Downhill Straight 6 satuRday 130R 7 9 09:15-09:55 125cc Free Practice 3 80km/h 1 V-Corner 10:10-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 3 75km/h 1 5 11:10-11:55 Moto2 Free Practice 3 4 S 5 275km/h 13:00-13:40 125cc Qualifying Practice 95km/h 2 2 2 90km/h 13:55-14:55 MotoGP Qualifying Practice 3 1 15:10-15:55 Moto2 Qualifying Practice 95km/h 2 12 11 13 1 80km/h SUNday 90° Corner 4 14 08:40-09:00 125cc Warm Up 260km/h 09:10-09:30 Moto2 Warm Up 2 80km/h 09:40-10:00 MotoGP Warm Up 12:00 125cc Race (20 Laps) 13:15 Moto2 Race (23 Laps) 15:00 MotoGP Race (24 Laps) Circuit ReCoRDS Circuit inFoRmation Pole position 1m 45.543s (163.758Km/h) First race 1999 tyRe seveRity Rating Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2008) No. of GPs held 8 mild seveRe Fastest lap 1m 47.091s (161.391Km/h) Laps 24 (MotoGP) 23 (Moto2) 20 (125cc) Casey Stoner (Ducati, 2008) Track length 4.801km / 2.983 miles (Width 14m) Race time 43m 09.599s (160.181Km/h) Race distance 115.224 km / 71.592 miles Centre Centre Valentino Rossi (Yamaha, 2008) Longest straight 0.762m / 0.473 miles Left Right Left Right 2010 Winner Casey Stoner (Ducati) Corners 14 (8 right, 6 left) FRont : soft / MEDIUM / HARd ReaR : soft / medium Source : www.motogp.com & Haynes MotoGP Season Review. Information subject to change tyRe talk hiRohide hamashima AssistAnt to Director, BriDgestone Motorsport tyre DevelopMent Division Being held at the same time as it was last year, at the start of October, we can expect the We saw in Aragon that warm-up performance was very good and tyre wear was conditions at Motegi to be similar, but in response to calls from riders we have revised relatively high, but Motegi is cooler and the surface less abrasive so durability should our tyre compound options. We have made our rear asymmetric slicks one step softer, be better. There are eight rights and six lefts but many of the corners are quite tight and meaning that we are also using our extra soft compound for the first time at this circuit. slow and this staccato nature places a lot of emphasis on braking stability from the front This will give the riders improved warm-up performance and safety in the opening laps, tyres and edge grip from the rears. like they asked for. teams and RideRs teAMs AnD riDers orDer BAseD on 2010 teAM cHAMpionsHip position. *Most recent perforMAnce listeD. maChine: yamaha yZr-M1 maChine: Honda RC212v yamaha FaCtoRy RaCing Web: www.yamaha-racing.com RePsol HONDA team Web: www.hondaproracing.com Jorge lorenzo bike number 1 dani Pedrosa bike number 26 Age: 24 DOB: 4/5/1987 Nationality: Spanish Age: 26 DOB: 29/9/1985 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 66 (MotoGP) GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 95 (MotoGP) Wins: 17 Poles: 18 Fastest laps: 11 Podiums: 43 Points: 1074 Wins: 14 Poles: 18 Fastest laps: 25 Podiums: 55 Points: 1355 Best championship position: 1st (2010) Best championship position: 2nd (2010*) ben spies bike number 11 andrea dovizioso bike number 4 Age: 27 DOB: 11/7/1984 Nationality: American Age: 25 DOB: 23/3/1986 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: GBR08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 35 (MotoGP) GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 67 (MotoGP) Wins: 1 Poles: 1 Fastest laps: 1 Podiums: 5 Points: 351 Wins: 1 Poles: 1 Fastest laps: 1 Podiums: 14 Points: 721 Best championship position: 6th (2010) Best championship position: 5th (2010*) Casey stoner bike number 27 maChine: Ducati Desmosedici GP11 Age: 25 DOB: 16/10/1985 Nationality: Australian duCati team Web: www.ducati.com GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 97 (MotoGP) Wins: 31 Poles: 31 Fastest laps: 26 Podiums: 56 Points: 1495 valentino Rossi bike number 46 Best championship position: 1st (2007) Age: 32 DOB: 16/2/1979 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: RSA00 (500cc) GP Starts: 195 (MotoGP/500cc) maChine: yamaha yZr-M1 Wins: 79 Poles: 49 Fastest laps: 66 Podiums: 140 Points: 3456 monsteR YAMAHA teCh 3 Web: www.teamtech3.fr Best championship position: 1st (x7, 2009*) nicky hayden bike number 69 Colin edwards bike number 5 Age: 30 DOB: 30/7/1981 Nationality: American Age: 37 DOB: 27/2/1974 Nationality: American GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 148 (MotoGP) GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 150 (MotoGP) Wins: 3 Poles: 5 Fastest laps: 7 Podiums: 28 Points: 1368 Wins: 0 Poles: 3 Fastest laps: 3 Podiums: 12 Points: 1144 Best championship position: 1st (2006) Best championship position: 4th (2005) Cal Crutchlow bike number 35 maChine: Honda RC212v Age: 25 DOB: 29/10/1985 Nationality: British san CaRlo honda gResini Web: www.gresiniracing.com GP Debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 13 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles:0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 49 marco simoncelli bike number 58 Best championship position: NA Age: 24 DOB: 20/1/1987 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 32 (MotoGP) maChine: Honda RC212v Wins: 0 Poles: 2 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 1 Points: 231 lCR honda motogP Web: www.lcr.mc Best championship position: 8th (2010) hiroshi aoyama bike number 7 toni elias bike number 24 Age: 29 DOB: 25/10/1981 Nationality: Japanese Age: 28 DOB: 26/03/1983 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 26 (MotoGP) GP Debut: SPA05 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 93 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 140 Wins: 1 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 3 Podiums: 6 Points: 558 Best championship position: 15th (2010) Best championship position: 7th (2009) kousuke akiyoshi bike number 64 maChine: suzuki GSV-r Age: 36 DOB: 12/01/1975 Nationality: Japanese Rizla suzuki motogP Web: www.rizla-suzuki-motogp.co.uk GP Debut: JPN06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 7 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 10 Álvaro bautista bike number 19 Best championship position: 20th (2010) Age: 26 DOB: 21/11/1984 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 29 (MotoGP) maChine: Ducati Desmosedici GP11 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 152 PRamaC RaCing team Web: www.pramacracing.com Best championship position: 13th (2010) loris Capirossi bike number 65 Age: 38 DOB: 4/4/1973 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: AUS95 (500cc) GP Starts: 216 (MotoGP/500cc) Wins: 9 Poles: 13 Fastest laps: 10 Podiums: 42 Points: 1826 toP Results on bRidgestone tyRes Best championship position: 3rd (2006*) RideR titles Wins 2nds 3Rds Podiums Poles Randy de Puniet bike number 14 Age: 30 DOB: 14/2/1981 Nationality: French Valentino Rossi 2 17 12 11 40 10 GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 100 (MotoGP) Casey Stoner 1 31 9 15 55 30 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 2 Points: 461 Best championship position: 9th (2010) Jorge Lorenzo 1 16 15 6 37 14 Dani Pedrosa - 8 14 9 31 8 maChine: Ducati Desmosedici GP11 Loris Capirossi - 6 7 4 17 5 maPFRe asPaR team Web: www.teamaspar.net Makoto Tamada - 2 1 1 4 3 Andrea Dovizioso - 1 7 5 13 1 héctor barberá bike number 8 Chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 Age: 24 DOB: 2/11/1986 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 32 (MotoGP) Ben Spies - 1 1 3 5 1 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 170 Troy Bayliss - 1 - - 1 - Best championship position: 12th (2010) Marco Melandri - - 3 1 4 - Toni Elias - - 2 3 5 - maChine: Ducati Desmosedici GP11 John Hopkins - - 1 3 4 1 CaRdion ab motoRaCing Web: www.karelabraham.com Shinya Nakano - - 1 1 2 - karel abraham bike number 17 Randy de Puniet - - 1 1 2 - Age: 21 DOB: 02/01/1990 Nationality: Czech Kenny Roberts Jr - - 1 - 1 1 GP Debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 14 (MotoGP) Alex de Angelis - - 1 - 1 - Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 50 Best championship position: NA Colin Edwards - - 1 1 2 - Oliver Jacque - - 1 - 1 - maChine: Honda RC212v Nicky Hayden - - - 3 3 - hRC team (WildCaRd) Web: www.lcr.mc Carlos Checa - - - 2 2 - Marco Simoncelli - - - 1 1 2 shinichi ito bike number 72 Alex Barros - - - 1 1 - Age: 44 DOB: 07/12/1966 Nationality: Japanese GP Debut: JPN88 (500cc)