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MOTORLAND ARAGON ARAGON 28 SEPTEMBER 2014 14 www.bridgestonemotorsport.com VARIABLE WEATHER AND LONG CORNERS THE CHALLENGE AT ARAGON Round fourteen of the 2014 approach to tyre development. Tyres that class riders will have the soft and medium MotoGP season takes place at warm-up quickly, and provide both good compound rear slicks available. The three Motorland Aragon; a venue where cornering grip and braking stability are front slick options at Aragon are the soft, variable weather conditions, required at this Spanish circuit. medium and hard compounds. Owing to long sweeping corners and hard The presence of a couple of long-radius the smooth tarmac and possibility of cold braking zones create a challenge left-hand corners at Aragon means that weather, the main wet tyre for Aragon is for tyre development. overall, the left shoulder of the tyres are the soft compound option, although every Measuring 5078 metres in length, put under greater stress than the right. rider will also be able to select a small Aragon is a technical circuit with a back As a result, asymmetric rear slicks with number of the alternative, hard compound straight almost one kilometre in length slightly harder rubber on the left shoulder wet tyre. among a mixture of long sweeping corners are provided at this circuit. For the rear and slower, tighter curves. The varied tyre, the options for the Factory Honda THE VARIED NATURE OF THE ARAGON CIRCUIT AND nature of the circuit and its susceptibility and Yamaha are the medium and hard ITS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO COOL WEATHER REQUIRES to cool weather requires a special compound, while the Ducati and Open- A SPECIAL APPROACH TO TYRE DEVELOPMENT 10 GRAND PRIX 09 TIME INFORMATION 08 05 SCHEDULE 04 SHOWING RACE LOCAL TIME (GMT +2) CIRCUIT 11 S2 06 S1 CARLOS FRIDAY - 26 SEPTEMBER First race 2010 07 CHECA 01 Moto3 FP1 09:00 - 09:40 No. of GPs held 4 03 02 MotoGP FP1 09:55 - 10:40 Laps 13 Moto2 FP1 10:55 - 11:40 23 (MotoGP), 21 (Moto2), 19 (Moto3) 12 14 Moto3 FP2 13:10 - 13:50 Track length MotoGP FP2 14:05 - 14:50 5.078 km / 3.155 miles (Width 12-15m) 15 CIRCUIT KEY Moto2 FP2 15:05 - 15:50 Race distance 17 01 : CORNER NUMBER 116.794 km / 72.572 miles S : SPEED TRAP S3 Longest straight S SATURDAY - 27 SEPTEMBER 0.968 km / 0.601 miles S1 : SECTOR 1 16 Moto3 FP3 09:00 - 09:40 : SECTOR 2 Corners S2 MotoGP FP3 09:55 - 10:40 17 (10 left, 7 right) S3 : SECTOR 3 Moto2 FP3 10:55 - 11:40 Moto3 QP 12:35 - 13:15 MotoGP FP4 13:30 - 14:00 RECORDS SLICK TYRE MotoGP Q1 14:10 - 14:25 COMPOUNDS TYRE SEVERITY Pole position MotoGP Q2 14:35 - 14:50 1m 47.804s (169.5km/h) EXTRA SOFT MEDIUM HARD RATING EXTRASOFT SOFT MEDIUM HARD Moto2 QP 15:05 - 15:50 Marc Maquez (Honda, 2013) SOFT C C Fastest lap L R L R 1m 48.565s (168.3km/h) SUNDAY - 28 SEPTEMBER ARAGON - FRONT SLICKS Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013) Moto3 WUP 08:40 - 09:00 EXTRA SOFT MEDIUM HARD Race time SOFT Moto2 WUP 09:10 - 09:30 42m 03.459s (166.6km/h) FRONT REAR MotoGP WUP 09:40 - 10:00 Marc Maquez (Honda, 2013) Moto3 RACE 11:00 2013 Winner ARAGON - REAR SLICKS Moto2 RACE 12:20 Marc Maquez (Honda) EXTRA SOFT MEDIUM HARD MotoGP RACE 14:00 SOFT < MILD SEVERE > SECTION OF TYRE : SOURCE : www.motogp.com L : LEFT / C : CENTRE / R : RIGHT INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE TYRE TALK WITH Motorland Aragon is a circuit with relatively smooth and slippery tarmac, similar to Misano, so there is a need for good grip levels which suggests softer compounds. However, there are also some long corners and some downhill braking points which require greater stability and SHINJI thus harder compounds, so compound selection here is a balancing act. Generally, ambient temperatures at this time of year in the region are AOKI warm, though the elevation of the circuit means cooler temperatures are possible so we must consider warm-up performance when selecting the tyre allocation for this race. Our rear slicks at this circuit are asymmetric with slightly harder rubber on the left shoulder to deal with the MANAGER, BRIDGESTONE MOTORSPORT TYRE long, sweeping left-handers but overall the forces imposed on the right and left shoulder of the rear tyres are quite balanced. DEVELOPMENT DIVISION TEAMS & RIDERS *MOST RECENT PERFORMANCE LISTED REPSOL HONDA TEAM MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP GO & FUN HONDA GRESINI HONDA RC213V YAMAHA YZR-M1 HONDA RC213V / RCV1000R MARC MARQUEZ #93 JORGE LORENZO #99 ALVARO BAUTISTA #19 DOB: 17/2/1993 Wins: 17 DOB: 4/5/1987 Wins: 31 DOB: 21/11/1984 Wins: 0 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 19 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 30 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 1 GP Debut: QAT13 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 21 GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 18 GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 1 GP Starts: 31 (MotoGP) Podiums: 27 GP Starts: 115 (MotoGP) Podiums: 81 GP Starts: 81 (MotoGP) Podiums: 3 Best Championship Pos: 1st (2013) Points: 623 Best Championship Pos: 1st (x2, 2012*) Points: 1951 Best Championship Pos: 5th (2012) Points: 565 DANI PEDROSA #26 VALENTINO ROSSI #46 SCOTT REDDING #45 DOB: 29/9/1985 Wins: 26 DOB: 16/2/1979 Wins: 81 DOB: 4/1/1993 Wins: 0 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 27 Nationality: Italian Poles: 49 Nationality: British Poles: 0 GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 41 GP Debut: RSA00 (MotoGP/500cc) Fastest laps: 68 GP Debut: QAT14 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Starts: 145 (MotoGP) Podiums: 93 GP Starts: 247 (MotoGP/500cc) Podiums: 156 GP Starts: 13 Podiums: 0 Best Championship Pos: 2nd (2012*) Points: 2251 Best Championship Pos: 1st (x7, 2009*) Points: 4070 Best Championship Pos: NA Points: 54 DRIVE M7 ASPAR DUCATI TEAM MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 HONDA RCV1000R DUCATI DESMOSEDICI YAMAHA YZR-M1 NICKY HAYDEN #69 ANDREA DOVIZIOSO #4 BRADLEY SMITH #38 DOB: 30/7/1981 Wins: 3 DOB: 23/3/1986 Wins: 1 DOB: 28/11/1990 Wins: 0 Nationality: American Poles: 5 Nationality: Italian Poles: 1 Nationality: British Poles: 0 GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 7 GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 2 GP Debut: QAT13 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Starts: 193 (MotoGP) Podiums: 28 GP Starts: 119 (MotoGP) Podiums: 24 GP Starts: 31 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Best championship pos: 1st (x1, 2006) Points: 1663 Best championship pos: 3rd (2011) Points: 1266 Best Championship Pos: 10th (2013) Points: 190 HIROSHI AOYAMA #7 CAL CRUTCHLOW #35 POL ESPARGARO #44 DOB: 25/10/1981 Wins: 0 DOB: 29/10/1985 Wins: 0 DOB: 10/6/1991 Wins: 0 Nationality: Japanese Poles: 0 Nationality: British Poles: 2 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 0 GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 1 GP Debut: QAT14 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Starts: 59 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 GP Starts: 64 (MotoGP) Podiums: 6 GP Starts: 13 Podiums: 0 Best championship pos: 10th (2011) Points: 210 Best championship pos: 5th (2013) Points: 456 Best Championship Pos: NA Points: 98 CARDION AB MOTORACING LCR HONDA MOTOGP OCTO IODARACING TEAM HONDA RCV1000R HONDA RC213V ART KAREL ABRAHAM #17 STEFAN BRADL #6 DANILO PETRUCCI #9 DOB: 2/1/1990 Wins: 0 DOB: 29/11/1989 Wins: 0 DOB: 24/10/1990 Wins: 0 Nationality: Czech Poles: 0 Nationality: German Poles: 1 Nationality: Italian Poles: 0 GP Debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Debut: QAT12 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Debut: QAT12 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Starts: 52 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 GP Starts: 47 (MotoGP) Podiums: 1 GP Starts: 45 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Best championship pos: 14th (2012*) Points: 160 Best championship pos: 7th (2013) Points: 365 Best championship pos: 17th (2013) Points: 57 NGM FORWARD RACING PRAMAC RACING FORWARD YAMAHA DUCATI DESMOSEDICI RESULTS ON ALEIX ESPARGARO #41 ANDREA IANNONE #29 BRIDGESTONE TYRES DOB: 30/7/1989 Wins: 0 DOB: 9/8/1989 Wins: 0 RIDER TITLES WIN 2ND 3RD PODIUM POLE Nationality: Spanish Poles: 0 Nationality: Italian Poles: 0 GP Debut: INP09 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Debut: QAT13 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 Casey Stoner 2 38 10 20 68 38 GP Starts: 71 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 GP Starts: 29 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Jorge Lorenzo 2 30 32 12 74 25 Best championship pos: 11th (2013) Points: 340 Best championship pos: 12th (2013) Points: 139 Valentino Rossi 2 19 19 20 58 10 Marc Marquez 1 17 6 4 27 19 Dani Pedrosa - 20 29 20 68 17 ALEX DE ANGELIS #15 YONNY HERNANDEZ #68 Loris Capirossi - 6 7 4 17 5 DOB: 27/2/1974 Wins: 0 DOB: 25/7/1988 Wins: 0 Makoto Tamada - 2 1 1 4 3 Nationality: Sammarinese Poles: 0 Nationality: Columbian Poles: 0 Andrea Dovizioso - 1 8 15 24 1 GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Debut: QAT12 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 Chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 GP Starts: 42 (MotoGP) Podiums: 1 GP Starts: 46 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Ben Spies - 1 2 3 6 1 Best championship pos: 8th (2009) Points: 193 Best championship pos: 17th (2012) Points: 87 Troy Bayliss - 1 - - 1 - Marco Melandri - - 3 1 4 - Cal Crutchlow - - 2 4 6 2 Toni Elias - - 2 3 5 - John Hopkins - - 1 3 4 1 AVINTIA RACING PAUL BIRD MOTORSPORT Marco Simoncelli - - 1 1 2 2 AVINTIA PBM Colin Edwards - - 1 1 2 - Shinya Nakano - - 1 1 2 - HECTOR BARBERA #8 MICHAEL LAVERTY #70 Randy de Puniet - - 1 1 2 - Stefan Bradl - - 1 - 1 1 DOB: 2/11/1986 Wins: 0 DOB: 7/6/1981 Wins: 0 Kenny Roberts Jr - - 1 - 1 1 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 0 Nationality: British Poles: 0 Alex de Angelis - - 1 - 1 - GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Debut: QAT13 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 Katsuyuki Nakasuga - - 1 - 1 - GP Starts: 80 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 GP Starts: 31 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Best championship pos: 11th (2012*) Points: 292 Best championship pos: 25th (2013) Points: 5 Oliver Jacque - - 1 - 1 - Alvaro Bautista - - - 3 3 1 Nicky Hayden - - - 3 3 - MIKE DE MEGLIO #63 BROC PARKES #23 Carlos Checa - - - 2 2 - Alex Barros - - - 1 1 - DOB: 17/1/1988 Wins: 0 DOB: