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SACHSENRING GERMANY 13 JULY 2014 09 www.bridgestonemotorsport.com SACHSENRING SERVES UP A REAL TEST FOR TYRES Round nine of the 2014 MotoGP™ performance for the tyres is also a key The front slick tyre allocation for season takes place at Germany’s requirement at this circuit. Sachsenring is the soft, medium and hard Sachsenring; a technical circuit The imbalance in the number of left compound options to ensure excellent whose combination of abrasive and right-hand turns at this circuit warm-up performance and safety in tarmac and fast left-hand turns means asymmetric rear slicks are the case of cool conditions, as well as make it one the most punishing supplied. However the large difference in superior front-end stability. tracks for tyres. temperatures generated on the shoulders With ten left-hand turns compared to of the tyres due to the many successive just three right-handers, the Sachsenring left-hand corners means the difference WITH TEN LEFT-HAND TURNS COMPARED is extremely punishing on the left in compound hardness between the left TO JUST THREE RIGHT-HANDERS, THE shoulder of the tyres, yet the lack of right- and right shoulders of the rear slicks is SACHSENRING IS EXTREMELY PUNISHING hand turns means superior warm-up greater than at other circuits. ON THE LEFT SHOULDER OF THE TYRES SACHSEN GRAND PRIX 12 TIME INFORMATION S3 SCHEDULE AUDI-BRUCKE SHOWING RACE LOCAL TIME (GMT +2) 10 11 CIRCUIT FRIDAY - 11 JULY First race 1961 01 S 09 Moto3 FP1 09:00 - 09:40 No. of GPs held 28 13 MotoGP FP1 09:55 - 10:40 05 02 Laps QUECKENBERG Moto2 FP1 10:55 - 11:40 30 (MotoGP), 29 (Moto2), 27 (Moto3) S1 06 Moto3 FP2 13:10 - 13:50 Track length 04 MotoGP FP2 14:05 - 14:50 3.671km / 2.281 miles (Width 10m) CASTROL CIRCUIT KEY OMEGA Moto2 FP2 15:05 - 15:50 Race distance 08 01 : CORNER NUMBER 110.130km / 68.430 miles 03 S : SPEED TRAP Longest straight SATURDAY - 12 JULY 0.700km / 0.435 miles S1 : SECTOR 1 07 Moto3 FP3 09:00 - 09:40 S2 : SECTOR 2 KARTHALLEN Corners S2 MotoGP FP3 09:55 - 10:40 13 (10 left, 3 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 21.067s (163.020km/h) EXTRA SOFT MEDIUM HARD RATING EXTRASOFT SOFT MEDIUM HARD Moto2 QP 15:05 - 15:50 Casey Stoner (Ducati, 2008) SOFT C C Fastest lap L R L R 1m 21.846s (161.469km/h) SUNDAY - 13 JULY SACHSENRING - FRONT SLICKS Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2011) Moto3 WUP 08:40 - 09:00 EXTRA SOFT MEDIUM HARD Race time SOFT Moto2 WUP 09:10 - 09:30 41m 12.482s (160.4km/h) FRONT REAR MotoGP WUP 09:40 - 10:00 Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2011) Moto3 RAC 11:00 2013 Winner SACHSENRING - REAR SLICKS Moto2 RAC 12:20 Marc Marquez (Honda) EXTRA SOFT MEDIUM HARD MotoGP RAC 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 Sachsenring is a very demanding circuit asymmetric rear slicks with much harder front-end stability when the pace quickens. SHINJI for tyres as it features long-radius corners rubber compounds on the left shoulder This is a short circuit with a relatively low where the bikes stay at high lean angles for are provided, while the softer compounds average speed, but the stress placed on the AOKI long periods. In particular, the high-speed on the right shoulder help retain tyre tyres and high abrasion levels means that Manager, left-hand corners that sweep onto the temperature for maximum safety in the a good bike setup and a riding style that Bridgestone back and main straights generate a lot of slow right-handers. Our front tyre options uses the tyres most effectively are crucial Motorcycle Tyre Development temperature in the left shoulder of the rear will ensure good warm-up and grip for to getting a decent result here. Department tyre. To meet the demands of this circuit, the cool morning sessions, and maximum 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: 14 DOB: 4/5/1987 Wins: 31 DOB: 21/11/1984 Wins: 0 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 15 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 29 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 1 GP Debut: QAT13 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 17 GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 18 GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 1 GP Starts: 26 (MotoGP) Podiums: 24 GP Starts: 110 (MotoGP) Podiums: 76 GP Starts: 76 (MotoGP) Podiums: 3 Best Championship Pos: 1st (2013) Points: 534 Best Championship Pos: 1st (x2, 2012*) Points: 1855 Best Championship Pos: 5th (2012) Points: 544 DANI PEDROSA #26 VALENTINO ROSSI #46 SCOTT REDDING #45 DOB: 29/9/1985 Wins: 25 DOB: 16/2/1979 Wins: 80 DOB: 4/1/1993 Wins: 0 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 27 Nationality: Italian Poles: 49 Nationality: British Poles: 0 GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 40 GP Debut: RSA00 (MotoGP/500cc) Fastest laps: 68 GP Debut: QAT14 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Starts: 140 (MotoGP) Podiums: 90 GP Starts: 242 (MotoGP/500cc) Podiums: 152 GP Starts: 8 Podiums: 0 Best Championship Pos: 2nd (2012*) Points: 2164 Best Championship Pos: 1st (x7, 2009*) Points: 3984 Best Championship Pos: NA Points: 28 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: 192 (MotoGP) Podiums: 28 GP Starts: 114 (MotoGP) Podiums: 24 GP Starts: 26 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Best championship pos: 1st (x1, 2006) Points: 1661 Best championship pos: 3rd (2011) Points: 1217 Best Championship Pos: 10th (2013) Points: 164 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: 54 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 GP Starts: 59 (MotoGP) Podiums: 6 GP Starts: 8 Podiums: 0 Best championship pos: 10th (2011) Points: 191 Best championship pos: 5th (2013) Points: 431 Best Championship Pos: NA Points: 58 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: 47 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 GP Starts: 42 (MotoGP) Podiums: 1 GP Starts: 39 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Best championship pos: 14th (2012*) Points: 142 Best championship pos: 7th (2013) Points: 347 Best championship pos: 17th (2013) Points: 56 NGM FORWARD RACING PRAMAC RACING FORWARD YAMAHA DUCATI DESMOSEDICI RESULTS ON COLIN EDWARDS #5 ANDREA IANNONE #29 BRIDGESTONE TYRES DOB: 27/2/1974 Wins: 0 DOB: 9/8/1989 Wins: 0 RIDER TITLES WIN 2ND 3RD PODIUM POLE Nationality: American Poles: 3 Nationality: Italian Poles: 0 GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 3 GP Debut: QAT13 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 Casey Stoner 2 38 10 20 68 38 GP Starts: 194 (MotoGP) Podiums: 12 GP Starts: 24 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Jorge Lorenzo 2 30 28 12 70 24 Best championship pos: 4th (2005) Points: 1239 Best championship pos: 12th (2013) Points: 108 Valentino Rossi 2 18 19 16 53 10 Marc Marquez 1 14 6 4 24 15 Dani Pedrosa - 19 28 19 66 17 ALEIX ESPARGARO #41 YONNY HERNANDEZ #68 Loris Capirossi - 6 7 4 17 5 DOB: 30/7/1989 Wins: 0 DOB: 25/7/1988 Wins: 0 Makoto Tamada - 2 1 1 4 3 Nationality: Spanish Poles: 0 Nationality: Columbian Poles: 0 Andrea Dovizioso - 1 8 15 24 1 GP Debut: INP09 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 GP Debut: QAT12 (MotoGP) Fastest laps: 0 Chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 GP Starts: 66 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 GP Starts: 41 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Ben Spies - 1 2 3 6 1 Best championship pos: 11th (2013) Points: 315 Best championship pos: 17th (2012) Points: 76 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: 75 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 GP Starts: 26 (MotoGP) Podiums: 0 Best championship pos: 11th (2012*) Points: 292 Best championship pos: 25th (2013) Points: 3 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: 24/12/1981 Wins: 0 Aleix Espargaro - - - - - 1 Nationality: French Poles: 0 Nationality: Australian Poles: 0 Jeremy McWilliams - - - - - 1 debut in 2002 MotoGP the manufacturer’s since tyres on Bridgestone Championship