01 TURN NUMBER 01 s1 SECTOR QATAR 23»26 MARCH 2017 GRAND PRIX OF QATAR LOSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
Timetable
FREE PRACTICE THURSDAY, MARCH 23 18:00 - 18:40 Moto3 FP1 18:55 - 19:40 Moto2 FP1 19:55 - 20:40 MotoGP FP1 LENGTH WIDTH RIGHT CORNERS LEFT CORNERS LONGEST STRAIGHT LAPS TOTAL DISTANCE 20:55 - 21:35 Moto3 FP2 5.4 KM 12 M 10 6 1,068 M 22 118.4 KM 21:50 - 22:35 Moto2 FP2 FREE PRACTICE FRIDAY, MARCH 24 18:00 - 18:45 MotoGP FP2 records 19:00 - 19:40 Moto3 FP3 19:55 - 20:40 Moto2 FP3 Fastest qualifying lap Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2008) 20:55 - 21:40 MotoGP FP3 1m53.927s
QUALIFYING PRACTICE Fastest race lap SATURDAY, MARCH 25 - INFORMATION SUBJECT CHANGE TO Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2016) 18:00 - 18:40 Moto3 QP 1m54.927s 18:55 - 19:40 Moto2 QP Race duration : 19:55 - 20:25 MotoGP FP4 motogp.com Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2016) 20:35 - 20:50 MotoGP Q1 42m28.452s 21:00 - 21:15 MotoGP Q2 SOURCE: SOURCE: RACE 2016 SUNDAY, MARCH 26 2016 Race duration 15:50 - 16:10 Moto3 WUP Michelin’s Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2016) record 16:25 - 16:45 Moto2 WUP 42m28.452s 17:00 - 17:20 MotoGP WUP Wins: 4 2016 Podium (2004, 2005, 2006, 2016) 18:00 Moto3 COU 1 J. Lorenzo (Yamaha) A. Dovizioso (Ducati) 19:20 Moto2 COU Pole positions: 5 2 2016 Pole CIRCUIT TIME (GMT +3) - (2004, 2006 à 2008, 2016) 3 M. Marquez (Honda) J. Lorenzo (Yamaha), 1m54.543s 21:00 MotoGP COU
22 Piero Taramasso, Manager of the Two-Wheel Michelin Motorsport Group Slick tyres After all the hard work through the winter and the pre-season tests, For each grand prix weekend (free now it’s time to get down to the competitive business of racing. practice, qualifying, warm-up and race), Qatar is a unique event, with its own challenges, and we made a riders have a total allocation of 22 slicks: superb start to our return to MotoGP here last year, so we hope 10 front slicks: we can repeat those performances this time. The track can be very abrasive when the sand is blown on to the asphalt or very slippery Up to five A-specification compounds when humidity rises and this makes tyre choice a very important and demanding decision. This is the first Up to five B-specification compounds time we will have the official choice of three front and rear slicks, so we will have the correct compounds for whatever condition the circuit is in. This race will also signal the first time that we have brought wet tyres to Up to 5 C-specification compounds Qatar. It is hoped that if it does rain the riders will test conditions using the tyres we have available and see 12 rear slicks: if it is safe to race. There has never been a wet race at Losail, so if it does rain and the riders agree to race, Up to 6 A-specification compounds* it could be an amazing spectacle under the lights. Up to 5 B-specification compounds
Up to 4 C-specification compounds qatar qatar * *Riders participating in both Q1 and Q2 Front slicks rear slicks (a maximum of two competitors) will be granted an additional A-specification slick rear tyre – offering the optimum grip level
– after Q2. This means that these two riders Soft medium Hard Soft medium Hard will have access to a maximum of seven A-specification rear tyres and 13 rear slicks. 11 + Michelin power rain (soft & medium) Rain tyres tyre Riders have a total allocation of 11 severity rain tyres per grand prix weekend (free rating practice, qualifying, warm-up and race):
5 front tyres: Up to 4 A-specification compounds Left . Centre . Right Up to 2 B-specification compounds < Mild Severe > 6 rear tyres: Up to 5 A-specification compounds Up to 2 B-specification compounds In instances where all of the free practice sessions and at least one qualifying session are declared ‘wet’, an extra set of rain tyres will be allocated to each rider. The new allocation will therefore be composed of: 6 front rain tyres (4 A-specification + 2 B-specification) 7 rear rain tyres (5 A-specification + 2 B-specification) WATCH PIERO TARAMASSO’S QATAR MOTOGP PREVIEW Tread re-cutting is prohibited.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Entrylist Bradley Smith #38 Born: November 28, 1990 Nationality British Octo Pramac Race starts 69 Monster Yakhnich Wins 0 Yamaha Tech 3 Pole positions 0 danilo Podium finishes 2 Johann petrucci Grand Prix debut 2013, Qatar #9 Zarco Pol # 5 Born: October 24 , 1990 Espargaro Born: July 16 , 1990 Nationality Italian #44 Race starts 82 Nationality French Born: June 10,1991 Race starts 0 Wins 0 Pole positions 0 Nationality Spanish Repsol Honda Ducati Team Wins 0 Race starts 54 Pole positions 0 Podium finishes 1 Team Grand Prix debut 2012, Qatar Wins 0 Andrea Podium finishes 0 Pole positions 0 Marc Dovizioso Grand Prix debut 2017, Qatar Scott Podium finishes 0 Marquez #4 Jonas Redding Grand Prix debut 2014, Qatar #45 #93 Born: March 23, 1986 Folger Born: February 17, 1993 Nationality Italian #94 Born: January 4, 1993 EG 0,0 Marc VDS Nationality Spanish Race starts 160 Born: August 13, 1993 Nationality British Jack Race starts 72 Wins 2 Nationality German Race starts 54 Miller Wins 29 Pole positions 5 Race starts 0 Wins 0 Pole positions 37 Podium finishes 34 Wins 0 Pole positions 0 #43 Grand Prix debut 2008, Qatar Podium finishes 2 Podium finishes 51 Pole positions 0 Born: January 18, 1995 Grand Prix debut 2014, Qatar World titles 3 (2013, 2014, 2016) RECORD WITH MICHELIN Podium finishes 0 Wins 1 RECORD WITH MICHELIN Nationality Australian Grand Prix debut 2013, Qatar Grand Prix debut 2017, Qatar Race starts 31 Podium finishes 5 Podium finishes 1 RECORD WITH MICHELIN Wins 1 Pole positions Wins 5 2 Pole positions 0 Podium finishes 12 Movistar Jorge lcr Honda Podium finishes 1 Pole positions 7 Yamaha Lorenzo Grand Prix debut 2015, Qatar World titles 1 (2016) MotoGP #99 Cal RECORD WITH MICHELIN Crutchlow Wins 1 Dani Born: May 4, 1987 Maverick #35 Podium finishes 1 Pedrosa Nationality Spanish vinales Tito #26 Race starts 156 #25 Born: October 29, 1985 Rabat Born: September 29, 1985 Wins 44 Born: January 12, 1995 Nationality British Pole positions 39 Race starts 105 #53 Nationality Spanish Nationality Spanish Podium finishes 107 Wins 2 Race starts 181 Race starts 36 Born: May 25 ,1989 World titles 3 (2015, 2012, 2010) Pole positions 3 Wins 29 Wins 1 Nationality Spanish Grand Prix debut 2008, Qatar Podium finishes 12 Pole positions 28 Pole positions 0 Race starts 17 RECORD WITH MICHELIN Grand Prix debut 2011, Qatar Podium finishes 103 Podium finishes 4 Wins 0 Wins 5 RECORD WITH MICHELIN Grand Prix debut 2006, Spain Grand Prix debut 2015, Qatar Pole positions 0 Podium finishes 16 Wins 2 RECORD WITH MICHELIN RECORD WITH MICHELIN Podium finishes 0 Pole positions 8 Podium finishes 4 Wins 7 Wins 1 Grand Prix debut 2016, Qatar Pole positions 1 Podium finishes 27 Podium finishes 4 Pole positions 10 Reale Valentino Team Suzuki Esponsorama Ecstar Racing Rossi Pull & bear Aprilia Racing #46 Aspar Team Team Gresini alex Hector Born: February 16 , 1979 rins Alvaro Barbera Nationality Italian #42 Aleix Bautista #8 Race starts 288 Espargaro #19 Born: December 8, 1995 #41 Born: November 2, 1986 Wins 88 Pole positions 54 Born: November 21, 1984 Nationality Spanish Born: July 30, 1989 Nationality Spanish Podium finishes 185 Race starts 0 Race starts 121 Nationality Spanish Nationality Spanish World titles 7 (2009, 2008, 2005, Wins 0 Wins 0 Race starts 122 Race starts 112 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001) Pole positions 0 Pole positions 0 Grand Prix debut 2000, Wins 0 Wins 0 Podium finishes 0 Podium finishes 0 Pole positions 1 Pole positions 2 South Africa Grand Prix debut 2017, Qatar Grand Prix debut 2010, Qatar RECORD WITH MICHELIN Podium finishes 3 Podium finishes 1 Andrea Wins 64 Grand Prix debut 2010, Qatar Grand Prix debut 2009, Loris Iannone Podium finishes 109 KAREl Indianapolis Baz #29 #76 Pole positions 42 ABRAHAM SAM Champion 5 (2001,2002, 2003, #17 Born: August 9, 1989 LOWES Born: February 1st, 1993 du monde 2004, 2005) Born: January 2, 1990 Nationality Italian #22 Nationality French Race starts 65 Nationality Czech Race starts 32 Wins 1 Born: September 14, 1990 Race starts 67 Wins 0 Pole positions 7 Nationality British Wins 0 Pole positions 0 Podium finishes 2 Race starts 0 Pole positions 0 Podium finishes 0 Grand Prix debut 2015, Qatar Wins 0 Podium finishes 0 Grand Prix debut 2015, Qatar RECORD WITH MICHELIN Pole positions 0 Grand Prix debut 2011, Qatar Podium finishes 0 Wins 1 Grand Prix debut 2017, Qatar Podium finishes 4 Pole positions 1
RIDERS’ STANDINGS
QAT ARG USA ESP FRA ITA ESP NED DEU AUTCZE AUTCZE GBR SMR ESP JPN AUS MYS ESP
Losail Rio Hondo Austin Jerez Le Mans Mugello Catalunya Assen Sachsenring SpielbergBrno SpielbergBrno Silverstone Misano Aragon Motegi Phillip Island Sepang Tormo race 26/03 09/04 23/04 07/05 21/05 04/06 11/06 25/06 02/07 06/0813/08 06/0813/08 27/08 10/09 24/09 15/10 23/1022/10 30/1029/10 13/1112/11
Wins Points position rider & Podiums 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 W - 0 1 Andrea Dovizioso #4 P - 0 W - 0 2 Johann Zarco #5 P - 0 W - 0 3 Hector Barbera #8 P - 0 W - 0 4 Danilo Petrucci #9 P - 0 W - 0 5 Karel Abraham #17 P - 0 W - 0 6 Alvaro Bautista #19 P - 0 W - 0 7 Sam Lowes #22 P - 0 W - 0 8 Maverick Vinales #25 P - 0 W - 0 9 Dani Pedrosa #26 P - 0 W - 0 10 Andrea Iannone #29 P - 0 W - 0 11 Cal Crutchlow #35 P - 0 W - 0 12 Bradley Smith #38 P - 0 W - 0 13 Aleix Espargaro #41 P - 0 W - 0 14 Alex Rins #42 P - 0 W - 0 15 Jack Miller #43 P - 0 W - 0 16 Pol Espargaro #44 P - 0 W - 0 17 Scott Redding #45 P - 0 W - 0 18 Valentino Rossi #46 P - 0 W - 0 19 Tito Rabat #53 P - 0 W - 0 20 Loris Baz #76 P - 0 W - 0 21 Marc Marquez #93 P - 0 W - 0 22 Jonas Folger #94 P - 0 W - 0 23 Jorge Lorenzo #99 P - 0
st th th 1 ...... 25 pts 7 ...... 9 pts 13 ...... 3 pts nd th th 2 ...... 20 pts 8 ...... 8 pts 14 ...... 2 pts th th th 3 ...... 16 pts 9 ...... 7 pts 15 ...... 1 pt th th 4 ...... 13 pts 10 ...... 6 pts th th 5 ...... 11 pts 11 ...... 5 pts DNF: Did Not Finish th th 6 ...... 10 pts 12 ...... 4 pts DNS: Did Not Start
Facts 1,200 The number of tyres taken to each grand prix
Michelin’s range Michelin tyre range Minimum Michelin2017 Season tyre range pressure: 2017 Season Front slick: 2.0 bar Rear slick: 1.8 bar Front rain tyre: 2.0 bar 7 Michelin power slick Rear rain tyre: 1.7 bar 0 - 1 6 / avant 2 1 12/60 - 17 12/60
S edium Hard Michelin’s Front
7 MotoGP
SOFT Medium Hard race staff 9 - 1 6 / 0 arrière 2 2 developers 20/69 - 17 20/69 8 rear technicians 7 0 - 1
6 Michelin power rain / avant 2 2 1 managers
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12/60 - 17 12/60 10 fitters 7 Front 9 - 1
6 extra/ Soft Soft Medium 5 0 arrière
2 trucks 1
20/69 - 17 20/69 hospitality unit
rear 1 press officer
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