Motogp Hits Half Distance
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www.bridgestonemotorsport.com GERMANY 09 19/07/2009 MotoGP hits half distance Tyre talk The German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring The circuit consists predominantly of left- circuit is the mid-point of the 2009 MotoGP handed corners, most of which are long and Tohru Ubukata season and the first half of another back-to- relatively fast. This uses the left shoulders of the Bridgestone Motorsport - Manager back duo of races. It is the third race in four Bridgestone slicks much harder than the right, Motorcycle Race Tyre Development weeks, ensuring Bridgestone’s logistics have necessitating harder compounds on the left side had to be faultless to deliver almost 1800 of the tyre for increased durability and a softer Sachsenring’s anti-clockwise layout tyres comprising four different compounds to compound on the right for better grip at lower means it has a greater number of left-hand the right place at the right time. operating temperatures. corners, so to best suit these conditions we have chosen our asymmetric rear slicks for the second time this season. Here we see a The temperature differential between great disparity between left and right corners the left and right shoulders of each tyre which means that the difference in temperature is suff icient to necessitate Bridgestone’s between the left and the asymmetric rear slicks right shoulders of the rear tyres is significant. We saw that the hard Sachsenring presents riders with two slow and extra hard compound right-hand corners at the start of the lap but then asymmetric Bridgestone a sweep of fast left-handers take riders onto slicks worked well in The German Grand Prix is the second race the back straight and to the finish, interrupted similar conditions of the season to which Bridgestone will bring only by the fast right-handed kink of turn twelve. in Catalunya, so asymmetric rear tyres. These will be the same There are ten left-hand corners and only four I am confident specification as used for the Catalan Grand Prix right-handers, and the temperature differential of their – the hard and extra hard compounds. However, between the two shoulders of each tyre is performance at due to the anti-clockwise nature of the German sufficient to demand the use of Bridgestone’s this circuit. circuit, here it is the left shoulder that is harder. asymmetric rear tyres. Germany - Sachsenring S : SPEED TRAP - GEAR SELECTION / SPEED km/h Where to watch... 185km/h 1 : CORNER NUMBER 4 All the lefts : From the exit of Omega to the top of the 1 : GEAR SELECTION / SPEED km/h circuit it’s left all the way in third gear. Edge grip and : SECTOR 1 10 11 Audi-Brucke durability are what is needed here. : SECTOR 2 : SECTOR 3 1 Coca Cola Turn 13 : Sachsen : This is the prime overtaking spot - 2 75km/h under hard braking after a fast downhill section. The front 265km/h 6 S tyre needs to be able to take the extreme loads here. 90km/h 9 4 145km/h 210km/h 5 12 2 2 3 Local time - GMT+2 6 Event schedule 5 Castrol Omega 6 Friday 7 275km/h The Boot 4 Sachsen 12:40-13:40 125cc Free Practice 1 3 13 115km/h 13:55-14:55 MotoGP Free Practice 1 8 15:10-16:10 250cc Free Practice 1 4 4 170km/h 155km/h Saturday Karthallen 3 09:00-09:40 125cc Free Practice 2 115km/h 09:55-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 2 SELECTED TYRE COMPOUNDS : 14 3 100km/h 11:10-12:10 250cc Free Practice 2 Queckenberg FRONT : HARD REAR : HARD 13:00-13:40 125cc Qualifying Practice EX. HARD EX. HARD 13:55-14:55 MotoGP Qualifying Practice 15:10-15:55 250cc Qualifying Practice Circuit information Records First race 1961 Pole position 1m 21.067s (163.020km/h) Sunday No. of GPs held 23 Casey Stoner (Ducati, 2008) 08:40-09:00 125cc Warm Up Laps 30 (MotoGP), 29 (250cc), 27 (125cc) Fastest lap 1m 23.082s (159.066km/h) 09:10-09:30 250cc Warm Up Track length 3.671km / 2.281 miles (Width 12m) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2007) 09:40-10:00 MotoGP Warm Up Race distance 110.130km / 68.430 miles Race time 41m 53.196s (157.754km/h) 11:00 125cc Race (27 laps) Longest straight 0.780km / 0.485 miles Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2007) 12:15 250cc Race (29 laps) Corners 14 (10 left, 4 right) 2008 Winner Casey Stoner (Ducati) 14:00 MotoGP Race (30 laps) Source : www.motogp.com & Haynes MotoGP Season Review. Information subject to change Teams and riders Teams and riders order based on 2008 team championship position Fiat Yamaha Team Machine: Yamaha YZR-M1 Web: www.yamaha-racing.com Valentino Rossi Jorge Lorenzo Age: 30 DOB: 16/2/1979 Age: 22 DOB: 4/4/1987 Nationality: Italian Nationality: Spanish MotoGP Wins: 74 46 MotoGP Wins: 3 99 Repsol Honda Team Machine: Honda RC212V Web: www.hondaracing-eu.com Dani Pedrosa Andrea Dovizioso Age: 23 DOB: 29/9/1985 Age: 23 DOB: 23/3/1986 Nationality: Spanish Nationality: Italian MotoGP Wins: 7 3 MotoGP Wins: 0 4 Ducati Team Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP9 Web: www.ducati.com Casey Stoner Nicky Hayden Age: 23 DOB: 16/10/1985 Age: 27 DOB: 30/7/1981 Nationality: Australian Nationality: American MotoGP Wins: 18 27 MotoGP Wins: 3 69 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Machine: Yamaha YZR-M1 Web: www.teamtech3.fr Colin Edwards James Toseland Age: 35 DOB: 27/2/1974 Age: 28 DOB: 5/10/1980 Nationality: American Nationality: British MotoGP Wins: 0 5 MotoGP Wins: 0 52 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Machine: Suzuki GSV-R Web: www.rizla-suzuki-motogp.co.uk Chris Vermeulen Loris Capirossi Age: 27 DOB: 19/6/1982 Age: 36 DOB: 4/4/1973 Nationality: Australian Nationality: Italian MotoGP Wins: 1 7 MotoGP Wins: 9 65 San Carlo Honda Gresini Machine: Honda RC212V Web: www.gresiniracing.com Alex De Angelis Toni Elias Age: 25 DOB: 26/2/1984 Age: 26 DOB: 26/3/1983 Nationality: San Marinese Nationality: Spanish MotoGP Wins: 0 15 MotoGP Wins: 1 24 Pramac Racing Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP9 Web: www.ducati.com Mika Kallio Niccolo Canepa Age: 26 DOB: 8/10/1982 Age: 21 DOB: 14/5/1988 Nationality: Finnish Nationality: Italian MotoGP Wins: 0 36 MotoGP Wins: 0 88 Machine: Honda RC212V Machine: Honda RC212V Scot Racing Team MotoGP Web: www.scotracingteam.com LCR Honda MotoGP Web: www.lcr.mc Gabor Talmacsi Randy De Puniet Age: 28 DOB: 28/5/1981 Age: 28 DOB: 14/2/1981 Nationality: Hungarian Nationality: French MotoGP Wins: 0 41 MotoGP Wins: 0 14 Hayate Racing Team Machine: Kawasaki ZX-RR Grupo Francisco Hernando Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP9 Marco Melandri Sete Gibernau Age: 26 DOB: 7/8/1982 Age: 36 DOB: 15/12/1972 Nationality: Italian Nationality: Spanish MotoGP Wins: 5 33 MotoGP Wins: 9 59 Front tyre compound allocation SELECTED TYRE COMPOUNDS : HARD EX. HARD Rider Team Hard Ex. Hard Rider Team Hard Ex. Hard Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Four Four Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Four Four Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Four Four Alex De Angelis San Carlo Gresini Honda Four Four Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Five Three Toni Elias San Carlo Gresini Honda Five Three Andrea Doviziozo Repsol Honda Five Three Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Four Four Casey Stoner Ducati Team Four Four Niccolo Canepa Pramac Racing Four Four Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Four Four Gabor Talmacsi Scot Honda Team MotoGP Four Four Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Four Four Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team Five Three James Toseland Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Four Four Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Four Four Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Three Five Sete Gibernau Grupo Francisco Hernando Four Four The German Grand Prix has seen three different winners from three different manufacturer teams in the last three years, and FACT eight different winners since the championship switched from the Nurburgring in 1998. RACE A C A : Reason retired D : Championship points : Tyre changes RT : Retired F B B : Final race position F : Front tyre choice at start AC : Accident TC : Technical KEY R D C : Grid position R : Rear tyre choice at start DQ : Disqualified DNS : Did not start Calendar & Riders’ Championship AVAILABLE Soft Losail Motegi Jerez Le Mans Mugello Catalunya Assen Laguna Sachsenring Donington Brno Indianapolis Misano Estoril Phillip Sepang Valencia Medium Park Island TYRE Hard QAT JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT HOL USA GER GB CZE IND RSM POR AUS MAL VAL COMPOUNDS: Extra Hard Wet 12/04/09 26/04/09 03/05/09 17/05/09 31/05/09 14/06/09 27/06/09 05/07/09 19/07/09 26/07/09 16/08/09 30/08/09 06/09/09 04/10/09 18/10/09 25/10/09 08/11/09 Soft Soft Medium Soft Medium Medium Soft Medium Hard Soft ALLOCATED - FRONT TYRES Medium Medium Hard Medium Hard Hard Medium Hard Ex. Hard Medium Soft Soft Soft Soft Medium Hard Soft Medium Hard Soft ALLOCATED - REAR TYRES Medium Medium Medium Medium Hard Ex. Hard Medium Hard Ex. Hard Medium 22º 22º 26º 14º 16º 32º 23º 21º RACE WEATHER CONDITIONS 26º 35º 49º 24º 25º 52º 35º 46º RACE TRACK CONDITIONS DRY DRY DRY WET/DRY WET/DRY DRY DRY DRY TOTAL POS - RIDER WINS PTS 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 PODIUM W 3 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 2 1 Valentino Rossi (46) F 2 F 2 F 1 F 16 F 3 F 1 F 1 F 2 PD 7 151 R 20 R 20 R 25 R - R 16 R 25 R 25 R 20 W 2 3 3 AC 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 Jorge Lorenzo (99) F 3 F 1 F - F 1 F 2 F 2 F 2 F 3 PD 7 142 R 16 R 25 R - R 25 R 20 R 20 R 20 R 16 W 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 14 3 3 Casey Stoner (27) F 1 F 4 F 3 F 5 F 1 F 3 F 3 F 4 PD 5 135 R 25 R 13 R 16 R 11 R 25 R 16 R 16 R 13 W 1 14 11 2 1 AC 8 8 AC 2 4 4 Dani Pedrosa (3) F 11 F 3 F 2 F 3 F - F 6 F - F 1 PD 4 92 R 5 R 16 R 20 R 16 R - R 10 R - R 25 W - 6 5 7 6 6 6 5 7 5 Colin Edwards (5) F 4 F 12 F 7 F 7 F 6 F 7 F 4 F 7 PD - 76 R 13 R 4 R 9 R 9 R 10 R 9 R 13 R 9 W - 4 7 8 5 7 4 AC 8 AC 5 6 Andrea Dovizioso(4) F 5 F 5 F 8 F 4 F 4 F 4 F - F - PD - 69 R 11 R 11 R 8 R 13 R 13 R 13 R - R - W - 11 8 11 9 15 17 14 11 7 Marco Melandri (33) F 14 F 6 F 5 F 2 F 11 F 14 F