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valencia valencia 18 11th NOVEMBER, 2012

VALENCIA IS TIGHT AND TRYING ON TYRES The final race of the 2012 MotoGP™ season left shoulder of the tyres, and an unbalanced and stability needed for the many left hand sees the paddock descend on Valencia’s bike setup can cause excessive rear tyre turns. Additionally, the front slick compounds Circuit Ricardo Tormo as the home fans get to temperatures which can lead to a loss of allocated for this weekend need to provide greet their World Champion, Yamaha Factory performance and accelerated tyre wear. enhanced warm-up performance and grip in the Racing’s after the Spaniard To manage the unbalanced layout and the temperate weather. clinched the title at the previous round. moderate track temperatures the asymmetric Valencia is a tight and technical circuit that rear slicks at Valencia feature rubber on the The asymmetric rear slicks at offers tyres little respite over the course of left shoulder that is two grades harder than Valencia feature rubber on the a lap, so a good bike setup is very important on the right side. This ensures the lesser- left shoulder that is two grades to ensure the most efficient use of the tyres used right shoulder of the rear tyre stays in allocated for this Grand Prix. The layout of the its ideal operating temperature window and harder than on the right side to circuit means more stress is placed on the that the left shoulder provides the durability cope with its unbalanced layout

circuit information

circuit details cIrcuit RECORDS First race 1999 Pole position 1m 31.002s (158.436km/h) No. of GPs held 13 (Yamaha, 2006) Laps 30 (MotoGP), 27 (Moto2), 24 (Moto3) Fastest lap 1m 32.582s (155.732km/h) Track length 4.005 km / 2.489 miles (Width 12m) Casey Stoner (Ducati, 2008) Race distance 120.150 km / 74.670 miles Race time 46m 43.533s (154.283km/h) Longest straight 0.876 km / 0.544 miles (Honda, 2007) Corners 14 (9 left, 5 right) 2011 Winner casey Stoner (Honda)

S : SPEED TRAP Angel Nieto 1 : CORNER NUMBER 95km/h Event schedule Local Time 1 : GEAR SELECTION / SPEED km/h 80km/h 2 Mick Doohan 1 2 1 80km/h : SECTOR 1 Afición Friday 210km/h : SECTOR 2 5 6 09:15-09:55 Moto3 Free Practice 1 : SECTOR 3 10:10-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 1 3 7 11:10-11:55 Moto2 Free Practice 1 11 13:15-13:55 Moto3 Free Practice 2 10 14:10-14:55 MotoGP Free Practice 2 105km/h 15:10-15:55 Moto2 Free Practice 2 9 2 4 90km/h 2 8 Saturday 105km/h 2 5 1 3 135km/h Champi 09:15-09:55 Moto3 Free Practice 3 Herreros Jorge Martinez Aspar 13 10:10-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 3 12 S 4 11:10-11:55 Moto2 Free Practice 3 2 195km/h 13:00-13:40 Moto3 Qualifying Practice 130km/h 6 280km/h 13:55-14:55 MotoGP Qualifying Practice 15:10-15:55 Moto2 Qualifying Practice

90km/h 2 14 SUNDAY

Adrian Campos 08:40-09:00 Moto3 Warm Up 09:10-09:30 Moto2 Warm Up 09:40-10:00 MotoGP Warm Up tyre severity rating Centre Centre Left Right Left Right 11:00 Moto3 Race (24 laps) mild SEVERE 12:20 Moto2 Race (27 laps) Front : TBC, TBC REAR : Medium, Hard (Asymmetric) 14:00 MotoGP Race (30 laps)

Source : www.motogp.com & Haynes MotoGP Season Review. Information subject to change

tyre talk Shinji Aoki, MANAGER, BRIDGESTONE MOTORSPORT TYRE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Valencia is the traditional venue for the season finale and is bike’s setup isn’t optimised. Considering this potential for a slow, tight circuit with nine left-hand and five right-hand high tyre temperatures in the left shoulder and also the need corners. The frequency of corners at the circuit means bikes for good temperature retention in the right shoulder due to spend a lot of time leaned over, so there is not much time the possibility of cooler weather, we provide asymmetric rear during a lap for heat to dissipate from the tyre shoulders slicks at Valencia with substantially harder rubber on the left meaning excessive rear tyre temperatures are possible if a shoulder compared to the right. Yamaha Factory Racing Machine Yamaha YZR-M1 teams and riders Web www.yamaha-racing.com

Teams and riders order based on 2011 team championship position. Jorge Lorenzo Bike number 99 *Most recent performance listed. Age: 25 DOB: 4/5/1987 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 83 (MotoGP) Wins: 23 Poles: 24 Fastest laps: 15 Podiums: 59 Points: 1424 Best championship position: 1st (2010)

Katsuyuki Nakasuga Bike number 21 REPSOL HONDA TEAM Machine Honda RC213V Age: 31 DOB: 09/8/1981 Nationality: Japanese GP Debut: MAL11 (MotoGP) Web www.hondaproracing.com GP Starts: 2 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 17 Dani Pedrosa Bike number 26 Best championship position: 18th (2011)

Age: 27 DOB: 29/9/1985 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 114 (MotoGP) Wins: 20 Poles: 23 Fastest laps: 33 Podiums: 69 Points: 1686 san carlo honda gresini MachineS Honda RC213V - FTR MGP12 Best championship position: 2nd (2010*) Web www.gresiniracing.com Alvaro Bautista Bike number 19 Casey Stoner Bike number 1 Age: 27 DOB: 21/11/1984 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) Age: 27 DOB: 16/10/1985 Nationality: Australian GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 48 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 1 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 2 Points: 307 GP Starts: 114 (MotoGP) Wins: 38 Poles: 39 Fastest laps: 29 Podiums: 68 Points: 1799 Best championship position: 13th (2011*) Best championship position: 1st (x2, 2011*) Michele Pirro Bike number 51 DUCATI TEAM Machine Ducati Desmosedici GP12 Age: 26 DOB: 5/7/1986 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: QAT12 (MotoGP) Web www.ducati.com GP Starts: 16 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 30 Valentino Rossi Bike number 46 Best championship position: NA

Age: 33 DOB: 16/2/1979 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: RSA00 (500cc) GP Starts: 214 (MotoGP/500cc) Wins: 79 Poles: 49 Fastest laps: 67 Podiums: 142 Points: 3604 aspar team motogp Machine ART Best championship position: 1st (x7, 2009*) Web wwwteamaspar.com Randy de Puniet Bike number 14 Bike number 69 Age: 31 DOB: 14/2/1981 Nationality: French GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) Age: 30 DOB: 30/7/1981 Nationality: American GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 119 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 2 Points: 527 GP Starts: 166 (MotoGP) Wins: 3 Poles: 5 Fastest laps: 7 Podiums: 28 Points: 1508 Best championship position: 9th (2010) Best championship position: 1st (2006) Aleix Espargaro Bike number 41 Monster Yamaha tech 3 Machine Yamaha YZR-M1 Age: 22 DOB: 30/7/1989 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: INP09 (MotoGP) Web www.teamtech3.fr GP Starts: 38 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 144 Cal Crutchlow Bike number 35 Best championship position: 14th (2010)

Age: 27 DOB: 29/10/1985 Nationality: British GP Debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 32 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles:0 Fastest laps: 1 Podiums: 2 Points: 205 pramac racing team Machine Ducati Desmosodeci GP12 Best championship position: 12th (2011) Web www.pramacracing.com Hector Barbera Bike number 8 Andrea Dovizioso Bike number 4 Age: 25 DOB: 2/11/1986 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) Age: 26 DOB: 23/3/1986 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 48 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 254 GP Starts: 86 (MotoGP) Wins: 1 Poles: 1 Fastest laps: 1 Podiums: 22 Points: 966 Best championship position: 11th (2011) Best championship position: 3rd (2011)

Machine BQR-FTR Machine Suter-BMW Avintia racing motogp NGM Web www.teambqr.com Web www.forward-racing.com TBC Bike number 5 Age: -- DOB: -- Nationality: -- GP Debut: -- Age: 38 DOB: 27/2/1974 Nationality: American GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP Starts: -- Wins: -- Poles: -- Fastest laps: -- Podiums: -- Points: -- GP Starts: 166 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 3 Fastest laps: 3 Podiums: 12 Points: 1185 Best championship position: -- Best championship position: 4th (2005) Ivan Silva Bike number 22 cardion ab motoracing Machine Ducati Desmosodeci GP12 Age: 30 DOB: 12/6/1982 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: NED06 (MotoGP) Web www.karelabraham.com GP Starts: 17 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 12 Karel Abraham Bike number 17 Best championship position: NC (2007*)

Age: 22 DOB: 02/01/1990 Nationality: Czech GP Debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 28 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 107 Best championship position: 14th (2011) top results on bridgestone tyres

RIDERS TITLEs WINS 2NDs 3RDs pODIUMS pOLES lcr honda motogp MachineS Honda RC213V Web www.lcr.mc Casey Stoner 2 38 10 19 67 38 Stefan Bradl Bike number 6 Valentino Rossi 2 17 14 11 42 10 Jorge Lorenzo 1 22 26 6 54 20 Age: 22 DOB: 29/11/1989 Nationality: German GP Debut: QAT12 (MotoGP) Dani Pedrosa - 15 18 13 46 13 GP Starts: 16 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 126 Loris Capirossi - 6 7 4 17 5 Best championship position: NA Makoto Tamada - 2 1 1 4 3 Andrea Dovizioso - 1 7 14 22 1 paul bird MOTORSPORT Machine ART Chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 Web www.pbmuk.net - 1 2 3 6 1 James Ellison Bike number 77 Troy Bayliss - 1 - - 1 - Marco Melandri - - 3 1 4 - Age: 32 DOB: 19/9/1980 Nationality: British GP Debut: CZE04 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 55 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 63 Toni Elias - - 2 3 5 - Best championship position: 18th (2006) John Hopkins - - 1 3 4 1 Marco Simoncelli - - 1 1 2 2 Colin Edwards - - 1 1 2 - Machine ART Speed master team Shinya Nakano - - 1 1 2 - Web www.speedmasterteam.com Randy de Puniet - - 1 1 2 - Roberto Rolfo Bike number 84 Kenny Roberts Jr - - 1 - 1 1 Age: 32 DOB: 23/3/1980 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: SPA05 (MotoGP) - - 1 - 1 - GP Starts: 20 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 18 Oliver Jacque - - 1 - 1 - Best championship position: 18th (2005) Nicky Hayden - - - 3 3 - Alvaro Bautista - - - 2 2 1 came ioda racing project Machine Ioda- Carlos Checa - - - 2 2 - Web www.iodaracing.com Alex Barros - - - 1 1 - Bike number 9 Jeremy McWilliams - - - - 0 1 Sete Gibernau - - - - 0 1 Age: 21 DOB: 24/10/1990 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: QAT12 (MotoGP) Cal Crutchlow - - - 2 2 - GP Starts: 16 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 19 Best championship position: NA total 5 104 101 94 299 102

Current riders in black calendar & riders championship Extra-Soft Soft Medium-Soft QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA USA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL Medium Hard Available Losail Jerez Estoril Le Mans Catalunya Silverstone Assen Sachsenring Mugello Laguna Seca Indianapolis Brno Misano Aragon Motegi Sepang Phillip Island Valencia Extra-Hard tyre Wet compounds 08/04/12 29/04/12 06/05/12 20/05/12 03/06/12 17/06/12 30/06/12 08/07/12 15/07/12 29/07/12 19/08/12 26/08/12 16/09/12 30/09/12 14/10/12 21/10/12 28/10/12 11/11/12 Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Soft Hard Soft TBC ALLOCATED - FRONT TYRES Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Extra-Hard Hard Medium Medium Hard Medium Medium Extra-Hard Hard Hard Extra-Hard Extra-Hard Hard Extra-Hard Hard Extra-Hard Medium TBC Medium Soft Medium Soft Medium Med-Soft Med-Soft Medium Medium Soft Medium Medium Medium Medium Soft Medium Medium Medium ALLOCATED - REAR TYRES Hard Medium Hard Medium Hard Medium Medium Hard Hard Medium Hard Hard Hard Hard Medium Hard Hard Hard AIR 25º 14º 17º 13º 27º 15º 23º 26º 25º 18º 25º 18º 23º 18º 20º 25º 15º WEATHER CONDITIONS TRACK 26º 15º 35º 19º 40º 23º 37º 37º 45º 24º 39º 23º 36º 23º 23º 31º 26º TRACK CONDITIONS DRY DRY DRY WET DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY WET DRY

TOTAL POSITION - RIDER WINS PTS 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 PODIUM W 6 1 1 4 4 2 4 AC 3 5 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 Jorge Lorenzo (99) 350 F 1 F 2 F 2 F 1 F 1 F 1 F - F 2 F 1 F 2 F 2 F 2 F 1 F 2 F 2 F 2 F 2 PD16 R 25 R 20 R 20 R 25 R 25 R 25 R - R 20 R 25 R 20 R 20 R 20 R 25 R 20 R 20 R 20 R 20 W 6 7 2 2 1 5 5 2 3 1 3 1 3 AC 1 2 2 2 AC 3 2 Dani Pedrosa (26) 307 F 2 F 3 F 3 F 4 F 2 F 3 F 2 F 1 F 2 F 3 F 1 F 1 F - F 1 F 1 F 1 F - PD14 R 20 R 16 R 16 R 13 R 20 R 16 R 20 R 25 R 20 R 16 R 25 R 25 R - R 25 R 25 R 25 R - W 5 2 5 1 2 1 3 1 AC 1 5 2 6 - - - 7 4 1 3 Casey Stoner (1) 238 F 3 F 1 F 1 F 3 F 4 F 2 F 1 F - F 8 F 1 F 4 - - - F 5 F 3 F 1 PD 9 R 16 R 25 R 25 R 16 R 13 R 20 R 25 R - R 8 R 25 R 13 - - - R 11 R 16 R 25 W - 6 7 7 3 6 8 7 7 7 6 3 5 7 6 6 3 6 4 Andrea Dovizioso (4) 208 F 5 F 5 F 4 F 7 F 3 F 19 F 3 F 3 F 3 F 4 F 3 F 4 F 4 F 3 F 4 F 13 F 4 PD 6 R 11 R 11 R 13 R 9 R 16 R - R 16 R 16 R 16 R 13 R 16 R 13 R 13 R 16 R 13 R 3 R 13 W - 11 8 6 8 10 1 AC 8 11 11 7 9 8 5 12 5 10 7 5 Alvaro Bautista (19) 165 F 7 F 6 F 6 F 10 F 6 F 4 F - F 7 F 10 F 8 F 5 F 6 F 3 F 6 F 3 F 6 F 5 PD 2 R 9 R 10 R 10 R 6 R 10 R 13 R - R 9 R 6 R 8 R 11 R 10 R 16 R 10 R 16 R 10 R 11 W - 12 13 9 7 9 10 10 8 10 AC 10 11 6 6 8 9 11 8 6 Valentino Rossi (46) 157 F 10 F 9 F 7 F 2 F 7 F 9 F 13 F 6 F 5 F - F 7 F 7 F 2 F 8 F 7 F 5 F 7 PD 2 R 6 R 7 R 9 R 20 R 9 R 7 R 3 R 10 R 11 R - R 9 R 9 R 20 R 8 R 9 R 11 R 9 W - 3 4 3 5 3 21 5 4 6 5 AC 7 2 AC 3 3 RT 3 AC 5 4 7 Cal Crutchlow (35) 151 F 4 F 4 F 5 F 8 F 5 F 6 F 5 F 8 F 6 F 5 F - F 3 F - F 4 F - F - F 3 PD 2 R 13 R 13 R 11 R 8 R 11 R 10 R 11 R 8 R 10 R 11 R - R 16 R - R 13 R - R - R 16 W - 9 9 11 13 8 9 AC 4 6 8 9 5 7 4 AC 5 8 AC 8 5 8 Stefan Bradl (6) 135 F 8 F 7 F 9 F 5 F 8 F 8 F - F 5 F 4 F 7 F 6 F 5 F 6 F - F 6 F - F 6 PD - R 8 R 9 R 7 R 11 R 8 R 8 R - R 11 R 13 R 9 R 10 R 11 R 10 R - R 10 R - R 10 W - 5 3 10 11 7 7 9 7 4 8 DNS 8 - 10 AC 9 10 9 10 9 Nicky Hayden (69) 122 F 6 F 8 F 11 F 6 F 9 F 7 F 6 F 10 F 7 F 6 - - F 7 F - F 8 F 4 F 8 PD - R 10 R 8 R 5 R 10 R 7 R 9 R 10 R 6 R 9 R 10 - - R 9 R - R 8 R 13 R 8 W - 4 6 5 6 4 2 6 2 9 AC 4 RT 4 RT 4 8 4 AC 4 AC 6 - 10 Ben Spies (11) 88 F 11 F 11 F 8 F 16 F 10 F 5 F 4 F 4 F 5 F - F - F - F 5 F 5 F - F - - PD - R 5 R 5 R 8 R - R 6 R 11 R 13 R 13 R 11 R - R - R - R 11 R 11 R - R - - W - 8 12 8 9 11 6 11 12 3 - - - AC 13 10 12 7 13 11 Hector Barbera (8) 83 F 9 F 10 F 10 F 9 F 11 F 10 F 7 F 9 F 9 - - - F - F 12 F 10 F 7 F 12 PD - R 7 R 6 R 6 R 7 R 5 R 6 R 9 R 7 R 7 - - - R - R 4 R 6 R 9 R 4 W - 15 14 12 17 15 11 RT 13 10 12 12 12 11 RT 14 11 13 12 12 12 Aleix Espargaro (41) 69 F 15 F 12 F 12 F 13 F 13 F 11 F - F 13 F 13 F 9 F 10 F 10 F - F 10 F 12 F 8 F 10 PD - R 1 R 4 R 4 R 3 R 3 R 5 R - R 3 R 3 R 7 R 6 R 6 R - R 6 R 4 R 8 R 6 W - 14 10 14 AC 12 13 12 12 14 13 11 RT 10 10 12 13 AC 14 AC 13 9 13 Randy De Puniet (14) 58 F 13 F - F 13 F - F 15 F 12 F 8 F 11 F 12 F 11 F - F 8 F 9 F 11 F - F - F 11 PD - R 3 R - R 3 R - R 1 R 4 R 8 R 5 R 4 R 5 R - R 8 R 7 R 5 R - R - R 5 W - RT 10 11 AC 13 RT 10 12 DNS 20 DNS 17 - - 14 14 9 AC 11 14 15 14 11 14 Karel Abraham (17) 50 F - F 17 F - F - F 12 - - - - F 10 F 8 F 9 F - F 9 F 11 F 10 F 9 PD - R - R - R - R - R 4 - - - - R 6 R 8 R 7 R - R 7 R 5 R 6 R 7 W - NC 17 15 16 14 16 14 14 RT 17 DQ 14 AC 16 RT 16 14 15 15 18 15 14 15 Michele Pirro (51) 32 F - F - F 14 F 14 F 14 F 13 F 9 F - F - F - F - F 14 F 10 F 15 F 15 F 12 F 14 PD - R - R - R 2 R 2 R 2 R 3 R 7 R - R - R - R - R 2 R 6 R 1 R 1 R 4 R 2 W - 21 20 RT 19 16 17 17 19 20 16 AC 21 18 17 16 20 20 16 AC 17 16 James Ellison (77) 28 F 18 F - F - F 11 F 16 F 14 F 14 F 15 F 14 F - F 15 F 15 F 13 F 14 F 14 F 9 F - PD - R - R - R - R 5 R - R 2 R 2 R 1 R 2 R - R 1 R 1 R 3 R 2 R 2 R 7 R - W - 16 17 AC 15 15 19 13 AC 18 18 AC 15 15 13 12 18 19 AC 17 DNS 21 - 17 Yonny Hernandez (68) 28 F 14 F - F - F 15 F 18 F 15 F - F 14 F - F 12 F 9 F 12 F 12 F 13 F - - - PD - R 2 R - R - R 1 R - R 1 R - R 2 R - R 4 R 7 R 4 R 4 R 3 R - - - W - 13 21 DNS 18 - RT 14 15 RT 21 13 RT 19 13 20 15 20 17 16 RT 18 RT 16 18 Colin Edwards (5) 25 F 12 F 16 - - F - F 16 F - F 12 F - F 13 F 13 F 13 F 11 F 18 F 13 F - F - PD - R 4 R - - - R - R - R - R 4 R - R 3 R 3 R 3 R 5 R - R 3 R - R - W - RT 19 18 20 AC 18 20 18 16 16 AC 20 RT 19 RT 19 19 19 18 RT 19 17 15 19 Danilo Petrucci (9) 19 F - F 13 F 15 F - F 19 F 17 F 11 F 17 F - F - F - F 17 F 14 F 17 F - F 11 F 13 PD - R - R 3 R 1 R - R - R - R 5 R - R - R - R - R - R 2 R - R - R 5 R 3 W ------9 7 - - - 20 (56) 17 ------F 8 F 7 - - - PD ------R 8 R 9 - - - W - 18 16 AC 21 20 18 RT 16 15 AC 15 17 RT 18 AC 15 16 AC 17 16 - - - 21 (54) 13 F 17 F 14 F - F 12 F 17 F - F 10 F - F 15 F - F - F 16 F - F 16 - - - PD - R - R 2 R - R 4 R - R - R 6 R - R 1 R - R - R - R - R - - - - W - 20 19 RT ?? 19 21 19 20 19 18 20 21 AC 18 - - RT 22 AC 20 19 22 Ivan Silva (22) 12 F 16 F 15 F - F 18 F 20 F 18 F 12 F 18 F 16 F 14 F 12 F - - - F - F - F 15 PD - R - R 1 R - R - R - R - R 4 R - R - R 2 R 4 R - - - R - R - R 1 W ------21 RT 21 - - - 26 David Salom (44) 1 ------F 15 F - - - - PD ------R 1 R - - - - W ------DQ 19 RT 18 NC Roberto Rolfo (84) 1 ------F - F - PD ------R - R - *32 riders have competed in 2012 MotoGP Championship - Toni Elias 23rd position (10 points), Nakasuga Katsuyuki 24th position (7 points), Steve Rapp 25th (2 points), Franco Battaini NA, Chris Vermeulen position NA, Aaron Yates position NA and Kris McLaren position NA. position McLaren Kris and NA position Yates Aaron NA, position Vermeulen Chris NA, Battaini Franco points), (2 25th Rapp Steve points), (7 position 24th Katsuyuki Nakasuga points), (10 position 23rd Elias Toni - Championship MotoGP 2012 in competed have riders *32

A : Reason retired B : Final race position C : Grid position D : Championship points F : Front tyre choice at start A C F B constructors & Teams championship R : Rear tyre choice at start : Tyre changes AC : Accident DQ : Disqualified RT : Retired DNS : Did not start R D

1. Honda - 387 2. Yamaha - 366 3. Ducati - 183 4. ART* - 93 5. FTR* - 32 6. BQR* - 32 7. Suter* - 25 8. Ioda-Suter* - 10 9. Ioda* - 9 10. APR* - 2 11. BQR-FTR* - 2

1. Repsol Honda Team - 562 4. Ducati Team - 279 7. Power Electronics Aspar - 127 10. Avintia Racing MotoGP - 41 13. Came IodaRacing Project - 19 2. Yamaha Factory Racing - 438 5. San Carlo Honda Gresini - 197 8. Pramac Racing Team - 93 11. Paul Bird Motorsport - 28 14. Speed Master - 13 3. Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 359 6. LCR Honda MotoGP - 135 9. Cardion AB Motoracing - 50 12. NGM Forward Racing - 25

* denotes CRT entry results on bridgestone tyres by season

yeaR Team and riders races championship teams wins poles podiums

2002 2 Teams - 3 Riders 16 12th (Aoki) 7th (Proton) 0 (best 5th) 1 0 2003 2 Teams - 3 Riders 16 11th (Tamada) 9th (Pramac) 0 (best 3rd) 0 1 2004 3 Teams - 5 Riders 16 6th (Tamada) 3rd (Camel) 2 4 4 2005 3 Teams - 7 Riders 17 6th (Capirossi) 4th (Ducati) 2 3 8 2006 3 Teams - 8 Riders 17 3rd (Capirossi) 3rd (Ducati) 4 6 11 2007 5 Teams - 12 Riders 18 1st (Stoner) 1st (Ducati) 12 6 33 2008 7 Teams - 13 Riders 18 1st (Rossi) 1st (Yamaha) 15 12 35 2009 12 Teams - 22 Riders 17 1st (Rossi) 1st (Yamaha) 17 17 51 2010 10 Teams - 22 Riders 18 1st (Lorenzo) 1st (Yamaha) 18 18 54 2011 11 Teams - 22 Riders 17 1st (Stoner) 1st (Honda) 17 18 51 2012 17 Teams - 32 Riders 17 -- -- 17 (x6 Lorenzo) 17 (x6 Stoner) 51 (x6 Pedrosa) (x5 Pedrosa) (x5 Stoner) (x5 Lorenzo) (x1 Bautista)

Total 184 5 5 104 102 299 Jorge lorenzo

YAMAHA FACTORY RACING – 2012 MOTOGP™ WORLD CHAMPION

BRIDGESTONE FACT If Jorge Lorenzo rounds out the 2012 season with victory at Valencia he will join Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi as a two-time MotoGP winner at the circuit

fastest race lap last years race Andrea Dovizioso, Yamaha - Lap 14 - Time: 1m34.167s - Average speed: 153.110 km/h

2011 qualifying times 2011 race results t TOp TOp Rider Team km/h Time Gap Rider Team time km/h Gap

1 Casey Stoner repsol Honda Team 309.9 1m31.861s 1 Casey Stoner repsol Honda Team 48m18.645s 149.221 2 Dani Pedrosa repsol Honda Team 309.4 1m32.875s +1.014s 2 Ben Spies yamaha Factory Racing 48m18.660s 149.220 +0.015s 3 Ben Spies yamaha Factory Racing 303.0 1m33.057s +1.196s 3 Andrea Dovizioso repsol Honda Team 48m24.581s 148.916 +5.936s 4 Randy de Puniet Pramac Racing Team 305.1 1m33.118s +1.257s 4 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 48m27.363s 148.773 +8.718s 5 Alvaro Bautista rizla MotoGP 305.6 1m33.443s +1.582s 5 Dani Pedrosa repsol Honda Team 48m27.966s 148.743 +9.321s 6 Valentino Rossi ducati Team 303.7 1m33.478s +1.617s 6 Katsuyuki Nakasuga yamaha Factory Racing 48m42.463s 148.005 +23.818s 7 Nicky Hayden ducati Team 304.2 1m33.656s +1.795s 7 Josh Hayes Monster Yamaha Tech 3 48m51.763s 147.535 +33.118s 8 Andrea Dovizioso repsol Honda Team 306.8 1m33.824s +1.963s 8 Karel Abraham cardion AB Motoracing 48m56.597s 147.292 +37.952s 9 Hector Barbera Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 307.8 1m34.186s +2.325s 9 Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team 49m07.598s 146.743 +48.953s 10 Karel Abraham cardion AB Motoracing 306.6 1m34.265s +2.404s 10 Toni Elias LCR Honda MotoGP 49m11.146s 146.566 +52.501s 11 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 303.1 1m34.329s +2.468s 11 Hector Barbera Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP 49m25.164s 145.873 +66.519s 12 Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team 303.3 1m34.671s +2.810s 12 Hiroshi Aoyama san Carlo Honda Gresini 49m27.405s 145.763 +68.760s 13 Toni Elias LCR Honda MotoGP 313.2 1m34.680s +2.819s NC Randy de Puniet Pramac Racing Team 14 Hiroshi Aoyama san Carlo Honda Gresini 305.7 1m34.838s +2.977s NC Alvaro Bautista rizla Suzuki MotoGP 15 Katsuyuki Nakasuga yamaha Factory Racing 299.9 1m35.999s +4.138s NC Valentino Rossi ducati Team 16 Josh Hayes Monster Yamaha Tech 3 296.1 1m36.042s +4.181s NC Nicky Hayden ducati Team

Bridgestone Motorsport Round-Up SuperGT Lexus Team ZENT Cerumo’s Yuji Tachikawa & Kohei Hirate ended the SuperGT season on a high after winning the final race of 2012 at the circuit. Tachikawa managed to secure pole position for the team from where they led from start to finish for Sunday’s race, notching up their second victory of the season and securing second place in the final championship standings. Printed on recycled paper

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