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s START 01 CORNER NUMBER s1 SECTOR 1 s2 SECTOR 2 01 s3 SECTOR 3 HARDEST PART OF THE TRACK FOR TYRES QATAR 17»20 tyre MARCH 2016 severity - rating COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR - Left . Centre . Right LOSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT < Mild Severe > LONGEST TOTAL time LENGTH WIDTH RIGHT CORNER LEFT CORNER STRAIGHT LAPS DISTANCE Schedule KM M M KM PRACTICE 5.4 12 10 6 1068 22 118,4 THURSDAY 17 18:00 - 18:40 Moto3 FP1 records michelin analysis 18:55 - 19:40 Moto2 FP1 by Nicolas Goubert 19:55 - 20:40 MotoGP FP1 Best pole Jorge Lorenzo Two-wheel Motorsport Programmes Director and Technical Director, Michelin Motorsport 20:55 - 21:35 Moto3 FP2 (Yamaha, 2008) 21:50 - 22:35 Moto2 FP2 1.53.927 (Michelin) Having a race during the early evening gives extra issues, PRACTICE Fastest lap in race where we can encounter lower temperatures and the added FRIDAY 18 Casey Stoner (Ducati, difficulty of dew on the surface. Also, because the circuit sits in the middle of a desert, sand is 18:00 - 18:45 MotoGP FP2 2008) 1.55.153 frequently blown onto the track, making it quite abrasive and giving it a sandpaper effect, which 19:00 - 19:40 Moto3 FP3 impacts on tyre wear. 2015 Podium Other than that the Losail track is not the most demanding for tyres in general, the toughest part 19:55 - 20:40 Moto2 FP3 1 V. Rossi (Yamaha) lies between turns 10 and 14, where riders contend with a double left (10 and 11) and a triple right 20:55 - 21:40 MotoGP FP3 2 (12, 13 and 14), which is quite a difficult combination, but we have worked hard to give the riders A. Dovizioso (Ducati) the best tyres for this circuit and we are now excited to get into competitive action. QUALIFYING 3 A. Lannone (Ducati) SATURDAY 19 Pole 2015 qatar qatar - INFORMATION SUBJECT CHANGE TO 18:00 - 18:40 Moto3 QP Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) Front slicks rear slicks 18:55 - 19:40 Moto2 QP 19:55 - 20:25 MotoGP FP4 Michelin records - Wins : 3 motogp.com 20:35 - 20:50 MotoGP Q1 (2004, 2005, 2006) Hard medium Soft medium Soft 21:00 - 21:15 MotoGP Q2 - Pole position : 4 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008) SOURCE : RACE SUNDAY 20 15:50 - 16:10 Moto3 WUP 16:25 - 16:45 Moto2 WUP Piero Taramasso, Manager of Michelin Motorsport’s two-wheel programmes 17:00 - 17:20 MotoGP WUP We are all motivated to get back to Qatar and the first round, especially with it being Michelin’s return and the 18:00 Moto3 RAC special atmosphere of this night race. We have been preparing for over a year-and-a-half. Logistics are very 19:20 Moto2 RAC important, because the Qatar event is not the easiest one to manage and all our consignments of tyres and 21:00 MotoGP RAC equipment have to be shipped in containers. We are really looking forward to getting back into MotoGP action. CIRCUIT TIME (GMT +3) - Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Marc VDS Ducati Team Jorge Jack Lorenzo Andrea Miller#43 Dovizioso #99 BORN: JANUARY 18, 1995 #4 BORN: MAY 4, 1987 Nationality Australian Race starts 18 Nationality Spanish BORN: MARCH 23, 1986 Wins 0 list Race starts 138 Nationality Italian Pole positions 0 Wins 40 Race starts 142 Podium finishes 0 Pole positions 35 Wins 1 Podium finishes 97 World titles 0 Pole positions 3 Aspar MotoGP World titles 3 (2015, 2012, Grand Prix debut 2015, Qatar Podium finishes 29 Team 2010) World titles 0 Tito Grand Prix debut 2008, Qatar Grand Prix debut 2008, Qatar RECORD WITH MICHELIN Eugène Rabat Wins 1 Andrea Laverty#50 #53 Podium finishes 6 Iannone BORN: JUNE 3, 1986 BORN: MAY 25, 1989 Pole positions #29 4 Nationality Irish Nationality Spanish BORN: AUGUST 9, 1989 Race starts 18 Race starts 0 Valentino Nationality Italian Wins 0 Wins 0 Rossi Race starts 51 Pole positions 0 Pole positions 0 #46 Wins 1 Podium finishes 0 Podium finishes 0 Pole positions 1 World titles 0 World titles 0 BORN: FEBRUARY 16, 1979 Podium finishes 3 Grand Prix debut 2015, Qatar Grand Prix debut 2016, Qatar Nationality Italian World titles 0 Race starts 270 Grand Prix debut 2013, Qatar Yonny Wins 86 Hernandez Monster Pole positions 51 #68 Entry Podium finishes 175 Yamaha Tech 3 Team Suzuki World titles 7 (2009, Ecstar BORN: JULY 25, 1988 2008, 2005, Nationality Colombian Bradley 2004, 2003, Race starts 69 Smith 2002,2001) Maverick Wins 0 #38 Grand Prix debut 2000, South Vinales Pole positions 0 #25 Africa Podium finishes 0 BORN: NOVEMBER 28, 1990 RECORD WITH MICHELIN BORN: JANUARY 12, 1995 World titles 0 Nationality British Wins 53 Nationality Spanish Grand Prix debut 2012, Qatar Race starts 54 Podium finishes 102 Race starts 18 Wins 0 Pole positions 39 Wins 0 Pole positions 0 World titles 5 (2001,2002, Pole positions 0 Avintia Racing Podium finishes 2 2003, 2004, Podium finishes 0 World titles 0 2005) World titles 0 Hector Grand Prix debut 2013, Qatar Grand Prix debut 2015, Qatar Barbera Pol Aleix #8 Repsol Honda Espargaro Espargaro Team BORN: NOVEMBER 2, 1986 #44 #41 Nationality Spanish BORN: JULY 30, 1989 Race starts 103 BORN: JULY 10, 1991 Marc Marquez Wins 0 Nationality Spanish #93 Nationality Spanish Race starts 94 Pole positions 0 Race starts 36 BORN: FEBRUARY 17, 1993 Wins 0 Podium finishes 0 Wins 0 Nationality Spanish Pole positions 2 World titles 0 Pole positions 0 Race starts 54 Podium finishes 1 Grand Prix debut 2010, Qatar Podium finishes 0 World titles 0 Wins 24 World titles 0 Loris Pole positions 30 Grand Prix debut 2014, Qatar Grand Prix debut 2009, Baz Podium finishes 39 Indianapolis #76 World titles 2 (2014, 2013) Grand Prix debut 2013, Qatar BORN: FEBRUARY 1, 1993 Octo Pramac Nationality French Yakhnich Dani Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Race starts 17 Pedrosa Wins 0 #26 Pole positions 0 Danilo BORN: SEPTEMBER 29, 1985 Stefan Podium finishes 0 Petrucci Nationality Spanish Bradl World titles 0 #9 Race starts 166 #6 Grand Prix debut 2015, Qatar BORN: OCTOBER 24, 1990 Wins 28 BORN: NOVEMBER 29, 1989 Nationality Italian Pole positions 28 Nationality German Race starts 68 Podium finishes 100 LCR Honda Race starts 69 Wins 0 World titles 0 Wins 0 Pole positions 0 Grand Prix debut 2006, Pole positions 1 Cal Podium finishes 1 Espagne Podium finishes 1 Crutchlow World titles 0 RECORD WITH MICHELIN World titles 0 #35 Grand Prix debut 2012, Qatar Wins 6 Grand Prix debut 2012, Qatar Podium finishes 32 BORN: OCTOBER 29, 1985 Alvaro Scott Pole positions 10 Nationality British Redding Bautista Race starts 87 #45 #19 Pole positions 2 BORN: NOVEMBER 21, 1984 Podium finishess 8 BORN: JANUARY 4, 1993 Nationality Spanish World titles 0 Nationality British Race starts 104 Grand Prix debut 2011, Qatar Race starts 36 Wins 0 Wins 0 Pole positions 1 Pole positions 0 Podium finishes 3 Podium finishes 1 World titles 0 World titles 0 Grand Prix debut 2010, Qatar Grand Prix debut 2014, Qatar CALENDAR & RIDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP QAT ARG USA ESP FRA ITA ESP NED DEU AUT CZE GBR SMR ESP JPN AUS MYS ESP Country Losail Rio Hondo Austin Jerez Le Mans Mugello Catalunya Assen Sachsenring Spielberg Brno Silverstone Misano Aragon Motegi Phillip Island Sepang Tormo 20/03 03/04 10/04 24/04 08/05 22/05 05/06 26/06 17/07 14/08 21/08 04/09 11/09 25/09 16/10 23/10 30/10 13/11 WINS & Position - rider PODIUMS 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 W - 1 Andrea Dovizioso #4 PD - W - 2 Stefan Bradl #6 PD - W - 3 Hector Barbera #8 PD - riders W - 4 Danilo Petrucci #9 PD - & W - 5 Alvaro Bautista #19 PD - W - 6 Maverick Vinales #25 PD - W - 7 Dani Pedrosa #26 PD - W - 8 Andrea Iannone #29 PD - W - 9 Cal Crutchlow #35 PD - W - 10 Bradley Smith #38 PD - W - 11 Aleix Espargaro #41 PD - W - 12 Jack Miller #43 PD - W - 13 Pol Espargaro #44 PD - W - 14 Scott Redding #45 PD - Calendar W - 15 Valentino Rossi #46 PD - W - 16 Eugène Laverty #50 PD - W - 17 Tito Rabat #53 PD - W - 18 Yonny Hernandez #68 PD - W - 19 Loris Baz #76 PD - W - 20 Marc Marquez #93 PD - W - 21 Jorge Lorenzo #99 PD - Michelin range 15 000 The number of kilometres 2016 Season covered by a rider in the course of the championship (races + practice) Michelin power slick 22 The maximum number of tyres a rider can use during a race weekend (free practice, qualifying, warm-up and race) Front 1 400 The number of tyres taken to each grand prix Hard Medium soft 120°c Operating temperature of a rear slick rear 100°C Operating temperature of a front slick Michelin Michelin power inter power rain Michelin’s MotoGP staff 2 Developers 7 Front Technicians 2 Intermediate Soft Hard Managers 9 Fitters 5 rear Trucks 1 Hospitality unit michelinmotorsport.com.