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mugello italy 08 03/07/2011

Asymmetric tyres for Mugello this year The fast and flowing Mugello circuit is a now softer than they were last year with this uncommon; there are a proliferation of long and fan favourite but particularly demanding introduction of asymmetric rear slicks, meaning high speed corners which demand good edge on tyres because of the high speed, heavy improved warm-up performance and grip on grip; and several downhill heavy braking areas braking and marked elevation changes. the lesser-used side of the tyres. that place high loads on the front tyres. In response, and as part of work to There are several facets of Mugello that ensure ongoing improvement, this year combine to make it such a challenge for tyres. will bring asymmetric rear slick The circuit is grippy and abrasive which means tyres to the 5.245km Italian venue. that tyre wear is generally higher; temperature With nine right-handed corners and six is usually high in the region with track lefts, the left shoulders of the rear tyres are temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius not

This year, asymmetric rear slicks have been selected by Bridgestone with softer compound left-shoulders to provide improved warm-up performance

Event schedule Local Time S : SPEED TRAP Friday 1 : CORNER NUMBER 09:15-09:55 125cc Free Practice 1 1 : GEAR SELECTION / SPEED km/h : SECTOR 1 San Donato 10:10-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 1 Correntaio 90km/h : SECTOR 2 105km/h 2 11:10-11:55 Moto2 Free Practice 1 : SECTOR 3 185km/h 2 320km/h 13:15-13:55 125cc Free Practice 2 3 6 1 Palagio 12 14:10-14:55 MotoGP Free Practice 2 120km/h Scarperia S 2 15:10-15:55 Moto2 Free Practice 2 105km/h 2 10 13 11 Luco Saturday Biondetti 2 2 115km/h 14 09:15-09:55 125cc Free Practice 3

3 10:10-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 3 Arrabbiata 2 Bucine 155km/h 3 9 15 3 115km/h 11:10-11:55 Moto2 Free Practice 3 Materassi 2 13:00-13:40 125cc Qualifying Practice 4 115km/h Poggio Secco 7 13:55-14:55 MotoGP Qualifying Practice 2 15:10-15:55 Moto2 Qualifying Practice Arrabbiata 1 5 120km/h 175km/h 3 8 3 6 135km/h SUNday Savelli 2 3 130km/h 08:40-09:00 125cc Warm Up 135km/h Borgo San Lorenzo Casanova 09:10-09:30 Moto2 Warm Up 09:40-10:00 MotoGP Warm Up 11:00 125cc Race (20 Laps) 12:15 Moto2 Race (21 Laps) 14:00 MotoGP Race (23 Laps) Circuit RECORDS Circuit information 1m 48.130s (174.623km/h) First race 1976 tyre severity rating (Yamaha, 2008) No. of GPs held 25 mild severe Fastest lap 1m 49.531s (172.389km/h) Laps 23 (MotoGP) 21 (Moto2) 20 (125cc) (, 2010) Track length 5.245km / 3.259 miles (Width 14m) Race time 42m 28.066s ( 170.43km/h) Race distance 120.635km / 74.957 miles Centre Centre Left Right Left Right Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2010) Longest straight 1.141km / 0.709 miles 2010 Winner Dani Pedrosa (Honda) Corners 15 (6 left, 9 right) Front : MEDIUM / hard Rear : medium / hard

Source : www.motogp.com & Haynes MotoGP Season Review. Information subject to change tyre talk Hirohide Hamashima - Assistant to Director, Bridgestone Motorsport Tyre Development Division

Mugello is one of the fastest circuits on the calendar and is tough on tyres because of this “The track surface is grippy and abrasive and there are significant elevation changes which speed, the track temperature that can reach above 50 degrees Celsius, and its technically add to the challenge. The numerous heavy braking points, especially those that are downhill, demanding nature. Run one month later this year, in the height of European summer, track demand a strong front tyre for good braking stability, whilst the many high speed corners temperature will potentially play even more of an important role. With tyre wear likely to be require good stability and shoulder grip from the rear tyre. Around the left-handers, this is higher with the increased temperature, bike setup and riding style must be optimised to use where our asymmetric rear slicks will be of particular benefit. Top speed is one of the highest the tyres in the most efficient way. This year we have selected asymmetric rear slick tyres of the season and this puts significant strain on the centre section of the tyres so a strong for Mugello to improve warm-up performance on the left side and give the riders a more carcass and construction are required for straight-line stability. consistent feeling throughout the lap through the nine right-hand corners and the six lefts. Teams and riders Teams and riders order based on 2010 team championship position. *Most recent performance listed.

Machine: Yamaha YZR-M1 Machine: Honda RC212V Yamaha Factory Racing Web: www.yamaha-racing.com TEAM Web: www.hondaproracing.com

Jorge Lorenzo Bike number 1 Dani Pedrosa Bike number 26 Age: 24 DOB: 4/5/1987 Nationality: Spanish Age: 25 DOB: 29/9/1985 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 59 (MotoGP) GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 88 (MotoGP) Wins: 15 Poles: 17 Fastest laps: 9 Podiums: 38 Points: 942 Wins: 13 Poles: 17 Fastest laps: 24 Podiums: 50 Points: 1246 Best championship position: 1st (2010) Best championship position: 2nd (2010*) Ben Spies Bike number 11 Bike number 4 Age: 27 DOB: 11/7/1984 Nationality: American Age: 25 DOB: 23/3/1986 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: GBR08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 28 (MotoGP) GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 60 (MotoGP) Wins: 1 Poles: 1 Fastest laps: 1 Podiums: 4 Points: 266 Wins: 1 Poles: 1 Fastest laps: 1 Podiums: 12 Points: 635 Best championship position: 6th (2010) Best championship position: 5th (2010*) Bike number 27 Machine: GP11 Age: 25 DOB: 16/10/1985 Nationality: Australian Ducati Team Web: www.ducati.com GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 90 (MotoGP) Wins: 27 Poles: 26 Fastest laps: 22 Podiums: 49 Points: 1347 Valentino Rossi Bike number 46 Best championship position: 1st (2007) Age: 32 DOB: 16/2/1979 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: RSA00 (500cc) GP Starts: 188 (MotoGP/500cc) Machine: Yamaha YZR-M1 Wins: 79 Poles: 49 Fastest laps: 66 Podiums: 140 Points: 3398 MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 Web: www.teamtech3.fr Best championship position: 1st (x7, 2009*) Bike number 69 Bike number 5 Age: 29 DOB: 30/7/1981 Nationality: American Age: 37 DOB: 27/2/1974 Nationality: American GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 141 (MotoGP) GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 143 (MotoGP) Wins: 3 Poles: 5 Fastest laps: 7 Podiums: 28 Points: 1325 Wins: 0 Poles: 3 Fastest laps: 3 Podiums: 12 Points: 1100 Best championship position: 1st (2006) Best championship position: 4th (2005) Cal Crutchlow Bike number 35 Machine: Honda RC212V Age: 25 DOB: 29/10/1985 Nationality: British San Carlo Honda Gresini Web: www.gresiniracing.com GP Debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 6 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles:0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 32 Bike number 58 Best championship position: NA Age: 24 DOB: 20/1/1987 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 25 (MotoGP) Machine: GSV-R Wins: 0 Poles: 2 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 164 Rizla SUZUKI MOTOGP Web: www.rizla-suzuki-motogp.co.uk Best championship position: 8th (2010) Bike number 7 Álvaro Bautista Bike number 19 Age: 29 DOB: 25/10/1981 Nationality: Japanese Age: 26 DOB: 21/11/1984 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 19 (MotoGP) GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 22 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 104 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 112 Best championship position: 15th (2010) Best championship position: 13th (2010)

Machine: Honda RC212V Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP11 LCR Honda MotoGP Web: www.lcr.mc Team Web: www.pramacracing.com

Toni Elias Bike number 24 Bike number 65 Age: 28 DOB: 26/03/1983 Nationality: Spanish Age: 38 DOB: 4/4/1973 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: SPA05 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 86 (MotoGP) GP Debut: AUS95 (500cc) GP Starts: 210 (MotoGP/500cc) Wins: 1 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 3 Podiums: 6 Points: 535 Wins: 9 Poles: 13 Fastest laps: 10 Podiums: 42 Points: 1819 Best championship position: 7th (2009) Best championship position: 3rd (2006*) Bike number 14 Age: 30 DOB: 14/2/1981 Nationality: French GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 94 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 2 Points: 438 top results on bridgestone tyres Best championship position: 9th (2010)

RIDER TITLEs WINS 2NDs 3RDs poDIUMS polES Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP11 Web: www.teamaspar.net Valentino Rossi 2 17 12 11 40 10 mapfre Aspar Team Casey Stoner 1 27 9 12 48 25 Héctor Barberá Bike number 8 1 14 13 5 32 13 Age: 24 DOB: 2/11/1986 Nationality: Spanish Dani Pedrosa - 7 11 8 26 7 GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 25 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 128 Loris Capirossi - 6 7 4 17 5 Best championship position: 12th (2010) Makoto Tamada - 2 1 1 4 3 Chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP11 Andrea Dovizioso - 1 5 5 11 1 Cardion AB Motoracing Web: www.karelabraham.com - 1 - - 1 - - - 3 1 4 - Karel Abraham Bike number 17 Age: 21 DOB: 02/01/1990 Nationality: Czech Toni Elias - - 2 3 5 - GP Debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 7 (MotoGP) John Hopkins - - 1 3 4 1 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 33 Ben Spies - 1 1 2 4 1 Best championship position: NA - - 1 1 2 - Randy de Puniet - - 1 1 2 - Jr - - 1 - 1 1 - - 1 - 1 - Colin Edwards - - 1 1 2 - bridgestone fact Oliver Jacque - - 1 - 1 - Nicky Hayden - - - 3 3 - Mugello is one of the fastest circuits on the calendar - - - 2 2 - with an average speed of 172.39km/h set by Pedrosa Alex Barros - - - 1 1 - Marco Simoncelli - - - - - 2 last year, though more impressive is his 2009 top speed Jeremy McWilliams - - - - 0 1 record of 349.3km/h Sete Gibernau - - - - 0 1 total 4 77 74 67 218 74

Current riders in black calendar & riders’ championship

Soft Losail Jerez Estoril Le Mans Catalunya Silverstone Assen Mugello Sachsenring Laguna Brno Indianapolis Misano Motorland Motegi Phillip Island Sepang Valencia Available Medium Seca Aragon Hard QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR HOL ITA GER USA CZE IND RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL tyre Extra Hard compounds: Wet 20/03/11 03/04/11 01/05/11 15/05/11 05/06/11 12/06/11 25/06/11 03/07/11 17/07/11 24/07/11 14/08/11 28/08/11 04/09/11 18/09/11 02/10/11 16/10/11 23/10/11 06/11/11 Medium Medium Soft Soft Medium Soft Soft Medium Hard ALLOCATED - FRONT TYRES Ex. Hard Hard Medium Medium Hard Medium Medium Hard Ex. Hard Medium Soft Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium ALLOCATED - REAR TYRES Hard Medium Hard Soft Hard Hard Hard Hard Hard 19º 17º 20º 18º 20º 11º 14º RACE WEATHER CONDITIONS 20º 15º 38º 33º 25º 10º 16º RACE TRACK CONDITIONS DRY WET DRY DRY DRY WET DRY

TOTAL WINS PTS POSITION - RIDER PODIUM 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 W 4 1 1 AC - 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 Casey Stoner (27) 136 F F F F F F F PD 6 R 25 R -- R 16 R 25 R 25 R 25 R 20 W 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 4 5 2 3 AC - 3 6 4 2 Jorge Lorenzo (1) 108 F F F F F F F PD 4 R 20 R 25 R 20 R 13 R 20 R -- R 10 W - 4 7 12 6 4 6 2 3 4 5 2 5 3 5 3 Andrea Dovizioso (4) 99 F F F F F F F PD 3 R 13 R 4 R 13 R 20 R 13 R 20 R 16 W - 7 9 512 5 9 3 9 5 7 613 411 4 Valentino Rossi (46) 81 F F F F F F F PD 1 R 9 R 11 R 11 R 16 R 11 R 10 R 13 W - 913 311 913 710 8 8 4 7 5 9 5 Nicky Hayden (69) 71 F F F F F F F PD 1 R 7 R 16 R 7 R 9 R 8 R 13 R 11 W 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 AC - 4 DNS - - DNS - - DNS - - 6 Dani Pedrosa (26) 61 F F F F PD 3 R 16 R 20 R 25 R ------W 1 6 5 AC - 4 AC - 5 6 8 3 4 AC - 4 1 2 7 Ben Spies (11) 61 F F F F F F F PD 2 R 10 R -- R -- R 10 R 16 R -- R 25 W - 1012 410 711 813 AC -11 911 812 8 Hiroshi Aoyama (7) 51 F F F F F F F PD - R 6 R 13 R 9 R 8 R -- R 7 R 8 W - 810 AC - 8 6 7 13 7 DNS - - 3 8 7 8 9 Colin Edwards (5) 46 F F F F F F PD 1 R 8 R -- R 10 R 3 -- R 16 R 9 W - 5 4 AC - 5 AC - 2 5 2 6 1 AC - 2 9 1 10 Marco Simoncelli (58) 39 F F F F F F F PD - R 11 R -- R -- R 11 R 10 R -- R 7 W - 12 6 613 AC -10 914 1110 1112 1213 11 Hector Barbera (8) 35 F F F F F F F PD - R 4 R 10 R -- R 7 R 5 R 5 R 4 W - AC -16 917 1117 1117 1314 814 1016 12 Toni Elias (24) 34 F F F F F F F PD - R -- R 7 R 5 R 5 R 3 R 8 R 6 W - 1315 716 AC -12 1016 1015 7 6 AC - 7 13 Karel Abraham (17) 33 F F F F F F F PD - R 3 R 9 R -- R 6 R 6 R 9 R -- W - 11 8 8 9 8 8 AC - 6 7 6 DNS -16 14 6 14 Cal Crutchlow (35) 32 F F F F F F PD - R 5 R 8 R 8 R -- R 9 -- R 2 W - DNS -17 DNS - -- 1315 1212 12 9 5 9 1114 15 Álvaro Bautista (19) 27 F F F F F PD - -- -- R 3 R 4 R 4 R 11 R 5 W - RT -14 1115 1214 AC -15 913 1015 DNS -15 16 Loris Capirossi (65) 22 F F F F F F PD - R -- R 5 R 4 R -- R 7 R 6 -- W - AC -11 AC - 7 1016 AC -11 AC -12 1210 AC -10 17 Randy De Puniet (14) 10 F F F F F F F PD - R -- R -- R 6 R -- R -- R 4 R -- W - - - 1014 ------18 John Hopkins (21) 6 F PD - -- R 6 ------W ------1317 19 (64) 3 F PD ------R 3 race A C A : Reason retired B : Final race position C : Grid position D : Championship points F : Front tyre choice at start R : Rear tyre choice at start : Tyre changes AC : Accident DQ : Disqualified RT : Retired DNS : Did not start F B key: R D

constructors’ championship 1. Honda - 165 2. Yamaha - 139 3. Ducati - 89 4. Suzuki - 33 teams’ championship 1. Repsol Honda Team - 199 2. Yamaha Factory Racing - 169 4. San Carlo Honda Gresini - 85 7. LCR Honda MotoGP - 34 3. Ducati Team - 152 5. Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - 78 8. Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - 33 6. Mapfre Aspar Team - 35 9. Cardion AB Motoracing - 33 10. Pramac Racing - 32 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 10 Teams - 19 Riders 7 - - 7 (x4 Stoner) 7 21 (x1 Lorenzo) (x1 Pedrosa) (x1 Spies)

Total 160 4 4 77 74 218 team news

Spies on a high Dovizioso keen for home support After a difficult start to the year for new It may be wishful thinking or optimism, Yamaha Factory Racing recruit Ben Spies, but after a wet Dutch TT podium-finisher fortunes have been turned around and his Andrea Dovizioso quipped about Mugello: season is really taking off at the busiest “It’s normally really hot; maybe it will be too period for the MotoGP circus. Catalunya was hot! It’s nice to go to Mugello with the new the turning point, “Silverstone was good apart surface. It’s a good track and with the fans from the 45minutes on Sunday”, and now for Italian riders is really special.” Whatever he’s taken his first win at Assen. “The win is it is, it’s a thought shared by most of the Stoner eager for Mugello as good as it gets” said Spies last Saturday. “I paddock, most of whom would appreciate definitely didn’t think the win would happen “It hasn’t been the best year for weather but more dry running and the valuable data than in the first year [with a factory team] but it all it seems to go in cycles” said Casey Stoner, it provides. came together, and it definitely needed to.” commenting on the fact that most of this year’s races have been markedly cooler or wetter than last season. “Last year there was barely any wet running. It’s nice to go to Mugello and have nice weather. We cross our fingers and hope for dry running. I love the track and have heard the new surface is good, so I’m looking forward to going there.”

bridgestone fact Rossi has an enviable record at Mugello: his win in 2008 was his seventh in succession. The only other rider to record successive wins at Mugello in the premier class is Mick Doohan who won five between 1994 and 1998

fastest race lap last year’s race Dani Pedrosa, Honda - Lap 5 - Time: 1m 49.531s - Average speed: 172.389 km/h

2010 qualifying times 2010 race results top av. rider Team km/h time gap rider Team time km/h gap

1 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 329.3 1m48.819s 1 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 42m28.066s 170.437 2 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 324.8 1m48.996s +0.177s 2 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 42m32.080s 170.169 +4.014s 3 Casey Stoner Ducati Team 339.3 1m49.432s +0.613s 3 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 42m34.262s 170.024 +6.196s 4 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 336.4 1m49.546s +0.727s 4 Casey Stoner Ducati Team 42m53.769s 168.735 +25.703s 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3a 323.9 1m49.683s +0.864s 5 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 42m53.801s 168.733 +25.735s 6 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 323.9 1m49.737s +0.918s 6 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 42m54.031s 168.718 +25.965s 7 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 320.4 1m49.861s +1.042s 7 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 42m56.872s 168.532 +28.806s 8 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 327.3 1m50.065s +1.246s 8 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing Team 43m08.238s 167.792 +40.172s 9 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing Team 335.2 1m50.168s +1.349s 9 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 43m09.460s 167.712 +41.394s 10 Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten Honda MotoGP 330.4 1m50.224s +1.405s 10 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 43m10.173s 167.666 +42.107s 11 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 327.1 1m50.434s +1.615s 11 Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten Honda MotoGP 43m11.161s 167.602 +43.095s 12 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 322.8 1m50.479s +1.660s 12 Hector Barbera Paginas Amarillas Aspar 43m11.429s 167.585 +43.363s 13 Hector Barbera Paginas Amarillas Aspar 341.2 1m50.561s +1.742s 13 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 43m42.459s 165.602 +74.393s 14 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 328.9 1m50.664s +1.845s 14 Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 43m52.455s 164.973 +84.389s 15 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Team 338.5 1m50.970s +2.151s NC Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Team 15m06.148s 166.701 15 laps 16 Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 324.7 1m53.243s +4.424s NC Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 9m24.063s 167.374 18 laps 17 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team DNS Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team ------

Bridgestone Motorsport Round-Up IndyCar Dario Franchitti won at the Milwaukee Mile on 19 June, ahead of Graham Rahal and Oriol Servia. The victory means Franchitti is tied at the front of the points standings with Will Power, who are 73 ahead of Servia after eight races. The next race is the Iowa Corn Indy 250 at the Iowa Speedway on 25 June, after this sheet goes to print.

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