SHINJI with the Track Being One of the Fastest Circuits Motogp Q1 14:10 - 14:25 of the Season Make This Circuit Very Demanding Motogp Q2 14:35 - 14:50 for Tyres
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MALAYSIA www.bridgestonemotorsport.com SEPANG 17 25 OCTOBER SULTRY SEPANG IS A SEVERE TEST FOR TYRES The penultimate round of the 2015 MotoGP™ season takes place at Sepang International Circuit, a circuit defined by its high ambient temperatures, humidity and a fast, technical layout. SEPANG FEATURES TWO LONG STRAIGHTS THAT END IN Measuring approximately 5.5 kilometres in length, Sepang features a wide variety of EXTREME BRAKING ZONES WHICH corner types - both low and high speed - with its main feature being two long straights DEMAND HIGH LEVELS OF that end in extreme braking zones that demand high levels of stability from the front 04 STABILITY FROM THE tyre. The technical layout generates significant forces and loads on tyres and overall the FRONT TYRE Sepang circuit is one of the more demanding in terms of tyre development. 03 Two of the rear slick options for the Malaysian Grand Prix – the soft and hard options – S1 06 are symmetric in specification, while the medium rear slick is asymmetric with slightly 05 harder rubber on the right shoulder compared to the left. The rear tyre options for the 02 Factory Honda and Yamaha riders are the medium and hard compound slicks, while the S2 01 Aprilia, Ducati, Suzuki and Open-class riders have the soft and medium compound rear S slicks available. Owing to its severe braking zones and high ambient temperatures, 15 07 the front tyre allocation for Sepang comprises the two hardest front slick tyres in 14 Bridgestone’s range; the medium and hard compound front slicks. 09 08 12 Heavy downpours of rain are not uncommon at Sepang, particularly in the afternoon and 13 10 as ambient and track temperatures are quite warm at this venue the main wet tyre for S3 the Malaysian Grand Prix is the hard compound. The alternative, soft compound wet tyre will also be made available to riders. 11 GRAND PRIX INFORMATION 01 : CORNER NUMBER SCHEDULE TYRE ALLOCATION SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT, MALAYSIA S : SPEED TRAP SHOWING CIRCUIT LOCAL TIME (GMT +8) ROUND 17 - SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX S1 : SECTORS RECORDS CIRCUIT FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER FRONT SLICKS Best Lap 1m 59.791s (166.5Km/h) First race 1999 Moto3 FP1 09:00 - 09:40 Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) No. of GPs held 15 MotoGP FP1 09:55 - 10:40 Race record lap 2m 01.150s (164.7Km/h) Laps 20 (MotoGP) 19 (Moto2) 18 (Moto3) Moto2 FP1 10:55 - 11:40 Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) Track length 5.5km / 3.44 miles (Width 22m) Moto3 FP2 13:10 - 13:50 Race time 40m 45.191s (163.3Km/h) Race distance 110.9km / 68.8 miles (20 Laps) MotoGP FP2 14:05 - 14:50 Medium Hard Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013) Longest straight 920m / 3018.37 ft Moto2 FP2 15:05 - 15:50 2014 Winner Marc Marquez (Honda) Corners 15 (5 left / 10 right) REAR SLICKS - OPEN SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER Moto3 FP3 09:00 - 09:40 TYRE TALK WITH The Sepang circuit has a varied layout with MotoGP FP3 09:55 - 10:40 its main features being its two long straights Moto2 FP3 10:55 - 11:40 Soft Medium and high track temperatures, which often rise Moto3 QP 12:35 - 13:15 above 50 degrees Celsius. These factors, along MotoGP FP4 13:30 - 14:00 REAR SLICKS - FACTORY SHINJI with the track being one of the fastest circuits MotoGP Q1 14:10 - 14:25 of the season make this circuit very demanding MotoGP Q2 14:35 - 14:50 for tyres. The main characteristics the tyres Moto2 QP 15:05 - 15:50 need to have at this circuit is excellent braking stability from the front tyre and good edge SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER Medium Hard AOKIManager, Bridgestone grip and durability from the rear tyre. A good Moto3 WUP 09:40 - 10:00 Motorcycle Tyre bike setup is crucial at this circuit as the grip Moto2 WUP 10:10 - 10:30 level of the track isn’t very good and with the SLICK TYRE SEVERITY Development MotoGP WUP 10:40 - 11:00 SECTION OF TYRE : L : LEFT / C : CENTRE / R : RIGHT high track temperatures, it is easy to overheat Moto3 RACE 12:00 the rear tyres. Although teams have a lot of Moto2 RACE 13:20 C C data on how to set-up their bikes at this circuit MotoGP RACE 15:00 L R L R from the pre-season tests in February, the track conditions for the race in October can be quite different to those in testing. FRONT REAR SOURCE : www.motogp.com INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE < MILD SEVERITY HIGH SEVERITY > ANDREA STEFAN HECTOR DANILO ALEX DE DOVIZIOSO BRADL BARBERA PETRUCCI ANGELIS 4 6 8 9 15 DUCATI TEAM APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI AVINTIA RACING OCTO PRAMAC RACING E-MOTION IODARACING TEAM Ducati Desmosedici GP15 Aprilia Ducati Desmosedici GP14 Ducati Desmosedici GP14 ART Date of birth 23/3/1986 Date of birth 29/11/1989 Date of birth 2/11/1986 Date of birth 24/10/1990 Date of birth 26/2/1984 Nationality Italian Nationality German Nationality Spanish Nationality Italian Nationality Sammarinese Grand Prix Debut QAT08 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT12 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT10 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT12 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 140 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 67 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 101 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 66 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 61 (MotoGP) Wins 1 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Poles 3 Poles 1 Poles 0 Poles 0 Poles 0 Fastest laps 2 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 Podiums 29 Podiums 1 Podiums 0 Podiums 1 Podiums 1 RIDERS LISTED BY RACE NUMBER Points 1466 Points 419 Points 346 Points 167 Points 206 *MOST RECENT PERFORMANCE LISTED Best championship position 3rd (2011) Best championship position 7th (2013) Best championship position 11th (2012*) Best championship position 17th (2013) Best championship position 8th (2009) KAREL ALVARO TONI MAVERICK DANI ANDREA ABRAHAM BAUTISTA ELIAS VIÑALES PEDROSA IANNONE 17 19 24 25 26 29 AB MOTORACING APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI FORWARD RACING TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR REPSOL HONDA TEAM DUCATI TEAM Honda RC213V-RS Aprilia Forward Yamaha Suzuki GSX-RR Honda RC213V Ducati Desmosedici GP15 Date of birth 2/1/1990 Date of birth 21/11/1984 Date of birth 26/3/1983 Date of birth 12/1/1995 Date of birth 29/9/1985 Date of birth 9/8/1989 Nationality Czech Nationality Spanish Nationality Spanish Nationality Spanish Nationality Spanish Nationality Italian Grand Prix Debut QAT11 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT10 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut SPA05 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT15 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut SPA06 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT13 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 67 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 102 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 103 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 16 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 164 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 49 (MotoGP) Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 1 Wins 0 Wins 27 Wins 0 Poles 0 Poles 1 Poles 0 Poles 0 Poles 27 Poles 1 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 1 Fastest laps 3 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 41 Fastest laps 1 Podiums 0 Podiums 3 Podiums 6 Podiums 0 Podiums 98 Podiums 3 Points 161 Points 618 Points 572 Points 84 Points 2447 Points 347 Best championship position 14th (2012*) Best championship position 5th (2012) Best championship position 7th (2009) Best championship position NA Best championship position 2nd (2012*) Best championship position 10th (2014) CAL BRADLEY ALEIX JACK POL SCOTT CRUTCHLOW SMITH ESPARGARO MILLER ESPARGARO REDDING 35 38 41 43 44 45 LCR HONDA MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR LCR HONDA MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 MARC VDS Honda RC213V Yamaha YZR-M1 Suzuki GSX-RR Honda RC213V-RS Yamaha YZR-M1 Honda RC213V Date of birth 29/10/1985 Date of birth 28/11/1990 Date of birth 30/7/1989 Date of birth 18/1/1995 Date of birth 10/6/1991 Date of birth 4/1/1993 Nationality British Nationality British Nationality Spanish Nationality Australian Nationality Spanish Nationality British Grand Prix Debut QAT11 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT13 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut INP09 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT15 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT14 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT14 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 85 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 52 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 92 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 16 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 34 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 34 (MotoGP) Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Poles 2 Poles 0 Poles 2 Poles 0 Poles 0 Poles 0 Fastest laps 1 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 Podiums 8 Podiums 2 Podiums 1 Podiums 0 Podiums 0 Podiums 1 Points 590 Points 395 Points 462 Points 17 Points 232 Points 159 Best championship position 5th (2013) Best championship position 8th (2014) Best championship position 7th (2014) Best championship position NA Best championship position 6th (2014) Best championship position 12th (2014) VALENTINO EUGENE MIKE YONNY ROSSI LAVERTY DI MEGLIO HERNANDEZ RESULTS ON BRIDGESTONE TYRES RIDER TITLES WIN 2ND 3RD PODIUM POLE 1 Jorge Lorenzo 2 38 35 17 90 30 46 50 63 68 2 Casey Stoner 2 38 10 20 68 38 3 Valentino Rossi 2 24 24 27 75 12 MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP ASPAR MOTOGP TEAM AVINTIA RACING OCTO PRAMAC RACING 4 Marc Marquez 2 24 10 4 38 30 Yamaha YZR-M1 Honda RC213V-RS Ducati Desmosedici GP14 Ducati Desmosedici GP14 5 Dani Pedrosa - 21 30 22 73 17 6 Loris Capirossi - 6 7 4 17 5 Date of birth 16/2/1979 Date of birth 3/6/1986 Date of birth 17/1/1988 Date of birth 25/7/1988 7 Makoto Tamada - 2 1 1 4 3 Nationality Italian Nationality Irish Nationality French Nationality Columbian 8 Andrea Dovizioso - 1 11 16 28 3 Grand Prix Debut RSA00 (MotoGP/500cc) Grand Prix Debut QAT15 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT14 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT12 (MotoGP) 9 Chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 Grand Prix Starts 268 (MotoGP/500cc) Grand Prix Starts 16 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 34 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 67 (MotoGP) 10 Ben Spies - 1 2 3 6 1 Wins 86 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 11 Troy Bayliss - 1 - - 1 - Poles 51 Poles