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Asymmetry in America
www.bridgestonemotorsport.com USA 09 25/07/2010 TYRE Talk asYmmetry in america Tohru Ubukata - Manager, Bridgestone Motorcycle Tyre Development This year Bridgestone have selected Laguna Seca is the shortest circuit on the asymmetric rear slick tyres for the United calendar with a short main straight of just States Grand Prix, having listened to calls 0.9km, meaning the tyres spend less time Laguna Seca is the shortest circuit on the from riders following last year’s race at upright and therefore have less time to cool calendar but this doesn’t make it any easier for the Laguna Seca. down, resulting in higher tyre temperatures tyres. The Corkscrew is a really demanding corner with the fast change of direction and elevation and a strong The asymmetric rear slicks comprise a than the ambient and track conditions front tyre is very important to cope with the elevation harder compound in the left shoulder, for would suggest. changes. Performance through the right-handed improved durability and stability at high corners is critical, and this is where we have focussed temperature, and a softer compound in our improvements this year. the right shoulder, for improved warm-up performance. This softer right shoulder This year Bridgestone Last year we saw some crashes through turn ten during qualifying and we spoke at length with the will be particularly beneficial through turns have selected asymmetric riders, listened carefully to what they three, four and ten, the circuit’s main right- rear slicks for laguna in had to say and deeply analysed the handed corners. response to rider calls from situation, and as a result we have last year’s Us GP selected asymmetric rear tyres for this year to give the riders more confidence and better grip through the right-handers. -
How Does Motogp Work? There Are Seventeen Races Spread Across the World in the Motogp Championship
world championship 2006 season review MotoGP is the pinnacle of motorcycle racing competition. Sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme and run by Dorna, MotoGP pits the world’s best riders against each other on the best motorcycles from the biggest manufacturers in the industry. how does motogp work? There are seventeen races spread across the world in the MotoGP championship. Each race is a set number of laps per track (usually Jerez Losail Circuit Istanbul Park Circuit Shanghai Circuit Le Mans Mugello Circuit de Catalunya Assen 03/26/06 - Jerez de la Frontera, Spain 04/08/06 - Losail, Qatar 04/30/06 - Istanbul, Turkey 05/14/06 - Shanghai, China 05/21/06 - Le Mans, France 06/04/06 - Mugello, Italy 06/18/06 - Barcelona, Spain 06/24/06 - Assen, the Netherlands 20-30), with no pit-stops allowed. Teams consist of two riders WINNERS TIME PTS TOTAL PTS WINNERS TIME PTS TOTAL PTS WINNERS TIME PTS TOTAL PTS WINNERS TIME PTS TOTAL PTS WINNERS TIME PTS TOTAL PTS WINNERS TIME PTS TOTAL PTS WINNERS TIME PTS TOTAL PTS WINNERS TIME PTS TOTAL PTS supported by a manufacturer (such as Honda, Suzuki). Teams Capirossi 45m 57.733s 25 25 Rossi 43m 22.229s 25 27 Melandri 41m 54.065 25 45 Pedrosa 44m 07.734s 25 57 Melandri 44m 57.369s 25 79 Rossi 42m 39.610s 25 65 Rossi 41m 31.237s 25 90 Hayden 42m 27.404s 25 144 Pedrosa 46m 2.108s 20 20 Hayden 43m 23.129s 20 36 Stoner 41m 54.265 20 41 Hayden 44m 09.239s 20 72 Capirossi 44m 59.298s 20 79 Capirossi 42m 40.185s 20 99 Hayden 41m 35.746s 20 119 Nakano 42m 32.288s 20 57 arrive at each circuit on Thursday, practice on Friday, qualify (by Hayden 46m 7.729s 16 16 Capirossi 43m 23.723s 16 41 Hayden 41m 59.523s 16 52 Edwards 44m 22.368s 16 35 Pedrosa 44m 59.638s 16 73 Hayden 42m 40.345s 16 99 Roberts Jr 41m 40.411s 16 44 Pedrosa 42m 34.929s 16 102 lap times) on Saturday, and race on Sunday. -
Motogp Hits Half Distance
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. -
MASTER COMUNICAZIONE E MEDIA NEL MOTORSPORT Edizione 2021
MASTER COMUNICAZIONE E MEDIA NEL MOTORSPORT Edizione 2021 Giugno - Novembre 2021 148 ore con workshop pratici Maranello (Mo), Fornovo di Taro (Pr) Virtual Room CHI SIAMO EXPERIS ACADEMY Experis Academy è il training center di Experis, brand di ManpowerGroup, in grado di specializzare verticalmente i professionisti, attraverso un'offerta formativa innovativa in continuo sviluppo e tematiche in linea con le esigenze del mercato. Experis Academy nasce nel 2014 a Maranello (MO) ed oggi è presente in tutto il territorio italiano con sedi nei parchi tecnologici del Kilometro Rosso (BG), Human & Technology Training Center (RE) ed Elis (RM). Experis Academy è presente anche a Fornovo di Taro (PR), con il laboratorio compositi più grande d'Europa e Catania (CT). Obiettivo di Experis Academy è formare giovani e professionisti attraverso un percorso formativo non convenzionale che vede salire in cattedra come docenti i professionisti motorsport provenienti dalle aziende partner Academy. Il Master si svolge secondo un format unico che prevede lezioni teoriche alternate a workshop pratici e totalmente immersivi, che permettono ai partecipanti di assimilare rapidamente gli insegnamenti e consigli forniti in aula. Il futuro appartiene a chi riesce a coglierne le opportunità. Costruisci il tuo con Experis Academy! PROFESSIONISTI MOTORSPORT IN AULA ANTONIO BOSELLI ALBERTO BASSI Giornalista sportivo Dallara Academy Coordinator Sky Sport Dallara Antonio lavora a Sky Sport dal 2003, si è diplomato in lingue Alberto Bassi è nato a Parma nel 1987, cresciuto a Varano De’ nel 1995 e si è laureato in Scienze Internazionali e Melegari (Parma), si laurea in Scienze della Comunicazione Diplomatiche all’Università di Bologna nel 2002. -
R Practice CLASSIFICATION
Losail Circuit Computerised results and timing service 125cc COMMERCIALBANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR Warm Up 5380 m. Classification 16 Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Master - MVA Aspar Team APRILIA 2'09.623 7 9 208.6 2 75 Mattia PASINI ITA Master - MVA Aspar Team APRILIA 2'09.879 7 7 0.256 0.256 210.6 3 14 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Humangest Racing Team HONDA 2'10.081 8 8 0.458 0.202 207.9 4 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Red Bull KTM GP 125 KTM 2'10.262 9 9 0.639 0.181 217.4 5 33 Sergio GADEA SPA Master - MVA Aspar Team APRILIA 2'10.353 8 8 0.730 0.091 206.3 6 22 Pablo NIETO SPA Multimedia Racing APRILIA 2'10.451 7 8 0.828 0.098 214.4 7 1 Thomas LUTHI SWI Elit - Caffe Latte HONDA 2'10.491 9 9 0.868 0.040 206.2 8 10 Angel RODRIGUEZ SPA 3C Racing APRILIA 2'10.608 7 7 0.985 0.117 210.7 9 24 Simone CORSI ITA Squadra Corse Metis Gilera GILERA 2'10.851 9 9 1.228 0.243 211.5 10 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Multimedia Racing APRILIA 2'10.914 9 9 1.291 0.063 208.4 11 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Derbi Racing DERBI 2'11.236 8 8 1.613 0.322 214.3 12 32 Fabrizio LAI ITA Valsir Seedorf Racing HONDA 2'11.389 8 8 1.766 0.153 205.8 13 60 Julian SIMON SPA Red Bull KTM GP 125 KTM 2'11.652 8 8 2.029 0.263 204.2 14 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA FFM Honda Grand Prix 125 HONDA 2'12.012 8 8 2.389 0.360 204.6 15 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Wurth Honda BQR HONDA 2'12.016 5 8 2.393 0.004 210.9 16 12 Federico SANDI ITA SSM Racing APRILIA 2'12.022 8 8 2.399 0.006 208.3 17 6 Joan OLIVE SPA SSM Racing APRILIA 2'12.542 6 9 2.919 0.520 212.4 18 26 Vincent BRAILLARD -
Moto2 MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE Race 4185 M
Le Mans Computerised results and timing service provided by TISSOT Moto2 MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE Race 4185 m. Classification after 26 laps = 108.81 km 17 Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total Time Km/h Gap 1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol SUTER 43'03.308 151.633 2 20 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 43'05.290 151.517 1.982 3 16 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing KALEX 43'05.545 151.502 2.237 4 13 60 Julian SIMON SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 SUTER 43'05.657 151.495 2.349 5 11 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 SUTER 43'05.917 151.480 2.609 6 10 40 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pons HP 40 PONS KALEX 43'15.603 150.915 12.295 7 9 3 Simone CORSI ITA Ioda Racing Project FTR 43'22.047 150.541 18.739 8 8 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP SUTER 43'22.226 150.531 18.918 9 7 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Tech 3 Racing TECH 3 43'23.716 150.444 20.408 10 6 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM JIR Moto2 MOTOBI 43'23.874 150.435 20.566 11 5 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA NGM Forward Racing SUTER 43'26.533 150.282 23.225 12 4 4 Randy KRUMMENACHE SWI GP Team Switzerland Kiefer Ra KALEX 43'26.667 150.274 23.359 13 3 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA HP Tuenti Speed Up FTR 43'26.984 150.256 23.676 14 2 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 43'28.064 150.194 24.756 15 1 76 Max NEUKIRCHNER GER MZ Racing Team MZ-RE HONDA 43'28.371 150.176 25.063 16 45 Scott REDDING GBR Marc VDS Racing Team SUTER 43'32.895 149.916 29.587 17 9 Kenny NOYES USA Avintia-STX FTR 43'36.111 149.732 32.803 18 19 Xavier SIMEON BEL Tech 3 B TECH 3 43'36.305 -
2009 Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season
2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 61st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship 2009 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle season. The season consisted out of 17 races for the MotoGP class and 16 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, racing season beginning with the Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix on 12 April 2009 and ending with the Valencian Community Previous: 2008 Next: 2010 motorcycle Grand Prix on 8 November. 2009 World Champions Contents Preseason Cost-cutting measures Kawasaki withdrawal and return Season review MotoGP 250cc class 125cc class 2009 Grand Prix season calendar Calendar changes Regulation changes Valentino Rossi became the Sporting regulations MotoGP world champion Technical regulations 2009 Grand Prix season results Participants MotoGP participants 250cc participants 125cc participants Standings MotoGP riders' standings 250cc riders' standings 250cc wildcard and replacement riders results 125cc riders' standings 125cc wildcard and replacement riders results Constructors' standings MotoGP Hiroshi Aoyama became the 250cc 250cc world champion 125cc References Sources Preseason Julián Simón became the 125cc Cost-cutting measures world champion As announced during 2008, MotoGP class switched to a single-tyre manufacturer. The move was made to try to improve safety by reducing cornering speeds, and in a marginal way for cost reasons; the winner was decided by bid.[1] Michelin, one of the two tyre suppliers in 2008, decided not to bid for the supply,[2] effectively declaring Bridgestone the winner, which was confirmed on 18 October 2008.[3] Bridgestone will be the sole tyre supplier from 2009 to 2011. Only race spec tyres will be provided to the teams, eliminating qualifying tyres, in use until 2008. -
R Practice CLASSIFICATION
Mugello Computerised results and timing service provided by TISSOT Dry Session MotoGP GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA ALICE Qualifying Practice 5245 m. Classification 10 Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'48.987 29 30 339.0 2 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'49.008 21 21 0.021 0.021 336.9 3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'49.121 26 27 0.134 0.113 331.5 4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'49.148 26 28 0.161 0.027 336.8 5 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'49.499 25 26 0.512 0.351 327.4 6 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'49.547 17 23 0.560 0.048 337.5 7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'49.648 24 25 0.661 0.101 332.0 8 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'50.073 20 22 1.086 0.425 334.8 9 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'50.078 18 22 1.091 0.005 338.1 10 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP HONDA 1'50.305 23 27 1.318 0.227 332.2 11 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'50.405 24 29 1.418 0.100 321.2 12 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'50.448 23 25 1.461 0.043 336.6 13 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'50.528 14 21 1.541 0.080 339.8 14 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'50.537 24 24 1.550 0.009 327.6 15 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'50.710 5 24 1.723 0.173 339.4 16 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'50.924 25 26 1.937 0.214 333.5 17 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'51.008 25 27 2.021 0.084 342.0 Practice condition:Dry Fastest Lap: Lap: 29 Jorge LORENZO 1'48.987 173.25 Km/h Air: 25° Circuit Record Lap: 2008 Casey STONER 1'50.003 171.649 Km/h Humidity: 22% Circuit Best Lap: 2008 Valentino ROSSI 1'48.130 174.623 Km/h Ground: 42° The results are provisional until the end of the limit for protest and appeals. -
R Practice CLASSIFICATION
osail International Circu Results and timing service provided by MotoGP COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR Free Practice Nr. 3 5380 m. Classification 10 Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'54.822 15 16 345.0 2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR CWM LCR Honda HONDA 1'54.918 14 16 0.096 0.096 339.7 3 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'54.992 314 0.1700.074 345.0 4 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'54.994 12 13 0.172 0.002 331.1 5 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'55.024 316 0.2020.030 345.4 6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'55.044 15 16 0.222 0.020 344.1 7 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'55.102 12 14 0.280 0.058 344.2 8 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'55.108 16 18 0.286 0.006 335.2 9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'55.192 15 17 0.370 0.084 336.8 10 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'55.328 15 17 0.506 0.136 340.2 11 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing DUCATI 1'55.396 10 12 0.574 0.068 342.9 12 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS HONDA 1'55.447 16 17 0.625 0.051 341.6 13 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'55.676 12 12 0.854 0.229 333.1 14 6 Stefan BRADL GER Athinà Forward Racing YAMAHA FORWARD 1'55.694 14 17 0.872 0.018 335.5 15 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'55.777 15 17 0.955 0.083 341.6 16 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Aspar MotoGP Team HONDA 1'55.789 13 16 0.967 0.012 330.8 17 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing DUCATI 1'55.866 312 1.0440.077 -
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WSBK Season 2016 Assen Text: Philippa Keizer the Ever Popular
WSBK Season 2016 Assen text: Philippa Keizer The ever popular World Superbikes Championship Series enters its 25th season and continues with 2 races per meeting. But there are important changes in the schedule for the WSBK race meetings this year: Superpole qualifying is on Saturday morning and race one early in the afternoon. Race two is on Sunday. Chaz Davies and Davide Giugliano are in the Aruba.it Racing team on Ducati 1199 Panigale R. Xavi Forés is in the Barni Racing Team; Fabio Menghi is also to ride a Ducati; and in Australia Mike Jones rides a Duc with a wildcard. Matteo Baiocco joins the VFT Team from Thailand. Main competition is to be expected from champ Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes on Kawasaki; Michael van der Mark and Nicky Hayden on Honda; Sylvain Guintoli and Alex Lowes on Yamaha; Alex de Angelis and Lorenzo Savadori are on Aprilia and Leon Camier on MV Agusta. The season starts at Philip Island at the end of February, where the Aruba Ducati riders qualify well, in 2nd and 9th, and in race one join the lead group. Chaz Davies takes a second place, and in race two has a chance of victory, but slips off on the final lap. He still finishes the race in 10th place. David Giugliano takes to the podium in 2nd, after missing the podium in race one by 0,6 seconds. Jonathan Rea takes the double victory and Michael van der Mark is on the podium twice: 3rd and 2nd. In Thailand Davies takes 3rd place in race 2, and in Aragon, Spain, he takes a double victory. -
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