SACHSENRING www.bridgestonemotorsport.com GERMANY 09 12 JULY ASYMMETRIC FRONT SLICK MAKES 2015 DEBUT AT SACHSENRING Round nine of the 2015 MotoGP™ season takes place at Germany’s Sachsenring; a technical circuit with abrasive tarmac and fast left-hand turns that makes it one the most punishing tracks for tyres. WITH TEN LEFT-HAND TURNS COMPARED TO JUST THREE RIGHT-HANDERS, THE SACHSENRING SACHSENKURVE IS EXTREMELY PUNISHING ON THE LEFT SHOULDER OF THE TYRES 12 With ten left-hand turns compared to just three right-handers, the Sachsenring is S3 extremely punishing on the left shoulder of the tyres. Conversely, the lack of right- AUDI-BRUCKE hand turns means superior warm-up performance for the right shoulder of the tyres is 10 11 a key requirement at this circuit. 01 S 09 To provide a good balance between warm-up performance and, braking and corner 13 stability, Bridgestone will include its innovative asymmetric front slick in its tyre 05 02 QUECKENBERG allocation for the German Grand Prix – the first time this specification of front slick S1 06 has been made available in 2015 year. The asymmetric front slick will be identified 04 with a light blue stripe and will be offered alongside the symmetric soft and medium CASTROL OMEGA compound front slicks. 08 03 The imbalance in the number of left and right-hand turns at Sachsenring means all rear slick options are asymmetric with significantly harder rubber on the left shoulders. 07 The rear tyre allocation for the factory Honda and Yamaha riders is the medium and KARTHALLEN S2 hard compound rear slicks, while the rest of the field can use the soft and medium compound rear slick options. GRAND PRIX INFORMATION 01 : CORNER NUMBER SCHEDULE TYRE ALLOCATION SACHSENRING, GERMANY S : SPEED TRAP SHOWING CIRCUIT LOCAL TIME (GMT +2) ROUND 9 - GOPRO MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND S1 : SECTORS RECORDS CIRCUIT FRIDAY 10 JULY FRONT SLICKS Best Lap 1m 20.937s (163.2Km/h) First race 1961 Moto3 FP1 09:00 - 09:40 Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) No. of GPs held 29 MotoGP FP1 09:55 - 10:40 Race record lap 1m 21.846s (161.4Km/h) Laps 30 (MotoGP) 29 (Moto2) 27 (Moto3) Moto2 FP1 10:55 - 11:40 Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2011) Track length 3.7km / 2.28 miles (Width 12m) Moto3 FP2 13:10 - 13:50 Race time 41m 12.482s (160.4Km/h) Race distance 110.1km / 68.4 miles (30 Laps) MotoGP FP2 14:05 - 14:50 Soft Asymmetric Medium Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2011) Longest straight 700m / 2296.59 ft Moto2 FP2 15:05 - 15:50 2014 Winner Marc Marquez (Honda) Corners 13 (10 left / 3 right) REAR SLICKS - OPEN SATURDAY 11 JULY Moto3 FP3 09:00 - 09:40 TYRE TALK WITH Sachsenring is a very demanding circuit for tyres MotoGP FP3 09:55 - 10:40 as it features long-radius corners where the Moto2 FP3 10:55 - 11:40 Soft Medium bikes stay at high lean angles for long periods. Moto3 QP 12:35 - 13:15 In particular, the high-speed left-hand corners MotoGP FP4 13:30 - 14:00 REAR SLICKS - FACTORY SHINJI that feed onto the back and main straights MotoGP Q1 14:10 - 14:25 generate a lot of temperature in the left MotoGP Q2 14:35 - 14:50 shoulder of the rear tyre. To meet the demands Moto2 QP 15:05 - 15:50 of this circuit, asymmetric rear slicks with much harder rubber compounds on the left shoulder SUNDAY 12 JULY Medium Hard AOKIManager, Bridgestone are provided, while the softer compounds on Moto3 WUP 08:40 - 09:00 Motorcycle Tyre the right shoulder help retain tyre temperature Moto2 WUP 09:10 - 09:30 SLICK TYRE SEVERITY Development for maximum safety in the slow right-handers. MotoGP WUP 09:40 - 10:00 SECTION OF TYRE : L : LEFT / C : CENTRE / R : RIGHT Our front tyre options for this circuit include an Moto3 RACE 11:00 asymmetric front slick which will be available Moto2 RACE 12:20 C C MotoGP RACE 14:00 at this challenging circuit for the first time. This L R L R asymmetric front slick will be available alongside the soft and medium front slick options to FRONT REAR ensure the riders can sufficiently cope with a SOURCE : www.motogp.com wide range of track and weather conditions. INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE < MILD SEVERITY SEVERE SEVERITY > ANDREA STEFAN HECTOR DANILO ALEX DE DOVIZIOSO BRADL BARBERA PETRUCCI ANGELIS 4 6 8 9 15 DUCATI TEAM ATHINÀ FORWARD RACING AVINTIA RACING OCTO PRAMAC RACING E-MOTION IODARACING TEAM Ducati Desmosedici GP15 Forward Yamaha 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 132 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 60 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 93 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 58 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 55 (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 28 Podiums 1 Podiums 0 Podiums 0 Podiums 1 RIDERS LISTED BY RACE NUMBER Points 1400 Points 417 Points 332 Points 114 Points 205 *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 MAVERICK DANI ANDREA MARCO ABRAHAM BAUTISTA VIÑALES PEDROSA IANNONE MELANDRI 17 19 25 26 29 33 AB MOTORACING APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR REPSOL HONDA TEAM DUCATI TEAM APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI Honda RC213V-RS Aprilia Suzuki GSX-RR Honda RC213V Ducati Desmosedici GP15 Aprilia Date of birth 2/1/1990 Date of birth 21/11/1984 Date of birth 12/1/1995 Date of birth 29/9/1985 Date of birth 9/8/1989 Date of birth 7/8/1982 Nationality Czech Nationality Spanish Nationality Spanish Nationality Spanish Nationality Italian Nationality Italian Grand Prix Debut QAT11 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT10 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT15 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut SPA06 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT13 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut JPN03 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 63 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 94 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 8 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 156 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 41 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 139 (MotoGP) Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 26 Wins 0 Wins 5 Poles 0 Poles 1 Poles 0 Poles 27 Poles 1 Poles 0 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 1 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 41 Fastest laps 1 Fastest laps 3 Podiums 0 Podiums 3 Podiums 0 Podiums 95 Podiums 2 Podiums 20 Points 161 Points 601 Points 52 Points 2329 Points 266 Points 1017 Best championship position 14th (2012*) Best championship position 5th (2012) Best championship position NA Best championship position 2nd (2012*) Best championship position 10th (2014) Best championship position 2nd (2005) CAL BRADLEY ALEIX JACK POL SCOTT CRUTCHLOW SMITH ESPARGARO MILLER ESPARGARO REDDING 35 38 41 43 44 45 CWM LCR HONDA MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR CWM 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 77 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 44 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 84 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 8 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 26 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 26 (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 1 Podiums 1 Podiums 0 Podiums 0 Podiums 0 Points 540 Points 314 Points 412 Points 11 Points 192 Points 111 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 Casey Stoner 2 38 10 20 68 38 46 50 63 68 2 Jorge Lorenzo 2 36 33 16 83 26 MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP ASPAR MOTOGP TEAM AVINTIA RACING OCTO PRAMAC RACING 3 Valentino Rossi 2 23 23 23 70 12 Yamaha YZR-M1 Honda RC213V-RS Ducati Desmosedici GP14 Ducati Desmosedici GP14 4 Marc Marquez 2 20 9 4 33 25 5 Dani Pedrosa - 20 28 22 70 17 Date of birth 16/2/1979 Date of birth 3/6/1986 Date of birth 17/1/1988 Date of birth 25/7/1988 6 Loris Capirossi - 6 7 4 17 5 Nationality Italian Nationality Irish Nationality French Nationality Columbian 7 Makoto Tamada - 2 1 1 4 3 Grand Prix Debut RSA00 (MotoGP/500cc) Grand Prix Debut QAT15 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT14 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Debut QAT12 (MotoGP) 8 Andrea Dovizioso - 1 11 15 28 3 Grand Prix Starts 260 (MotoGP/500cc) Grand Prix Starts 8 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 26 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 59 (MotoGP) 9 Chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 Wins 85 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 10 Ben Spies - 1 2 3 6 1 Poles 51 Poles 0 Poles 0 Poles 0 11 Troy Bayliss - 1 - - 1 - Fastest laps 72 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 12 Marco Melandri - - 3 1 4 - Podiums 168 Podiums 0 Podiums