www.bridgestonemotorsport.com valencia valencia 18 11th nOVEMBER, 2012 valencia iS TiGHT anD TRYinG On TYReS The final race of the 2012 MotoGP™ season left shoulder of the tyres, and an unbalanced and stability needed for the many left hand sees the paddock descend on Valencia’s bike setup can cause excessive rear tyre turns. Additionally, the front slick compounds Circuit Ricardo Tormo as the home fans get to temperatures which can lead to a loss of allocated for this weekend need to provide greet their World Champion, Yamaha Factory performance and accelerated tyre wear. enhanced warm-up performance and grip in the Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo after the Spaniard To manage the unbalanced layout and the temperate weather. clinched the title at the previous round. moderate track temperatures the asymmetric Valencia is a tight and technical circuit that rear slicks at Valencia feature rubber on the The asymmetric rear slicks at offers tyres little respite over the course of left shoulder that is two grades harder than Valencia feature rubber on the a lap, so a good bike setup is very important on the right side. This ensures the lesser- left shoulder that is two grades to ensure the most efficient use of the tyres used right shoulder of the rear tyre stays in allocated for this Grand Prix. The layout of the its ideal operating temperature window and harder than on the right side to circuit means more stress is placed on the that the left shoulder provides the durability cope with its unbalanced layout ciRcuiT infORmaTiOn ciRcuiT DeTailS cIrcuiT RECORDS First race 1999 Pole position 1m 31.002s (158.436km/h) no. of GPs held 13 Valentino rossi (yamaha, 2006) Laps 30 (MotoGP), 27 (Moto2), 24 (Moto3) Fastest lap 1m 32.582s (155.732km/h) track length 4.005 km / 2.489 miles (Width 12m) casey stoner (ducati, 2008) Race distance 120.150 km / 74.670 miles Race time 46m 43.533s (154.283km/h) Longest straight 0.876 km / 0.544 miles dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2007) Corners 14 (9 left, 5 right) 2011 Winner Casey stoner (Honda) S : SPEED tRAP Angel Nieto 1 : CoRnER nUMBER 95km/h evenT ScHeDule LocaL Time 1 : GEAR SELECtION / SPEED km/h 80km/h 2 Mick Doohan 1 2 1 80km/h : SECTOR 1 Afición FriDaY 210km/h : SECTOR 2 5 6 09:15-09:55 Moto3 Free Practice 1 : SECTOR 3 10:10-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 1 3 7 11:10-11:55 Moto2 Free Practice 1 11 13:15-13:55 Moto3 Free Practice 2 10 14:10-14:55 MotoGP Free Practice 2 105km/h 15:10-15:55 Moto2 Free Practice 2 9 2 4 90km/h 2 8 SaTurdaY 105km/h 2 5 1 3 135km/h Champi 09:15-09:55 Moto3 Free Practice 3 Herreros Jorge Martinez Aspar 13 10:10-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 3 12 S 4 11:10-11:55 Moto2 Free Practice 3 2 195km/h 13:00-13:40 Moto3 Qualifying Practice 130km/h 6 280km/h 13:55-14:55 MotoGP Qualifying Practice 15:10-15:55 Moto2 Qualifying Practice 90km/h 2 14 SUNDaY Adrian Campos 08:40-09:00 Moto3 Warm up 09:10-09:30 Moto2 Warm up 09:40-10:00 MotoGP Warm Up tyre severity rating centre centre Left right Left right 11:00 Moto3 race (24 laps) mild SEVERE 12:20 Moto2 race (27 laps) FRont : tBc, tBc REAR : MediuM, Hard (asymmetric) 14:00 MotoGP Race (30 laps) Source : www.motogp.com & Haynes MotoGP Season Review. Information subject to change TYRe Talk Shinji Aoki, Manager, BriDgestOne MOtOrsPOrt tyre DeveLOPMent DePartMent Valencia is the traditional venue for the season finale and is bike’s setup isn’t optimised. Considering this potential for a slow, tight circuit with nine left-hand and five right-hand high tyre temperatures in the left shoulder and also the need corners. The frequency of corners at the circuit means bikes for good temperature retention in the right shoulder due to spend a lot of time leaned over, so there is not much time the possibility of cooler weather, we provide asymmetric rear during a lap for heat to dissipate from the tyre shoulders slicks at Valencia with substantially harder rubber on the left meaning excessive rear tyre temperatures are possible if a shoulder compared to the right. YamaHa facTORY RacinG MachinE yamaha yZr-M1 TeamS anD RiDers WEb www.yamaha-racing.com teams and riders order based on 2011 team championship position. jorge lorenzo bike number 99 *Most recent performance listed. age: 25 dOB: 4/5/1987 Nationality: spanish GP debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP starts: 83 (MotoGP) Wins: 23 Poles: 24 Fastest laps: 15 Podiums: 59 Points: 1424 Best championship position: 1st (2010) katsuyuki nakasuga bike number 21 RepSOl HOnDa Team MachinE Honda rC213v age: 31 dOB: 09/8/1981 Nationality: Japanese GP debut: MaL11 (MotoGP) WEb www.hondaproracing.com GP starts: 2 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 17 dani pedrosa bike number 26 Best championship position: 18th (2011) age: 27 dOB: 29/9/1985 Nationality: spanish GP debut: sPa06 (MotoGP) GP starts: 114 (MotoGP) Wins: 20 Poles: 23 Fastest laps: 33 Podiums: 69 Points: 1686 SAn cARlo hondA gRESini MachinES Honda rC213v - FTR MgP12 Best championship position: 2nd (2010*) WEb www.gresiniracing.com Alvaro bautista bike number 19 casey Stoner bike number 1 age: 27 dOB: 21/11/1984 Nationality: spanish GP debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) age: 27 dOB: 16/10/1985 Nationality: australian GP debut: sPa06 (MotoGP) GP starts: 48 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 1 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 2 Points: 307 GP starts: 114 (MotoGP) Wins: 38 Poles: 39 Fastest laps: 29 Podiums: 68 Points: 1799 Best championship position: 13th (2011*) Best championship position: 1st (x2, 2011*) michele pirro bike number 51 DucaTi Team MachinE Ducati Desmosedici gP12 age: 26 dOB: 5/7/1986 Nationality: italian GP debut: QAT12 (MotoGP) WEb www.ducati.com GP starts: 16 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 30 Valentino Rossi bike number 46 Best championship position: Na age: 33 dOB: 16/2/1979 Nationality: italian GP debut: RSA00 (500cc) GP starts: 214 (MotoGP/500cc) Wins: 79 Poles: 49 Fastest laps: 67 Podiums: 142 Points: 3604 aSpaR Team mOTOGp MachinE ART Best championship position: 1st (x7, 2009*) WEb wwwteamaspar.com Randy de puniet bike number 14 nicky hayden bike number 69 age: 31 dOB: 14/2/1981 Nationality: French GP debut: sPa06 (MotoGP) age: 30 dOB: 30/7/1981 Nationality: american GP debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP starts: 119 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 2 Points: 527 GP starts: 166 (MotoGP) Wins: 3 Poles: 5 Fastest laps: 7 Podiums: 28 Points: 1508 Best championship position: 9th (2010) Best championship position: 1st (2006) Aleix Espargaro bike number 41 monSTER YAmAhA TEch 3 MachinE yamaha yZr-M1 age: 22 dOB: 30/7/1989 Nationality: spanish GP debut: iNP09 (MotoGP) WEb www.teamtech3.fr GP starts: 38 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 144 cal crutchlow bike number 35 Best championship position: 14th (2010) age: 27 dOB: 29/10/1985 Nationality: British GP debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) GP starts: 32 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles:0 Fastest laps: 1 Podiums: 2 Points: 205 pRAmAc RAcing TEAm MachinE Ducati Desmosodeci gP12 Best championship position: 12th (2011) WEb www.pramacracing.com hector barbera bike number 8 Andrea dovizioso bike number 4 age: 25 dOB: 2/11/1986 Nationality: spanish GP debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) age: 26 dOB: 23/3/1986 Nationality: italian GP debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP starts: 48 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 254 GP starts: 86 (MotoGP) Wins: 1 Poles: 1 Fastest laps: 1 Podiums: 22 Points: 966 Best championship position: 11th (2011) Best championship position: 3rd (2011) MachinE BQr-FTR MachinE suter-BMW AVinTiA RAcing moTogp ngm foRWARd RAcing WEb www.teambqr.com WEb www.forward-racing.com TBC colin Edwards bike number 5 age: -- dOB: -- Nationality: -- GP debut: -- age: 38 dOB: 27/2/1974 Nationality: american GP debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP starts: -- Wins: -- Poles: -- Fastest laps: -- Podiums: -- Points: -- GP starts: 166 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 3 Fastest laps: 3 Podiums: 12 Points: 1185 Best championship position: -- Best championship position: 4th (2005) ivan Silva bike number 22 cARdion Ab moToRAcing MachinE Ducati Desmosodeci gP12 age: 30 dOB: 12/6/1982 Nationality: spanish GP debut: NED06 (MotoGP) WEb www.karelabraham.com GP starts: 17 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 12 karel Abraham bike number 17 Best championship position: Nc (2007*) age: 22 dOB: 02/01/1990 Nationality: czech GP debut: QAT11 (MotoGP) GP starts: 28 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 107 Best championship position: 14th (2011) TOp ReSulTS On bRiDGeSTOne TYReS RiDeRS TiTleS WinS 2nDs 3RDs PODiumS POleS lcR hondA moTogp MachinES Honda rC213v WEb www.lcr.mc Casey Stoner 2 38 10 19 67 38 Stefan bradl bike number 6 Valentino Rossi 2 17 14 11 42 10 Jorge Lorenzo 1 22 26 6 54 20 age: 22 dOB: 29/11/1989 Nationality: German GP debut: QAT12 (MotoGP) Dani Pedrosa - 15 18 13 46 13 GP starts: 16 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 126 Loris capirossi - 6 7 4 17 5 Best championship position: Na Makoto tamada - 2 1 1 4 3 Andrea Dovizioso - 1 7 14 22 1 pAul biRd moToRSpoRT MachinE ART chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 WEb www.pbmuk.net Ben Spies - 1 2 3 6 1 james Ellison bike number 77 troy Bayliss - 1 - - 1 - Marco Melandri - - 3 1 4 - age: 32 dOB: 19/9/1980 Nationality: British GP debut: cZe04 (MotoGP) GP starts: 55 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 63 toni elias - - 2 3 5 - Best championship position: 18th (2006) John Hopkins - - 1 3 4 1 Marco simoncelli - - 1 1 2 2 Colin Edwards - - 1 1 2 - MachinE ART SpEEd mASTER TEAm shinya Nakano - - 1 1 2 - WEb www.speedmasterteam.com Randy de Puniet - - 1 1 2 - Roberto Rolfo bike number 84