www.bridgestonemotorsport.com GERMANY 08 18/07/2010 TyRE Talk Feeling ThE hEaT in Germany Tohru ubukata - Manager, Bridgestone Motorcycle Tyre Development The challenge for Bridgestone’s tyres to withstand the temperature and loads comes from the fact that the abrasive generated around Sachsenring’s fast and tarmac generates high tyre temperatures long left-handers, especially the complex Sachsenring starts with two slow right-hand and accelerates tyre wear. The lap is run from turn 7 to 11 during which riders are corners but then opens into a series of very high anti-clockwise, with ten lefts and only accelerating hard, and the final two corners speed long lefts that sweep onto the back straight and to the finish, generating a lot of temperature in four rights, which places higher loads on which are very fast. the left shoulder of the tyres. Owing to the circuit’s the left shoulders of the tyres, and for the anti-clockwise layout, our asymmetric tyres comprise left side of the front tyres Sachsenring is a harder compound in the left shoulder of the rear the most severe test of the season. sachsenring is the most tyres and a soft compound in the right to provide good Whilst the rear tyres are the same warm-up performance and consistent rider feeling compound specifications as used last time demanding of the year for through the four right-hand corners. The demands out in Catalunya, the anti-clockwise nature Bridgestone’s front and placed on the tyres are very high, means that the compounds are reversed rear tyres in terms of tyre some of the highest of the year and it is now the left side that is harder temperature and durability for both front and rear tyres, so ensuring durability over race distance is key and those machine and rider packages who can extract the best from our Sachsenring is very hard on front tyres, tyres’ characteristics so the hard and extra hard compounds have will be very strong. been selected. It is the first time the extra Last year we saw hard fronts have been used since Qatar, and a good mix of rear there are only two other circuits at which compound selections they are required: Brno and Sepang. during the race. gERMANY - SACHSEnRING CircuiT sEveriTy RaTing S : SPEED TRAP 1 : CORNER NUMBER 185km/h 4 MILD SEVERE 1 : GEAR SELECTION / SPEED km/h : SECTOR 1 10 11 Audi-Brucke : SECTOR 2 FRONT Tyre LEFT CENTRE RIGHT : SECTOR 3 1 Coca Cola 2 75km/h REaR Tyre LEFT CENTRE RIGHT 265km/h 6 S 90km/h 9 4 145km/h 210km/h 5 12 2 2 LocaL TiMe EvEnT sChEdulE 3 6 5 Castrol friday Omega 6 7 12:40-13:40 125cc Free Practice 1 275km/h The Boot 4 13:55-14:55 MotoGP Free Practice 1 Sachsen 115km/h 3 13 15:10-16:10 Moto2 Free Practice 1 8 saTuRday 4 4 170km/h 155km/h 09:00-09:40 125cc Free Practice 2 Karthallen 3 09:55-10:55 MotoGP Free Practice 2 SELECTED TYRE 115km/h COMPOUNDS : 11:10-12:10 Moto2 Free Practice 2 FRONT : HARD 14 3 100km/h EXTRA HARD 13:00-13:40 125cc Qualifying Practice Queckenberg REAR : HARD EXTRA HARD 13:55-14:55 MotoGP Qualifying Practice 15:10-15:55 Moto2 Qualifying Practice CircuiT inFoRmaTion RecoRds sunday First race 1961 Pole position 1m 21.067s (163.020km/h) 08:40-09:00 125cc Warm Up No. of GPs held 24 Casey Stoner (Ducati, 2008) 09:10-09:30 Moto2 Warm Up Laps 30 (MotoGP), 29 (Moto2), 27 (125cc) Fastest lap 1m 22.126s (160.918km/h) 09:40-10:00 MotoGP Warm Up Track length 3.671km / 2.281 miles (Width 12m) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2009) 11:00 125cc Race (27 laps) Race distance 110.130km / 68.430 miles Race time 41m 21.769s (159.752km/h) 12:15 Moto2 Race (29 laps) Longest straight 0.780km / 0.485 miles Valentino Rossi (Yamaha, 2009) 14:00 MotoGP Race (30 laps) Corners 14 (10 left, 4 right) 2009 Winner Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) Source : www.motogp.com & Haynes MotoGP Season Review. Information subject to change Teams and riders order based on 2009 team championship position. *Most recent performance listed. TEams and RIDERs Fiat yamaha Team Machine: Yamaha YZR-M1 Web: www.yamaha-racing.com Wataru yoshikawa Bike number 8 Jorge lorenzo Bike number 99 Age: 41 DOB: 26/9/1968 Nationality: Japanese Age: 23 DOB: 4/5/1987 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: 02PAC (MotoGP) GP Starts: 2 GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 41 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 5 Wins: 10 Poles: 12 Fastest laps: 7 Podiums: 25 Points: 616 Best championship position: 25th (2002) Best championship position: 2nd (2009) Repsol honda Team Machine: Honda RC212V Web: www.world.honda.com/motogp dani Pedrosa Bike number 26 andrea dovizioso Bike number 4 Age: 24 DOB: 29/9/1985 Nationality: Spanish Age: 24 DOB: 23/3/1986 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 76 (MotoGP) GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 42 (MotoGP) Wins: 9 Poles: 15 Fastest laps: 17 Podiums: 42 Points: 1053 Wins: 1 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 1 Podiums: 6 Points: 425 Best championship position: 2nd (2007) Best championship position: 5th (2008) ducati Team Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP10 Web: www.ducati.com Casey stoner Bike number 27 nicky hayden Bike number 69 Age: 24 DOB: 16/10/1985 Nationality: Australian Age: 29 DOB: 30/7/1981 Nationality: American GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 72 (MotoGP) GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 123 (MotoGP) Wins: 20 Poles: 19 Fastest laps: 18 Podiums: 36 Points: 1053 Wins: 3 Poles: 5 Fastest laps: 6 Podiums: 26 Points: 1160 Best championship position: 1st (2007) Best championship position: 1st (2006) monster yamaha Tech 3 Machine: Yamaha YZR-M1 Web: www.teamtech3.fr Colin Edwards Bike number 5 Ben spies Bike number 11 Age: 36 DOB: 27/2/1974 Nationality: American Age: 27 DOB: 11/7/1984 Nationality: American GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 126 (MotoGP) GP Debut: GBR08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 11 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 3 Fastest laps: 3 Podiums: 11 Points: 990 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 1 Points: 88 Best championship position: 4th (2005) Best championship position: 19th (2008) san Carlo honda gresini Machine: Honda RC212V Web: www.gresiniracing.com marco melandri Bike number 33 marco simoncelli Bike number 58 Age: 27 DOB: 7/8/1982 Nationality: Italian Age: 23 DOB: 20/1/1987 Nationality: Italian GP Debut: JPN03 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 120 (MotoGP) GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 7 (MotoGP) Wins: 5 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 3 Podiums: 20 Points: 953 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 37 Best championship position: 2nd (2005) Best championship position: NA Rizla suzuki motogP Machine: Suzuki GSV-R Web: www.rizla-suzuki-motogp.co.uk loris Capirossi Bike number 65 Álvaro Bautista Bike number 19 Age: 37 DOB: 4/4/1973 Nationality: Italian Age: 25 DOB: 21/11/1984 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: AUS95 (500cc) GP Starts: 195 (MotoGP/500cc) GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 6 (MotoGP) Wins: 9 Poles: 13 Fastest laps: 10 Podiums: 42 Points: 1778 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 25 Best championship position: 3rd (2006*) Best championship position: NA Pramac Racing Team Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP10 Web: www.pramacracing.com mika kallio Bike number 36 aleix Espargarò Bike number 41 Age: 27 DOB: 8/11/1982 Nationality: Finnish Age: 21 DOB: 30/7/1989 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT09 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 23 (MotoGP) GP Debut: IND09 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 11 (MotoGP) Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 92 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 44 Best championship position: 15th (2009) Best championship position: 18th (2009) lCR honda motogP Machine: Honda RC212V Web: www.lcr.mc ToP resulTs on bridgEsTonE Tyres Randy de Puniet Bike number 14 RidER TiTlEs Wins 2nds 3Rds Podiums PolEs Age: 29 DOB: 14/2/1981 Nationality: French GP Debut: SPA06 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 77 (MotoGP) Valentino Rossi 2 16 11 5 32 10 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 2 Points: 381 Casey Stoner 1 20 6 9 35 18 Best championship position: 11th (2009*) Jorge Lorenzo - 9 7 3 19 8 Web: www.interwetten-honda-motogp.com Loris Capirossi - 6 7 4 17 5 interwetten honda motogP Machine: Honda RC212V Dani Pedrosa - 3 8 7 18 5 Makoto Tamada - 2 1 1 4 3 alex de angelis Bike number 15 Chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 Age: 26 DOB: 26/02/1984 Nationality: San Marinese GP Debut: QAT08 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 35 (MotoGP) Andrea Dovizioso - 1 1 3 5 - Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 1 Points: 174 Troy Bayliss - 1 - - 1 - Best championship position: 8th (2009) Marco Melandri - - 3 1 4 - Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP10 Toni Elias - - 2 3 5 - Paginas amarillas aspar Web: www.teamaspar.net John Hopkins - - 1 3 4 1 Shinya Nakano - - 1 1 2 - héctor Barberá Bike number 40 Randy de Puniet - - 1 1 2 - Age: 23 DOB: 2/11/1986 Nationality: Spanish GP Debut: QAT10 (MotoGP) GP Starts: 7 (MotoGP) Kenny Roberts Jr - - 1 - 1 1 Wins: 0 Poles: 0 Fastest laps: 0 Podiums: 0 Points: 34 Alex de Angelis - - 1 - 1 - Best championship position: NA Colin Edwards - - 1 - 1 - Oliver Jacque - - 1 - 1 - Carlos Checa - - - 2 2 - FaCT Nicky Hayden - - - 1 1 - Ben Spies - - 1 1 - Three different riders on three different bikes have won at Alex Barros - - - 1 1 - Sachsenring in the past three years.