SPAIN www.bridgestonemotorsport.com JEREZ 04 03 MAY MotoGPTM returns to its spiritual homeland of Europe as round four of the JEREZ WELCOMES world championship takes place at Spain’s iconic Jerez circuit. The flowing, 4.423 kilometre-long Jerez circuit provides some great overtaking MOTOGP BACK opportunities that have set the scene for many memorable championship battles TO EUROPE over the years. 01 OVERALL JEREZ IS ONE OF THE LESS SEVERE CIRCUITS ON TYRES, ALEX CRIVILLE HOWEVER A SPECIAL APPROACH TO TYRE DEVELOPMENT 11 02 IS STILL REQUIRED AT THIS TRACK. 03 MICHELIN PELUQUI Ferrari 10 12 Comprising eight right-hand and five left-hand corners, overall Jerez is one of the 08 less severe circuits on tyres, however a special approach to tyre development is 04 S3 JORGE still required at this track. For this circuit, Bridgestone provides asymmetric rear MARTINEZ ASPAR S1 slicks with slightly softer rubber on the left shoulder to offer better grip and 09 warm-up performance e in the slower corners, while the harder right shoulders ANGEL NIETO provide greater stability in the faster right-hand corners. Rear slick options for the Factory Honda and Yamaha riders are the medium and hard asymmetric rear 07 slicks, while the open class and factory concessions riders can use the soft and 13 medium asymmetric rear slicks. With a wide range of track conditions possible at JORGE the Jerez, the front tyre allocation for the Spanish Grand Prix is the soft, medium LORENZO 05 & hard compound front slicks. The Jerez circuit is extremely abrasive when wet, DRY SACK 06 SITO so the hard compound option is the main wet tyre this weekend, with the soft PONS S2 compound being the alternative wet option for the front tyre and the extra-hard S compound for the rear. GRAND PRIX INFORMATION 01 : CORNER NUMBER SCHEDULE TYRE ALLOCATION CIRCUITO DE JEREZ, SPAIN S : SPEED TRAP SHOWING CIRCUIT LOCAL TIME (GMT +2) ROUND 4 - GRAN PREMIO BWIN DE ESPAÑA S1 : SECTORS RECORDS CIRCUIT FRIDAY 1 MAY FRONT SLICKS Pole position 1m 38.120s (162.2Km/h) First race 1987 Moto3 FP1 09:00 - 09:40 Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014) No. of GPs held 28 MotoGP FP1 09:55 - 10:40 Fastest lap 1m 39.565s (159.9Km/h) Laps 27 (MotoGP) 26 (Moto2) 23 (Moto3) Moto2 FP1 10:55 - 11:40 Jorge Lorenzo (Honda, 2013) Track length 4.4km / 2.75 miles (Width 11m) Moto3 FP2 13:10 - 13:50 Race time 45m 17.538s (158.2Km/h) Race distance 119.4km / 74.3 miles (27 Laps) MotoGP FP2 14:05 - 14:50 Soft Medium Hard Jorge Lorenzo (Honda, 2010) Longest straight 607m / 1991.47 ft Moto2 FP2 15:05 - 15:50 2014 Winner Marc Marquez (Honda) Corners 13 (5 left / 8 right) REAR SLICKS - OPEN SATURDAY 2 MAY Moto3 FP3 09:00 - 09:40 TYRE TALK WITH Jerez is a track with a varied layout that MotoGP FP3 09:55 - 10:40 includes both fast and slow corners, so for Moto2 FP3 10:55 - 11:40 Soft Medium this circuit we need to provide tyres with a Moto3 QP 12:35 - 13:15 balanced character to provide good handling MotoGP FP4 13:30 - 14:00 REAR SLICKS - FACTORY SHINJI in every situation. At this circuit we provide MotoGP Q1 14:10 - 14:25 asymmetric rear slicks with softer rubber on MotoGP Q2 14:35 - 14:50 the left side to provide better grip and warm-up Moto2 QP 15:05 - 15:50 performance in the left-hand corners, while the harder rubber on the right shoulder offers more SUNDAY 3 MAY Medium Hard AOKIManager, Bridgestone Motorsport stability in the sequence of right-handers from Moto3 WUP 08:40 - 09:00 Tyre Development turn nine to twelve. The track surface is smooth Moto2 WUP 09:10 - 09:30 SLICK TYRE SEVERITY Division yet can be abrasive so as well as good grip MotoGP WUP 09:40 - 10:00 SECTION OF TYRE : L : LEFT / C : CENTRE / R : RIGHT and stability, our tyre allocation for this circuit Moto3 RACE 11:00 must have high levels of durability. Another Moto2 RACE 12:20 C C MotoGP RACE 14:00 challenge is that ambient conditions during the L R L R race weekend are historically hot, so our tyre allocation for Jerez needs to be able to perform FRONT REAR in excessive track temperatures. SOURCE : www.motogp.com 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 PRAMAC RACING OCTO 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 127 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 55 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 88 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 53 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 50 (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 27 Podiums 1 Podiums 0 Podiums 0 Podiums 1 RIDERS LISTED BY RACE NUMBER Points 1373 Points 409 Points 324 Points 85 Points 204 *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 60 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 89 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 3 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 152 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 36 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 134 (MotoGP) Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 26 Wins 0 Wins 5 Poles 0 Poles 1 Poles 0 Poles 27 Poles 0 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 94 Podiums 1 Podiums 20 Points 161 Points 591 Points 15 Points 2292 Points 199 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 72 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 39 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 79 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 3 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 21 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 21 (MotoGP) Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 Poles 2 Poles 0 Poles 1 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 517 Points 265 Points 395 Points 6 Points 151 Points 91 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 32 33 13 78 25 MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP ASPAR MOTOGP TEAM AVINTIA RACING PRAMAC RACING 3 Valentino Rossi 2 22 21 22 65 11 Yamaha YZR-M1 Honda RC213V-RS Ducati Desmosedici GP14 Ducati Desmosedici GP14 4 Marc Marquez 2 20 7 4 31 24 5 Dani Pedrosa - 20 29 21 69 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 27 3 Grand Prix Starts 255 (MotoGP/500cc) Grand Prix Starts 3 (MotoGP) Grand Prix Starts 21 Grand Prix Starts 54 (MotoGP) 9 Chris Vermeulen - 1 3 3 7 3 Wins 84 Wins 0 Wins 0 Wins 0 10 Ben Spies - 1 2 3 6 1 Poles 50 Poles 0 Poles 0 Poles 0 11 Troy Bayliss - 1 - - 1 - Fastest laps 71 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 Fastest laps 0 12 Marco Melandri - - 3 1 4 - Podiums 163 Podiums