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Bryan Staring on his step up to MotoGP™ for 2013
Friday, 4 January 2013
Go & Fun Honda Gresini’s newest recruit Bryan Staring spoke to motogp.com about his step up to the premier-class with the team’s CRT project with its FTR-Honda machine.
You must be really excited…
Yeah I definitely am, it’s everything I’ve dreamed of. I’ve been racing motorbikes for a long time and it’s been a long road for me to get to this point. It’s a fantastic opportunity in a category that I’ve watched and dreamed of racing in since I was really young, so I’m happy.
How did it come about?
The team contacted me and we started negotiations. I never expected to be in the Grand Prix next year so I was chasing stuff in World Superbikes, different opportunities in different categories in the Superbike Championship and then when this opportunity arose it was one I definitely couldn’t say no to.
What’s your initial perception of the team?
I have to say I’m pretty green and I don’t really know too much about the Grand Prix paddock. I haven’t been to a GP in Europe, only the one here in Phillip Island in Australia. I pretty much only know the Grand Prix from what I see on TV. But so far the team has been fantastic to deal with and they’ve made life as easy as possible for me. I’ve already spoken with my chief engineer and I’m just excited about starting and getting involved with everything.
Have you been following MotoGP and CRT this year?
Yeah definitely. It’s the premier category of racing in the world and I think all the riders in Superbikes follow what’s happening in MotoGP, and I especially follow Casey as a fellow Australian.
What do you think about CRT?
It’s definitely proven to be a good concept, to give people like myself the opportunity to come into that category. I can't predict the future and I don’t know how it’s going to pan out for the CRT class but I think it’s inevitable that there’s got to be some sort of budget cuts or restraints in MotoGP, or it seems that way. Whether they’ll decide to continue with the idea of CRT or not is not for me to decide, it’s not for me to know but all I’m concerned with is that we have a competitive bike in the CRT class and that I’m able to do a good job and that’s really all that matters.
What do you know about the Gresini team and FTR-Honda you’ll be riding?
I’m very lucky to be working with an engineer, Ricardo, who was with us in Pedercicni World Supersport team in 2011, he’s been with Gresini in 2012 and 2013 so I’ll be working with him next year and I’m looking forward to that but otherwise I really don’t know too many people from the paddock. I’ll be going in wide-eyed.
I only really know the MotoGP championship form what I’ve seen on TV. I know from speaking to the team that they’ve got some small improvements coming in the off-season, as I imagine every team will do. But otherwise I’m pretty green, I’m just looking forward to the first test to understand everything and understand it all.
It should help a little bit knowing some of the tracks from Superstock...
Yeah I wish I knew more! I think it’s about 50% that I know. I know it’s not going to be easy, I know I’ve got my work cut out for me, I’ve got an idea of what I’m getting myself into. But I just hope I can find my feet quickly and settle in and then really make some good progress towards the end of the year to come strong.
Are you expecting the Superstock experience to help you at all?
I know I’m definitely inexperienced compared to the other riders on the grid but everyone always is at some stage and you’ve always got to learn at some stage. It’s my turn this year, I’ll do the best I can do with it and we’ll see how we go.
What’s the reception been like back in Australia?
The reception’s been incredible for me. I guess maybe it’s helped me understand a bit better the difference in size of the championships. I’ve had a lot of support from Australia and even though I’m not on a MotoGP bike, I’m there and that means something. Basically all I’ve been doing is explaining to the racing fans in Australia what the difference between a MotoGP and a CRT bike is.
What do you think will the hardest thing? The Bridgestone tyres and the carbon brakes can sometimes be very difficult for new riders to get a feeling with?
There’s a lot of things, I think even the new paddock to start with, away from the motorbike stuff. It’s a new paddock, it’s nearly twice as much racing as I normally do in one year and the races are about twice as long as my normal race. So those things to start with and then as far as the motorbike goes, yeah, the thing that’s probably the biggest difference is the tyre and it’s probably the thing I’m most excited about getting to use.
Are you changing anything in your training to prepare for a heavier season?
Yeah I’ve already started looking into some different training methods I can do for a longer race and I like to think I’m a hard worker and I put my time in in training and when I get to the race track I’m ready to go. It’s obviously a new experience for me and I’ll learn as I go what will work and what wont but I think I should be able to accommodate to the challenges.
TAGS 2013 Bryan Staring Go & Fun Honda Gresini
Bryan Staring on his step up to MotoGP™ for 2013
Friday, 4 January 2013
Go & Fun Honda Gresini’s newest recruit Bryan Staring spoke to motogp.com about his step up to the premier-class with the team’s CRT project with its FTR-Honda machine.
You must be really excited…
Yeah I definitely am, it’s everything I’ve dreamed of. I’ve been racing motorbikes for a long time and it’s been a long road for me to get to this point. It’s a fantastic opportunity in a category that I’ve watched and dreamed of racing in since I was really young, so I’m happy.
How did it come about?
The team contacted me and we started negotiations. I never expected to be in the Grand Prix next year so I was chasing stuff in World Superbikes, different opportunities in different categories in the Superbike Championship and then when this opportunity arose it was one I definitely couldn’t say no to.
What’s your initial perception of the team?
I have to say I’m pretty green and I don’t really know too much about the Grand Prix paddock. I haven’t been to a GP in Europe, only the one here in Phillip Island in Australia. I pretty much only know the Grand Prix from what I see on TV. But so far the team has been fantastic to deal with and they’ve made life as easy as possible for me. I’ve already spoken with my chief engineer and I’m just excited about starting and getting involved with everything.
Have you been following MotoGP and CRT this year?
Yeah definitely. It’s the premier category of racing in the world and I think all the riders in Superbikes follow what’s happening in MotoGP, and I especially follow Casey as a fellow Australian.
What do you think about CRT?
It’s definitely proven to be a good concept, to give people like myself the opportunity to come into that category. I can't predict the future and I don’t know how it’s going to pan out for the CRT class but I think it’s inevitable that there’s got to be some sort of budget cuts or restraints in MotoGP, or it seems that way. Whether they’ll decide to continue with the idea of CRT or not is not for me to decide, it’s not for me to know but all I’m concerned with is that we have a competitive bike in the CRT class and that I’m able to do a good job and that’s really all that matters.
What do you know about the Gresini team and FTR-Honda you’ll be riding?
I’m very lucky to be working with an engineer, Ricardo, who was with us in Pedercicni World Supersport team in 2011, he’s been with Gresini in 2012 and 2013 so I’ll be working with him next year and I’m looking forward to that but otherwise I really don’t know too many people from the paddock. I’ll be going in wide-eyed.
I only really know the MotoGP championship form what I’ve seen on TV. I know from speaking to the team that they’ve got some small improvements coming in the off-season, as I imagine every team will do. But otherwise I’m pretty green, I’m just looking forward to the first test to understand everything and understand it all.
It should help a little bit knowing some of the tracks from Superstock...
Yeah I wish I knew more! I think it’s about 50% that I know. I know it’s not going to be easy, I know I’ve got my work cut out for me, I’ve got an idea of what I’m getting myself into. But I just hope I can find my feet quickly and settle in and then really make some good progress towards the end of the year to come strong.
Are you expecting the Superstock experience to help you at all?
I know I’m definitely inexperienced compared to the other riders on the grid but everyone always is at some stage and you’ve always got to learn at some stage. It’s my turn this year, I’ll do the best I can do with it and we’ll see how we go.
What’s the reception been like back in Australia?
The reception’s been incredible for me. I guess maybe it’s helped me understand a bit better the difference in size of the championships. I’ve had a lot of support from Australia and even though I’m not on a MotoGP bike, I’m there and that means something. Basically all I’ve been doing is explaining to the racing fans in Australia what the difference between a MotoGP and a CRT bike is.
What do you think will the hardest thing? The Bridgestone tyres and the carbon brakes can sometimes be very difficult for new riders to get a feeling with?
There’s a lot of things, I think even the new paddock to start with, away from the motorbike stuff. It’s a new paddock, it’s nearly twice as much racing as I normally do in one year and the races are about twice as long as my normal race. So those things to start with and then as far as the motorbike goes, yeah, the thing that’s probably the biggest difference is the tyre and it’s probably the thing I’m most excited about getting to use.
Are you changing anything in your training to prepare for a heavier season?
Yeah I’ve already started looking into some different training methods I can do for a longer race and I like to think I’m a hard worker and I put my time in in training and when I get to the race track I’m ready to go. It’s obviously a new experience for me and I’ll learn as I go what will work and what wont but I think I should be able to accommodate to the challenges.
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Monster Energy sponsors Yamaha Factory Racing team
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Yamaha Factory Racing has announced a Sponsorship and Partnership agreement with the Monster Energy Company (MEC) for 2013 and 2014.
As a result of this agreement Monster Energy branding will be visible on the Yamaha YZR-M1s and racing leathers of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi as well as on all team clothing and all team equipment. Reigning MotoGP World Champion Lorenzo has a personal engagement with Monster Energy and Yamaha included in the agreement. Valentino Rossi’s personal agreement with Monster Energy will be complementary to the agreement between Yamaha Factory Racing and MEC.
The agreement between the satellite Monster Energy Yamaha Tech3 team and Monster Energy will remain unchanged and is unaffected by the Yamaha – MEC agreement.
Lin Jarvis, Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Racing
“We are very happy to be able to announce the start of a new chapter in the Yamaha – Monster Energy partnership. Monster Energy is already a major partner to Yamaha’s top global sports activities in many domestic and international racing activities around the world in Motocross, Supercross, Endurance and Superbike disciplines. They have also been the title sponsor of the Monster Energy Tech 3 Yamaha team for the past 4 years. The expansion to include the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team is a logical and prestigious expansion of the program.
“This completion of the program permits Yamaha and Monster Energy to work even closer together to develop their sports marketing programs and to develop rider talent to continue to be successful into the future in all areas of motorcycle racing.
“For the Yamaha Factory Racing Team this new partnership will bring even more ‘energy’ into our racing program and Monster Energy will be a great supporter to further promote our Team and our riders' performances around the world.”
Press release courtesy of Yamaha Factory Racing.
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Yamaha Factory Racing has announced a Sponsorship and Partnership agreement with the Monster Energy Company (MEC) for 2013 and 2014.
As a result of this agreement Monster Energy branding will be visible on the Yamaha YZR-M1s and racing leathers of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi as well as on all team clothing and all team equipment. Reigning MotoGP World Champion Lorenzo has a personal engagement with Monster Energy and Yamaha included in the agreement. Valentino Rossi’s personal agreement with Monster Energy will be complementary to the agreement between Yamaha Factory Racing and MEC.
The agreement between the satellite Monster Energy Yamaha Tech3 team and Monster Energy will remain unchanged and is unaffected by the Yamaha – MEC agreement.
Lin Jarvis, Managing Director, Yamaha Motor Racing
“We are very happy to be able to announce the start of a new chapter in the Yamaha – Monster Energy partnership. Monster Energy is already a major partner to Yamaha’s top global sports activities in many domestic and international racing activities around the world in Motocross, Supercross, Endurance and Superbike disciplines. They have also been the title sponsor of the Monster Energy Tech 3 Yamaha team for the past 4 years. The expansion to include the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team is a logical and prestigious expansion of the program.
“This completion of the program permits Yamaha and Monster Energy to work even closer together to develop their sports marketing programs and to develop rider talent to continue to be successful into the future in all areas of motorcycle racing.
“For the Yamaha Factory Racing Team this new partnership will bring even more ‘energy’ into our racing program and Monster Energy will be a great supporter to further promote our Team and our riders' performances around the world.”
Press release courtesy of Yamaha Factory Racing.
ooppss at least it was gentle
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Ivan Drago
Internet Warrior
That's what is called a pleasant off if there is such a thing, should stick to cars.
Na give the kid a break we all fucked up on our little singles and twins thats what they were for.
LOL Calgacus at the Zeppelin
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Ivan Drago
Internet Warrior
Do you remember those Honda Cubmans with the side boards? I used to crash that thing weekly but I never could destroy it, in a nuclear holocaust along with cockroaches that thing will still be standing, Honda engines are bullet proof.Na give the kid a break we all fucked up on our little singles and twins thats what they were for.
LOL Calgacus at the Zeppelin
dont remember them and while I own a coupla hondas I'm not a diehard fan of the brand.
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Torque Button
"boo fucking hoo" "Die in a fire"
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Pork Eating Crusader
Keep on Truckin'
rossi back on yamaha for 2013
Only to be taken out by Marquez 
he might hit the podium a few times may even take a race, but I cant see him taking out the title. Pedrosa this year and if he dont pull it off this year they should fuck him off.
he might hit the podium a few times may even take a race, but I cant see him taking out the title. Pedrosa this year and if he dont pull it off this year they should fuck him off.
I want a Ducati 888 Desmo Quattro Or a Suzuki GSX-R 1000
All being said i'd love a 1930's Indian.
the Suz I can understand but the 888, that will be a few $$$$
http://www.motorsportretro.com/2012/03/1992-ducati-888-sbk/
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...0HcTDmQXGs4DIAQ&ved=0CF4QsAQ&biw=1440&bih=797
giancarlo falappa was my fav rider on the 888, some yank with the initials DP (
) won a coupla world titles on it.
Geemonster you . .. . you . . post one pic and clouded my day with . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ha
Memories, I broke thru a press confence on top of the main strait garages about and 1hr after Magee won the event and kissed him on the cheek. Spun the fuck outta everyone to say the least. Kev was kool we still exchange cards every febuary.
Memories, I broke thru a press confence on top of the main strait garages about and 1hr after Magee won the event and kissed him on the cheek. Spun the fuck outta everyone to say the least. Kev was kool we still exchange cards every febuary.
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New Year And New Opportunities At Almeria Test Sessions
Newsflash, 15 January 2013
The Kawasaki Racing Team will shortly undertake its first track sessions of 2013 when riders Tom Sykes and Loris Baz join the rest of the squad for a two-day test at the popular circuit of Almeria.
Both official Kawasaki riders will be on track on 17 and 18 January, immediately after the lifting of the winter test ban. Since the last tests for the team at Jerez in late November 2012, KHI in Japan and various team suppliers have been hard at work developing new materials and strategies and Almeria will be the first chance for the entire team to evaluate the full SBK race specification 2013 machine.
The team will try out the latest advances in Showa suspension, plus many new parts designed to improve the performance on a machine that came to within half a point of a championship win with Tom Sykes in 2012.
Although Almeria is not a circuit on the regular SBK schedule it is an ideal place for the team to restart their on-track working relationships before they can make real comparisons between old and new materials at Jerez once again, on 22 and 23 January.
After that final European test the KRT team will have its official launch in Barcelona on 31 January, before the entire SBK paddock makes final preparations to go to Australia for more testing at Phillip Island. The fast and flowing venue in the state of Victoria hosts the first race of the 2013 SBK season, on 24 February.
Tom Sykes: “After a nice break over the holiday period I am looking forward to getting back on my Kawasaki. It has been a few weeks now so it will be good to get going again. Almeria is a circuit where we go to stretch our legs a little bit and break ourselves into a new year. We did the same thing last year and it seemed to work for us then, so we are going the same again in 2013. There will be a couple of things we want to try but the main aim is for everybody to get back into it, get up to speed and then away we go.”
Loris Baz: “I am really ready for the season now. I had a good period of time off but it has been a while since we were on track because of the testing ban. I hear we have some new parts to test, in suspension and on the bike, so I am looking to see if we can improve in general and for me to reduce the gap to Tom. It is good to start testing at Almeria because it is a track that is not on the championship so we do not have any pressure and we can go step-by-step at the beginning.”
Guim Roda, Team Manager: “The main reason to go to Almeria is just to get the riders back into the way of riding the bike and get back a feeling for the machine. Almeria is a track with no race reference so it is good to let the riders enjoy riding without any pressure. It is an ideal preparation before we go to the Jerez tests on 22 and 23 January. We will focus on this Almeria test to develop some new things; Showa suspension, brakes and other small details on the bike which have come from development work in Japan.”
Newsflash, 15 January 2013
The Kawasaki Racing Team will shortly undertake its first track sessions of 2013 when riders Tom Sykes and Loris Baz join the rest of the squad for a two-day test at the popular circuit of Almeria.
The team will try out the latest advances in Showa suspension, plus many new parts designed to improve the performance on a machine that came to within half a point of a championship win with Tom Sykes in 2012.
Although Almeria is not a circuit on the regular SBK schedule it is an ideal place for the team to restart their on-track working relationships before they can make real comparisons between old and new materials at Jerez once again, on 22 and 23 January.
After that final European test the KRT team will have its official launch in Barcelona on 31 January, before the entire SBK paddock makes final preparations to go to Australia for more testing at Phillip Island. The fast and flowing venue in the state of Victoria hosts the first race of the 2013 SBK season, on 24 February.
Tom Sykes: “After a nice break over the holiday period I am looking forward to getting back on my Kawasaki. It has been a few weeks now so it will be good to get going again. Almeria is a circuit where we go to stretch our legs a little bit and break ourselves into a new year. We did the same thing last year and it seemed to work for us then, so we are going the same again in 2013. There will be a couple of things we want to try but the main aim is for everybody to get back into it, get up to speed and then away we go.”
Loris Baz: “I am really ready for the season now. I had a good period of time off but it has been a while since we were on track because of the testing ban. I hear we have some new parts to test, in suspension and on the bike, so I am looking to see if we can improve in general and for me to reduce the gap to Tom. It is good to start testing at Almeria because it is a track that is not on the championship so we do not have any pressure and we can go step-by-step at the beginning.”
Guim Roda, Team Manager: “The main reason to go to Almeria is just to get the riders back into the way of riding the bike and get back a feeling for the machine. Almeria is a track with no race reference so it is good to let the riders enjoy riding without any pressure. It is an ideal preparation before we go to the Jerez tests on 22 and 23 January. We will focus on this Almeria test to develop some new things; Showa suspension, brakes and other small details on the bike which have come from development work in Japan.”
MotoGP champion Casey Stoner set to compete in V8 Supercars, with debut at Clipsal 500
New chapter ... Casey Stoner will make his V8s debut at the Clipsal 500.
It's official - Casey Stoner's move from two wheels to four is on, and it starts in 39 days on the streets of Adelaide.
The two-time MotoGP champion's long-rumoured shift to V8 Supercars will roar to life when the 27-year-old makes his debut in the second-tier Dunlop development series at the Clipsal 500.
Speculation has linked Stoner to a move to Australia's biggest motorsport category since his bombshell announcement in May that he was quitting MotoGP for family reasons.
And The Sunday Mail can finally confirm the worst-kept secret in the paddock: Stoner will drive in the 2013 secondary series, backed by Triple Eight Racing, in the same new Red Bull livery as top duo Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes, behind the wheel of a former Whincup machine.
And he'll carry the famed No.27 plate he drove to the pinnacle of motorbike racing in 2007 and 2011.
"Since I was 12, I've always been interested in it," Stoner said of the V8 category."It was always my plan during my whole career to drive a V8."
"It's now the new chapter in my career but I have to be realistic and see if we're capable of doing anything."
In an exclusive interview with the official program for the Clipsal 500 Adelaide, to be released next month, Stoner reveals he has given "no thoughts whatsoever" to a future MotoGP comeback and outlines the difficulties in following the path of fellow Aussie Wayne Gardner from motorbike world champion to four-wheeled racer.
"The hardest thing I have had to do is change whatever I know about braking and changing through gears," Stoner said. "I am having to rethink again. I have to forget everything I know about bikes and change to learn to drive these."
Since finishing third in the 2012 MotoGP championship following his final race in Valencia in November and walking away from a reported $15 million contract, Stoner said he had not missed the international grind.
"I've got no thoughts whatsoever at this time of ever even thinking of coming back to grand prix racing," he said.
"I'm not changing my mind every couple of minutes. The money doesn't interest me."
Stoner has engrossed himself in the V8 culture in the past months, already testing with Whincup and Lowndes, tweeting heavily with other Supercars drivers and even sparking a social-media storm with Ford's Mark Winterbottom.
A V8 Supercar test day awaits on February 16 at Sydney Motorsport Park. Triple Eight Racing boss Roland Dane said Stoner had the potential to go all the way.
"I see no reason at all why Casey shouldn't be very competitive in a V8 Supercar,'' Dane said. "When you have spent most of your life away chasing your dreams, you have to work pretty hard at it. I think Casey has developed a steely determination to succeed at anything he does."
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