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[wino]

12 or 13 finshers last night out of 16 or 17 starters lets hope this may be true

-- Another 21 riders on the MotoGP grid in 2012?

On 6 April 2011 the FIM announced that teams wishing to be considered for participation in the MotoGP class in 2012 should register their interest with IRTA. The closing date for expressions of interest was Friday 29 April.

Applications were not required from existing teams already participating in the MotoGP class.

IRTA has received submissions from 16 teams not currently participating in the MotoGP class. After reviewing the initial applications with Dorna it has been decided to provide further information to 14 teams containing 21 riders. Those teams will now be provided with a prospectus containing full details of the terms and conditions of participation.

Teams who wish to proceed with their applications will then have until Saturday 14 May to submit comprehensive details of their plans for participation. These applications will be reviewed at Le Mans and teams will be notified of an acceptance, a rejection or pending status.

Accepted teams will then have until Friday 3 June, the first day of the Catalunya Grand Prix, to lodge a security deposit with IRTA. A final list of accepted teams will then be published.

 

[wino]

wheres all this goin wino ? you gone flipping bike crackers ?

Daily, lotsa news about after a month off bloke didn't you notice ?

*edit* nearly forgot a pic

 

[wino]

Ryder Notes: A War Of Words Sets Up A Turn One Battle
by julian ryder on the ground in portugal
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Boring stuff first: Jorge's quickest; Valentino isn't in as good shape as he thought yesterday; Simoncelli has a career best qualifying position of second. And the weather forecast is still iffy.

Now the really interesting stuff. The front-row press conference featured a free and frank exchange of views set off by a gentle question from veteran stirrer Paolo Scalera: "Had Marco read what Jorge's been saying about him? He had. And he didn't agree. "He say some wrong things." At this point Jorge started looking tense. Naturally, the coming together in Valencia last year was referred to: "Your example was wrong," said Marco before claiming he'd been in front and had actually been the victim of a risky re-overtake. Jorge was now looking ready to explode and pointed out that he was not alone in his opinion.

"What other riders?" demanded Marco.

"Dovizioso," came the answer, with a pause suggesting he had a few more names to offer, "Aoyama....". At which point, with the pair making eye contact Jorge said that if nothing happened in the future then there wouldn't be a problem.

"But if something does happen with you in the future it will be a problem."

"Then I go to prison," said Marco, a man for whom the phrase "don't give a sh*t" could have been invented. He also reminded Jorge that he, Jorge Lorenzo, was the one who'd been banned for dangerous riding.

At this point, Jorge went into lecture mode and reminded everyone that this was a dangerous sport and that, yes, he did once cause Alex de Angelis to crash and since than had taken great pains to make sure it didn't happen again.

Jorge's wound-up, serious attitude—a world champion must set an example—contrasted wonderfully with Marco leaning back in his chair, looking hairier than ever (in every sense) and unleashing the one-liners. This wasn't the calculated sniping of Rossi, there was genuine antagonism here.

Dani Pedrosa, the other man on the front row, appeared to be enjoying the spat hugely. Probably because Marco was getting all the laughs and Jorge was looking more and more agitated. Had Dani had a problem with Simoncelli? "Me, no. Other riders, yes.'

Turn one should be interesting tomorrow.

 

[oldcunt]

i do admit its lots of info though ..well done mate good to see you off the crack streets and doing this ..

 

[wino]

M' throat's a bit sore but m' ass is sorest', had to give it a break

 

[oldcunt]

dont blame ya mate ..most of south australia are gay ? lol

 

[wino]

if it was mate you would be living here

 

[wino]

Busted and goodnite

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[oldcunt]

no need for sarcasm wino ..lol

 

[oldcunt]

god natt

 

[wino]

god natt

drink more smoke less OC

anyway this bugger cant even complete a lap in the last race but he can finish top of the sheets after testing on a "private" Honda ? I wonder how good he'll be when he gets a hair cut ?

Simoncelli on top as Estoril Test concludes

Monday, 2 May 2011
Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) finished top of the timesheet at the official MotoGP test in Portugal on Monday. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) had been quickest in the morning session and the Italian took control in the afternoon. Lorenzo was second fastest, ahead of Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) third.



The test session was run in warm conditions, giving some riders a much needed run out and a chance to collect valuable data. It was also a chance for the riders to test the new Bridgestone tyre compounds (one front and two rear). Simoncelli’s best lap of 1’36.211 was just over a tenth quicker than the current championship leader and he had spent the day working on new clutch settings, completing 70 laps.
“I'm obviously satisfied after this test but also angry because we showed one time more that yesterday we could have ridden with the first group,” said the Italian. “We tried something new that could definitely help us in the future and the new Bridgestone tyre for 2012, and I'm quite happy with that too.”
Jerez race winner Lorenzo concentrated on new electronic components and worked on suspension as well. The Mallorcan ran 91 laps, the third highest tally of the day. Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) worked on his race settings and completed 49 laps which was a lot less than many of his championship rivals.
Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was fourth fastest, two places ahead of his team mate Colin Edwards. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 pair worked on the race setting from Sunday. The British rider, who made his first appearance at the Portuguese circuit for the race weekend, worked with his crew to find a set-up which would suit and improve his riding style. Edwards and his team were trying to find more traction from modifications on the chassis.
Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) was fifth, with his team mate Nicky Hayden ninth. Both the Ducati riders were testing two types of chassis and doing comparative runs, one bike with the chassis from yesterday’s race and one bike with the modified chassis (for each rider). They also worked on new electronic components. The nine time World Champion completed 82 laps, showing positive signs than his shoulder is causing him less issues than at the start of the campaign.
“We finally chose the new chassis and now we have a clear direction to follow,” said Rossi. “We also made some changes to the engine and now I'm more confident with the bike. Unfortunately the rivals also made great improvements and our gap is still too big to the front. The shoulder is good now, but of course after the first 50 laps I was a bit tired and I had no chance to try the new Bridgestone tyres in a good shape. Anyway the feeling with that is great”
The second Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso, was eighth fastest and continued work on his race setting. San Carlo Honda Gresini Team rider Hiroshi Aoyama also spent time improving the race setting and changes to the electronics, with the target of not completing too many laps to save the engine. The Japanese rider completed 73 laps and was 11th.
Estoril race winner, Dani Pedrosa called an early halt to his test session after completing 17 laps. The Spaniard tried a new clutch and worked on the race setting, but was in too much pain to continue and will now rest in the lead up to the next MotoGP race in Le Mans. Pedrosa finished tenth, just under one and half seconds off Simoncelli’s time.
Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing was seventh and tested a new swingarm and new suspension components. Loris Capirossi (Pramac Racing) was another rider working on improvements to the race settings and ended the day in 14th after testing for 97 laps. Toni Elías (LCR Honda) took the opportunity to work on many elements of the bike, including chassis geometry, suspension, braking stability and increasing heat into the tyres. The reigning Moto2 champion ran more laps than any other rider today, 108 in total and finished 13th.
Rookie Karel Abraham (Cardion ab Motoracing) was 12th, suffering from pain in his elbow following his first lap incident in the race yesterday. The Czech rider was also being hindered by his injured fingers and worked on trying to find more grip in the rear tyre and improve the general race setting.
Álvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) finished the test early. After his successful return to the bike at the weekend, just six weeks after breaking his femur, the Spaniard worked on improving the feeling with the bike and the suspension. Nobuatsu Aoki took over for the afternoon session to work on the electronic settings and completed 68 laps.
The two absentees from the test in Estoril were Héctor Barberá (Mapfre Aspar Team) who sustained a damaged vertebrae from an awkward crash from yesterday’s race and Randy de Puniet (Pramac Racing). The Frenchman had already left Portugal to return to Nice, to have medical tomorrow regarding the situation with his leg.

 

[oldcunt]

isnt that sideshow bob wino ? ..

 

[wino]

we helped take down Osama boss him and me did............

 

[wino]

how's this for a save ?

 

[oldcunt]

booo booo ..i wish he'd of come off ...!

 

[wino]

booo booo ..i wish he'd of come off ...!

If that was you on your bloody air compressor thingy you would spat into the oncoming traffic no chance of a save for you knuklehead !

Repsol: 40 years making history in the Motorcycling World Championship

Monday, 9 May 2011
The Spanish energy company celebrates four decades in the Motorcycling World Championship, during which it has achieved 25 titles across all categories.



Repsol has been present in the sports sponsoring world since 1969, and two years later entered the two-wheeled world.
Ángel Nieto, Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’, Sito Pons, Álex Crivillé, Emilio Alzamora, Mick Doohan, Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Marc Márquez… Great names of motorcycling history both in Spain and abroad, with something in common: all of them were or still are Repsol riders. The sport’s history has been written during the four decades in which Repsol has been confirmed as one of the longest-living sponsors.
Everything started in 1971, when a young Ángel Nieto wore for the first time an ‘R’ on his Derbi machine’s fairing. Forty years ago (May 9th, 1971) at the Austrian track of Salzburgring the first round of the season took place. On that date Repsol’s unbeatable track record started to be forged. Ángel Nieto got on the podium twice that day: second place in the 50cc category and first in 125cc. In the end, he would take his first title in the 125cc class and would be runner-up in the smaller category. A successful start for Repsol, which thus began its sponsorship of motorcycling competitions.
Nevertheless, the first to wear the Repesa logo –Repsol’s embryo− were rally drivers Alberto Ruíz Giménez, Eladio Doncel and José Manuel Lencina, who in 1969 competed with cars of the Lancia and Alfa Romeo brands. That original design, which Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso used at the Valencia Grand Prix in 2008, is alive today in the Repsol Classic Team cars.
Cradle of champions
Since the debut of Ángel Nieto with the energy company, the Repsol riders have constantly been protagonists in the sport’s history. Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’ achieved the 1988 title of the 80cc and 125cc classes. That same year, Sito Pons, with his Honda NSR 250, took the 250cc title sporting Campsa’s livery.
However, it was the premiere category that saw the true emergence of Repsol as an international sponsor. In 1995, the company linked its sponsoring strategy to the Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) factory team and, together with Mick Doohan, Álex Crivillé and riders such as Tadayuki Okada and Takuma Aoki, dominated the second half of the decade.
The alliance of Repsol and Honda has continued up to the present day, always at the highest level: it has produced nine Rider World Championships and the same number of Constructors titles. Australian Mick Doohan was Champion for the four years he wore the Repsol livery. Crivillé took over and in 1999 won the 500cc title, and was the first Spaniard to win the premier class title.
That very same season, Emilio Alzamora, another Repsol rider, took the 125cc World Championship. Two years later, in 2001, the 500cc class saw Valentino Rossi take the title, again with Repsol’s support. In 250cc, Daijiro Kato achieved the title and in the two following years Rossi kept dominating the highest class, this time on a 990cc machine. And at the same time Dani Pedrosa made his World Championship debut, winning the 125cc class.
The rider from Castellar del Vallés (Barcelona), now in the MotoGP Repsol Honda Team, took another victory in 2005 in the intermediate class for the second year in a row. Since then he has shown that he is one of the most skilled riders of the World Championship. In 2006, Nicky Hayden also took the Repsol colours to the highest place by achieving the MotoGP title.
The latest addition to this list of Champions is Marc Márquez, who last year broke many records on his way to the 125cc title. This season, the Repsol Honda Team is being consolidated as the most powerful team of the class with an impressive line-up; Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso, who have already taken two victories in the first three races of 2011.
During these 42 years in competition and four decades in the Motorcycling World Championship, the Repsol name has been consolidated as one of the most prominent among the fans, no longer being a simple sponsor but a symbol of the highest level of competition and a synonym of innovation, technology and excellence in fuels for the most demanding sports competitions.
Repsol’s track record in the Motorcycle World Championship:
50cc
1972 Ángel Nieto (Derbi)
80cc
1988 Jorge Martínez “Aspar” (Derbi)
125cc
1971 Ángel Nieto (Derbi)
1972 Ángel Nieto (Derbi)
1981 Ángel Nieto (Minarelli)
1982 Ángel Nieto (Garelli)
1983 Ángel Nieto (Garelli)
1988 Jorge Martínez “Aspar” (Derbi)
1989 Álex Crivillé (JJ-Cobas)
1999 Emilio Alzamora (Honda RS 125)
2003 Dani Pedrosa (Honda RS 125)
2010 Marc Márquez (Derbi RSA)
250cc
1988 Sito Pons (Honda NSR 250)
1989 Sito Pons (Honda NSR 250)
2001 Daijiro Kato (Honda NSR 250)
2005 Dani Pedrosa (Honda RSW 250)
500cc
1995 Mick Doohan (Honda NSR 500)
1996 Mick Doohan (Honda NSR 500)
1997 Mick Doohan (Honda NSR 500)
1998 Mick Doohan (Honda NSR 500)
1999 Álex Crivillé (Honda NSR 500)
2001 Valentino Rossi (Honda NSR 500)
MotoGP
2002 Valentino Rossi (Honda RC211V)
2003 Valentino Rossi (Honda RC211V)
2006 Nicky Hayden (Honda RC211V)

 

[wino]

Bridgestone bringing new asymmetric rear slick to Le Mans

Wednesday, 11 May 2011
The official tyre supplier to the MotoGP class will debut a new compound at this weekend’s Monster Energy Grand Prix de France.



For the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France, held at Le Mans on May 15th, Bridgestone will introduce a new asymmetric rear slick tyre. The soft option rear is Bridgestone’s first soft asymmetric offering, and features soft compound rubber in the right shoulder with extra soft compound in the left side.
Initially scheduled for first use at the postponed Japanese Grand Prix, Le Mans now represents the debut for this tyre which will provide better initial grip and warm-up performance and will provide better performance in the cold conditions that can be expected in France. The nature of the Le Mans circuit is also slippery which demands softer compound rubber to generate good grip.
Asymmetric rear slicks are required to provide good durability and stability through the nine right-handed corners whilst not sacrificing warm-up performance in the left side of the tyre which is only used five times each lap.
Le Mans can be called a stop-and-go circuit, which is to say that rather than being a flowing lap it is punctuated by a succession of heavy braking points followed by hard acceleration. Heavy braking places emphasis on the centre section of the front tyres, whilst the hard acceleration out of corners means good edge grip is important. Having said that, with its smooth tarmac and low temperature Le Mans is the least severe circuit of the year for tyres which is why the soft and medium front and rear slicks have been selected by Bridgestone.
The weather in the region is unpredictable and whilst last year was dry, in recent years the race has been interrupted by rain so Bridgestone have selected the soft wets for the fourth time this year.
Hirohide Hamashima – Assistant to Director, Motorsport Tyre Development Division
“Le Mans is a slippery and smooth circuit, and run early in the year when the track temperature is low, so softer compound tyres are required to generate grip and this is why we will use our new soft asymmetric rear tyre in France. We developed the extra soft compound at the end of last year and used it in Portugal and Valencia, but over the winter we have incorporated it into a soft compound asymmetric tyre which is totally new. It is designed to work when the conditions are colder to warm-up faster and provide riders with better feeling in the first stages of use.”
“The circuit has quite a stop-and-go nature, although the last part of the lap is high speed. Lateral loads placed on the tyres are relatively low but good stability under braking is crucial, especially into turns three and nine which come at the end of the two straights. The circuit has an asymmetric layout that uses the right shoulders harder, hence our choice of asymmetric rear slicks.”

 

[wino]

the new Moto 3 bike from HRC

http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2011/Free+Video+HRC+NSF250R+Moto3

 

[wino]

Repsol Honda trio positive after dominant start to Friday

Friday, 13 May 2011
After their strong performances in Portugal, the Repsol Honda trio maintained momentum in the first two free practice sessions of the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France.



The Repsol Honda team returned to work with a similar set up used two weeks ago in Estoril, a comparable track layout wise and after the first two sessions the riders are confident in improving their pace and performance. Casey Stoner topped the time sheets in both free practice sessions, with Dani Pedrosa the third fastest rider of the day and Andrea Dovizioso sixth. Stoner's fastest lap time of 1'33.782 in his first outing with the RC212V in Le Mans was just a fraction off Valentino Rossi's pole position last season (1'33.408) and almost half a second quicker than the existing Circuit Lap Record of 1'34.215 set by Rossi in 2008.
The Australian focused on improving traction in the rear of his machine. Pedrosa, after missing the majority of the post-race test in Portugal due to his physical condition, took his time this afternoon to try the new Ohlins front fork and also both hard and soft tyres to compare. Dovizioso spent the sessions trying to improve stability under braking.
Casey Stoner, Repsol Honda
"The track has quite good grip and we have a better feeling than in the past few years in this track and we are very happy. We went out this morning and didn't change so much from Portugal as the tracks are pretty similar for us. We felt good immediately and then changed a few things and tried something we haven't tested before on the Honda which seemed to give us more traction in the rear without affecting anything else. The weather is fantastic here and I hope it stays this way! We're happy to be where we are and we'll continue to work tomorrow morning to ensure we have the best set up for qualifying. Every session we do we're trying to modify something to improve the bike, I don't know if this is good enough to get pole at the moment as people are able to pull out a very good lap on the soft tyre. Today we are fast but I'm sure tomorrow the others will also be quick. At this moment we feel comfortable with the settings with just a few more adjustments to make tomorrow, hopefully we can stay ahead of the rest.”
Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda
"In the morning it was difficult with the cold conditions to find some grip and then in the afternoon the grip got better but we couldn't improve as much as we expected. Anyway we have some ideas and I hope to make a step forward tomorrow. We need to work on the front and rear suspension to get a better feeling, the bike was moving a lot this afternoon entering and at the exit of the corners. We have to keep the momentum and bounce back again because we are doing well, the bike is going very strong and we have to keep focused and work hard.”
Andrea Dovizioso, Repsol Honda
“This morning we started well and we continued working on the set up of the bike in the afternoon. We tried a different setting on the other bike to improve the stability under braking but we didn’t get the results we expected. Tomorrow we will continue to fine tune the set up and the electronics. I feel I have margin to improve so I’m not too worried, I have always had good results on this track and the feeling with the machine is good. I’m not happy with the nine tenths gap from Stoner, he is very fast, but apart from him, we are closer to the front riders. We need to keep on working and improve the race pace.”

 

[wino]

Stoner stays top of the timesheets for FP2 at Le Mans

Friday, 13 May 2011
Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner repeated his early morning form and continued to head the pack at the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France after the second free practice session. It was a Honda top three again but this time it was Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) in second ahead of the next Repsol Honda rider, Dani Pedrosa.


2011 - Le Mans - MotoGP - FP2 - Highlights

The Australian set the fastest lap of 1’33.782 in the afternoon session which was 0.404s faster than Simoncelli and nearly four-tenths quicker than his best time set in the free practice one. The Italian, who was second fastest, has twice finished on the podium in France when racing in the 250cc class, including a win in 2009.
Pedrosa was the only rider unable to improve on his time set in the morning practice, in a session which was much hotter than the conditions in the morning. The Spaniard’s lap time in FP1 was 1’34.431, compared to 1’34.478 set in FP2. The gap between Stoner and Pedrosa’s lap time was 0.696s.Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) produced a late effort to claim the fourth fastest time and finish the highest Ducati. The American secured his best ever finish at the French GP in 2010 when he came fourth as the first Ducati rider across the line. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) who has won back to back races here at Le Mans in 2009 and 2010, made a big improvement from his first session of the day, by finding half a second in his lap times to finish fifth.
Sixth was Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) who has finished on the podium six times at the Le Mans circuit. The Italian was third in this morning’s session. Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was seventh and the second fastest Yamaha. The 37 year-old has had a good record at this circuit with two rostrum places here in both 2005 and 2008.
Japanese rider Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) was eighth in FP2, 1.177s off Stoner’s time, with Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) ninth. The final spot in the top ten went to Ben Spies (Yamaha Factory Racing), whilst local favourite Randy de Puniet (Pramac Racing) was just outside the top ten in eleventh.
Cal Crutchlow (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) making his racing debut at this circuit, as he did in Estoril, crashed at Turn 8 in the last five minutes of the session, but was able to remount. The British rider finished 12th.