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UNSTOPPABLE
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DISHARMONY 30
BROKEN
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WHAT A MISTAKE 74 Formula 1
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This is war already Chinese Grand Prix
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Disharmony Background - Renault vs. Red Bull
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New kid on the block Bahrain Grand Prix
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Broken Background - Nico Rosberg
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The secret of Kimi's helmet Background
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He is back Spanish Grand Prix
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What a mistake Monaco Grand Prix
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Déjà vu Background
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NOT A DAY TO DIE 136 Moto GP
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Still Mr. America US Grand Prix
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The old-stager Argentinian Grand Prix
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Not a day to die Spanish Grand Prix
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Limitless French Grand Prix
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Unstoppable Italian Grand Prix
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Rule no.1: your team-mate is your biggest opponent. Everyone knows it and they never hide it.
In case of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg they were friends. Also good ones. They raced together in gokart and other lower categories, they know each other well and thoes days it was also common that they dinned together. But it’s not like this anymore. The reason? Rivarly. They are in the best team now, both have everything it takes to win, but as we know, only one can do that. Last year, that one, was Hamilton. The problems already started last year. After Monaco when Rosberg secured the pole in controversial way, Hamilton told to BBC Radio 5 live, that he can count his friends on one hand and he is sure that Nico can do the same. He is not in Nico’s five and Nico is not in his five, he said.
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Few days later the British used the social media, putting an old photo of him and Rosberg saying: We’ve been friends a long time and as friends we have our ups and downs. Today we spoke and we’re cool. Still friends. But the truth is what also Niki Lauda said after. There is no friendship on the track. When you race you have to fight, that's it. So true. But there is an important thing.
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Rule no.2: respect your opponents.
This is what Valentino Rossi and Lorge Lorenzo learned in the last few years. Their story is completely different. They have never been friends. When Lorenzo joined to Yamaha, Rossi was already the biggest star. The Spaniard just wanted to win (clearly). In the first year he made a lot of rookie mistakes, but a year later he was fighting for the championship against his team-mate. And of course the bigger problems started that time. When Lorenzo won his first MotoGP title, Rossi left the Japanese manufacture as he lost his No1. position. Now they are in the same team again and only six points seperate them in the classification. We know that they are still not friends, but they say every time that they learned to be in the same team and respect each other.
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We are now after the first six races both in Formula1 and MotoGP. Out of the six rounds five were won by the Mercedes (in F1) and by the Yamaha (in MotoGP) duo. Right now all is about teammate rivarly.
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3 3
2 2
3 3
1 1
2 1
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PERFORMANCE COMPARISON Mercedes guys are dominating the 2015 season so far after the first six races as their grid and race positions show.
1 2
1 1
1 1
2 2
Points 140 120 100 80 60 40
1 3
20 0
Australia
Malaysia
China Rosberg
Bahrain Hamilton
Spain
Monaco
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RACING LAPS LED AFTER SIX ROUNDS 1. 2. 3. 4.
Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Kimi Raikkonen
237 out of 371 laps 79 laps 46 laps 9 laps
FASTEST LAPS RACE BY RACE Lewis
HAMILTON Nico
ROSBERG
Australia
Malaysia
China
Bahrain
1:30.945 (50)*
1:43.125 (45)
1:42.208 (31)*
1:37.857 (38)
1:31.092 (47)
1:42.062 (43)*
1:42.565 (39)
1:37.326 (36)
According the laptimes Hamilton was the fastest guy on track during the races in three occasions, Rosberg only once. In Monaco the fastest laptime of the race was set by Daniel Ricciardo with a 1:18.063. (In the brackets you can see on wich lap they set the laptime.)
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Spain
Monaco
1:28.270 (54)*
1:18.676 (42)
1:29.109 (53)
1:18.599 (76)
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4 3
8 1
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8 3
6 4
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PERFORMANCE COMPARISON Lorenzo had a weak start at the beginning of the season, while Rossi is in trouble during the qualifying practices.
3 4
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3 1
Points 140 120 100 80 60 40 20
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Austin
Termas de Rio Ondo Lorenzo
Jerez Rossi
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RACING LAPS LED AFTE 1. 2. 3. 4.
Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Marc Marquez (Honda) Andrea Dovizioso (Duc Valentino Rossi (Yamah
FASTEST LAPS RACE BY RACE Valentino
ROSSI Jorge
LORENZO
Losail
Austin
Termas de Rio Hondo
Jerez
1:55.267 (5)*
2:04.543 (2)
1:39.019 (20)*
1:39.186 (2)
1:55.428 (2)
2:04.753 (4)
1:39.595 (18)
1:38.735 (2)*
*Rossi set the fastest lap time of the race three times, while Lorenzo once. In Austin Andrea Iannone made it with 2:04.251, in Mugello Marc Mรกrquez stopped the chronograph at 1:47.654. (In the brackets you can see on wich lap they set the laptime.)
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ER SIX ROUNDS
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93 out of 146 laps 40 laps 9 laps 4 laps
Le Mans
Mugello
1:32.879 (4)*
1:48.173 (4)
1:33.004 (2)
1:47.700 (21)
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For the third time this year we had the same drivers on the podium just an other time. The victory was taken by Lewis Hamilton again, second time in a row. The result also marked his second Grand Chelem; pole, victory, fastest lap and leading from lights to flag.
Mercedes team made a good decision in the second stint of the race, when they changed there strategy and put both drivers onto soft tyres instead of the mediums. In order to make the tyres last 18 laps, Lewis Hamilton had to manage them by driving slowly.
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This backed up team mate Nico Rosberg, who was in second place, towards the Scuderia Ferrari car of Sebastian Vettel. At the second stop, Vettel tried to undercut Rosberg, but the Mercedes team covered the situation by letting Rosberg pit first.
The Mercedes cars were then faster on the medium tyres than the Ferraris and the 1-2 finish was secure.
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I'm really happy. It was a great race and really positive to have a clean weekend throughout every session. The team did a great job. Going into today we expected it to be close with Ferrari as they had been good on the tyres on their long runs. The goal was to run my own race and manage the tyres as best I could; I was driving as hard as I could within the constraints of the tyres and just trying to stretch out the Option stints for as long as possible.
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I never really had a threat from Nico but I didn't do anything intentionally to slow him up. Before the second stops I was able to put in a few fast laps to build the gap which I really enjoyed. Then, it was a case of managing the life of the Prime tyre to the finish. It’s a great feeling to win again in China in front of all these amazing fans. Sebastian VETTEL
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I’m a bit frustrated today, as I saw how much of a difference four hundredths of a second to Lewis in qualifying can make. Lewis managed his tyres a lot in the middle stint and that put me at risk with Vettel right behind. I’m sure we will sit down and discuss it all now. But in general it’s up to me to change the situation. I just need to make a better job on Saturday. Nico ROSBERG
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CHINESE GRAND PRIX Shanghai International Circuit • Shanghai, China
RECORDS RECORDS
LAP RECORD 1:32.238 M. SCHUMACHER (2004) FASTEST POLE 1:33.706 S. VETTEL (2011)
FACTS FACTS 1st
Lewis Hamilton, with victories in 2008, 2011 and 2014, is the most successful driver in the 11 years of the Chinese Grand Prix. The only other driver with multiple wins is Fernando Alonso, who won the race in 2005 and 2013.
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LENGHT 5451m
9
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QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20
Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas Kimi Räikkönen Daniel Ricciardo Romain Grosjean Felipe Nasr Marcus Ericsson Pastor Maldonado Daniil Kvyat Max Verstappen Carlos Sainz Sergio Perez Nico Hulkenberg Jenson Button Fernando Alonso Will Stevens Roberto Merhi Jenson Button Fernando Alonso Will Stevens Roberto Merhi
GBR GER GER BRA FIN FIN AUS FRA BRA SWE VEN RUS NED SPA MEX GER GBR SPA GBR SPA GBR SPA GBR SPA
Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari Williams / Mercedes Williams / Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull R / Renault Lotus / Mercedes Sauber / Ferrari Sauber / Ferrari Lotus / Mercedes Red Bull R / Renault Toro Rosso / Renault Toro Rosso / Renault Force India / Mercedes Force India / Mercedes McLaren / Honda McLaren / Honda Marussia / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari McLaren / Honda McLaren / Honda Marussia / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari
Q1 Q2 Q3
1:38.285 1:36.423 1:38.496 1:36.747 1:37.502 1:36.957 1:38.433 1:37.357 1:38.014 1:37.763 1:37.790 1:37.109 1:38.534 1:37.939 1:38.209 1:38.063 1:38.521 1:38.017 1:38.941 1:38.127 1:38.563 1:38.134 1:39.051 1:38.209 1:38.387 1:38.393 1:38.622 1:38.538 1:38.903 1:39.290 1:39.216 1:39.276 1:39.280 1:42.091 1:42.842 1:39.276 1:39.280 1:42.091 1:42.842
1:35.782 1:35.824 1:36.687 1:36.954 1:37.143 1:37.232 1:37.540 1:37.905 1:38.067 1:38.158
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132 kg
6 205 147 kg
2 110
4.6 g
2 80 8 315
4.9 g
2
7 262
1
183 kg
DRS
2 65
5 180
5 175
2 85
3 DRS
8 339
155 kg
GEAR 5.4 g
Total driver pedal load
7 240 SPEED km/h
Circuit Strategy by UBS Because of its layout, with some long, tight corners, a significant percentage of the lap time in Shanghai is spent turning and so this is a circuit where the cars are limited by the way they use their front tyres. This will be even more true this year as the Pirelli rear tyres are much stronger than in 2014. Teams will have to work around how many laps their car‘s front tyres will last before performance drops off and they must plan their strategy around their relative strength or weakness in this area compared to the opposition. Overtaking is easy here because of the long straight (1.17km), so teams can plan for the fastest strategy, knowing that passing through traffic will not be a huge problem.
Sector beginning DRS activation zone
TYRE ALLOCATION Soft
Medium
Intermediate
Rain
Source: Lotus, Pirelli, UBS
Average deceleration
6 245
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Race distance: 56 laps / 305.066 km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14* 15 16**
Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Kimi Räikkönen Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas Romain Grosjean Felipe Nasr Daniel Ricciardo Marcus Ericsson Sergio Pérez Fernando Alonso Carlos Sainz Jenson Button Will Stevens Roberto Merhi
Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari Ferrari Williams / Mercedes Williams / Mercedes Lotus / Mercedes Sauber / Ferrari Red Bull R / Renault Sauber / Ferrari Force India / Mercedes McLaren / Honda Toro Rosso / Renault McLaren / Honda Marussia / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari
1:39:42.008 hours +0.714 seconds +2.988 +3.835 +8.544 +9.885 +19.008 +22.625 +32.117 +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +2 Laps +2 Laps
* Button finished 13th but had 5 seconds added to his race time for causing a collision with Maldonado. ** Merhi had 5 seconds added to his race time for failing to stay above the required time during the safety car period. Retired Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso / Renault) on lap 53 Engine failure Pastor Maldonado (Lotus / Mercedes) on lap 50 Collision Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull R / Renault) on lap 16 Engine failure Nico Hülkenberg (Force India / Mercedes) on lap 10 Retirement
HOT STUFF
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finish behind the safety car
3 leaders Hamilton - 53 laps, Rosberg - 2, Räikkönen - 1 1 Safety car period (4 laps) 38 Pit stops 23 Overtakes
TYRE
344.1 km/h Top speed – Maldonado/race
TYRE WINNING STRATEGY
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
STATISTICS STATISTICS
56 LAPS
Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg have locked out the podium for the frst three races of 2015. No previous F1 season has had only three drivers on the podium after the frst three rounds of the championship
Used soft (24 laps) New soft (14 laps)
New medium (33 laps)
WORLD FASTEST STANDING LAP WORLD STANDING
FASTEST LAP 1:42.208
1:42.565
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Rosberg
on soft compound
on medium compound
WEATHER WEATHER
Sunny
Air 20-22ºC
Dry
Track 40-47ºC
1 Lewis Hamilton 68 pts 2 Sebastian Vettel 55 3 Nico Rosberg 51 4 Felipe Massa 30 5 Kimi Räikkönen 24 6 Valtteri Bottas 18 7 Felipe Nasr 14 8 Daniel Ricciardo 11 9 Romain Grosjean 6 10 Nico Hülkenberg 6 11 Max Verstappen 6 12 Carlos Sainz 6 13 Marcus Ericsson 5 14 Daniil Kvyat 2 15 Sergio Pérez 1
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A few years ago they were on top of the whole world. Formula 1 was lying before them, they were breaking the records and seemed to be unbeatable. Of course, they knew as well that one day this era will come to and end. Even Sebastian Vettel had warned them at the beginning of their descent: „Guys, remember these moments well, because they won’t last forever” – he said on the radio. It appears he was right.
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Harmony It’s not extreme to say that this is what the modern F1 is all about. All the parts of the V6 turbocharged engines – from the ones worth millions of dollars to the ones worth a few cents – must fit and work well with each other, otherwise the complete artwork of the engineers (i.e. the engine) will not function perfectly. The engine must also fit well with the bodywork to form a competitive racing car.
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Let us take Honda out of the equaiton and put a questionmark next to their name. They have started the whole project a bit late and now they seem to be just running after results. In order to pass a judgment on Honda, more time is needed . One team remains: Renault. Renault that have appeared to be lost in the crowd.
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Furthermore, it is also quite necessary to have harmony in one’s team. Similar to when the specialists who produce the car can collaborate closely and well with the ones that design the engine. All the warnings in 2013 (apart from Vettel’s one) were not without foundation. It was already clear that from 2014 you can not be successful without factory suppor,t and the teams building the cars and the engines by the same ones will have a big advantage. As we had already seen with Mercedes last year, Ferrari seem to be waking up from their nightmare.
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Disharmony It is important to note that Renault does not have a factory team. They have a relevant partner, that was almost completely unbeatable between 2010 and 2014, Red Bull. Last year there were signs and promises that they would start to work together closer to reduce the Mercedes advantage. They were determined to call in other companies and work like a real factory team.
Although, they are still missing the harmony. The new engine is proving to be disastrous. Not just untrustworthy, but much less powerful than the Mercedes or the Ferrari engine. So far the common work does seem to be going well. The Austrians and the French are like newly-weds, who after a lot of happy years together, decided to marry and move in together. However, it does not seem to be working out. Renault for example wants more space. They want to work more independently and away from Red Bull’s pressure. Thus, it looks like this marriage is going to come to the end soon.
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Renault is thinking abou team (more precisely to already excisting team), were promised a bigger division. Meanwhile Red leaving Formula One, bu a wake up call to the lea achieve some modificati especially now that Audi successor of Renault.
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A runner-up spot was the result of Kimi RäikkÜnen’s great climb up, which ended in him passing Nico Rosberg two laps from the end. The team did a great job putting him to a different tyre plan from the cars ahead. This brilliant second place finish is his first podium since 2013. The Finn crossed the line 3 seconds behind the Mercedes of race winner Lewis Hamilton. It also means an other double podium finish for the Mercedes Team even if both of their cars suffered unrelated brake-by-wire problems in the final laps.
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It definitely wasn't an easy win. It was close when I came out of the pits after the first stop and the battle behind me was intense. I had a bit of a slow stop which reduced my gap and when I was braking into T1 I saw them right there in my mirrors! From there I felt like I had it pretty much under control.
I have to say a big thanks to everyone back at the factories and here at the track. I know we'll work even harder to do better at the next race. That's what motorsport is all about and that's why we go racing - to fight with other teams. Lewis HAMILTON
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BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX Bahrain International Circuit • Sakhir, Bahrain
RECORDS RECORDS
LAP RECORD 1:30.252 M. SCHUMACHER (2004) FASTEST POLE 1:30.139 M. SCHUMACHER (2004)
FACTS FACTS 1st
Over the course of the ten Bahrain Grands Prix, the race has been won from no further back than fourth place on the grid. The race has been won four times from pole position, three times from second, once from third and twice from fourth.
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LENGHT 5412m
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QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION
1. Lewis Hamilton 2 Sebastian Vettel 3 Nico Rosberg 4 Kimi Räikkönen 5 Valtteri Bottas 6 Felipe Massa 7 Daniel Ricciardo 8 Nico Hulkenberg 9 Carlos Sainz 10 Romain Grosjean 11 Sergio Perez 12 Felipe Nasr 13 Marcus Ericsson 14 Fernando Alonso 15 Max Verstappen 16 Pastor Maldonado 17 Daniil Kvyat 18 Will Stevens 19 Roberto Merhi * Jenson Button
GBR GER GER FIN FIN BRA AUS GER SPA FRA MEX BRA SWE SPA NED VEN RUS GBR ESP GBR
Mercedes Ferrari Mercedes Ferrari Williams / Mercedes Williams / Mercedes Red Bull R / Renault Force India / Mercedes Toro Rosso / Renault Lotus / Mercedes Force India / Mercedes Sauber / Ferrari Sauber / Ferrari McLaren / Honda Toro Rosso / Renault Lotus / Mercedes Red Bull R / Renault Marussia / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari McLaren / Honda
Q1 Q2 Q3
1:33.928 1:32.669 1:34.919 1:33.623 1:34.398 1:33.878 1:34.568 1:33.540 1:34.161 1:33.897 1:34.488 1:33.551 1:34.691 1:34.403 1:35.653 1:34.613 1:35.371 1:34.641 1:35.007 1:34.123 1:35.451 1:34.704 1:35.310 1:34.737 1:35.438 1:35.034 1:35.205 1:35.039 1:35.611 1:35.103 1:35.677 1:35.800 1:38.713 1:39.722 No time
1:32.571 1:32.982 1:33.129 1:33.227 1:33.381 1:33.744 1:33.832 1:34.450 1:34.462 1:34.484
* The Stewards grant permission for car 22 Jenson Button to start the race, as the driver has set satisfactory times in practice at this event.
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2 100
8 300
2
5 176
141 kg
3
4.6 g
7 260 7 250
6 240
DRS
1 70
7 280
1 65
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2 113
Average deceleration 155 kg
4.7 g
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GEAR 5.4 g
Total driver pedal load
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7 240
Sector beginning DRS activation zone
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Circuit Strategy by UBS Bahrain could be a similar kind of race to China - the Pirelli tyre choices are the same (soft and medium) and although Bahrain is more abrasive, the temperatures will be slightly cooler, as the race will be held at night. Therefore, we are likely to see a similar pattern of two stops with soft/soft/ medium as the default strategy. This season Merdcedes is less able to take risks with strategy due to Scuderia Ferrari being closer behind them. In Bahrain last year Mercedes was able to give the second placed car a chance of winning the race with an alternative strategy, which made for a brilliant race. This won’t be possible this year and so qualifying and the start of the race will be critical.
TYRE ALLOCATION Soft
Medium
Intermediate
Rain
Source: Lotus, Pirelli, UBS
8 340
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Race distance: 57 laps / 308.238 km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen Nico Rosberg Valtteri Bottas Sebastian Vettel Daniel Ricciardo Romain Grosjean Sergio Pérez Daniil Kvyat Felipe Massa Fernando Alonso Felipe Nasr Nico Hülkenberg Marcus Ericsson Pastor Maldonado Will Stevens Roberto Merhi
Mercedes Ferrari Mercedes Williams / Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull R / Renault Lotus / Mercedes Force India / Mercedes Red Bull R / Renault Williams / Mercedes McLaren / Honda Sauber / Ferrari Force India / Mercedes Sauber / Ferrari Lotus / Mercedes Marussia / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari
1:35:05.809 hours +3.380 seconds +6.033 +42.957 +43.989 +1:01.751 +1:24.763 +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +2 Laps +3 Laps
Retired Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso / Renault) on lap 35 Electrical problem Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso / Renault) on lap 30 Wheel problem Not Started Jenson Button (McLaren / Honda)
DID YOU KNOW? STATISTICS STATISTICS 3.380
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339.1 km/h Top speed – Vettel/race 0 Safety car periods 43 Pit stops 35 Overtakes
57 LAPS Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
3 leaders: Hamilton - 49 laps, Räikkönen - 7, Rosberg - 1
TYRE
margin of victory
TYRE WINNING STRATEGY
The 2015 Bahrain GP should have been Jenson Button’s 100th race with the McLaren Team. After the disastrous qualifying, he had problem with the car before the race too, so he didn’t even see the start lights.
Used soft (14 laps) New soft (18 laps)
New medium (25 laps)
WORLD FASTEST STANDING LAP WORLD STANDING
FASTEST LAP 1:36.311
1:36.624
Räikkönen
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on medium compound
WEATHER WEATHER
Air
Clear, Moonlight
Track 28-31ºC
Dry
24-26ºC
Humidity 30-42%
1 Lewis Hamilton 2 Nico Rosberg 3 Sebastian Vettel 4 Kimi Räikkönen 5 Felipe Massa 6 Valtteri Bottas 7 Daniel Ricciardo 8 Felipe Nasr 9 Romain Grosjean 10 Nico Hülkenberg 11 Max Verstappen 12 Carlos Sainz 13 Sergio Pérez 14 Marcus Ericsson 15 Daniil Kvyat
93 pts 66 65 42 31 30 19 14 12 6 6 6 5 5 4
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Would he be a sore loser, or just stroppy? Should he attack on the track instead of the press room? Well, perhaps we should not be so harsh. There is no person on the planet who would want to best Lewis Hamilton more than Nico Rosberg. However, he has reached a tough period, and coming out from a downturn like this is not so easy at all‌
The bomb exploded after the Chinese GP when Rosberg was complaining that his teammate (Hamilton) slowed him down on purpose during the race, and this was the reason why Sebastian Vettel was able to get closer and closer and eventually came to the position to attack.
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If he felt he was faster then why he did not overtake? Or if he wasn’t able to overtake how come is he complaining? These questions can be legitime, but the answer is not that easy. Rosberg’s complaint is in part right and in part not. It’s true that Hamilton slowed him down, but he had the right to do it as he was leading the race and could set his own pace. Nevertheless, this is not as important to us. A more important question is what led to this outburst and how Rosberg could change the scenario and his fate, if it possible at all…
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After he lost the championship last year, he stated on countless occasions that he would return more improved and even stronger. There was a moment when it seemed to be true, as during the winter test he was more complex and ready than Hamilton who was struggling with some issues in his personal life. However, Hamilton returned. He won in Australia again and was more ready than ever before in his career. Undoubtedly he is in his best form ever: he is fast in qualifying, his tactics work well during races, he doesn’t make mistakes, and also proves to be significantly strong mentally.
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Rosberg can clearly see this as well. Rosberg, who had completed a really strong preparation for the season and changed his style, really believed that his time had arrived. A few weeks later he had to realise that whatever he is doing, however strong he is working, however determined he is, he cannot beat his teammate. We can all imagine how bitter this moment was when he realized this fact. For an athlete it is like hell, so is it really surprising that he loses his mind during a press conference after another fall? Can we blame him?
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There have been several occassions similar to this over the past years. It was in the same manner that Micheal Schumancher dominated his teammate, as did Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel also. This is how Rubens Barrichello lost his motivation, how Felipe Massa lost all hope, and how Mark Webber had to accept he was to play second fiddle despite the fact that he proved to be a strong competitor, as did Rosberg, and was so close to the title of world champion. Nevertheless, in the name of all who wish for an exciting season, we can wish Nico good luck!
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The parts of pre-impregnated carbon fiber are cut into specific shapes before being placed in a shell mould.
The opening for the visor, called the eyeport, and the excess of carbon in the lower part of the shell are cut with a jig saw.
Now the shell already looks like a real helmet... The technician will now position the shell in a jig, allowing him to precisely trim the 12 ventilation holes on the helmet.
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Up to 40 pieces of carbon fibre are positioned very precisely in a female mould. This is called the When lamination is completed, the shell goes into an oven at 150 째C under vacuum for 30 minutes. This is a shell coming out of the oven.
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Nico Rosberg is back. And it looks like, that when he’s good, he’s very good. This was a really impressive weekend for the German as he consistently out-paced his Mercedes teammate, took a deserved pole position and then he was unbeatable also on race day.
Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton clearly a bad one, with lots o so he lost his second Sebastian Vettel. Later h undercut the German at stop, but a stuck wheel nut plan, so the team switche more beneficial three-sto which got him out ahead the end of the third stint, th superior pace of the Merce tyres.
n’s start was of wheelspin, position to he tried to the first pit t ended that ed him to a op strategy, of Vettel at hanks to the edes on hard
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We had a perfect weekend here in Spain. We have a fantastic car and everybody did a really great job in the break, so thanks to the team for everything. My start was great for the first time this season. It’s been a while coming but today it worked out really well. From there I was able to control the pace and I never felt in danger throughout the whole race. I'm so happy about this win. It's still early days in the season so it's good to close the points gap to Lewis. At one point I thought maybe, who knows, maybe Sebastian can keep Lewis behind, which on the one side isn’t good for the team, but in terms of my points… It’s always a compromise, for my points that would have been better. But that’s the way it is.
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SPANISH GRAND PRIX Circuit de Catalunya· Montmeló, Spain
RECORDS RECORDS
LAP RECORD 1:14.648 F. ALONSO (2006)
FASTEST POLE 1:21.670 K. RÄIKKÖNEN (2008)
FACTS
Pole position is of great importance here. The race has been won from pole 18 times from 25 outings. Only twice has the race been won from a starting position lower than the front row.
FACTS 1st
CORNERS
FIRST GRAND PRIX 2991
7
Left
LENGHT 4655 m
9
Right
QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION
1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Valtteri Bottas Carlos Sainz Max Verstappen Kimi Räikkönen Daniil Kvyat Felipe Massa Daniel Ricciardo Romain Grosjean Pastor Maldonado Fernando Alonso Jenson Button Felipe Nasr Marcus Ericsson Nico Hülkenberg Sergio Perez Will Stevens Roberto Merhi
GER GBR GER FIN SPA NED FIN RUS BRA AUS FRA VEN SPA GBR BRA SWE GER MEX GBR ESP
Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari Williams / Mercedes Toro Rosso / Renault Toro Rosso / Renault Ferrari Red Bull R / Renault Williams / Mercedes Red Bull R / Renault Lotus / Mercedes Lotus / Mercedes McLaren / Honda McLaren / Honda Sauber / Ferrari Sauber / Ferrari Force India / Mercedes Force India / Mercedes Marussia / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari
Q1 Q2 Q3
1:26.490 1:25.166 1:26.382 1:25.740 1:27.534 1:26.167 1:27.262 1:26.197 1:26.773 1:26.475 1:27.393 1:26.441 1:26.637 1:26.016 1:27.833 1:26.889 1:27.165 1:26.147 1:27.611 1:26.692 1:27.383 1:27.375 1:27.281 1:27.450 1:27.941 1:27.760 1:27.813 1:27.854 1:27.625 1:28.005 1:28.112 1:28.365 1:28.442 1:31.200 1:32.038
1:24.681 1:24.948 1:25.458 1:25.694 1:26.136 1:26.249 1:26.414 1:26.629 1:26.757 1:26.770
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4,6 g
3 140
6 235
143 kg
7 225
2
4 145 DRS
3
3 126
2 70
1 8 335 168 kg
Average deceleration 155 kg
5 200 5,0 g
GEAR 5.4 g
Total driver pedal load
7 240 SPEED km/h
Circuit Strategy by UBS Barcelona is the main test track for F1, however it can still catch the teams out and strategy plays a key role in the race outcome. It is a tough track on tyres, with the long Turn 3 the most difficult corner as it puts a heavy load on the left front tyre. The surface is also quite abrasive and as a result the Pirelli medium and hard tyres will be used again. Traditionally Spain is the race where the teams bring the first significant performance update to their cars, which can change the order.
153 kg
Sector beginning DRS activation zone
TYRE ALLOCATION Medium
Hard
Intermediate
Rain
Source: Lotus, Pirelli, UBS
5,6 g
DRS
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2
CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
Race distance: 66 laps / 307.104 km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Valtteri Bottas Kimi Räikkönen Felipe Massa Daniel Ricciardo Romain Grosjean Carlos Sainz Daniil Kvyat Max Verstappen Felipe Nasr Sergio Pérez Marcus Ericsson Nico Hülkenberg Jenson Button Will Stevens Roberto Merhi
Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari Williams / Mercedes Ferrari Williams / Mercedes Red Bull R / Renault Lotus / Mercedes Toro Rosso / Renault Red Bull R / Renault Toro Rosso / Renault Sauber / Ferrari Force India / Mercedes Sauber / Ferrari Force India / Mercedes McLaren / Honda Marussia / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari
1:41:12.555 hours +17.551 seconds +45.342 +59.217 +1:00.002 +1:21.314 +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +1 Lap +3 Laps +4 Laps
Retired Pastor Maldonado (Lotus / Mercedes) on lap 46 Accident Fernando Alonso (McLaren / Honda) on lap 27 Brakes problem
MILESTONE STATISTICS STATISTICS 17.551
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343.8 km/h Top speed – Hülkenberg/race 0 Safety car periods 46 Pit stops 57 Overtakes
66 LAPS Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
3 leaders: Rosberg - 60 laps, Hamilton - 5, Räikkönen - 1
TYRE
margin of victory
TYRE WINNING STRATEGY
Lewis Hamilton’s second place was his 75th podium finish in F1. He needs just 5 more to equal Ayrton Senna. The top three drivers with the most podium finishes are Michael Schumacher (155), Alain Prost (106) and Fernando Alonso (97).
Used medium (14 laps) New medium (30 laps)
New hard (22 laps)
WORLD FASTEST STANDING LAP WORLD STANDING
FASTEST LAP 1:28.270
1:29.109
Hamilton
Rosberg
on medium compound
on hard compound
WEATHER WEATHER
Air
Sunny
Dry
Track 46-52ºC
25-28ºC
Humidity 39-47%
1 Lewis Hamilton 2 Nico Rosberg 3 Sebastian Vettel 4 Kimi Räikkönen 5 Valtteri Bottas 6 Felipe Massa 7 Daniel Ricciardo 8 Romain Grosjean 9 Felipe Nasr 10 Carlos Sainz 11 Max Verstappen 12 Nico Hülkenberg 13 Sergio Pérez 14 Marcus Ericsson 15 Daniil Kvyat
111 pts 91 80 52 42 39 25 16 14 8 6 6 5 5 5
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In Monaco we could see one of the biggest strategy errors of recent times. Lewis Hamilton had been master of most of the weekend. Only in the early phase of qualifying did he look anything other than in control. He was eagle to win again in Monaco and he had everything in his hands for this. Till that inexplicable mistake came.
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Mercedes chose to pit Hamilton for the second time with just 12 laps to go, when the Safety Car was called for a big accident for rookie Max Verstappen at Sainte Devote. They did not have enough gap to Rosberg neither to Vettel; this is because Hamilton lost some time behind the Safety Car and his pit stop was 1.3 seconds slower than his first. At Safety Car speeds he would have needed a 17-second margin to retain track position; he was three seconds short of that.
The biggest question is: why did they stop him at all? The team says that it was because they were concerned that Vettel might pit and take on supersoft tyres, then attack both Mercedes at the restart, so they covered off that eventuality. They accept it was a mistake, but the damage is done. Now he is leading the championship with only 10 points instead of 27.
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That was my luckiest experience in racing so far. What a crazy race. I was surprised when I saw no one else behind the safety car than me. I didn’t know what was happening in that moment. But I concentrated on getting temperature into the tyres as they felt like ice. Until the safety car Lewis has done a perfect job, he was better than me over the weekend, so he definitely deserved the win. I know how horrible he must feel now. This weekend was a warning for me that I have to work even harder for the next race in Montreal. For sure I also feel happy to win again here in Monaco. It's always so special, and one part of me will celebrate that victory today. A win is a win.
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I can’t express the way I feel at the moment. I saw the team out in the pit-lane on one of the screens and thought Nico was pitting. I came in with full confidence that the others had done the same. This is a race that’s been close to my heart for years and it’s special to me, so I really wanted to win.
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The team have been brilliant all year, so I don’t blame them. We’ll analyse and work out what went wrong, but we’ll do that collectively and try to improve for the future. I always say to my team and my fans, we win and we lose together. You live to fight another day.
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It’s clear. No discussion. This is for me unacceptable. It was heartbreaking for Lewis, for me and everybody in the team.
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Lewis driving for championship his driven great. The team made a simple mistake, that's racing, long way to go to end of year no problem. I feel for Lewis quite unbelievable, but I have been there myself. The accident was unfortunate, Lewis was brilliant today but be confident. A good day for Mercedes and at the same time sad day for Mercedes. Great achievement for Nico not his fault what happened and Seb did a great job too.
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We have won the Monaco GP and we have lost the Monaco GP all at the same time. First of all, we must apologise to Lewis. We win and we lose together and what I am proud of in this team is that we take collective responsibility. But this is a day when we simply have to say sorry to our driver, because our mistake cost him the victory here. Toto WOLFF
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MONACO GRAND PRIX Circuit de Monaco· Monaco, Monte Carlo
RECORDS RECORDS
LAP RECORD 1:14.439 M. SCHUMACHER (2004) FASTEST POLE 1:31.556 S. VETTEL (2011)
FACTS FACTS 1st
Much of the work of a Monaco win is done on a Saturday and pole position is of huge importance. Of the last 11 events 10 have been won the man on pole. The odd man in the sequence is Hamilton, who took his sole Monaco victory so far from third on the grid.
CORNERS
FIRST GRAND PRIX 1950
9
Left
LENGHT 3340 m
10
Right
QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION
1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15* 16 17 18 19 **
Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Daniel Ricciardo Daniil Kvyat Kimi Räikkönen Sergio Perez Pastor Maldonado Max Verstappen Jenson Button Nico Hulkenberg Felipe Massa Fernando Alonso Felipe Nasr Romain Grosjean Valtteri Bottas Marcus Ericsson Will Stevens Roberto Merhi Carlos Sainz
GBR GER GER AUS RUS FIN MEX SPA NED GBR GER BRA SPA BRA FRA FIN SWE GBR SPA ESP
Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull R / Renault Red Bull R / Renault Ferrari Force India / Mercedes Lotus / Mercedes Toro Rosso / Renault McLaren / Honda Force India / Mercedes Williams / Mercedes McLaren / Honda Sauber / Ferrari Lotus / Mercedes Williams / Mercedes Sauber / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari Toro Rosso / Renault
Q1 Q2 Q3
1:16.588 1:15.864 1:16.528 1:15.471 1:17.502 1:16.181 1:17.254 1:16.706 1:16.845 1:16.453 1:17.660 1:16.440 1:17.376 1:16.999 1:17.630 1:16.775 1:16.750 1:16.546 1:17.492 1:17.093 1:17.552 1:17.193 1:17.679 1:17.278 1:17.778 1:26.632 1:18.101 1:17.767 1:17.007 1:18.434 1:18.513 1:20.655 1:20.904 1:17.246 1:16.762
*Grosjean penalised five grid places for unscheduled gearbox change. **Sainz to start from pit lane - penalty for missing compulsory weighbridge call during qualifying.
1:15.098 1:15.440 1:15.849 1:16.041 1:16.182 1:16.427 1:16.808 1:16.946 1:16.957
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4.5 g
136 kg
4.4 g
Sainte DĂŠvote
3 115
7 290
Beau Rivage
1
Tabac
DRS
2
Mirabeau Portier
7 283
4 150 3
1 70
Loews Massenet
Piscine
4 145
Tunnel
1 45
La Rascasse
Average deceleration 155 kg
GEAR 5.4 g
Total driver pedal load
142 kg
7 240 SPEED km/h
Circuit Strategy by UBS Monaco has the lowest average lap speed of the season at 160 km/h, but it is never short of excitement. As it is so hard to overtake, qualifying is critically important to establish a slot at the front of the grid. The track layout is tight, with no high speed corners and two short straights. Monaco requires a particular technique of driving close to the barriers and this is a venue where a driver can make a real difference. With barriers waiting to punish a driving error, there is a very high (80%) chance of a safety car, which can turn a race on its head and hand the advantage to a rival.
Sector beginning DRS activation zone
TYRE ALLOCATION Supersoft
Soft
Intermediate
Rain
Source: Lotus, Pirelli, UBS
4.6 g
Statistics
1 3
2
CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION
Race distance: 78 laps / 260.520 km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel Lewis Hamilton Daniil Kvyat Daniel Ricciardo Kimi Räikkönen Sergio Pérez Jenson Button Felipe Nasr Carlos Sainz Nico Hülkenberg Romain Grosjean Marcus Ericsson Valtteri Bottas Felipe Massa Roberto Merhi Will Stevens
Mercedes Ferrari Mercedes Red Bull R / Renault Red Bull R / Renault Ferrari Force India / Mercedes McLaren / Honda Sauber / Ferrari Toro Rosso / Renault Force India / Mercedes Lotus/Mercedes Sauber / Ferrari Williams / Mercedes Williams / Mercedes Marussia / Ferrari Marussia / Ferrari
1:49:18.420 hours +4.486 seconds +6.053 +11.965 +13.608 +14.345 +15.013 +16.063 +23.626 +25.056 +26.232 +28.415 +31.159 +45.789 +1 Lap +2 Laps +2 Laps
Retired Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso / Renault) on lap 63 Collision Fernando Alonso (McLaren / Honda) on lap 42 Overheating Pastor Maldonado (Lotus/Mercedes) on lap 6 Brakes failure
MILESTONE STATISTICS STATISTICS 4.486
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295.8 km/h Top speed – Perez/race 1 Safety car periods (7 laps) 31 Pit stops 13 Overtakes
78 LAPS Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
2 leaders: Hamilton - 64, Rosberg – 14 laps
TYRE
margin of victory
TYRE WINNING STRATEGY
The lucky win of Nico Rosberg was his 10th victory in his F1 career. With this he equals the legend, James Hunt, Ronnie Peterson, Jody Scheckter and Gerhard Berger.
Used supersoft (26 laps)
New soft (52 laps)
WORLD FASTEST STANDING LAP WORLD STANDING
FASTEST LAP 1:18.063
1:18.599
Ricciardo
Rosberg
on supersoft compound
on soft compound
WEATHER WEATHER
Air
Sunny
Dry
Track 31-40ºC
18-19ºC
Humidity 56-69%
1 Lewis Hamilton 2 Nico Rosberg 3 Sebastian Vettel 4 Kimi Räikkönen 5 Valtteri Bottas 6 Felipe Massa 7 Daniel Ricciardo 8 Daniil Kvyat 9 Felipe Nasr 10 Romain Grosjean 11 Sergio Pérez 12 Carlos Sainz 13 Nico Hülkenberg 14 Max Verstappen 15 Marcus Ericsson 16 Jenson Button
126 pts 116 98 60 42 39 35 17 16 16 11 9 6 6 5 4
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My immediate thoughts after watching the Monaco GP and listening to Lewis Hamilton’s comments were that he was obviously upset for the mistake by his team calling him in for new rubber with 12 laps to go. At the Australian GP in 1986, Nigel Mansell was leading by a long way when Keke Rosberg in a Mclaren stopped out on the track with a deflating rear tyre. Mansell and Rosberg were on the same Goodyear tyres. The Williams team should have immediately called Nigel in for a precautionary tyre change but they did not and very soon afterwards Nigel’s rear tyre blew on the long straight and he was out of the race and his chance of winning the Championship was very slim. Prost eventually won the race and won the Championship. Nigel finished 2nd in the Championship 2 points behind Alain Prost.
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At the 1991 Portuguese GP in Estoril Nigel Mansell in a William pitted on lap 29. A mechanic had trouble fixing one of the rea wheels and the lollipop man signalled Nigel to depart before the wheel could be secured. Nigel’s wheel fell off in the pit lane. The mechanics pushed the car back down the pit lane to the William's pit and fitted the wheel back on and sent him ou back into the race. On lap 49 Mansell was shown the black flag and was disqualified from the race for the pit lane infringemen Nigel finished 2nd in the championship that year.
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So here we have two mistakes by the Team which the driver had no control over. The decision to pit Lewis Hamilton in Monaco was a terrible decision as he was leading the race and there was only about 12 laps to go. There was a safety car situation and really there just was not enough time to change the tyres and get him back in the race in first position. Lewis had track position they should have not called him in. With all the strategies these days the driver often rely’s on his team to make decisions for him to win the race. Lewis put his trust in his team and came in but this time the team made the wrong decision. They are not the first team to do this and they won’t be that last.
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After his mistake in the first corner at the opening round, Marc Márquez is back. The day after his thrilling pole position, he made the race easier and more relaxed even if the first five laps were led by Andrea Dovizioso. When Márquez took the lead, he opened a four seconds gap which he could managae till the end of the race. The front tyre consumption was an issue also for him, so this was the best and smartest tactics he could follow. Behind the reigning world champion, the two Italians – Dovizioso and Rossi – had their second fight of the season. This time the battle ended well for Dovi, which means and other an other 2nd place for the Italian brand and for the Ducatist itself, who could handle the front tyre better. The start of the race didn’t go normally. The riders were already waiting for the start of the warm up lap, when the „Start delayed” board had been displayed. The reason was some standing water under the bridge of Turn 3 that suddenly fell down after the rainfalls of the previous days. This wasn’t the only delay and not common thing on track during the weekend. On Friday morning there was a notable delay because of the not sufficient number of the marshalls, however on Saturday a dog caused some dangerous moments during the FP1 of MotoGP.
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Yes I’m really happy for this victory after Qatar. Even if we know that all was about the first corner mistake, but you always have the question mark inside of you. I felt really good this weekend. At the begininning it was a bit difficult, because after the rain of this night, the grip has changed a lot. But finally I could open a small gap and that was enough. Looks like this will be an interesting championship, because both Valentino and Andrea, they are really consistent.
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It was really difficult to manage the tyres, especially the front. This result is an other confirmation how good the bike is. We are still missing a few things on breaking and in the traction area to be in front at every track, but the speed is there. We are more in front that it was expected and the team is doing a great job.
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On the paper this is one of the most difficult track for us and for Yamaha. Marc was faster, but not a lot. On Sundays normally I only see him at the press conferences.
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WEATHER
Circuit Of The Americas • Austin, Texas, USA
MOTOGP AIR 27ºC
HUMIDITIY
TRACK 36ºC
62%
RACE: 21 laps / 115.773 km STARTERS: 25 POLE POSITION: Marc Márquez 2:02.135 new best lap FASTEST LAP: Andrea Iannone 2:04.251 (lap 4)
TYRE ALLOCATION FRONT SLICKS
Soft
Medium
Hard
REAR SLICKS - OPEN
Soft
Medium
REAR SLICKS - FACTORY
1.
Marc Márquez
Repsol Honda Team
43:4
2.
Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati Team
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3.
Valentino Rossi
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +3.1
4.
Jorge Lorenzo
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +6.6
5.
Andrea Iannone
Ducati Team
+7.5
6.
Bradley Smith
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+10.
7.
Cal Crutchlow
CWM LCR Honda
+16.
8.
Aleix Espargaró
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
+19.
9.
Maverick Viñales
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
+38.
10.
Danilo Petrucci
Pramac Racing
+41.
11.
Hiroshi Aoyama
Repsol Honda Team
+47.
12.
Héctor Barberá
Avintia Racing
+47.
13.
Nicky Hayden
Aspar MotoGP Team
+56.
14.
Jack Miller
CWM LCR Honda
+56.
15.
Álvaro Bautista
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +57.
16.
Eugene Laverty
Aspar MotoGP Team
+58.
17.
Loris Baz
Athinà Forward Racing
+1:0
18.
Alex De Angelis
Octo IodaRacing Team
+1:2
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Hard
Karel Abraham (CZE / AB Motoracing) on lap 17 Marco Melandri (ITA / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) on lap 11 Yonny Hernandez (COL / Pramac Racing) on lap 7 Mike di Meglio (FRA / Avintia Racing) on lap 7 Scott Redding (GBR / EG 0,0 Marc VDS) on lap 6 Stefan Bradl (GER / Athinà Forward Racing) on lap 4
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S2 11
S
12
47.150 min
15 19
354 secs
08 06
S3 14
20
16
120
18 17
10
13 04
09
07 05
S1
03
682 02
584
FAST FACTS
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First GP: 2013
.967
Lenght: 5 503 m Left corners: 11 Right corners: 9
.025
01
.199
RECORDS Circuit record: 2:03.575 M. Márquez (2014) Best pole: 2:02.773 M. Márquez (2014) Fastest race: 43:42.123 M. Márquez (2013) 2014 Winner: Marc Márquez
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NUMBER OF SPECTATORS
.570
.796
.372
THU&FRI XXX
22.236
6
: 2-ES SZEKTOR
01
: KANYAR SZÁMA
S3
: 3-AS SZEKTOR
WORLD STANDING 2 Andrea Dovizioso
ITA
Ducati
40
3 Marc Márquez
SPA
Honda
36
4 Andrea Iannone
ITA
Ducati
27
5 Jorge Lorenzo
SPA
Yamaha
26
6 Bradley Smith
GBR
Yamaha
18
7 Cal Crutchlow
GBR
Honda
18
8 Aleix Espargaró
SPA
Suzuki
13
9 Dani Pedrosa
SPA
Honda
10
10 Danilo Petrucci
ITA
Ducati
10
11 Maverick Viñales
SPA
Suzuki
9
Friday
12 Pol Espargaró
SPA
Yamaha
7
Saturday
13 Yonny Hernandez COL
Ducati
6
Sunday
14 Hiroshi Aoyama
JPN
Honda
5
15 Héctor Barberá
SPA
Ducati
5
16 Nicky Hayden
USA
Honda
3
17 Scott Redding
GBR
Honda
3
18 Jack Miller
AUS
Honda
2
19 Álvaro Bautista
SPA
Aprilia
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FALLS (MGP)
12
S2
41
TOTAL 119 673
4
: MÉRÉSI PONT
Yamaha
SAT XXX
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ITA
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08.787
: 1-ES SZEKTOR
1 Valentino Rossi
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.731
S1
(Total 16 in 2014)
NOT FINISHED 1ST LAP Álvaro Bautista (SPA / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini)
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That special first one, which is the most difficult sometimes. Now also Sam Lowes has it, his first ever world championship victory. He made a good start of the season already during the winter tests and also in Qatar, where he got his first ever pole position. In Qatar he crashed out from the race and he brought this form also to Austin, where he had three crashes in four sessions. Six laps to go still Johann Zarco was leading the race, when Lowes changed his rhythm. The British run the fastest lap of the race three times in a row, so finally he also opened a nice gap. Zarco could keep his 2nd place after his collision with Xavier SimĂŠon (who crashed out). The lowest podium spot went to the rookie Ă lex Rins, who leads the overall standing now.
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12 April, 2015 12:21
Weather: shower / cloudy
Air 23ºC
Track 26ºC
Humiditiy 85%
Race: 19 laps / 104.747 km Started: 29 • Finished: 27 Pole position: Xavier Simeon 2:09.888 new best lap Fastest lap: Sam Lowes 2:10.578 (lap 18) POINT SCORERS 1 Sam Lowes 2 Johann Zarco 3 Álex Rins
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Speed Up Kalex Kalex
41:45.565 minutes +1.999 secs +4.622
4 Tito Rabat (SPA / Kalex) +8.975; 5 Franco Morbidelli (ITA / Kalex) +12.976; 6 Hafizh Syahrin (MAL / Kalex) +14.168; 7 Anthony West (AUS / Speed Up) +17.271; 8 Mika Kallio (FIN / Kalex) +17.513; 9 Julián Simón (SPA / Speed Up) +17.689; 10 Takaaki Nakagami (JPN / Kalex) +17.764; 11 Simone Corsi (ITA / Kalex) +17.982; 12 Thomas Lüthi (SWI / Kalex) +24.824; 13 Marcel Schrotter (GER / Tech 3) +26.016; 14 Sandro Cortese (GER / Kalex) +27.456; 15 Álex Márquez (SPA / Kalex) +28.568
WORLD STANDING 1 Álex Rins 2 Johann Zarco 3 Jonas Folger 4 Sam Lowes 5 Franco Morbidelli 6 Xavier Simeon 7 Thomas Lüthi 8 Mika Kallio 9 Hafizh Syahrin 10 Tito Rabat
SPA FRA GER GBR ITA BEL SWI FIN MAL SPA
Kalex Kalex Kalex Speed Up Kalex Kalex Kalex Kalex Kalex Kalex
29 28 25 25 22 20 20 18 14 13
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FALLS Friday
9
26 5
12
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Veni, vidi, vici – this could be the strategy for Danny Kent this weekend. He had the feeling for race already on Saturday after the qualifying and he could work it out indeed. Having the perfect pace from the beginning of the race, he could win with a huge gap. Last time that similar happened in the Moto3 category was the Catalan GP in 2012 when Maverick Viñales won the race by 7.7 seconds. Since that there were only five occasions out of the 47 races that the winner’s gap was more than 1 second. Behind Kent the race was much more exciting with lot of crashes because of the wet patches. Finally Fabio Quartararo finished second only at his second world championship race in front of the veteran Efrén Vázquez.
!
It was the first time that two British riders have won solo grand prix races on the same day since the Grand Prix of Sweden in 1977 when Barry Sheene won the 500cc race and Mick Grant the 250cc one.
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CLASSIFICATION 12 April, 2015 11:02 Weather cloudy
Air 22ºC
Track 22ºC
Humidity 90%
Race: 18 laps / 99.234 km Started: 34 • Finished: 25 Pole position: Danny Kent 2:25.344 new best lap Fastest lap: Enea Bastianini 2:17.559 (lap 8) POINT SCORERS 1 Danny KENT 2 Fabio QUARTARARO 3 Efren VAZQUEZ
GBR FRA SPA
Honda Honda Honda
41:32.287 +8.532 secs +8.652
4 Enea Bastianini (ITA / Honda) +8.811; 5 Brad Binder (RSA / KTM) +9.556; 6 John McPhee (GBR / Honda) +13.869; 7 Andrea Locatelli (ITA / Honda) +20.442; 8 Romano Fenati (ITA / KTM) +20.611; 9 Isaac Viñales (SPA / Husqvarna) +20.863; 10 Karel Hanika (CZE / KTM) +20.913; 11 Jakub Kornfeil (CZE / KTM) +21.249; 12 Andrea Migno (ITA / KTM) +23.725; 13 Philipp Öettl (GER / KTM) +32.218; 14 Niklas Ajo (FIN / KTM) +36.702; 15 Matteo Ferrari (ITA / Mahindra) +37.283
FALLS 10
7
Friday Saturday
33
Sunday
16
(Total 22 in 2014)
WORLD STANDING 1 Danny Kent 2 Enea Bastianini 3 Fabio Quartararo 4 Efrén Vázquez 5 Alexis Masbou 6 John Mcphee 7 Brad Binder 8 Isaac Viñales 9 Andrea Locatelli 10 Karel Hanika
GBR ITA FRA SPA FRA GBR RSA SPA ITA CZE
Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda KTM Husqvarna Honda KTM
41 33 29 29 25 21 17 17 14 9
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Marc Marquez took one of his most extraordinary poles at Austin, after stopping on track with just 3 minutes to go. He had to run down the pit lane to retrieve his second bike with only seconds to spare as the clock ticked down on Q2. Not even this could stop the Spaniard as he went on to set the fastest ever time on two-wheels around CoTA, over sixth-tenths quicker than his previous lap record set here last year.
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At the grand prix in Austin, Nicky Hayden became only the fourth rider to reach the milestone of 200 starts in the premier-class of grand prix racing. Hayden is the first American rider to reach this milestone in the premier-class. Only three riders did more races in this category: Valentino Rossi (254), Alex Barros (245) and Loris Capirossi (217).
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We knew that the rear tyres and the strategy relating to them would be decisive for the race. We were also hoping for an exciting race but we got much more drama than we ever expected. From the factory riders only Marc Mรกrquez and Cal Crutchlow chose the hard rear for the Argentin GP, whereas the Yamaha riders and Scott Reddig were on the extra-hard one. So the strategy was clear, Mรกrquez had to push away immediately. On lap 8 Valentino Rossi was already faster than the Spaniard and after overtaking Doviziso and Crutchlow on lap 11, the Italian was ready to catch Mรกrquez who had a 4.1 seconds gap that time.
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Andrea Dovizioso’s 2nd place in Argentina was the 200th time he has finished in a point scoring position across all classes. He is only the fifth rider in the 67 year history of motorcycle Grand Prix racing history to reach this milestone along with Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi, Alex Barros and Dani Pedrosa.
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The last two laps could have been thrilling as Rossi was literally stuck to the rear wheel of Márquez. Then the real drama started. Rossi overtook at turn 2, Márquez attacked back immediately to reclaim the lead. When Rossi overtook again in turn 5, Márquez kept the same line in the corner. When his front tyre collided with the Doctor’s back wheel, Márquez was a Mannquin of his Honda RC213V, unable to safe it from crashing he finished the race in the gravel. It’s hard to understand what Márquez was thinking as Rossi was fairly faster in the second part of the race. Hindsight is always 20/20 but 20 points would have been more than zero. He took a risk with the hard compound, but he rode true to the motto: „Win it, or bin it“. Big respect to Andrea Dovizioso again for his second place finish. He is the first Ducati rider ever to finish on the podium at the opening three races of the year. Third place went to Cal Crutchlow as his teammate, the rookie, Jack Miller coming from the Moto3 category, won the Open classification.
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I’m sorry for the incident with Marc, but he touched me before the center of the corner and after that an other time. I hope that he is okay. But this was a great race and I’m very happy. I knew that I had the pace and I had to push hard, because Marc was fast, but I knew that the tyre would help me after. When you first see Marc really small, but then he become bigger and bigger, you think that you can do it. It’s a shame for the crash, but for me he did a mistake. Marc is a rider who always bet, all in. All or nothing.
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„Fortunately I'm ok. It was just a bit scary in the beginning because I had so much pain in my stomach. It's a shame what happened, because we were having a good race. It was really interesting, because our tyre choice was different from Valentino's. I knew that it would have been impossible to beat him with the [same] harder compound. The strategy was working out well for us – it's just a pity about the last two laps. You saw on the video what happened. Valentino is Valentino and it is difficult to beat him. I've always said that he's my idol and my reference, so you always learn things from him.”
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MotoGP
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GP de la República Ar
WEATHER
Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo • Termas d
MOTOGP AIR 29ºC
HUMIDITIY
TRACK 36ºC
71%
RACE: 25 laps / 120.15 km STARTERS: 25 POLE POSITION: Marc Márquez 1:37.802 FASTEST LAP: Valentino Rossi 1:39.019 (lap 20) new record
TYRE ALLOCATION FRONT SLICKS
Soft
Medium
Hard
REAR SLICKS - OPEN
Medium
Hard
REAR SLICKS - FACTORY
Hard
Extra-hard
1.
Valentino Rossi
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 41:3
2.
Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati Team
+5.6
3.
Cal Crutchlow
CWM LCR Honda
+8.2
4.
Andrea Iannone
Ducati Team
+8.3
5.
Jorge Lorenzo
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +10
6.
Bradley Smith
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+19
7.
Aleix Espargaró
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
+24
8.
Pol Espargaró
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+27
9.
Scott Redding
EG 0,0 Marc VDS
+34
10.
Maverick Viñales
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
+34
11.
Danilo Petrucci
Pramac Racing
+40
12.
Jack Miller
CWM LCR Honda
+42
13.
Héctor Barberá
Avintia Racing
+42
14.
Loris Baz
Athinà Forward Racing
+42
15.
Stefan Bradl
Athinà Forward Racing
+43
16.
Nicky Hayden
Aspar MotoGP Team
+43
17.
Eugene Laverty
Aspar MotoGP Team
+43
18.
Mike di Meglio
Avintia Racing
+43
19.
Álvaro Bautista
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +44
20.
Marco Melandri
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +56
21.
Karel Abraham
AB Motoracing
+1:0
22.
Alex DE Angelis
Octo IodaRacing Team
+1:0
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05
de Río Hondo, Argentina • 17-19 April 2015
S S1
35.6442
06
04
09
685 secs 01
10
03
298
11
352
0.192
9.876
4.333
7.670
07 08
FAST FACTS First GP: 2014 Lenght: 4 805 m Left corners: 5 Right corners: 9
14
NUMBER OF SPECTATORS
2.729
3.037
FRI 31 456
SAT 48 670
SUN 50 234
TOTAL 130 360 FALLS (MGP)
3.252
3.400
1
03.371
08.444
Saturday
2
Sunday (Total 7 in 2014)
4.878
6.236
Friday
3
3.808
: 1-ES SZEKTOR
S
: MÉRÉSI PONT
S2
: 2-ES SZEKTOR
01
: KANYAR SZÁMA
S3
: 3-AS SZEKTOR
13
2.654
2.853
S1
12
0.206
4.808
S3
02
RECORDS Circuit record: 1:39.233 D. PEDROSA (2014) Best pole: 1:37.683 M. Márquez (2014) Fastest race: 41:39.821 min M. Márquez (2014) 2014 Winner: Marc Márquez
4.397
S2
RETIRED Hiroshi Aoyama (JPN / Repsol Honda Team) on lap 25 Marc Márquez (SPA / Repsol Honda Team) on lap 24 Yonny Hernandez (COL / Pramac Racing) on lap 7
WORLD STANDING 1 Valentino Rossi
ITA
Yamaha
66
2 Andrea Dovizioso
ITA
Ducati
60
3 Andrea Iannone
ITA
Ducati
40
4 Jorge Lorenzo
SPA
Yamaha
37
5 Marc Márquez
SPA
Honda
36
6 Cal Crutchlow
GBR
Honda
34
7 Bradley Smith
GBR
Yamaha
28
8 Aleix Espargaró
SPA
Suzuki
22
9 Pol Espargaró
SPA
Yamaha
15
10 Maverick Viñales
SPA
Suzuki
15
11 Danilo Petrucci
ITA
Ducati
15
12 Dani Pedrosa
SPA
Honda
10
13 Scott Redding
GBR
Honda
10
14 Héctor Barberá
SPA
Ducati
8
15 Yonny Hernandez COL
Ducati
6
16 Jack Miller
AUS
Honda
6
17 Hiroshi Aoyama
JPN
Honda
5
18 Nicky Hayden
USA
Honda
3
19 Loris Baz
FRA
Yamaha Forward 2
20 Stefan Bradl
GER
Yamaha Forward 1
21 Álvaro Bautista
SPA
Aprilia
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An interesting tradition is emerging in the middle class category, because until now this year we have had a new winner in every race so far. This time it was Johann Zarco’s turn to take his first ever Moto2 victory. The French took the lead on the third lap, and after that no one has endangered his first place. For the second position there was a great battle between à lex Rins and Sam Lowes, which eventually ended better for the Spaniard. Rins is the only rider who finished every race this year in the Top4. The greatest hero of the race was Jonas Folger, who was last at the end of the first lap and he pretty much had to start a new race from there. Finally he finished 9th. The reigning world champion, Tito Rabat also made a mistake on the first lap, he was penultimate, then he finished 12th.
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19 April, 2015 14:20
Weather: sunny / partly cloudy
Air 25ºC
Track 34ºC
Humiditiy 74%
Race: 23 laps / 110.538 km Started: 30 • Finished: 28 Pole position: Johann Zarco 1:42.809 new best lap Fastest lap: Jonas Folger 1:43.001 (lap 18) POINT SCORERS 1 Johann Zarco 2 Alex Rins 3 Sam Lowes
FRA SPA GBR
Kalex Kalex Speed Up
39:44.497 minutes +2.715 secs +4.161
4 Mika Kallio (FIN / Kalex) +5.310; 5 Franco Morbidelli (ITA / Kalex) +7.958; 6 Thomas Lüthi (SWI / Kalex) +9.408; 7 Sandro Cortese (GER / Kalex) +9.926; 8 Lorenzo Baldassarri (ITA / Kalex) +10.028; 9 Jonas Folger (GER / Kalex) +10.152; 10 Hafizh Syahrin (MAL / Kalex) +11.316; 11 Luis Salom (SPA / Kalex) +11.764; 12 Tito Rabat (SPA / Kalex) +11.872; 13 Dominique Aegerter (SWI / Kalex) +14.005; 14 Anthony West (AUS / Speed Up) +20.788; 15 Alex Márquez (SPA / Kalex) +21.321
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2
Friday Saturday
8
Sunday
5
(Total 8 in 2014)
WORLD STANDING 1 Johann Zarco 2 Álex Rins 3 Sam Lowes 4 Franco Morbidelli 5 Jonas Folger 6 Mika Kallio 7 Thomas Lüthi 8 Xavier Simeon 9 Hafizh Syahrin 10 Sandro Cortese
FRA SPA GBR ITA GER FIN SWI BEL MAL GER
Kalex Kalex Speed Up Kalex Kalex Kalex Kalex Kalex Kalex Kalex
53 49 41 33 32 31 30 20 20 20
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Danny Kent won this second race in a row and this time with an even bigger advantage. He once again rewrote the record of the largest margin of victory in the Moto3 class in a fully dry race. The last Brit who won two consecutive races in the lightweight-class was Barry Sheene in 1971. For the second place there was a superb battle between the following 10 riders till the last lap. It‘s difficult to even guess the number of overtakes, so let’s stay with the facts. Kent’s teammate, Efrén Vázquez finished second in front of Isaac Viñales. The biggest come back was shown by Romano Fenati, who originally qualified 8th. During warm up he completely lost his head. First he kicked Niklas Ajo, then hit him and finally he stopped the Finnish’ engine when he wanted to make his start practice. For all of these actions he received three penalty points, and he was also banished to the end of the grid. Finally the small mascot of the VR46 Team finished at 8th place.
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CLASSIFICATION 19 April, 2015 13:01 Weather cloudy
Air 24ºC
Track 30ºC
Humidity 85%
Race: 21 laps / 100.926 km Started: 34 • Finished: 28 Pole position: Miguel Oliveira 1:48.461 new best lap Fastest lap: Miguel Oliveira 1:48.977 (lap 7) new record POINT SCORERS 1 Danny Kent 2 Efrén Vázquez 3 Isaac Viñales
GBR SPA SPA
Honda 38:25.621 minutes Honda +10.334 secs Husqvarna +10.396
4 Miguel Oliveira (POR / KTM) +10.767; 5 Brad Binder (RSA / KTM) +11.117; 6 Fabio Quartararo (FRA / Honda) +11.195; 7 Karel Hanika (CZE / KTM) +11.388; 8 Romano Fenati (ITA / KTM) +11.603; 9 Enea Bastianini (ITA / Honda) +11.712; 10 Niklas Ajo (FIN / KTM) +11.806; 11 Francesco Bagnaia (ITA / Mahindra) +11.958; 12 Livio Loi (BEL / Honda) +12.355; 13 Hiroki Ono (JPN / Honda) +12.501; 14 Jakub Kornfeil (CZE / KTM) +12.644; 15 John McPhee (GBR / Honda) +12.772
WORLD STANDING 1 Danny Kent 2 Efrén Vázquez 3 Enea Bastianini 4 Fabio Quartararo 5 Isaac Viñales 6 Brad Binder 7 Alexis Masbou 8 John Mcphee 9 Karel Hanika 10 Romano Fenati
GBR SPA ITA FRA SPA RSA FRA GBR CZE ITA
Honda Honda Honda Honda Husqvarna KTM Honda Honda KTM KTM
66 49 40 39 33 28 25 22 18 16
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4
14 8
Friday Saturday Sunday (Total 20 in 2014)
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This was actually not the longest series of loosing for Jorge Lorenzo (his last win was at the 2014 Japanese GP), but it never happened to him before that he neither won or finish on the podium at all at the opening three races of the season. He clearly had enough of making mistakes and wrong decisions, so Lorenzo finally reconquered his Land. He said it over and over again during the weekend, he had changed his riding style since the last race, but even more important, he gained back his mental strength so he could put aside his ego. The positive change came immediately, Lorenzo won the Spanish Grand Prix confidently. Though in the first laps his compatriot, Marc Mรกrquez was able to keep his pace (on lap 3 they had a completely identical laptime), but later Mรกrquez started to have problems with his right forearm (as he had to compensate his broken left hand), so Lorenzo could move further away step by step. The weather was more than perfect for the racepace, so Lorenzo not only set a new lap record, but he reduced the time of the fastest race in Jerez by 20 seconds.
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With his third place finish at Jerez, Valentino Rossi became the first rider in the 67 years of motorcycle Grand Prix racing to reach the milestone of 200 GP podium finishes.
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I jumped already into the lak do it again, but while I was r not so many people there to didn’t check it on Thursday l about the steps. I’m 28 and I enjoy tonight this victory, so to stop and come back to the
ke before in 2010. I was thinking to running there, I saw that there was o help me like before. You know, I like five years ago, so I didn’t know I didn’t want to die today. I want to finally in the last moment I decided e bike.
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MotoGP
WTCC
Gran Premio de Españ
WEATHER
Circuito de Jerez • Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
MOTOGP 1.
Jorge Lorenzo
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 44:5
2.
Marc Márquez
Repsol Honda Team
3.
Valentino Rossi
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +11
4.
Cal Crutchlow
CWM LCR Honda
+22
5.
Pol Espargaró
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+26
6.
Andrea Iannone
Ducati Team
+27
7.
Aleix Espargaró
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
+35
8.
Bradley Smith
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+36
Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati Team
+41
TYRE ALLOCATION
9. 10.
Yonny Hernandez
Pramac Racing
+51
FRONT SLICKS
11.
Maverick Viñales
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
+51
12.
Danilo Petrucci
Pramac Racing
+52
13.
Scott Redding
EG 0,0 Marc VDS
+53
14.
Héctor Barberá
Avintia Racing
+53
15.
Álvaro Bautista
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +57
16.
Stefan Bradl
Athinà Forward Racing
+59
17.
Nicky Hayden
Aspar MotoGP Team
+1:0
18.
Eugene Laverty
Aspar MotoGP Team
+1:0
19.
Marco Melandri
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +1:0
20.
Jack Miller
CWM LCR Honda
+1:1
21.
Alex De Angelis
Octo IodaRacing Team
+1:2
22.
Mike di Meglio
Avintia Racing
1 La
AIR 26ºC
HUMIDITIY
TRACK 30ºC
41%
RACE: 27 laps / 119.421 km STARTERS: 25 POLE POSITION: Jorge Lorenzo 1:37.910 new best lap FASTEST LAP: Jorge Lorenzo 1:38.735 (lap 2) new record
Soft
Medium
Hard
REAR SLICKS - OPEN
Soft
Medium
REAR SLICKS - FACTORY
Medium
Hard
+5.5
ña
01
• 01-03 May 2015 ALEX CRIVILLE
11
57.246 min
PELUQUI
Ferrari
10
12
576 secs
08 S3
1.586
13
7.021
First GP: 1987
5.445
Lenght: 4 423 m Left corners: 5 Right corners: 8
3.052
FRI 44 247
3.200
SAT 76 772
FALLS (MGP)
1 Friday
01.506
6
15
8
Saturday Sunday (Total 11 in 2014)
06.895
ap
SUN 122 551
TOTAL 243 570
9.018
26.832
01
: KANYAR SZÁMA
S3
: 3-AS SZEKTOR
SITO PONS
S
NUMBER OF SPECTATORS
14.182
: 2-ES SZEKTOR
S2
2.421
03.163
S2
06
1.674
7.344
: MÉRÉSI PONT
05 DRY SACK
RECORDS Circuit record: 1:39.565 M. MÁRQUEZ (2014) Best pole: 1:38.120 M. Márquez (2014) Fastest race: 45:17.538 min J. Lorenzo (2010) 2014 Winner: Marc Márquez
1.072
S
07
JORGE LORENZO
1.933
: 1-ES SZEKTOR
S1
FAST FACTS
6.296
S1
04
JORGE MARTINEZ ASPAR
09
MICHELIN
ANGEL NIETO
2.727
6.620
02 03
RETIRED Hiroshi Aoyama (Repsol Honda Team) on lap 15 Loris Baz (Athinà Forward Racing) on lap 9 Karel Abraham (AB Motoracing) on lap 4
WORLD STANDING 1 Valentino Rossi
ITA
Yamaha
82
2 Andrea Dovizioso
ITA
Ducati
67
3 Jorge Lorenzo
SPA
Yamaha
62
4 Marc Márquez
SPA
Honda
56
5 Andrea Iannone
ITA
Ducati
50
6 Cal Crutchlow
GBR
Honda
47
7 Bradley Smith
GBR
Yamaha
36
8 Aleix Espargaró
SPA
Suzuki
31
9 Pol Espargaró
SPA
Yamaha
26
10 Maverick Viñales
SPA
Suzuki
20
11 Danilo Petrucci
ITA
Ducati
19
12 Scott Redding
GBR
Honda
13
13 Yonny Hernandez COL
Ducati
12
14 Dani Pedrosa
SPA
Honda
10
15 Héctor Barberá
SPA
Ducati
10
16 Jack Miller
AUS
Honda
6
17 Hiroshi Aoyama
JPN
Honda
5
18 Nicky Hayden
USA
Honda
3
19 Loris Baz
FRA
Yamaha Forward 2
20 Álvaro Bautista
SPA
Aprilia
21 Stefan Bradl
GER
Yamaha Forward 1
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THE FIRST SECOND WIN
No new category winner this time in the Moto2 category, but we have the first man with two wins this season, his name is Jonas Folger. The German opted for the soft rear tyre as most of the riders, other than Tito Rabat and à lex Rins. On lap 10 Folger started to take advantage of the tyre and he started closing in on Rabat (who was on top) and also took the lead. Despite being on the same tyres, Rins showed a much quicker pace than Rabat towards the end of the race. This hard battle played out over the final three corners. An all or nothing action from the rookie ended with a crash, hitting the back of Rabat’s bike at the last corner. The touch pushed Rabat slightly wide and off line, allowing Johann Zarco to sneak through. Rabat subsequently finished in third, securing his first podium of the year.
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CLASSIFICATION
03 May, 2015 12:21
Weather: sunny / partly cloudy
Air 27ºC
Track 32ºC
Humiditiy 40%
Race: 26 laps / 114.998 km Started: 30 • Finished: 26 Pole position: Tito Rabat 1:42.874 Fastest lap: Álex Rins 1:43.012 (lap 3) POINT SCORERS 1 Jonas Folger 2 Johann Zarco 3 Tito Rabat
GER FRA SPA
Kalex Kalex Kalex
45:01.873 minutes +1.931 secs +2.222
4 Thomas Lüthi (SWI / Kalex) +6.833; 5 Xavier Simeon (BEL / Kalex) +11.086; 6 Franco Morbidelli (ITA / Kalex) +12.479; 7 Luis Salom (SPA / Kalex) +12.965; 8 Simone Corsi (ITA / Kalex) +14.434; 9 Álex Márquez (SPA / Kalex) +18.073; 10 Marcel Schrötter (GER / Tech 3) +21.958; 11 Julian Simon (SPA / Speed Up) +22.126; 12 Hafizh Syahrin (MAL / Kalex) +25.339; 13 Lorenzo Baldassarri (ITA / Kalex) +26.779; 14 Randy Krummenacher (SWI / Kalex) +27.946; 15 Anthony West (AUS / Speed Up) +30.873
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7
24
11
Saturday Sunday (Total 22 in 2014)
6
WORLD STANDING 1 (-) 2 (↑3) 3 (↓1) 4 (↑3) 5 (-1) 6 (↓3) 7 (↑4) 8 (-) 9 (↓3) 10 (↓1)
Johann Zarco Jonas Folger Álex Rins Thomas Lüthi Franco Morbidelli Sam Lowes Tito Rabat Xavier Simeon Mika Kallio Hafizh Syahrin
FRA GER SPA SWI ITA GBR SPA BEL FIN MAL
Kalex 73 Kalex 57 Kalex 49 Kalex 43 Kalex 43 Speed Up 41 Kalex 33 Kalex 31 Kalex 31 Kalex 24
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THAT LAST CORNER
Just like a typical Moto3 race, we saw a thrilling last lap clearly a breathtaking last corner fight for the victory, this between four riders. The quartet was made of the pole-man Fabio Quarta Danny Kent, Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder. Oliveira was leading the last lap, but then he made a s mistake, so him, Kent and Quartararo arrived to the last co side by side. The Frenchman tried an ambitious move on Kent from q far back that saw him slide into the Brit and narrowly avo taking them both down. Finally Kent was able to retain his lead and won his third in a row. Oliveira suffered some bad luck finishing second with teammate, Binder behind.
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CLASSIFICATION 05 May, 2015 11:01 Weather cloudy
Air 23ºC
Track 25ºC
Humidity 53%
Race: 23 laps / 101.729 km Started: 34 • Finished: 27 Pole position: Fabio Quartararo 1:46.791 Fastest lap: Brad Binder 1:46.723 (lap 10) new record POINT SCORERS 1 Danny Kent 2 Miguel Oliveira 3 Brad Binder
GBR POR RSA
Honda KTM KTM
41:19.552 minutes +0.097 secs +0.296
4 Fabio Quartararo (FRA / Honda) +0.882; 5 Efrén Vázquez (SPA / Honda) +2.906; 6 Romano Fenati (ITA / KTM) +11.035; 7 Francesco Bagnaia (ITA / Mahindra) +11.126; 8 Jorge Navarro (SPA / Honda) +11.761; 9 Enea Bastianini (ITA / Honda) +15.861; 10 John Mcphee (GBR / Honda) +15.964; 11 Isaac Viñales (SPA / Husqvarna) +16.015; 12 Jules Danilo (FRA / Honda) +16.047; 13 Livio Loi (BEL / Honda) +18.800; 14 Jorge Martin (SPA / Mahindra) +24.592; 15 Alexis Masbou (FRA / Honda) +24.703
FALLS 4
6
18
Friday Saturday Sunday
8
(Total 20 in 2014)
WORLD STANDING 1 2 3 (↑1) 4 (↓1) 5 (↑1) 6 (↓1) 7 (↑5) 8 (-) 9 (↓2) 10 (-)
Danny Kent Efrén Vázquez Fabio Quartararo Enea Bastianini Brad Binder Isaac Viñales Miguel Oliveira John McPhee Alexis Masbou Romano Fenati
GBR SPA FRA ITA RSA SPA POR GBR FRA ITA
Honda Honda Honda Honda KTM Husqvarna KTM Honda Honda KTM
FULL RIDERS AND CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
91 60 52 47 44 38 33 28 26 26
LIMITLES Text: Niki Kovรกcs / Photos: 2SNAP, Gresini, Repsol, Yamaha
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This wasn’t the race we were expecting after the qualifying and the warm up sessions. Marc Mårquez was far away from the podium, while Jorge Lorenzo took over Le Mans as well. But for us the man of the day was Andrea Iannone.
MotoGP
After a short fight with Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Mårquez, Lorenzo took the lead soon on the first lap and started to build up an advantage. In the middle of the race his team-mate, Valentino Rossi started to close up so the Spaniard had to change this rhythm again to an even more agressive one. Finally the Doctor wasn’t able to catch Lorenzo who won the second time in a row. Rossi is doing a superb season anyway. The last time he could stand on the podium at the opening five races of the year was back in 2005.
Briefly
MotoGP
The third spot of the podium went to Dovizoso, but the battle of the day was between Andrea Iannone and Marc Márquez for the 4th place, with Bradley Smith behind. On the last eight laps they had two rounds of head to head fighting with numerous overtakings just like we see it in Moto3 races. Márquez won this battle, but the real hero was Iannone, since he was riding with a dislocated shoulder (He had crashed only three days before the French weekend during a test in Mugello.) he made the reigning world champion’s life even more difficult than it already was.
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Jorge LORENZO
This victory gives us a lot of confidence, but also we demonstrate our potential. This year we have a great and very competitive bike, especially during the races. We have to take profit out of these sweet moments till it last. Indeed in the last two races we didn’t make a mistake, but Valentino is having a great start of the season. He is very consistant, to reduce the gap in the championship will be difficult.
MotoGP
Results Formula-1
MotoGP
WTCC
Grand Prix de France
WEATHER
Circuit Bugatti Le Mans • Le Mans, France • 15
MOTOGP AIR 18ºC
HUMIDITIY
TRACK 32ºC
45%
RACE: 28 laps / 117.18 km STARTERS: 25 POLE POSITION: Marc Márquez 1:32.246 FASTEST LAP: Valentino Rossi 1:32.879 (lap 4) new record
TYRE ALLOCATION FRONT SLICKS
Extra-Soft
Soft
Medium
REAR SLICKS - OPEN
Extra-soft
Soft
REAR SLICKS - FACTORY
Soft
L
C
Medium
R
C L
R
1.
Jorge Lorenzo
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 43:4
2.
Valentino Rossi
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +3.8
3.
Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati Team
+12.
4.
Marc Márquez
Repsol Honda Team
+19.
5.
Andrea Iannone
Ducati Team
+20.
6.
Bradley Smith
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+21.
7.
Pol Espargaró
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+35.
8.
Yonny Hernandez
Pramac Racing
+39.
9.
Maverick Viñales
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
+41.
10.
Danilo Petrucci
Pramac Racing
+42.
11.
Nicky Hayden
Aspar MotoGP Team
+53.
12.
Loris Baz
Athinà Forward Racing
+1:0
13.
Háctor Barberá
Avintia Racing
+1:0
14.
Eugene Laverty
Aspar MotoGP Team
+1:0
15.
Álvaro Bautista
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +1:0
16.
Dani Pedrosa
Repsol Honda Team
+1:2
17.
Alex De Angelis
Octo IodaRacing Team
+1:2
18.
Marco Melandri
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1 La
RETIRED Jack Miller (CWM LCR Honda) on lap 15 Karel Abraham (AB Motoracing) on lap 15 Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda) on lap 8 Scott Redding (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) on lap 4 Mike di Meglio (Avintia Racing) on lap 4 Áleix Espargaró (Team SUZUKI ECSTAR) on lap 3 Stefan Bradl (Athinà Forward Racing) on lap 2
GARAGE VERT
08
5-17 May 2015 LA CHAPELLE
06
44.143 min
S2
05
820 secs
: 2-ES SZEKTOR
01
: KANYAR SZÁMA
S3
: 3-AS SZEKTOR
‘S’ CHEMIN AUX BOEUFS
03
04
11 ‘S’ BLEUS
FAST FACTS
.493
Lenght: 4 185 m Left corners: 5 Right corners: 9
DUNLOP
12
02
S 14 RACCORDEMENT
.636
00.617
NUMBER OF SPECTATORS
04.272
FRI 24 606
05.259
SAT 65 024*
SUN 93 531
TOTAL 183 161
05.515
*under rain
20.907
FALLS (MGP)
4
ap
8
13
01
RECORDS Circuit record: 1:33.548 M. MÁRQUEZ (2014) Best pole: 1:32.042 M. Márquez (2014) Fastest race: 44:03.925 min M. Márquez (2014) 2014 Winner: Marc Márquez
21.663
S2
09
MUSEÉ
First GP: 1969
.789
: MÉRÉSI PONT
07
.145
.571
S
10
S1
.890
.601
: 1-ES SZEKTOR
S3
.380
.237
S1
Friday Saturday
18 6
Sunday (Total 8 in 2014)
WORLD STANDING 1 Valentino Rossi
ITA
Yamaha
82
2 Andrea Dovizioso
ITA
Ducati
67
3 Jorge Lorenzo
SPA
Yamaha
62
4 Marc Márquez
SPA
Honda
56
5 Andrea Iannone
ITA
Ducati
50
6 Cal Crutchlow
GBR
Honda
47
7 Bradley Smith
GBR
Yamaha
36
8 Aleix Espargaró
SPA
Suzuki
31
9 Pol Espargaró
SPA
Yamaha
26
10 Maverick Viñales
SPA
Suzuki
20
11 Danilo Petrucci
ITA
Ducati
19
12 Scott Redding
GBR
Honda
13
13 Yonny Hernandez COL
Ducati
12
14 Dani Pedrosa
SPA
Honda
10
15 Héctor Barberá
SPA
Ducati
10
16 Jack Miller
AUS
Honda
6
17 Hiroshi Aoyama
JPN
Honda
5
18 Nicky Hayden
USA
Honda
3
19 Loris Baz
FRA
Yamaha Forward 2
20 Álvaro Bautista
SPA
Aprilia
21 Stefan Bradl
GER
Yamaha Forward 1
FULL RIDERS AND CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
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TEN YEARS LATER Five races into the season Thomas Lüthi really needed a top step podium finish with his Kalex chassis. The 28 year old Swiss had won his first ever GP here at Le Mans in 2005, so he couldn’t have a better way to celebrate this anniversary. Back then he became world champion in the 125cc category. It’s too early to say whether he can repeat it, but it’s sure that now he is second in the classification behind Johann Zarco. Zarco finished his home race third, behind Lüthi and Tito Rabat who is still without a win this year. The biggest loser of the day was the pole-man, Álex Rins, who was 9th after a really bad start, then he crashed again fighting for the 5th position. He could have finished the race, but without a single point.
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WORLD STANDING 1 (-) 2 (↑2) 3 (↓1) 4 (↑4) 5 (-) 6 (↑1) 7 (↓4) 8 (-) 9 (-) 10 (-)
Johann Zarco Thomas Lüthi Jonas Folger Sam Lowes Franco Morbidelli Tito Rabat Álex Rins Xavier Simeon Mika Kallio Hafizh Syahrin
FRA SWI GER GBR ITA SPA SPA BEL FIN MAL
Kalex 89 Kalex 68 Kalex 57 Speed Up54 Kalex 54 Kalex 53 Kalex 49 Kalex 39 Kalex 31 Kalex 31
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CLASSIFICATION
17 May, 2015 12:21 Weather: sunny
Air 18ºC
Track 30ºC
Humiditiy 45%
Race: 26 laps / 108.81 km Started: 31 • Finished: 26 Pole position: Álex Rins 1:37.114 new best lap Fastest lap: Thomas Lüthi 1:37.281 (lap 6) new record POINT SCORERS 1 Thomas Lüthi 2 Tito Rabat 3 Johann Zarco
SWI SPA FRA
Kalex Kalex Kalex
42:27.011 minutes +1.767 secs +3.760
4 Sam Lowes (GBR / Speed Up) +4.076; 5 Franco Morbidelli (ITA / Kalex) +14.492; 6 Julian Simon (SPA / Speed Up) +14.681; 7 Takaaki Nakagami (JPN / Kalex) +14.845; 8 Xavier Simeon (BEL / Kalex) +15.135; 9 Hafizh Syahrin (MAL / Kalex) +19.243; 10 Dominique Aegerter (SWI / Kalex) +19.531; 11 Anthony West (AUS / Speed Up) +29.478; 12 Randy Krummenacher (SWI / Kalex) +29.646; 13 Marcel Schrötter (GER / Tech 3) +30.220; 14 Sandro Cortese (GER / Kalex) +30.691; 15 Axel Pons (SPA / Kalex) +33.097
FALLS Friday
8
27 7
12
Saturday Sunday (Total 23 in 2014)
Briefly
ITALIAN K.O. The 24 lap race was a complete sequence of overtakings without a single moment to breath in. The battles within the first few laps seemed to be like they were fighting in the last corners. The pole-man, Fabio Quartararo crashed out on lap 18, which is the biggest nightmare to happen at your home race. For the last four laps only four guys were fighting for the win - Romano Fenati, Enea Bastianini (started from 18th), Francesco Bagnaia and Danny Kent. Kent made an enthralling race finally finishing 4th from the 31th grid position (due to a mistake in Qualifying). Fenati took KTM’s first victory this year ahead of Bastianini and Bagnaia who claimed his and Mahindra's first ever podium finish.
!
The last time that Italian riders have filled all three podium places in the Moto3/125cc class was the 125cc Japanese GP at Motegi in 2004 when the riders on the podium were: Andrea Dovizioso, Fabrizio Lai and Simone Corsi, with another Italian, Mirko Giansanti, in fourth place.
Briefly
CLASSIFICATION 17 May, 2015 11:01 Weather sunny
Air 17ºC
Track 24ºC
Humidity 46%
Race: 24 laps / 100.44 km Started: 34 • Finished: 20 Pole position: Fabio Quartararo 1:44.763 Fastest lap: Enea Bastianini 1:42.525 (lap 3) new record POINT SCORERS 1 Romano Fenati 2 Enea Bastianini 3 Francesco Bagnaia
ITA ITA ITA
KTM Honda Mahindra
41:22.829 min +0.122 secs +0.457
4 Danny Kent (GBR / Honda) +0.693; 5 Niccolò Antonelli (ITA / Honda) +2.244; 6 Jakub Kornfeil (CZE / KTM) +2.421; 7 Isaac Viñales (SPA / Husqvarna) +2.587; 8 Miguel Oliveira (POR / KTM) +4.065; 9 Andrea Migno (ITA / KTM) +14.876; 10 Philipp Öettl (GER / KTM) +22.588; 11 Hiroki Ono (JPN / Honda) +23.247; 12 Juanfran Guevara (SPA / Mahindra) +26.231; 13 Livio Loi (BEL / Honda) +26.470; 14 Zulfahmi Khairuddin (MAL / KTM) +26.677; 15 Stefano Manzi (ITA / Mahindra) +26.841
FALLS 8
9
33 16
Friday Saturday Sunday
(Total 20 in
n 2014)
WORLD STANDING 1 (-) Danny Kent 2 (↑2) Enea Bastianini 3 (↓1) Efrén Vázquez 4 (↓1) Fabio Quartararo 5 (↑5) Romano Fenati 6 (-) Isaac Viñales 7 (↓2) Brad Binder 8 (↓1) Miguel Oliveira 9 (↑2) Francesco Bagnaia 10 (↓2) John McPhee
GBR ITA SPA FRA ITA SPA RSA POR ITA GBR
Honda Honda Honda Honda KTM Husqvarna KTM KTM Mahindra Honda
FULL RIDERS AND CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
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No big surprises during the Italian GP. At least talking about the winner. After both his wins in 2011-2013 Jorge Lorenzo is the king of Mugello again. The Italian fans (who created a superb, indescribable atmosphere anyway), unfortunately, are still not able to bear the defeat of their Valentino gracefully if it made by the Spaniard. They should get used to it as Lorenzo is similar successful at Misano too. So, dear fans, no catcall, please.
MotoGP
Back to the raceing. Lorenzo was followed till the fifth lap by Márquez, Dovizioso and Iannone. Yes, Marc Márquez, starting from 13th, after a phenomenal start and a first lap parade was immediately on the rear wheel of Lorenzo. Speaking about the start. Andrea Iannone’s start according to the race direction, wasn’t a jump start. Well, looking at the footage, we are still not convinced at about that... Valentino Rossi was 9th in the first laps causing kind of an excitement and anxiety for his fans. But he managed the first tyre consumption really well (once again) so soon he started to close up.
Briefly
MotoGP
This is how we arrived to the half of the distance, when Iannone, Mรกrquez, Dovizioso, Pedrosa and Rossi all fought for the podium spots. First it was Dovi getting out of the fight due to a technical problem - the rear sprocket has been broken - then Mรกrquez made yet another mistake, so his race ended in the gravel again. Despite the shoulder injury, Iannone brought the Ducati to the podium, as Rossi, just like last year, finished third.
Emotion
It was all about the „Yellow Power“ in Mugello. It’s so nice to see all these fans adoring their idol, their king, their God as they consider. Shame they don’t wanna show any respect to other winners, especially if it’s Jorge Lorenzo. The ‘boo-ing’ is really not fancy, neither singing the Italian anthem during the Spanish one for the winner. Maybe next time we can see Valentino Rossi cooling down his crowd, even a little bit maybe.
MotoGP
Results Formula-1
MotoGP
WTCC
Gran Premio d'Italia
WEATHER
Autodromo del Mugello • Scarperia, Italy • 29-
MOTOGP AIR 25ºC
TRACK 48ºC
HUMIDITIY
48%
RACE: 23 laps / 120.635 km STARTERS: 26 POLE POSITION: Andrea Iannone 1:46.489 new best lap FASTEST LAP: Marc Márquez 1:47.654 (lap 3)
TYRE ALLOCATION FRONT SLICKS
Soft
Medium
Hard
REAR SLICKS - OPEN
Soft
Medium
REAR SLICKS - FACTORY
1.
Jorge Lorenzo
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 41:3
2.
Andrea Iannone
Ducati Team
3.
Valentino Rossi
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +6.6
4.
Dani Pedrosa
Repsol Honda Team
+9.9
5.
Bradley Smith
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+15
6.
Pol Espargaró
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
+15
7.
Maverick Viñales
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
+23
8.
Michele Pirro
Ducati Team
+29
9.
Danilo Petrucci
Octo Pramac Racing
+32
10.
Yonny Hernandez
Octo Pramac Racing
+34
11.
Scott Redding
EG 0,0 Marc VDS
+38
12.
Loris Baz
Athinà Forward Racing
+42
13.
Héctor Barberá
Avintia Racing
+44
14.
Álvaro Bautista
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +50
15.
Eugene Laverty
Aspar MotoGP Team
+53
16.
Mike de Meglio
Avintia Racing
+1:1
17.
Karel Abraham
AB Motoracing
+1:1
18.
Marco Melandri
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +1:4
NOT CLASSIFIED Medium
Hard
Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda) on lap 21 Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda Team ) on lap 18 Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) on lap 14 Stefan Bradl (Athinà Forward Racing) on lap 4 Nicky Hayden (Aspar MotoGP Team) on lap 4 Aleix Espargaró (Team SUZUKI ECSTAR) on lap 3 Jack Miller (CWM LCR Honda) on lap 3 Alex De Angelis (E-Motion IodaRacing Team) on lap 3
+5.5
ARRABBIATA 2
09
-31 May 2015
SCARPERIA
10 15 BUCINE
08
39.173 min
SAVELLI
13
07
12
CASANOVA
BORGO SAN LORENZO
3.805
Lenght: 4 185 m Left corners: 6 Right corners: 9
S3
: 3-AS SZEKTOR
CORRENTAIO
S
FRI 13 475
Yamaha
118
2 Jorge Lorenzo
SPA
Yamaha
112
3 Andrea Dovizioso
ITA
Ducati
83
4 Andrea Iannone
ITA
Ducati
81
5 Marc Márquez
SPA
Honda
69
6 Bradley Smith
GBR
Yamaha
57
7 Cal Crutchlow
GBR
Honda
47
8 Pol Espargaró
SPA
Yamaha
45
9 Maverick Viñales
SPA
Suzuki
36
10 Danilo Petrucci
ITA
Ducati
32
11 Aleix Espargaró
SPA
Suzuki
31
12 Yonny Hernandez COL
Ducati
26
13 Dani Pedrosa
SPA
Honda
23
14 Scott Redding
GBR
Honda
18
15 Héctor Barberá
SPA
Ducati
16
16 Loris Baz
FRA
Yamaha Forward 10
Friday
17 Michele Pirro
ITA
Ducati
8
Saturday
18 Nicky Hayden
USA
Honda
8
19 Jack Miller
AUS
Honda
6
20 Hiroshi Aoyama
JPN
Honda
5
21 Álvaro Bautista
SPA
Aprilia
5
22 Eugene Laverty
GBR
Honda
3
23 Stefan Bradl
GER
Yamaha Forward 1
SAT 35 500
SUN 90 477
FALLS (MGP)
1 5
WORLD STANDING ITA
15.265
8
SAN DONATO
1 Valentino Rossi
TOTAL 139 452
18
03
01
POGGIO SECCO
NUMBER OF SPECTATORS
41.840
02
S1
RECORDS Circuit record: 1:47.639 M. MÁRQUEZ (2013) Best pole: 1:47.157 D. Pedrosa (2013) Fastest race: 41:37.477 min J. Lorenzo (2012) 2014 Winner: Marc Márquez
3.060
15.381
: KANYAR SZÁMA
LUCO
4.801
0.435
01
04
First GP: 1976
2.158
: 2-ES SZEKTOR
MATERASSI
5.665
8.553
S2
RETTILINEO
05
4.571
: MÉRÉSI PONT
06
FAST FACTS
2.008
S
BIONDETTI 2
978
9.152
: 1-ES SZEKTOR
S3
S2
661
5.284
S1
BIONDETTI 1
14
ARRABBIATA 1
563 secs
PALAGIO
11
Sunday (Total 11 in 2014)
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FINALLY
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31 May,
Race: 21 Started Pole po Fastest
POINT 1 Tito Ra 2 Johann 3 Domin
4 Sam Lo 6 Xavier +10.495; +17.775; Kalex) +2 (JPN / Ka Azlan Sh
ASSIFICATION
, 2015 12:21 Weather: sunny
Air 25ºC
Track 46ºC
Humiditiy 49%
1 laps / 110.145 km d: 31 • Finished: 24 osition: Sam Lowes 1:51.514 new best lap lap: Tito Rabat 1:52.530 (lap 7) new record
SCORERS abat n Zarco nique Aegerter
SPA FRA SWI
Kalex Kalex Kalex
39:40.545 minutes +0.308 secs +5.280
owes (GBR / Speed Up) +5.554; 5 Luis Salom (SPA / Kalex) +7.493; Simeon (BEL / Kalex) +7.896; 7 Julián Simon (SPA / Speed Up) ; 8 Sandro Cortese (GER / Kalex) +17.380; 9 Axel Pons (SPA / Kalex) ; 10 Lorenzo Baldassarri (ITA / Kalex) +18.836; 11 Álex Rins (SPA / 20.698; 12 Álex Márquez (SPA / Kalex) +20.923; 13 Takaaki Nakagami alex) +22.433; 14 Randy Krummenacher (SWI / Kalex) +22.762; 15 hah (MAL / Kalex) +27.715
FALLS 2
16 7
Friday
7
Saturday Sunday (Total 12 in 2014)
WORLD STANDING 1 (-) 2 (↑4) 3 (↓1) 4 (-) 5 (↓2) 6 (↓1) 7 (↓2) 8 (-) 9 (↑2) 10 (↓1)
Johann Zarco Tito Rabat Thomas Lüthi Sam Lowes Jonas Folger Álex Rins Franco Morbidelli Xavier Simeon Julián Simon Mika Kallio
FRA SPA SWI GBR GER SPA ITA BEL SPA FIN
Kalex Kalex Kalex Speed Up Kalex Kalex Kalex Kalex Speed up Kalex
FULL RIDERS AND CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
109 78 68 67 57 54 54 49 34 31
Briefly
MAKING HISTORY Again we could see a super exciting Moto3 race with six riders finishing between less than four tens. Miguel Oliveira was leading the race most of the time even if right behind him everything was so tight. He could stay calm which helped him winning his first ever GP race by just 0.071 second ahead of Danny Kent. This victory means even more as Oliviera is the first Portuguese rider to ever win a World Championship race. Romano Fenati, who was in the middle of the battle till the last corner, was clever enough to use some slipstream to arrive on the lowest spot of the podium at his home race.
Briefly
CLASSIFICATION 31 May, 2015 11:02 Weather sunny
Air 22ºC
Track 35ºC
Humidity 51%
Race: 20 laps / 104.9 km Started: 36 • Finished: 28 Pole position: Danny Kent 1:56.615 new best lap Fastest lap: Brad Binder 1:57.318 (lap 3) new record POINT SCORERS 1 Miguel Oliveira 2 Danny Kent 3 Romano Fenati
POR GBR ITA
KTM Honda KTM
39:39.510 min +0.071 secs +0.127
4 Francesco Bagnaia (ITA / Mahindra) +0.130; 5 Enea Bastianini (ITA / Honda) +0.200; 6 Niccolò Antonelli (ITA / Honda) +0.381; 7 Jorge Navarro (SPA / Honda) +1.498; 8 Isaac Viñales (SPA / Husqvarna) +1.576; 9 Alexis Masbou (FRA / Honda) +1.985; 10 Brad Binder (RSA / KTM) +2.139; 11 Hiroki Ono (JPN / Honda) +4.966; 12 Niklas Ajo (FIN / KTM) +5.142; 13 Andrea Locatelli (ITA / Honda) +5.160; 14 Livio Loi (BEL / Honda) +5.161; 15 Andrea Migno (ITA / KTM) +5.650
FALLS 2
1
Friday Saturday
13
Sunday
10
(Total 10 in 2014)
WORLD STANDING 1 (-) Danny Kent 2 (-) Enea Bastianini 3 (↑2) Romano Fenati 4 (↑4) Miguel Oliveira 5 (↓2) Efrén Vázquez 6 (-) Isaac Viñales 7 (↓3) Fabio Quartararo 8 (↑1) Francesco Bagnaia 9 (↓2) Brad Binder 10 (↑1) Alexis Masbou
GBR ITA ITA POR SPA SPA FRA ITA RSA FRA
Honda Honda KTM KTM Honda Husqvarna Honda Mahindra KTM Honda
FULL RIDERS AND CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
124 78 67 66 60 55 52 50 50 33
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