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March 2015
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Roar in the Desert Once again the desert echoes to the mighty roar of powerful, unsilenced motorbikes. The Motogp is back in Qatar for the first round of the exciting World Championships, with the masters of two wheel racing world all present. Une fois de plus le désert fait écho au puissants rugissements des motos sans silencieux. Le Motogp est de retour au Qatar pour la première épreuve du passionnant Championnat du monde, avec la présence des meilleurs pilotes du monde des courses de vitesse sur route.
“Qatar is unique, it is the only night race in the calendar held under floodlights Qatar est unique, la seule épreuve du calendrier disputée sous les projecteurs”
La piste est longue de 5,4 kilomètres et ses alentours sont recouverts de gazon artificiel afin d’empêcher le désert voisin de gagner du terrain sur le circuit. La ligne droite fait plus d’un kilomètre et le tracé associe des virages plus ou moins rapides à quelques virages à gauche très rapides qui se sont révélés très populaires chez les pilotes.
The track itself is a flowing layout of 5.4 kilometres, surrounded by artificial grass. The main straight is over a kilometre in length and there is a good mix of medium and high-speed corners, including a couple of quick left-handers which has proved particularly popular with the riders.
Qatar future project
Qatar future project
POLE POSITION: LEFT LENGTH: 5380 meters WIDTH: 12 meters 16 Corners
TRACK DATA
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SPEED .RPM .BRAKE PRESSURE. FRONT SUSPENSION VITESSE . T/MINUTE. PRESSION FREINS . SUSPENSION
.REAR SUSPENSION . THROTTLE AVANT . SUSPENSION ARR . OUVERTURE DES GAZ
FIM Moto2 and Moto3 World Championships In Qatar Qatar’s Losail track has already seen Dunlop world championship riders on the podium in 2015, with success in all three World Championship categories in the FIM Motocross World Championship four weeks ago. The Qatar facility is one of very few circuits to offer world-class on and off-track competition. Like the motocross, the Qatar Moto GP races will again be held at night on a floodlight track when the world will be watching Dunlop’s 65 riders begin their 2015 campaigns. While some of the 2015 specification Dunlop Moto2 tyres were raced last season at some rounds following their early introduction, the Qatar round will be the first where all the Moto2 choices are the new generation tyres.
Tyre allocation Moto2 Option 1 Fronts: 120/75R17 Soft ’1’ (black ’Dunlop’ on yellow) Medium ’2’ (black ’Dunlop’ on silver) Option 2 Rears: 195/75R17 Medium ’2’ (black on silver) Hard ’3’ (yellow on black) No wet tyres are taken to Qatar as rain would prevent racing due to glare from the floodlights on a wet track.
SCHEDULE HORAIRES THIS IS QATAR TIME THURSDAY 26TH OF MARCH 18.00 - 18.40 Moto3 FP1 18.55 - 19.40 Moto2 FP1 19.55 - 20.40 MotoGP FP1 20.55 - 21.35 Moto3 21.50 - 22.35 Moto2
FP2 FP2
FRIDAY 27TH OF MARCH 18.00 - 18.45 MotoGP FP2 19.00 - 19.40 Moto3 19.55 - 20.40 Moto2
FP3 FP3
20.55 - 21.40 MotoGP FP3
SATURDAY 28TH OF MARCH 18.00 - 18.40 Moto3 OP 18.55 - 19.40 Moto2 O 19.55 - 20.25 MotoGP FP4 20.35 - 20.50 MotoGP OP1 21.00 - 21.15 MotoGP OP2
SUNDAY 29TH OF MARCH 15.50 - 16.10 Moto3 W/UP 16.25 - 16.45 Moto2 W/UP 17.00 - 17.20 MotoGP W/UP 18.00 - Moto3 RACE 18 LAPS 19.20 - Moto2 RACE 20 LAPS 21.00 - MotoGP RACE 22 LAPS
IF IT RAIN AT LOSAIL ON THE 29TH NO RACE SI IL PLEUT LE 29 A LOSAIL PAS DE COURSE
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WHAT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO
1985 Season 1st race Eddie Lawson winner of the 500cc Race Kyalami– South Africa March 23
20 YEARS AGO
1995 Season 1st race Mick Doohan winner of the 500cc GP race at Eastern Creek-Australia March 26
10 YEARS AGO
2005 Season 1st race Valentino Rossi winner of the motogp race at Jerez De La Frontera-Spain April 10
by TECHNOMAG- DERENDINGER- INTERWETTEN Illustration: AmaĂŤl Lemaitre and @kimu
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