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The MotoGP world champion reached the final qualifying session of the U.S. GP. UU. with the unknown to know how he felt about the YZR-M1 after the sharp fall suffered during FP3 this morning. With time running out, and after setting the fastest time of the morning free, Jorge output when rehearsing with the traction control off and without shifting (action again active control), the Spaniard went down in the Turn 5, a violent exit that left Lorenzo ears sore in the land of Laguna Seca.

Recovered from the shock and somewhat bruised, Jorge Lorenzo has taken the lead in the qualifying session from the first bars of the same, down to 1’22 “with a time of 1’21″ 610, while nobody has been able to beat . With fifty minutes ahead, only Dani Pedrosa went to Yamaha, running to tens of Lorenzo and being the only two drivers who, for much of the session, have been shot in the range of 1’21 “.

With signs of discomfort, Casey Stoner has tried to keep pace with Lorenzo and Pedrosa, making down to 1’21 “to forty minutes at the end of the session. Frenchman Randy De Puniet fell at turn five, the one where George fell this morning, a few minutes later, Bautista also went down in Turn 3 when he was in eighth place on the timesheets.

Spies was another driver who has gone down even earlier, with fourteen minutes remaining, the Texan was the first time pole down so far marked by Lorenzo, albeit with soft tires. With a time of 1’21 “578 and pole time, Lorenzo returned to the attack to lower the record of his teammate at 1’21″ 336 and then 1’21 “221.

Not satisfied with this time, George has again beat its own record for pole with 1’21 “202 at its thirty-sixth round. Stoner, in his last outing in 0072 managed to complete Lorenzo, a second ahead of Pedrosa, which closes the front row at the pole 0178.

Spies, Simoncelli and Dovizioso up the second line, Dovi being the last of the riders who lapped in 1’21 “. Valentino Rossi opened the third line in seventh place, three thousandths faster than Hector Barbera, eight ahead of Nicky Hayden, another driver who has also been dropped without any consequences.

Crutchlow, Edwards and Bautista, twelfth, shape the fourth line; Abraham finished thirteenth, fourteenth and Aoyama Randy De Puniet fifteenth. Capirossi, Elias and close the grill Bostrom of the U.S. GP. UU.

We’re not talking about the 80 kW engine are the new kings of the legendary American circuit, this time the comparison has been done, apart from the speed, has yielded some interesting data regarding the electrical system reliability with respect to models such as the Tesla Roadster or the Mini E.

But to make sense of this news we have to go back a few months ago, when the founder of Tesla, Elon Musk, branded the Jurassic Leaf pack, to use a system to understand too conservative and classic, with respect to its modern cylindrical batteries. Now, after the experience at Laguna Seca, the pilots have ruled in favor of the Leaf because according to these “transmission, battery management system Battery Leaf are solid. To my surprise, almost all electric vehicles had used heat management problems after two to five laps.

In particular, the Tesla Roadster were getting dangerously close to cutting power to reach the fourth or fifth round. For its part, Nissan Leaf has worked smoothly throughout the day and the temperature gauge did not move the battery “Are times? Is unimportant but for those who need to satisfy the curiosity that the Tesla, with almost twice the power of the Nissan, managed to finish a lap in 1 minute 50 seconds, 20 seconds faster than the Leaf.

It is not uncommon to see Dani Pedrosa leading the grid of a World Championship race. The Spaniard added 36 pole positions in his career World Cup, including 18 in MotoGP, but Brno 2011 has a special flavor, because it comes after almost a year if you get: the latest was on 5 September 2010 in Misano. Since then, a string of physical problems, with fractures of both clavicles, and four visits to the surgery that forced him to drive for half the year injured. Now, now close to his best physical condition, demonstrates that Pedrosa would probably have been fighting for the title this season and is hungry for victory. “I’m happy to have achieved the pole, because a long time that did not, but more important is the race,” he said just get off the bike.

Dani had mastered with authority the first free practice on Friday, but the pole position on Saturday was much more fierce. The day dawned rainy Brno, Casey Stoner and, despite a fall in the early stages was the best in water with only five thousandths margin on Jorge Lorenzo. Valentino Rossi emerged wet to stand third, just ahead of Dani Pedrosa, who, avoiding risks, marked the fourth fastest three tenths of his teammate. The official, with dry asphalt, Rossi and Ducati disappeared from the top (although the Italian end in a remarkable sixth place), for the three strongest men of the category is now vying for pole position until the last moments.

Pedrosa soon stood in front of the timesheets, but first and then Stoner momentarily Lorenzo took pole position, with the records much tighter (and a bit slower due to morning rain left the track a bit slippery ) that on opening day Friday. However, the Repsol rider reimposed its best pace in the penultimate round, stopping the clock at 1’56 .660 one already awarded him the pole, but finished the job in his last start lowering the nine thousandth time.

Pedrosa has been the strongest in practice, and presents itself as the leading candidate to win this great prize, faced with a particular motivation, it has never won a MotoGP race in Brno. Read the rest of this entry »

For the first time this season, three Spanish riders (Pedrosa in MotoGP, Marquez Moto2 and Terol on 125) will lead the starting blocks of the three races in Brno The last one was in the historic Grand Prix of Malaysia last year, where Marquez (125cc), Simon (Moto2) and Lorenzo had the pole, and Toni Elias and Jorge Lorenzo crowned champion and MotoGP Mmundo Moto2 respectively. The celebration of the titles is still far from mid-August, but the skill of the Spanish in the official practice of the GP of the Czech Republic invite you to dream with the third hat trick of victories this season.

In Moto2, Marc Marquez is on the hunt leader Bradl, and after three consecutive wins also broke the official Brno turn to add his fourth pole of the season. The Spaniard began discreet, but was gradually improving his time to stand on his head a few minutes to the checkered flag, when it seemed that nobody would be able to improve time Bradl. The German has a comfortable lead of 47 points ahead overall, but if Marquez wins again in the Czech Republic, and added five wins, the last four in a row, and could begin to trouble the leader. The good run of Marc Márquez in contrast to the misfortune of Julian Simon, who failed to qualify in a fall in the first round of official duty, and although the organization is repescaría and could start from the bottom of the grill is a doubt for the race for a painful abrasion on his right hand. The pilot is Villacañas not fully recovered from the broken leg he suffered in his right leg in the Grand Prix of Catalunya.

125cc is traditionally an unpredictable category, but it seems unlikely that someone can stand up to the leader, Nico Terol. The Aspar rider will start from pole for the fifth time this season and has dominated all training, both dry and rain. French and German Zarco Cortese seconds him in the first row of the grid.

The Australian Team Repsol Honda, Casey Stoner, has claimed pole position in the Grand Prix of Great Britain, while Spanish Jorge Lorenzo will start third, behind Italy’s Marco Simoncelli.
Lorenzo started the session strong and soon became the fastest time, far from Simoncelli and Stoner. The Spanish leader was over 40 minutes, but when 18 minutes remained for the flag fall, Stoner managed to beat his time.

The Australian record was very good and difficult to overcome, but Simoncelli got it down and let the clock in 2:02.389. Three tenths separated Lorenzo on pole, while Stoner was to 136 thousandths of Italian. At that time, decided to enter Simoncelli ‘boxes’ to make some tweaks and Stoner took advantage to reduce the time of 2:02.020 and leave it in Italian, when there were eight minutes left.

Lorenzo tried in the time remaining, but the Spaniard could do nothing before the time the Australian had to settle for third place.

For the rest of Spanish Alvaro Bautista has done a good job and starts ninth, while Hector Barbera has had to settle for twelfth place. In addition, Toni Elias will output in fourteenth place, just behind Italy’s Valentino Rossi, who has not found anything comfortable with his Ducati in the session on Saturday.

Australian Casey Stoner (Honda) sailed to the MotoGP title by winning his third race in Silverstone row and unseat the first place in the championship to Spanish Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha), who fell under the English rain on lap nine.

It is the fact that Lorenzo 25 points lost today in Silverstone, but the superiority of the Honda since the season began and, above all, the couple made the Australian and Japanese machine, which forces think that this year Stoner has all the aces in his hand to regain the title they won in 2007, then with the Ducati.

The race at the historic track in central England, was marked by rain and lasted long it took to fall two of the stars of MotoGP, Lorenzo and Italian Marco Simoncelli (Honda) at the beginning of the ninth and tenth lap, respectively, almost the same curve. In the corner of “Abbey” the Alps and “Farm” in Spanish.

In any case, then only with the Italian Dovizioso fighting to be second, because Stoner was already out of reach. Lorenzo struggled to score some points, 20 in second place, which had remained at the head of the table. Read the rest of this entry »

A day after the conclusion of the GP in Portugal, the MotoGP teams have returned to the Estoril track on Monday to conduct a day of official tests. Jorge Lorenzo signed the fastest time to reach the lunch break.

The official practice day post Grand Prix at the Estoril circuit on Monday started with sunshine and warm temperatures (21 º C) even with the forecast of possible showers in the afternoon. Alerted by the weather, the premier class men have taken the first part of day to perform work programs in order to evolve their respective mounts.

The early birds has been the world champion Jorge Lorenzo, who has filmed before 10 am. The Spaniard’s Yamaha Factory Team works in suspensions of M1 and has also evaluated new electronic components. About 2:00 p.m., at which time the activity has stopped on the track, Lorenzo signed the fastest lap of the day (1,37.170) and had completed 41 laps at the track.

His teammate, Ben Spies, today a new tilt testing and new suspension components. The Texan company by the time a best time of 1.38.110. Read the rest of this entry »

The Swiss chassis manufacturer Portuguese brought the bike track for the top category that aims to use in 2012 and is currently under development.

Suter chassis manufacturer on Wednesday concluded two days of testing at the Estoril circuit in MotoGP machine currently being developed in preparation for its entry into the MotoGP World Championship in 2012.
The Swiss-made prototype uses a BMW engine and has the team Marc VDS Racing Team as a partner for the project. The Suter is being designed to extract maximum advantage of the new technical regulations coming into force in 2012 and allowing a maximum engine capacity of 1000cc.

Taking advantage of the sunny day at Estoril, the test drivers and Carmelo Morales Damian Cudlin shot extensively with the advanced version of the machine, with an engine more powerful BMW S1000RR, electronic assembly completely revised and carbon brakes. This prototype had been tested before last November and again in February.

Morales, who currently competes in the category of the CEV Buckler Moto2 was the most active rider on the first day to complete three sets of ten laps Spanish pilot noted the remarkable progress made with the machine and noted the successful adaptation to Bridgestone tires which were mounted on Tuesday for the first time in the prototype. Read the rest of this entry »

Spies Lorenzo and discusses the progress made in the official test day held the day after the Portuguese GP.

The men of the Yamaha Factory Racing took the meteorological boom in Estoril on Monday to carry out an intensive program of work with his YZR-M1. Ben Spies Jorge Lorenzo and his work focused on testing a new swingarm and suspension components updated. The Spaniard also took the opportunity to test new electronic settings in the search for better grip in the saddle. And like many of the drivers present in the day, both drivers also tested some new Bridgestone tires.

With the same speed that allowed him to climb the podium in Sunday’s race, Lorenzo was fast from the start and finished the morning round as the fastest man on track with a lap of 1’37 .170. The afternoon session continued the same course. The Spaniard took advantage of the new configuration to cross the barrier of 1.37 and down to 1’36 .316 at the end of the day, with a deficit of just 0.105s on the fastest of the day.

Spies had a day much better than Sunday, when his involvement in the Portuguese race with a fall. Texan pilot and his team tested all new parts in the afternoon. Even had the opportunity to reduce nearly seven tenths of a second off his previous best time and finish with a 1’37 .421 which stood at seventh place in the timesheets.

Jorge Lorenzo
“I’m very happy with the test we did today. Before, I felt so safe and comfortable when entering curves as last year and in 2009. Now we have found something with the chassis setup that works much better, so I I feel comfortable again. I think I can be faster through the corners now, so I’m looking forward to going to France to fight for more podiums.

Ben Spies
“It was a decent test day for us after what happened on Sunday. I’m happy with the sessions. This afternoon, at the last minute, we found something we had not been proven yet and I think that really will benefit in Le Mans. Today we have improved the lap times. I’ve done the best I could and now have to wait for Le Mans for a fresh start.

MotoGP followers will discover very soon the latest feature documentary by director Mark Neale.

Following the success of ‘Faster’ and ‘The Doctor, The Tornado and The Kentucky Kid’, the director Mark Neale is preparing to launch its new feature-length documentary centered on the MotoGP, `Fastest ‘. (Being the fastest)
Filmed in different countries between 2010 and 2011 and narrated by Ewan McGregor, `Fastest ‘captures the intense and exciting reality of the MotoGP World Championship and documents a pivotal moment in the sport. The way in which Valentino Rossi in search of their tenth World Championship title and the Italian is one of the toughest challenges of his career: An exceptionally fast generation of young competitors, a chilling leg injury in his home race and an incredible comeback after only a little over 40 days.

Defeated by his rival Jorge Lorenzo, Rossi in 2010 faced one of the most difficult years of his illustrious career and, like their opponents, had to wonder: Who is the fastest now?

“‘Fastest’ is an incredible feeling. Being the fastest means higher risks, says director Mark Neale. “This is the essence of MotoGP and this movie. Ecstasy and terror at the highest level of motorcycle racing.