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The team Rizla Suzuki has made ​​a long journey transantlantico the ‘Golden State’ of California, United States, for the dispute of the 10th race of the 2011 season in MotoGP in the circuit Laguna Seca.

Alvaro Bautista is jubilant after his 7 th place in the last race in Sachsenring. Plans to continue the streak of fruitful work that the team had in Germany and close at 6 faster. Baptist wants better luck on his second visit to the American circuit, his first career there ended unhappily, when was hit by another rider on lap three. The Spanish hoped to do much better this time, while still displaying their recent good form.

The Laguna Seca circuit is 160 kms south of the city of San Francisco, near Monterey populations and Seaside. The area was originally a shooting range belonging to the artillery and military maneuvers of the United States, and the circuit stands on a dry lake. His 3.610m contains 11 curves, 4 and 7 right-left, and probably one of the most famous corners of the world: the ‘Corkscrew’ or corkscrew, a sequence of turning left to right with a strong gradient that produces a feeling of fall through the air when the cover drivers at high speed. Read the rest of this entry »

The Motorcycling World Championship will travel from 2013 and for 10 years in Austin, Texas. Dorna Sports SL, 3FourTexasMGP, and Full Throttle Productions LLC have announced the signing of an agreement to hold during this period of time a new Grand Prix circuit in the Americas with three categories of the world from next year, MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 (250cc 4-stroke motorcycles, which will replace the current 125cc).

This agreement reinforces the presence Texan will layout engine in the world, as Formula 1 will also have an annual stop on a circuit that is currently under construction.

Carmelo Expeleta, head of Dorna Sports, was pleased with the agreement: “We are delighted to add the Tour of the Americas to the MotoGP calendar. It is an honor to expand the frontiers of our championship to Texas, which is a land historically known for producing World Championship riders. We had a wonderful relationship with Kevin (Schawantz) for twenty years and have always talked about a mutual dream to increase the popularity of MotoGP in the United States. Now, with what Tavo Hellmund (Full Throttle Productions) is doing in Austin, we successfully complete this adventure.”

The circuit construction is progressing satisfactorily and is expected to be completed by mid next year, just in time to host the first United States Grand Prix Formula 1.

Currently under construction, but in 2012 and 2013 will be a reality to see the F1 cars and MotoGP bikes in the “Circuit of the Americas”, a new circuit in the United States, just in Austin, Texas.

Both in the MotoGP calendar and the F1 calendar, the contract extends to 10 years. The project is hosted by Full Throttle Productions LP and is inspired by several circuits around the world, though not without its own style.

The current circuit has 20 turns, 5.47 miles long and parts of 40 meters, or up and down. Is expected straight line speed over 200 MPH, this is equivalent to 320 km / h.

F1 is great news for the last 5 years there is a GP in the United States. The contract to run in Formula 1 starts from next year, the project is under construction, but this year it would begin testing and other races.

Former MotoGP world champion, Kevin Schwantz has revealed this to MotoGP.com: “The MotoGP World Championship comes to my home state of Texas is like a dream come true. I believe in this sport and I know how far the motorcycle is popular in Texas. I’m sure it will be a resounding success that will continue long term, “who is still closely linked to the world of Japanese brand motorcycles and Suzuki to see him become world champion in 1993.

In two races MotoGP in the United States, Laguna Seca and Indianapolis are, see the calendar motogp 2011. So you can wait until 2013.

Has finally completed the first part of the championship for riders of MotoGP, who have closed a little over an hour to dispatch for Laguna Seca, the shortest circuit on the global calendar (3,610 meters). The premier class men can now enjoy the holiday period, up to resume the action in mid-August for the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic. As for today’s race, Stoner has won a test that painted dull at first, but whose interest has grown with the passage of the turns. The Australian was not the favorite, but was in the pools to open up the bottle of champagne from the top step of the podium. Lorenzo was the owner of the pole, and top seed, in fact has assumed his role, and threw in the escape route, which partially succeeded, as Pedrosa has neutralized shortly. In short, the three most rapidly during the weekend were the three protagonists of the podium, few surprises as in the United States Grand Prix. Lorenzo was who carried on their shoulders the burden of proof, even in the absence of six turns, Stoner has exceeded to open a gap of more than five seconds. A declaration of intent by the interim leader for now, keep at bay the second.

Second appearance at Laguna Seca , and finally the pilot Mapfre Aspar , Hector Barbera , get to finish the race of the United States Grand Prix . Last year he was knocked out too early due to a fault, but today it has removed the thorn, signing a creditable ninth place, and there are already three races in which Hector performs at a high level. Too bad that today the election of the rear tire (soft) has not been the most successful, and therefore has failed to achieve a better result. While filming in no man’s land for most of the test, and suffer from lack of grip in his rear tire, Valencian has successfully completed 32 laps of the American round and ended ninth, behind the riders, except for Edwards. Quite an achievement on the day celebrating his Grand Prix 150.

“The truth is that it was a career a little strange at the beginning everything looked good to achieve my goal, which was to stay with Ducati officers. But then I started to notice that he lost the rear, had a soft rubber mounted behind and the bike was moving a lot. Also in a couple of occasions I have had problems with the gears on the straight, I’m not sure why. At that time Valentino and Nicky have escaped to me, since I have lost almost a second in two turns. Then I opted for a map on with more power, had to put the bike on the basis of strength with the arms and shoulders ten laps I started to load. There have been a slight downturn, he could not stop While the bike. The race did not go as well as training, but yet we finished in ninth place. On one side is positive, because I think it is a good result, but otherwise I’m disappointed in myself, I think today could have done more. “

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.

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 »

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.

The change authorizes you to do this activity and contained in the Trade Registry Gazette dated 22 March. From Dorna Sports explained, however, that there is no project in the making. Not even in anticipation. The company only has anticipated a future stage. “We studied how evolving media and new technologies and believe that with the growing demand for content is important to be prepared for that in the event of any interesting proposal, we comply with legal requirements,” says Enrique Aldama , Director of Finance and Operations.

Although for now Dorna Sports is just going a step ahead, the truth is that the film would be an opportunity to generate extra income, consistent with the diversification strategy the company has taken since the crisis began.
Enrique Aldama says this approach has made ​​them more vigorously explore markets such as Asia, where from 2009 began to sell the broadcast rights of the MotoGP World Championship and where, since then, have attracted powerful supporters. For example, Air Asia, the largest low cost airline in that continent. Aldama notes: “That’s the advantage of offering a global product.”

Internationalization is also an accounting effect . Comparing the results of Dorna Sports in 2009 (the last deposited in the Mercantile Register of Madrid) with those for 2008 show a striking discrepancy: in the most recent year the company won more than 20.5 million euros while previous year had conceded a loss of 4.9 million euros. Although the yield from the farm explains part of this difference ( revenues increased 7.2 million ), the main reason is related to the fluctuation of currency and its impact on loans contracted by Dorna Sports. “Part of our funding is made ​​in dollars and we are required to be recorded in our accounts, the currency exchange differences,” argues the chief financial officer. Read the rest of this entry »

After a long break in the schedule for MotoGP, the premier class back in action this weekend at the Grand Prix of Portugal bwin. The third round of the Championship in Estoril, is presented as an appointment with much to offer.

Nearly four weeks after the appointment of Sherry-long hiatus due to the postponement until October Japanese Grand Prix – the MotoGP World Championship returns to action this weekend with the third race of 2011, the Grand Prix bwin of Portugal which takes place in Estoril, this will be the 14 hand held a Grand Prix of Portugal.

The previous round in Jerez, it was indeed a Grand Prix with little history. World Champion Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) claimed his first victory of 2011 in a wet race, and with him on the podium were a Dani Pedrosa who overcame problems with her left arm and an effective Nicky Hayden. It was a very eventful career full of surprises, and perhaps the greatest of these was the incident between Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi. The crash left the Australian out of the race while the Italian was able to return to the track and crossed the line in fifth position. Read the rest of this entry »