motor sport modification: October 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Toni Elias Back To MotoGP

2011 Moto2 winner, Toni Elias, finally back to MotoGP for 2011 season. Toni Elias will join with LCR Honda for next season.

Toni Elias will start in Valencia on the test session with LCR Honda after this season over. Championship will be a great motivator for Elias to step ahead in MotoGP class.

“I’m very motivated. I think together we can have a very good season. I will start in Valencia after the last race and I am eager to get the job with the team underway as soon as possible!”

Team Manager Cecchinello said: “First of all I want to thank Randy (De Puniet) for his valuable cooperation and for the several successes we have shared in the 250cc class and in the MotoGP class in the last five years together.”

“The chance to work with Toni Elías is a big incentive for us because this is a very important moment for presenting a new project to our sponsors and partners. The nice thing is that Toni and I raced together in the 125cc class; I was at the end of my career and he was at the beginning of his. I remember he was a very hard rider and very determined. As time goes by he has improved very much and I think he is a very talented rider with a lot of experience. All the staff and I give him our warmest welcome!”

Welcome back Toni Elias

Paddock Girls Special: Rizla Suzuki Estoril 2010

RIZLA SUZUKI PADDOCK GIRLS ESTORIL 2010

Paddock Girls Estoril 2010

Paddock Girls MotoGP Estoril 2010

Lorenzo 1st, Rossi 2nd, and Dovizioso 3rd

Jorge Lorenzo get his hattrick at Estoril this year after wins on 2008, 2009, and this 2010 race. After taking Rossi, Lorenzo was unbeatable and finish first. The main drama came for 3rd position while Andrea Dovizioso just can get his podium on the last second after taking Marco Simoncelli.

The world standing now was placed Valentino Rossi on the 3rd position, replace Casey Stoner. Rossi just 19 points behind Dani Pedrosa on the 2nd position. Dani Pedrosa only finish at 8th place. Pedorosa's points now are 236. It means, last race at Valencia will be looking for runner up between Pedrosa and Rossi, after Caset Stoner crashed in this race, and missed the points.

Battle for 3rd place is more interest to see, Andrea Dovizioso, Marco Simoncelli, and Nicky Hayden were involved. Nicky Hayden who's started on the 2nd position only finish at 6th place behind Marco Simoncelli at 5th. Dovizioso just taking Simoncelli off in last second and only 0.056 seconds lead. Yes right, what a race for 3rd place battle.

Congratulation to all rider

World Standing Estoril 2010

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	SPA	358
2	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	SPA	236
3	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	217
4	Casey STONER	Ducati	AUS	205
5	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Honda	ITA	195
6	Ben SPIES	Yamaha	USA	163
7	Nicky HAYDEN	Ducati	USA	163
8	Marco SIMONCELLI	Honda	ITA	115
9	Randy DE PUNIET	Honda	FRA	110
10	Marco MELANDRI	Honda	ITA	100
11	Colin EDWARDS	Yamaha	USA	99
12	Hector BARBERA	Ducati	SPA	82
13	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Suzuki	SPA	78
14	Aleix ESPARGARO	Ducati	SPA	60
15	Hiroshi AOYAMA	Honda	JPN	51
16	Loris CAPIROSSI	Suzuki	ITA	44
17	Mika KALLIO	Ducati	FIN	43
18	Alex DE ANGELIS	Honda	RSM	11
19	Roger Lee HAYDEN	Honda	USA	5
20	Kousuke AKIYOSHI	Honda	JPN	4
21	Wataru YOSHIKAWA	Yamaha	JPN	1

bwin GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL MotoGP Race Classification 2010

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	151.7	46'17.962
2	20	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	151.3	8.629
3	16	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	150.3	26.475
4	13	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	150.3	26.534
5	11	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	150.3	27.154
6	10	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	150.2	28.297
7	9	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	150.1	30.109
8	8	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	149.3	44.947
9	7	33	Marco MELANDRI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	147.8	+1'13.649
10	6	40	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Paginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	147.6	+1'17.721
11	5	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	147.6	+1'17.908
12	4	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	146.8	+1'33.025
13	3	65	Loris CAPIROSSI	ITA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	146.5	+1'39.752
Not Classified
		71	Carlos CHECA	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	144.9	15 Laps
		27	Casey STONER	AUS	Ducati Team	Ducati	147	24 Laps
Not Starting
		41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati		0 Lap
		11	Ben SPIES	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha		0 Lap


			Pole Lap:		Jorge LORENZO	1'48.522	Km/h
			Fastest Lap:	Lap: 20	Jorge LORENZO	1'37.928	153.7 Km/h
			Circuit Record Lap:	2009	Dani PEDROSA	1'36.937	155.3 Km/h
			Best Lap:	2008	Jorge LORENZO	1'35.715	157.3 Km/h

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Combined Free Practice Used For Pole Position

Due to heavy rain, the board of MotoGP used combined free practice as pole position. So the combine free practice time place Jorge Lorenzo on pole, followed by Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi on the first row. In second row, Casey Stoner, Ben Spies and Marco Melandi.

Andrea Dovizioso, Randy De Puniet and Colin Edward on the 3rd row, Marco Simoncelli, Aleix Espargaro and Dani Pedrosa on 4th row, Loris Capirossi, Alvaro Bautista and Hector Barbera on 5th row, Hiroshi Aoyama and Carlos Cecha on 16th and 17th place.

Combine free practice means that the result came from the best time of all free practice session. For example, although Nicky Hayden best time on 3rd free practice only 1.53.018, but his record on the 2nd free practice session was 1.48.657. It makes Nicky Hayden got the 2nd position for tomorrow race.

Let see the weather tomorrow, is it gonna be the first wet race for this season? Find the answer tomorrow.

Lorenzo Fastest, Pedrosa Made A Good Progress

Jorge Lorenzo once again being fastest at 3rd Estoril free practice with 1.48.853, or 0.582 seconds in front of his teammate Valentino Rossi. Although Lorenzo crashed on a view last minute, but his time record still on the top. Andrea Dovizioso be the 3rd on last lap with 1.50.007, followed by Casey Stoner and Colin Edwards. Good progress came from Dani Pedrosa at 8th place after come back from surgery.

Estoril still with wet track and it's make difficulty level being higher. Lorenzo and Stoner crashed, but no problem with them. Both rider were slip on the turn and also impact from wet track made some bad result for their steering and brake. Carlos Checa just make a step ahead by 1.53.933, at 16th places.

Let see for the qualifying session in a moment. Keep an eye for Estoril

bwin GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2010

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time	Gap 1st/Prev.
1	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	306.4	1'48.853
2	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	304.6	1'49.435	0.582 / 0.582
3	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	294.7	1'50.007	1.154 / 0.572
4	27	Casey STONER	AUS	Ducati Team	Ducati	307.3	1'50.081	1.228 / 0.074
5	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	289.9	1'50.313	1.460 / 0.232
6	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	297.3	1'50.500	1.647 / 0.187
7	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	287.9	1'50.787	1.934 / 0.287
8	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	285.6	1'50.824	1.971 / 0.037
9	33	Marco MELANDRI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	302.6	1'51.250	2.397 / 0.426
10	65	Loris CAPIROSSI	ITA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	294.7	1'51.518	2.665 / 0.268
11	11	Ben SPIES	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	312.7	1'51.916	3.063 / 0.398
12	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	300.7	1'52.734	3.881 / 0.818
13	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	301.7	1'53.018	4.165 / 0.284
14	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	279.4	1'53.317	4.464 / 0.299
15	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	298.9	1'53.537	4.684 / 0.220
16	71	Carlos CHECA	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	282.1	1'53.933	5.080 / 0.396
17	40	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Paginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	282.4	1'54.073	5.220 / 0.140



		Fastest Lap:	Lap: 20	Jorge LORENZO	1'48.853	138.3 Km/h
		Circuit Record Lap:	2009	Dani PEDROSA	1'36.937	155.3 Km/h
		Best Lap:	2008	Jorge LORENZO	1'35.715	157.3 Km/h

Friday, October 29, 2010

Dani Pedrosa Felt Much Better On Estoril 2nd Free Practice

Dani Pedrosa ended the first day of the bwin Grande Premio de Portugal in 13th places on 2nd free practice. He said that he felt much better with his RC212V at Estoril during the bad weather after miss last three races.

“Straight away I felt much better on the bike here than I did in Australia and the shoulder has recovered a lot, which is very positive,” said Pedrosa, who along with the majority of the premier class opted against riding in the first practice due to the wet weather conditions.

“I feel a little bit tired now, but basically I feel okay after riding today. It was a pity that we missed the whole practice this morning because of the rain, and also at the beginning of the afternoon session the track conditions were difficult, which limited what we could achieve. To be honest I didn’t feel totally at home on the bike today but I think this is normal after so long without riding, and this situation will improve.”

With the focus on re-establishing his comfort on the bike times were not on Pedrosa’s mind, as he completed 19 laps with a best time of 1’53.592 – just over five seconds off Jorge Lorenzo’s top time.

“Usually when you ride in wet conditions you take it easy and this was especially true for me today because I certainly didn’t want to take any unnecessary risks. It was good to be on the bike again and to see that I can ride more or less normally,” he explained, before adding a comment about the rearranged Saturday schedule which will see one hour dedicated to each of the final practice and qualifying sessions.

“Tomorrow we’ll see what the weather brings, but it’s good that we have two hours instead of two 45-minute sessions, and we’ll make the most of that extra time,” he concluded.

Now let is if Pedrosa can do better on 3rd free practice session till the Sunday race to keep his position on the table

Lorenzo Fastest, Hayden 2nd, Checa Last

After bad weather on 1st free practice, Jorge Lorenzo wrote fastest lap on 2nd free practice Estoril MotoGP with 1'48.522. Jorge's top speed was only 302.2 Km/hour. Behind Lorenzo, the Kentucky Boy Nicky Hayden 0.135 seconds left. Lorenzo's teammate Valentino Rossi set 1'48.883 on 3rd place, followed by Casey Stoner and Ben Spies. Both HRC riders Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa are on 9th and 13th. "New comer" Carlos Checa 5.922 seconds behind Jorge Lorenzo and sit on the last place.

3rd free practice session at Estoril will be held tomorrow. If Estoril still on rain, it will be more difficult for the rider. And if next Sunday race will be on rain, it means, this weekend race will be the 1st wet race in 2010 season.

bwin GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2010

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time	Gap 1st/Prev.
1	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	302.2	1'48.522
2	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	311.6	1'48.657	0.135 / 0.135
3	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	301.7	1'48.883	0.361 / 0.226
4	27	Casey STONER	AUS	Ducati Team	Ducati	299.6	1'49.061	0.539 / 0.178
5	11	Ben SPIES	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	304.6	1'49.721	1.199 / 0.660
6	33	Marco MELANDRI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	307.5	1'49.784	1.262 / 0.063
7	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	298.4	1'50.043	1.521 / 0.259
8	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	304.2	1'51.283	2.761 / 1.240
9	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	291.9	1'52.294	3.772 / 1.011
10	65	Loris CAPIROSSI	ITA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	284.9	1'52.575	4.053 / 0.281
11	40	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Paginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	285.8	1'53.131	4.609 / 0.556
12	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	264.5	1'53.510	4.988 / 0.379
13	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	277.8	1'53.592	5.070 / 0.082
14	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	281.9	1'53.769	5.247 / 0.177
15	7	Hiroshi AOYAMA	JPN	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	272.9	1'54.389	5.867 / 0.620
16	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	287.5	1'54.410	5.888 / 0.021
17	71	Carlos CHECA	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	266.6	1'54.444	5.922 / 0.034



		Fastest Lap:	Lap: 19	Jorge LORENZO	1'48.522	138.7 Km/h
		Circuit Record Lap:	2009	Dani PEDROSA	1'36.937	155.3 Km/h
		Best Lap:	2008	Jorge LORENZO	1'35.715	157.3 Km/h

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Official: Loris Capirossi To Pramac Ducati 2011

It's officially announced, Loris Capirossi will ride for Pramac Ducati next year. This Italian rider will starting test at Valencia next November. Capirossi last rode Ducati machine at 2007 with 800cc machine.

Paolo Campinoti - Pramac Racing Team Principal

"We are very pleased to have closed an agreement with one of the most experienced riders and one of the most titled of the current MotoGP World Championship. The deal between us was very simple because Pramac Racing Team, and him, always aim to try to fight for important results. We do not need to talk about Loris, we all know him, we know his value and we are sure that thanks to his quality, we'll have fun next year on all the tracks, taking also some satisfaction. With Loris we will celebrate our tenth anniversary in the World Championship and this is a real honor for us. We know that Loris had conquer in his career 99 podiums and we hope to achieve together the triple digits. I would like to thank our partners who have welcomed our choice and we hope that Loris's and Pramac Racing Team fans will follow us with passion during next season. "

Loris Capirossi

"This return on a Ducati bike make me feel like a child. I do not feel my 37 years! I have a great desire to start this new adventure, I'm enormously pleased about this new agreement that was reached with the Pramac Racing Team, this will allow me to ride and be part of an Italian Team. I would like to thank the Team Principal of the Pramac Racing Team, Paolo Campinoti, for giving me this great opportunity and for the confidence placed in me. I'll find again the Ducati, with whom I had very good results over the past years and that I was able to develop in the 2007, this is an unique sensation for me. I thank Suzuki for the years we spent together and thanks also to the excellent relationship maintained with them, they had give me the possibility to race with my new Team since Valencia's test of next month."