News: Aerodynamics Capirossi MotoGP San Carlo Honda Gresini simoncelli
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MotoGP Aerodynamic, The Essential Factor Indeed
With just a little margins between succeed and failure in MotoGP, the essential of every detail can make big differences to each bike and rider.
“The aerodynamics in every road racing bike is very important because when you go over 200 km/h it makes the difference,” explained Simoncelli, whose height resulted in some modifications to his San Carlo Honda Gresini bike this season.
“It’s not a big modification but each modification can give me more or less 3 or 4 km/h more in the straight,” added the Italian, who goes through the specific changes that were made in the attached video.
News: Dani Pedrosa Honda Blade Honda Racing School Honda Repsol Noburo Ueda Red Bull U.S GP Sentul Circuit
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Dani Pedrosa Visit Indonesian Honda Racing School
Dani Pedrosa rider Repsol Team Honda spent two days in Indonesia after Sunday’s Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. Dani visiting the Sentul race circuit as a guest instructor at the Honda Racing School. Dani Pedrosa passed on precious riding advice to 16 Indonesian students between age of 11 and 15. Dani take a demonstration laps on a 110cc Honda Blade, one of the machines used by the school at which the former Honda 125cc GP winner, Noburo Ueda is the chief instructor.
“It was really good fun to ride the 110cc Blade!” Pedrosa said. “Of course it has very little horsepower compared to my RC212V, but I think it’s very good for the kids to start understanding how to ride a bike, to be familiar with the gears and the necessary riding style.”
More than 1,000 fans watched Pedrosa in his MotoGP racing leathers doing laps at the Sentul Karting circuit. After the demonstration Pedrosa offered some advice to the aspiring riders based on his experience when beginning racing when he was young. He said:
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Davioso Prepared For Laguna Seca
Andrea Davizioso is willing to score a notable result at Laguna Seca this week. Davizioso has been on the podium four times this season even though not in the previous three races. It’s something that he wants to get it rights at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix.
“I’m really looking forward to racing at Laguna Seca because it’s a unique track, and also because I want to improve on my result from the last race in Germany,” said the 24 year-old, who was fifth at Sachsenring. “We are completely focused on getting a strong finish this weekend before we head into the MotoGP summer break.”
In Laguna Davizioso finish fourth at his debut premier class campaign and was running in the similar position last year before he went crash.
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News: Alvaro Bautista GSV-R Suzuki Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki Sachsenring MotoGP
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Rizla Suzuki Continue To Maintain The Progress In Germany
The next round of MotoGP will be Sachsenring, Alvaro Bautista and Loris Capirossi head there and believes that they buoyed by the performance of the Suzuki GSV-R last time in Barcelona.
Bautista has a great record at the German circuit over the past couple of seasons in the 250cc class, even in the 2008 and 2009 he rode to the third step of the podium in both races. The 25 years old racer is hoping to bring some of the performance he showed at the last race at Catalunya – where he reach fifth position – to Catalunya. His in high confidence, following his improve MotoGP machine.
Capirossi is likely find away to build on what he describe as “the first real result” of 2010 last time out in Spain. Capirossi finished sevent in Catalunya and this is the huge steps the team took there will benefit then at the next round. Sachsenring here we comes.
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Assen New Corner, Storner Likes It
Casey Stoner, the Ducati Marlboro rider reach the second fastest in free practice 1 and Stoner just found out that the modified Ruskenhoek section of the track is more likely Stoner types.
Stoner progress was very well on the pace in the opening practice session of the TIM TT Assen on Thursday, Stoner lapping with a best time just 0.011s off Jorge Lorenzo who topped the timesheet.
With some changes to his front suspension and the progress right know, Stoner feels that he is slowly reaching the level he wants to, but that there is some way to go.
“It’s been one part we’ve been struggling with this year and in the last few races that we have changed the fork we’ve made some good progress,” said Stoner, who has been using a 2009 front suspension fork. “The progress unfortunately has been a little bit slow. In Mugello we were never competitive, at Silverstone by race day we were feeling much better but then we weren’t able to make the start with the bike we had. So I’m a little disappointed because we should have had a podium result this year, quite a few I think, but it’s the way things have gone for us this season and we just need to keep focused for each race.”
News: Gran Premio de Catalunya Lin Jarvis Valentino Rossi Wataru Yoshikawa Yoshikawa YZR-M1
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Yamaha Confirmed, Yoshikawa As Replacement For Rossi
Finally Yamaha Motor racing have confirmed that their experienced test driver Wataru Yoshikawa will replaced Rossi position for the Gran Premio Aperol de Catalunya on July 4th. Yoshikawa will riding in place of injuried Valentino Rossi until the Doctor is back to full condition following his broken legs.
Yoshikawa, a Japanese superbike champion, will riding the YZR-M1 which is Rossi’s motorcycle for the Italian side of the Fiat Yamaha garage and is expeted to be with the team for about three races as is expected about ROssi’s return dates.
Lin Jarvis said,
“We have considered many different scenarios and candidate riders to fill the temporary vacant seat in the Fiat Yamaha Team. We had always planned to use a rider from within the Yamaha Motor & Tech 3 family but for each rider we considered who is in active competition, their move to the Fiat Yamaha Team would have created another problem for their own racing programme or for the teams in which they are engaged.”
Assen Waiting For Lorenzo This Weekend
After gets the third win at Silverstone Jorge Lorenzo is going for his first premier class victory at Assen this weekend.
There is no much time to celebrate the Silverstone victory, Lorenzo has to get going to focus on Assen which takes places this weekend. This the Lorenzo third win of the season, his eight in the premier class and his 29th across all categories. And now Lorenzo lead the standing points to 37 points.
Lorenzo said,
“We have started this run of three races in a row as perfectly as we could have wished and Silverstone was a great race and very important for the Championship.“But now we move on and we just have to try to continue in the same way.”
Lorenzo has experienced success on number of occasions before in Assen. In 2004 Lorenzo won the 125cc race, and in 2006-2007 he won the 250cc titles.
Lorenzo also added,
“Next we arrive at Assen, my favorite track, and once again we’re aiming for the podium. “The team is working very well together and now we will just concentrate on trying to improve the M1 even more; it’s important to keep growing. I’ve won at Assen in 125 and 250 so I’d really like to try to win in MotoGP!”
Spies Get High Confidence On Silverstone
Spies reach fifth fastest in the opening practice at the AirAsia British Gran Prix, rookie of the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team is on high confidence on the new Silverstone circuit.
Spies explained,
“It is a super fun track with a really cool design. It is really fast in a lot of places and I really like the fast right and left combination where they are building the new pits and paddock.“And coming out of the first corner you are really picking up a lot of speed before that twisty part and it is all about finding the limit, learning how deep you can run it in. It was a decent session though it took me a while to get going.”
News: Ducati Marlboro Kevin Schwantz Moto Gp Moto2 Mugello Nicky Hayden Silverstone
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Hayden Is Ready For The New Silverstone
AirAsia British Grand Prix at the new Silvertone is on the way, the Ducati Marlboro rider Nicky Hayden is prepared after a crash in Mugello’s. He hopes some fresh front solutions will help for his first podium of 2010.
Nicky Hayden has had a good start at this season, Hayden coming close to a podium finish in the opening season, after 3 race rounds and just missing one race in Mugello.
Round five at Silverstone this American is confident after the hard work put by Ducati Malboro team, The progress made so far this season which means Hayden ready for the new Silverstone circuit.
“I’m pretty happy with the bike, the team and everything, I’m just not so happy with my mistake at Mugello. I tried a bit too hard there and it’s true we need to improve something in the front of the bike to give us a little more confidence,” said Hayden at the official AirAsia British Grand Prix pre-event at Lord’s cricket ground.
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News: Cattolica Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico Valentino Rossi
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Rossi Goes To Cattolica For The Next Treatment
Valentino Rossi has been transferred to a hospital in Cattolica, which is closer to his home.
At 1530 CET Thursday the world champion was released from the Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico in Florence, Italy. Rossi was recovering from surgery last Saturday to mend his broken right leg.
Valentino Rossi was taken by ambulance to a helicopter and being transferred to a hospital in Cattolica, near his home to meet with doctors to discuss the next step of his recovery. Be strong Rossi, we’re always support you.
Dani Pedrosa, From Pole To Winning The Race
From pole position to victory, this is the first victory of the 2010 season for the Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa. This victory was a reward for all the effort that team put in this race, said Dani. Dani Pedrosa standing in second place in the World Championship after this winning. And it feels exciting to tasted how sweet victory after the hard work put by his team and himself.
Pedrosa:
“It’s an unbelievable feeling to win again. We’ve been working really hard and we had some problems through the winter and in the first races, so I’m really delighted with this victory, especially after leading at Jerez for so long but not quite making it.”
Pedrosa leading Lorenzo just over 4 seconds ahead when they crossed the line. It was proof that he feel more competitive at aboard his factory RC212V and Dani hopes that this will continue into the next round at Silvertone in two weeks.
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Rossi & Lorenzo Are Ready For Le Mans
The Yamaha Riders are closely equal matched after just two rounds of the 2010 campaign. And now with high hopes they want to continuing to win in Le Mans
Lorenzo said,
“Last year I won in Le Mans in an amazing and crazy race,” he said. “I hope the fans aren’t waiting for a repeat this weekend! Of course the weather is always a risk in Le Mans, but I hope for sun. I’ve been on the podium twice there, last season and when I won my second 250cc title, so I am looking forward to trying again. I’ve had almost three weeks since Jerez and I know that I am ready for this second European race.”
He also said:
“Despite our victory in Jerez and taking the lead in the world standings I continue to think that I am not the favourite because the season is very long and it has only just started! I am very proud however because Jerez was my first victory at home in MotoGP.”