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Jorge je kralj!!

Klasična pobeda za Pedrosu...prva krivina na čelu i tako do kraja.

Dobra trka.

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kako Pedrosa startuje svaka cast! i posle naravno, kao i obicno kad je na celu, bez greske. trebalo mu je ovo jako.
do poslednjeg momenta sam gajila nadu da ce Rossi uspeti da ga prestigne, i da su postajale jos dve-tri krivine tako bi i bilo.

sta reci za Jorgea

Niki peti!! ima tu udela i sama laguna, ali se ipak nadam da je pronasao neko resenje.

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RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX
MotoGP Race Classification
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total time Km/h Gap
1 25 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 44'01.580 157.433
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 44'01.924 157.412 0.344
3 16 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 44'03.506 157.318 1.926
4 13 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 44'14.012 156.695 12.432
5 11 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 44'23.243 156.152 21.663
6 10 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 44'23.621 156.130 22.041
7 9 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 44'31.781 155.653 30.201
8 8 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 44'34.437 155.498 32.857
9 7 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 44'41.905 155.065 40.325
10 6 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 44'49.608 154.621 48.028
11 5 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 44'50.390 154.576 48.810
12 4 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 45'20.111 152.887 1'18.531
Not classified
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 8'23.703 26 Lap
59 Sete GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 8'32.190 26 Lap
65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 4'19.395 29 Lap
41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 4'22.278 29 Lap
Excluded
52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha



World Championship
Pos. Rider Num. Motorcycle Nation Team Points
1 Valentino ROSSI 46 Yamaha ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 151
2 Jorge LORENZO 99 Yamaha SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 142
3 Casey STONER 27 Ducati AUS Ducati Team 135
4 Dani PEDROSA 3 Honda SPA Repsol Honda Team 92
5 Colin EDWARDS 5 Yamaha USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 76
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO 4 Honda ITA Repsol Honda Team 69
7 Marco MELANDRI 33 Kawasaki ITA Hayate Racing Team 61
8 Chris VERMEULEN 7 Suzuki AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 61
9 Randy DE PUNIET 14 Honda FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 58
10 Loris CAPIROSSI 65 Suzuki ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 56
11 James TOSELAND 52 Yamaha GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 39
12 Nicky HAYDEN 69 Ducati USA Ducati Team 38
13 Toni ELIAS 24 Honda SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 37
14 Alex DE ANGELIS 15 Honda RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 36
15 Mika KALLIO 36 Ducati FIN Pramac Racing 26
16 Niccolo CANEPA 88 Ducati ITA Pramac Racing 16
17 Sete GIBERNAU 59 Ducati SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando 12
18 Yuki TAKAHASHI 72 Honda JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP 9


Constructor
YAMAHA 185
DUCATI 135
HONDA 123
SUZUKI 79
KAWASAKI 61

Team
FIAT YAMAHA TEAM 293
DUCATI TEAM 173
REPSOL HONDA TEAM 161
RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP 117
MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 115
SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI 73
HAYATE RACING TEAM 61
LCR HONDA MOTOGP 58
PRAMAC RACING 42
GRUPO FRANCISCO HERNAN 12
SCOT RACING TEAM MOTOGP 9

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Yamaha refuses bidding war for Lorenzo
By Jonathan Noble and Michele Lostia Monday, July 6th 2009, 13:54 GMT

Jorge LorenzoYamaha will not get involved in a bidding war with Honda over the services of Jorge Lorenzo for 2010, the Japanese manufacturer has said, amid heightened speculation over the future of the Spanish rider.

Rumours emerging in Laguna Sena suggested that Lorenzo is in talks with Honda about a switch to them for next year, even though he says that remaining at Yamaha is his priority.

Yamaha is aware of the situation, but its boss Masao Furusawa has made it clear that the company will not stretch itself financially to try and keep hold of Lorenzo.

"We are interested in Jorge," Furusawa told Gazzetta dello Sport. "We are in talks but we know about Honda's offer: if he wants to go with them, we won't be raising our stakes in order to retain him."

Lorenzo insisted over the weekend that there was no firm offer from Honda yet, although he did not deny that discussions had taken place.

"At the moment Yamaha is the first option: I'd like to stay here. We are talking," he explained. "There is no offer [from Honda], but I can't say whether some discussions are taking place. I can say that at the moment, with nothing signed, my manager and I are open to anything."

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July 07, 2009 - 06:21 AM
Roberts Back in World Championship
Kenny Roberts heading back to the paddock.
By: Henny Ray Abrams


Kenny Roberts expects to be back in the MotoGP paddock in 2010, but not in the premier class. Instead Roberts will be one of the chosen few to field a team for the inaugural season of Moto2 racing. And he'll do it with a chassis of his own design.

"That's why I'm excited about Moto2 because the format is the way it should be," Roberts said. "They haven't done anything yet that shoots them in the foot, though I'm still eagerly awaiting that. So far it appears they are doing the right stuff to make a team profitable and it having life after you put a sticker on it."

Roberts closed down his race shop in Banbury, England at the end of the 2007 season, his last year in MotoGP. That year team ran a Honda RC211V motor in his own chassis, but the effort was underfunded, they couldn't afford updates, it affected their competitiveness, so he pulled the plug. But he hasn't given up on owning a race team. He's been in negotiations to return to the MotoGP grid as part of a much larger project that involves a Las Vegas casino and several other motorsports disciplines, but that endeavor has dragged on for years.

"We still have a skeleton crew and we still have the equipment in England to build a chassis, but I'm not sure [where it would be built]," he said. "We'd certainly design it in England, but probably build it somewhere else. That's yet to be determined."

The new chassis would be based on an existing Team Roberts design for a 600cc track day bike, but adapted for the control Honda 600cc motor.

"It was a Triumph three-cylinder at the time, but all the seat and tank and all that stuff is done," he said. "It will probably take us three months to have a motorcycle once I say 'go.' We've got the CAD from Honda and that's really easy for us. All that stuff is still in place and designing it and making it is really easy for us. The first one might be made in England and then we transfer it. I'm looking for a two or three-year deal and not a one-year deal."

Roberts said he was "looking for partners rather than sponsors [in Moto2 while the Las Vegas project is] still up in the air. "I'm kind of on my own working on Moto2 and I think the class works.

"I'd like to get a couple of young American riders [for the two-rider team]. Getting them young enough or late enough so they can win. We want to be up front, because it's rough selling if you're not up front."

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Sete Gibernau's GFH Team Pulls Out Of MotoGP Championship
Submitted by David Emmett on Sun, 2009-07-12 23:03.

It's been a tough season so far for MotoGP, with the withdrawal of Kawasaki before the start of the season, the Japanese factory finally yielding to pressure from Carmelo Ezpeleta and Dorna to provide machinery and limited support for a single season for Marco Melandri. Then came the rider switch at Team Scot, Gabor Talmacsi stepping in, bringing Hungarian oil money to rescue the team which was close to financial ruin.

Now, another dark day for the series, as Sete Gibernau's Grupo Francisco Hernando team has just announced that they will be pulling out of MotoGP with immediate effect. The reasons given for the withdrawal are unsurprising - the global financial crisis - but the announcement came as a shock to Sete Gibernau. In the press release, the Spanish veteran stated "The person most surprised by this decision was me. Everyone in the team worked hard to keep the project on track. On a personal level, it was a brave gamble, taken with the hope of building a successful project which would achieve targets we had set for ourselves as each Grand Prix passed."

Gibernau said he was very disappointed that the project had foundered at this stage. "It's truly a pity that we are forced to abandon the project at this stage, just when we were convinced we were on the verge of achieving the results we were looking for. I'd like to thank the team, my personal sponsors, the fans and all the press, the treatment I have received, which has repaid in full the hard work and efforts which I have put in to return to racing after two years out of the World Championship. Your support has made me be happy to be racing in MotoGP again," Gibernau added.

Though the withdrawal of the Grupo Francisco Hernando is a shock, due to the suddenness of the decision, it is not much of a surprise. The press release put it down to the effects of the global financial crisis, stating: "The motive for this decision is the crisis which has affected the global economy. The Grupo Francisco Hernando has decided to invest exclusively in its primary role in the construction sector as a promotor and constructor, focusing all of its economic efforts in this area."

The surprise was more that Francisco Hernando decided to invest in the project at all. The Spanish construction sector is in absolute freefall, after a housing boom unrivaled anywhere in the world collapsed, leaving vast tracts of undeveloped and partially developed projects unsold and uninhabited. The housing surplus in Spain is predicted to be in the region of half a million units for the foreseeable future, a huge number in a country of just 40 million inhabitants. Hernando, like so many other construction companies, has found himself holding huge areas of land which have plummeted in value, financed using leveraged loans from Spain's many regional banks.

Initially, the GFH team bore the logos of Equatorial Guinea, a tiny country in West Africa run by one of the worst dictators in the world. Francisco Hernando was engaged in building a vacation resort in the African nation, where Spanish is widely spoken, as it is a former Spanish colony. The team received a visit from a heavily guarded African dignitary at the IRTA test at Jerez, but within a couple of races, the Equatorial Guinea sponsorship quietly disappeared, with no official explanation forthcoming. According to the respected Spanish newspaper El Pais, what happened was exactly what you might expect when doing business with ruthless dictators: The expected support of Teodoro Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's brutal dictator, never came, and a spokesman for the government denied that Francisco Hernando had been awarded any licenses to embark on construction projects in the African country.

The team continued sporting just the name of the Grupo Francisco Hernando, but even that was built on sand, as it has transpired. With Francisco Hernando - a man with an already dubious reputation and a long history of legal difficulties, as both his Wikipedia entry and the special page maintained on the site of El Economista attest - running into increasing financial difficulties, forced to sell back a large number of apartments to the banks who financed the project, the team that bore his name was doomed to failure.

The withdrawal of Gibernau cuts the MotoGP field back to just 17 for the rest of the season, and doubts hang over the size of the field next year. As we have discussed here almost ad nauseam, the switch to the 800cc formula has been disastrous to MotoGP, in terms of expense, spectacle and excitement. Rumors in the paddock are starting to circulate that change is afoot. The realization has dawned, it would appear, that the rules will have to change, and an alternative will have to be found to the current formula. GPone.com floated the idea of a two-tier system, with the current 800cc bikes remaining, but facing 1000cc bikes based on production engines, something along the lines of the new Moto2 class. While over at Superbikeplanet.com, columnist Evan Williams suggested that a return to the 1000cc formula was the most likely path to be followed.

Here at MotoGPMatters.com, we hope that our suggestion for a truly unlimited class be adopted, the only restriction one based on fuel, and if necessary, on emissions. After all, the announcement of a new racing series for electric bikes points the way to the future, and at some point in the not too distant future will make the current combustion engines completely obsolete. Although our suggestion meets with some sympathy in the paddock, unfortunately, the manufacturers are less inclined to support it. And while the manufacturers control the rule making body, through the MSMA, they will be working to secure their own success, rather than risking their reputation at the hands of upstarts with a bright idea and a set of machine tools.

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Can Honda snatch championship frontrunner now Yamaha won't meet Jorge's demands?

THE HOTTEST rumour flying around the MotoGP scene right now is that Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo is contemplating a shock switch to Honda.
Sources say Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing, is currently in negotiation with the Spaniard as Lorenzo's contract expires at the end of this season.

But it's understood Lorenzo is asking for 5 million euros to remain at Yamaha - double what he's on right now. Yamaha have said they'll up Lorenzo's fee to 3.5 million euros but won't go any further.

Reports say Lorenzo is now in talks with Honda, who are interested in setting the Spaniard up in his own factory-backed squad.


Pedrosa: "No Wall Needed With Lorenzo As A Team Mate"
Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2009-07-10 12:42.

The rivalry between Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa is both bitter and well-known. The rivalry, which started in 2005 after incidents in the German and Japanese Grand Prix, first came to the attention of the English-speaking world when it took the King of Spain to force the two Spaniards to shake hands, after both men ended up on the podium at Jerez in 2008. Since then, the two men have kept a careful if respectful distance between each other.

That may not be possible next year, though. The Spanish press is full of the prospect that Jorge Lorenzo could make the switch to Honda next year, and though the rumors so far suggest a return of Telefonica to sponsor a one-bike factory-supported team for Lorenzo, the Mallorcan could also join Repsol Honda, as a team mate to his rival Dani Pedrosa.

The Spanish radio channel Onda Cero spoke to Dani Pedrosa about this prospect, and the diminutive Spaniard was remarkably sanguine about the whole affair. Asked about the necessity of placing a wall down the middle of the garage if Lorenzo were to join Pedrosa as a Repsol Honda team mate, Pedrosa said it wouldn't be necessary. "The wall at Yamaha was put there because Rossi wanted it," he told Onda Cero. "I don't think Lorenzo thought it was a problem. But anyway, the policies at Honda are different. I don't know whether they work more as a team at Yamaha, but that's not the impression that Honda want to give."

However, there is no certainty that Pedrosa will even be at Repsol Honda next year. Though the Spaniard was keen to emphasize the excellent relations he has with HRC, he refused to be pushed on the subject of signing a new contract with the Repsol team. "We didn't renew the last contract until October. This year, we've started to talk very early, and it's a subject which is very distracting for riders."

Most important for Pedrosa is competitive machinery. "In the end, you decide to go where you have the best options. If that means that I won't stay at Honda and I have to go to another theam, I'll do what any rider does, I will go where I think I have the best chance of success." But any switch would have to be underwritten with guarantees of competitiveness. "It's difficult enough to win because you are up against great riders, and if you don't face them with equal equipment, that makes it very hard. Otherwise you can face them on the same level, where it comes down to your job as a rider," Pedrosa added.

This is still all speculation, however. Interviewed recently by Gunther Wiesinger and Paolo Scalera, Yamaha's Lin Jarvis emphasized he was keen to keep Lorenzo at Yamaha, but understood the interest in him. "Any other motorcycle manufacturer should be contacting Jorge," Jarvis said. "If they are not, they are not doing their job." Meanwhile, Yamaha are still talking about extending the deal with Lorenzo: "Discussions are continuing in a positive way," he said, "I'm confident we can offer him the support he needs to achieve his maximum potential. As for the financial side, he is a top sportsman, and he has to look after his career."

Though the Spanish press would dearly love to see Pedrosa and Lorenzo in the same team - the drama which would surely ensue would help sell vast numbers of magazines and newspapers and fill endless hours of tv and radio - the chances of it happening are still fairly slim

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Stoner's Mystery Illness Diagnosed As "Gastritis And Anemia"
Submitted by David Emmett on Tue, 2009-07-14 15:22.

One of the most hotly debated subjects of the past month has been Casey Stoner's mystery illness. The Australian first showed the symptoms at the Catalunya Grand Prix, where he crossed the line in third position completely drained and without any strength in his body. Despite pronouncing himself recovered, Stoner suffered exactly the same fate at Assen during the Dutch TT, and at Laguna Seca, a less optimistic Stoner slipped off the podium to take 4th place, once again completely drained and vomiting, the physical demands of the tough Laguna Seca track taking its toll on the Ducati rider.

Fortunately for the Australian, the doctors in the US, working with the staff of the Clinica Mobile, believe they have tracked down the cause of Stoner's illness. According to the latest Ducati press release, Stoner has been diagnosed with a case of "slight gastritis and mild anemia" and is currently undergoing treatment to deal with the problem. As both gastritis and anemia have a number of causes, it is hard to pinpoint exactly what caused the disease, but gastrits and anemia are occasionally linked. The gastritis causes the stomach cramps, and anemia is a common cause of fatigue and general weakness, a symptom made worse by exercise. With treatment now underway, recovery should just be a matter of weeks, according to the Ducati press release.

Stoner was just relieved at having some prospect of recovery. "I have been in USA until Saturday to do all the tests. First of all I’d like to thanks all the Doctors involved in this, Dr. Ting and Dr. Tuan in the Fremont Surgery Center, Dr. Macchiagodena, Dr. Catani, Dr. Ceccarelli and of course my physiotherapist Freddy. Hopefully step by step I will feel better with their indications. I still don’t feel like I am 100% but the biggest problem now is the ribs that are very painful after the crash during Qualifying at the US GP. It will be probably another hard week end, but as always, we will do our best to stay as much as possible close to the lead of the Championship," Stoner is quoted as saying in the Ducati press release.

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The Pasini / Team Toth Saga Part 2 - Bikes May Not Ride, Pasini To Replace Canepa?
Submitted by David Emmett on Wed, 2009-07-15 22:51.

The Team Toth saga seems set to run and run. Three weeks ago, disaster was averted at Assen by an urgent transfer of funds from Mattia Pasini's Team Toth to Aprilia, who then released the ECUs required to operate the factory-spec RSA 250s Pasini is racing halfway through the first session of free practice. Now, that scenario looks set to be repeated, as according to both GPOne.com and the Italian sports daily Corriere dello Sport, Aprilia are once again holding on to the ECUs to be used by Team Toth, waiting for another payment to be made before allowing Pasini and team mate Imre Toth Jr to race.

The signs of financial trouble have been on the wall for a while: At Mugello, Pasini sported a garish pink livery, promoting a special Ladies' Night offer at a local Rimini night club. Entertaining it might be, but single-race deals with night clubs are unlikely to cover the million euro lease price for a factory-spec Aprilia 250. If the situation continues as is, Team Toth may be forced to withdraw entirely.

Pasini, it appears, may already have that situation covered. The Italian is said to be in talks with the Pramac Ducati team as a replacement for Niccolo Canepa, who has had a deeply disappointing season since entering the MotoGP class. The former FIM Superstock 1000 champion has struggled to get to grips with the Ducati Desmosedici, with only the arrival of Gabor Talmacsi granting Canepa a temporary reprieve from the ignominy of running around in last. Canepa is said to have been given until the Donington round of MotoGP to start improving his results, or face replacement.

If Pasini does make the jump up to MotoGP, it will be another curious move in a remarkable season. Pasini would be the second 250 rider to make the switch to MotoGP in mid-season, following in Gabor Talmacsi's footsteps. The situation is a stark reminder of the glut of talent chasing a few scarce rides, with Sete Gibernau's team's withdrawal leaving the MotoGP grid at just 17, while teams in the 250 class and World Superbikes continue to quietly fold and disappear. Right now, it would appear, a rider's contract is not worth the paper it is written on.

The new Moto2 class may mark a turnaround in that situation, with a full grid of at least 36 riders expected and a genuine sense of excitement surrounding the new series. But until the final entries and rider line ups are announced at the Portugal Grand Prix in early October, that will remain conjecture and speculation.

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Lorenzo: "I'm Worth More Than Yamaha Are Offering"
Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2009-07-17 13:04.

The biggest blockage in the MotoGP rider market right now is Jorge Lorenzo. After a strong debut season, followed by an astounding start to 2009, the Spaniard is in great demand, and is carefully considering his choices. According to the Spanish sports paper AS.com, Lorenzo has offers from all four manufacturers in MotoGP, but his main focus continues to be signing for either Yamaha or Honda.

Despite being happy with Yamaha, he is extract the maximum amount from his market value. "I'm very happy with Yamaha, it's still a dream to be here, but we know what our value is, and that's what they will have to pay. At the moment, our value is more than what Yamaha is offering, so the negotiations are stalled," Lorenzo said.

Lorenzo's other option is believed to be Honda, and the prospect of Lorenzo sharing a garage with his arch rival Dani Pedrosa continues to occupy the Spanish press. So far, Pedrosa is displaying a distinct lack of concern, telling AS.com "For me, nothing will change. If Repsol and Honda want Lorenzo, they should sign him; I don't own the team and I don't make those sort of decisions. If they think that [signing Lorenzo] would be good for the team, I will look for the best option for me, independent of what anyone else does."

Lorenzo, like Pedrosa, is also refusing to be drawn on the subject. When asked about Pedrosa's statement that he wouldn't have a problem sharing a garage with Lorenzo, Lorenzo told reporters "I have never worried about my team mate. If you worry about your team mate, you also have to worry about the other 20 people you're riding against."



Pasini's Team Toth Pays Up, Will Race At The Sachsenring
Submitted by David Emmett on Fri, 2009-07-17 12:27.

The Hungarian-based Team Toth has had a turbulent year so far. The team's pursuit of glory in the 250 class was boosted by the signing of the talented Italian Mattia Pasini, but signing Pasini meant obtaining top-flight equipment, and so the team obtained a factory-spec RSA 250 from Aprilia, a necessary prerequisite for any rider with title aspirations.

But factory-spec Aprilias don't come cheap. And finding the million euro lease fee is proving more difficult than Team Toth had at first thought. So far behind had the team fallen in their payments that at Assen, Aprilia withheld the ECUs from the team until an emergency funds transfer hit the Noale firm's bank account, leaving both Pasini and his team mate Imre Toth Jr sitting idly in the pits for half of the first session of free practice.

Pasini looked to be in similar difficulties at the Sachsenring, with early reports suggesting that Aprilia was once again withholding vital parts awaiting payment from the team. But this time, Team Toth got a payment of 100,000 euros to Aprilia on time, according to GPOne.com, and so both Pasini and Immi Jr will both be riding from the start of the weekend. But the payment will only cover the costs of the bikes for the Sachsenring, and so the entire soap opera looks set for a repeat at Donington.




Results of the MotoGP FP1 session:
Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Diff Previous
1 27 Casey STONER DUCATI 1'22.779
2 3 Dani PEDROSA HONDA 1'23.034 0.255 0.255
3 46 Valentino ROSSI YAMAHA 1'23.088 0.309 0.054
4 14 Randy DE PUNIET HONDA 1'23.133 0.354 0.045
5 15 Alex DE ANGELIS HONDA 1'23.282 0.503 0.149
6 5 Colin EDWARDS YAMAHA 1'23.295 0.516 0.013
7 24 Toni ELIAS HONDA 1'23.351 0.572 0.056
8 69 Nicky HAYDEN DUCATI 1'23.367 0.588 0.016
9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO HONDA 1'23.370 0.591 0.003
10 33 Marco MELANDRI KAWASAKI 1'23.466 0.687 0.096
11 99 Jorge LORENZO YAMAHA 1'23.496 0.717 0.030
12 65 Loris CAPIROSSI SUZUKI 1'23.705 0.926 0.209
13 36 Mika KALLIO DUCATI 1'24.090 1.311 0.385
14 52 James TOSELAND YAMAHA 1'24.317 1.538 0.227
15 88 Niccolo CANEPA DUCATI 1'24.908 2.129 0.591
16 7 Chris VERMEULEN SUZUKI 1'25.161 2.382 0.253
17 41 Gabor TALMACSI HONDA 1'25.416 2.637 0.255

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Sachsenring 125cc QP Result

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Diff Previous
1 60 Julian SIMON APRILIA 1'38.671
2 38 Bradley SMITH APRILIA 1'39.686 1.015 1.015
3 93 Marc MARQUEZ KTM 1'40.010 1.339 0.324
4 78 Marcel SCHROTTER HONDA 1'40.486 1.815 0.476
5 18 Nicolas TEROL APRILIA 1'40.492 1.821 0.006
6 5 Alexis MASBOU LONCIN 1'40.664 1.993 0.172
7 73 Takaaki NAKAGAMI APRILIA 1'40.828 2.157 0.164
8 7 Efren VAZQUEZ DERBI 1'40.966 2.295 0.138
9 24 Simone CORSI APRILIA 1'41.129 2.458 0.163
10 88 Michael RANSEDER APRILIA 1'41.341 2.670 0.212
11 53 Jasper IWEMA HONDA 1'41.401 2.730 0.060
12 6 Joan OLIVE DERBI 1'41.478 2.807 0.077
13 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA LONCIN 1'41.552 2.881 0.074
14 33 Sergio GADEA APRILIA 1'41.565 2.894 0.013
15 11 Sandro CORTESE DERBI 1'41.571 2.900 0.006
16 17 Stefan BRADL APRILIA 1'41.694 3.023 0.123
17 99 Danny WEBB APRILIA 1'41.714 3.043 0.020
18 8 Lorenzo ZANETTI APRILIA 1'42.157 3.486 0.443
19 44 Pol ESPARGARO DERBI 1'42.174 3.503 0.017
20 69 Lukas SEMBERA APRILIA 1'42.532 3.861 0.358
21 94 Jonas FOLGER APRILIA 1'42.597 3.926 0.065
22 29 Andrea IANNONE APRILIA 1'42.767 4.096 0.170
23 77 Dominique AEGERTER DERBI 1'43.151 4.480 0.384
24 45 Scott REDDING APRILIA 1'43.192 4.521 0.041
25 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI APRILIA 1'43.523 4.852 0.331
26 79 Daniel KARTHEININGER HONDA 1'43.742 5.071 0.219
27 12 Esteve RABAT APRILIA 1'43.768 5.097 0.026
28 16 Cameron BEAUBIER KTM 1'43.886 5.215 0.118
29 76 Toni FINSTERBUSCH HONDA 1'44.019 5.348 0.133
30 39 Luis SALOM APRILIA 1'44.716 6.045 0.697
31 81 Eeki KUPARINEN HONDA 1'45.155 6.484 0.439
32 87 Luca MARCONI APRILIA 1'45.358 6.687 0.203
Not qualified (Out 107%) 1'45.578
10 Luca VITALI APRILIA 1'45.983 7.312 0.625
35 Randy KRUMMENACHER APRILIA 1'46.959 8.288 0.976
14 Johann ZARCO APRILIA 1'47.094 8.423 0.135
80 Damien RAEMY HONDA 1'47.612 8.941 0.518



Sachsenring 250cc Qualifying Practice Result

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Diff Previous
1 58 Marco SIMONCELLI GILERA 1'32.962
2 40 Hector BARBERA APRILIA 1'33.105 0.143 0.143
3 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA APRILIA 1'34.246 1.284 1.141
4 4 Hiroshi AOYAMA HONDA 1'34.285 1.323 0.039
5 17 Karel ABRAHAM APRILIA 1'34.312 1.350 0.027
6 75 Mattia PASINI APRILIA 1'34.333 1.371 0.021
7 6 Alex DEBON APRILIA 1'34.632 1.670 0.299
8 55 Hector FAUBEL HONDA 1'34.660 1.698 0.028
9 41 Aleix ESPARGARO APRILIA 1'34.718 1.756 0.058
10 63 Mike DI MEGLIO APRILIA 1'34.804 1.842 0.086
11 12 Thomas LUTHI APRILIA 1'35.019 2.057 0.215
12 25 Alex BALDOLINI APRILIA 1'35.355 2.393 0.336
13 52 Lukas PESEK APRILIA 1'35.427 2.465 0.072
14 15 Roberto LOCATELLI GILERA 1'35.637 2.675 0.210
15 16 Jules CLUZEL APRILIA 1'35.889 2.927 0.252
16 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT HONDA 1'36.078 3.116 0.189
17 35 Raffaele DE ROSA HONDA 1'36.097 3.135 0.019
18 48 Shoya TOMIZAWA HONDA 1'36.387 3.425 0.290
19 10 Imre TOTH APRILIA 1'36.767 3.805 0.380
20 56 Vladimir LEONOV APRILIA 1'36.880 3.918 0.113
21 53 Valentin DEBISE HONDA 1'37.633 4.671 0.753
22 54 Toby MARKHAM APRILIA 1'37.939 4.977 0.306
23 8 Bastien CHESAUX HONDA 1'39.234 6.272 1.295
Not qualified (Out 107%) 1'39.469
7 Axel PONS APRILIA 1'40.422 7.460 1.188
67 Robin HALEN APRILIA 1'41.581 8.619 1.159
66 Joakim STENSMO HONDA 1'42.138 9.176 0.557
65 Marcel BECKER YAMAHA 1'46.868 13.906 4.730




Sachsenring MotoGP Qualifying Practice Result

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Diff Previous
1 46 Valentino ROSSI YAMAHA 1'32.520
2 99 Jorge LORENZO YAMAHA 1'33.160 0.640 0.640
3 27 Casey STONER DUCATI 1'33.759 1.239 0.599
4 69 Nicky HAYDEN DUCATI 1'34.404 1.884 0.645
5 15 Alex DE ANGELIS HONDA 1'34.490 1.970 0.086
6 14 Randy DE PUNIET HONDA 1'34.564 2.044 0.074
7 5 Colin EDWARDS YAMAHA 1'34.607 2.087 0.043
8 3 Dani PEDROSA HONDA 1'34.725 2.205 0.118
9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI SUZUKI 1'34.741 2.221 0.016
10 36 Mika KALLIO DUCATI 1'34.771 2.251 0.030
11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO HONDA 1'34.892 2.372 0.121
12 7 Chris VERMEULEN SUZUKI 1'34.937 2.417 0.045
13 33 Marco MELANDRI KAWASAKI 1'34.938 2.418 0.001
14 52 James TOSELAND YAMAHA 1'35.005 2.485 0.067
15 88 Niccolo CANEPA DUCATI 1'36.012 3.492 1.007
16 41 Gabor TALMACSI HONDA 1'36.055 3.535 0.043
17 24 Toni ELIAS HONDA 1'36.531 4.011 0.476



Aspar Team Close To MotoGP Deal With Ducati
Submitted by David Emmett on Sat, 2009-07-18 15:47.

Jorge Martinez, boss of the Aspar team, has made secret of the fact that he wants to add a MotoGP team to his 125cc and 250cc teams. For years now, he has lobbied the manufacturers to provide him with the bikes that would allow him to realize that dream, and at last, he looks close to sealing a deal.

According to the Spanish sports paper Marca, Aspar is within days of securing a deal which will see the team enter MotoGP for the 2010 season. As ever, Martinez remains cagey about which manufacturer will be supplying the bikes, but he estimated his chances as being 80% Ducati, 20% Honda.

The most obvious path for the Aspar team would be to take over the bike left vacant by the departure of Sete Gibernau's GFH team, but that presents Martinez with two problems: The first is that Aspar is keen to field two bikes, which would allow them to gain as much data as possible, a crucual ingredient for success, as they will have a lot to learn in their debut in the premier class.

The second is similarly intractable. Martinez is keen to take his brilliant young Spanish protege Alvaro Bautista into the MotoGP class, but Bautista has previously expressed a reluctance to ride the Ducati, and more importantly, the Spaniard wants a guarantee of a factory ride, which is generally regarded as the key to success. That would make Suzuki his only option for the 2010 season, as Suzuki are the only factory to have an exemption from the so-called rookie rule, which prevents newcomers from going straight to factory teams.

But Aspar may be able to offer Bautista an escape clause. According to Marca, Ducati boss Livio Suppo is keen to sign the young Spaniard, and is offering a move to the factory Ducati squad in 2011, after a year in the Aspar satellite team.

Martinez is expecting to finalize his plans this week, and hopes to make a final announcement at the British Grand Prix at Donington next week.

[alpiner]

Još malo Jorge, još samo malo.

[Ridjis]

Још једна сјајна трка, и још једном Роси показује какав је мајстор и краљ али ја ипак навијам за Хорхеа. Као што alpiner каже још само мало...

[memento]

Ridjise, tu si. ja sam pomislila da si odustao... nisi gledao Lagunu?

dobra trka.

Јорге (na rosijevskom ) je, rekla bih, do sada najjaca konkurencija Doktoru. Tek ce tu biti borbe

Perdosa nekako zadovoljno izgleda
iznenadjenje u vidu de Angelisa.
nadam se da ce Melandri naci neko sediste za sledecu godinu.


komentatori pocinju opasno da me nerviraju.

odlicna 250 trka!!!
rastrzana sam... Bautista ili Aoyama

[memento]

125cc Race Classification
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total time Km/h Gap
1 25 60 Julian SIMON SPA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc Aprilia 39'57.337 148.840
2 20 33 Sergio GADEA SPA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc Aprilia 40'06.752 148.258 9.415
3 16 6 Joan OLIVE SPA Derbi Racing Team Derbi 40'14.896 147.758 17.559
4 13 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Jack & Jones Team Aprilia 40'14.924 147.756 17.587
5 11 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Derbi Racing Team Derbi 40'17.077 147.625 19.740
6 10 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Ajo Interwetten Derbi 40'18.115 147.561 20.778
7 9 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. Aprilia 40'18.245 147.553 20.908
8 8 99 Danny WEBB GBR Degraaf Grand Prix Aprilia 40'35.558 146.504 38.221
9 7 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Ajo Interwetten Derbi 40'35.771 146.492 38.434
10 6 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN Loncin Racing Loncin 40'37.422 146.392 40.085
11 5 35 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Degraaf Grand Prix Aprilia 40'41.464 146.150 44.127
12 4 78 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Toni - Mang Team Honda 40'42.388 146.095 45.051
13 3 39 Luis SALOM SPA Jack & Jones Team Aprilia 40'56.941 145.229 59.604
14 2 16 Cameron BEAUBIER USA Red Bull KTM Moto Sport KTM 41'15.494 144.141 1'18.157
15 1 79 Daniel KARTHEININGER GER Freudenberg Racing Team Honda 41'18.162 143.986 1'20.825
16 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Moto Sport KTM 41'22.474 143.736 1'25.137
17 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Derbi Racing Team Derbi 41'27.764 143.430 1'30.427
18 69 Lukas SEMBERA CZE Matteoni Racing Aprilia 41'27.865 143.424 1'30.528
19 53 Jasper IWEMA NED Racing Team Germany Honda 39'59.115 143.221 1 Lap
20 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA Fontana Racing Aprilia 40'12.680 142.416 1 Lap
21 76 Toni FINSTERBUSCH GER Freudenberg Racing Team Honda 40'27.720 141.534 1 Lap
22 80 Damien RAEMY SWI RBS - Honda Racing Honda 40'31.349 141.323 1 Lap
23 14 Johann ZARCO FRA WTR San Marino Team Aprilia 40'41.311 140.746 1 Lap
24 87 Luca MARCONI ITA CBC Corse Aprilia 40'55.828 139.914 1 Lap
Not classified
45 Scott REDDING GBR Blusens Aprilia Aprilia 28'32.303 8 Lap
17 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing Aprilia 26'56.885 9 Lap
73 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. Aprilia 26'00.997 10 Lap
24 Simone CORSI ITA Fontana Racing Aprilia 24'31.600 11 Lap
94 Jonas FOLGER GER Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. Aprilia 22'35.171 12 Lap
88 Michael RANSEDER AUT CBC Corse Aprilia 12'08.485 19 Lap
8 Lorenzo ZANETTI ITA Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. Aprilia 9'21.172 21 Lap
81 Eeki KUPARINEN FIN Ajo Motorsport Jr. Honda 4'49.527 24 Lap
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc Aprilia 4'51.169 24 Lap
12 Esteve RABAT SPA Blusens Aprilia Aprilia 1'35.029 26 Lap
5 Alexis MASBOU FRA Loncin Racing Loncin 1'36.880 26 Lap


250cc Race Classification
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total time Km/h Gap
1 25 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA Metis Gilera Gilera 27'11.034 153.949
2 20 6 Alex DEBON SPA Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens Aprilia 27'11.513 153.904 0.479
3 16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Aprilia 27'11.562 153.899 0.528
4 13 4 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Scot Racing Team 250cc Honda 27'11.900 153.867 0.866
5 11 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Pepe World Team Aprilia 27'12.294 153.830 1.260
6 10 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Honda SAG Honda 27'17.006 153.387 5.972
7 9 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Balatonring Team Aprilia 27'19.755 153.130 8.721
8 8 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Emmi - Caffe Latte Aprilia 27'19.796 153.126 8.762
9 7 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Scot Racing Team 250cc Honda 27'30.210 152.160 19.176
10 6 15 Roberto LOCATELLI ITA Metis Gilera Gilera 27'38.984 151.355 27.950
11 5 25 Alex BALDOLINI ITA WTR San Marino Team Aprilia 27'40.635 151.205 29.601
12 4 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Auto Kelly - CP Aprilia 27'49.333 150.417 38.299
13 3 48 Shoya TOMIZAWA JPN CIP Moto - GP250 Honda 28'02.974 149.198 51.940
14 2 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Matteoni Racing Aprilia 28'03.953 149.111 52.919
15 1 8 Bastien CHESAUX SWI Racing Team Germany Honda 28'17.820 147.893 1'06.786
16 7 Axel PONS SPA Pepe World Team Aprilia 28'31.607 146.702 1'20.573
17 54 Toby MARKHAM GBR C&L Racing Aprilia 27'17.661 145.256 1 Lap
18 10 Imre TOTH HUN Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia 27'20.889 144.970 1 Lap
19 66 Joakim STENSMO SWE Nordgren Racing Honda 28'09.860 132.949 2 Lap
20 53 Valentin DEBISE FRA CIP Moto - GP250 Honda 28'03.839 117.727 4 Lap
Not classified
75 Mattia PASINI ITA Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia 22'57.030 3 Lap
63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc Aprilia 23'58.754 3 Lap
17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia 12'46.672 11 Lap
Not finished 1st lap
56 Vladimir LEONOV RUS Viessmann Kiefer Racing Aprilia
Not starting
14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT SAG Honda



MotoGP Race Classification
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total time Km/h Gap
1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 41'21.769 159.752
2 20 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 41'21.868 159.745 0.099
3 16 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 41'24.668 159.565 2.899
4 13 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 41'31.995 159.096 10.226
5 11 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 41'43.291 158.378 21.522
6 10 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 41'52.621 157.790 30.852
7 9 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 41'53.070 157.762 31.301
8 8 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 41'53.495 157.735 31.726
9 7 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 41'54.634 157.664 32.865
10 6 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 42'05.695 156.973 43.926
11 5 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 42'19.144 156.142 57.375
12 4 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 42'22.308 155.948 1'00.539
13 3 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 42'25.414 155.757 1'03.645
14 2 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 42'25.924 155.726 1'04.155
15 1 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 41'22.338 154.391 1 Lap
Not classified
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 35'10.150 5 Lap
Not finished 1st lap
14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda