Italian GP - Race Quotes

1st Bradley Smith
“This has been a great day for me. At the start I was riding really carefully because the tyres were cold and it wasn’t worth risking it in those conditions. As the laps went by I grew in confidence and when I took the lead I felt comfortable but then I made a couple of mistakes. I had to drop the pace as a result, calm myself down and rethink my strategy. The team have been fantastic again because the bike has been really fast since Friday and we’ve had no problems. When a weekend goes this well it is no coincidence that you have a chance of winning in the race. Mugello is an awesome circuit and my mechanics are Italian so to win here means more to us than just 25 points. We’ve got two wins now, we’re leading the championship and that is all the motivation we need to keep working hard and hopefully score another good result for the team in Barcelona.”

7th Scott Redding
“I had a good start and I stayed in 2nd place on the first corner. During the first ten laps I had a problem with the rear wheel; it was vibrating quite a lot on the fast corners and it was hard to keep up with Simón. In fact I felt more confident when leading the group, but on the fast corners they got away from me. At the end I almost fell on the final corner and I dropped down one position, something happened to the engine and suddenly the revs rose quickly whipping the bike, this even broke a part of the seat. Whatever, it was a good race and I am in good spirits for Catalunya.”

Danny Webb (DNF)
“I’m not happy with the result today! I had a superb start and connected directly to the leading group. I felt comfortable and it was fun to do the slipstream fights. My Aprilia is so fast so I knew I could stay with them. Unfortunaly Iannone broke down and that split up the group. I could lead the second group for a couple of laps but then I hit a bump in the track and crashed. Too bad but at least I know I can be up there but need some luck. Next race I’m confident I can be up there again and this time I have to finish the race.”

Italian GP - Another win for Bradley Smith

Bancaja Aspar rider Bradley Smith took his second win of the season in Mugello which also put him on top of the championship standings, ahead of his Aspar teammate Julian Simon. Scott Redding battled for fourth place in the second group, but was relegated to 7th at the end of the race while Danny Webb crashed out after a strong showing in the lead group at the beginning of the race.

Pos. Rider Team Total time

1 B. SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 40'09.523
2 N. TEROL Jack & Jones Team + 0.216
3 J. SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc + 7.114
4 P. ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team + 11.829
5 M. MARQUEZ Red Bull KTM Moto Sport + 12.315
6 J. ZARCO WTR San Marino Team + 14.605
7 S. REDDING Blusens Aprilia + 15.305
8 S. BRADL Viessmann Kiefer Racing + 22.255
9 L. SAVADORI Fontana Racing + 22.392
10 S. CORTESE Ajo Interwetten + 29.239

Not classified

D. WEBB Degraaf Grand Prix 12 Lap

Italian GP - Mugello - Quali Quotes

1st Bradley Smith, 1'58.134
"It has been a great day for me, setting pole position and a new lap record with it. My race pace is also really good. I was extremely focused today and everything worked out. I've been on pole before and I know that it doesn't necessarily meaning everything is perfect for tomorrow. It is always difficult to escape when there's a straight as long as this one and I think we're going to see about eight or even ten riders fighting in the front group. So far it's been a fantastic weekend and now I'm just hoping for a good start tomorrow. We made a few adjustments to improve the front end feel today and to be honest I don't think we can make it much better now. The Aprilia engine is working perfectly and that will be crucial to make sure we don't lose even the slightest bit of time on the straight tomorrow. There are obviously a few riders ahead of the game but like I said before I think it will be a group race and even the slightest mistake will be paid for dearly."

2nd Scott Redding, 1’58.431
“In the practice this morning we had some problems, so we changed some things on the engine and the suspension and things went better. Now everything is working well, the weather helped us and the track was in better conditions than in the morning. The problem this morning was that we went off the line on the corners, I even went off the track, but now the set up is good. If we get a good start I think we have what we need to fight it out this season. It may rain tomorrow but with what we have I will try to take advantage of this classification to get a good result, between 3rd and 5th.”

10th Danny Webb, 1'59.478
“I’m not really happy with the 10th position of today. I can do better but now days it is very important not only to ride fast laps but also how you tactical build up a session. I tied to hook up several times to get a good tow at the straight but only once it was a really good tow and gave me a fast lap time. The other try’s to get a tow the rider in front of me got off the throttle and I lost a lap. In the last lap of the session I was together with Nicolas Terol but unfortunaly he wasn’t as fast as I thought and I couldn’t improve my lap time. Tenth position is not so bad and with a good start I can hook up with the leading group.”

Italian GP - Mugello - British double pole!

Bancaja Aspar rider Bradley Smith was in a league of his own in qualifying today, smashing the previous lap record and leaving the rest of the field far away for most of the time.
Then Scott Redding launched a late time attack and cleverly using slipstream he managed to finish the qualifying in second position.
Danny Webb will start tomorrow's race from third row in 10th position.

Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap

1 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'58.134
2 Scott REDDING Blusens Aprilia 1'58.431 0.297
3 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'58.575 0.441
4 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'58.621 0.487
5 Marc MARQUEZ Red Bull KTM Moto Sport 1'58.947 0.813
6 Andrea IANNONE Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1'59.121 0.987
7 Johann ZARCO WTR San Marino Team 1'59.178 1.044
8 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1'59.186 1.052
9 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1'59.358 1.224
10 Danny WEBB Degraaf Grand Prix 1'59.478 1.344

Italian GP - Mugello - Results FP2

Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap

1 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'58.853
2 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'59.113 0.260
3 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'59.370 0.517
4 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1'59.394 0.541
5 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team 1'59.395 0.542
6 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1'59.948 1.095
7 Lorenzo SAVADORI Fontana Racing 1'59.956 1.103
8 Danny WEBB Degraaf Grand Prix 2'00.092 1.239
9 Randy KRUMMENACHER Degraaf Grand Prix 2'00.378 1.525
10 Dominique AEGERTER Ajo Interwetten 2'00.402 1.549
11 Scott REDDING Blusens Aprilia 2'00.525 1.672

Italian GP - Mugello - Quotes after FP1

4th Bradley Smith 1'59.862
“I think it was a good session and with an hour you can test a lot of things. I’m happy with the rear end setting of my Aprilia – at the beginning it was too soft and I was struggling to get on the throttle coming out of the corners but we improved it a lot as the session went on. I imagine the heat affects me more than the locals because I’m English and I’m not used to it! Provisional fourth place, four tenths off and with room for improvement, isn’t a bad start. We’ll work more with the front end tomorrow because having confidence in it through the fast corners here is crucial. Basically the idea will be to make the bike more rigid to try and gain a little stability.”

9th Scott Redding, 2’00.735 secs
“The first session today went quite well, because last year I think I was 18th or 19th. This year we have improved on that position a lot. It was very hot but the track was fine and the conditions are the same for all of us. The engine and suspension worked well although it is something we can still improve. I am pleased with how things went as I was fast right from the start and I was fighting with the whole group.”

13th Danny Webb 2'00.959
“It went all right today. I have a really good feeling and the bike is good. The set-up was pretty ok in the beginning and it went better and better. It is too bad that the position doesn’t tell you it went good. During the whole session I was able to ride in to the top 10 and even top 5 halfway the session. In the last ten minutes I tried to ride a faster lap but I had a big moment in my fast lap. Even the laps after this there were something going on at the track and I was not able to improve my lap time. My ideal time is half a second faster and that gives me a good feeling for tomorrow’s qualification. I’m aiming tomorrow for the first two rows.”

Italian GP - Mugello - 125cc Results FP1

1 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'59.437
2 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'59.721 0.284
3 Andrea IANNONE Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1'59.754 0.317
4 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'59.862 0.425
5 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team 1'59.972 0.535
6 Stefan BRADL Viessmann Kiefer Racing 2'00.547 1.110
7 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 2'00.646 1.209
8 Esteve RABAT Blusens Aprilia 2'00.731 1.294
9 Scott REDDING Blusens Aprilia 2'00.735 1.298
10 Lorenzo SAVADORI Fontana Racing 2'00.876 1.439
11 Lorenzo ZANETTI Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 2'00.913 1.476
12 Simone CORSI Jack & Jones Team 2'00.920 1.483
13 Danny WEBB Degraaf Grand Prix 2'00.959 1.522
14 Johann ZARCO WTR San Marino Team 2'01.168 1.731
15 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 2'01.399 1.962

Italian GP - Mugello - TV Schedules (UK)

Friday May 29th

Live MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Fri 29 May, 11:40 - 12:45
Live coverage from Mugello of the practice laps in the 125cc class at the Italian MotoGP meeting.

Live MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Fri 29 May, 12:45 - 14:00
Live coverage from Mugello of the practice laps in the MotoGP class at the Italian MotoGP meeting.

Live MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Fri 29 May, 14:00 - 15:00
Live coverage from Mugello of the practice laps in the 250cc class at the Italian MotoGP meeting.


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Saturday May 30th

MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sat 30 May, 11:15 - 12:00
Coverage of the practice laps for the Italian MotoGP, from Mugello.

Live MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sat 30 May, 12:00 - 12:45
Live coverage from Mugello of the qualifying in the 125cc class at the Italian MotoGP meeting.

Live MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sat 30 May, 12:45 - 14:00
Live qualifying action from the Italian MotoGP meeting at Mugello.

Live MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sat 30 May, 14:00 - 15:00
Live coverage from Mugello of the qualifying in the 250cc class at the Italian MotoGP meeting.

MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sat 30 May, 18:00 - 19:30
Qualifying action from the Italian MotoGP meeting at Mugello.

MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sat 30 May, 23:00 - 00:30
Qualifying action from the Italian MotoGP meeting at Mugello.


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Sunday May 31st

MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sun 31 May, 09:30 - 09:45
Warm-up for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello.

Live MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sun 31 May, 09:45 - 11:00
Live coverage of the opening race at the Italian MotoGP in Mugello, the 125cc event.

Live MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sun 31 May, 11:00 - 12:25
Live coverage of the 250cc race at the Italian MotoGP meeting in Mugello.

MotoGP 2009 BBC2 London, Sun 31 May, 12:30 - 14:00
Round 5 - Mugello (Live)

MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sun 31 May, 14:30 - 15:30
Highlights of all the Grand Prix action from Mugello, Italy.

MotoGP British Eurosport 2, Sun 31 May, 17:15 - 18:15
Highlights of all the Grand Prix action from Mugello, Italy.


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Source: Tioti.com

Haojue will not start in Mugello

Matt Hoyle's rookie season is getting worse with his Haojue team now announcing that they won't start in the Italian GP this weekend, the Catalunya GP two weeks later is also still in question.
The Chinese manufacturer has a lot of trouble during its first 125cc season with technical issues all around and is generally lacking competitiveness, often failing to even qualify, only to have a mechanical problem in the race. They yet have to finish a race. Engineer Jan Witteveen already left the team.
Given these circumstances the team now decided to save the costs and try to develop the bike further to have more chances at the next GP.

French GP - Not A Good Day For Most Brits

Although Bradley Smith came home 4th, it was a day to forget for the other 3 Brits in the field; Scott and Danny falling victim to tricky conditions, and Matt not starting.


RACE RESULT...

1. Simon (Aprilia)
2. Folger (Aprilia) +27.084sec
3. Gadea (Aprilia) +30.916sec
4. Smith (Aprilia) +31.530sec
5. Nakagami (Aprilia) +1min 9.235sec
6. Aegerter (Derbi) +1min 12.223sec
7. Iannone (Aprilia) +1min 13.663sec
8. Vazquez (Derbi) +1min 19.912sec
9. Terol (Aprilia) +1min 40.036sec
10. Zanetti (Aprilia) +1min 42.700sec

DNF Redding (Aprilia)
DNF Webb (Aprilia)
DNS Hoyle (Haojue)

French GP - 125cc Qualifying

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap
1. Marc Marquez KTM 1m47.080s
2. Scott Redding Aprilia 1m47.173s + 0.093
3. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1m47.783s + 0.703
4. Dominique Aegerter Derbi 1m47.995s + 0.915
5. Joan Olive Derbi 1m48.085s + 1.005
6. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m48.115s + 1.035
7. Julian Simon Aprilia 1m48.334s + 1.254
8. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1m48.508s + 1.428
9. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 1m49.313s + 2.233
10. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1m49.439s + 2.359
11. Cameron Beaubier KTM 1m49.695s + 2.615
12. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1m50.239s + 3.159
13. Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1m50.598s + 3.518
14. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1m50.692s + 3.612
15. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1m50.761s + 3.681
16. Jonas Folger Aprilia 1m51.001s + 3.921
17. Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 1m51.430s + 4.350
18. Lukas Sembera Aprilia 1m51.812s + 4.732
19. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1m52.028s + 4.948
20. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1m52.443s + 5.363
21. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1m52.684s + 5.604
22. Steven Le Coquen Honda 1m53.225s + 6.145
23. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m53.579s + 6.499
24. Sandro Cortese Derbi 1m54.504s + 7.424
25. Efren Vazquez Derbi 1m54.640s + 7.560
26. Luca Marconi Aprilia 1m54.793s + 7.713
27. Cyril Carrillo Honda 1m55.313s + 8.233
28. Gregory Di Carlo Honda 1m56.432s + 9.352
29. Luca Vitali Aprilia 1m56.705s + 9.625
30. Jasper Iwema Honda 1m57.807s + 10.727
31. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1m58.882s + 11.802
32. Johann Zarco Aprilia 1m59.162s + 12.082
33. Sturla Fagerhaug KTM 2m03.768s + 16.688

French GP - Bradley Smith Friday Quotes

5th Bradley Smith 1.46.087 (21 laps):
"We spent a lot of time testing things today - nothing new, just making sure that the settings we had before Jerez are still working. I could have done with a few more laps because I was only able to push for two laps and I'm sure I could have improved more. Anyway, it's only the first day and I'm close to the top guys so I'm satisfied and convinced that we've made a good start. We have some work to do tomorrow but we're optimistic and confident we'll be ready for Sunday."

French GP - 125cc Practice

1. Iannone (Aprilia) 1min 45.258
2. Simon (Aprilia) +0.211sec
3. Gadea (Aprilia) +0.228sec
4. Olive (Derbi) +0.803sec
5. Smith (Aprilia) +0.829sec
6. Aegerter (Derbi) +0.923sec
7. Marquez (KTM) +0.947sec
8. Vazquez (Derbi) +1.122sec
9. Rabat (Aprilia) +1.181sec
10. Corsi (Aprilia) +1.368sec

French Grand Prix Weekend - TV Schedules

Basically a Eurosport listing, with the exception of the *live* MotoGP race on BBC2...

Friday May 15th

12:00 - *LIVE* - Eurosport2
The practice session for the 125cc French Grand Prix

12:45 - *LIVE* - Eurosport2
The French Grand Prix MotoGP practice session

14:00 - *LIVE* - Eurosport2
The 250cc French Grand Prix practice session

18:30 - Eurosport
The French Grand Prix MotoGP practice session

22:00 - Eurosport2
The French Grand Prix MotoGP practice session

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Saturday May 16th

12:00 - *LIVE* - Eurosport2
The qualifying session for the 125cc French Grand Prix

12:45 - *LIVE* - Eurosport2
The MotoGP French Grand Prix qualifying session

14:00 - *LIVE* - Eurosport2
The 250cc French Grand Prix qualifying session

16:30 - Eurosport2
The MotoGP qualifying session for the French Grand Prix

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Sunday May 17th

09:30 - Eurosport2
The French Grand Prix warm-up session

09:45 - *LIVE* - Eurosport2
The 125cc French Grand Prix

11:00 - *LIVE* - Eurosport2
The 250cc French Grand Prix

12:30 - *LIVE* - BBC2
The French Grand Prix at Le Mans

15:30 - Eurosport2
The MotoGP French Grand Prix

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Source: MindTheZap

Redding & Webb Happy With Jerez

The news of the Jerez GP in 125s was of course the fab first win from Bradley Smith.
But here's some other quotes on how the 125Brits emerged from the weekend.

Scott Redding sounded happy enough, despite finishing outside of the top ten...
"I'm pretty happy with the way things have gone, but obviously I need to find a bit more pace. I feel like I'm getting more comfortable with the chassis but this year's bike is definitely harder to set-up.
"I've been having problems with rear tyre endurance because of it and haven't really been able to find a rear tyre that lost for more than eight or nine laps because the chassis is wearing it too fast."

Danny Webb, who came home 8th wasn't disappointed either...
"It was a though race today. There was still a strong wind and I tried to get the maximum out of the Aprilia. The engine was very strong but I didn't had the grip in the rear what I wanted. I tried to hold on with the group in front of me but I had difficulties passing Aergerter and took too much time.
"By the time I passed him the gap was to big to close. At the end I finisht 8th and scored good points for the championship. We are getting there and I'm confident that I can battle for a top 5 position in the future."

Matt Holye sadly was a DNS.

Bradley Smith - Race Quote, Spanish GP

1st Bradley Smith: 41m49.556s

“The bike went awesome today, and I can’t thank my team enough. I was able to get away and had an extremely fast pace for the whole race. In the last seven laps I had a fifth gear problem that cut the advantage, but I knew how to bring the bike home for the win. Iannone, Simón and I had the best pace over the weekend, and I knew that if nothing strange happened I would out in front alone. I want to thank the entire team for their work since I joined, and it is so satisfying to see that our hard winter work has paid off. “

Congratulations Bradley!

Fantastic first win! Here's to many more...

Jerez GP- 125 Race Results

1 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc
2 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc +13.524sec
3 Marc MARQUEZ Red Bull KTM Motosport +13.553sec
4 Scott REDDING Blusens Aprilia +14.251sec
5 Efren VAZQUEZ Derbi Racing Team +14.758sec
6 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten +15.545sec
7 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team +15.556sec
8 Danny WEBB Degraaf Grand Prix +17.772sec
9 Dominique AEGERTER Ajo Interwetten +18.960sec
10 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team +19.053sec

Matthew HOYLE Haojue Team Haojue DNS

Jerez GP - 125cc Qualifying Results

Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap
1 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'48.237
2 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'48.434 0.197
3 Andrea IANNONE Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1'48.519 0.282
4 Marc MARQUEZ Red Bull KTM Motosport 1'48.931 0.694
5 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'48.955 0.718
6 Dominique AEGERTER Ajo Interwetten 1'49.237 1.000
7 Scott REDDING Blusens Aprilia 1'49.310 1.073
8 Danny WEBB Degraaf Grand Prix 1'49.353 1.116
9 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1'49.362 1.125
10 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1'49.400 1.163

Out of limit time
66 Matthew HOYLE GBR Haojue Team Haojue

Jerez GP - 125cc Results FP1

1 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'47.385
2 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'47.689 0.304
3 Andrea IANNONE Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1'48.051 0.666
4 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1'48.616 1.231
5 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1'48.722 1.337
6 Esteve RABAT Blusens Aprilia 1'49.068 1.683
7 Scott REDDING Blusens Aprilia 1'49.131 1.746
8 Joan OLIVE Derbi Racing Team 1'49.173 1.788
9 Stefan BRADL Viessmann Kiefer Racing 1'49.229 1.844
10 Danny WEBB Degraaf Grand Prix 1'49.321 1.936

Out of limit time
66 Matthew HOYLE GBR Haojue Team Haojue