Hoyle out of the 125cc championship?

British Rookie Matt Hoyle looks to be out of the 125cc world championship for the rest of the year.
Haojue has released both 125cc riders and Hoyle travelled to Assen this weekend to look for a new team.
"Garry Taylor told me I should have a look around. But all the good rides are already taken and I don't bring any sponsorship money with me either", says Hoyle

Therefore it seems likely that Hoyle's first season has now come to a sudden stop. At the moment it's unknown what he'll do for the rest of year. More news on the matter when they emerge.

Assen 125cc GP - Results In Full

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap
1. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 39m07.577s
2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 0.078s
3. Julian Simon Aprilia + 0.901s
4. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 12.356s
5. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 12.400s
6. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 20.468s
7. Jonas Folger Aprilia + 20.755s
8. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 21.263s
9. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 21.558s
10. Marc Marquez KTM + 21.941s
11. Joan Olive Derbi + 23.605s
12. Efren Vazquez Derbi + 28.406s
13. Dominique Aegerter Derbi +1m00.312s
14. Marvin Fritz Honda +1m00.355s
15. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia +1m00.615s
16. Luis Salom Aprilia +1m00.629s
17. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia +1m00.997s
18. Michael van der Mark Honda +1m01.030s
19. Jasper Iwema Honda +1m08.795s
20. Lukas Sembera Aprilia +1m09.076s
21. Johann Zarco Aprilia +1m14.817s
22. Karel Pesek Derbi +1m30.729s
23. Luca Marconi Aprilia +1m46.244s
24. Pepijn Bijsterbosch Honda + 1 lap
25. Luca Vitali Aprilia + 1 lap


Retirements:

Esteve Rabat Aprilia 11 laps
Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 9 laps
Cameron Beaubier KTM 5 laps
Sandro Cortese Derbi 4 laps
Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 1 lap
Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1 lap
Scott Redding Aprilia 1 lap
Alexis Masbou Loncin 1 lap
Danny Webb Aprilia 0 laps

Assen GP - Friday Qualifying Quotes - Bradley Smith

5th Bradley Smith 1.45.712 (19 laps):
"It is typical at Assen to have riders hanging around looking for a tow but when you only have one qualifying session you have no option but to push as hard as you can for a good time even if somebody tags along. Anyway, I'm happy with the job we have done, my pace is good and I was able to push as hard as I wanted to. My Aprilia is working really well and I've felt comfortable all day. I'm fifth on the grid and we'll have to wait and see what the weather does because the forecast is for rain. My pace in the dry is good, even on a used tyre, so I'm calm. If it is a dry race I'm sure we'll see a group of seven or eight riders fighting for the win, so it is going to be a tough race. The most important thing will be to stay in the group and we'll see what happens as the race progresses."

Assen GP - 125cc Qualifying Times

Pos | Driver | Bike | Time | Gap
1. Sandro Cortese Derbi 1m45.430s
2. Julian Simon Aprilia 1m45.441s +0.011
3. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1m45.644s +0.214
4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1m45.679s +0.249
5. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m45.712s +0.282
6. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m45.911s +0.481
7. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1m45.956s +0.526
8. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1m46.063s +0.633
9. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1m46.125s +0.695
10. Marc Marquez KTM 1m46.164s +0.734
11. Joan Olive Derbi 1m46.188s +0.758
12. Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1m46.214s +0.784
13. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1m46.278s +0.848
14. Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 1m46.681s +1.251
15. Efren Vazquez Derbi 1m46.812s +1.382
16. Johann Zarco Aprilia 1m46.888s +1.458
17. Scott Redding Aprilia 1m47.087s +1.657
18. Jonas Folger Aprilia 1m47.311s +1.881
19. Dominique Agerter Derbi 1m47.341s +1.911
20. Cameron Beaubier KTM 1m47.728s +2.298
21. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1m47.728s +2.298
22. Luis Salom Aprilia 1m47.933s +2.503
23. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1m48.217s +2.787
24. Michael van der Mark Honda 1m48.505s +3.075
25. Marvin Fritz Honda 1m48.510s +3.080
26. Jasper Iwema Honda 1m48.664s +3.234
27. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1m48.777s +3.347
28. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1m48.784s +3.354
29. Karel Pesek Derbi 1m48.801s +3.371
30. Lukas Sembera Aprilia 1m49.413s +3.983
31. Luca Marconi Aprilia 1m49.863s +4.433
32. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 1m49.922s +4.492
33. Luca Vitali Aprilia 1m51.578s +6.148
34. Pepijn Bijsterbosch Honda 1m51.811s +6.381
35. Roy Pouw Aprilia 1m54.484s +9.054

Haojue Team dissolves

As we reported earlier the Haojue Racing Team of British rookie Matthew Hoyle has been in deep trouble all season, leading to a self-imposed break from the last two GP rounds in order to sort things out first.
Now it seems as if this break was not only temporary, but that Haojue Racing will indeed cease to exist.
Austrian rider Michael Ranseder writes on his personal website that he's now got permission to negotiate with other teams to get a new ride. As far as he understands a lot of the team personnel have also already been released.

Where this leaves Matthew is yet unknown, but we wish him all the best for his future and hope that we can still see him on the world championship stage.

Bradley Looks Forward To Assen

"After finishing eighth at Montmeló I'm looking forward to getting to Assen and fighting for a top finish. It wasn't a bad result and I'm still only a point and a half behind Julito but I was left with a bittersweet taste after that race. We have to think positive and keep working in the same way we have up to now. The Dutch TT last year was a strange race because of the red flag but I think I finished fifth, which isn't a bad result. I really enjoy riding at Assen - a lot of people I speak to say the old circuit was even more fun but I never had the chance to ride it. The first section is a bit slow and personally I prefer the second half of the lap because it's really quick. I think the work we did at the Valencia test should pay off because we improved engine performance."

Catalunya GP - 125cc Race Result

1. Iannone (Aprilia)
2. Terol (Aprilia) +2.245sec
3. Gadea (Aprilia) +2.330sec
4. Simon (Aprilia) +2.330sec
5. Marquez (KTM) +2.356sec
6. Folger (Aprilia) +2.351sec
7. Bradl (Aprilia) +10.795sec
8. Smith (Aprilia) +10.824sec
9. Cortese (Derbi) +14.984sec
10. Krummenacher (Aprilia) +15.089sec

11. Redding (Aprilia) +16.427sec
Webb (Aprilia) DNF

Catalunya GP - Qualifying - 125cc

1. Simon (Aprilia) 1min 51.448
2. Espargaro (Derbi) +0.020sec
3. Folger (Aprilia) +0.339sec
4. Krummenacher (Aprilia) +0.356sec
5. Gadea (Aprilia) +0.376sec
6. Terol (Aprilia) +0.510sec
7. Smith (Aprilia) +0.761sec
8. Iannone (Aprilia) +0.936sec
9. Bradl (Aprilia) +0.984sec
10. Redding (Aprilia) +1.088sec
11. Webb (Aprilia) +1.100sec

Catalunya GP Weekend - TV Schedules

Friday June 12th

Live MotoGP - 11.40am
Catalunya Grand Prix: 125cc Practice
(Eurosport 2)

Live MotoGP - 12.45pm
Catalunya Grand Prix: MotoGP Practice
(Eurosport 2)

Live MotoGP - 2.00pm
Catalunya Grand Prix: 250cc Practice
(Eurosport 2)

MotoGP - 9.10pm
Catalunya Grand Prix: MotoGP Practice (rpt)
(Eurosport 2)

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Saturday June 13th

MotoGP - 11.00am
Catalunya Grand Prix: Practice (rpt)
(Eurosport 2)

Live MotoGP - 12.00pm
125cc Catalunya Grand Prix: Qualifying
(Eurosport 2)

Live MotoGP - 12.45pm
MotoGP Catalunya Grand Prix: Qualifying
(Eurosport 2)

Live MotoGP - 2.00pm
250cc Catalunya Grand Prix: Qualifying
(Eurosport 2)

MotoGP - 9.30pm
MotoGP Catalunya Grand Prix: Qualifying
(Eurosport 2)

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Sunday June 14th

MotoGP - 9.00am
MotoGP Catalunya Grand Prix: Qualifying (rpt)
(Eurosport 2)

Live MotoGP - 10.00am
125cc Catalunya Grand Prix
(Eurosport)

Live MotoGP - 11.00am
250cc Catalunya Grand Prix
(Eurosport)

Live MotoGP - 12.30pm
Catalunya Grand Prix
(BBC2)

MotoGP - 4.00pm (*Delayed broadcast)
MotoGP Catalunya Grand Prix
(Eurosport)

Haojue to miss Catalunya GP

The Haojue riders Matt Hoyle and Michael Ranseder have been informed that the team will not start in the Catalunya GP next weekend. After the sacking of engineer Jan Witteveen the team structure is in a rather unlucky position and it's not sure if the whole project can be kept up. On Monday there will be another meeting of team officials with the Chinese manufacturer to discuss further steps and there's a distinct possibility that the team will stop racing all together. While Ranseder is already looking out for other teams and has a few offers which would require lots of sponsor money from his part, it is uncertain where this would leave rookie Matt Hoyle.

More news on the matter when they emerge.

More trouble for Haojue

Matt Hoyle's Haojue Team has now officially sacked Dutch engineer Jan Witteveen and released a rather bitter statement:

"Jan Witteveen was contracted to deliver a state-of-the-art, race competitive 125cc GP engine and continue its development over a three year period.

However, after 18 months of development it is clear from the engine's lack of performance in the early 2009 GP events, where the Haojue riders have either failed to qualify or sometimes crashed due to engine failure, that the engine is neither race competitive nor reliable.

As well as the continued lack of performance and the reliability problems which make the machine potentially dangerous for the Team Haojue riders and other riders on the track at the same time, the Haojue team management has been deeply concerned by the lack of progress and communication from Witteveen on plans to overcome the problems."

It is not yet clear if the team will start at the Catalunya GP in two weeks' time.