1. Bradley SMITH APRILIA 2:06.908
2. Andrea IANNONE APRILIA 2:07.021
3. Sandro CORTESE DERBI 2:07.090
4. Scott REDDING APRILIA 2:07.464
5. Marc MARQUEZ KTM 2:07.751
6. Jonas FOLGER APRILIA 2:07.856
7. Lorenzo ZANETTI APRILIA 2:08.034
8. Takaaki NAKAGAMI APRILIA 2:08.108
9. Sergio GADEA APRILIA 2:08.250
10. Pol ESPARGARO DERBI 2:08.296
11. Danny WEBB APRILIA 2:08.424
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26. Matthew HOYLE HAOJUE 2:14.758
Showing posts with label preseason. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preseason. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
IRTA Test Qatar - Day 1, Results
125cc
1. Bradley SMITH APRILIA 2:06.568
2. Andrea IANNONE APRILIA 2:06.708
3. Julian SIMON APRILIA 2:07.042
4. Sergio GADEA APRILIA 2:07.843
5. Joan OLIVE DERBI 2:08.062
6. Jonas FOLGER APRILIA 2:08.391
7. Sandro CORTESE DERBI 2:08.502
8. Pol ESPARGARO DERBI 2:08.531
9. Esteve RABAT APRILIA 2:08.617
10. Randy KRUMMENACHER APRILIA 2:08.783
11. Scott REDDING APRILIA 2:08.985
23. Matthew HOYLE HAOJUE 2:17.277
1. Bradley SMITH APRILIA 2:06.568
2. Andrea IANNONE APRILIA 2:06.708
3. Julian SIMON APRILIA 2:07.042
4. Sergio GADEA APRILIA 2:07.843
5. Joan OLIVE DERBI 2:08.062
6. Jonas FOLGER APRILIA 2:08.391
7. Sandro CORTESE DERBI 2:08.502
8. Pol ESPARGARO DERBI 2:08.531
9. Esteve RABAT APRILIA 2:08.617
10. Randy KRUMMENACHER APRILIA 2:08.783
11. Scott REDDING APRILIA 2:08.985
23. Matthew HOYLE HAOJUE 2:17.277
Monday, April 6, 2009
Bradley Smith hails Randy Mamola influence
British 125GP world championship hopeful Bradley Smith believes the influence of mentor and former Moto GP star Randy Mamola will be crucial ahead of his 2009 campaign.
The Aspar Aprilia rider has spent large spells of his winter holed up at Mamola’s Barcelona home to train ahead of his fourth assault on the 125GP world crown.
And the 18-year-old has told MCN how Mamola has helped him take a more relaxed approach to his racing as he prepares for the first round in Qatar this weekend as one of the big pre-season favourites.
Smith’s early years in road racing were spent under the tutelage of tough task master Alberto Puig, who helped nurture the likes of Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa.
But having worked closely with Mamola to prepare for a season where he hopes to finally break his victory duck, Smith told MCN: “Having Randy around he’s a very mellow person when it comes to the mental side of racing.
"He always gives me his opinion and that is very honest. He’s always got a different way of looking at things.
Also being around his son Dakota and seeing how he goes about racing, he goes to have fun. Sure when he sits on the start line he is 100 per cent focused, but around the paddock he is all chilled out.
"That just shows me that when you put your visor down, within those couple of seconds you’re in race mode. But when you take the helmet off you need to take it off and put everything to one side.
"It has definitely helped a lot just having a different point of view rather just full on attack.
"It has helped me see the bigger picture. So hopefully I’ll be a little bit faster and little bit more chilled out.”
The Aspar Aprilia rider has spent large spells of his winter holed up at Mamola’s Barcelona home to train ahead of his fourth assault on the 125GP world crown.
And the 18-year-old has told MCN how Mamola has helped him take a more relaxed approach to his racing as he prepares for the first round in Qatar this weekend as one of the big pre-season favourites.
Smith’s early years in road racing were spent under the tutelage of tough task master Alberto Puig, who helped nurture the likes of Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa.
But having worked closely with Mamola to prepare for a season where he hopes to finally break his victory duck, Smith told MCN: “Having Randy around he’s a very mellow person when it comes to the mental side of racing.
"He always gives me his opinion and that is very honest. He’s always got a different way of looking at things.
Also being around his son Dakota and seeing how he goes about racing, he goes to have fun. Sure when he sits on the start line he is 100 per cent focused, but around the paddock he is all chilled out.
"That just shows me that when you put your visor down, within those couple of seconds you’re in race mode. But when you take the helmet off you need to take it off and put everything to one side.
"It has definitely helped a lot just having a different point of view rather just full on attack.
"It has helped me see the bigger picture. So hopefully I’ll be a little bit faster and little bit more chilled out.”
Monday, March 30, 2009
Bradley Smith challenges Lewis Hamilton
British 125gp world title hopeful Bradley Smith has tried to challenge Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton to a motocross battle.
The Aspar Aprilia rider met the McLaren driver during a recent pre-season f1 test in Barcelona while he was training at randy mamola’s house.
The 18-year-old told MCN: "He is such a nice guy. He’s a big motocrosser, that’s where he started from too.
"Me being from motocross as well I was trying to get him to sign up for a day on the bikes! He was a really nice guy and really down to earth."
Smith said he also used the experience to change his perception of Formula One having got the chance to observe Hamilton from trackside at the Catalunya circuit.
"I could go round the circuit slip road and have a look at those cars. It’s amazing because you think they are just flat-out and turn it. But those cars move around so much without traction control and you can see which cars are set up for the slow corners and which for the fast corners
"To see that side of F1, I’ve taken back my first impressions of it being really boring. Those guys are putting in a lot of effort and the speed they carry is something else."
Smith finished second during last weekend’s Jerez test session while Hamilton started the defence of his F1 title with third place in Australia.
The Aspar Aprilia rider met the McLaren driver during a recent pre-season f1 test in Barcelona while he was training at randy mamola’s house.
The 18-year-old told MCN: "He is such a nice guy. He’s a big motocrosser, that’s where he started from too.
"Me being from motocross as well I was trying to get him to sign up for a day on the bikes! He was a really nice guy and really down to earth."
Smith said he also used the experience to change his perception of Formula One having got the chance to observe Hamilton from trackside at the Catalunya circuit.
"I could go round the circuit slip road and have a look at those cars. It’s amazing because you think they are just flat-out and turn it. But those cars move around so much without traction control and you can see which cars are set up for the slow corners and which for the fast corners
"To see that side of F1, I’ve taken back my first impressions of it being really boring. Those guys are putting in a lot of effort and the speed they carry is something else."
Smith finished second during last weekend’s Jerez test session while Hamilton started the defence of his F1 title with third place in Australia.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
IRTA Test Jerez Day 1
Session 1
1 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:48.134
2 Julian SIMON (APRILIA)1:48.294
3 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:48.621
4 Pol ESPARGARO (DERBI) 1:48.898
5 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 1:49.142
6 Dominique AEGERTER (DERBI) 1:49.144
7 Joan OLIVE (DERBI) 1:49.202
8 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:49.230
9 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:49.359
10 Efren VAZQUEZ (DERBI) 1:49.464
11 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 1:49.519
20 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:51.345
27 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 1:56.323
Session 2
1 Julian SIMON (APRILIA) 1:47.345
2 Efren VAZQUEZ (DERBI) 1:48.023
3 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:48.368
4 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:48.534
5 Pol ESPARGARO (DERBI) 1:48.713
6 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 1:48.756
7 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 1:48.828
8 Jonas FOLGER (APRILIA) 1:48.921
9 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:48.930
10 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:49.014
18 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:50.244
29 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 2:15.588
Haojue Team in new design
Matthew Hoyle made his first appearance in the newly designed Haojue outfit today after his team had to change its name from Maxtra and therefore renew all previously produced livery.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Estoril Test: Quotes Scott Redding & Danny Webb
Concluding the 3-day test in Estoril, Danny Webb and now red-haired Scott Redding gave their thoughts on the test and their preseason process.
Danny Webb:
"This wasn’t the best day of the test here at Estoril. We struggled in the morning with the set-up of the engine but at the end of the morning we had a good set-up. Unfortunaly the weather changed compare to the two days before. Their was a lot of wind today and it is hard to improve your lap time. In the afternoon it went better and we worked a lot on the suspension set-up. Two hours before the end of the day we had small engine problem and decided to call it the day. I’m quite happy with this test. The bike has a lot of potential. We still have five more days of testing and I can’t wait for next week to ride again during the official IRTA test at Jerez."
Scott Redding
"I am more and more comfortable on the RSA and I am getting better sensations from it. We are working very hard to get a good setup for the beginning of the season but we have not got it quite right yet though, but we are getting closer. What I most like about the RSA is the low rev power, but what is most difficult for me is to get a good setup on the chassis. At the start of these three days in Estoril we had a lot of problems, but as the time passed we found the right solutions and I think that we will go to the IRTA in Jerez in good conditions."
Danny Webb: "This wasn’t the best day of the test here at Estoril. We struggled in the morning with the set-up of the engine but at the end of the morning we had a good set-up. Unfortunaly the weather changed compare to the two days before. Their was a lot of wind today and it is hard to improve your lap time. In the afternoon it went better and we worked a lot on the suspension set-up. Two hours before the end of the day we had small engine problem and decided to call it the day. I’m quite happy with this test. The bike has a lot of potential. We still have five more days of testing and I can’t wait for next week to ride again during the official IRTA test at Jerez."
Scott Redding"I am more and more comfortable on the RSA and I am getting better sensations from it. We are working very hard to get a good setup for the beginning of the season but we have not got it quite right yet though, but we are getting closer. What I most like about the RSA is the low rev power, but what is most difficult for me is to get a good setup on the chassis. At the start of these three days in Estoril we had a lot of problems, but as the time passed we found the right solutions and I think that we will go to the IRTA in Jerez in good conditions."
Monday, March 16, 2009
Estoril Test - Results Day 1
Great weather conditions welcomed the biggest part of this season's 125cc and 250cc field at the Estoril track yesterday. Bradley Smith, Danny Webb and Scott Redding all finished the first day of testing among the 10 fastest riders and started the "real" preseason in good fashion.
1° Simon (Aprilia) 1'45”864;
2° Cortese (Derbi) 1'46”341;
3° Smith (Aprilia) 1'46”624;
4° Espargaro (Derbi) 1'47”251;
5° Gadea (Aprilia) 1'47”252;
6° Bradl (Aprilia) 1'47”651
7° Olive (Derbi) 1'47”697
8° Webb (Aprilia) 1'48”379
9° Savadori (Aprilia) 1'48”560
10° Redding (Aprilia) 1'48”884
11° Rabat (Aprilia) 1'48”918
12° Aegerter (Derbi) 1'49”089
13° Krummenacher (Aprilia) 1'50”774
14° Vazquez (Derbi) 1'55”896
1° Simon (Aprilia) 1'45”864;
2° Cortese (Derbi) 1'46”341;
3° Smith (Aprilia) 1'46”624;
4° Espargaro (Derbi) 1'47”251;
5° Gadea (Aprilia) 1'47”252;
6° Bradl (Aprilia) 1'47”651
7° Olive (Derbi) 1'47”697
8° Webb (Aprilia) 1'48”379
9° Savadori (Aprilia) 1'48”560
10° Redding (Aprilia) 1'48”884
11° Rabat (Aprilia) 1'48”918
12° Aegerter (Derbi) 1'49”089
13° Krummenacher (Aprilia) 1'50”774
14° Vazquez (Derbi) 1'55”896
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