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