The Moto2 riders made such a strong start to the Grand Prix of Japan today that the pace was already inside last year’s pole record. The only surprise was that it wasn’t regular pacesetters Stefan Bradl or Marc Márquez who dominated, with Bradley Smith clocking the fastest time this morning and Thomas Luthi in the [...]
With regular riders, replacements and wildcards there was a healthy number of nineteen MotoGP bikes out on the newly relaid Motegi track today as the Grand Prix of Japan got underway in positive fashion. Unlike the slow lap times that were witnessed in the 125cc class the pace from their MotoGP counterparts was inside the [...]
The names of Nico Terol, Maverick Viñales and Johann Zarco rung out loudest on the PA system at Motegi today as the two Spaniards and the Frenchman took the top three positions in free practice for the Grand Prix of Japan. Terol was fastest in the morning, Viñales in the afternoon, with Zarco second in [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 SUTER 1’53.002 16 17 256.0 2 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing KALEX 1’53.182 14 14 0.180 0.180 256.2 3 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 1’53.354 18 18 0.352 0.172 252.0 4 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’46.790 11 20 293.5 2 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’46.844 14 15 0.054 0.054 291.7 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’46.952 12 20 0.162 0.108 290.2 4 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing APRILIA 1’59.273 12 16 215.1 2 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo DERBI 1’59.519 15 16 0.246 0.246 212.3 3 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc APRILIA 1’59.593 14 15 0.320 0.074 215.8 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Tech 3 Racing TECH 3 1’53.806 14 15 251.6 2 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Speed Master SUTER 1’53.898 14 16 0.092 0.092 253.0 3 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 SUTER 1’53.909 15 17 0.103 0.011 253.8 4 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’47.289 16 16 291.2 2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’47.566 16 21 0.277 0.277 287.4 3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team DUCATI 1’47.732 17 18 0.443 0.166 291.3 4 26 [...]
Pos Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Time Lap Total Gap Top Speed 1 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc APRILIA 1’59.436 16 16 216.6 2 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo DERBI 2’00.046 15 15 0.610 0.610 214.0 3 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Blusens by Paris Hilton APRILIA 2’00.326 15 15 0.890 0.280 215.7 4 [...]
Dunlop heads to Motegi for the Japanese Grand Prix, the fourteenth round of the 2011 Moto2 Championship, held on September 30 – October 1. The Japanese Grand Prix is something of a homecoming for Dunlop with the brand part-owned by Japanese company Sumitomo Rubber Industries. All Dunlop’s Moto2 tyres are produced, however, at Dunlop Motorsport’s [...]