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Georges Berger Gerhard Berger Eric Bernard Enrique Bernoldi Enrico Bertaggia Tony Bettenhausen Mike Beuttler
Monday, July 30, 2012
Bou signs off in style
With the 2012 FIM Trial World Championship already won, some could of thought that Toni Bou - Repsol...
2012 Laguna Seca MotoGP Post-Race Round Up: Contrasting Styles, Racing Softs, And A Decision Is Nigh
Laguna Seca has a habit of throwing the championship a curve ball. The epic race between Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi in 2008 was a prime example, a turning point in the championship when Rossi halted what looked like the inexorable rise of Casey Stoner. Last year, too, Laguna proved to be key moment in the championship, when Stoner stopped Jorge Lorenzo's resurgence with one of the bravest passes in racing for a long time, through the ultra-fast Turn 1. With Laguna Seca the last race going into the summer break, winning or losing at the US GP can have a dramatic effect on the momentum of the championship.
Whether the same will be said of Laguna Seca in 2012 will only be clear at the end of the season. But it has all the signs of being a significant moment, for more than just the five points Casey Stoner clawed back from Jorge Lorenzo. The race, if not thrilling, was at least tense: there was little between the two men for most of the race, Stoner shadowing Lorenzo closely, snapping at his heels but not quite able to attempt a pass. The turning point came on lap 18. As the leading pair plunged down the Corkscrew, Lorenzo's sliding rear tire almost threw him out of the saddle. "I closed my eyes during the highside," the Yamaha man said afterwards, "and I was happy to still be in the seat when I opened them again."
Ivor Bueb Sebastien Buemi Luiz Bueno Ian Burgess Luciano Burti Roberto Bussinello Jenson Button
Dani Pedrosa Confident for the Race after a Front Row Start
Dani Pedrosa went out with the soft rear on his first exit and set a fast lap time of 1'20.906 that secured him the third slot before start working on race pace. It was a very busy session for both Repsol Honda riders after they sat out the morning's free practice due to the fog and cold temperatures at Laguna Seca.
Dani Pedrosa
"I was a little upset at the end of the session as I wasn't able to improve my lap time, but happy anyway with another front row. We did a big job this afternoon, considering this morning, in my opinion, there was no meaning to go out with such track and weather conditions. So we had one hour to work with the tyres and set up the new bike that I finally chose for the race. It was an intense and interesting practice; we know what we have to do for tomorrow. The bike is working well and I'm pretty confident for the race. Let's see if we have better conditions than today for the warm up tomorrow and we can work on the finer details, although I think we have already a good package."
Repsol Honda Team Press Release
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Elio de Angelis Marco Apicella Mário de Araújo Cabral Frank Armi Chuck Arnold Rene Arnoux Peter Arundell
2012 Laguna Seca MotoGP Warm Up Result: Stoner Edges Lorenzo In Crash-Filled Session
MotoGP warm up was delayed by an hour because of fog. The fog had left the track a little greasy in spots, as Nicky Hayden crashed at Turn 5 on his out lap, and later in the session, both Alvaro Bautista and Jorge Lorenzo went down at Turn 11. Lorenzo's crash did not slow him down: he led for most of the session, only losing out at the very end, when Casey Stoner sneaked past by one thousandth of a second, the smallest possible margin. Lorenzo ended up 2nd, ahead of Dani Pedrosa and the inseparable Monster Tech 3 Yamaha paring of Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow.
Steve Rapp, failed to get within the 107% of the pole time on the Attack Kawasaki wildcard CRT bike, and as he has not managed to do so in any of the sessions so far this weekend, will not be allowed to start. Rapp and Attack Kawasaki will get a second chance in three weeks' time, at Indianapolis.
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Bob Christie Johnny Claes David Clapham Jim Clark† Kevin Cogan Peter Collins Bernard Collomb
Crutchlow on Second Row Start After a Foggy Morning
Crutchlow powered his YZR-M1 machine to the fifth fastest time in a record-breaking qualifying session this afternoon. The British rider set his best lap 1.21.268 on the qualifying session, and will start from second row along with his teammate Andrea Dovizioso
Cal Crutchlow 5th 1.21.268 – 32 laps:
"We made a good improvement from yesterday even though I could only do eight laps this morning because of the conditions. I have been inside the top six all weekend and that is a huge step forward compared to last year when I had a really tough weekend and was riding around outside of the top 10. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team did a fantastic job last night to repair the bike I badly damaged in the crash in practice and hopefully a fifth place on the grid and a strong performance today repaid them. The second row is a good starting position and I've had decent pace all weekend, so I'm looking forward to the race. I've been consistent and fast on both the hard and the soft tyre so the final decision will depend a lot on air and track temperature tomorrow."
Monster Yamaha Tech3 Press Release
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Henry Banks Fabrizio Barbazza John Barber Skip Barber Paolo Barilla Rubens Barrichello Michael Bartels
BMW HP4 – Your Track-Tuned BMW S1000RR
We teased you with the BMW HP4 last week, and now the Bavarians have made their tuned-S1000RR officially official. Starting with the top-selling superbike from the German company, BMW has taken the S1000RR and made it the track weapon of choice. The lightest four-cylinder superstock bike on the market at 373 lbs dry (with ABS), the BMW HP4 is also the first motorcycle to get BMW’s Dynamic Damping Control (DDC), a computer controlled semi-active suspension ...
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Peter Arundell Alberto Ascari Peter Ashdown Ian Ashley Gerry Ashmore Bill Aston Richard Attwood
Bradl Ninth Fastest at Challenging Laguna Seca GP Qualifying
Misty conditions known as "marine cloud" welcomed the MotoGP contingent this morning at Laguna Seca race track for the final free practice. Luckily the afternoon qualifying session matched yesterday’s sunny skies and ninth spot on the grid went to LCR Honda racer Stefan Bradl (1’21.753).
Completing the third row ahead tomorrow’s 32-lap race, Bradl fully utilized the afternoon session to fine tune his RCV chasing important front end feeling improvements to better cope with the bumpy Californian track.
Stefan Bradl
"Not great and not so bad... in between! It’s more difficult for me compared with the past races because yesterday I had to find my pace and orient myself on this new track: then this morning we lost the session due to the bad weather so we started working on the bike package this afternoon. I am not really happy about the front end feeling because we are losing too much time in braking and in corners entries so actually I miss the perfect confidence to go faster. We need to analyze the data and make a change for tomorrow because the surface is pretty bumpy. Starting from the third row is not so bad but I am aware it will be a long race and I will try to follow the guys in the front".
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George Amick Red Amick Chris Amon Bob Anderson Conny Andersson Mario Andretti Michael Andretti
Nicky Hayden Expected More than Eight
Nicky Hayden only set 1:21.734 for his best lap on the Laguna Seca qualifying session. The Ducati rider hope for better result than eight. After a foggy morning, the afternoon session was in a normal condition. Unfortunately, Hayden didn't manage to find the best setup.
Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) 8th (1:21.734)
"After the performance we had in the race at Mugello and then again in the test, we expected to be a lot closer to the front than this. It’s a bit frustrating to be over a second back, especially at a little track like this where even three or four tenths is a lot. Tonight we’ll decide if we want to make big changes for tomorrow or try to refine what we have, and the main priority will be to settle on a tyre. The morning warm-up might not be very useful if it’s foggy again, but we’ll see what tomorrow brings and give it our best shot."
Ducati Factory Team Press Release
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Alberto Colombo Erik Comas Franco Comotti George Connor George Constantine John Cordts David Coulthard
Video reveals Schumacher’s start-line blunder | 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix
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Video shot by a fan shows Michael Schumacher stopping in the wrong grid slot, delaying the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Raul Boesel Menato Boffa Bob Bondurant Felice Bonetto Jo Bonnier Roberto Bonomi Juan Manuel Bordeu
Karel Abraham on 16th place after Friday
After the longer-term hand injury recovery is Karel Abraham back in the saddle of his motorbike and he took part in Friday´s free parctices to U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. Abraham ended the first free practice on thirteenth place with the best lap time of 1'25,215 and the loss 3,791 sec on the leader Pedrosa. The afternoon practice was influenced by a short break due to the technical problems at the track. The Czech rider was able to improve his time of almost 0,4 sec. However he finished on 16th place with the loss 3,761 sec on the day winner Dani Pedrosa.
Karel Abraham
"The condition of my hand after the injury seems to be good. I still can feel some kind of pressure and armor in my fingers, especially while braking, but it´s not really a big problem now. I think I will be able to go all race with no restrictions. Maybe I will take some pain killer tabletes before. We haven´t changed anything on bike´s setting today and we tried just the one bike. I feel quite uneasy at the moment, it is difficult after so long pause. I´m glad to be back and hope that tomrrow we will be one step better"
Marco Grana, Chef Mechanic Cardion AB Motoracing
"We did not make any changes on bike´s setting today. We started with the one which is much comfortable for our rider. He had to adapt to the racing again and set in motion after the long-term hand injury. I hope tomorrow will be time to try both bikes and make some improvement of settings for the race."
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Colin Davis Jimmy Daywalt JeanDenis Deletraz Patrick Depailler Pedro Diniz Duke Dinsmore Frank Dochnal
Alvaro Bautista Out of Luck at Laguna Seca
After a good pace on the second day at Laguna Seca, Bautista couldn't get the same result on the race. Bautista felt that they made wrong decision with tyre.
Alvaro Bautista ( 8th )
"I'm not sure why but today the bike felt really unstable on the front. Maybe we made the wrong decision by going with the soft tyre. I tried to push it at the start but I couldn't brake hard and I was really struggling in corner entry. It's strange because we had good race pace with this tyre yesterday but today it didn't work. It hasn't been a good weekend for us. Despite the positive signs yesterday it proved to be a difficult race today."
Fausto Gresini
"After the crash in warm-up this morning it was important for Alvaro to finish the race here because it wasn't an easy situation for him. We have been suffering in the last few races and we need to help him find more confidence in the front of the bike. It is important we stay calm and work hard to achieve this because there is still a long way to go in this championship. Of course the crash this morning didn't help because yesterday it looked like we had the pace to have a good race."
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Ronnie Bucknum Ivor Bueb Sebastien Buemi Luiz Bueno Ian Burgess Luciano Burti Roberto Bussinello
BMW HP4 – Your Track-Tuned BMW S1000RR
We teased you with the BMW HP4 last week, and now the Bavarians have made their tuned-S1000RR officially official. Starting with the top-selling superbike from the German company, BMW has taken the S1000RR and made it the track weapon of choice. The lightest four-cylinder superstock bike on the market at 373 lbs dry (with ABS), the BMW HP4 is also the first motorcycle to get BMW’s Dynamic Damping Control (DDC), a computer controlled semi-active suspension ...
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Jean Behra Derek Bell Stefan Bellof Paul Belmondo Tom Belso JeanPierre Beltoise Olivier Beretta
Friday at Laguna Seca with Scott Jones
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Jean Behra Derek Bell Stefan Bellof Paul Belmondo Tom Belso JeanPierre Beltoise Olivier Beretta
Guest Story: Trackday at Laguna Seca with Moto2 World Champion and MotoGP rider, Stefan Bradl
2012 is Stefan Bradl's rookie season in MotoGP, and as such, he faces many challenges. There's the difficulties of dealing with the power of a MotoGP bike, the complications of handling the sophisticated electronics used in the class, and there's the Bridgestone tires to master. Another problem that is sometimes overlooked for MotoGP rookies is having to learn a new and demanding circuit, the complex layout of the Laguna Seca track. As the junior classes (now Moto2 and Moto3, previously 125cc and 250cc) do not visit Laguna Seca due to space and noise constraints, rookies face the double challenge of learning the circuit and finding a way to manhandle a MotoGP bike around it. The the track is featured on many MotoGP computer games, the elevation changes and camber of the track make it much harder to learn.
To alleviate some of the problems of learning the circuit, Stefan Bradl decided to use a public trackday to learn his way around. Adam Silver, keen racing fan and trackday enthusiast, learned that Bradl would be riding at Laguna, and went along to join the fun. Below is his account of the day Stefan Bradl followed him around Laguna.
Karun Chandhok Alain de Changy Colin Chapman Dave Charlton Pedro Matos Chaves Bill Cheesbourg Eddie Cheever
2012 Laguna Seca Saturday Round Up: Lorenzo's Blistering Pace, Stoner's Traffic Problems and Rossi's Ducati Offer
Despite dominating the championship so far, Jorge Lorenzo does not get a lot of pole positions. Except at Laguna: though this was only his third of the season, Saturday's pole position was Lorenzo's fourth in a row at the circuit, and he secured it in convincing style. The circuit record tumbled - it had stood since 2008, set by Casey Stoner when he looked on his way to dominating the US GP at Laguna, before his run in with Valentino Rossi. There has been much complaining about the Bridgestone tires of late, yet both Lorenzo and Stoner beat the pole record on the tire they will probably race on, a pole record set on super-soft special qualifiers, which at a track like Laguna Seca you could just about eke two laps out of before they were finished. In reality, there's not so much wrong with these tires.
The pole record could have been beaten by a lot more, but Casey Stoner kept running into traffic each time he went for a fast lap. Up by a tenth or more at each split a number of times, he would suddenly run into a rider cruising, or a CRT machine on a hot lap, and lose out. On his last attempt, he ran into Danilo Petrucci just before the final corner, working his way swiftly past to take pole from Lorenzo with a couple of minutes to go. But Lorenzo would not be denied, pushing hard in the final sector to get pole back from Stoner in the dying moments.
Bob Anderson Conny Andersson Mario Andretti Michael Andretti Keith Andrews Elio de Angelis Marco Apicella
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