Barbera replace Elias at Laguna Seca

Barbera replace Elias at Laguna Seca
Casole d'Elsa - Pramac Ducati does not have to think long to find a replacement driver Hector Barbera, before the GP of USA, July 29. Toni Elías name certainly be a substitute for a ride GP12 Barbera.

Barbera is still recovering from an injury surgery. Spanish rider was injured when the subject of a training session last weekend. Of the incident, Barbera scourged broken tibia and left calf.

As reported by PaddockTalk Tuesday (7/24/2012), the name was chosen because it is considered Elías had a good experience of riding a Ducati. Elías Ducati with the best memory was when the driver of Catalan origin was twice on the podium of the second and third series at Brno and Misano, 2008.

Elías has been this season due to back caste with Moto2 Suter. Pramac but feel the need to seek such an experience Elias, pilot, hoping to keep at least dot the hilly tracks like Laguna Seca.

Moto2 to this point has also participated in Laguna Seca, just for the MotoGP. Meanwhile, the competition in the premier class of the country, Uncle Sam, the Moto2 class and 125 GP moves temporarily to India.

Rossi will be back

Lorenzo remains the number one

GERNO DI LESMO - Valentino Rossi Yamaha is rumored to be back in season next time. However, Jorge Lorenzo has not been afraid to return to competition with the holder of seven MotoGP titles.

Rossi is rumored to be leaving the Ducati, after not satisfied with the performance of the Italian motorcycle manufacturer. Obviously, the only doctor two podiums since joining Ducati.

If Rossi actually decided to return to Gerno In Lesmo, the headquarters of Yamaha, the Italian rider will be back in a duo with Lorenzo. However, the manager Wilco Zeelenberg said that Lorenzo will not be a problem competing with Rossi.

"I do not think Rossi will return to worry about Lorenzo. They do not know it for sure, but Lorenzo would not turn into a second driver. He is a professional driver and target only one win, "said Zeelenberg.

"Lorenzo does not matter who the running mate. It has already proven she is not afraid to compete with his teammates. Lorenzo is very difficult and I'm not afraid if the script has actually past, "he said, MCN has reported on Saturday (21/07/2012).

"The second driver does not affect the performance will be demonstrated that Lorenzo and why we are waiting to see who will become the second driver, because the main drivers already on the Yamaha. Lorenzo is our champion for next season," he said.

Rossi could not replace the Stoner

Rossi could not replace the Stoner

Mugello - Valentino Rossi said that the news will be paired with Marc Marquez to the Dream Team Repsol Honda at the upcoming 2013 season was a mere rumor. Rossi has never considered returning to the HRC team.

Rossi to race for the Repsol Honda during the four seasons from 2000 to 2003. Rossi Repsol will always wonder because three of the seven world titles won while with the manufacturer.

However, the boss of Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) said Shuhei Nakamoto has never talked to Rossi Stoner let alone be considered a replacement who will retire at the end of this season.

Obviously, at the Italian GP at Mugello last week, announced Marc Marquez Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa and line up the team next season.

"I always say that Valentino's return to the factory team is impossible and we never talked about him. He also never contacted Honda, "said Nakamoto told MCN, Friday (20/07/2012).

Dovizioso

Print History on the Tech 3

Mimosas - Andrea Dovizioso directly to the story in his debut season with Yamaha Tech 3. Dovi has become the most frequent riders on the podium in the history of Tech 3.

Dovi showed consistent performance in the MotoGP race this season. The new driver direkut this Yamaha satellite team Repsol Honda rider was able to prove his ability as a potential.

Series a total of nine races held this season, the Italian rider is capable of four times on the podium (top three MotoGP in Catalunya, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy).

Apparently, this amount is the largest in the history of visiting drivers in the history of participation satellite Tech 3 Yamaha team in MotoGP and the 500cc class now, since 2001. And crash city on Thursday (7/19/2012).

However, despite the success of record for the new Tech 3, Dovi is still less than Colin Edwards (2009) and Ben Spies (2010) in business for best director. Unknown, Edwards and Spies able to provide the best results for Tech3 the end of the race on the podium two.

Dovi is still possible even extend this impresifnya notes, due 2012 MotoGP series still leaves 9. Currently, Dovi was perched on the best riders of four, behind Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa and championship leader Jorge Lorenzo.

If able to maintain this position until the end of the season, then Dovi will best director for Tech 3 runners in history.

Bravo Lorenzo

Lorenzo Lead

Jorge Lorenzo consistency in nine appearances host who acted MotoGP series. Point by point charge in the two rivals ranking board work better weigh the other.The first round at Losail, Qatar, the Yamaha factory rider main is always ending on the podium stage - whether or second podium atop the podium. The exception occurs only in the Dutch GP, exactly in Assen. Lorenzo did not finish the race after diserempet Honda Gresini Alvaro Bautista.Until the price of U.S. Grand, pilots nicknamed X'Fuera strong position in the lead with 135 points. Its closest competitor is not far, the Repsol Honda team. Not Casey Stoner, but his compatriot Dani Pedrosa, who is 15 points behind. 
The little Spaniard - Pedrosa nickname, is also inconsistent. Pedrosa has always tipped the podium, with the exception of the French GP, where Pedrosa will not end in fourth place. But the rest, even more competitive than his colleague who is also the defending champion Casey Stoner Pedrosa.Even so, it seems that Pedrosa will not be able to withdraw the status of the uncrowned king. Because the posterior teeth Lorenzo in the acquisition of the maximum points in almost every series that has been undertaken. In fact, the latter often misery Lorenzo crashed.In Assen, for example, but can not add ranking points for not finishing the race, the engine mounts 'meledug' after disenggol Lorenzo Bautista. So the next series of Lorenzo had to use the old machines, because if you put a new engine, already overshadowed the penalty sanctions. 
But he did not know the frustration. Armed with a good setting that provided the technical teams, Lorenzo often more advanced than his opponents. Indeed, the opposite can be said that Honda duo, Stoner and Pedrosa - while the living legend, Valentino Rossi has not been spared, his Ducati GP12.Consistency has been stung Lorenzo Pedrosa wins the German Grand Prix, but the rider born in Palma, 25 years ago was back in the last Mugello. Lorenzo domination has not been broken during the test session yesterday. Lorenzo Pedrosa again outperform."Renaissance" are both recalling the golden years of Spanish this time. After the victorious football team at Euro title defense, perhaps both, and especially Lorenzo, will re-sculpt gold ink on behalf of the Spanish MotoGP on stage at the Iron Horse.

Lorenza Said...

Anyone of my colleagues, It does not matter

Mugello - the completion of a contract extension Jorge Lorenzo on Yamaha Factory, leaving one spot again as its candidate for next season. When asked to comment on the potential partner, Lorenzo admitted to not question any person as second jockey Yamaha.

Ben Spies has dropped to ninth Mugello last performance series, taking the opportunity for both drivers satellite Tech 3 Yamaha team, the Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso. The last name is demanding would be a place of Spies and yesterday threw an ultimatum that he would move to the Superbike if it does not get a place on the Yamaha.

Crutchlow is not without possibilities, runner in the U.S., it seems promising and consistent with the recent series of several. Opportunities for maintaining Spies also not covered. There are still nine left the show to improve the performance of the jockey nicknamed "Elbowz east.

Lorenzo next season are certain to belong to the fork of a horseshoe agreement team again, but the mystery of who will be co-Lorenzo, still seem vague. But he did not want to bother. He admitted he had no problem to associate with one of the three of them.

"I'm not a big problem with all three. Maybe so, with Ben, it's because we've been friends a long time. By Dovi (greeting Dovizioso), we had fought several times while remaining in the 250cc class, and on several tracks this year, "I'm Lorenzo.

"But certainly, I have no problem with Dovi, as well as Cal. Dovi Cal and I deserve to be the official Yamaha rider. Now, Lin Jarvis (team director) and Yamaha have to decide which is the second driver for next season, "due diligence, as Crash extracts, Wednesday (18/07/2012).

MotoGP 2012

Lorenzo won in Mungello

Mugello - Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race at Mugello Italy on Sunday (7/15/2012) at night. For him, this is a repeat success in 2011 on the same circuit.
Dani Pedrosa started the race well. Pole position holder is able to maintain its position as the continuation of Jorge Lorenzo and Hector Barbera. However, Pedrosa on pole position only lasted one round. In the next round, Lorenzo got through it.
Unfortunately for Pedrosa, he has not only lost its leading position, but have slipped to third place after Andrea Dovizioso exceeded. Was in fourth place is Nicky Hayden, who was followed by Stefan Bradl and Barbera. While Ben Spies and Casey Stoner are in positions seven and eight.
Three rounds of the execution, Lorenzo still leads the race. Meanwhile, the activity was happening behind him, where Dovizioso and Pedrosa are scrambling for second place.
Right on the seventh lap, Pedrosa finally surpassed Dovizioso. It is now in second place. While Lorenzo was still in first position with the advantage of about 1.5 seconds.
One lap later, Lorenzo is still leading. Menggeber his bike and he continues to carve out a record time of 1:47.843 seconds. Pedrosa did not want to lose. He tried to reduce the distance to Lorenzo. On the ninth lap, he incised record time 1:47.949 seconds.
Stoner misfortune experienced by 14 laps before the race ended. Narrow your bike on the track. However, the Australian rider was still able to continue the race. His position had also slipped to 10.
Meanwhile, Pedrosa, Dovizioso who tried to hunt he lost his position. He fell to fourth place and was taken over by Bradl. While Lorenzo is still leading the race continues to menggeber bike.
As for Hayden, who was in fifth place, it seems difficult to catch Dovizioso in front of her. Instead, he must desperately defend the position of the pursuit of Valentino Rossi, who finished sixth.
No less exciting duel between Stoner also occur, which are in the top ten, with Alvaro Bautista. The two are dueling for the top 10. Bautista had spent Stoner, but Stoner quickly took over his position back.
Stoner then climbed to number nine and Bautista got in the top 10, while Randy de Puniet finished in 11th position.
Stoner's position continues to increase. Two laps before the end of the race he was in eighth place with Barbera past. Meanwhile, Bautista was still at number 10. Opposite, Lorenzo has not been exceeded.
On the last lap, Hayden tries to pass Bradl who finished fourth. He had passed but Bradl has yet managed to take over fifth. Unfortunately for Hayden, he did not anticipate the pace of Rossi in tow. Impact, and Rossi passed Hayden actually lost ground.
Lorenzo finally completed in the first line to be followed by Pedrosa and Dovizioso in the second and third. Bradl was fourth, while Rossi was fifth. While Hayden had to settle for seventh place after passing by Cal Crutchlow. How Stoner? He finished eighth.

STONER SAID

 Stoner: CRT Engine Too slow

MUGELLO - Casey Stoner was very disappointed with the performance of the CRT engine. Stoner assess CRT motors are too slow to compete in the event of the MotoGP class.

During the session MotoGP practice Italian motorcycle ridden by a rider CRT debut Danilo Petrucci Stoner was blocking, so it can not record a maximum during the second practice session of the MotoGP of Italy.

Stoner was disappointed with the speed of the motor CRT. In fact, the Kurri Kurri-boys say, the engine CRT is too slow to run on the Mugello circuit, to endanger the engine manufacturer, which has a very high speed.

"Motor CRT is very dangerous for other drivers. You came and faster than Moto2 engines and it was very stupid. But Moto2 has at least a speed advantage while the corner," said Stoner.

Naturally, when the Repsol Honda rider was very disappointed. Imagine, Stoner stimulate RC213V 1000cc motorcycle at a speed of 207.65 miles per hour. While the engine reaches Petrucci only 188.02 miles per hour. Compare with Hector Barbera engines that have achieved 215.42 miles per hour.

"You go to the track with such speed and type of motorcycle should not be so slow on the circuit. It's like a passenger car F1 race car, you go to high speed and n 'is not wearing one, "explains the origin of Australia.

"The distance between the motor speed and CRT ptrototipe much, and very unfair to the drivers that exist in the CRT. This is not true that there are two differences, and this is not the right way," due diligence, as reported by MCN, Saturday (14/07/2012)

The Catalan Jockey

 

First podium Pedrosa

Be patient, be patient and be patient. Most likely this is what Daniel Pedrosa was applied. In the 2012 season, the small Catalan native is finally in place at the British Grand Prix podium yesterday after six rounds (except France) waiting on the podium second and third.

Consistency Pedrito - hello Pedrosa, he showed the first series to Qatar Grand Prix, finally reaching a climax at the Sachsenring, Germany GP. His fight was not easy to say at all. Perhaps, the new plant could Pedrito smoothly and comfortably when the time left to live a quarter lap race yet.

Last night there was a fierce battle between Honda duo iron horse jockey in the leading group. Although her ​​partner - Casey Stoner started from pole position and start on the pole Pedrito in third place, begin to perform better Pedrito. Pedrito even have time to take over the leadership race at the first corner.

During the race, Stoner Pedrito was exceeded several times until the last five laps, Pedrito work hard to survive as leader. Chance started toward the rider born in Sabadell in a few turns before the finish line.

Stoner dropped suddenly because his slip of the tires when you make last ditch effort to overcome the outside. The result, Pedrito be first on the finish line. Stoner himself, very disappointed with the result and had to go home without a point.

Armed with 25 points at Silverstone raupan, Pedrito reached just below the League Two compatriot Jorge Lorenzo overtook Stoner once relegated to the third league. Could it be that (the season) is the end of a long wait Pedrito was called the king without a crown?

SPORTS »MotoGP

Heyden believe in Ducati

KENTUCKY - Nicky Hayden is optimistic that Ducati has the solution for the use of tires as tall as he feels his team won an important factor in the disappointing final round at Silverstone MotoGP.

Racers from the United States is felt Ducati struggled to make new measures related to tire problems, because Hayden did not want to promise only appearance in the early races, but was unable to maintain speed on the last lap -lap.

He believes that if it can maintain speed throughout the race at Assen this weekend, the Ducati can achieve better results.

"At Silverstone, the tires are so worn, all riders have problems with tire there, but we think it really affects our bikes more than others. For five to eight laps as fast as we would expect and I'm quite enjoy it, "said Hayden, as reported by Autosport on Thursday (6/28/2012).

"On the trail of a large and wide open, the engine will be very good, but we need to capture, and when our good speed. We have some ideas for this weekend, maybe you can try to help the tire to wear a little longer, "he said.

Hayden believes Ducati has increased the speed of its predecessor, but it was not fully able to be coupled with Yamaha and the stage of development, Honda is also better.

"It's not real easy season, but that's how they're going," he said. "Sometimes we get some momentum and feel like we make a little profit, but these guys (Yamaha and Honda) are not sitting still," he concluded.

Valentino Rossi

Richest man in the MotoGP race Arena

NEW YORK - Valentino Rossi is one of several riders who are less fortunate this season in the MotoGP races. However, the issue of salary, Rossi was still ahead of the other MotoGP riders.

As the accident was reported on Saturday (06/23/2012) Urbino-born racer has a salary of $ 30 million during the year (June 2011-June 2012) version of Forbes magazine. Rossi contract with Ducati for USD17 million per year, but the world champion seven times to get paid more than the promoter, a $ 13 million.

Rossi salary equal to the wages received by Formula One racing veteran (F1) by Michael Schumacher. But unfortunately, they are different realizations. Rossi won the podium Ducati defend twice, while Schumacher was not at all, after returning from retirement.

Unfortunately, wages Rossi and Schumi still far behind other competitive athletes, especially in the arena of Formula One (F1), Fernando Alonso, who is paid a salary by a total of $ 32 million in a season.

In the first athlete to receive the highest salaries in the universe comes from the boxing ring, where the boxer from the United States Mayweather Floyd to have a salary of $ 85 million per season.

Silverstone GP 2012

Complaints Rossi at Silverstone

SILVERSTONE - runner who was legendary in the world of MotoGP, Valentino Rossi was not able to remove the soil in place since last season. To date, from different series this season, Rossi has continued to bring home a series of complaints.




MotoGP champion seven times it seems that the difficulty of the competition in mid-session at the British GP race yesterday. Until finally, Rossi could not occupy the ninth position as an official series-white-black flag marks the race after the session.
 Of the three days that includes three training sessions, a qualifying session and a session of the race, Rossi admitted only happy in the inaugural session. Because, when it rained and the weather of the whole human race that the doctor knows best qualified to be a jockey when the rain horseshoe arena.
 "It was a difficult week regardless of the wet track in the first session. But my difficulty in clear weather. Since the start of the race, I was not able to keep pace with the other," he complained, as crash extracts, Monday (06/18/2012).
 "I tried to be close to the group before, but I was unable to conquer the bend in the middle of a bumpy track. Several times I have also lost control of my bike. Then, after a few laps, front tire began to feel slippery, and at the same time, my exhaust problem, "continued his confidante.
 "Indeed, the problem was not really affect me, but I was always a little less electric motors. Finally, Silverstone is always a difficult track, I conquered," said Rossi.
 Then, Rossi will be back with Ducati has faced the next round in the Dutch GP. In Assen, Rossi retains his optimism for the time ran as Portugal, France and Catalonia.
 "We need to re-understand the condition of this bike to be more competitive in Assen is one of my favorite tracks. I want to regain its footing as it appeared at Estoril, Barcelona and Le Mans," he concluded .

Lorenzo for Yamaha

Lorenzo for Yamaha

Gerno Di Lesmo - Jorge Lorenzo has no plans to leave Yamaha. Lorenzo proved by extending the contract with the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer.

As mentioned above, Yamaha announced that Lorenzo has extended his contract. Yamaha Managing Director Lin Jarvis said, that Spaniard remained in the Yamaha up to two years.

"I am pleased to sign a contract for another two years with Yamaha. They tried mempertajhnkan me, so I want to thank all those involved in the Yamaha of this contract, "said Lorenzo.

Lorenzo said he was pleased to strengthen the team on the basis of Gerno in Lesmo. Having managed to extend the contract, the Spaniard will be the concentration for the MotoGP world title in 2012.

"I was part of a large family of Yamaha since 2008 and I am happy to work with them. Surviving here is the first choice and I highly negotiations resulted in positive results, "he quoted MCN, Tuesday (06/12/2012).

"Now I can concentrate on the league and I can not wait to pay the trust Yamaha at Silverstone this weekend. I can not wait to win a championship together. My goal at the end of career with Yamaha, the closer to reality, "he said.