The 2009 Iveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix

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Varför har suzuki dessa problem? konstigt..

Såg en intervju med Suzuki efter Estoril o nog tyckte jag man mörkade att d fanns ett problem att man har kort om motorer d sista återstående rejsen !?

 

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Valentino Rossi´s styvpappa, 52-årige Mauro Tecchi, hittades död idag efter att ha gjort självmord. Förmodligen hade han gjort det redan mellan tisdagen och onsdagen. Men hans kropp hittades inte förens idag. Han sköt sig själv med en pistol genom bröstet. Vad jag fattar så hade han förlorat sitt jobb på en byggfirma? Både Valentino och hans mamma säger att dom är mållösa och Valentino har inte velat kommenterat något mera om händelsen.

http://www.gazzetta.it/Motori/Motom...9/rossi-tragedia-familiare-501646212322.shtml

 

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Stoner tar hem detta

 

[Goffe]

Kul att Di meglio har fått upp farten i 250, så spass att han tar titeln nästa år? Ska detta bli 2009 års "laguna-race"? Hoppas på lite kul race även i motoGP, tråkigt att somna till tv.

 

[HansJ]

När går MotoGP loppet? Viasats programguide är lite otydlig, går det efter 250-loppet som vanligt?

 

[Gustav O]

När går MotoGP loppet? Viasats programguide är lite otydlig, går det efter 250-loppet som vanligt?

Du kan alltid kika på www.motogp.com och välja "your time" i deras schema som ligger på förstasidan. Det går kl 07:00 imorgon.

 

[HansJ]

Du kan alltid kika på www.motogp.com och välja "your time" i deras schema som ligger på förstasidan. Det går kl 07:00 imorgon.

Tackar! (Det var fööör enkelt...)

Toppen, då blir det gourmandfrukost!

 

[Axxexs]

Raffaele De Rosa tog sin första pole i 250GP. Marco Simoncelli som är hans bästa vän kommenterade detta med att han blev slagen på kvalet av De Rosa med "Better him then someone else". Frågan är bara om De Rosa i en eventuell situation att behöva hjälpa någon till bättre poäng skulle hjälpa sin polare Simoncelli eller sin teampolare Hiro Aoyama?

Bautista hade fortfarande problem med fästet och slutade nere på en 10:de plats.

Álvaro Bautista
"This obviously isn't the result I was hoping for. We had some problems with the rear of the bike yesterday and this morning it was the same story. In the afternoon it looked like we'd improved it a little but I'm still not comfortable. We tried a hard front tyre but it didn't work as we'd hoped. It makes the bike very stable in the direction changes but we need to adapt the chassis to it and make the whole thing run sweeter. We can't throw the towel in yet - we have to keep working and do everything we can to improve and make sure we're in a position to try and fight back in the race tomorrow."


250GP Kval.
1. Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Scot Racing Team 250cc Honda 1'33.389
2. Marco SIMONCELLI ITA Metis Gilera Gilera 1'33.614
3. Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Scot Racing Team 250cc Honda 1'33.633
4. Alex DEBON SPA Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens Aprilia 1'33.886
5. Hector BARBERA SPA Pepe World Team Aprilia 1'33.928
6. Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc Aprilia 1'34.030
7. Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT SAG Honda 1'34.114
8 75 Mattia PASINI ITA Paddock GP Racing Team Aprilia 1'34.192
9. Hector FAUBEL SPA Honda SAG Honda 1'34.285
10. Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Aprilia 1'34.588
11. Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia 1'34.727
12. Jules CLUZEL FRA Matteoni Racing Aprilia 1'34.921
13. Alex BALDOLINI ITA WTR San Marino Team Aprilia 1'35.016
14. Lukas PESEK CZE Auto Kelly - CP Aprilia 1'35.018
15. Thomas LUTHI SWI Emmi - Caffe Latte Aprilia 1'35.374
16. Shuhei AOYAMA JPN Racing Team Germany Honda 1'35.387
17. Roberto LOCATELLI ITA Metis Gilera Gilera 1'36.114
18. Shoya TOMIZAWA JPN CIP Moto - GP250 Honda 1'36.711
19. Axel PONS SPA Pepe World Team Aprilia 1'36.860
20. Vladimir LEONOV RUS Viessmann Kiefer Racing Aprilia 1'36.901
21. Balazs NEMETH HUN Balatonring Team Aprilia 1'37.525
22. Valentin DEBISE FRA CIP Moto - GP250 Honda 1'37.984
23. Imre TOTH HUN Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia 1'38.346
24. Bastien CHESAUX SWI Matteoni Racing Aprilia 1'38.893

 

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Niccolo Canepa´s hudtransplantation ska ha gått bra. Han säger att han ska komma ut på Philip Island och hejja på sin teamkompis Mika Kallio på racet. Även att han ska göra allt för att komma till Malaysia och tävla. Han ska få besked av läkarna på måndag då han ska tillbaka på kontroll om det finns hopp att köra redan 23-25 okt. Aleix Espargaro sägs redan ha bokat en biljet igår till Malaysia när han hörde om Niccolo´s skada.

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störig funktion som slog ihop mitt förra inlägg med mitt nya som inte har med varann att göra
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Casey Stoner med specialdesign på sin hjälm till sitt hemma-GP i helgen.

 

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MotoGP

Dani Pedrosa
“I’m pleased to be on the front row because it’s always good to have a clear track ahead of you at the start of the race - and especially since it came after I had quite a big crash in qualifying. It was at high speed on the way into Turn Two so it’s a relief that I wasn’t injured and I was able go straight back out on track for the second half of the session. I’m not sure yet why I fell - I just touched the brake and boom - I was down. We’ll take a look at the data and try to find out exactly what happened. For tomorrow we’ll work on finding a little something in terms of pace to allow us to compete for the win because the riders in front are going quickly. It will be a long race tomorrow so we’ll need to be fully concentrated - and of course it will be important to see what the weather does.”


Andrea Dovizioso
“We made progress today and, in spite of the grid position, we actually improved our situation a little here. During the first three quarters of the qualifying session we tried some different set-up solutions that didn’t really give any improvements. We were also using the hard option tyres that were proving too hard for the conditions so, when we switched to the soft tyres, we improved our rhythm and the lap times came down. I’m a little disappointed because we upped our pace, but not by enough and this means the grid position is not the best. On the plus side, we are only four tenths behind the third fastest time which is actually encouraging, though the grid slot is a pity because starting from the fourth row makes everything more difficult. Anyway tomorrow I will give 100 per cent to make a good start and recover as many positions as possible.”

Valentino Rossi
"We are on the front row which is the most important thing and I think we can definitely have a good race tomorrow. We have a few things to check in the morning, depending on the weather, including the final tyre choice - of course we hope for it to be dry. I have a good setting and with the last modification we made I was able to make another step and we were quite fast. The pole position was possible today but unfortunately I made a mistake in the last section on my flying lap and Stoner was able to go a little bit faster than me. We have an advantage on Lorenzo, which is important for the championship points, and I hope that I will be able to fight with Stoner for the win."


Jorge Lorenzo
"I'm a bit disappointed to lose my 100% front-row qualifying record by such a tiny amount, but today we just didn't quite have enough pace. We still don't have enough grip on the rear and the tyre is spinning too much, which makes it difficult to be fast enough. Tomorrow I will try to adapt my riding style instead in order to try to make it onto the podium. I feel better than yesterday but I'm still not at 100%; I feel quite weak still because I haven't been able to eat much. I will have to try before tomorrow in order to have enough strength for the race. I don't feel any pressure, I will just go out and do my best."

Colin Edwards
“I can't remember how long I've been racing at this track but it is always a different experience and today was no exception. It's no secret that Yamaha had to make the bike much shorter this year to maximise the performance of the Bridgestone tyres, and it hasn't been easy to make the set-up work this weekend. With the track flowing like it does you need a stable bike for the fast sections but some agility for turning. But it seems with the shorter wheelbase bike here, a tiny change completely transforms the feeling. My guys have worked unbelievably hard to make me more comfortable and we found something that almost got me on the front row for the first time this year. On this track you've really got to take some risks to get a fast time, but you can't do that without having the bike right. At the end I had a setting where the risk was reduced a lot and I could push much harder without feeli ng like I was right on the limit. I feel we've got a good package for the race. I've got three races to take nine points out of (Andrea) Dovizioso for fifth in the championship and he's a few places behind me on the grid. I'll just hope the weather smiles on us so I can get my head down and put up a strong fight.”

James Toseland
“Once again today we saw just how close the competition is in MotoGP and how small the difference is between having a really strong grid position or being down the order. Another two or three tenths and I would have been in the top six and feeling much better after all the hard work we put in today. But today wasn't easy because I was looking for more rear grip. But changing the set-up to give me more rear grip, we sacrificed too much of the front-end feeling. And when you don't have front feeling on the fastest track on th e calendar with some really flat-out sections, you can't ride with the confidence you need. We made some changes to bring back my confidence with the front, but that just created wheelspin and a lack of rear grip again in some parts of the track. We just need to find a compromise but I'm not a million miles away. I'm confident with a good start that battling for a top six is certainly within reach. I've still got plenty to fight for in these last three races, so as usual I'll be giving it my maximum for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team."

Casey Stoner
"It’s a great feeling to be on pole position again, especially here at my home race. I’ve had great support from the fans here this weekend and it is nice to give them something to cheer for today, although the real work starts tomorrow. To be honest we’re still struggling for traction, which seems to be the same problem for everybody, but we have worked hard this season to create a bike that turns well – trying things like going back to the aluminium swingarm – and it has paid off so far this weekend. This is a great track to ride at when you’re comfortable with your bike and even though we still don’t have a perfect set-up I still felt confident enough to push it at the end and it was good fun. Now I’m really looking forward to tomorrow, especially because we’re going to be running a special livery and I’d really like to thank our sponsors for that.”

Nicky Hayden
“The bike felt a lot better this morning compared to yesterday although to be fair we only ran it on new tyres before the rain came and maybe that gave us a false impression of just how good it was. Having said that, it felt okay this afternoon too and I was able to push it pretty hard and enjoy myself – probably for the first time this weekend. I was in fifth place for a good while in the first half of the session but ended up seventh, just over two tenths off the front row, and I’m disappointed with that because I really hoped we’d be closer to the front at this track. Anyway, it’s tomorrow that counts and I’m looking forward to the race because as I said I’ve finally started to enjoy myself this afternoon. The problem could be that the race doesn’t start until 4pm so it will be approaching 5 by the time we finish, and that is going to have a massive effect on tyre choice and everything else.”

Mika Kallio
"More or less we found ourselves in the same position as every Saturday afternoon and this make me a bit angry. I know that we can do better and in the last two races I will try to improve during qualifying. In the final part of today's session the bike was in good conditions and I was going well, a pity that I found a bit of traffic that slowed me down. With only a few tenths of a second less we could have reached second row and this would have sensibly helped me for tomorrow's race."

Niccolò Canepa
"Surgery went well. I spent a night in the hospital but tomorrow I will be at the circuit to support my teammate Mika Kallio. Now I feel much better but only Monday, when I will be back at the hospital to get checked up, I will understand if I'll be able to ride in Malaysia. Of course I'll do all possible to be fit to ride but with this type of injuries we have to be careful. I want to thanks the doctors that took care of me in these last 24 hours."

Alex De Angelis
“It was a real shame about the crash because I had a good feeling from the start of the session and that was the bike that had the better setting on, in terms of working with the hard race tyre, and it would have been good to get some more laps on it. Having said that there were some things about the setting on the other bike that I liked and I was able to push it and set a few laps in the 1’31.2, 1’31.3 mark. The good thing is that we have found good things from both settings – now we have to work how best to combine them together! Either way I’m pleased with our performance today and confident about the race tomorrow.”

Randy De Puniet
“We are finally back where we should be. After yesterday’s rear grip issues we had to focus on the bike set up testing different settings in order to reduce the problem. In this morning free session I crashed in turn one because I lost the rear and once I came in to jump onto bike number two it started to rain heavily. Then in the qualifying session I felt immediately comfortable on the bike and was able to get more speed improving my pace lap by lap. All the adjustments we made yesterday are working pretty well; I still have to do my tyre choice for the race but we will focus on that in tomorrow’s warm up”.

Toni Elias
“We improved this morning and again in the afternoon but not enough for my liking at all. I’m really not sure how much more we can improve things tomorrow or what our expectations can be for the race so the target just has to be to get as good a start as possible and see who we can follow. It is a matter of finding some more traction and I suppose the thing that would really help us is if we get more sunshine tomorrow. Hopefully we get a little bit of help from the weather but the late race start time doesn’t make me too optimistic!”

Gabor Talmacsi
“This is the most difficult track since I've been competing in MotoGP. Nevertheless, the gap from the front is smaller, and for the first time I've been stronger at the end of the session, while previously I used to get my fastest lap at the very beginning of it. So, even if I cannot say that I'm quite happy, I feel we've taken the right direction. We have a better understanding. For the race, I hope we can improve the traction. In Malaysia, Australia and at Valencia I hope to be able to show my skills".

Loris Capirossi
"It was another tough day for us today, even though we did make another step with the overall setting of the bike. During the morning session we were making some good progress, but after 30 minutes it started to rain and ruined what we were doing. In the qualifying the conditions were better and we made some good runs with the harder compound tyre and it wasn't too bad for us, but when we tried to go quicker with the softer one we just couldn't make a big difference. We struggled on the left corners because we were spinning a lot and we need to find a good solution to give us better traction. We have improved the feeling from the front compared to yesterday, but it is not enough because we need better traction to go faster. It is bad to be starting so far back, but for sure in tomorrow's race I won't finish in the same place in the race as I did in the qualifying!"

Chris Vermeulen
"We had difficult weather this afternoon; the rain could have come at any moment just like it did this morning. We did a few laps in the wet this morning - in fact I think I was the first one out - and the bike felt pretty good and I managed to get lots of information if it's wet tomorrow. In the dry it was tough in qualifying and we're really struggling with rear grip on the left-hand-side and the performance of the tyre seems to drop off after only a few laps, so we need to try and improve on that. We tried some things today that helped a bit and we went over a second quicker than we did yesterday, but it's still not where we need to be. We need to find some positives from today and go and give it 100% tomorrow."

 

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250GP

Raffaele De Rosa
“My first pole position in the 250 class, and the second in my career - the previous one was at Mugello, with the 125cc bikes. I'm really happy not only for this afternoon's result, but also for the entire weekend. I'm confident in a good race tomorrow. Nevertheless, I'm conscious that we are in a moment decisive for the title. I will aim at a great result having great care in not damaging who's playing for the championship. I've been improving since Brno. While at the beginning of the season everything was new, for me - the bike, the people - now it's different. We are really a good working group”

Hiroshi Aoyama
“At the beginning of the weekend, the feeling with the bike was not what I wanted. It improved when we found the right setup for the front. Qualifying has been not easy, passing from wet to dry, but we are in front, and in an excellent position for tomorrow's race. I'm confident".

Ratthapark Wilairot
“The second row it’s not so bad, but I think that we can improve this positions in the next races. In the morning I crashed and I rode only two or three laps and this disadvantaged me to have laps of practice. The qualifying practice was because it rained for 10 minutes and after stopped. At ten minutes to go I was in the fastest lap, but I found a lot of traffic in the middle of the track and I couldn’t get the front row. Anyway, we start from a good position and this means that it will be more easy to be in good positions during the race.”

Hector Faubel
“In the beginning I was riding at 100% and it was perfect, because I was second, but after this the rain stop and we begin the practice again. I was going fast and at 10 minutes to go we changed the tires to new ones. After I was making a pole lap, but in the middle of the circuit I found a lot of traffic and I lost the options to be in the first position.
Also, it was a pity because until the last moment I was in the second row but (Mattia) Pasini reached the eighth position, but we must be positive and tomorrow do a good start and have a good lap pace until the checkered flag.”

Shuhei Aoyama
“This morning I was good, eighth position. And for the afternoon we changed the suspension for some corners, but it was a little bit worse than this morning. Also the beginning of qualifying it was raining and difficult to make good lap times. But anyway, I was 16th, so it means fourth row, so must just try to concentrate for the start and I must have a good start and try to follow the riders in front of me.”

Shoya Tomizawa
“It was very difficult for me for my first time here, because this track is very fast and very strong winds. I came yesterday just for the first time and I went in practice, but I couldn’t do anything. But this morning my feeling was better and now also this afternoon is coming better and tomorrow also coming better. When it rained in qualifying, that was a very big problem for me. I went on the circuit for first five minutes and suddenly the rain is coming and we were very, very surprised and we have to go back to the pit box to make changes. After it rained, it was sunny coming and dry and we could go out and I try to push hard and I couldn’t. I couldn’t push harder.”

Valentin Debise
“This is my first time here and it’s a very challenging track. At the beginning I was a little bit lost, because it was difficult to find the line. And when it’s like that you brake hard, you get hard on the gas, but basically the bike is unbalanced. And as much you want more speed, you don’t go any faster. I need a bit more mileage to feel a bit more comfortable on the race track. It’s getting a little bit better. But now we have only the warm-up left to fine tune the bike and then we race. And also the condition makes even worse because it’s windy, rain, dry, so then my confidence is not that high, so I just hold back a little bit.”

 

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Skulle ju bli bäst väder på söndagen sa väderprognosen. Men är nog det kallaste det varit hela helgen nu. 15 i luften och 25 i asfalten..

Pol Espargaro med sin första pole i 125GP. Så får se om han kan vinna racet från sin första pole. Vissa säger att man vinner inte på sin första pole. Men ibland är det inte så. Pol har sett stark ut dom senaste 4 racen. Han var dock 2:a på warmupen idag efter Julian Simon.

 

[Dr.Bike]

125:racet tätt och fint som vanligt.... 2,5 varv kvar.... Smith leder, men det ser tight ut och Simon kommer garanterat slipstreama sig förbi i sita kurvan!
Spännande!

Och jaaaa - Simon vann! Gick om 3 kurvor före mål, Och är därmed oxå världsmästare!

 

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Ja det var inte många meter innan den sista svängen Julian gick om Smith på!

Smith körde snyggt men blev nästan block-passed så han inte hade en chans att komma igen på Simone. Men i mål och poängplats för första gången på denna banan för engelsmannen!

Sandro Cortese bommade starten totalt och var 17:de på första flygande varvet. För att sen köra upp sig genom fältet och sätta snabbaste tiden och slutade 3:a!

 

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Snart drar 250 igång

 

[elwe]

Suveränt 125-race

 

[Axxexs]

Aoyama kan inte känna sig glad över att ligga ihop med Karel Abraham, klassens största kraschkung!

 

[imaster]

Trist avslutning på racet, hoppas verkligen det gick bra för Locatelli.