2013/10/10

MotoGP™ World Championship leader Marc Marquez has been given one penalty point (not a championship point) following his Aragón Grand Prix collision with teammate Dani Pedrosa. 


This decision takes his total of penalty points to three for the 2013 MotoGP season, having previously received two for ignoring yellow flags during Warm-Up for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. 


Furthermore, for its responsibility in Pedrosa¢s crash, Honda has been stripped of the Constructors¢ Championship points scored  as a result of Marquez¢s race victory.


2013/9/30

A recommendation following the contact between Marquez and Pedrosa.

Following the incident between Marquez and Pedrosa which is still under investigation, here is a technical recommendation for Pedrosa and any team actually competing Marquez. 



OK power/weight ratio is slightly reduced, grip from the rear and cornering potential is limited (only on paved roads), but hey, no more broken sensor cables and the bike is more stable in case of contact! Its just a proposal, hopefully it was useful.



2013/9/29
Marquez wins from Lorenzo as Pedrosa crashes after a contact

Marc Marquez has increased his possibilities of becoming a rookie MotoGP  World Champion by claiming his sixth victory of 2013 in the Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón. Current title holder Jorge Lorenzo was overtaken by the newcomer en route to second place, as Dani Pedrosa crashed out of the race on the sixth lap, after a contact with Marquez. 


Starting from his seventh pole position of the season, Marquez lost some places right from the beginning. Yamaha Factory Racing¢s Lorenzo grabbed the lead at the start, as the Repsol Honda Team riders immediately went to battle at the second corner. The critical moment of the afternoon, and perhaps of the 2013 World Championship, would come on Lap 6. As both Hondas closed in on Lorenzo for the lead, Marquez ran third but appeared to out-brake himself at Turn 12.

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Seconds later, Pedrosa dramatically highsided out of the race and it was later confirmed that the two teammates had made contact, which resulted in a broken cable of Pedrosa¢s rear wheel speed sensor, hence the highsiding. After so many contacts by Marquez this year something like that was going to happen for him or any of his competitors. 



Pedrosa retired for the first time this year on his 28th birthday. The moment allowed Lorenzo to extend his lead to 1.7 seconds, although he was caught by Marquez and overhauled at the same corner eight laps later. The championship lead now increases to 39 points with 100 left on offer. 


Lorenzo¢s teammate Valentino Rossi finished on the podium for the first time since Laguna Seca, fending off GO&FUN Honda Gresini¢s Alvaro Bautista, LCR Honda MotoGP¢s Stefan Bradl and Monster Yamaha Tech3¢s Cal Crutchlow in a highly entertaining four-rider contest. Tech3¢s Bradley Smith, Ducati Team duo Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden and Energy T.I. Pramac Racing¢s Andrea Iannone completed the top ten. 
With four races remaining in the 2013 season, the drama will continue at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix in two weekends¢ time. 
 


GRAN PREMIO IVECO DE ARAGÓN 
MotoGP Race Classification 2013 
Alcañiz, Sunday, September 29, 2013 
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap 
1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.6 42'03.459 
2 20 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 166.5 +1.356 
3 16 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 165.7 +12.927 
4 13 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 165.7 +13.787 
5 11 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 165.7 +13.973 
6 10 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 165.6 +14.662 
7 9 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.5 +31.220 
8 8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 163.9 +40.671 
9 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 163.1 +53.413 
10 6 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 163.0 +55.067


 Pos.   Rider  Bike  Nation  Points
 1  Marc MARQUEZ  Honda  SPA 278
 2  Jorge LORENZO   Yamaha  SPA 239
 3  Dani PEDROSA  Honda  SPA 219
 4  Valentino ROSSI  Yamaha  ITA 185
 5  Cal CRUTCHLOW  Yamaha  GBR 156
 6  Stefan BRADL   Honda  GER 135
 7  Alvaro  BAUTISTA  Honda   SPA 125
 8  Andrea DOVIZIOSO  Ducati  ITA 112
 9  Nicky HAYDEN  Ducati  USA 102
 10  Bradley SMITH  Yamaha  GBR 80
 

2013/9/28

Marquez marginally beats Lorenzo to Aragon pole in qualifying thriller

 

Championship leader Marc Marquez has achieved his seventh pole position of the MotoGP™ season, edging out Jorge Lorenzo by one hundredth of a second at MotorLand Aragon. Last year¢s winner Dani Pedrosa will start third, with Valentino Rossi and Stefan Bradl completing the top five. 

Marquez¢s seventh pole and third in succession came following a tight battle in north-eastern Spain, with MotorLand Aragon being one of seven anti-clockwise circuits on the current calendar. Lorenzo had topped the timesheets on Friday morning before Marquez moved ahead, although – following a damp third session – it was Pedrosa who led the way in final practice ahead of qualifying. The record pole time was delivered by Marquez in the form of a 1¢47.804, with Yamaha Factory Racing¢s Lorenzo preventing a Repsol Honda Team qualifying one-two. This means the top three on the grid will start in championship order, with Marquez holding a 34-point advantage over both of his rivals. 

Lorenzo¢s teammate Valentino Rossi also saw his grid place match his position in the championship, being demoted from second to fourth in the final moments, ahead of Honda satellite riders Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) and Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini).
Struggling for top speed on Aragon¢s kilometre-long back straight, Cal Crutchlow could muster no more than seventh place while Monster Yamaha Tech3 teammate Bradley Smith qualified eighth and only two tenths of a second slower, having progressed from Q1 after being denied the chance of a direct Q2 position due chiefly to track conditions in third practice. Ducati Team¢s Andrea Dovizioso and Power Electronics Aspar¢s Aleix Espargaro (the leading CRT runner) completed the top ten, while Ducati¢s Nicky Hayden (11th) and Energy T.I. Pramac¢s Andrea Iannone (12th) rounded out the first half of the grid.


GRAN PREMIO IVECO DE ARAGÓN 
MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2013 
Alcañiz, Saturday, September 28, 2013 
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev. 
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 328.9 1'47.804
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 329.5 1'47.814 0.010 / 0.010 
3 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 334.0 1'47.957 0.153 / 0.143 
4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 329.7 1'47.962 0.158 / 0.005 
5 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 334.6 1'48.128 0.324 / 0.166 
6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 330.4 1'48.302 0.498 / 0.174 
7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 323.8 1'48.653 0.849 / 0.351 
8 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 328.2 1'48.854 1.050 / 0.201 
9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 327.7 1'49.219 1.415 / 0.365 
10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 317.8 1'49.348 1.544 / 0.129



2013/9/28


Marquez throws down the gauntlet on first day at Aragon

 Pos.   Rider  Bike  Nation  Points
 1  Marc MARQUEZ  Honda  SPA 253
 2  Jorge LORENZO   Yamaha  SPA 219
 3  Dani PEDROSA  Honda  SPA 219
 4  Valentino ROSSI  Yamaha  ITA 169
 5  Cal CRUTCHLOW  Yamaha  GBR 146
 6  Stefan BRADL   Honda  GER 124
 7  Alvaro  BAUTISTA  Honda   SPA 112
 8  Andrea DOVIZIOSO  Ducati  ITA 104
 9  Nicky HAYDEN  Ducati  USA 95
 10  Bradley SMITH  Yamaha  GBR 71
 


MotoGP™ World Championship leader Marc Marquez took over at the top of the combined Friday timesheet with a strong performance in FP2 at the Gran Premio Iveco de Aragon, ahead of fellow Honda riders Stefan Bradl and Dani Pedrosa. 

Repsol Honda rookie Marquez was just over 0.5s off the record pace for the MotorLand Aragon track with a 1¢48.987, which was 0.132s better than LCR Honda MotoGP man Bradl, and 0.267s faster than teammate Pedrosa¢s best effort. 

World Champion Jorge Lorenzo had stamped his mark on the FP1 timesheet with the best lap of the morning and improved his time in the afternoon, although his best FP2 time only gave him fourth, which he put down to an issue with braking. 


This is not very polite and its not the first time that Jorge's team does that...

GO&FUN Honda Gresini¢s Alvaro Bautista had a spill at turn 8 which complicated the end of his session, but he still registered a top-five lap time as he worked on rear suspension settings. Monster Yamaha Tech3¢s Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Factory Racing¢s Valentino Rossi and Ducati Team¢s Andrea Dovizioso all finished behind Bautista, whilst the top ten was completed by Power Electronics Aspar¢s Aleix Espargaro and Dovizioso¢s teammate Nicky Hayden.

GRAN PREMIO IVECO DE ARAGÓN MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 
2013 Alcañiz, Friday, 
September 27, 2013 
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev. 
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 325.3 1'48.987
2 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 331.5 1'49.119 0.132 / 0.132 
3 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 330.7 1'49.254 0.267 / 0.135 
4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 326.9 1'49.405 0.418 / 0.151 
5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 328.5 1'49.763 0.776 / 0.358 
6 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 319.7 1'49.840 0.853 / 0.077 
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 325.3 1'49.909 0.922 / 0.069 
8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 323.6 1'50.034 1.047 / 0.125 
9 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 313.3 1'50.055 1.068 / 0.021 
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 326.6 1'50.446 1.459 / 0.391