Bulega topped the session in the opening stages after finishing ninth in FP1, with the Italian displacing Championship leader Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) for third at the end of the FP2 session – the Spaniard setting his lap times on his own to finish fourth on the combined timesheets. Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Squadra Corse) rounds out the top five on Friday after finishing the morning session outside the top 20, with Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) stringing a strong last run together to claw himself up the combined timesheets to fifth – the Spaniard still suffering from the five-rider Misano crash. Source link
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MotoGP™ remains on Eurosport in the Netherlands and Flanders
Since obtaining the rights in 2015 Eurosport have reached 6.4 million* people with broadcasts around MotoGP™. The races in the premier class attracted the most attention, with at least 120,000 viewers per race on average every season. 2016 jumped out with an average of 150,000 viewers. The best viewed race was the culmination of the 2015 season in Valencia, where 265,000 viewers saw Jorge Lorenzo become champion. The absolute peak was during the Assen TT in 2016, when 281,000 viewers were ready for the restart of the race after it had been postponed by heavy rainfall. Source link
Failure? Not an option
From a Misano painted red by Jorge Lorenzo’s (Ducati Team) pole and teammate Andrea Dovizioso’s victory, it’s time to pack up and head for MotorLand Aragon – where the red may well remain. The track is a venue much loved by Championship leader Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), and the stands will likely be filled with the red flag of the 93. Marquez has such an advantage in the title fight that it could be the faithful’s last chance to see him race on home turf before becoming a seven-time World Champion, too – and his speed at the venue has been unrivalled. On pole in four of the five MotoGP™ races he’s competed in at MotorLand, Marquez has three
Jordi Torres joins Reale Avintia Racing in Aragon
Jordi Torres: "First of all I want thank the team for this opportunity. Right now I am excited but also terrified, but it is always a challenge to be able to try a MotoGP™ bike for the first time. It will be a unique experience that one day I will be able to tell my grandchildren. Now seriously, I really want to try the bike and see how I evolve. I know that the championship has a very high level and in a race weekend it is very difficult to assimilate all the things you need to be fast, but I will try to learn as much as possible and take advantage of my experience. I think it’s something positive,
Shortlisted: candidates for the 2019 Selection Event
Registration came to an end on the 12th August after an intensive communications campaign with the collaboration of key Asian circuits, federations, motorcycle riding schools and additional partners and companies. Applications have been registered from riders in many countries across the region, with more than 450 riders from Asia and Oceania putting their names forward for a chance at joining the grid next year. Source link
CANAL+ joins forces with MotoGP™ for multiple seasons
With two French riders exciting home crowds next year, the FIM MotoGP™ World Championship is set to benefit in France from the partnership with CANAL+ with its professionalism and experience in motorsport broadcasting. This agreement confirms the dynamic variety of CANAL+’s motorsport offering, with the media already broadcasting the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, Formula 2 and GP3, as well as the IndyCar Series, Formula E and the French Rally Championship. Source link
Runaway race win for perfect Pecco at Misano
Despite the best efforts from Schrötter, including an ambitious lunge up the inside at Turn 14 on the final lap, Oliveira minimises the damage done in the overall standings to take a vital P2. Schrötter finally gets the podium monkey off his back in P3, with Pasini holding off a late challenge from Joan Mir (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) to take fourth on home soil – the Spaniard rounding out the top five. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Pons HP40) fought back from P13 on the grid to take sixth at his home GP, with Fabio Quartararo (+ Ego Speed Up Racing) taking seventh – a slender 0.066 ahead of Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder in eighth. Jorge Navarro (Federal Oil Gresini