The Grand Prix Commission, composed of Messrs. Carmelo Ezpeleta (Dorna, Chairman), Paul Duparc (FIM), Herve Poncharal (IRTA) and Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA), in the presence of Carlos Ezpeleta (Dorna), Mike Trimby (IRTA, Secretary of the meeting), Vito Ippolito (FIM), Steve Aeschlimann (FIM) and Corrado Cecchinelli (Director of Technology), in a meeting held in Losail on 25th. of March 2017, made the following decisions: Source link
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Redding starts up 2017 in seventh
SR45, P7: “I’m really happy. I had a good race especially after the difficulties of the warm up. I got off a good start but I had to close the throttle due to Zarco’s dangerous move which cost me a lot. In the second part of the race I was lapping well even though I was not able to take the first Independent award. I would have been happy to make the Top 10 so this is a good result and I want thank the team for the work done and for always believing in me. See you in Argentina!” Source link
Iannone: “For us it’s important to start from the first row”
Rain in the desert? Sadly enough, yes. Saturday’s track action at Losail International Circuit was eventually called off completely after adverse weather both overnight and in the morning made track conditions too dangerous, meaning the grid is decided from combined practice times. That means Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Andrea Iannone begins his first GP with the Hamamatsu factory from P2. Source link
Consistency the key for McPhee
The first Grand Prix of the year has now truly begun in Qatar, with the floodlights of Losail International Circuit first greeting the Moto3™ grid as the lightweight class got the season in gear. The British Talent Team got off to a tougher start than form shown by rider John McPhee throughout preseason testing, with the Brit ending the first day in P20 overall - but concentrating on consistency on the harder tyre. Source link
Dorna unites with ‘Vive la Moto’ road safety platform
José María Riaño, General Secretary of ANESDOR: “After carrying out different activities and programs in the road safety sector in the last few decades, ANESDOR believes it is indispensible to redouble activity in this area and bring together the efforts of different parties involved, as we are, in the reduction of the accident rate for two-wheeled vehicles: companies, associations, administrative bodies, the motorcycling community and society on the whole.” Source link
Moto2™ preseason finishes with Nakagami out front
Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) was therefore top overall after his 2:00.187 on Day 2, with EG0,0 Marc VDS rider Franco Morbidelli only 0.053 back. The Italian was also fastest on Day 3 in the more difficult conditions. 2014 Moto3™ World Champion Alex Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) ended his preseason in P3 after topping Jerez, 0.240 off P1. Source link
Preseason recap: Marc Marquez
Australia saw Marquez really get down to business, going fastest on Day 1 and then second on Day 2 – with a mammoth 102 laps completed on the second day. Another 96 laps on Day 3 saw Marquez in P2 and the only man other than Viñales to get below the 1:29 barrier, concentrating on the workload and not the timesheets. Always blisteringly fast at Phillip Island, the good end to the test was also backed up for the whole team by Dani Pedrosa in P3 – finishing off Phillip Island in style for Repsol Honda. Source link