Thailand grew to become the newest Asian nation to host a world-class motorcycling occasion, when World Superbike was held for the primary time on the Chang International Circuit in March 2015, and three years later the Herman Tilke-designed venue joined the fray in MotoGP. Located round 400km northeast of the nation’s capital, Bangkok, the Thai Grand Prix takes place within the city of Buriram, with the province’s identify actually translating into “city of happiness”. The monitor and all of its amenities are unfold over 470 acres, and the circuit is ready to accommodate over 50,000 spectators providing 180° views of the complete monitor. With a lap size simply over 4.5 kilometers, consisting of 12 turns, one in all
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Uncharted territory: a last chance saloon in Thailand?
Testing tells us that Honda will be strong. It was Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) who topped Day 1 of the test at Buriram, Marquez who was quickest on Day 2 and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) went fastest on Day 3 and overall – a clean sweep for the Japanese manufacturer. Ducati Team’s Dovizioso was a little further back, and Lorenzo further still after a difficult test…but who showed their hand? Ducati have only gained momentum as the year has gone on. Lorenzo arrives on the road to recovery after that crash at Aragon, but the 'Spartan' isn't known as the 'Spartan' for nothing. Source link
PTT announced as title sponsor of the Thailand GP
Auttapol Rerkpiboon, Chief Operating Officer - Downstream Petroleum Business Group, PTT Plc., says, “PTT supports the government to host MotoGP in order to show the world that we have one of the best motorsport circuits in the world, and that we are able to host a world-class motorsport event as efficiently as other nations. PTT and Thais are exceptionally proud to host the Grand Prix and welcome motorsport enthusiasts from all over the world, which will help boost the country’s revenue. This is what the government is trying to achieve. We believe that MotoGP in Thailand will be among the best races in the world and impress the organizers, as well as riders and their teams and supporters who will visit
Third Master Camp gets off the starting blocks
Thailand‘s Peerapong Boonlert (18), Indonesia‘s Anggi Setiawan (18), Japan‘s Shota Ite (15), Malaysia‘s Muhammad Akid bin Aziz (18), Australia‘s Brandon Demmery (19) and Canada‘s Tomas Casas (17) each traveled half-way across the world to Cattolica, Italy, were the Master Camp has its base (you can watch a video of yesterday's orientation day HERE). Today, May 10th, they will embark on their Master Camp adventure, with the goal to acquire as much knowledge and as many skills as possible over the five-day long training period. Source link