Saturday, April 30, 2011

MotoGPBlog has been following Dan Lo of CornerSpeedPhoto, (Twitter: @cspeedphoto) for a while now. He’s a talented photographer based in the States, and we’re honoured to feature some of his shots from this year’s Laguna Seca MotoGP round. In particular, the shot of Canepa at turn 2 is awesome. Thanks Dan!
Dan used the following kit [...]

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Jean Aureal Josef Autengruber Stu Avant Rex Avery Masao Azuma

Estoril press conference reunites MotoGP frontrunners

After an almost four-week break the 2011 MotoGP World Championship resumes on Friday, when the openi...

Source: http://www.fim-live.com//en/media/news/news-detail/article/1304032652-estoril-press-conference-reunites-motogp-frontrunners/

Dario Ambrosini Ray Amm Luigi Ancona Bob Anderson Chris Anderson

2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R photos

Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/2011-kawasaki-zx-10r-photos.html

Jacques Bernard Adrian Bernetic Manfred Bernsee Bruno Bertacchini Silvano Bertarelli

Rok Bagoro? Meets the KTM 125 Duke

We thought we had the good life here at Asphalt & Rubber, blogging in our pajamas until noon, no rent, and mom making us an endless supply of cookies. This was of course before we got an email from KTM Factory stunt rider�Rok Bagoro?. The young Slovenian probably has the dream job of more than few motorcyclists. Traveling the world, riding bikes all day, and teaching Spanish cops how to wheelie are just some of ...

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Daniel Amatriain Dario Ambrosini Ray Amm Luigi Ancona Bob Anderson

AMA Results from 2009 Laguna Seca Round

Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/ama-results-from-2009-laguna-seca-round.html

Pier Paolo Bianchi Stefano Bianco Fabio Biliotti Wilf Billington Hartmut Bischoff

2011 Estoril Moto2 FP2 Result: Takahashi Tops Wasted Wet Session

Rain started to fall just before the second session of free practice for the Moto2 class started, making it perhaps worse than a washout: the track was too wet to work on dry setup, and not wet enough to work on a proper wet setup, meaning that most of the riders spent the entire session sitting in the pits. The fast times were set early, but mean very little, though Yuki Takahashi once again topped the timesheets.

Results:

Race Details

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Vincent Braillard Ernesto Brambilla Wolfgang Brand Alessanro Brannetti Reiner Bratenstein

MotoGP Claiming Rules Finally Released - It's The Factories Who Do The Claiming

The big question being asked when the concept of the Claiming Rule Teams was introduced to the 2012 MotoGP regulations was exactly how the claiming rule would work. The idea behind it is simple: to avoid CRTs pouring millions of dollars into engine development - in other words, to prevent factories hiding behind Claiming Rule Team entries - teams should be allowed to purchase the engines of the CRTs, thereby negating the benefits of high-spending engine R&D. There was good reason for scepticism about the claiming rules, as the rules once used in the AMA have been widely decried and were felt to be open to abuse, leading eventually to them being scrapped. Here at MotoMatters.com, we offered an example of just how the claiming rules could be used to circumvent the engine restrictions.

With claiming rules clearly capable of turning into a minefield, the details of the rules were eagerly awaited, and took a long time coming. On the Saturday of the Estoril MotoGP round, the Grand Prix Commission met to finalize the claiming rules, and issued a press release containing the new 2012 CRT regulations, which you can read below.

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Willi Bertsch Paul Berwick Kees Besseling Max Biaggi Pier Paolo Bianchi

Enjoy moto gp Portugal live online stareming

Grand Prix Portugal, Estoril
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The Portuguese Grand Prix (Grande Prémio de Portugal) was a motorsports event held for several years, mostly in the 1950s and then in the 1980s and 90s. It was a Formula One race between 1958 and 1960 and between 1984 and 1996.

The first event was held on the Boavista street course in Porto on 17 June 1951 as a sports car race.[citation needed] The Grand Prix was moved to Monsanto Park, Lisbon, in 1954 as a one-off. The first Formula One race was held in 14 August 1958 in Boavista, followed in 1959 by a Grand Prix at Monsanto, return to Boavista in 1960, after which it was ended.

Estoril Circuit Deatils
Place : Estoril
Circuit length : 4282 m
Laps : 70
Pole position : left
Width : 14 m
Right turns : 9
Left turns : 4
Longest straight : 986 m
First held : 1951
Last held : 1996

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Steve Bonsey Paul Bordes Juan Bordons Andrea Borgonovo Eduard Borisenko

Second Brazil Race in '12

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91034

I know over the pond you'll probably not be too keen on this, but from a "neutral" prospective,...

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Jack Ahearn Mitsuo Akamatsu Takashi Akita Kousuke Akiyoshi Raffaele Alberti

�lvaro Bautista Medically Cleared to Ride in Portuguese GP

Good news for �lvaro Bautista fans today, as the Spanish rider has been medically cleared to participate in the upcoming Portuguese GP by MotoGP’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sarmento. After giving Bautista a thorough examination, Dr. Sarmento deemed that the Spaniard was fit enough to ride a motorcycle, which will occur during tomorrow’s first Free Practice. Rizla Suzuki and Bautista will asses his riding fitness from there, and decide whether the �lvaro will compete in ...

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Luigi Ancona Bob Anderson Chris Anderson Fergus Anderson Hugh Anderson

2011 Estoril MotoGP Thursday Roundup - Of Injuries, Incidents And Electronics

After a month's enforced rest, the MotoGP paddock has reassembled once again at Estoril, and at the press conference, the assembled riders - with one exception - looked as if they hadn't missed the media attention one single bit. The exception was Alvaro Bautista, the Rizla Suzuki rider barely able to believe his luck being back and with a chance of riding, just 41 days after breaking his femur in a horrific practice crash at Qatar.

Bautista positively beamed, speaking enthusiastically about the chance to start riding again, though still only cautiously optimistic he would be able to ride properly, the fracture still a little painful and without full motion in his leg. However, anyone who has followed Bautista's recovery process - driving to Madrid almost every day from his home in Talavera to spend time in a hyperbaric chamber. Sitting still is the one thing that motorcycle racers are not very good at, so spending a couple of hours doing nothing while getting a headache from too much oxygen is just about the worst thing you can do to a rider.

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Marcel Ankone Hans Georg Anscheidt Alessandro Antonello Haruchika Aoki Nobuatsu Aoki

Forcefield Pro Sub 4 Back Protector

Riders Discount is pleased to now carry the Pro Sub 4 Back Protector from Forcefield Body Armour � arguably the best back protector on the market...

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Max Biaggi Pier Paolo Bianchi Stefano Bianco Fabio Biliotti Wilf Billington

Limited Edition Shoei Tomizawa X-Twelve Replica Helmet

Shoei has just made available a very limited number of Shoya Tomizawa X-Twelve replica helmets in the United States. Shoei rarely releases limited...

Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144299&goto=newpost

Hans Georg Anscheidt Alessandro Antonello Haruchika Aoki Nobuatsu Aoki Takuma Aoki

World Superbike 2009: Donington Highlight Vids

Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/world-superbike-2009-donington.html

Stefan Bradl Umberto Braga Stefan Brägger Vincent Braillard Ernesto Brambilla

Cspeedphotos from Laguna Seca

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Hans Bartl Harald Bartol Darren Barton František Bartoš Günter Bartusch

Seabass vs the Chrome Horn

A lot of little sideshows going on, one of which I thought, wrongly, I would see this weekend in Sao Paulo. Was very interesting to me to see SB and...

Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?142068-Seabass-vs-the-Chrome-Horn&goto=newpost

Fernando Aranda Takeishi Araoka Adrian Araujo Gilbert Argo Manuel Arias

Arai Vector II Helmets

Arai has continues to consolidate many of the same features as their top-of-the-line Corsair-V (http://www.ridersdiscount.com/arai/corsairv/) into a...

Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144306&goto=newpost

Len Atlee Pierre Audry Karl Auer August Auinger Jean Aureal

Seabass vs the Chrome Horn

A lot of little sideshows going on, one of which I thought, wrongly, I would see this weekend in Sao Paulo. Was very interesting to me to see SB and...

Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?142068-Seabass-vs-the-Chrome-Horn&goto=newpost

Jack Brett Norick Abe Hubert Abold Karel Abrahám Brian Adams

Teams consider changes to 2013 engine rules | F1 Fanatic round-up

In the round-up: The switch to four-cylinder engines in 2013 agreed last year could be revised.

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Luigi Anelli Marcel Ankone Hans Georg Anscheidt Alessandro Antonello Haruchika Aoki

Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante

The open-top sports car segment has seen a lot of pretenders recently, cars that attempt to hang with the big boys only to be reminded that it takes another level of power and fast to be able to belong in elite group of open top sports cars. While other brands have had a problem designating which car belongs in what group, Lamborghini has had no problem doing so.

The Sant?Agata Bolognese-based automaker has finally released their latest exotic, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante. Based on the Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder, the Gallardo Spyder Performante is what happens when Lamborghini engineers go the extra mile in further reducing the weight of an already lightweight supercar. While some may shun at the attempt, thinking that chopping off more weight would be next to impossible, the folks at Lamborghini set out to prove the naysayers wrong, reducing the car?s weight by 143 lbs, leaving it with a dry weight of just 3,274 lbs, which, in case you?re keeping score, makes this the lightest Lamborghini to be released in the open-top sports car segment.

This is the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante.

UPDATE 04/29/2011: Noted photographer, Jordan Shiraki, is sharing his amazing talent with us once again with some snapshots of the Performante taken during a two day stint with the super car as part of the vehicle’s first private photoshoot in the US. Check out the beautiful photographs in the gallery provided! Shiraki also shared a video of his encounter which you can check out after the jump!

Details on the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante after the jump.

Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 29 April 2011 19:00 EST.

Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/lamborghini/2012-lamborghini-gallardo-lp-570-4-spyder-performante-ar100303.html

Felice Agostini Giacomo Agostini Jack Ahearn Mitsuo Akamatsu Takashi Akita

Jimmy Carter Blasts U.S. for Withholding Food Aid to N. Korea

He's right, you know. You Americans should be proud of Jimmy Carter. Or what says Roamy:

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Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?142066-Jimmy-Carter-Blasts-U.S.-for-Withholding-Food-Aid-to-N.-Korea&goto=newpost

Günter Bartusch Eric Bataille Franco Battaini Gerhard Bauer Manfred Baumann

Friday, April 29, 2011

Sachsenring 2009 MotoGP race analysis

While the weather had produced torrential downpours thoughout the preamble to this GP, it stayed dry for the action in Germany. As the riders lined up on the grid, there was a real feeling of anticipation as Rossi and Lorenzo, so close through practice until that awesome final qualifying lap from Valentino, pulled up next [...]

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Daryl Beattie Roger Beaumont Leandro Beccheroni Hans Becker Alex Bedford

Official/claimed fuel consumption figures vs. real world

Figures based on EU combined numbers and mixed driving conditions in the real world.

Pug 106 1.1 - over 45mpg (claimed) but got about 42 IIRC
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Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?142061-Official-claimed-fuel-consumption-figures-vs.-real-world&goto=newpost

Josef Autengruber Stu Avant Rex Avery Masao Azuma Jan Bäckstrom

Watch estoril gp live

Grand Prix Portugal, Estoril
Motor racing, the most important are the GP races!

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Alejandro Aleman Eduardo Aleman Jaime Alguesuari Julien Allemand Dick Allen

Arai Vector II Helmets

Arai has continues to consolidate many of the same features as their top-of-the-line Corsair-V (http://www.ridersdiscount.com/arai/corsairv/) into a...

Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144306&goto=newpost

Dennis Boulom Christian Bourgeois Philippe Bouzanne Ellis Boyce Helmut Bradl