We have at least twelve weekends as a factory Ducati rider and my main focus is trying to take the maximum out of that. Im so happy to finally win my first race. There was drama for the title fight further back though as John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing) crashed out and collected former Championship leader Albert Arenas (Gaviota Aspar Tea, Moto3) and the former gives a clue there as to what happened:Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia), although only taking P11 faced with anopen goal, is the new man in the lead. Fourth went to Mugello winner Francesco Bagnaia, with fellow factory rider Jack Miller improving to climb from fourteenth to a provisional third before being shuffled back to fifth. Pastor Maldonado took his first and only Grand Prix victory and podium here in 2012, and in 2016 Max Verstappen won his first Grand Prix. Top Gun narrowly misses out on a Q2 place! Marco Bezzecchi was edged out in Q1 by Nakagami, with the LCR rider displacing the VR46 rider by just 0.017s on his final lap, as Vinales topped the session for Aprilia. The reigning world champion was convinced to stay with the Japanese factory despite a lack of bike development since the end of last year. Second. A bizarre end to the MotoGP of Catalunya saw Aleix Espargar pause to celebrate one lap early, letting Jorge Martn, Johann Zarco and Joan Mir through. . [1] The circuit has FIA Grade 1 license. That is faster than Lorenzo's race winning time (42m 39.802s) in the 2013 event, over the same 22 lap distance. Arbolino thought about a final corner movebut was forced to settle for second and athird podium of the season, withFoggia losingout on a potential second winbut the Italian happy to return to the podium for the first time since the Czech GP. All rights reserved. Martin took second and Zarco third, with Mir then coming through to steal fourth late on after a stunning Sunday showcase from the Suzuki rider. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Is MotoGP's comeback king ready to reclaim his throne? Whispers are whispers, he said when asked about his situation for next year. MotoGP race winners. On for his second podium of the season and 200th premier class rostrumon his 350th premier class start, Rossi slid out of contention as he tipped into the left-hander. Jorge Martin was bumped to the back of the second row as a result for Pramac Ducati, but he remained in front of Suzukis Alex Rins, while Q1 graduate Maverick Vinales claimed his best qualifying result since the Argentina round with eighth place on his Aprilia. Im feeling at my 100 percent, and Im riding the bike like I was riding my scooter at home its mine! Im a guy that gets paid to ride the bike and be as fast as possible.. Diggia impressed once more, taking another top five on the grid. [5][6] However, it has been criticised for failing to achieve the latter aim and for causing congestion during qualifying sessions. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker. This email was sent March 3, 2023 12:14pm. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. With 15 to go, Aleix Espargaro struck and the number 41 pitched it perfectly at turn one to move through, with Zarco, in turn, making a gain on Martin, too. It didnt take long for the top five to startpulling clear of the chasing pack, with Pol Espargaro getting the better of Rins for P6 and Mir then last man half in touch with the front in the early stages. Well find out in a couple of weeks! Garcia took P4 and his best result of the season, and right behind him there wasanother Spaniard picking up their best result of the year so far: Alonso Lopez (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team). After being transferred to the local Hospital General de Catalunya, Salom died of the injuries sustained in the crash. Email sent: Mar 3, 2023 12:14pm. Gresini Racing have one rider inside the top ten but maybe not the one you'd expect it to be. The Catalan gave the game away that he wont be staying with Honda, explaining he had no new parts to try this weekend, despite Marc Marquezs absence. The F1 layout was implemented for MotoGP originally in 2016 following the fatal accident of Luis Salom in Europcar corner on 3 June 2016. The Frenchman set a new lap record of 1:38.853 in Q2 to best Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team), who came through Q1 to bag P2 despite a late crash at turn three. With long straights and a variety of corners, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is seen as an all-rounder circuit. 1Fabio Quartararo*PetronasYamaha SRT Yamaha40:33.176, 2Joan MirTeam Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki +0.928, 3Alex RinsTeam Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki +1.898. Petrux clippedPol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing). Rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio was the best of the Gresnini duo to claim the final top ten spot. I was pushing at my maximum, and unfortunately its difficult to understand becausethe two guys here were much faster than me at the end but I think it was soimportant to make the first half of the race in the best conditions. [79][80][81][82], Given these poor results, some senior officials of the Generalitat de Catalunya have considered eliminating Formula One from this Circuit. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Catalan pronunciation: [sikujd d bslon ktlu]) is a 4.657 km (2.894 mi) motorsport race track in Montmel, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.With long straights and a variety of corners, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is seen as an all-rounder circuit. Being on the attack right from the start had to be the plan for today, said winner Quartararo. I had a bit of a margin left. The stacked Q1 will also include 2020 World Champion Joan Mir, race winner Miguel Oliveira and Taka Nakagami as well as several former support class champions, all capable of securing one of the two slots available. Traduzioni in contesto per "MotoGP Marc Marquez" in italiano-inglese da Reverso Context: Piatto e posate per i piccoli tifosi del campione MotoGP Marc Marquez. Country. The Aprilia rider produced a new lap record of Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona earlier in the day in third free practice, and duly repeated the feat with a 1m38.742s with h Written by Paul Keith 3 min read . The Spaniard has taken . Romano Fenati (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) backed up his Emilia Romagna GP victory with a solid P6, the Italian benefitting from two last lap penalties imposed on Masia and Celestino Vietti (SkyRacing Team VR46). The FIM made a further change to the chicane for 2017 by moving up the chicane to prevent riders from cutting the pit lane entrance, but that was abandoned because the motorcycle chicane had a surface change that created more safety issues with the transition. And at the end, Yamaha makes a lot of effort, bring a lot of new people and they know where they need to improve. That left Quartararo with a three-second lead over his teammate, which seemed like some solid breathing pace. Thats all.And it appears Pol Espargaro will return to the Austrian factory, albeit in the Tech 3 squad. MotoGP. On 3 June 2016, during Moto2 Free Practice for the 2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, Luis Salom crashed in turn 12, resulting in the session being red-flagged. At the end of Lap 1, Lowes attackedBastianini to take fifth, with the Italian slipping further back four corners later when Joe Roberts (Tennor American Racing) found a way through as well. IndyCar St. Petersburg: Grosjean grabs pole in crash-filled qualifying, Tech3 unveils new-look GasGas MotoGP livery, Tech3 unveils new-look GasGas MotoGP livery Reigning champion and championship leader Fabio Quartararo was swamped by the bikes from the Bologna factory so his lap was only good enough to hold sixth as the top Yamaha. When I took the lead, and Franco stayed some laps behind, our pace was really fast and I think at that moment it was way too fast to keep the tyre fresh to the end. The gap to the number 36 was a second on Lap 3 and up to two a couple of laps later though, with the top five all equally split on the road. Ranking the top 10 riders of MotoGP 2022. The other nine are divided between Marc Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner. ?#CatalanGP ???? pic.twitter.com/IO0JsDbtpl. Lecuona meanwhile had a less than fortunate start, crashing at turn 16 . ??? Rossi was through on his protg with the number 21 slotting back into third, and Miller now also seeming to struggle in the fightto keep Mir at bay. So thats it from Barcelona, withyet more drama unfolding as we now have seven winners in nine races this year. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. Rider ok, but a big chance gone. As aerodynamic balance became more critical, this overtaking method drastically decreased as the cars were unable to follow each other through the fast final corner due to turbulence created by the leading car. Samwas so fast, I was worried when he overtook me because I was struggling a bit with the rear tyre, but when he overtook me I tried to push a litlte bit more, fortunately Ihad something more at the end and I could overtake him again. The soft and medium fronts brought to the Catalan GP by the French factory will be symmetric, with the front hard and all of the rear tyres having an asymmetric finish, featuring a harder right-hand-side, to cope with the eight turns which go in that direction, compared to just the six that go left. In a three-hour procedure, a team headed by Dr. Joaquin Sanchez Sotelo carried out a humeral osteotomy. [19], The World RX of Spain uses parts of the track near turns 1115, with two additional gravel sections. Click here for all the latest MotoGP news. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmel on 16 June 2019. Was it a problem? [13], The circuit has been the site of some memorable moments. The Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya was a good one for Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP). Catalunya MotoGP, Barcelona - Free Practice (3) Results, Monster renews as factory Yamaha MotoGP title sponsor, Catch us if you can: Aprilia difficult to beat in Catalunya, Aleix Espargaro heads dominant 1-2 for Aprilia during FP2 in Catalunya, MotoGP: Marc Marquez recovering after 'satisfactory fourth surgery on arm, This is Marc Marquezs FINAL ROLL OF THE DICE! New LAP RECORD for @AleixEspargaro! Churning through the deficit to tag back onto the Sky Racing Team VR46 machine in the lead, the Brit looking threatening as he hovered in Marinis shadow. In 2008, Heikki Kovalainen left the track at 240km/h (150mph) after a wheel rim failure at turn 9. The French GP is up next, so expect things to take another turn at legendary Le Mans! [12], Barcelona has the 3-star FIA Environmental Accreditation and the ISO 14001 certification. All rights reserved. Andrea Dovizioso (04) was taken out by Johann Zarco (5) in a chain-reaction crash on the first lap. It was a really long race. o Likewise Pedrosa's 2008 lap record was set on his way to victory in Catalunya, with an overall race time of 43m 02.175s. 18+, UK residents only, T&Cs Apply, Gamble Responsibly. but it was unfortunately deleted, meaning that he actually finished sixteenth thanks to his initial lap time. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.48910. Our pace was great, and I knew I had to manage my rear tire, but I also knew that, if I got into first place, the race was going to be great. Honda 15 (out of 18)2. With 15 minutes of the session remaining, Espargaro grabbed the attention of everyone up and down pitlane by setting his historic lap and, as time ticked away, nobody was able to better it. [3] In 1994, Michael Schumacher managed to finish in second place despite driving over half the race with only fifth gear. Motorcycle Circuit (19952016) & Grand Prix Circuit (19952003), Motorcycle Circuit (20182020) & Grand Prix Circuit (20042006), Grand Prix Circuit (20072020) & Motorcycle Circuit (20162017), Grand Prix Circuit (2023) & Motorcycle Circuit (2021present). In 1991, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell went down the entire front straight side by side while dueling for second place, with Mansell eventually taking the position and ultimately the race itself. This has led to criticism that drivers and mechanics are too familiar with Catalunya, reducing the amount of on-track action. He realized not long after and slotted back in, dueling past Marini again as he watched the Prima Pramac duo disappear into the distance. All rights reserved. FIM MotoGP World Championship race results and updated point standings from Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya. Marquez was diagnosed with no injuries on Saturday after a full check-up, including cervical and neurological checks and an x-ray on his left arm, and after being passed fit to race in another medical review before Warm-Up, the number 73 put in a stunner to move up to complete the top ten. CN, Quartararo and Yamaha together for two more years, Confirmation arrived on Thursday that after months of negotiating, Fabio Quartararo will continue with Yamaha for two more years, 2023 and 2024. As El Diablo continued to count down the laps, the race for second was far from over. The alterations were done to improve safety for the drivers. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 2023 Dorna Sports SL. We've got the three new cars and new track, plus all the updates covered. Alex Marquez missed qualifying after suffering a heavy fall at the final corner in the closing minutes of final practice, resulting in the LCR rider taking a trip to the medical centre for a check-up. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was built in 1991 and began hosting the Spanish Grand Prix that same year. Celestino Vietti. Another right-hander, turn four is similar to Monza's Curva Parabolica drivers brake and take an early apex (in third gear), carrying great speed out of the exit. ??? The Italian was out of shape into the braking zone and ran wide, then nearly tuckingthe front, just saving it. He managed to decelerate to 130km/h (81mph) when he hit the tyre barrier. The 25-year-old had to wait for the last lap of the final race to [] All against Red Bull at the start of the 2023 Formula World Championship - Sportish Dutch Max Verstappen will be aiming for a third straight victory in the F1 World Championship, which starts at this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix. Augusto Fernandez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) crashed out of contention for a solid finish, as did Xavi Vierge (EG 0,0 Marc VDS). Italian Valentino Rossi won the Grand Prix of Catalunya on Monday after a thrilling duel with Spaniard Marc Marquez that ended with a handshake between MotoGP's bitter rivals. Turn 9, Campsa Corner, is a very fast, sixth-gear right-hander which is made incredibly difficult by being completely blind (drivers cannot see the apex on approach). ?#CatalanGP ???? Over the line to start the penultimate lap, the Aprilia rider sat up into turn one. I asked for the best things, for the new things and the last evolution of the bike. Since 2016, the racetrack hosts the 24h BiCircuit Festival, an ultra-distance cycling event featuring 24-hour, 12-hour and 6-hour races for soloists and relay teams up to 8 riders. 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