googletag.cmd.push(function() { By Justin Melillo. The second season for 2023 on iRacing comes with a new build for members. I need to be realistic, the thing that were missing, compared to the others, is the speed. pole lap of 1m 47.597s - a new record after the . We learned many things but today its good to be back on the podium!, Marini fends off Lowes to extend his Championship lead, The Italian comes out on top in a two-man Moto2 tug-of-war at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with Di Giannantonio completing the podium. But today Igot to the front and was still able to be strong at the end. 2022: Enea Bastianini: Ducati GP21: 2021: Francesco Bagnaia: Ducati GP21: 2020: Franco Morbidelli: Yamaha YZR-M1: Sports Staff. 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. A lap later Lowes was aggressive again as he lunged past Bezzecchi, but he couldnt get the bike stopped and allowed the Italian back through. It can also get quite warm, so the rubber has to work on higher track temperatures as well. Oliveiras teammate Iker Lecuona was P14, behind Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) and an unexpectedly tough race for Alex Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) as the rookie took P13. The Frenchman put to bed any flashbacks of late heartbreak in 2021 to pull clear and throw down the gauntlet at the front, taking his second MotoGP win at the venue and extending his lead in a dramatic day for a number of key rivals. This has led to criticism that drivers and mechanics are too familiar with Catalunya, reducing the amount of on-track action. As Quartararo pounded on, the focus shifted to the fight for second. The track is demanding of a car's aerodynamic qualities. Now its on to Le Mans and another reset. Casey Stoner 1, MotoGP Lap Records by Manufacturer:1. Photo courtesy Dorna. The Japanese rider now leads the way by three points heading to Le Mans, with28 points separatingOgura from fifth place Vietti heading to the second of three triple-headers. FIM MotoGP World Championship race results and updated point standings from Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya. Through 2015, the MotoGP layout used the 19952003 version of the Grand Prix circuit. By this time, Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) had slid out, and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing MotoGP) too. MotoGP Stories: The Resurrection of Ducati - OUT NOW! [pdf-embedder url=\"https://www.roadracingworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MotoGP-Q2-2.pdf\" [pdf-embedder url=\"https://www.roadracingworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MotoGP-FP3-2.pdf\" YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. SIGNS 2021 CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH VALENTINO ROSSI The corners themselves make up a medium-speed chicane drivers brake rather late for turn one (Elf)[21] and shift down to gear two, and turn two is almost full throttle as they try to gain as much exit speed as possible. 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). Quartararo, meanwhile, secured third but two tenths off the top. The reigning world champion was convinced to stay with the Japanese factory despite a lack of bike development since the end of last year. In a 2021 report, it was ranked the second most sustainable racetrack in the world, together with Circuit Paul Ricard and behind Mugello Circuit. | Crash MotoGP Podcast 48 Part 1, Moto2 Catalunya: Vietti wins last lap battle with Canet for Victory, Moto3 Catalunya: Breakaway tactics bring win for Guevara, Romain Grosjean Starting Season Strong With St Petersburg Pole, NASCAR Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas - Full Qualifying Results, INDYCAR Firestone Grand Prix at St Petersburg - Full Qualifying Results, FIRST LOOK: 'Red vibes!' An incident into turn one first saw Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) and Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) suffer contact from Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) after a crash for the Japanese rider, all ultimately unable to continue in the race, and then another contender was out as Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP) crashed out alone mid-race. Read full article. ?#CatalanGP ???? Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) + 0.2344. In 1989, through the joint collaboration of the Catalan Autonomous Government, the Montmel Town Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya (RACC), work began on giving one of Europes most beautiful cities a state of the art race track to match. 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. Lowes was too though. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. The Aprilia riders 1:38.742 saw him prevail by just 0.031 seconds over Ducati Lenovo Teams Francesco Bagnaia, with World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) also set to start from the front row on Sunday afternoon after ending Q2 less than two tenths further back. Arn Canet. Dani Pedrosa 9 (out of 18)2. Was it a problem? Aleix Espargaro immediately responded as his rivals closed in on him to remain on top after the Catalunya FP3 session. Aleix Espargaro secures a superb pole positon for his home town Catalunya MotoGP as he smashes the lap record for a second time on the Aprilia. For the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix, Formula One will use the layout used by MotoGP since 2021 removing the chicane in the last sector of the lap that F1 had used every year since it was introduced in 2007 reverting the final corners for F1 cars to a sweeping fast configuration that F1 last used in 2006.[20]. It is then difficult to find a good setup since cars can have massive aerodynamic drag and understeer on one part of the circuit in the morning, but suffer oversteer at the same part of the circuit in the afternoon. We can be happy with our job today after five races of tough times. In 2008, Heikki Kovalainen left the track at 240km/h (150mph) after a wheel rim failure at turn 9. Quartararo had Rossi firmly in his sights, however, and the 21-year-old homed in on the Doctor, making a pass stick at Turn 1 to make it a Petronas 1-2. Lowes was forced to settle for second, with the podium completed by Fabio Di Giannantonio (HDR Heidrun Speed Up) as the Italian was back on the rostrum for the first time this year. After stalking Martin, Aleix Espargaro hit back with four to go, again mugging the Prima Pramac Racing rider at turn one and getting the job done. With seven to go, Mir was just half a second off Morbidelli. Gresini Racing have one rider inside the top ten but maybe not the one you'd expect it to be. 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. 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 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was built as part of the Barcelona Olympics development programme. It went on to host the European Motorcycle Grand Prix and in 1995 became home to the Gran Premio de Catalunya. In a three-hour procedure, a team headed by Dr. Joaquin Sanchez Sotelo carried out a humeral osteotomy. : ; who is still alive from gomer pyle; fabio quartararo et sa copine The Frenchman put to bed any flashbacks of late heartbreak in 2021 to pull clear and throw down the gauntlet at the front, taking his second MotoGP win at the venue and extending his . Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and Rodrigo completed the top 10, with Ogura having to settle for P11 but making some small gains and taking over as Championship leader. By Lap 8, Quartararo was hounding teammate and race leader Morbidelli, with Rossiand Miller waiting in the wings. Race control switched to the F1 circuit for qualifying and the race on 5 June 2016. Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) + 0.1313. It is initially quite steep uphill but the exit is then downhill, so it is quite easy to run wide onto the astroturf. At the front, meanwhile, the leading trio were already showing that they had the pace to break away with a gap starting to form from Navarro back to Marco Bezzecchi (SkyRacing Team VR46)in fourth. Turn 10 then reared its head and weve seen drama there before, but Binder was solid and held P1. A press release is not an article written by Roadracingworld.com staffers. especially after he qualified on pole with a new track record at 1:38.742. On Lap 16, that tension broke with more drama at Turn 2. MotoGP. Viales difficult day at the office after the ground lost at Turn 1 saw the number 12 only able to push back through to ninth, although that is some points at least. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmel on 16 June 2019. How MotoGP riders are preparing for the physical stress of sprint races, The Ducati rider who is much more than just the brother of a MotoGP legend, The Ducati rider who is much more than just the brother of a MotoGP legend 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. Polesitter Arbolino launched perfectly as the lights went out and despite a huge run down into Turn 1, the Italian held off the fast-starting Gabriel Rodrigo (Kmmerling Gresini Moto3) and Arenas for the holeshot. After a near race-long battle with Joe Roberts, Navarro finally got the better of the American on the final lap to take fourth place. 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How the MotoGP paddock has offered refuge to Suzuki's former team, How one MotoGP team went from title fights to losing it all in four years, How one MotoGP team went from title fights to losing it all in four years 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. Maverick Vinales was the first rider to just miss out. 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. Im really satisfied. The Yamaha rider is now 18 adrift of Quartararo heading to the French GP though, and hell want to hit back quickly at a venue hes reigned before. One rider holds half of the present MotoGP race lap records . Up ahead, Quartararo crossed the line with a stunning advantage for a statement win, taking 25 points to extend his lead. Marini wouldnt allow him to escape, however, andas the laps ticked by, the Italian continued to apply the pressure. 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. 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. That gap was quickly being bridged by Foggia and FilipSala(Rivacold Snipers Team) though as the duo were over half a second quicker than the guys ahead. 2023 iRacing Season 1 has come and gone, and as we settle . Marc Marquez underwent successful surgery on Thursday in the May Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Come back for more spectacular MotoGP in two weeks! Suddenly, it was an open goal for many and none more so thanOgura, who was immediatelytold via his pit board that both of his closest Championship rivals were out. After finishing FP3 in second place, Francesco Bagnaia took a stunning pole position in his second outing in Q2, signing a new all-time lap record with the fastest lap in 1:52.772. At the 2006 event, Fernando Alonso became the first Spanish Formula One driver to win at his home country's track.[3].