British grand prix

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Zondag is het in Donington park te doen :eusa_dance:


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Winning determination in Donington for Rossi and Lorenzo

Thursday, 23 July 2009
World Championship top two targeting nothing less than British victory.

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Both Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have been satisfied –if not ecstatic- with spots on the podium in 2009 when a win has not been possible. With the title fight at a critical moment and the bragging rights of being the final Donington Park racewinner on the line this weekend, the Fiat Yamaha pair appear to be settling for nothing less than a win on British soil.
“Last year I had a good race at Donington to finish second, but this year I really want to win! I’ve always said that Donington is one of my favourite tracks in the world – it’s fast and flowing but also technical – and also the UK is a very special place for me because for a long time it was my home,” says World Championship leader Rossi, seven times a winner at the track in his Grand Prix career.
”This is the last year we are going to race there which I am really sad about, but that makes me even more determined to try to win there, for me and for the fans who have always treated me like one of their own. I haven’t won there since 2005, which is too long and I would like to say ‘goodbye’ to the track in the best way. Last year we couldn’t take the fight to (Casey) Stoner but this year our bike is extremely competitive and we’re arriving leading in the championship so we’re in a very strong position.”
Lorenzo’s imperious form over the past month would normally be enough to take him to the top of the standings, but Rossi has been one step ahead at every turn. In better condition than at last Sunday’s race in Sachsenring, the Spaniard hopes to finally outgun his teammate in a straight fight for victory.
“Of course I am disappointed about the result in Germany but considering my physical condition I have to be happy about such a close second place,” says Lorenzo, who lost out to his Italian counterpart by just 0.099 last time out.
“I expect that all the British fans are hoping for another race like in Sachsenring, so we will see what we can do but of course I hope the result is reversed this time!”
Rossi and Lorenzo share six wins out of the previous nine races, and one of the two have been on the podium at every race this season.

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Het podium van 2008

1. Stoner
2. Rossi
3. Pedrosa

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Last lap push gives Pedrosa early Donington Free Practice advantage

Friday, 24 July 2009
Spaniard’s 1’38.627 lap opens up MotoGP practice for British Grand Prix.

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A dry line and a determined effort from Dani Pedrosa at the Donington Park circuit on Friday gave the Repsol Honda rider the fastest time of Friday afternoon, in practice for the British Grand Prix. Pedrosa clocked a 1’38.627 lap on his final lap of the day to continue his strong run of form from recent weeks, and take the early advantage ahead of this Sunday’s race.
Second quickest in the session, Casey Stoner recorded the fewest laps of any rider with 16 turns of the British track –some eleven fewer than Pedrosa. He was examining his Ducati Desmosedici GP9 in the garage whilst his rival was reducing his time by 0.245.
World Championship leader Valentino Rossi was third, ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and title challenger Jorge Lorenzo in a top five separated by half a second.
There were difficulties in the session for home rider James Toseland, who had a run off track during the session and was also unable to bring his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 bike back to the pits after an incident at the end of the session.

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Racing numbers for the British Grand Prix

Thursday, 23 July 2009
Figures, trivia and factoids in the latest edition of the MotoGP Racing Numbers, compiled by official statistician Dr. Martin Raines.

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100 – At the British GP, Lukas Pesek is scheduled to make his 100th Grand Prix start. He will be only the second Czech rider to reach this milestone – the other being Jaroslav Hules who made exactly 100 GP starts during his racing career.
100 – Mike di Meglio is scheduled to make his 100th Grand Prix start at the British GP. Di Meglio has been a full-time Grand Prix rider since making his debut as a 15-year old at the opening race of 2003 in Japan and will become the second youngest rider after Jorge Lorenzo to reach the milestone of 100 GP starts.
37 – Gabor Talmacsi finished 15th in Germany to become the first Hungarian to score points in the premier-class since Arpad Juhos finished 9th at the East German GP in 1972.
33 – Qualifying day at the British GP will mark the 33rd anniversary of Barry Sheene winning the Swedish GP at Anderstorp in 1976 to clinch his first 500cc world title and the first 500cc title for Suzuki.
16 – Julian Simon’s pole at the Sachsenring was the 16th pole this year for Spanish riders; however he became the first Spanish rider to win from pole in 2009.
5 – Following Randy de Puniet’s crash in Germany, there are now five riders in the MotoGP class to have scored points at every race this year: Casey Stoner, Colin Edwards, Marco Melandri, Chris Vermeulen and Alex de Angelis.
5 – The first five riders across the line in the 125cc race in Germany were all from Spain. This is the first time in any class of Grand Prix racing that Spanish riders have taken the top five places.
5 – For the first time since 1988, Yamaha have had two riders finish together on the podium at five successive premier-class GP races.

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Pedrosa ups pace to head MotoGP morning session

Saturday, 25 July 2009
Repsol Honda rider remains quickest at Donington Park on Saturday morning.

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Dani Pedrosa kept up his pace in Saturday morning’s practice session for the British Grand Prix, racking up the fastest MotoGP time for the second successive run-out at Donington Park. The 2006 racewinner at the Midlands circuit was under two-tenths quicker than nearest rival Jorge Lorenzo courtesy of an exceedingly quick late lap.
Lorenzo and Pedrosa engaged in a brief shootout on a dry track, at one point both level at the head of the timesheet with exactly the same time. It took a further lap from Pedrosa to distance the Spanish pair.
A crash three minutes in at Melbourne gave Casey Stoner something to think about early on, but the Ducati Marlboro rider appeared unfazed as he rejoined the action soon after. There was no repeat of the low speed tumble en route to his third place finish on the session’s results board.
Completing the top quartet of the class’ ‘big four’, Valentino Rossi was just behind and still under half a second slower than Pedrosa. Colin Edwards, Toni Elías, Andrea Dovizioso, Marco Melandri, Randy de Puniet and Mika Kallio completed the top ten.

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Rossi takes pole for Donington finale

Saturday, 25 July 2009
Italian to start British Grand Prix from head of MotoGP grid for first time since 2005.


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Valentino Rossi took pole position number four of the 2009 season on Saturday afternoon with the fastest lap of MotoGP qualifying at Donington Park. The Fiat Yamaha rider’s time of 1’28.116 gave him his first top spot for the British Grand Prix since 2005 –the last occasion in which he won at the Midlands track.
Rossi now has twice as many pole positions as he did for the entire 2008 season and, following his pole position last week in Germany, heads the qualifying timesheet for consecutive races for the first time since the beginning of 2007. His hot lap came at the end of the session in a frantic shootout, in which he sent Dani Pedrosa –the top man in both Free Practice sessions- packing by just under a tenth of a second.
Teammate and title rival Jorge Lorenzo was also hot on the Italian’s heels, placing third on the grid and maintaining his 100% record of front row starts in the current campaign. He relegated Ducati Marlboro’s Casey Stoner –who lowsided at Macleans for his second fall of the day- to the head of the second line by just 0.044.
Andrea Dovizioso and Colin Edwards join Stoner on row two, riding for Repsol Honda and Monster Tech 3 Yamaha, respectively. Edwards’ teammate and the only home rider in the premier class, James Toseland equaled his best qualifying performance of the year with ninth in the session.
In addition to Stoner’s fall, Scot Racing rider Gabor Talmacsi also came off his bike during the run-out.

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MAN³


1
25 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA

2
20 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA

3
16 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA

4
13 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA

5
11 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA

6
10 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA

7
9 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team KAWASAKI

8
8 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI

9
7 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA

10
6 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing DUCATI

11
5 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI

12
4 41 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP HONDA

13
3 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI

14
2 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI

15
1 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI

Not Classified
99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA

24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA

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Dovizioso takes first MotoGP victory in eventful Donington swansong

Sunday, 26 July 2009
Repsol Honda rider bests Colin Edwards and Randy de Puniet in British Grand Prix.

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Andrea Dovizioso closed the MotoGP stay at Donington Park with a first ever premier class victory, coming out on top in what became a ‘semi flag-to-flag’ race. The Repsol Honda rider made sense of the madness that ensued with steady rainfall to earn 25 points and the honour of being the last premier class winner at the Midlands circuit.
The race was one of the most unpredictable of recent years, with twists and turns every step of the way. Besides the maiden triumph there were falls for the top two in the World Championship, a disastrous pre-race decision from a title contender and riders holding on instead of coming in for a bike change.
Dovizioso had been in the chasing group on the opening laps, but was thrust up to the front courtesy of his superior pace and mistakes from his rivals. After battling with World Championship leader Valentino Rossi at the head of the field, the young Italian found himself alone out in front as the more experienced Rossi fell at the Fogarty Esses with eleven laps remaining.
Also benefitting from consistency were podium finishers Colin Edwards and Randy de Puniet, who engaged in an entertaining battle as the chequered flag came closer to being waved. Monster Tech 3 Yamaha man Edwards took second from the LCR Honda rider on the final hairpin, ending the race just under 1.5 seconds behind Dovizioso. For both riders the top three result was their first podium of the 2009 season.
The early going saw uncertainty and instability as rain fell upon the lights going off. Early leader Jorge Lorenzo had been talked out of running wet tyres and took the lead after just a handful of laps, but took a fall when he clipped a slippery rumble strip and was unable to restart his Yamaha M1. The crash had been foreshadowed by a tumble for Toni Elías, the leader of lap one and a faller at the same spot on lap seven.
The Ducati Marlboro team of Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden were the only riders to go with full wet tyres on the grid, although a lack of heavy rainfall and the durability of Bridgestone’s dry tyre meant that they were immediately off the pace. The duo were lapped by the leaders two laps before the halfway point of the race, their gamble definitively failing to pay off.
With eight laps remaining the first riders came in to change machines, but it was too late for the switch to make an impact. Alex de Angelis placed fourth, ahead of the remounted Rossi and home rider James Toseland –with whom he dueled on the last lap. Rossi now leads the World Championship by 25 points from Lorenzo

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1 ROSSI Valentino ITA 187
2 LORENZO Jorge SPA 162
3 STONER Casey AUS 150
4 PEDROSA Dani SPA 115
5 EDWARDS Colin USA 103
6 DOVIZIOSO Andrea ITA 94
7 MELANDRI Marco ITA 79
8 DE PUNIET Randy FRA 74
9 VERMEULEN Chris AUS 67
10 CAPIROSSI Loris ITA 66
11 DE ANGELIS Alex RSM 60
12 TOSELAND James GBR 55
13 HAYDEN Nicky USA 47
14 ELIAS Toni SPA 47
15 KALLIO Mika FIN 34
16 CANEPA Niccolo ITA 28
17 GIBERNAU Sete SPA 12
18 TAKAHASHI Yuki JPN 9
19 TALMACSI Gabor HUN 5

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Rossi gecrashed terwijl hij op kop reed met nog 11 ronden te gaan.
Lorenzo gecrashed en uit de wedstrijd.
Stoner en Hayden de baan op gegaan met regenbanden maar het is niet beginnen regenen zoals ze gehoopt hadden. Ze zijn er op hun regenbanden nooit aan te pas gekomen.

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Twas een rare race. :icon_rolleyes:
Lorenzo der uit, rossi de baan af. Ducati's met regenbanden.
Wel een mooie prestatie van depuniet. :icon_thumleft: Hoe die kan rijden. :PDT_ow:
En ook mooie prestatie van Edwards. :icon_thumleft:
Overwinning van Dovizioso was wel wa zwak. Heeft het eigenlijk in de schoot geworpen gekregen. :icon_rolleyes:

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Twas een rare race. :icon_rolleyes:
Lorenzo der uit, rossi de baan af. Ducati's met regenbanden.
Wel een mooie prestatie van depuniet. :icon_thumleft: Hoe die kan rijden. :PDT_ow:
En ook mooie prestatie van Edwards. :icon_thumleft:
Overwinning van Dovizioso was wel wa zwak. Heeft het eigenlijk in de schoot geworden gekregen. :icon_rolleyes:

Kweet het maar je moet er vooraan toch bijzitten om het in de schoot geworpen te kunnen krijgen :eusa_shifty:

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Kweet het maar je moet er vooraan toch bijzitten om het in de schoot geworpen te kunnen krijgen :eusa_shifty:

Das natuurlijk ook maar, maar niettemin.... :icon_confused: