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2024 Mandalika Moto2 Practice 2 Result: Canet Reclaims His Record
2024 Mandalika Moto2 Practice 2 Result: Canet Reclaims His Record
The all-time lap record was not safe in the intermediate class either, first threatened by Tony Arbolino and eventually reclaimed by Aron Canet in the final three minutes of the session. In the end, the Spaniard led the way by two tenths of a second ahead of the Italian, while Fermin Aldeguer continued a strong weekend in Indonesia with third place and a save for the highlights reel.
Zara Daniela Sat, 28/Sep/2024 - 02:05
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Mandalika MotoGP Friday Round Up: Ducati Assert Their Dominance, Hope Grows For Honda And Yamaha
Mandalika MotoGP Friday Round Up: Ducati Assert Their Dominance, Hope Grows For Honda And Yamaha
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The start of the Asia-Pacific MotoGP tour is supposed to throw up surprises. When MotoGP arrives at tracks that the teams and factories don't know as well, the field should be leveled. The established order should be shaken up, and outsiders get a look in.
At the end of the first day of the Indonesian Grand Prix at the Mandalika International Circuit, the first of MotoGP's so-called flyaways (though that depends on where you depart from), the fastest four bikes are the four Ducati Desmosedici GP24s, the dominant machine of the 2024 season. A Ducati GP23 is in fifth, with two more GP23s in the top ten. Only Alex Márquez, who crashed trying to set a fast lap, languishes outside the top ten.
Normal order very much restored, then. Enea Bastianini just edged out Jorge Martin by four hundredths of a second, after Martin became the first rider to smash the lap record. Franco Morbidelli took a solid third on the second Pramac Ducati, while Bastianini's Ducati Lenovo teammate Pecco Bagnaia fired in a last desperate fast lap to take fourth.
David Emmett Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 22:22
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Bagnaia thought he was "reliving nightmare" of 2023 in Indonesia practice
Francesco Bagnaia confessed he felt pressure in the closing stages of second practice for MotoGP's Indonesian Grand Prix after leaving it until the final minutes to book his Q2 place.Appearing to be on the back foot for much of the day, the defending double champion languished outside the top 10 in both practice sessions for much of Friday as he struggled with set-up and tyre issues.Admitting to ...Keep reading
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2024 Aragon World Supersport FP1 Result: Manzi And Oncu Top Tight Session
2024 Aragon World Supersport FP1 Result: Manzi And Oncu Top Tight Session
With a second covering the top fifteen riders, Stefano Manzi and Can Oncu fended off the Ducatis to end the session quickest ahead of this afternoon's qualifying session.
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Jared Earle Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 13:00
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2024 Aragon World Superbike FP2 Result: Gerloff Holds Off Ducati Charge
2024 Aragon World Superbike FP2 Result: Gerloff Holds Off Ducati Charge
The afternoon's session was headed by Garrett Gerloff, sneaking in a quick time at the end of the session to keep the five Ducatis behind him off the top spot. The factory pairing of Nicolo Bulega and Alvaro Bautista rounded out the top three, but Toprak Razgatlioglu's fast time from the morning's session kept him ahead of them overall.
Results:
Jared Earle Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 15:49
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Aki Ajo, Dani Pedrosa primed to lead KTM management restructure
Aki Ajo has emerged as the lead candidate to become KTM boss for the 2025 MotoGP season, while development rider Dani Pedrosa is also set to play a part in the manufacturer’s management reshuffle.With Francesco Guidotti’s exit from the Austrian team at the end of the season having been all-but confirmed ahead of this weekend’s Indonesian Grand Prix, paddock rumours in Mandalika have gone on ...Keep reading
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Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 440: WorldSBK Live From The Aragon Media Center, With Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alvaro Bautista, Danilo Petrucci, And Adrian Hueras
Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 440: WorldSBK Live From The Aragon Media Center, With Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alvaro Bautista, Danilo Petrucci, And Adrian Hueras
Back-to-back WorldSBK rounds made coordinating a Cremona review difficult, but Steve and Gordo found the ideal solution. On Thursday at Aragon, they sat down to look back at the events of last week, and are joined by a steady stream of WorldSBK and WorldSSP riders.
Danilo Petrucci was the star of the show at Round 9 and the Barni Ducati rider joins us to talk about winning, how his style of riding evolved from childhood and what it meant to win again after his training crash in April.
He wasn't the only Ducati rider to appear as we grabbed Alvaro Bautista to talk about his Superpole struggles and whether he can still be a title contender. Adrian Huertas also stopped by to give us his thoughts on moving to Moto2 in 2025.
David Emmett Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 08:41
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MotoGP Indonesian GP: Bastianini on record pace as Ducati prove dominant in second practice
Enea Bastianini picked up from where he left off in Misano less than a week ago as he topped the timesheets in Mandalika during Friday Practice for the Indonesian Grand Prix.Just days after clinching his second victory of the season in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Bastianini would emerge out front again come the end of Friday action at the Lombok venue courtesy of a scintillating new lap record ...Keep reading
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2024 Mandalika Moto2 FP Results: Aldeguer Squeezes Ahead Of Canet
2024 Mandalika Moto2 FP Results: Aldeguer Squeezes Ahead Of Canet
Results:
David Emmett Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 07:01
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2024 Mandalika Moto3 FP Results: Piqueras Leads Suzuki
2024 Mandalika Moto3 FP Results: Piqueras Leads Suzuki
Results:
David Emmett Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 06:58
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MotoGP Indonesian GP: Morbidelli leads Vinales in first practice
Franco Morbidelli opened up top as the 2024 Indonesian Grand Prix kicked off with MotoGP Free Practice 1, the Italian comfortably heading off Maverick Vinales and Jorge Martin at the Mandalika Street Circuit.In a season that has seen Morbidelli trail in the shadow of championship leading team-mate Martin, the Pramac Ducati rider was nonetheless the standard for much of a dusty first practice ...Keep reading
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Marquez curious to try Ducati in bid to break Indonesian MotoGP hoodoo
Marc Marquez wants to assess his potential with Ducati at the Indonesian Grand Prix at the Mandalika Street Circuit which has blotted the six-time MotoGP world champion's otherwise stellar record having failed to ever finish a race at the track.The Spaniard is a past winner at 16 of the 19 venues that form the 2024 MotoGP calendar, but while he has stood on the podium at two of the remaining three ...Keep reading
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MotoGP boss explains 2025 calendar, Indian GP absence
Dorna Sports’ Carlos Ezpeleta insists there is every intention to return to India in the near future despite its omission from the 2025 MotoGP calendar.The commercial rights’ holders formally revealed a record 22-round schedule for next season ahead of this weekend’s Indonesian Grand Prix, with highlights including a return to Brno, an all-new event in Hungary and a fresh opening round host ...Keep reading
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Quartararo lost Yamaha's best 2024 result by running out of fuel in Misano
Fabio Quartararo was set to secure Yamaha’s best MotoGP result of 2024 in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix until running out of fuel with two corners to go.Having qualified an encouraging ninth on a weekend when he was the sole representative for Yamaha, Quartararo showed solid pace and capitalised on crashes ahead of him to run fifth as the Misano race neared its conclusion.But with the chequered ...Keep reading
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Bagnaia: “Strange” Michelin rear tyre didn’t work in nightmare Misano race
Francesco Bagnaia has pointed the blame on a faulty Michelin rear tyre for his sudden drop in pace in MotoGP’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.The factory Ducati rider had started the second Misano race from pole position and was battling with Pramac rival Jorge Martin for the lead in the early laps.But after losing places to both Martin and team-mate Enea Bastianini on successive tours, he rapidly ...Keep reading
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2024 Mandalika Moto3 Practice 2 Result: Lunetta Snatches A Lap Record
2024 Mandalika Moto3 Practice 2 Result: Lunetta Snatches A Lap Record
Day two in Mandalika started with a broken all-time lap record and plenty of other early improvements, even if the new record holder, Luca Lunetta, ended the session in the gravel trap at turn 8. Friday’s leader, Collin Veijer, stayed close in second position, while Filippo Farioli joined his teammate in the top three.
Zara Daniela Sat, 28/Sep/2024 - 01:21
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The “good steps” for Quartararo as Yamaha leads Ducati chase
Fabio Quartararo has credited the “good steps” made by Yamaha in recent weeks for securing another direct passage through to Q2 for the MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix.The Frenchman enjoyed a confidence-boosting run to the sixth fastest time in Friday’s second practice session at Mandalika, Quartararo emerging as the highest-placed non-Ducati rider en route to an assured spot in Saturday ...Keep reading
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2024 Aragon World Superbike FP1 Result: Razgatlioglu Returns On Top
2024 Aragon World Superbike FP1 Result: Razgatlioglu Returns On Top
Toprak Razgatlioglu returned from injury and set the fastest lap of the morning, ahead of Garrett Gerloff. Behind the leading BMWs, Honda picked up third and fourth spots, making use of the bike's horsepower down the long straight.
Results:
Jared Earle Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 12:49
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2024 Aragon World Supersport Superpole Result: Top Eleven Covered By A Second
2024 Aragon World Supersport Superpole Result: Top Eleven Covered By A Second
World Supersport Superpole completed on Friday afternoon, with a Yamaha on the front row.
Jared Earle Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 16:09
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Martin differs from Bagnaia as he commits to new Ducati aero
Jorge Martin has committed to Ducati’s latest aerodynamic package after MotoGP title rival Francesco Bagnaia opted against it, following the opening day at the Indonesian Grand Prix.With six rounds of the season remaining, Pramac Ducati rider Martin arrives for the first of five flyaway events in Indonesia armed with a 24-point buffer over defending champion Bagnaia.During a season in which the ...Keep reading
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MotoGP Indonesian GP: Bastianini on record pace as Ducati proves dominant in second practice
Enea Bastianini picked up from where he left off in Misano less than a week ago as he topped the timesheets in Mandalika during Friday Practice for the Indonesian Grand Prix courtesy of a scintillating new lap record with just under ten minutes of the session remaining.With the Italian heading up a Ducati 1-2-3-4-5, though the Italian manufacturer would dominate FP2 by successfully annexing seven ...Keep reading
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2024 Mandalika MotoGP Practice Results: Bastianini Stamps His Authority On Proceedings
2024 Mandalika MotoGP Practice Results: Bastianini Stamps His Authority On Proceedings
Enea Bastianini has followed up his win at Misano with a powerful demonstration of speed at Mandalika. The Ducati Lenovo rider was three tenths under the existing lap record, and capable of doing that kind of time seemingly at will. Jorge Martin ended the session in second, just four hundredths behind Bastianini. The Pramac Ducati rider had been strong throughout timed practice, and ran a very strong pace.
David Emmett Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 08:10
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2024 Mandalika Moto2 P1 Result: Ogura Holds Off Canet
2024 Mandalika Moto2 P1 Result: Ogura Holds Off Canet
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David Emmett Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 07:08
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2024 Mandalika Moto3 P1 Result: Veijer Destroys Lap Record
2024 Mandalika Moto3 P1 Result: Veijer Destroys Lap Record
The fastest 11 riders all beat the previous lap record.
Results:
David Emmett Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 07:04
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2024 Mandalika MotoGP FP1 Result: Morbidelli Quickest As Oliveira Fractures Wrist
2024 Mandalika MotoGP FP1 Result: Morbidelli Quickest As Oliveira Fractures Wrist
Miguel Oliveira highsided at Turn 4 and fractured his wrist. He has been ruled unfit for the rest of the weekend.
Results:
David Emmett Fri, 27/Sep/2024 - 07:02
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Mandalika MotoGP Preview: Into The Heart Of MotoGP Passion
Mandalika MotoGP Preview: Into The Heart Of MotoGP Passion
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If you build it, they will come. That is the theory. Build a stadium, a circuit, a resort somewhere that is underdeveloped, economically deprived, or out-of-the-way, and that will attract the fans, the tourists, and the money they bring will pay off the cost of the initial investment, and more.
What if they don't come though? One of the reasons the places tend to be underdeveloped is precisely because they are out of the way. Getting there is hard, and once you get there, there isn't anywhere to stay. And the places that are offering accommodation are taking advantage of the sudden surge to whack their prices up as high as possible.
That is the case with the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit. Initially envisioned as the heart of a thriving tourist resort on the southern coast of the Indonesian island of Lombok. With neighboring Bali becoming overrun with tourists, the Indonesian government wanted to develop the next island along to help share the tourist load. And so they started work on the circuit and signed a contract to host MotoGP.
The price is not quite right
David Emmett Thu, 26/Sep/2024 - 22:59
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Bastianini vows to go on the attack to stay in MotoGP title hunt
Enea Bastianini says he isn’t ruling out of a late run at the 2024 MotoGP riders’ title after keeping himself on the cusp of the championship fight with his victory in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.The Italian collected his seventh full-length MotoGP victory on the series’ second visit to Misano, Bastianini prevailing in a much-debated final lap fracas with Jorge Martin to claim a maiden ...Keep reading
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Martin maintains Bastianini’s Misano move was ‘over the limit’
Pramac rider Jorge Martin has insisted he doesn't agree with the MotoGP stewards' decision not to punish Ducati's Enea Bastianini for his controversial race-winning move at Misano.With light contact made at Turn 4 on the last lap, both riders ran wide, while Bastianini continued to take his second win of the season. Though an upset Martin cried foul in the immediate aftermath of the race ...Keep reading
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Why it’s time for Martin to get his gloves off in MotoGP title run-in
The events of Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix will have far-reaching consequences on the 2024 MotoGP battle. While Francesco Bagnaia’s crash with a podium in the bag was obviously significant as it has handed a 24-point lead in the standings to Jorge Martin, it’s the final-lap clash between his team-mate Enea Bastianini and Martin that could have far more serious repercussions.Whatever ...Keep reading
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Espargaro warns MotoGP stewards "incompetence" sending "dangerous" message
Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro said MotoGP stewards have sent a “dangerous” message to riders by letting Enea Bastianini get away with his collision with Jorge Martin in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.Factory Ducati rider Bastianini attempted a divebomb pass over long-time race leader Martin on the final lap of the Misano race, leading to contact between the pair at Turn 4.Pramac’s Martin was ...Keep reading
