Label: 2016

Lorenzo regrets the wrong choice of tires

Lorenzo regrets the wrong choice of tires

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Jorge Lorenzo is convinced he lost the Japanese Grand Prix because of a faulty front tire. Before the race, the Spaniard was arguing about choosing between soft and medium hard front tires and finally decided on a harder mixture, so he took the blame for the resignation. In the first laps of the race, the Yamaha racer even took the lead, and was soon overtaken by Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez. When team rival Rossi fell, he still smiled at second place, but five laps before the end of the race he found himself on the ground himself, with which Marquez has already crowned this season the title of world champion. All the racers except Cal Crutchlow, who finished in the top ten, fitted a medium-hard tire to the front of the engine, but Lorenzo is convinced it would have been better if he had chosen a soft rubber compound. "She is with me
Marquez: Last year’s defeat brought me this year’s victory

Marquez: Last year’s defeat brought me this year’s victory

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Junior five-time world champion Marc Marquez attributed this year’s success to a tough last season in which he learned some important lessons. The 23-year-old Spaniard became the world champion in the highest class of motorcycling for the third time, in which he is competing for the fourth season, and at the same time he became the youngest three-time champion of the MotoGP class. The key to its success, however, is a more relaxed approach, with less risk. “We had a huge amount of trouble at the start of the season,” Marquez said after winning the title. "But we believed we could succeed and we didn't give up. This year we changed our approach and I drove more calmly. At some points I drove more at the border and I was always faster. Last year I had some problems, I felt pressure and in the end season was left without a title, but this year I came back even stronger
After the falls of Rossi and Lorenzo, Marquez became the 2016 world champion

After the falls of Rossi and Lorenzo, Marquez became the 2016 world champion

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After starting from second place in the first laps of the race, Marc Marquez took the lead against Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, and then only increased the lead until the moment when Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo then fell and were left without a final ranking, thus Marquez scored enough points to become the new world champion three races before the end of the season. This is the Spaniard's third MotoGP title and fifth overall. Marquez arrived in Motega with a 52-point advantage and only increased it to 77 points at the end, and by the end of the season there are, as said, three more races and only 75 points are available. The 23-year-old Spaniard also became the youngest five-time world champion. Lorenzo took the lead after a bad start by Rossi and despite the pain after the fall in the third practice, he remained there.
Czech Janik with a new track record to victory in Lučine

Czech Janik with a new track record to victory in Lučine

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Vaclav Janik and Federico Liber staged an excellent duel for many spectators in Lučine for a joint victory, while improving the record of the route from Todraž to Lučine three times. In the first run, a new record was set by Liber, who stopped the stopwatches at 2: 01.90. Janik was 0.8 seconds behind his time, and in the second run it was even closer between them, except that Janik set the fastest time. The Czech was seven hundredths of a second better than Liber's time, and the Italian drove half a second slower this time. In the decisive third run, the moody Janik drove even faster and set the measuring bar for 2: 01.30 for next season. His average speed was almost 119km / h, but because Liber drove 0.8 seconds slower this time, Janik celebrated the overall victory with a 0.53 second advantage
In the third practice run today, the track record among touring vehicles fell!

In the third practice run today, the track record among touring vehicles fell!

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There are 80 drivers on tomorrow's race starting list. If in the first run the drivers flirted even more shyly with the track, in the second they were more confident and achieved faster results, and in the third the Swiss Ronnie Bratschi surpassed himself again, breaking his own (last year's) track record between touring vehicles. In the absolute competition, we will obviously see a fierce battle for victory between the Czech Vaclav Janik and the Italian Federico Liber tomorrow. Among the Slovenes, Vladimir Stankovič proved to be the best in the first and second training sessions, but resigned in the third. The hero of today's training is the Swiss Ronnie Bratschi, who already managed to break his (last year's set) track record. Last year he crossed the track with a time of 2: 13.55, and this year a few tenths faster, as he finished at the finish
Tragic: A Moto2 class racer succumbs to injuries

Tragic: A Moto2 class racer succumbs to injuries

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Spaniard Luis Salom succumbed to injuries resulting from a fall in the second free practice of the Moto2 class in Barcelona. Salom fell at high speed in the 12th turn. After slipping off the track, he and his motorcycle slid across the entire excursion zone and stopped in protective tires, hitting the motorcycle at high speed. The 24-year-old Salom is the first victim in the World Motorcycling Championships, following the tragic death of Marco Simoncelli in 2011, and the first in the Moto2 class after Shoho Tomizawa in Misano in 2010. The accident sparked outrage among MotoGP racers. there is no sand on the excursion zones to stop the engine in the event of a fall. There are only paved excursion areas. After the safety committee meeting, the racers will be in the rest of the race end
Hamilton toasted with Bieber after the victory in Monaco

Hamilton toasted with Bieber after the victory in Monaco

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After winning the race in Monte Carlo, Lewis Hamilton quickly celebrated success with his engineers, then ran into the arms of Justin Bieber, with whom he presented a bottle of winning champagne, immediately after the trophies were awarded. Longtime Formula One viewers described the scene as a typical display of what Formula One has become, as sometimes, for example, James Hunt would celebrate victory with at least two models.
Lorenzo is expecting a harder weekend

Lorenzo is expecting a harder weekend

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Current world champion Jorge Lorenzo started this season with the best starting place, victory and a new Losail track record in Qatar. The Spaniard became the first racer after Casey Stoner in 2009, who managed to win the last race of the previous and the first race of the new season. But the Yamaha racer in Argentina is expecting a tougher test, as he has never stepped on the top step of the winners ’podium on the Termas de Rio Hondo track. Nevertheless, he is looking forward to the opportunity to face a new challenge. Since the teams did not test here, the race will show which teams and racers will be the fastest to adjust their engine for the new track, and Lorenzo expects that some racers on a Ducati will mix him up to win. Interestingly, the Spaniard has never won the first two