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Mar132019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

The fate of Ducati will be known before the race in Argentina

Aprilia, Suzuki, KTM and Honda have complained against Ducati motorcycles driven by Danilo Petrucci, Jack Miller and race winner Andrea Dovizioso at the Qatar Grand Prix. The subject of the complaint was additional wings on the underside of the motorcycle, in front of the rear wheel, which according to Ducati serves to cool the tire, but competitors do not believe this, as riders feared critically low track temperatures throughout the weekend, which even suggested an earlier start race. They are convinced that these are wings, the purpose of which is to produce a vacuum, or to improve the grip of the rear wheel, which would not be in accordance with the rules. At Ducati, however, they are convinced that the technical directive issued before the first race in Qatar opened up the possibility of using this wing, which was previously only allowed on d

Mar102019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Dovizioso the winner of the crazy race

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Andrea Doviziso is the winner of an extremely tense opening race in Qatar. Marc Marquez and Cal Crutchlow also finished on the podium. The decision to win fell entirely at the end of the last lap, when Marc Marquez repeatedly tried to overtake the Ducati racer, but the Ducati racer managed to return the maneuver. Cal Crutchlow slowly made his way forward through the race and finally managed to finish on the podium. Alex Rins confirmed his good form from this year's tests and finished fourth after many overtaking for the lead. Valentino Rossi once again showed that he is not up to the old trick yet and after a fairly average qualification, which he finished only in fourteenth place, he finished the race in fifth place. Danilo Petrucci finished in sixth place. Behind him, he finished best in qualifying

Mar102019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Petrucci fastest in heating

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Danilo Petrucci finished at the top of the warm-up with a time of 1: 54.807 before today's first race of the season. At the end, Marc Marquez was the closest to him, 0,057 seconds behind him. Alex Rins was the last to fall below the 1:54.943 mark with a time of 1: 55 in third place. The best from yesterday's qualifiers, Maverick Vinales, was just three tenths of a second behind the leader in fourth place. Just behind him, Yamaha semi-factory racer Franco Morbidelli finished. Takaaki Nakagami finished sixth ahead of two Ducati racers, Andrea Dovizios and Jack Miller, and the Espargaro brothers finished ten, Aleix ahead of Polo. Valentino Rossi, who disappointed yesterday in qualifying, was eleventh with a lag of 0,751 seconds. Jorge Lorenzo, who fell twice yesterday j

Mar92019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Dovizioso: The first kind of surprise after difficult recent tests

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Andrea Dovizioso was transferred to the first starting line-up, as he did not expect this after a slightly worse last test at this racetrack. The Ducati racer was not the most satisfied after the last test day in Qatar, which he finished only in fifteenth place with more than a second behind. Nevertheless, the world runner-up of the last two seasons of today's qualifying finished in second place just 0,198 seconds behind the fastest Maverick Vinales and a thousandth of a second ahead of third Marquez. As the main reason for such a rise in form, the Italian racer identified his team, which is supposed to effectively identify problems and eliminate them until qualifying. "We finished the tests with a bad feeling on the motorcycle. At this year's pre-season tests in Sepang and Qatar

Mar92019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Vinales got his first qualifier this year

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Maverick Vinales won the best starting position with a time of 1: 53.546. Along with the Yamaha racer, Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez will start the race from the first starting line-up tomorrow. The current world champion broke into the first starting line at the very end, when he took advantage of Danilo Petrucci's breezes. Racer Ducati will start the race tomorrow from the third starting lineup along with Morbidelli and Nakagami. Vinales also started the qualifications the fastest with a time of 1: 53.844, and in the second half he improved his previous time by three tenths. After all the racers set the first times, Takaaki Nakagami and Fabio Quartararo were also in the first start. The Japanese eventually finished ninth, the French racer finished fifth as the top rookie. They will start the race from the second starting line

Mar92019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Marquez on top again, Rossi, Lorenzo in Q1

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Marc Marquez also finished at the top of his third free practice in Qatar with a time of 1: 54.677. The current world champion, like his teammate Jorge Lorenzo, started training with a fall. However, Marquez only had to slip the front wheel in the thirteenth turn so he could easily continue training. It was much worse for Lorenzo, who fell badly in the sixth turn soon after the start of training. Due to the pain, he immediately went for an X-ray to the medical center. The heat and wind made it impossible for the riders to improve their time enough to break into the fastest qualifying group. The times were much slower than those from the second free practice. Only three racers managed to improve their time from Friday’s practice. Francesco Ba

Mar92019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Crutchlow warns: No one will lead to the goal

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MotoGP racers called for an earlier start to the race for the Qatar Grand Prix, as quite a few drivers found themselves on the ground in tests at the end of the last day. This was due to low temperatures and thus a cold track, but their proposal was rejected, and the main reason for this was said to be pre-determined television programs that broadcast races. Last year, the race in Qatar started an hour earlier than this year, when the start will be at 18 pm local time, or at XNUMX am local time, and the racers replied that they will present their reasons for the earlier start of the race at Friday's safety meeting. Cal Crutchlow told the safety committee that the conditions at the second free practice, which started at the same time as the race will start on Sunday, were perfect, but he pointed out that because of the m

Mar82019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Second training at the top of Marquez

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With a time of 1: 53.380, Marc Marquez set the fastest time of the second free practice in Qatar, thus improving the record of Johann Zarc's lap from last season. The second training session had already started with a five-minute delay under the spotlight. The reason for the delay was the fall of Tom Luthi in the Moto 2 class training, which made it necessary to clear the track in seven turns. The conditions were thus more similar to those in the race or qualifiers. Maverick Vinales was the closest to the current world champion, the Yamaha racer was almost half a second behind the leader. Third and fourth place went to Ducati racers, Jack Miller was a tenth of a second faster than Danilo Petrucci. Newcomer Fabio Quartararo finished fifth with two places ahead of teammate Franco Morbidelli

Mar82019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Rossi on top of the first free practice

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Valentino Rossi set the fastest time in the first free practice session in Qatar. The Yamaha rider finished at the top ahead of the two factory Honda riders Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Marquez. The current world champion was on top for most of the 1-minute daily training with a time of 55.164:45. Two minutes before the end, new team mate Jorge Lorenzno pushed out from the top, setting a time of 1:55.127. But in the end, this was not enough to finish the first training session in the new team in first place. Valentino Rossi swung to the top right at the end with a time of 1:55.048. The training was marked by extremely small differences between the racers, as many as seventeen racers finished within one second. Fourth and fifth place went to both Ducati factory riders, Dovizioso ahead of Petrucci. Maverick V

Feb252019 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Vinales finished testing in Losail with the fastest time

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Maverick Vinales also finished the last test day in Qatar with the fastest time. With a lap time of 1: 54.208, the Yamaha racer set the best time of all three days, and the closest to him was the newcomer in the MotoGP class, Fabio Quartararo on the Petronas SRT Yamaha M1, who was only 0.233 seconds behind his compatriot. Third was the increasingly powerful Marc Marquez, who was 0.405 seconds behind Vinales with Honda, and towards the end of the test day, the current world champion fell and smashed the motorcycle well. Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo were also in the top five. The latter has apparently already found better form on Honda, as he was only 0.040 seconds slower than his teammate. Sixth was Quartara's teammate Franco Morbidelli ahead of Paul Espargaro, who is behind the best time with KTM