Label: lusail

Feb202024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia broke the lap record at the end of testing

The factory Ducati team finished MotoGP winter testing with both riders in the top two places. Francesco Bagnaia, the current world champion, set a new, albeit unofficial, Lusail track record, while teammate Enea Bastianini was 1 seconds behind his time of 50.952:0.120. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia +0.308) was third, and the fourth and highest ranked non-factory team rider was Spaniard Marc Marquez (+0.383), who even held the fastest time of the day for a while towards the end of the test day. Rounding out the top five on the final day was Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia +0.435), who still hasn't fully recovered from the injuries he suffered after falling in Sepang. Bagnaia also achieved the highest measured speed, 351,7 km/h, and the Yamaha racers were not far behind him. Alex Rin

Mar82022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Marquez’s physical problems are solved, he now has to adjust to the new Honda

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Marc Marquez has revealed that in the first MotoGP race of the 2022 season in Qatar, he did not feel any physical problems that plagued him last season, but he has some work to do to get used to the new Honda motorcycle. Marquez started the race at the Lusail racetrack from third place on Sunday and took the lead in the race at the entrance to the first corner, then was overtaken by teammate Pol Espargaro at the exit. Marquez tried to emulate Espargarjo's maneuver in the second round in the same spot, but he had to seduce from the ideal line. Espargaro continued in the lead until he was betrayed by a worn front tire in the 17th lap and had to hand over the lead to Aeneas Bastianini and Brad Binder. “Pol drove better all weekend than I did,” admitted Marquez, who eventually finished the race in fifth place. "As it seems

Mar72022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Brad Binder gave KTM the highest ranking in the Lusail racetrack

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South African Brad Binder took the first podium to the KTM team in the opening race of the 2022 season in Qatar at the Lusail racetrack, and the credit also goes to the improved handling of this year's RC16 motorcycle. Binder started the race from seventh place and made it to third place before the exit from the first corner, behind the factory Honda of Paul Espargaro and Marco Marquez. "The start of the race was amazing! I missed the start a bit, but when I started to accelerate I quickly caught the guys in front of me. The fact that I immediately made it to third place was very useful for me, because I was able to drive more calmly and watch out for the tires, as we knew they would wear out quite a bit by the end of the race, especially the last one. " https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1500487213599150083 "I followed the leaders for a while and then p

Mar72022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Enea Bastianini dedicated his first victory in MotoGP to the late Faust Gresini

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Enea Bastianini won his first MotoGP victory in Qatar with an outstanding ride, which he dedicated to Faust Gresini, the founder of the Gresini team, who died last year. but he made a mistake when starting and fell to fifth place, then made his way through the race to the forefront. Bastianini contributed a lot to the victory even before the start of the race, when he chose a medium-hard rear tire, while most of the competitors chose a soft one. https://twitter.com/Bestia2006/status/23 "I'm very happy. We already saw great potential in the tests, but when we came here, we took another step forward with the settings and electronics. Yesterday, for the first time in qualifying, I drove to

Mar72022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Jack Miller resigned because of the "lost" Ducati

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Jack Miller explained that he resigned in the race for the Qatar Grand Prix at the Lusail racetrack due to problems with engine electronics. The Australian finished qualifying in fourth place and promised a fight for the podium, but after the start of the race there were problems that caused him to fall to sixth in the first lap and then all the way to sixteenth. A Ducati racer revealed that there was an error in the synchronization of the electronics, which lost information about the actual location of the motorcycle on the track. The teams program the control electronics according to the location on the track, so that full throttle in the curved part of the track means a different way of accelerating than on the planes. Miller said that when accelerating in corners, the unit jerked out all the power, and on the planes he added it gradually. "It simply came to our notice then