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Author: | thedoctor46 [ Tue Nov 11, 2014 2:33 pm ] |
Post subject: | MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
Since Preparations for 2015 have already started I thought we may as well open the thread early to speculate over what happens in the pre-season and beyond. 2015 Provisional Calendar as of 09/14 1 29 March Qatar Grand Prix of Qatar[2] Losail International Circuit, Doha 2 12 April United States Grand Prix of the Americas[3] Circuit of the Americas, Austin 3 19 April Argentina Gran Premio de la República Argentina[4] Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 4 3 May Spain Gran Premio de España[5] Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 5 17 May France Grand Prix de France[6] Le Mans Bugatti, Maine 6 31 May Italy Gran Premio d'Italia[7] Mugello Circuit, Mugello 7 14 June Catalonia Gran Premi de Catalunya[8] Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 8 27 June Netherlands TT Assen[9] TT Circuit Assen, Assen 9 12 July Germany Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[10] Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 10 9 August Indiana Indianapolis Grand Prix[1] Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis 11 16 August Czech Republic Grand Prix České republiky[1] Masaryk Circuit, Brno 12 30 August United Kingdom British Grand Prix[11] Donington Park, Donington[11] 13 13 September San Marino Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[12] Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 14 27 September Aragon Gran Premio de Aragón[13] Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz 15 11 October Japan Grand Prix of Japan[14] Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 16 18 October Australia Australian Grand Prix[15] Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island 17 25 October Malaysia Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[16] Sepang International Circuit, Selangor 18 8 November Valencian Community Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana[17] Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia MotoGP Class Entry List Factory entries Ducati Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP15 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Pramac Racing Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP14 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Factory Aprilia Gresini Aprilia TBA 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista 33 Italy Marco Melandri Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Suzuki GSX-RR 25 Spain Maverick Viñales 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC213V 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa 93 Spain Marc Márquez CWM LCR Honda Honda Honda RC213V 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Marc VDS Racing Team Honda Honda RC213V 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Open entries NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha Forward-Yamaha 6 Germany Stefan Bradl 76 France Loris Baz Avintia Racing Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP14 8 Spain Héctor Barberá 63 France Mike Di Meglio Octo IodaRacing Team Aprilia TBA 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Cardion AB Motoracing Honda Honda RC213V-RS 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham CWM LCR Honda Honda Honda RC213V-RS 43 Australia Jack Miller Drive M7 Aspar Honda Honda RC213V-RS 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty 69 United States Nicky Hayden[44] Moto2 Provional Entry List Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 1 Spain Esteve Rabat 73 Spain Álex Márquez APH PTT The Pizza SAG Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin 10 Thailand Thitipong Warokorn NGM Forward Racing Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014 3 Italy Simone Corsi 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri JiR Moto2 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Ajo Motorsport Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014 5 France Johann Zarco AGT Rea Racing Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014 8 United Kingdom Gino Rea Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Derendinger Racing Interwetten Technomag Racing Interwetten Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi 70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Gresini Racing Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014 19 Belgium Xavier Simeon TBA TBA TBA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli 36 Finland Mika Kallio Speed Up Speed Up Speed Up SF15 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter 88 Spain Ricard Cardús IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 25 Malaysia Azlan Shah 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 39 Spain Luis Salom 40 Spain Álex Rins AGR Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 49 Spain Axel Pons 94 Germany Jonas Folger Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin QMMF Racing Team Speed Up Speed Up SF15 60 Spain Julián Simón 95 Australia Anthony West Octo IodaRacing Team Suter Suter MMX2 66 Germany Florian Alt Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 TBA Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 96 France Louis Rossi Moto3 Provisional Entry List CIP Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 2 Australia Remy Gardner 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM KTM RC250GP 5 Italy Romano Fenati 16 Italy Andrea Migno Calvo Team Husqvarna[24] Husqvarna FR250GP 6 Spain María Herrera 32 Spain Isaac Viñales 57 Brazil Eric Granado Kiefer Racing Honda[26] Honda NSF250RW 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez 50 Japan Hiroki Ono 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent RW Racing GP Honda Honda NSF250RW 9 Netherlands Scott Deroue SaxoPrint–RTG Honda Honda NSF250RW 10 France Alexis Masbou 17 United Kingdom John McPhee San Carlo Team Italia Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 11 Italy Matteo Ferrari 29 Italy Stefano Manzi Ambrogio Racing Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 19 Italy Alessandro Tonucci 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Honda NSF250RW 20 France Fabio Quartararo 99 Spain Jorge Navarro[ Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 21 Italy Francesco Bagnaia 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara 88 Spain Jorge Martín BOE41 RBA Team KTM KTM RC250GP 22 Spain Ana Carrasco 31 Finland Niklas Ajo 91 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo Ongetta–Rivacold Honda Honda NSF250RW 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli 95 France Jules Danilo Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda Honda NSF250RW 33 Italy Enea Bastianini 55 Italy Andrea Locatelli Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 41 South Africa Brad Binder 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira 98 Czech Republic Karel Hanika Sepang International Circuit KTM KTM RC250GP 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil Germany TT Motion Events KTM KTM RC250GP 65 Germany Philipp Öttl Changes & Notables Suzuki return to MotoGP Class running full factory spec bikes Aprillia return to MotoGP Class running full factory spec bikes with the Gresini Team Marc VDS make their first entry into MotoGP as reigning Moto2 Champions Jack Miller moves from Moto3-MotoGP, first time since Garry McCoy a rider has jumped from the lightweight class to the premiere class Marco Melandri returns to MotoGP and the Gresini Team after 4 years in WSBK Loris Baz and Eugene Laverty make the switch from WSBK to MotoGP Donnington Park returns to the calendar to hold the British GP for first time since 2009 Moto3 World Champion Alex Marquez moves up to the Moto2 Class Double CEV Champion Fabio Quartararo joins the World Championship 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Author: | Memo Moreno [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 10:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
Pre-season tests getting closer. I suspect that Moto3 will be the highlight again this year. Good to see that Efren has eventually found a ride, would have been weird to lose him after he finally got his first wins last year. Quartararo will be the main story line, but the smart money could be on Bastianini IMO. Will be interesting to see how Maria Herrera can bounce back from a tough final year in CEV and getting the axe at Estrella Galicia. |
Author: | mclaren2008 [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 10:44 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
Lets hope Suzuki were sandbagging massively at Valencia last year because they were woeful. Hopefully Rossi and Lorenzo can start the year well, or its gonna be another Marquez walkover. Kid is too good to just be beaten straight up. Good to see Donington back as well and from what I've been reading about this Circuit of Wales, it might be back for more than one year. |
Author: | Metzo [ Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:56 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
safety changes at mugello |
Author: | Bleu [ Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:48 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
That's the early part of the circuit, right? The corner in the background is the last one? |
Author: | Metzo [ Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:27 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
yes, thats turn 6/7. more corners will get new runoff: San Donato (1), Luco (2), Materassi (4), Casanova (6), Savelli (7), Arrabbiata 1 (8), Scarperia (10) and Correntaio (12) |
Author: | thedoctor46 [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:00 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
First Days times for Sepang 1 2015 1 MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 2:00.262 62 / 63 1:07.607 2 ROSSI, Valentino Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 2:00.380 0.118 0.118 27 / 57 2:19.571 3 LORENZO, Jorge Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 2:00.521 0.259 0.141 30 / 54 1:06.792 4 DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Ducati Team 2:00.617 0.355 0.096 36 / 41 1:07.239 5 PEDROSA, Dani Repsol Honda Team 2:00.745 0.483 0.128 25 / 45 15:14.790 6 ESPARGARO, Pol Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:00.930 0.668 0.185 29 / 53 2:01.096 7 IANNONE, Andrea Ducati Team 2:01.424 1.162 0.494 58 / 59 1:16.608 8 BRADL, Stefan Forward Racing Team 2:01.556 1.294 0.132 50 / 58 1:10.446 9 SMITH, Bradley Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:01.707 1.445 0.151 27 / 52 2:15.595 10 CRUTCHLOW, Cal CWM LCR Honda 2:01.713 1.451 0.006 34 / 58 2:09.863 11 REDDING, Scott Estrella Galicia 0.0 Marc VDS 2:01.917 1.655 0.204 59 / 60 2:02.219 12 PIRRO, Michele Pramac Racing 2:01.951 1.689 0.034 51 / 51 2:01.951 13 ESPARGARO, Aleix Team Suzuki MotoGP 2:02.225 1.963 0.274 42 / 43 1:11.532 14 BAUTISTA, Alvaro Factory Aprilia Gresini 2:02.285 2.023 0.060 27 / 47 2:02.712 15 AOYAMA, Hiroshi HRC 2:02.560 2.298 0.275 45 / 69 1:11.518 16 PETRUCCI, Danilo Pramac Racing 2:02.627 2.365 0.067 32 / 48 1:14.694 17 HAYDEN, Nicky Drive M7 Aspar 2:02.699 2.437 0.072 22 / 46 2:02.971 18 BARBERA, Hector Avintia Racing 2:02.700 2.438 0.001 28 / 52 15:10.029 19 MILLER, Jack CWM LCR Honda 2:02.807 2.545 0.107 53 / 59 1:14.178 20 NAKASUGA, Katsuyuki Yamaha Factory Test Team 2:03.092 2.830 0.285 38 / 44 2:03.870 21 VIÑALES, Maverick Team Suzuki MotoGP 2:03.164 2.902 0.072 58 / 69 5:34.207 22 LAVERTY, Eugene Drive M7 Aspar 2:03.295 3.033 0.131 41 / 44 15:45.889 23 DI MEGLIO, Mike Avintia Racing 2:03.878 3.616 0.583 34 / 55 1:11.432 24 ABRAHAM, Karel AB Motoracing 2:03.879 3.617 0.001 38 / 43 2:04.001 25 BAZ, Loris Forward Racing Team 2:04.163 3.901 0.284 57 / 64 2:07.974 26 MELANDRI, Marco Factory Aprilia Gresini 2:04.502 4.240 0.339 41 / 42 2:34.639 27 DE ANGELIS, Alex Octo Ioda Racing Team 2:04.673 4.411 0.171 40 / 46 2:23.456 28 TAKAHASHI, Takumi HRC 2:05.037 4.775 0.364 69 / 74 2:05.137 29 TSUDA, Takuya Team Suzuki MotoGP 2:05.478 5.216 0.441 13 / 18 2:23.659 30 LAVERTY, Michael Aprilia Test Team 2:06.190 5.928 0.712 23 / 28 1:21.116 Rossi fastest pretty much the whole session, until the 93 put in the fastest lap of the day with only less than 5 mins to go in the session. Times likely to be below the 2min marker before the end of the test record from last year was Marquez on a 1:59.533 can that be beaten also! |
Author: | Fish88 [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
One last championship bid from Rossi please. |
Author: | mclaren2008 [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:54 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
If Rossi can get a championship against Marquez it would be one of sport's finest renaissances Lorenzo should have a much better year as well |
Author: | Fish88 [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
mclaren2008 wrote: If Rossi can get a championship against Marquez it would be one of sport's finest renaissances Lorenzo should have a much better year as well Yeah, they need to be there from the beginning otherwise it is useless. If Rossi can pull out some tricks to break his opponent like in 2008 (after Laguna) he might be able to get this. |
Author: | Cheeveer [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
Breaking Marquez? Huehuehuehue, I don't see how that is possible really! Only way to break him, I guess, is to make the racing as fun that Marquez laughs his way off the track! As in Misano last year. |
Author: | mclaren2008 [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:14 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
The best chance is for Rossi or Lorenzo to get points early in the season, hoping that Marquez struggles. Its a tall order though. |
Author: | thedoctor46 [ Fri Feb 06, 2015 1:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
New Lap record ahoy in Malaysia today 1m58s.867 very impressive. Can't see anyone toppling the 93 this year, 2016 will be possible with the change of Tyres, Wheel sizes and Standard ECU, then there will be a lot of variables and others may do a better job. I see another record breaking year ahead, maybe not 10 in a row like last year but I think will win more races all in all this year as I think he may make less mistakes. Im going for 15 Poles and 14 wins, and probably highest points scored in a season breaking to 400 barrier maybe.. Scary thing is, I don't see any up and comers or current riders with as much talent as Marc, Pedrosa, just isn't a match Lorenzo, hmm untill 2014 I would have said maybe, but he doesn't seem quite right and is now scared of the wet Rossi, sadly his days are numbered now and a title is a bit of a long shot (i'm happy to be wrong) Vinales, Maybe a good hope but I wonder if 2 years at Suzuki will hurt his image and never be on the right bike Miller, just don't see him as that special tbh but time will tell, Honda obviously disagree. Rabat, Just No Marquez Jr, Marc says Alex is faster, but can that be possible?? Just leaves in my mind Quartararo who starts in Moto3 this year, far to early to say but his early career has been very very impressive!!! |
Author: | mclaren2008 [ Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:58 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
The only person who might be able to beat Marquez straight up is not on the bike (Stoner). Its interesting that every rider than has ridden the factory Honda in recent times seems to have won a championship except Pedrosa. |
Author: | SBan83 [ Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:00 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
But Stoner disrupts the paddock harmony and what not therefore we are better off with Marquez winning everything. |
Author: | mclaren2008 [ Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:12 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
I wonder what Marco would have been able to achieve |
Author: | thedoctor46 [ Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:47 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
mclaren2008 wrote: The only person who might be able to beat Marquez straight up is not on the bike (Stoner). Marquez would have Stoner beaten before they even got on the bikes, not on speed although I think he is every bit as fast as Stoner, (remember Lorenzo saying Stoner was the fastest guy he ever raced against, but only at Philip Island, everywhere else Marc is faster) but just in his attitude, Stoner would sometimes give up on races or battles and would just have all the toys out the pram every time the 93 gave him a rough pass or something he didn't like. All the times he got all worked up about VR racing "too hard" what would he make of Marc's fight on track. mclaren2008 wrote: Its interesting that every rider than has ridden the factory Honda in recent times seems to have won a championship except Pedrosa. And Barros, Biaggi & Dovi in last 10 years |
Author: | mclaren2008 [ Sat Feb 07, 2015 12:31 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
Ah yes totally forgot that Honda ran a 3rd bike for Dovi |
Author: | thedoctor46 [ Sat Feb 07, 2015 1:39 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
mclaren2008 wrote: Ah yes totally forgot that Honda ran a 3rd bike for Dovi Think Honda would like to forget that too haha, they don't like getting pushed into doing things they don't want to |
Author: | mclaren2008 [ Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 2015 Discussion Thread |
There might not be a British GP this year, Donington has reportedly broken ties with the Circuit of Wales. |
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