posted Jul 22, 2016, 1:00 AM by Takanobu Matsuki
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updated Jul 22, 2016, 1:00 AM by Paisal Komarwut
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Practice
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Friday,
Jul 15th 2016 |
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Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland
MotoGP 2016
Round 9
Positive
start to the weekend for Marquez; Pedrosa looks to improve
Decidedly
un-summer-like temperatures (max air 16° C, ground 19°) made the
opening day of the German GP quite demanding for the riders today.
The Sachsenring Circuit is already tough on tyres due to majority of
left-hand corners that make it difficult to keep effective
operational heat in the right-side rubber, prompting Michelin to
bring an asymmetrical front tyre spec for the first time this
season.
Weather in the
morning’s FP1 session was even colder before a light rain forced
everyone back to the pit after just a couple of exits, rendering the
session almost useless. In the afternoon, Marc Marquez and Dani
Pedrosa worked hard on their RC213V setups, and while Marc was quite
comfortable on his bike at the end of the day, pleased with posting
the third-best lap time, Dani recognizes that he needs more time to
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Marc
Marquez
3rd
1'22.775
“Today was a good
day, although the way that it began was a little strange. In the
first session we were only able to do a few laps because it
started to rain slightly, but it wasn’t heavy enough to put on wet
tyres. The second session was more-or-less normal, although there
were low temperatures and a very cold track. We had to dial things
back a little, especially at turn 11, where many riders crashed.
Nevertheless, I felt quite comfortable with the bike. We want to
improve on some points and have to keep working, because the
forecast for tomorrow is that temperatures will improve slightly.
It will be an interesting Grand Prix because of the weather, and
the prediction is that on Sunday we’ll have a situation like
today, when rain could fall at any time.” |
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Dani
Pedrosa
15th
1'23.740
“Today was a very
tough day because the track temperature was very low. I was riding
on the limit and I saw several riders crash, especially in turn
11. Riding fast wasn’t possible, so we decided against taking
risks under the circumstances. Hopefully tomorrow the weather
improves, and we’ll continue working to recover our pace and try
to place high up on the timesheets.” |
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Results Session
Pos. |
Rider |
Num |
Nation |
Team |
Time/Gap |
1 |
Vinales
Maverick |
25 |
SPA |
Team
Suzuki Ecstar |
1'22.161 |
2 |
Iannone
Andrea |
29 |
ITA |
Ducati
Team |
0.220 |
3 |
Marquez
Marc |
93 |
SPA |
Repsol
Honda Team |
0.614 |
4 |
Crutchlow
Cal |
35 |
GBR |
LCR
Honda |
0.656 |
5 |
Dovizioso
Andrea |
4 |
ITA |
Ducati
Team |
0.769 |
6 |
Espargaro
Aleix |
41 |
SPA |
Team
Suzuki Ecstar |
0.792 |
7 |
Barbera
Hector |
8 |
SPA |
Avintia
Racing |
0.854 |
8 |
Petrucci
Danilo |
9 |
ITA |
Octo
Pramac Racing |
0.892 |
9 |
Redding
Scott |
45 |
GBR |
Octo
Pramac Racing |
0.900 |
10 |
Hernandez
Yonny |
68 |
COL |
Aspar
MotoGP Team |
0.962 |
11 |
Espargaro
Pol |
44 |
SPA |
Monster
Yamaha Tech 3 |
1.239 |
12 |
Smith
Bradley |
38 |
GBR |
Monster
Yamaha Tech 3 |
1.299 |
13 |
Miller
Jack |
43 |
AUS |
Estrella
Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS |
1.324 |
14 |
Rossi
Valentino |
46 |
ITA |
Movistar
Yamaha MotoGP |
1.373 |
15 |
Pedrosa
Dani |
26 |
SPA |
Repsol
Honda Team |
1.579 |
16 |
Lorenzo
Jorge |
99 |
SPA |
Movistar
Yamaha MotoGP |
1.663 |
17 |
Bautista
Alvaro |
19 |
SPA |
Aprilia
Racing Team Gresini |
1.797 |
18 |
Bradl
Stefan |
6 |
GER |
Aprilia
Racing Team Gresini |
1.955 |
19 |
Rabat
Tito |
53 |
SPA |
Estrella
Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS |
2.585 |
20 |
Laverty
Eugene |
50 |
IRE |
Aspar
MotoGP Team |
2.750 |
21 |
Baz
Loris |
76 |
FRA |
Avintia
Racing |
2.888 | |
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Location
Information
Car and bike races
have been held on closed public roads in the area around the town of
Chemnitz, Germany since the 1920s and were still taking place until
as recently as 1990. It was decided, however, that the five mile
course through such a densely populated area was no… read
more. |
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Length |
3.671
kilometres / 2.281 miles |
Width |
12
metres |
Left
corners |
10 |
Right
corners |
3 |
Longest
straight |
0.700
kilometres / 0.435 miles |
Constructed |
1996 |
Modified |
2003 |
Circuit
Records
Pole
Position |
1m
20.336s (164.5km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2015) |
Race
Lap |
1m
21.530s (162km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2015) |
Race
Time |
41m
01.087s (161km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2015) |
2015
Race Winner |
Marc
Marquez (Honda) |
Lerchenstraße, 09337
Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany – View in Google Maps
www.sachsenring-circuit.com |
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