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Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
The penultimate round of the season takes place this weekend as Casey Stoner arrives at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix as the newly crowned 2011 MotoGP World Champion.
After a dream weekend at his home race at Phillip Island in which a ninth victory of the year sealed him the 2011 title, MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner arrives at the Sepang International Circuit for Round 17 of the season satisfied that his first campaign with the Repsol Honda team has been a resounding success.
The Australian is set to make his 100th premier class GP start this weekend, and despite having secured his second MotoGP title with two rounds remaining will be just as hungry to continue his phenomenal form in 2011. On the podium at every round except one this year (Round 2 at Jerez), Stoner has not been off the rostrum for the last 14 races and will be out to deliver Honda their first win of the 800cc era at Sepang – a track at which the 26 year-old himself has won in the 125cc, 250cc and premier classes.
Jorge Lorenzo was a notable absentee from the starting grid in Australia and the deposed World Champion will also miss this weekend’s race as well. A nasty finger injury picked up in a Sunday morning warm-up crash at Phillip Island ruled the Yamaha Factory Racing rider out of the race, and following surgery he will not be able to compete in Malaysia either.
Lorenzo’s position as runner-up looks to be almost secured despite his inability to ride, although third-placed Andrea Dovizioso could still mathematically beat him to second in the final standings. The Italian finished on the podium in Australia as he pushes hard in his final races with Repsol Honda before a switch of teams in 2012, and he remains four points ahead of team-mate Dani Pedrosa in the duo’s battle for positions in the factory outfit’s pecking order.
Yamaha’s Ben Spies missed last Sunday’s race in Australia after taking a heavy blow to the head in a crash in qualifying, but expects to be fit to ride at a track on which he finished fourth in his rookie season last year. The American remains on course for a top-five Championship finish in his first season on the factory YZR-M1.
Thanks to his second podium of the year in Australia, San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli drew level on points with Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) in the Championship and is still well able to challenge Spies for fifth. For Rossi the Phillip Island weekend could not have finished in more disappointing fashion as the Italian crashed out for a second successive race, as his woes on the Desmosedici continued. The nine times World Champion has taken nine podiums from his 11 previous premier class visits to Sepang, and his last MotoGP victory came in last year’s Malaysian GP.
On the other side of the Ducati Team garage Nicky Hayden continues his search for a second podium of the season at a track he is yet to step onto the rostrum, but where he has finished in fourth position on five previous occasions. A solid top-five ride in Australia will have boosted Colin Edwards on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 as the American sees out his final two races with Hervé Poncharal’s team before a switch next season, and Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) appears set to achieve a top-ten finish this season after it was announced in Australia that the Japanese rider will bid farewell for now to the MotoGP World Championship at the conclusion of the campaign.
Mapfre Aspar rider Héctor Barberá is working hard to be fit to ride in Malaysia following surgery on the fractured collarbone he suffered in Japan just over two weeks ago, and John Hopkins will accompany Álvaro Bautista on the Rizla Suzuki GSV-R as a wildcard at the circuit where the Spaniard scored his equal best premier class result of fifth last year.
vragen die beantwoord zullen worden dit weekend:
Wat kan John Hopkins laten zien op de Suzuki?
Hoe staat Ducati er voor na de slecht verlopen wintertests in Sepang?
Wie geeft er tegengas tegen de overmacht van Honda?
Wie wint er deze week het gevecht om P3 in het wk, Dovisiozo of Pedrosa?
Zien we een 125cc en Moto2 kampioen?
De resultaten in de race van 2010:
MotoGp
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 162.2 41'03.448
2 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 162.1 +0.224
3 16 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 161.8 +6.035
4 13 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 161.3 +13.676
5 11 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 161.1 +15.402
6 10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 160.9 +18.826
7 9 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 160.8 +20.218
8 8 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 160.6 +23.574
9 7 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 160.6 +23.964
10 6 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 160.1 +31.850
11 5 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 159.7 +38.579
12 4 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 159.6 +38.849
5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 111.0 6 Laps
Not Classified
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 158.3 14 Laps
65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 158.0 16 Laps
Not Starting
27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 0 Lap
Moto2:
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 44 Roberto ROLFO ITA Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 153.7 41'09.412
2 20 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM JIR Moto2 Motobi 153.7 +0.040
3 16 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Fimmco Speed Up Speed Up 153.3 +5.915
4 13 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 153.3 +6.322
5 11 6 Alex DEBON SPA Aeroport de Castello - Ajo FTR 152.9 +11.912
6 10 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing FTR 152.9 +12.458
7 9 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing Suter 152.9 +12.519
8 8 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP Suter 152.9 +12.589
9 7 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Forward Racing Suter 152.7 +15.010
10 6 3 Simone CORSI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 152.6 +16.707
125cc:
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Red Bull Ajo Motorsport Derbi 148.0 40'29.035
2 20 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 147.9 +2.341
3 16 40 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 147.8 +3.656
4 13 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 147.6 +6.780
5 11 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 147.6 +7.133
6 10 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Avant Mitsubishi Ajo Derbi 147.6 +7.297
7 9 12 Esteve RABAT SPA Blusens-STX Aprilia 146.4 +26.648
8 8 39 Luis SALOM SPA Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 146.2 +29.339
9 7 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN Racing Team Germany Aprilia 146.2 +29.339
10 6 35 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 146.2 +29.365
Foto's 2010:
Moto2 Kampioen Toni Elias
de wederopstanding van Valentino Rossi
Casey Stoner
MotoGp Kampioen Jorge Lorenzo
Andrea Dovisiozo
Ben Spies
Tijdschema:
MotoGP Grand Prix van Maleisië 2011
21 okt 2011
04:10-04:55 Eerste vrije training
08:10-08:55 Tweede vrije training
22 okt 2011
04:10-04:55 Derde vrije training
07:55-08:55 Kwalificatie
23 okt 2011
05:40-06:00 Warm up
10:00 Race
The penultimate round of the season takes place this weekend as Casey Stoner arrives at the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix as the newly crowned 2011 MotoGP World Champion.
After a dream weekend at his home race at Phillip Island in which a ninth victory of the year sealed him the 2011 title, MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner arrives at the Sepang International Circuit for Round 17 of the season satisfied that his first campaign with the Repsol Honda team has been a resounding success.
The Australian is set to make his 100th premier class GP start this weekend, and despite having secured his second MotoGP title with two rounds remaining will be just as hungry to continue his phenomenal form in 2011. On the podium at every round except one this year (Round 2 at Jerez), Stoner has not been off the rostrum for the last 14 races and will be out to deliver Honda their first win of the 800cc era at Sepang – a track at which the 26 year-old himself has won in the 125cc, 250cc and premier classes.
Jorge Lorenzo was a notable absentee from the starting grid in Australia and the deposed World Champion will also miss this weekend’s race as well. A nasty finger injury picked up in a Sunday morning warm-up crash at Phillip Island ruled the Yamaha Factory Racing rider out of the race, and following surgery he will not be able to compete in Malaysia either.
Lorenzo’s position as runner-up looks to be almost secured despite his inability to ride, although third-placed Andrea Dovizioso could still mathematically beat him to second in the final standings. The Italian finished on the podium in Australia as he pushes hard in his final races with Repsol Honda before a switch of teams in 2012, and he remains four points ahead of team-mate Dani Pedrosa in the duo’s battle for positions in the factory outfit’s pecking order.
Yamaha’s Ben Spies missed last Sunday’s race in Australia after taking a heavy blow to the head in a crash in qualifying, but expects to be fit to ride at a track on which he finished fourth in his rookie season last year. The American remains on course for a top-five Championship finish in his first season on the factory YZR-M1.
Thanks to his second podium of the year in Australia, San Carlo Honda Gresini’s Marco Simoncelli drew level on points with Valentino Rossi (Ducati Team) in the Championship and is still well able to challenge Spies for fifth. For Rossi the Phillip Island weekend could not have finished in more disappointing fashion as the Italian crashed out for a second successive race, as his woes on the Desmosedici continued. The nine times World Champion has taken nine podiums from his 11 previous premier class visits to Sepang, and his last MotoGP victory came in last year’s Malaysian GP.
On the other side of the Ducati Team garage Nicky Hayden continues his search for a second podium of the season at a track he is yet to step onto the rostrum, but where he has finished in fourth position on five previous occasions. A solid top-five ride in Australia will have boosted Colin Edwards on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 as the American sees out his final two races with Hervé Poncharal’s team before a switch next season, and Hiroshi Aoyama (San Carlo Honda Gresini) appears set to achieve a top-ten finish this season after it was announced in Australia that the Japanese rider will bid farewell for now to the MotoGP World Championship at the conclusion of the campaign.
Mapfre Aspar rider Héctor Barberá is working hard to be fit to ride in Malaysia following surgery on the fractured collarbone he suffered in Japan just over two weeks ago, and John Hopkins will accompany Álvaro Bautista on the Rizla Suzuki GSV-R as a wildcard at the circuit where the Spaniard scored his equal best premier class result of fifth last year.
vragen die beantwoord zullen worden dit weekend:
Wat kan John Hopkins laten zien op de Suzuki?
Hoe staat Ducati er voor na de slecht verlopen wintertests in Sepang?
Wie geeft er tegengas tegen de overmacht van Honda?
Wie wint er deze week het gevecht om P3 in het wk, Dovisiozo of Pedrosa?
Zien we een 125cc en Moto2 kampioen?
De resultaten in de race van 2010:
MotoGp
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 162.2 41'03.448
2 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 162.1 +0.224
3 16 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 161.8 +6.035
4 13 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 161.3 +13.676
5 11 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 161.1 +15.402
6 10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 160.9 +18.826
7 9 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 160.8 +20.218
8 8 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 160.6 +23.574
9 7 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 160.6 +23.964
10 6 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 160.1 +31.850
11 5 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 159.7 +38.579
12 4 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 159.6 +38.849
5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 111.0 6 Laps
Not Classified
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 158.3 14 Laps
65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 158.0 16 Laps
Not Starting
27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 0 Lap
Moto2:
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 44 Roberto ROLFO ITA Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 153.7 41'09.412
2 20 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM JIR Moto2 Motobi 153.7 +0.040
3 16 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Fimmco Speed Up Speed Up 153.3 +5.915
4 13 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 153.3 +6.322
5 11 6 Alex DEBON SPA Aeroport de Castello - Ajo FTR 152.9 +11.912
6 10 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing FTR 152.9 +12.458
7 9 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing Suter 152.9 +12.519
8 8 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP Suter 152.9 +12.589
9 7 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Forward Racing Suter 152.7 +15.010
10 6 3 Simone CORSI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 152.6 +16.707
125cc:
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Red Bull Ajo Motorsport Derbi 148.0 40'29.035
2 20 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 147.9 +2.341
3 16 40 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 147.8 +3.656
4 13 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Tuenti Racing Derbi 147.6 +6.780
5 11 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia 147.6 +7.133
6 10 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Avant Mitsubishi Ajo Derbi 147.6 +7.297
7 9 12 Esteve RABAT SPA Blusens-STX Aprilia 146.4 +26.648
8 8 39 Luis SALOM SPA Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 146.2 +29.339
9 7 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN Racing Team Germany Aprilia 146.2 +29.339
10 6 35 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP Aprilia 146.2 +29.365
Foto's 2010:
Moto2 Kampioen Toni Elias
de wederopstanding van Valentino Rossi
Casey Stoner
MotoGp Kampioen Jorge Lorenzo
Andrea Dovisiozo
Ben Spies
Tijdschema:
MotoGP Grand Prix van Maleisië 2011
21 okt 2011
04:10-04:55 Eerste vrije training
08:10-08:55 Tweede vrije training
22 okt 2011
04:10-04:55 Derde vrije training
07:55-08:55 Kwalificatie
23 okt 2011
05:40-06:00 Warm up
10:00 Race