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Setelah mengumumkan akan bersara hujung musim ini, Jorge Lorenzo mendedahkan tiga nama telah dicanang akan mengisi tempatnya di Repsol Honda musim depan.

Lorenzo mendakwa Cal Crutchlow, Johann Zarco dan pelumba Moto2, Alex Marquez antara calon yang sedang dipertimbangkan ketika ini.

Menurut laporan Crash.net, Lorenzo menyifatkan ketiga-tiga pelumba menawarkan sumbangan yang berbeza.

“Cal (Crutchlow) merupakan pelumba yang brpengalaman dan kita semua tahu dia seorang yang pantas di litar, Johann (Zarco) juga melaksanakan tugas dengan baik dalam tiga perlumbaan ini.

“Sementara itu Alex, dia merupakan dua kali juara dunia di Moto2 dan adik kepada Marc (Marquez), jadi pastinya menarik untuk menyaksikan dua beradik beraksi dalam satu pasukan bersama Repsol,” jelasnya.

Meskipun sebelum ini Zarco disebut sebagai calon utama namun nama Alex (Marquez) kini semakin kuat dikaitkan.

(SUMBER: Crash.net)

Sumber: Alex Marquez @ Twitter

Pendahulu kejuaraan Moto2, Alex Marquez tidak akan ke MotoGP musim depan apabila bersetuju untuk kekal bersama Marc VDS di Moto2.

Difahamkan, Petronas SRT Moto2 telah pun membentangkan tawaran bagi pelumba berusia 23 tahun itu tetapi urusan tersebut tidak menjadi ekoran Yamaha keberatan untuk menyerahkan slot dalam pasukan satelit musim berikutnya.

“Saya gembira untuk mengumumkan bahawa saya akan kekal bersama Marc VDS dalam kategori Moto2 musim depan.

“Dengan struktur teknikal baharu, saya akan menggunakan tempoh setahun itu untuk memperbaiki skil saya sekaligus menyiapkan diri untuk beraksi di MotoGP,” jelas Marquez.

Meskipun pengurus Marquez, Emilio Alzamora turut mengadakan perbincangan dengan Pramac Ducati, Marquez menegaskan dia masih mahu keka di Moto2 semusim lagi.

Kontrak baharu ini menyaksikan Marquez akan beraksi dengan Marc VDS untuk musim keenam berturut-turut.

(SUMBER: Autosport)

  • Returning rider Thomas Luthi wins the Moto2 race at the Grand Prix of the Americas.

  • His teammate Marcel Schrotter took second after battling with Alex Marquez.

  • Championship leader Jorege Baldassarri crashed out.

It was a day of redemption for Thomas Luthi as he won the Moto2 race at the Grand Prix of the Americas.

The Swiss rider gave up on riding in MotoGP after lackluster results and returned to the Moto2 with the Dynavolt Intact GP team.

It was his teammate Marcel Schrotter who took the holeshot at the start, followed by Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS). However, Marquez was able to force his way through a few corners later.

Marcel Schrotter – Photo credit MotoGP.com

But instead of managing to break away, he was hunted down Luthi who had overtaken Schrotter. Soon, the pair started trading places with Marquez. The latter even resorted to putting up some hard passes but Luthi preservered and made his move stick. Luthi didn’t book back from that point on and rode to his win.

Marquez began falling into the grasps of Schrotter. When the latter moved to overtake, Marquez responded with hard passes including bumping into Schrotter. But Marquez couldn’t defend anymore and Schrotter passed him to claim second.

Alex Marquez – Photo credit MotoGP.com

Marquez kept fading and was eventually passed by Jorge Navarro (Beta Tools Speed Up) who had Mattia Pasini (Flexbox HP 40) in tow.

Championship leader Jorge Baldassarri (Flexbox HP 40) crashed out after hitting the rear tyre of Jorge Martin’s (Red Bull KTM Ajo) out-of-control bike.

  • Triumph is the exclusive engine supplier for the Moto2 class in 2019.

  • Moto2 teams are beginning to test the new engine.

  • The engine is based on the 765cc, inline-Triple based from the Street Triple RS.

Triumph Motorcycles is slated to supply the standard engine to Moto2 teams beginning next year (2019) as Honda’s current contract ends at the end of the 2018 season. Please click on the link below for our coverage.

Check out this 2019 Triumph-powered Kalex Moto2 bike!

As such, Moto2 teams have begun testing the engine this year in preparation for the new season. Do note that Moto2 teams consist of frame builders such as Kalex, Speed Up, NTS and KTM (including Suter and Moriwaki at one point) who build frames and chassis around the spec engine which was based on Honda’s CBR600RR from 2010.

Triumph Moto2 engine being tested about a Triumph Daytona – courtesy of Ultimate Motorcycling

With the advent of a new engine supplier, these teams would have to build frames and chassis to suit the new engine’s mounting points and power characteristics. This should mean close competition in the season ahead as the teams obtain new data on handling and tyre wear.

The latest rider to test the 765cc, inline-Triple based on the new Street Triple (please click here for our review) was Alex Marquez, multiple MotoGP champion Marc Marquez’s younger brother, on the EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex – Triumph.

Alex tested the new engine in the new Kalex at Motorland Aragon yesterday, following Julian Simon and Ricky Cardus’s tests aboard the KTM on the previous day. Jesko Raffin had also tested for Kalex, while Alex De Angelis tested the engine for NTS.

During testing at Valencia earlier this year, Jesko Raffin posted a time that was 1.3 seconds faster than the lap record set by 2016 Moto2 champion, Johann Zarco – using a standard 765cc triple engine from the Street Triple RS! Raffin commented that he encountered “zero problem” with the powerplant. Another rider had commented about the engine’s abundance of low-down and mid-range torque.

  • Penunggang Moto2 dari Malaysia, Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Raceline Malaysia), telah berlumba dengan jayanya, merangkul penamat podium keduanya dari tiga perlumbaan yang lepas.
  • Alex Marquez (EG 0,0, Marc VDS) yang muncul juara perlumbaan di pusingan Motul Grand Prix of Japan di Litar Twin Ring Motegi yang amat basah disusuli oleh Xavi Vierge (Tech 3 Racing).
  • Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) masih mendahului kejohanan ini dan akan meneruskan persaingan merebut kejuaraan Moto2-nya di Phillip Island pada hujung minggu hadapan.

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  • Pendahulu kejohanan Moto3 semasa Joan Mir akan berpindah ke Moto2 pada tahun 2018 untuk berlumba bagi pasuka EG 0,0 Marc VDS.
  • Mir dan pasukan Moto2 terbarunya itu telah menandatangani perjanjian tiga tahun untuk berlumba dari tahun 2018 hingga 2020 dalam kategori Moto2.
  • Joan Mir dan pasukan Moto3 semasanya, Leopard Racing, sedang mendahului kejohanan dengan tiga kemenangan perlumbaan dan dua penamat atas podium dalam tujuh pusingan yang lalu.

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Current Moto3 championship leader Joan Mir will move up to Moto2 in 2018 to race with the EG 0,0 Marc VDS squad.

Mir and his newly-acquired Moto2 team have signed a three-year agreement to race from 2018 to 2020 in the Moto2 category.

Joan Mir and his current Moto3 Leopard Racing team is leading the championship with three race wins and two podium finishes in the past seven rounds.

The current Moto3 championship leader Joan Mir (Leopard Racing) will get a big promotion for next year after signing an agreement to race in the Moto2 middleweight category together with the EG 0,0 Marc VDS squad for 2018. (more…)

  • Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) menjadi penunggang Itali pertama yang memenangi dua perlumbaan Moto2 secara berturut-turut.
  • Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) muncul di tempat kedua selepas Alex Marquez terbabas keluar dari perlumbaan pada pusingan yang terakhir perlumbaan.
  • Thomas Luthi (CarXpert Interwetten) mengisi kedudukan podium dengan jarak 15 saat di belakang Morbidelli.

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  • Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) became the first Italian to win back to back Moto2 races

  • Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) salvaged second spot after Alex Marquez crashed out of the race in the final lap

  • Thomas Luthi (CarXpert Interwetten) completed the podium spot 15 seconds behind Morbidelli

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It’s a day filled with mixed emotions for the Moto2 EG 0,0 Marc VDS when both of their riders were heading for a one-two finish on top of the podium when all of a sudden Alex Marquez suffered a horrific crash in the very final lap. Franco Morbidelli came out on top (again!) after a very good start in the beginning of the race. (more…)

Marc Marquez extends championship lead after dominating thrilling Aragon MotoGP race.

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MotoGP riders, teams, and bikes stranded in Argentina whilst enroute to Austin, Texas as adverse weather conditions forces flight delays and cancellations.

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