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Selepas menjalani Misano Test dengan cemerlang, lapan kali juara dunia, Marc Marquez akan kembali ke litar lumba MotoGP pada hujung minggu ini di GP Aragon.

Pelumba Repsol Honda itu berjaya melengkapkan Misano Test yang berlangsung selama dua hari sebelum menyambung latihan intensif di rumah.

Berdasarkan keputusan ujian, Marc Marquez dan Honda telah menetapkan pusingan seterusnya di GP Aragon sebagai medan untuk dia kembali berlumba.

Kali terakhir Marquez beraksi adalah 110 hari lalu (29 Mei) di GP Itali. 

Sejak menjalani pembedahan tangan kanan kali keempat, Marquez telah mengikut panduan ketat yang ditetapkan pasukan perubatannya dalam usaha untuk kembali dalam keadaan 100 peratus cergas.

Selepas pelbagai pemeriksaan dan ujian, semua pihak berpuas hati dengan proses pemulihan yang dijalani Marquez.

Difahamkan, objektif utama penyertaan perlumbaan di Aragon adalah usaha untuk mencapai kecergasaan perlumbaan. 

Sewaktu ujian di Misano, Marquez turut menguji jentera RC213V yang dipasang dengan ‘swingarm’ Kalex. Ini merupakan kali pertama Honda mengguna pakai komponen dari pengeluar lain. 

  • Alvaro Bautista and Ducati maintained their 100% win record by destroying the field in Race 1 at Aragon.

  • Bautista finished the race 15 seconds ahead of Jonathan Rea on the Kawasaki.

  • His teammate Chaz Davies finished in 3rd.

Alvaro Bautista and Ducati maintained their 100% win record by destroying the field in Race 1 at Aragon. The Aragon track in Spain hosts Round 3 of the WorldSBK 2019 championship.

Not wanting to be bogged down in a bruising battle like in Race 1 at Buriram, Thailand, Bautista blasted into the lead as soon as the lights went out. He never looked back and was almost a second faster per lap. He would eventually cross the line 15 seconds clear of the second-placed man.

As with the previous MotoGP race in Argentina, Bautista left the rest to battle for second and third places in his wake.

Jonathan Rea – Photo credit WorldSBK.com

Reigning WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea on the Kawasaki fought his way up from 10thon the grid, only to find himself fighting hard against another two Ducatis for the runner-up position.

Chaz Davies – Photo credite WorldSBK.com

 

Bautista’s teammate Chaz Davies appeared to have finally come to grips with the new Panigale V4 R. He had been battling with Eugene Laverty on the satellite Team Go Eleven Ducati Panigale V4 R during the earlier part of the race, when Rea joined the party.

Alex Lowes – Photo credit WorldSBK.com

The trio swapped positions on and on until the final lap, when Laverty ran into the back of Davies. The come-together sent Laverty off the track and caused Davies to lose touch to Rea. Rea escaped to take 2ndplace while Davies brought his bike home in 3rd.

Behind them, Alex Lowes took his Pata Yamaha to 4thwhile Tom Sykes took the new BMW S 1000 RR to 5th.

ANALYSIS

It’s understandable that some are charging that Ducati brought a MotoGP bike to WorldSBK and voiced concerns over Bautista’s domination. But look at where the other Ducatis are. Bautista’s teammate Davies was in 3rdand Laverty almost took 4th. It’s more of how Bautista is able to interpret and unlock the bike’s full potential compared to everyone else. Plus, he’s probably so used to riding those beasts in MotoGP, so the Panigale V4 R is comparatively easy. We’re not saying that the Panigale V4 R isn’t fast, but every bike needs the rider to unlock its capabilities.

Tom Sykes – Photo credit WorldSBK.com

There’s talk of Dorna looking at curtailing the Panigale V4 R’s maximum revs in order to lower its maximum power. The WorldSBK rules provide for this, in order to keep the field close and exciting for fans. However, doing so would handicap not Bautista but the other Ducatis, too.

Tom Sykes did very well on the BMW S 1000 RR. The bike has a stock engine compared to the rest of the field’s. The exhaust, cams, ECU and suspension are standard like a SuperStock bike’s. It ought to go much faster with the race kit.

Race 2 for WorldSBK starts at 8.00pm tonight.

 

  • Valentino Rossi telah mendapat kebenaran untuk berlumba pada pusingan MotoGP hujung minggu ini di Aragon.
  • Rossi telah pun menjalankan penilaian kecergasan di Misano beberapa hari yang lalu.
  • Rossi mengalami kecederaan retak tulang kaki kanannya pada dua bahagian semasa satu kemalangan enduro pada awal bulan ini.

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  • Valentino Rossi is fit to race at the Aragon GP

  • Rossi had just tested his fitness at Misano

  • Rossi broke his lower leg in two places in an enduro accident 21 days ago

Valentino Rossi will race race at Aragon this weekend, after all. In a news that surprised everyone, perhaps even Rossi himself, the nine-time World Champion has been deemed fit to race.

Mandatory medical exams were carried out by MotorLand Aragon’s Chief Medical Officer, Clemente Milan. Rossi will take part in tomorrow’s FP1 session.

Rossi’s leg broke in two places in a freak, low-speed enduro accident just 21 days ago (click here to read about it). He has even said that such injury would normally take at least 40 days to heal, due to a similar injury back in 2010, which Jorge Lorenzo won his first MotoGP championship.

Rossi took to the track on a Yamaha R-1M street bike at Misano (click here for our coverage) to test his fitness and came away saying that he will try to race this weekend (click here for the full story).

Professional racers have long had a certain determination to get back to racing despite injuries that would sideline any mere mortal. Heroes past and present, such as Marc Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner, Mick Doohan, Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson, Freddie Spencer, in fact almost all of them would come back to ride and sometimes even win in spite of their injuries.

Rossi currently lies fourth in the 2017 MotoGP Championship with 157 points. Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso are jointly leading on 199 points, while Rossi’s teammate, Maverick Vinalez is in third with 183 points. Aragon GP is the 14th round of the 18-round 2017 championship.

  • Juara Dunia sembilan kali MotoGP, Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha), akan cuba untuk bersaing pada hujung minggu ini di pusingan ke-14 di Aragon, Sepanyol.
  • Penunggang berusia 38 tahun dari Itali itu telah mendapat keputusan yang amat positif sesudah menjalani penilaian kecergasan di atas jentera Yamaha YZF-R1M di litar Misano World Circuit beberapa hari yang lalu.
  • Selepas hanya tiga minggu sejak dia mengalami kecederaan patah kaki, Rossi perlu meyakinkan para pegawai perubatan serta pegawai MotoGP jika dia merancang untuk menyertai semula persaingan gelaran MotoGP 2017 pada hari Ahad ini.

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Nine-time MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha) will try to ride this weekend at the 14th round in Aragon, Spain.

The 38 year old Italian has had a very positive result following a fitness assessment on board the Yamaha YZF-R1M around the Misano World Circuit a couple of days ago.

After just three weeks since he sustained the broken leg, Rossi will need to convince MotoGP officials and medical staff if he plans to rejoin the 2017 MotoGP title chase this coming Sunday.

Our theories about motorcycle racers have been confirmed yet again, ladies and gentlemen. These folks are MENTAL. We found out that Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi will attempt to ride his competition Yamaha YZF-M1 at the 14th MotoGP round in Aragon, Spain this coming weekend. (more…)

 

  • Chaz Davies meraih kemenangan sulungnya dalam WorldSBK bagi tahun 2017 dalam Perlumbaan 2 di Aragon semalam di atas jentera Ducati 1199 Panigale
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  • Kedua-dua penunggang Aruba.it Racing (Davies dan Melandri) mencatatkan kedudukan podium berganda dalam kedua-dua perlumbaan
  • Jonathan Rea menyudahi Perlumbaan 2 di tempat kedua di hadapan Marco Melandri

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  • Chaz Davies took his first WorldSBK victory of 2017 in Race 2 at Aragon yesterday on board his Ducati 1199 Panigale R

  • Both Aruba it.Racing Ducati riders (Davies and Melandri) scored double podiums in both races

  • Jonathan Rea finished a close second ahead of Marco Melandri in Race 2

It was a glorious day yesterday for the Aruba.it Racing team where both of their riders, Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri scored double podiums in both WorldSBK races over at Aragon this past weekend. It was an even bigger achievement for Davies who managed to break Jonathan Rea’s winning streak after his Race 1 victory on Saturday. (more…)

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

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Aprilia Racing Team Gresini finally shows off its new 2016 Aprilia RS-GP MotoGP race bike. (more…)

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