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Puig Nafi Dakwaan Jentera RC213V Sukar Ditunggang

Pengurus pasukan Repsol Honda, Alberto Puig, menyangkal dakwaan bahawa jentera RC213V sukar untuk ditunggang dan menyifatkan itu sebagai satu teori semata-mata.

Marc Marquez merekodkan kejuaraan dunia MotoGP kali keenam tahun ini dengan 12 kemenangan setelah merekodkan 420 mata di samping turut menghadiahkan kejuaraan pasukan.

Bagaimanapun, kejayaan Marquez tidak dapat dicerminkan rakan sepasukan, Jorge Lorenzo dan pelumba LCR Honda, Cal Crutchlow dengan masing-masing mendakwa jentera RC213V itu sukar dikendalikan.

Baru-baru ini turut timbul dakwaan bahawa pengurus Ducati, Paolo Ciabatti, mengeluarkan kenyataan bahawa HRC mencipta jentera tersebut mengikut acuan Marquez, bagaimanapun, Puig menafikan dakwaan itu.

“Pertamanya, dakwaan jentera ini sukar ditunggang bukan satu fakta, ini hanya teori.

“Buktinya, dalam tempoh 18 tahun ini Honda telah memenagani 10 kejuaraan dengan empat pelumba berbeza – Valentino Rossi, Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner dan Marquez.

“Statistik ini membuktikan jentera Honda lebih mudah untuk dikendalikan kerana ramai pelumba telah merangkul kejuaraan dengan jentera kami.

“Terbukti dakwaan jentera Honda sukar ditunggang hanyalah satu teori dan bukannya hakikat,” jelas Puig.

(SUMBER: Autosport)

Marc Marquez to Get Shoulder Surgery

Marc Marquez is set to receive another shoulder surgery, this time to his right shoulder.
He had dislocated the shoulder in Motegi.
But subsequent crashes in Sepang, Valencia and Jerez worsened its condition.

Marc Marquez had a much-publicized surgery for his dislocated left shoulder in 2018, but he is now going to have another, this time to his right shoulder.

He had already dislocated the shoulder at Motegi but the spill during Q2 at Sepang exacerbated the injury.

Trailing Fabio Quartararo, he highsided at Turn 2 and landed hard on his ankles and knees at Sepang. He was forced to cancel the dinner appointment with participants of the Honda Asia Journey later that night. When he made a video conference call to address them, there were apparent bruises and lacerations to parts of his right knee and thigh. But no one knew that he had actually dislocated his right shoulder.

But Marc being Marc, he continued racing and finished the race in second behind Maverick Vinalez, thereby maintaining his Top 2 finish all year except for one race. He went on to win the season finale at Valenica two weeks later.

He would highside again two days later at the same track during the first 2020 off-season tests and landed on the right shoulder

If that wasn’t enough, he crashed again five days later at the current tests at Jerez, again landing on his right shoulder.

The reigning MotoGP champion will have to face a long rehabilitation period through winter. Testing duties will be taken over by Cal Crutchlow and Stefan Bradl.

Marc Marquez: I Want the Fastest Bike, Not Easier

Marc Marquez says he wants the fastest bike on the MotoGP grid.
To him an easier bike to ride will benefit other Honda riders too.
Honda is currently working on a number of areas to improve the RC213V even more.

“If you have an easier bike (to ride), it will help all the Honda riders. But my target is to have the fastest bike.” That’s what 8-time world and current MotoGP champion Marc Marquez said at the conclusion of the first of the 2020 off-season tests at Valencia.

‘It doesn’t matter if it’s difficult or not, what I want is try to win. It doesn’t matter if I have to push more or less on the riding,” he continued.

Indeed, of the four Honda riders in 2019, Marc was the only one completed the season in the top eight. He scored 12 wins and 6 second places with just one DNF in 19 rounds. He almost singlehandedly won Honda’s constructor championship and Repsol Honda’s team championship. While he did this, other Honda riders were crashing their brains out and one broke his back and quit racing altogether.

He finished the tests seventh fastest, but don’t count on the results as the riders, teams and manufacturers are still trying out new stuff.

“I’m very happy about the test, we tried the first steps of the 2020 bike. The first steps on the engine, some evolutions on the chassis, to try to understand. Negatives and positives like always. But overall. We did a good test and now in days we will be in Jerez. There I think it will be even better to understand the level of the new bike.”

He also said that the team is working on new aerodynamics while not concentrating too much on electronics. The two main problems that he sees are Yamaha’s strong corner exits and the Honda’s last part of braking when turning into corners.

The first area could be seen with Fabio Quartararo’s unexpected and amazing form, as well as Maverick Vinalez’s constant challenge at the end of the season.

The second concern was evident in the number of front end crashes by Marquez and Crutchlow throughout the season.

Next stop is Jerez.

Confirmed: Alex Marquez to Partner Marc Marquez at Repsol Honda for 2020

Alex Marquez is confirmed as Marc Marquez’s part in Repsol Honda for 2020.
It ends speculation that the brothers will be riding in one team.
The seat was left vacant by retiree Jorge Lorenzo.

Prior “wild speculations” of Alex Marquez joining his brother Marc Marquez in the Repsol Honda team for the 2020 MotoGP season has been confirmed.

Younger brother Alex is the 2019 Moto2 champion, while Marc in the eight-time world champion (sixth in MotoGP) including this year.

Alex had long being compared to the exploits of his brother, much like how it was for the Schumacher brother in Formula 1. The younger sibling finally captured his first Moto2 title this year.

However, both Repsol Honda manager Alberto Puig and Marc denied that drafting in Alex was because of the Marquez namesake. Puig had commented earlier that it would be based on merit. Marc Marquez, on the other hand, insisted that he didn’t push Honda to take to Alex.

Speculations were rife as soon as after Jorge Lorenzo announced his retirement from racing, thereby vacating his Repsol Honda seat. There were “talks” of Johann Zarco getting the tap over LCR Honda riders Cal Crutchlow or Takaaki Nakagami but it was not to be, despite the fact that Zarco was a two-time Moto2 champion.

LCR Honda will stick to their current rider line-up for 2020. Despite being a satellite team, Crutchlow is actually under HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) contract, while Nakagami brought in Idemitmu as one of the team’s main sponsors.

That leaves poor Zarco without a seat. His only options are to join Avintia Ducati (which he already said he didn’t want to) or return to Moto2 and take up Alex Marquez’s seat at Marc VDS.

Dua Beradik Marquez Taruhan Repsol Honda Musim 2020

Selepas pelbagai nama dicanang akhirnya Repsol Honda membuat keputusan untuk menamakan Alex Marquez selaku pengganti Jorge Lorenzo bagi musim 2020.

(Alex) Marquez, juara Moto2 musim ini telah diangkat sebagai pilihan utama berbanding Johann Zarco dan Cal Crutchlow susulan pengumuman persaraan Lorenzo, minggu lalu.

Gabungan dua beradik Marquez ini ternyata bakal membawa imej berlainan buat Repsol Honda musim depan.

Bagaimanapun, (Alex) Marquez dijangka akan berdepan cabaran besar tatkala akan dibandingkan dengan abangnya (Marc) Marquez sepanjang perlumbaan.

Menurut kenyataan Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), Alex Marquez akan menyertai Repsol Honda dengan kontrak satu tahun.

“Pelumba muda Sepanyol itu akan beralih dari Moto2 ke kelas premier dan akan digandingkan dengan lapan kali juara dunia, Marc Marquez, bagi musim 2020 dan akan menunggang jentera RC213V,” katanya.

Sementara itu, pengesahan (Alex) Marquez sebagai pelumba Repsol Honda bermakna Zarco kini memiliki dua pilihan, kekal di MotoGP dengan menyertai Avintia Ducati atau turutn ke Moto2 dan mengisi kekosongan ditinggalkan (Alex) Marquez di Marc VDS.

Alex Lebih Layak, Bukan Zarco – Espargaro

Ketika rata-rata berpendapat Johann Zarco sebagai calon sesuai untuk menggantikan Jorge Lorenzo di Repsol Honda musim depan, Aleix Espargaro berpendapat sebaliknya.

Pelumba Aprilia Racing, Espargaro berpendapat Alex Marquez sebagai calon yang lebih baik untuk digandingkan dengan Marc Marquez musim depan.

“Jika Honda membuat keputusan untuk mengambil Alex, saya rasa itu keputusan yang baik.

“Saya akan melakukan perkara sama jika saya diberikan peluang untuk membuat pilihan. Alex merupakan juara Moto2 dan sudah tentu Marc akan gembira apabila digandingkan dengan adiknya,” katanya.

Bagi Espargaro, Zarco tidak layak untuk menunggang jentera Honda.

“Jika Zarco dianggap sebagai calon yang layak menunggang jentera Honda, saya dan Pol (Espargaro) sepuluh kali lebih layak!

“Jadi jika mereka memilih Alex selaku juara dunia Moto2, saya rasa dia memang layak,” tambahnya.

Difahamkan, Honda sedang mempertimbangkan keputusan untuk menandatangani (Alex) Marquez berbanding Zarco susulan insiden yang berlaku di kem KTM.

KTM sebelum ini bersetuju dengan permintaan Zarco agar kontraknya ditamatkan setahun lebih awal namun pelumba Perancis itu kemudiannya membuat kejutan apabila membuat keputusan untuk meninggalkan KTM lebih awal dari ditetapkan.

“Sikap Zarco tidak profesional. Aprilia mengetahui berapa kali saya menangis musim lalu dan berapa kali saya menangis musim ini tetapi ini adalah tanggungjawab kami.

“Ramai pihak yang telah melaburkan masa dan wang ke dalam projek ini jadi untuk mana-mana pelumba membuat kenyataan ‘This bike is shit, I go home’ membuktikan bahawa dia tidak layak untuk mendapat jentera terbaik dalam saingan MotoGP,” tegasnya.

Sekiranya Alex (Marquez) sah sertai abangnya di Repsol Honda, Zarco dikhabarkan akan mengisi kekosongan di Marc VDS Moto2.

MotoGP: Musim 2019 Berakhir, Marquez Hadiahkan Kejuaraan Berganda

Marc Marquez menoktahkan status selaku juara dunia MotoGP musim 2019 dengan kemenangan di litar Valencia.

Dia turut berjaya mengurniakan kejuaraan dunia pasukan untuk Repsol Honda sekaligus menamatkan kempen terakhir MotoGP 2019 dengan kejuaraan berganda.

Meskipun kejuaraan dunia telah pun disahkan di GP Thailand, Oktober lalu namun senario itu tidak menyekat Marquez untuk memburu kemenangan ke-12 musim ini.

Turn 6 has also caught out @Petrux9! ?

That could secure the Teams Championship for @HRC_MotoGP! ?#ValenciaGP ?? pic.twitter.com/VKyL8tx6Cm

— MotoGP™ ?? (@MotoGP) November 17, 2019

Pada masa sama, kegagalan pelumba Ducati, Danilo Petrucci untuk menamatkan perlumbaan susulan kemalangan dan Andrea Dovizioso sekadar menduduki tempat keempat, membenarkan Marquez menutup defisit dua mata sekaligus menghadiahkan pasukannya kejuaraan dunia.

Another @marcmarquez93 masterclass in progress! ??#ValenciaGP ?? pic.twitter.com/JxdUP4I4Ha

— MotoGP™ ?? (@MotoGP) November 17, 2019

Sementara itu, pelumba Petronas Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo terpaksa berpuas hati dengan tempat kedua dan Jack Miller ketiga.

Strong move from @marcmarquez93! ?

Can @FabioQ20 respond? ?#ValenciaGP ?? pic.twitter.com/ACoBYRdjQ6

— MotoGP™ ?? (@MotoGP) November 17, 2019

Dalam perkembangan sama, Jorge Lorenzo berjaya menamatkan perlumbaan terakhirnya di kedudukan ke-13 selepas mengumumkan persaraan akhir musim ini.

Aksi Moto2 menyaksikan pelumba Red Bull KTM Ajo, Brad Binder muncul juara diikuti Thomas Luthi kedua dan Jorge Navarro ketiga.

Manakala saingan Moto3 menyaksikan pelumba berusia 16 tahun, Sergio Garcia (Estrella Galicia 0.0) menyambar tempat pertama diikuti Andrea Migno (Mugen Race) kedua dan Xaier Artigas (Leopard Impala Junior Team) ketiga.

Alex Marquez Joining Repsol Honda in 2020 MotoGP Season?

Alex Marquez is now linked to being picked for the Repsol Honda squad for the 2020 MotoGP season.
If so, he will join his elder brother Marc Marquez as teammates.
The seat was left open after Jorge Lorenzo announced his retirement.

Alex Marquez is now linked to joining his brother, eight-time world champion Marc Marquez in the factory Repsol Honda squad for the 2020 MotoGP season.

The tears from Jorge Lorenzo’s emotional farewell press conference probably haven’t even dried yet and the rumours are already running rampant on who will replace him on the most coveted seat in the premier class.

It started between two riders, with one considered an outside chance. LCR Honda rookie Takaaki Nakagami was said to have the biggest chance to move up, while MotoGP refugee Johann Zarco replaces him in the team. Veteran LCR Honda and MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow was also said to have a small chance to move up, but there are also thoughts of him retiring soon. Crutchlow had said that his entire body hurts and he has to take massive amounts of painkillers, hence considers that the sunset is just beyond the hill for this career.

Suddenly, Alex Marquez’s name popped up over the weekend. Throwing more fuel into the fire, the 2019 Moto2 champion didn’t confirm nor deny whether he will actually team up with his brother next year.

The biggest question is of course whether Marc has any part should Alex be promoted to the Repsol Honda team. After all, he proclaimed that “Alex is ready for MotoGP” as soon as the younger Marquez sealed the Moto2 title in Malaysia.

But Marc had this to say, “I would be lying if I said that I don’t want my brother, but I insist that I have never forced the situation and I won’t do so now either.”

Team manager Alberto Puig added, “Of course, Alex is an option. You have to consider him on his own merits, not his last name.”

However, that wasn’t all. There was also talk of Jack Miller replacing Danilo Petrucci at the factory Mission Winnows Ducati and Zarco taking up the vacant Pramac Ducati seat. Zarco was quick to state his thoughts on that prospect, “I’d rather be in Moto2 than ride the Pramac Ducati. It would be the same mistake with KTM.”

We will know by Tuesday next week during the MotoGP post-season tests.

“Saya Membuat Keputusan Untuk Bersara”

Pelumba Repsol Honda, Jorge Lorenzo telah mengadakan sidang media mengejut bagi mengumumkan keputusannya untuk bersara, hari ini.

Tiga kali juara dunia MotoGP itu, mengumumkan keputusan tersebut sambil ditemani Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Dorna, Carmelo Ezpelta menjelang GP Valencia, perlumbaan penutup tirai MotoGP musim ini.

Meskipun kontrak bersama Honda hanya akan berakhir 2021 namun prestasi terumbang-ambing musim ini memberi kesan mendalam terhadap kariernya.

Pelumba berusia 32 tahun itu memulakan karier pada 2002 dan sehingga kini telah pun merekodkan lima kejuaraan dan 68 kemenangan merentas semua kelas perlumbaan.

Ketika ini timbul dakwaan bahawa tempat Lorenzo bakal diisi bekas pelumba Redbull KTM MotoGP, Johan Zarco, yang ketika ini menggantikan Takaaki Nakagami di LCR Honda susulan kecederaan.

Diinspirasikan Oleh RC213V, Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade 2020 Didedahkan – 217hp, 113Nm!

Meskipun terdapat ura-ura yang mengatakan Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade akan muncul dengan enjin V4 sepertimana yang terdapat pada jentera RC213V namun model baharu itu masih mengekalkan enjin empat in-line bagi 2020.

Bagaimanapun, jentera baharu ini difahamkan lahir menerusi kerjasama rapat dengan Honda Racing Corporation (HRC).

Jentera baharu ini menghasilkan 217hp pada 14,500rpm dan 113Nm pada 12,500rpm lebih tinggi berbanding model SP sedia ada.

Bagi memastikan prestasi enjin kekal efisien, Honda mendakwa telah menggunakan aspek teknikal yang terdapat pada jentera MotoGP mereka.

Pada masa sama, model baharu ini lebih besar berbanding model terdahulu namun dengan bantuan HRC, setiap bahagian piston adalah 5 peratus lebih ringan.

Menariknya, bagi memastikan suhu enjin terkawal, penggunaan sistem multi-point dan multi-directional semburan minyak hanya beroperasi ketika berada dalam rpm tinggi. Apabila berada rpm rendah, saluran minyak ditutup bagi memastikan tekanan minyak berada di tahap optimum.

Sementara itu, penggunaan kerangka aluminium dan swingarm yang lebih panjang diinspirasikan daripada rekaan RC213V-S.

Model standard menggunakan fork Big Piston (BPF) Showa 43mm dan penyerap hentakan belakang Showa Balance Free Rear Cushion Light (BFRC-L) boleh laras) serta kaliper brek empat piston oleh Nissin manakala versi SP menggunakan fork depan Ohlins NPX 43mm dan Ohlins Object Based Tuning generasi kedua bagi mengawal tetapan depan dan belakang.

Versi SP turut mengguna pakai kaliper brek Brembo Stylema empat piston sementara model standard didatangkan dengan kaliper brek Nissin.

Sistem aerodinamik yang terdapat pada jentera MotoGP Honda turut dipinjamkan ke Fireblade baharu dengan penggunaan winglet.

Nak tahu lebih lanjut mengenai jentera baharu ini? Mungkin Marc Marquez boleh jelaskan.

Bantu Tunda Marc Marquez, Hafizh Syahrin Dapat Pujian Netizen

Meskipun sekadar menamatkan perlumbaan di kedudukan ke-19 di GP Jepun, semalam, namun Hafizh Syahrin tetap mencuri tumpuan apabila membantu menunda juara MotoGP, Marc Marquez.

Marquez – yang turut menjuarai perlumbaan di Litar Motegi itu – mengalami masalah enjin sebaik menamatkan perlumbaan.

Saksikan rakaman di bawah:

Hafizh kemudiannya menghulurkan bantuan dengan menunda juara dunia enam kali itu.

Marquez mendominasi GP Jepun dengan catatan masa 32 minit 41.492 saat diikuti Fabio Quartararo dan Andrea Dovizisio, ketiga.

Bagaimanapun, aksi Hafizh di akhir perlumbaan terus mendapat pujian dari netizen.

Rakyat Malaysia bakal mendapat peluang untuk menyaksikan pelumba negara itu di Litar Antarabangsa Sepang, November depan untuk pusingan kedua terakhir MotoGP.

Marquez Mampu Atasi Rekod Sembilan Kejuaraan Dunia Saya – Rossi

Pelumba ikon MotoGP, Valentino Rossi mengakui tidak akan terkejut sekiranya Marc Marquez berjaya merekodkan sembilan kejuaraan dunia dalam kariernya.

Marquez mengesahkan kejuaraan MotoGP buat kali keenam di kelas premier selepas muncul juara di GP Thailand, baru-baru ini.

Dia kini memiliki rekod lapan kejuaraan termasuk satu kejuaraan dunia bagi segmen 125cc dan Moto2.

Kejayaan Marquez turut menerima pujian Rossi dan menjangkakan pelumba berusia 26 tahun itu akan memintas statusnya selaku pemegang sembilan kejuaraan dunia.

“Saya jangka Marquez mampu mengatasi rekod saya tetapi pada masa sama saya juga mahu memohon maaf kerana mensia-siakan beberapa peluang untuk muncul juara selepas itu.

“Tetapi Marquez menyebabkan saya hilang satu peluang untuk muncul juara buat kali ke-10,” jelas Rossi merujuk kepada musim 2015 yang berakhir dengan kontroversi.

Dalam perkembangan sama, Marquez enggan menafikan peluang untuk mengejar rekod 15 kejuaraan milik Giacomo Agostini.

15 Tailandia GP 3, 4, 5 y 6 de octubre de 2019, circuito de Chang, Tailandia
Motogp, MGP, Mgp, MotoGP

“Kami amat rapat dan saya pernah mendengar kenyataan ini sebelum ini. Saya enggan mengatakan senario itu 100 peratus mustahil tetapi rekod itu amat sukar untuk dikejar.

“Saya perlu memenangi dua kali ganda daripada kejuaraan yang saya lakar ketika ini. Saya tidak obses untuk mengejar nama sebaliknya keutamaan saya adalah menikmati perlumbaan tersebut,” tambahnya.

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Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez is set to receive another shoulder surgery, this time to his right shoulder.

He had dislocated the shoulder in Motegi.

But subsequent crashes in Sepang, Valencia and Jerez worsened its condition.

Marc Marquez says he wants the fastest bike on the MotoGP grid.

To him an easier bike to ride will benefit other Honda riders too.

Honda is currently working on a number of areas to improve the RC213V even more.

Alex Marquez is confirmed as Marc Marquez’s part in Repsol Honda for 2020.

It ends speculation that the brothers will be riding in one team.

The seat was left vacant by retiree Jorge Lorenzo.

Alex Marquez is now linked to being picked for the Repsol Honda squad for the 2020 MotoGP season.

If so, he will join his elder brother Marc Marquez as teammates.

The seat was left open after Jorge Lorenzo announced his retirement.

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