The 2021 MotoGP calendar has just been modified again due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the latest updates, FIM, IRTA, and Dorna Sports have announced a new date for GP of the Americas, with the circuit will now host the MotoGP from 1 to 3 October 2021.
Meanwhile, MotoGP will also be held in Thailand from 15 to 17 October, a week later than the previously scheduled.
However, the organizers are forced to confirm the cancellation of the Japan GP due to current Covid-19 restrictions and travel complications.
Nonetheless, FIM and Dorna Sports aims that the world championship will return in Japan for 2022.
The 2021 MotoGP will resume this weekend at Assen.
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.
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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.
Jorge Lorenzo is upset at Johann Zarco’s pass on him in the early stages of the Japanese GP. To the former, the move on him by the triple Moto2 Champion was dangerous, which caused a get-together at the corner exit.
Lorenzo likened Zarco to playing a game on the PlayStation. “You saw what happened,” said Lorenzo. “It’s not the first time he’s done this kind of thing – with me but also with two or three other riders. But he keeps doing it as though he’s playing on the PlayStation on time attack, like there’s no one at the side; very aggressive. I went to his box but he doesn’t understand he’s doing something bad and he won’t change. Someone should tell him to be more calm. He thinks he’s right and doing good, and that you or we need to be careful – not that he has to calm down. I would like to speak with the Safety Commission to see what we can do, because something could happen in future.”
Lorenzo was perhaps pointing to the incident at Austin this year, although it was Valentino Rossi at the receiving end of Zarco’s “aggression.”
“I was confident with the front so in Turn 9 I could attack,” explained the Frenchman. “Then he tried to stay on the outside but when I went out the corner I didn’t see him, I didn’t think he could be there and we touched because of my acceleration I went normally on my line and we touched each other. It was quite a strong touch but it was normal in the race. Because I was on the inside I got the advantage. Nobody crashed is the good thing.”
Zarco had started from pole, his second of the year, but slipped back to finish the race in eighth. Lorenzo struggled with rear grip initially but was able to rally and finish sixth.
Valentino Rossi memikirkan yang dia serta rakan sepasukannya, Maverick Vinales “mempunyai masalah dan tidak tahu akan puncanya”, dan amat risau akan peluang mereka untuk bersaing dengan baik di GP Jepun di Litar Twin Ring Motegi, sekiranya cuaca hujan ini berterusan. Kedua-dua penunggang dari pasukan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP ini telah bergelut sepanjang musim dengan kekurangan cengkaman di bahagian belakang jentera Yamaha YZF-M1 mereka.
Valentino Rossi reckons he and teammate Maverick Vinalez are “in trouble and don’t know why,” in worried about their chances at the Japanese GP, should the rain continue. The pair has been struggling with lack of rear grip on their Yamaha YZF-M1 through the entire season.
Riders may be able to ride around the problem in the dry, but the rain amplifies the problem.
The factory team seemed to make some headway in previous races, without doubt also attributed to riders’ skill and determination, however yesterday’s free practice sessions at Motegi saw both riders 11th and 12th fastest.
Rossi said, “We’re in trouble and we don’t understand why. Last year I was very competitive in the wet and had a good feeling with the old bike, but this year we’re struggling. We’ve tried to modify the bike, but in the end we’re far from the top. It’s the same as the problem in the dry – we don’t have rear grip.”
While Valentino Rossi knows he’s out of contention for his 10th title as a result of a broken leg, Maverick Vinalez saw first his lead, and now his chances for his first MotoGP tltle slip further and further away.
At the time this article went “live,” Andrea Dovizioso of Ducati Team continued to be the fastest man after FP3 on combined free practice times, ahead of Marc Marquez, Aleix Espargaro and Jorge Lorenzo.
Valentino Rossi dug deep and found some pace to first make it into the top ten before finally going up to fifth fastest. Vinalez is in 14th, meaning that he will need to fight through Q1. The Top 12 combined times qualify automatically to Q2.
Fernando Alonso has been having a tough year in Formula 1.
It is bad enough that he could not extract the best out of Ferrari in the four years he was at the team, a feat Sebastian Vettel did so in just one year. Now the Spanish double world champion is having a torrid year at Mclaren.
There is news that he could take a sabbatical in 2016 or even race in the World Endurance Championship. But that may not be all.
Pictures have surfaced of Alonso taming the Honda RC213V, the same race bike that Marc Marquez raced in 2015.
But before you get all excited, you should know that it was all part of a program organised by Honda Japan as part of its annual end of season ‘Thanks Day’ at the Motegi race circuit. Alonso took on Marquez’s race bike, while Marquez straddled up to tame Honda’s new NSX Concept GT.
Also at the program was Indy Car winner Takuma Sato to drive Honda’s 1968 RA301 F1 car.
Alonso also drove Honda’s 1991 MP4/6, the same car driven by Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger.
There is no official video out yet, but the video below shows Alonso doing a great job on two wheels.
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