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MotoGP: Oliveira Dominasi Aksi Penutup Tirai 2020 Di Litar Portimao

Miguel Oliveira berjaya merekodkan kemenangan kedua musim ini setelah mendominasi aksi penutup tirai 2020 di laman sendiri.

Pelumba Tech3 KTM itu berjaya mengekalkan kedudukan selaku pendahulu sehingga ke lap terakhir selepas mencatat masa terpantas sewaktu sesi kelayakan, semalam.

The final race winner of 2020! ?

? @_moliveira88 ?#PortugueseGP ?? pic.twitter.com/wWLtl1yb9u
— MotoGP™? (@MotoGP) November 22, 2020

Tempat kedua jadi milik pelumba Pramac Racing, Jack Miller selepas berjaya memintas Franco Morbidelli di sektor terakhir.

Kejayaan Miller turut membantu Ducati memenangi Kejuaraan Dunia Pengeluar 2020 buat kali pertama sejak 2007.

A burnout to celebrate Ducati clinching the Constructors World Championship for the first time since 2007! ?#PortugueseGP ?? pic.twitter.com/IFNOFFOC1a
— MotoGP™? (@MotoGP) November 22, 2020

Sementara itu, Joan Mir, yang telah pun mengesahkan status selaku juara dunia minggu lalu gagal menamatkan perlumbaan apabila jenteranya mengalami masalah teknikal.

*Joan Mir mengesahkan kejuaraan dunia di Valencia minggu lalu.

Manakala rakan sepasukan di Suzuki Ecstar, Alex Rins menamatkan musim 2020 di kedudukan ketiga kejuaraan dunia.

Dalam perkembangan lain, Enea Bastianini merangkul kejuaraan dunia Moto2 selepas mengutip 205 mata meskipun menamatkan aksi di tempat kelima.

Pelumba Onexox TKKR SAG Team, Remy Gardner berjaya merekodkan kemenangan sulung di Moto2 selepas mengetepikan cabaran Luca Marini manakala Sam Lowes ketiga.

Bastianini akan melangkah ke kelas premier musim depan bergandingan dengan Marini di Avintia Ducati manakala Gardner akan ke Ajo KTM di Moto2.

Manakala Moto3 menyaksikan Albert Arenas dinobat juara dunia dengan 174 mata dalam aksi penuh sengit di Portugal.

Pelumba Aspar Team itu hanya empat mata dihadapan Tony Arbalino dan Ai Ogura.

Kejayaan Arenas turut menyaksikan pelumba itu akan beraksi di Moto2 musim depan.

Dalam perkembangan berbeza, wakil Ducati, Andrea Dovizioso mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada pasukan itu selepas lapan tahun bersama.

Cal Crutchlow turut meninggalkan LCR Honda selepas tempatnya diisi Alex Marquez musim depan namun akan bertkhidmat selaku pelumba uji Yamaha selepas ini.

The end of an era ?@ValeYellow46 completes his last race in full factory blue ?#PortugueseGP ?? pic.twitter.com/RIJM8IK9Wu
— MotoGP™? (@MotoGP) November 22, 2020

Valentino Rossi turut meninggalkan pasukan factory Yamaha selepas 15 tahun bersama pasukan itu. Rossi akan mewakili Petronas Sepang Racing Team (SRT) bagi musim 2021.

MotoGP akan kembali membuka tirai dengan Sepang Shakedown (Winter Test) pada Februari 2021.

Brad Binder Joins Red Bull KTM Tech 3 in MotoGP 2020, Hafizh Syahrin is Out

Red Bull KTM Tech 3 confirmed today that Brad Binder will move up to the MotoGP team in 2020.
He will replace Malaysian rider Hafizh Syahrin.
There is currently no word on Hafizh’s future ride.

Red Bull KTM Tech 3 confirmed today that South African rider Brad Binder will join the MotoGP team in 2020, while Malaysian rider Hafizh Syahrin is out.

Binder was the 2016 Moto3 champion on a Red Bull KTM and promoted to the Moto2 class for this season. Although the Moto2 team is suffering, Binder has distinguished himself by finishing on the podium twice in a row. He put in an especially extraordinary run in the last German Grand Prix at Sachsenring by charging to a second-placed finish from 19^th on the grid.

He will be the first South African to compete in the premier class, partnering his old Moto2 teammate Miguel Oliveira.

This month has been speculated for months, following Hafizh Syahrin’s unfortunate form. He has struggled to gel with the KTM RC16 throughout the season hence finishing at the bottom of the field consistently. Although we are saddened by this news, we understand that racing is a business.

There are rumours that Hafizh will step back into Moto2. However, there is no word in which team. He may step onto Binder’s Red Bull KTM Moto2 or the Petronas Sprinta Racing Team, which is now without a full-time rider following Khairul Idham Pawi’s injuries.

KTM Secures Miguel Oliveira for 2020 MotoGP Season

Miguel Oliveira will continue to ride for KTM in the 2020 MotoGP season.
He has so far impressed everyone this season.
He is currently in front of a number of more experienced men in the standings.

KTM secures Miguel Oliveira through the 2020 MotoGP season.

The Portuguese rookies has so far impressed everyone in the 2019 season, including veteran riders on the KTM RC16 MotoGP bike. He will continue to ride for the Red Bull KTM Tech3 team next year.

He was riding further up the field in the season opener at Qatar but dropped down to 17^that the finish after destroying his tyres. But he learned quickly and fought hard for 9^thwith Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia and Pol Espargaro on the factory KTM, before settling for 11^th. In Austin, Oliveira finished 14^thbehind Johann Zarco on the factory KTM.

Oliveira came oh-so-close to winning the 2018 Moto2 championship, by winning 3 races and standing on the podium a total of 12 times. He would eventually end the season with just 9 points behind Francesco Bagnaia.

His results had him promoted to MotoGP right away, albeit to the Tech3 satellite team. But it didn’t matter, since both Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and Red Bull KTM Tech 3 Racing teams share the same factory-spec KTM RC16.

Oliveira is now 16^thin the standings, ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Ianone, Johann Zarco, Tito Rabat and teammate Hafizh Syahrin.

Johann Zarco Kepenatan Bergelut Dengan Jentera Di MotoGP Argentina

Johann Zarco telah mengatakan bahawa dia kepenatan akibat bergelut dengan jenteranya sewaktu pusingan MotoGP Argentina.
Dia tidak mampu mengemudi jentera KTM RC16 mengikut cara yang diinginkannya.
Zarco telah menamatkan perlumbaan di tempat ke-15, manakala Hafizh Syahrin pula di tempat yang ke-16.

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Johann Zarco: Exhausted from Fighting the Bike in Argentina MotoGP

Johann Zarco said he was exhausted from fighting his bike in the Argentina MotoGP.
He couldn’t ride the KTM RC16 the way he wanted to.
He finished 15^thand Hafizh Syahrin in 16^thin the race.

While we published Hafizh Syahrin’s struggle with the KTM RC16 MotoGP bike, we wondered what his ex-Yamaha Tech 3 teammate Johann Zarco went through.

The two-time Moto2 champion finished 15^thin Qatar and obtained the same result in Argentina. Even then, his final placing at Argentina was after Morbidelli took himself and Vinalez out of the race. By the end, Hafizh Syahrin was able to latch on Zarco’s back wheel and finished one spot behind.

On the other hand, long-time KTM MotoGP rider Pol Espargaro and new Red Bull KTM Tech 3 signing Miguel Oliveira took off to fight it out for 10^thand 11^th.

Zarco had been quite prior to this, but he recently shared his thoughts in an interview with Motorsports.com.

First, he was held up by Jorge Lorenzo who mistakenly his the pitlane speed limiter on the Repsol Honda. Zarco was in 21^stplace into Turn One. But his race also deteriorated as it went on.

“I almost struggle all the way, from the start. With Lorenzo I don’t know what happened and I had to brake a lot behind him, I was second to last,” he recalled.

“Beginning of the race, the first eight laps I was feeling quite good but not able to overtake my opponents because I cannot control well the bike at the moment.”

“Then more and more I was going in the race it was coming harder and harder to ride the bike. I spent a lot of energy.”

“Difficult to leave this kind of races when everything I would like to do, I can’t. This makes me fight with the bike, and then I am exhausted.”

At that point, the bike started to slide, difficult to brake and turn into corners. Zarco rides the traditional long-arc style, in other words, early braking to carry more mid-corner speed and smooth transitions. Hafizh Syahrin rides in this method, as well.

Is this the key to why both these ex-Yamaha riders are suffering?

However, he is adamant in keeping his riding style, as he believes that it allows KTM to improve. Staying on one style means you don’t have too many variables to work with, making it easier to concentrate on which areas that need improving.

The Austrian factory would surely (and sorely) be missing inputs from test riders Dani Pedrosa and Mika Kalio by now. Both are unfortunately recuperating from their injuries.

Ketua Pasukan Red Bull KTM Tech 3, Herve Poncharal, “Berang” Dengan Hafizh Syahrin

Ketua pasukan Red Bull KTM Tech 3, Herve Poncharal mengakui yang dia berasa “berang” dengan Hafizh Syahrin.
Dia telah berkongsi perasaannya itu sewaktu pusingan MotoGP Argentina.
Hafizh Syahrin mensasarkan untuk mendapat keputusan yang lebih baik dari teman sepasukan baharunya, Miguel Oliveira pada tahun ini.

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Red Bull KTM Tech 3 Boss Herve Poncharal “Very Angry” at Hafizh Syahrin

Red Bull KTM Tech 3 boss Herve Poncharal admitted that he was “very angry” at Hafizh Syahrin.
The outspoken Frenchman shared his thoughts during the Argentina MotoGP.
Hafizh Syahrin’s target is to go better than his new teammate Miguel Oliveira this year.

Oh dear, this doesn’t sound good at all. Red Bull KTM Tech 3 boss Herve Poncharal admitted that he was “very angry” at Hafizh Syahrin.

The outspoken Frenchman spilled his guts when interviewed by MotoGP trackside announcer Simon Crafar during the weekend’s Argentina MotoGP.

“Hafizh, this is something very strange, but we’ve been through that before,” said Poncharal, alluding to his previous “motivational” talk with the rider at Misano last year.

“He finished ninth last year for his second race in MotoGP, we know the guy has potential.”

“And yesterday FP1 was a disaster. He was looking almost like you (Simon Crafar) or me riding the bike around the track. I was really angry.”

“But after three laps in FP2, he improved by a full two seconds, which is a lot. Changed nothing on the bike, but clearly there is something is his head. At the moment he doesn’t dare to push, for reasons I can’t explain, he can’t explain.”

However, Poncharal gave assurance that the KTM Tech 3 team is fully behind Hafizh in his quest.

Hafizh Syahrin’s Thoughts

Motosport.com asked Hafizh for his opinion regarding Poncharal’s strong words. “Yesterday morning was (a) similar feeling like Qatar and also in the test. I didn’t find any good grip with the bike.”

“And after that we make a small change (which Poncharal said they didn’t change anything on the bike), and really surprised for me, and I feel a different bike, and we improve.”

Hafizh admits that that he’s still adapting to the bike. “Now I start to understand this bike more or less 90 percent. I just need a little bit more laps.”

Our Take

Before you jump on Poncharal, consider this: MotoGP is business. It’s not some fancy hobby of the rich who employ riders to blast around tracks worldwide. MotoGP is not horse racing and the riders are not horse jockeys.

Now, sponsors have the very right of seeing their logos on the bikes they sponsored and it’s not exactly cheap in MotoGP. These sponsors may say, “We use the top level of motorsports i.e. MotoGP to develop our technologies,” but it’s about brand visibility. Sponsors want to be associated with winners. Would you sponsor a fly-by-night team? You wouldn’t.

Unfortunately, only the front runners and crashers who get the most visibility during a race weekend. The cameras will focus on the front runners 99% of the time; the footage beamed into millions of homes around the world.

In other words, teams and riders at the back of the field are “invisible,” unless they crash. Even then, the front runners who crashed receive more air time. Sponsors will have a hard time justifying the costs to their stakeholders and start pressuring the manufacturer. The manufacturer then pushes the team boss, and the team boss goes down to the pits and start kicking butts.

Sepang International Circuit CEO and Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team principal, Dato’ Ahmad Razlan Ahmad Razali was asked about Hafizh Syahrin’s performance during a recent interview. He said that he had a talk with Hafizh at Qatar. “I gave him a stern advice: Do not look at the Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team as a backup, since we’ve signed Morbidelli and Quartararo for two years,” said Dato’ Razlan.

He also added that getting into MotoGP could be relatively easy, but staying in MotoGP is entirely a different matter. “Tech 3’s target for Hafizh in 2019 was to go faster than his new teammate Miguel Oliveira.”

“I also told him to stop comparing the KTM with the Yamaha he rode last year.”

As with Poncharal, SIC supports Hafizh’s venture. “We’ve gone the whole length of trying to help Hafizh, including signing on a sport psychologist for him.

BikesRepublic.com hopes Hafizh Syahrin will rise to the challenge quickly. We understand that being a MotoGP rider isn’t easy but it’s a world based on results.

*NOTE:

Many top riders also suffered with grip at the Termas Rio Hondo circuit in Argentina. Apart from MotoGP, the circuit is hardly used throughout each year. Consequently, the surface lacks grip. Maverick Vinalez qualified second but lost 1.5 seconds per lap to winner Marc Marquez. Alex Rins could qualify no better than 16^thon his Suzuki and had to be satisfied with finishing 5^th. Johann Zarco on the factory KTM also suffered, finishing in 15^th, one place ahead of Hafizh Syahrin. Andrea Dovizioso said he was disappointed in finishing 3^rdafter nursing his worn tyres home.

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