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Lap-based Czech Republic GP

MotoGP - The Czech Republic GP turn-based -

The Brno autodrome, in the Czech Republic, welcomes the drivers on a route known to be very technical: theater of the end-of-season suspense, Brno marks this year the start of a title hunt that has become almost desperate for Rossi…. Round by round !

With a length of 5,403 m, the Brno circuit has a straight line of only 636 m and eight right turns and six left. Offering very good visibility for the 84,125 spectators present on Sunday, it guarantees the show !

In MotoGP, it was called the garden of Max Biaggi, technical rider if there was one … or rather was! Brno has been welcoming pilots since 1930, on a road circuit which passed the houses before the autodrome proper was built in 1980. Revised for greater safety in 1996, it remains a very technical track with bumpy or bumpy bends. cant. The turns are quite quick, so you only use five gears in MotoGP and the 1st is only used at the start! The average is still high there, although we stay there for a very long time resting on the angle.

Last element of suspense: if the weather is good during the two days of testing, we expect a possible downpour between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., or just during the MotoGP race which could therefore see the application of the new regulations for the first time. planning a change of machine during the race … Place to the show !

Class 125

On Friday, Kallio sets the best time ahead of Pesek who would like to shine in front of his home crowd. Gadea, Pasini, Simon and Luthi follow, best Honda rider ahead of Talmacsi and Bautista. French side, Di Meglio signs the 23rd stopwatch and Masbou the 27th.

The first qualifying session saw the local Pesek take the provisional pole just in front of Bautista. Kallio and Pasini are the only ones in the same second, then Simon, Talmacsi, Lai, Terol, Nieto and Faubel. Olive 11th is already more than 2s behind while Masbou is 24th time at almost 3s and Di Meglio 30th at 4s.

On Saturday morning, Kallio takes over the leadership ahead of Pesek, Simon, Bautista, Pasini, Talmacsi, Gadea, Faubel and Olive. Di Meglio is 21st at 2.5 s, Masbou 35th at 3.9 s.

The 2nd qualifying session saw Kallio grab pole just ahead of Bautista. Pesek is at 1 / 10th and Faubel at 0.4 s. In 2nd row, Pasini, Terol, Gadea and Simon are between 0.4 and 0.9 s from pole. Between 1 and 1.3 s, in the 3rd row, are Talmacsi, Lai, Olive and Nieto. Di Meglio qualifies 25th at 2.4 s, Masbou 27th at 2.5 s.

Sunday in warm-up, Pasini was the fastest in front of Bautista at 0.3 s, Kallio at 0.5 s, Luthi at 0.7 s, Pesek at 0.8 s, Talmacsi at 1 s, Nieto at 1.2 s, Terol at 1.3 s , Olive at 1.4 s and Di Meglio, whose team seems to have found solutions, who are 10th in this warm up 1.5 s behind Pasini. Masbou is 34th time at 4.6 s. Young England prospect Bradley Smith is forfeited with a crash. 43 pilots will be at the start !

Departure. Bautista took the advantage ahead of Kallio, Pesek, Talmacsi, Lai, Pasini who quickly passed 5th, Faubel and Gadea who in turn passed Lai and Simon. Di Meglio well started occupies 17th position. Pasini passed 4th in front of Talmacsi. In the lead, Bautista is pushing for a start on his own, but Pesek hangs on. Simon, obviously not yet fully recovered from his injuries (he limps a lot), deviates down the long straight and has to let Terol pass for 9th place. Pasini very fast passes 3rd in front of Kallio.

In the first lap, Bautista was almost 1/2 second ahead of Pesek, Pasini, Kallio and Talmacsi. Faubel, Gadea and Lai are a little further, then Terol gradually lets go of the group of pursuers made up of Luthi, Simon, Nieto and Olive. Di Meglio is 16th, Masbou 24th. At the end of the straight, Pasini won under braking ahead of Pesek. Kallio attacked and passed Pesek in 3rd position, seeing Pasini pushing forward and releasing Pesek by coming back to Bautista. Di Meglio passed 15th ahead of Koyama, Masbou’s teammate on Malaguti. Pasini joins Bautista at the start of the straight and Faubel returns to Talmacsi.

On lap 2, Bautista and Pasini lead by 0.7sec ahead of Kallio, Pesek and Talmacsi. Faubel is at 1.5 s, Gadea and Lai at 2.1 s and Terol at 2.8 s has let go of Nieto, Simon, Luthi and Olive. Di Meglio was 16th, Masbou 24th. At the end of the straight, Pasini, who had the fastest lap, took the lead at Bautista. Pesek comes back to 3rd in front of Kallio. Pesek exerts pressure and gradually returns to Bautista, bringing Kallio and Talmacsi behind him. Karel Abraham, at home, falls and gives up. Di Meglio returns to 15th.

On lap 3, Bautista took the lead again in the draw ahead of Pasini. Pesek, Kallio and Talmacsi are at 0.7 s, Faubel at 1.9 s, Gadea at 2.4 s, Lai and Terol at 2.9 s, Olive and Luthi at 4.5 s. Di Meglio is 17th, Masbou still 24th. Simon loses the back by accelerating too early on the long straight, crashing and giving up. In the quick chicane, Pesek practically reconnected with the two leaders, bringing back Kallio and Talmacsi.

At the 4th lap, Bautista leads ahead of Pasini, Pesek, Kallio and Talmacsi. At the end of the straight, Pasini took the lead again and Kallio took 3rd. Faubel 6th sees Gadea and Terol come back to him. Kallio passes 2nd in front of Bautista. In the first chicane, Kallio took advantage of the change of angle to slip into the lead ahead of Pasini, and Pesek made the same maneuver to pass third ahead of Bautista. Bautista returned to third at the entrance to the chicane. Gadea passed 6th in front of Faubel, Terol on their heels. In the last stretch before the finish chicane, Pasini takes the lead from Kallio.

On the 5th lap, on the line, Kallio is up to Pasini on suction and Bautista is up to the two men: three abreast under braking! Bautista made the best braking and took the lead in front of Pasini who had Kallio contained. At the entrance to the chicane, Pasini brakes Bautista while Pesek passes Kallio. Di Meglio is 16th, Masbou 26th. Kallio returned to 3rd in front of Pesek, then at the entrance to the chicane made a superb interior in Pasini to pass 2nd! Bautista returns to 2nd in front of Kallio.

At the 6th lap, Pasini leads ahead of Bautista, Kallio, Pesek and Talmacsi. Gadea, Faubel and Terol are 2.8 seconds behind and Bautista takes over the lead at the end of the straight. Pesek passed 3rd from a magnificent exterior to Kallio in the long left. Kallio returned to 3rd under braking for the double right. Bautista put the pressure on and took a few lengths on Pasini. Zanetti comes back to the stand. Talmacsi in Pesek’s wheel misses him by a hair! Pol Espargaro falls and gives up.

On the 7th lap, Bautista is 0.4s ahead of Pasini, Kallio, Pesek and Talmacsi. Gadea, Terol and Nieto passed in front of Faubel are at 3.8 s. Luthi 10th at 5.7s dropped Olive and Lai. Terol passes 6th in front of Gadea.

On lap 8, Bautista led by 0.5s over Pasini and Kallio, themselves a few lengths ahead of Pesek and Talmacsi. Gadea returned to 6th place ahead of Terol, Faubel and Nieto. Terol returned to 6th place ahead of Gadea, Faubel and Nieto.

On lap 9, Bautista was still 0.4 s ahead of Pasini who let loose Kallio, Pesek and Talmacsi 0.4 s further. Faubel returned to 6th place ahead of Gadea while Terol, Nieto and Luthi came back on their heels. Olive also tries to link up with this group. Kallio moved back to 3rd in front of Pesek, makes the connection with Pasini.

On lap 10, Bautista was a full second ahead of Pasini, Kallio, Pesek and Talmacsi. At 7.3 s, Faubel takes Gadea, Terol, Nieto and Luthi. Olive is 0.5 s later, Di Meglio is 16th and Masbou 26th. At the entrance to the chicane, Kallio and Pesek in his wheel pass Pasini. Little by little, Kallio and Pesek let go of Pasini and Talmacsi. The latter passes 4th in front of Pasini who passes immediately! Kallio gradually nibbles his delay on Bautista, Pesek in his wheel.

On lap 11, Bautista was 0.9 s ahead of Kallio and Pesek, 2 s over Pasini and Talmacsi, 7.4 s over Gadea and Faubel and 8.2 s over Terol and Luthi who were struggling to keep up with Nieto and Olive.

On the 12th lap, Bautista was only 0.8s ahead of Kallio and Pesek, but Pasini and Talmacsi dropped by 3.1s! Gadea and Faubel unleashed Terol and Luthi on which Nieto returned with Olive almost in his wheel. Lai seems completely let down. At the end of the straight, Pesek won over Kallio for 2nd place. Talmacsi passed 4th ahead of Pasini. Kallio reacts instantly and goes back to 2nd. Behind Gadea and Faubel, Luthi passed in front of Terol made his effort and returned to the two Aprilia of the Aspar team. Nieto passes Terol in the last chicane.

On lap 13, Bautista was still 0.8sec ahead of Kallio who took a little lead over Pesek, Talmacsi at 4.5sec edging past Pasini at 4.8sec. At 7.7 s, Faubel and Gadea were not yet safe from Terol passed in front of Luthi, Nieto and Olive returned. Faubel passed 6th at the end of the straight ahead of Gadea. In the lead, Bautista sees Kallio come back like a bullet and loose Pesek, the Czech biting off the vibrator but unable to keep up with the Finn..

On lap 14, Bautista was 0.7 seconds ahead of Kallio. Pesek is released at 2.3 s. Talmacsi and Pasini back on his wheel are at 5.8 s. Gadea, Faubel, Luthi, Olive, Nieto and Terol are about 10 seconds away. De Rosa retires, giving Di Meglio 15th place.

On lap 15, Bautista was still 0.7 seconds ahead of Kallio. Pesek is at 3.9 s, Talmacsi and Pasini at 7 s ahead of Gadea, Faubel and Luthi then, at more than 10 s, Nieto, Olive and Terol who are struggling to follow. At the end of the straight, Pasini came back to fourth in front of Talmacsi. Di Meglio is 15th, Masbou 25th.

On the 16th pass, Kallio reduced his delay to 0.6s. Pesek is at 5.2 s, Pasini and Talmacsi at 8.3 s, Gadea, Faubel and Luthi at 10.7, Olive and Nieto at 10.8 s and Terol at 11.9 s. Talmacsi returned to fourth in front of Pasini and let go immediately: he now has Pesek within reach, who has slowed down enormously…

On lap 17, Bautista was less than half a second ahead of the coming back strong Kallio. Pesek at 8.2 s behind the leader sees Talmacsi and Pasini return to 0.7 s while Gadea, Faubel and Luthi return to 1.6 s from Pasini! Halfway through, Talmacsi got back into Pesek’s wheel! Di Meglio passed 13th.

On the 18th lap, two laps from the finish, Kallio came back 0.3s from Bautista !

At the start of the last lap, Kallio is now in Bautista’s wheel … Talmacsi passed Pesek, but at the end of the straight the Czech came back under braking. Pasini tries to take the opportunity to pass, but without success. Olive gives up on this last lap! Talmacsi and Pasini pass Pesek and Faubel falls trying to attack Gadea! In the lead, Kallio tries to find the opening on Bautista who closes the doors well. In the last chicane, Kallio attacks at the change of angle and takes the lead under Bautista’s wheel! But Kallio is forced to step aside as the clever Bautista immediately straightened his machine to accelerate sooner! It’s unstoppable: Bautista overtakes Kallio just before the line and wins by 28 thousandths !

On the last corner Talmacsi was attacked by Pesek with Pasini in his wheel, but the Czech accelerated too early, lost a rear and crashed at the start of the finish straight! Pasini, distracted, looks at Pesek turning to him, without seeing that Gadea has come back like a ball and passes, he who did not ask for so much! In the process, Luthi also takes advantage of the windfall and overwhelms Pasini, mortified at having been so had in the last few meters! Fortunately, Pesek has nothing and returns to the stand where he explains that his machine suddenly lost power….

Bautista thus won his 5th victory ahead of Kallio 2nd, Talmacsi 3rd, Gadea 4th, Luthi 5th, Pasini 6th, Terol 7th, Olive 8th, Nieto 9th, Lai 10th, Cortese 11th, Bradl 12th, Di Meglio 13th, Hernandez 14th and Corsi 15th. Masbou finished 23rd … 33 drivers are at the finish out of the 43 starters.

In the championship, Bautista digs the hole: leader with 230 points, he is now almost three races ahead of Kallio (161). Pasini is 3rd with 147 points ahead of Gadea (133), Faubel (123), Pesek (102), Luthi (91), Talmacsi (81), Corsi (71), Olive (68), Nieto (57) and Lai (56 ). Di Meglio has almost doubled his points capital with a cumulative … 7 !

On the brands side, Aprilia leads well with 253 points ahead of KTM (166), Honda (124), Derbi (111), Gilera (71) and Malaguti (24).

Class 250

Friday morning, Lorenzo was the fastest ahead of De Angelis, Dovizioso, Barbera, Poggiali, Locatelli, Debon, Simoncelli, H. Aoyama, Cardenas, S. Aoyama and … Arnaud Vincent! Guintoli is 16th, Cluzel 22nd.

In the afternoon, Lorenzo took the provisional pole 0.5 seconds ahead of Dovizioso and 1.4 seconds ahead of Barbera and De Angelis. Debon, H. Aoyama, Simoncelli, S. Aoyama, Locatelli, Cardenas and Poggiali follow. Guintoli is 16th at 2.9 s, Vincent 19th at 4.3 s and Cluzel 22nd at 5.3 s.

On Saturday Dovizioso is the fastest in the morning ahead of De Angelis, Lorenzo, H. Aoyama, Debon, Locatelli, S. Aoyama, Barbera, Guintoli and Espargaro. Cluzel 21st and Vincent 22nd are in a French handkerchief.

The 2nd qualifying session saw Jorge Lorenzo sign a pole 0.6 s in front of Dovizioso, 0.7 s in front of H. Aoyama and 0.8 s in front of Barbera. In 2nd row, De Angelis 5th is relegated to 1.3 s with S. Aoyama, Locatelli and Smrz at his side, the latter already being 2 s from pole! Espargaro qualifies 9th, for the first time in the top 10 for his 4th participation in the category! Guintoli qualifies 14th at 2.8 s, Cluzel 17th at 3.3 s and Vincent 21st at 4.3 s.

In the warm-up, Dovizioso was the fastest 0.3 s ahead of Locatelli and H. Aoyama. De Angelis is 0.5 s, Barbera 0.7 s, Lorenzo 1.1 s, Guintoli 7th at 1.3 s, S. Aoyama at 1.4 s, Poggiali at 1.8 s and Debon 10th is 2.1 s from Dovizioso. Cluzel signs the 20th time at 4.5 s, Vincent the 22nd at 5.3 s.

Departure. At the start of the warm-up lap, Perren does not manage to start: he will start from the pit lane behind the package … It is Hiroshi Aoyama who starts in front of Dovizioso, De Angelis emerging from the 2nd row, Lorenzo, Cardenas, Shuhei Aoyama, Locatelli, Debon and Barbera. Guintoli is 12th, Vincent 17th, Cluzel 18th. Lorenzo passed De Angelis on braking in the first chicane. Halfway through the circuit, Perren, probably overwhelmed by his mishap, failed under braking and hit the wheel of Jules Cluzel, who went to the mat and had to retire on this first lap. !

H. Aoyama, Dovizioso, Lorenzo, De Angelis and Cardenas take a few lengths on the peloton led by S. Aoyama. Simoncelli, Debon and Barbera pass Locatelli. De Angelis passed 3rd in front of Lorenzo during the braking of the 2nd chicane. At the change of angle, Dovizioso took the lead from H. Aoyama. De Angelis attacks and passes H. Aoyama and, in the momentum, takes the lead from Dovizioso who, forced to step aside, must also let H. Aoyama pass! Locatelli passes Barbera and Simoncelli again and the latter also passes Barbera.

In the first lap, De Angelis leads ahead of H. Aoyama, Dovizioso, Lorenzo and Cardenas. At 1.3 s from San Marinais, S. Aoyama takes Debon, Locatelli and Barbera, then Simoncelli at 2.3 s precedes Espargaro. Guintoli is a little further, Smrz on his heels. Vincent is 16th. Lorenzo passed 3rd in front of Dovizioso. When braking in the first chicane, Lorenzo passed 2nd in front of H. Aoyama. In the long straight, Dovizioso slips under the wheel of H. Aoyama. Poggiali comes back to the stand and gives up. At the entrance of the fast chicane, Dovizioso passed 2nd ahead of Lorenzo with a superb interior. Heidolf passed 16th ahead of Vincent. At the entrance to the last chicane, Lorenzo came back to 2nd in front of Dovizioso. Locatelli who got rid of Debon and Barbera tries to get back on the leaders…

On the second lap, De Angelis leads ahead of Lorenzo, Dovizioso, H. Aoyama and Cardenas who seem to be struggling to keep pace with the lead, but Locatelli 6th has the fastest lap in the race! Barbera 7th is under threat from S. Aoyama. Guintoli 9th loose Simoncelli. At the start of the chicane, Lorenzo took the lead in front of De Angelis, but the latter responded immediately to the change of angle and took over the lead. In the straight downhill, Lorenzo replied again and took the lead. In the fast chicane, De Angelis passed Lorenzo again at the change of angle but in the long straight line that followed, Lorenzo passed San Marin again! At the entrance of the uphill chicane, Dovizioso passed 2nd in front of De Angelis under braking, but De Angelis responded again at the change of angle! Locatelli has returned to the wheel of Cardenas.

On lap 3, Lorenzo fastest lap took a few steps ahead of De Angelis, Dovizioso and H. Aoyama, then Locatelli passed 5th in front of Cardenas just before the straight. Barbera and S. Aoyama are 1s ahead of Guintoli, himself 0.4s ahead of Debon and Espargaro who have passed Simoncelli. At the entrance to the chicane, Dovizioso passes 2nd in front of De Angelis. Dovizioso pushes ahead and returns to Lorenzo’s wheel, bringing De Angelis and H. Aoyama back with him. Behind the four leaders, Locatelli who let go of Cardenas is still trying to pick up the leading group.

On the 4th lap, Lorenzo leads ahead of Dovizioso fastest lap in the race, De Angelis and H. Aoyama. Locatelli is at 1.6 s, Cardenas at 2.4 s, Barbera and S. Aoyama at 4.9 s, Guintoli at 5.9 s and Debon at 6.2 s. Vincent is 17th at 16C. In the right at the end of the straight, De Angelis, who is pushing to follow Dovizioso, accelerates too early and loses a rear, falls and retires! Suddenly, Lorenzo and Dovizioso made the hole on H. Aoyama, but the Japanese made the effort and gradually returned to the two leaders.

In the 5th lap, Lorenzo has a very small lead over Dovizioso who has the same over H. Aoyama. Locatelli is 5th at 1.8 s, Cardenas 6th at 3.6 s, Barbera and S. Aoyama at 6.2 s, Guintoli at 7.4 s and Debon and Espargaro at 7.8 s. Vincent is still 17th, just behind Perren. Debon and Espargaro pass by Guintoli.

On the 6th lap, Lorenzo and Dovizioso let go of H. Aoyama at 0.6 s while Locatelli gradually lost ground. Cardenas holds its 5th position. Barbera and S. Aoyama precede Debon, Espargaro and Guintoli. H. Aoyama makes the effort and returns to the leaders again. At the change of angle of the chicane, Dovizioso took the lead from Lorenzo and H. Aoyama took the opportunity to make the junction.

On lap 7, Dovizioso leads ahead of Lorenzo and H. Aoyama. Locatelli is 4th at 2s, Cardenas 5th, Barbera 6th, S. Aoyama 7th, Debon 8th, Espargaro 9th and Guintoli who could not follow the two Spaniards 10th. Dovizioso tries to make a last ditch effort to let go of Lorenzo and H. Aoyama, but the more powerful Aprilia comes back in every stretch.

On the 8th lap, Dovizioso still leads ahead of Lorenzo and H. Aoyama. Locatelli returned to 1.5 s. Lorenzo switched to suction, but Dovizioso delayed his braking and immediately took over the lead! Espargaro fell and retired, leaving the 9th position to Guintoli. Locatelli reduced his delay to less than a second in this lap !

On lap 9, Dovizoso, Lorenzo and H. Aoyama were one second ahead of Locatelli, Cardenas 5th at 9.5 seconds lost their lead over Barbera 11.1 seconds behind the leader with Debon and S. Aoyama. Guintoli is 9th at 14s. Vincent, 34 seconds behind Dovizioso, came back in points 15th at the expense of Perren. At the change of angle of the chicane, H. Aoyama passed 2nd ahead of Lorenzo. At the end of the descent, H. Aoyama took advantage of the suction and braked in Dovizioso to take the lead. In the stretch leading up to the last chicane, Lorenzo passed Dovizioso on the suction line but was heated up in the acceleration at the start of the straight line, without Dovizioso being able to benefit from it.

At the 10th lap, H. Aoyama leads ahead of Lorenzo and Dovizioso. Locatelli took advantage of the lead fight to get back to the leaders’ wheel! Cardenas is only a second ahead of Debon who seems to let go of Barbera and S. Aoyama, Guintoli is alone 9th and Vincent is 14th. At the end of the straight, Lorenzo takes the lead under braking and Locatelli pushes ahead Dovizioso who resists his exterior but has to bow! Locatelli sportingly lifts his arm to apologize for his rush. When braking in the chicane, Dovizioso came back to 3rd, Locatelli tried to get back to the change of angle but would rather raise his machine than take too big a risk. In the fight for 3rd place, Lorenzo and H. Aoyama took a few steps ahead of Dovizioso and Locatelli. Dovizioso makes the effort to come back and drops Locatelli again.

On the 11th lap, Lorenzo was ahead of H. Aoyama, who came out beyond the buzzer at the start of the straight line: the Japanese forcefully tried to keep contact with Lorenzo, who was visibly more at ease. The two leaders are 0.7 seconds ahead of Dovizioso and 1.7 seconds on the loose Locatelli. Debon passed 5th in front of Cardenas now threatened by Barbera and S. Aoyama. Guintoli is still alone 9th while Vincent 14th stands up to Perren and Tizon.

At the 12th passage, Lorenzo leads in front of H. Aoyama. Dovizioso is almost 1 sec from the Spaniard, Locatelli 2.9 sec. Debon 5th is now closely followed by Barbera who let go of S. Aoyama, the latter two having overtaken Cardenas.

On lap 13, Lorenzo and H. Aoyama were 1.1s ahead of Dovizioso, 4.2s over Locatelli and 16.3s over Barbera and S. Aoyama who passed Debon, followed by a sticking Cardenas. Guintoli is still 9th ​​at 24 s now and Vincent 14th still holds up to Perren and Tizon. West comes back to the pit and gives up.

On lap 14, Lorenzo leads and H. Aoyama hangs on. Dovizioso is 1.3s behind, Locatelli secures 4th place, then it is the fight behind between Barbera and S. Aoyama. Cardenas passed Debon who seems to have a problem and is even threatened by Guintoli 4.5 s behind him! Vincent still holds his 14th place. Lorenzo makes an effort and gradually releases H. Aoyama. S. Aoyama passed 5th in front of Barbera at the corner change of the chicane.

In the 15th lap, Lorenzo leads with 0.8 s ahead of H. Aoyama, 1.8 s on Dovizioso, 7.3 s on Locatelli, 20.8 s on S. Aoyama and Barbera, 22.3 s on Cardenas, 28 s on Debon in perdition who does not more than 1.7 s ahead of Guintoli! Perren passed 14th ahead of Vincent 15th.

On lap 16, Lorenzo was 1.5 seconds ahead of H. Aoyama and 2.6 seconds over Dovizioso while Locatelli secured his 4th place. S. Aoyama tries to distance Barbera and Cardenas is resigned to his 7th place. Guintoli is in Debon’s wheel on the line and Vincent is back 14th ahead of Perren. Guintoli finally passes 8th and lets go of the unfortunate Debon.

In the 17th lap, Lorenzo, the only one to ride in 2’03, 2.3 s ahead of H. Aoyama, who gradually overtook Dovizioso who was less than a second behind the Japanese. Locatelli remains alone 4th. S. Aoyama is still under threat from Barbera. Cardenas is alone in 7th and Guintoli sees Debon desperately clinging to his wheel. Vincent resists Tizon who has passed Perren and gradually lets go of him. Dovizioso which rolls 0.25 s faster than H. Aoyama irresistibly returns to Japanese.

On the 18th lap, Lorenzo was 2.8 seconds ahead of H. Aoyama who was only 0.7 seconds behind Dovizioso. Locatelli is 4th, S. Aoyama does not manage to get rid of Barbera, Cardenas assures, Guintoli has this time let go of Debon and Vincent holds his 14th place in front of Tizon: the two men let go of Perren. At the end of the straight, Barbera passed S. Aoyama under braking for 5th place. In front, Dovizioso who feels the 2nd place within his reach makes the forcing and always returns on H. Aoyama.

At the start of the last lap, Lorenzo seems to have won the race, barring an incident. H. Aoyama is less than 0.4 seconds ahead of Dovizioso. Behind Locatelli, S. Aoyama moved back to 5th in front of Barbera. Vincent maintains the suspense for his 14th place, still closely followed by Tizon. In the uphill stretch, Dovizioso was caught up in H. Aoyama’s aspiration and at the change of angle of the last chicane he passed the Japanese! H. Aoyama takes advantage of the draw, overwhelms Dovizioso, but fails on the line by 17 thousandths! Behind Locatelli, Barbera moved back to 5th ahead of S. Aoyama manages to keep the advantage over the Japanese to the line! Last suspense, Arnaud Vincent also retains the advantage over Tizon.

Lorenzo wins in Brno his 6th victory ahead of Dovizioso and Hiroshi Aoyama. Locatelli finished 4th, Barbera 5th, Shuhei Aoyama 6th, Cardenas 7th, Guintoli 8th, Simoncelli 9th, Smrz 10th, Heidolf 11th, Debon 12th, Ballerini 13th, Vincent 14th and Tizon 15th. Perren, who caused the downfall of Cluzel at the start of the race, finished 16th at the gates of points. 19 drivers are at the finish of the 26 starters.

In the championship, Lorenzo consolidates his leadership in the championship with 199 points, ie 7 ahead of Dovizioso who remains very threatening (192). Takahashi 3rd with 133 points sees return H. Aoyama (132) while De Angelis, remaining at 131 points, loses the provisional 3rd place which seemed within his reach. Locatelli is 5th with 127 points ahead of Barbera (111). Guintoli is 8th with 73 points ahead of Simoncelli (62), S. Aoyama and West (58). Arnaud Vincent is 21st with 9 points and Cluzel 24th (5).

On the brands side, Aprilia leads with 246 points ahead of Honda (209), KTM (136) and Gilera (62).

MotoGP Category

Sete Gibernau, who had another operation on his shoulder, is forfeited: Alex Hofmann replaces him in the official Ducati alongside Loris Capirossi and it is Ivan Silva who rides in the Ducati D’Antin instead of the German.

Friday morning, Nicky Hayden confirmed his status as leader with the fastest time just ahead of Rossi. Next come Melandri, Roberts, Pedrosa, Stoner, Nakano, Elias, Edwards, Capirossi, Hopkins and De Puniet 12th.

In the afternoon, the second free session sees Rossi take the lead in front of De Puniet, the French surprise! Capirossi is 3rd at 0.6 s and Edwards 4th is almost 1 s behind his teammate. Roberts, Nakano, Checa, Pedrosa, Melandri, Hopkins, Hayden and Stoner stand between 1.2 s and 1.7 s. Tamada 13th is more than 2 seconds away.

On Saturday morning, Capirossi signs the return of Ducati, which has made some important changes to the bike. Melandri is in the same tenth, then Rossi at 0.1 s, Pedrosa at 0.3 s, Edwards and Hayden at 0.5 s and Nakano at 0.9 s. Stoner is at 1 s, Hopkins and Roberts at 1.1 s and De Puniet 12th at 1.5 s.

The qualifying session saw a Rossi who was behind the clock for most of the session (we can assume that he was working his race, as usual) beating the time of Loris Capirossi, which the Doctor himself considered impressive! Rossi, in his last qualifying lap, draws a phenomenal second half of the lap, gaining a quarter of a second in the last partial to sign a pole 1.3 s faster than that of Gibernau in 2005! Capirossi, with his superb lap time, was 2nd on the grid 0.25 s behind Rossi, then Roberts took his place on the front row also on his last lap, 0.4 s behind Rossi. Hayden, dislodged from the first row by Roberts, took 2nd row 0.5s from pole, just ahead of Nakano. Elias occupies a nice 6th place with a time 0.6 s behind Rossi. In 3rd row we find Hopkins and Edwards at 0.7 s, accompanied by Pedrosa at 0.9 s. De Puniet 10th, just under a second off pole, ahead Melandri by 1sec and Stoner by 1.4sec … with a time that would have given him the second fastest time last year !

Sunday morning, Rossi, who had not been better than 10th throughout the warm up, slammed the best clock at the end of the session, no doubt just to "reassure" his opponents … Pedrosa, who also had a warm up up far from the outposts, shows himself at the end of the session with a stopwatch which places him at 3 / 100ths behind Rossi! Roberts and Melandri are 0.1s from Dottore, Hayden at 0.2s, Capirossi and Nakano at 0.3s, Hopkins at 0.4s and Stoner at 0.7s. Edwards 10th at 0.7s is the last in Rossi’s second. Tamada and Checa are at 1 s and De Puniet signs the 12th stopwatch at 1.1 s.

Departure. Capirossi had the best start and turned with already 2-3 lengths ahead of Hayden, Rossi, Roberts, Stoner very well started, Pedrosa, Nakano, Hopkins, Edwards, Elias and Melandri. Stoner passes 4th in front of Roberts and Melandri passes Elias. Rossi passed 2nd in front of Hayden at the chicane. Edwards passed 8th ahead of Hopkins. Capirossi is getting further and further ahead of Rossi. Edwards passed 7th in front of Nakano at the angle change of the 2nd chicane and Melandri 9th in front of Hopkins.

In the first lap, Capirossi leads by 0.8 seconds over Rossi, Hayden, Stoner, Pedrosa past Roberts, Edwards, Nakano and Melandri. Hopkins is 0.9 s ahead of Melandri who takes Tamada, Elias, Vermeulen, Hofmann, De Puniet and Checa. Ellison was 0.7 s behind Checa, Cardoso still 0.8 s further and Silva 0.9 s further, 6.6 s behind Capirossi. Pedrosa takes a lot of angles to keep up with the pace in the first chicane and builds up a little heat, luckily of no consequence. On the way out, it was Nakano who bites beyond the buzzer: Melandri immediately takes the opportunity to pass 8th. Edwards passes 6th in front of Roberts and Rossi makes an effort to get back on Capirossi by releasing Hayden.

On the second lap, Capirossi drives home the point with the fastest lap: he is now 0.9 s ahead of Rossi, 1.4 s over Hayden and 1.9 s over Stoner, Pedrosa, Edwards, Roberts, Melandri and Nakano. Hopkins is 0.5 s later, 0.6 s ahead of Tamada, Elias, Vermeulen, De Puniet, Hofmann and Checa. In the long left, Pedrosa took advantage of a slight gap by Stoner to pass him by tightening the rope. The young Spaniard quickly took a few lengths at Stoner as he made an effort to catch up on his teammate Hayden. In the chicane, Edwards also took advantage of an imprecise trajectory by Stoner to take 4th.

On lap 3, Capirossi, with a new fastest lap, increased his lead to 1.7 s over Rossi, 2.2 s over Hayden, 2.5 s over Pedrosa and 3.2 s over Edwards, Stoner, Roberts, Melandri and Nakano. Hopkins is at 4.4 s, Tamada at 5 s, Elias at 5.6 s, Hofmann and De Puniet at 6.1 s. Melandri took advantage of the draw to pass 7th in front of Roberts at the end of the straight, but got out of the rope in the long straight that followed and had to let the American pass. Melandri returns again just after the angle change. In the chicane, Roberts pays him the courtesy by ironing him again at the change of angle! Pedrosa who let Edwards go got back into the Hayden wheel. Melandri passes Roberts on double right braking but pulls away and has to let the KR211V pass again.

On lap 4, Capirossi was 2.3 s ahead of Rossi who kept a margin of 0.4 s over Hayden and Pedrosa. Edwards is not far, then Stoner precedes Roberts, who stumbles upon Melandri, followed like his shadow by Nakano. Melandri takes advantage of the straight to pass Roberts now under threat from Nakano. In the chicane, Pedrosa tries to pass Hayden at the change of angle, but the American resists well by diving in front of his wheel while Capirossi continues to take off…

On lap 5, Capirossi was 2.7 s ahead of Rossi, Hayden and Pedrosa combined, 3.7 s over Edwards, 4.2 s over Stoner and 4.6 s over Melandri, Roberts and Nakano. De Puniet was 14th 9.4s behind the leader, Checa and Hofmann 0.6s behind him. In this lap, Hayden loses contact with Rossi and Edwards is left behind by the two official Honda.

On the 6th lap, Capirossi was 3.2s ahead of Rossi and behind the Italian, Pedrosa, who saw Hayden lose contact, took advantage of the draw to pass his teammate! But Hayden delays his braking and Pedrosa has to bow to avoid hitting the No. 69…

Stoner and Melandri have now returned to Edwards’ wheel and it is Melandri who launches hostilities as they enter the chicane. But the better-placed Stoner resisted … until the exit where the smarter Melandri had placed better and accelerated earlier. When braking the double right, Melandri got the best of Stoner while Hopkins in turn came back to Nakano’s wheel. At the entrance of the fast chicane, Melandri passed 5th ahead of Edwards.

On lap 7, Capirossi was 3.9 s ahead of Rossi, still 0.5 s in front of Hayden on whom Pedrosa was increasingly pressing. Melandri 5th takes Edwards, Stoner and Roberts, then Nakano sees Hopkins approaching little by little. At the end of the straight, Pedrosa manages to pass 3rd in front of Hayden. Behind, Melandri who released Edwards looks back on the two HRC Honda. Pedrosa releases Hayden and returns to Rossi who reacts immediately and accelerates.

On the 8th lap, Capirossi was 4.2 s ahead of Rossi, which contained the ascent of Pedrosa. Hayden hangs in front of Melandri who makes the effort and slowly comes back. Edwards contains Stoner, Roberts, Nakano and Hopkins trying to pick up this group. At the entrance of the fast chicane, Melandri takes 4th place from Hayden.

On lap 9, behind Capirossi who was still flying, two duos formed: Rossi in front of Pedrosa, and Melandri in front of Hayden who was hanging on. Further on, Stoner took advantage of the draw to move up to 6th ahead of Edwards now under threat from Roberts and Nakano. Hopkins can only stay behind the Japanese. Stoner gradually distances Edwards and returns to Melandri and Hayden. De Puniet returns to 0.3 s from Vermeulen.

On lap 10, Capirossi was 5 full seconds ahead of Rossi, followed by Pedrosa. Two seconds later, Melandri and Hayden are almost joined by Stoner. 0.6s behind, Edwards contains Roberts and Nakano on which Hopkins returns. Entering the long straight, Pedrosa, who entered very hard from the front, was forced to pull away and lost a few lengths on Rossi. Braking the last chicane, Roberts passed 7th ahead of Edwards.

On the 11th lap, behind Capirossi who increased his lead to 5.6 s, Rossi was again followed by Pedrosa. Behind them, Hayden does not want to let go and tries to attack Melandri at the end of the straight line. The Italian began to brake beyond the vibrator but retained the advantage, with full confidence. Roberts makes the effort and brings Edwards, Nakano and Hopkins back to the Honda trio ahead of them.

On lap 12, Capirossi widened the gap less: with 5.7 seconds, he took only a tenth behind Rossi and Pedrosa returned to the wheel of the Dottore. Melandri, Hayden and Stoner are almost joined by Roberts and Nakano. Hopkins is not far away. Hayden came back to 4th in front of Melandri. Behind, Elias passes Tamada. Pedrosa is more and more pressing on Rossi. Nakano passes 8th ahead of Edwards.

On lap 13, Capirossi was 6 seconds ahead of Rossi and Pedrosa, 9.6 seconds over Hayden, Melandri and Stoner and 10.4 seconds over Roberts, Nakano and Edwards. Hopkins is 0.6s behind the Texan. Stoner passes 5th in front of Melandri.

On lap 14, Capirossi was 6.6 s ahead of Rossi and Pedrosa. 3.6 s later, Stoner takes 4th place from Hayden at the end of the straight while Melandri is stuck in the Kid’s exhaust! Roberts got back into Melandri’s wheel by bringing Nakano back after dropping Edwards at 1s. Little by little, Stoner lets go of Hayden and Melandri also passes the American.

On lap 15, Capirossi is now 7 seconds ahead! Rossi holds Pedrosa back a little further, then Stoner and Melandri coming back on him let go of Hayden, threatened by Roberts and Nakano. Dropped, Edwards is 0.6sec ahead of Hopkins. Melandri passed 4th in front of Stoner. Rossi seems to be slowly leaving Pedrosa behind.

On lap 16, behind Capirossi, still a solid leader, Rossi increased his lead over Pedrosa to 0.4 s. Melandri and Stoner are 0.5s ahead of Hayden, followed by Roberts and Nakano. Edwards is only 0.3s ahead of Hopkins while Pedrosa makes the effort and comes back to Rossi again.

On the 17th lap, Capirossi maintained his lead over Rossi and Pedrosa. Melandri and Stoner distance Hayden, who has more and more difficulty in containing Roberts and Nakano. Edwards maintains his lead over Hopkins. Pedrosa tries to brake Rossi at the start of the chicane, but the Italian dives on him "to intimidation" and retains the advantage, forcing the young Spaniard to raise his machine to avoid hitting the Yamaha! Hayden and Roberts left Nakano slightly behind and returned to Melandri and Stoner.

At the change of angle of the penultimate chicane, Pedrosa passed Rossi but the Dottore, better placed for acceleration, gained the advantage! In the last chicane, Pedrosa attacks again, gets inside Rossi who cannot take the rope and must give up his 2nd place !

On the 18th lap, behind Capirossi, Rossi responded to the braking at the end of the straight line and passed Pedrosa again, but during the braking of the first chicane, Pedrosa came back to 2nd in front of Rossi! The Italian moved up to accelerate better and braked again in Pedrosa at the entrance to the double right! Rossi on the attack took a few steps ahead of Pedrosa while Roberts passed 6th ahead of Hayden. In the process, Roberts taxes Stoner.

On lap 19, Capirossi was 8 seconds ahead of Rossi who himself had a 0.5 second margin over Pedrosa. Behind them, Roberts even passed 4th ahead of Melandri, Stoner, Hayden and Nakano who now also threatens the Kentucky Kid! Rossi, completely overwhelmed by Pedrosa’s attacks, pulls out the heavy artillery and slowly but surely distances the young Spaniard … Hopkins passes 9th in front of Edwards. In front of them, Stoner passes 5th in front of Melandri.

On the 20th lap, behind Capirossi, Rossi, as usual, the fastest at the end of the race with worn tires seems to have taken the measure of Pedrosa. Behind them, Roberts is still closely followed by Stoner and Melandri who let loose Hayden under direct threat from Nakano with Hopkins a few lengths away..

At the start of the last lap, Capirossi still assures. Rossi is still the fastest on the track and lets go of Pedrosa, while Roberts has taken a few steps ahead of Stoner and Melandri. At the end of the straight, Nakano attacks Hayden under braking, passes the American but pulls away and has to let him pick up the slack! When braking in the chicane, Melandri came back to 5th in front of Stoner. Hopkins almost returned to Nakano’s wheel and Vermeulen passed 12th ahead of Tamada.

The podium is now secured with the single rider of Capirossi who erases the straight line with a wheelie, the breathtaking final of Rossi and the beautiful performance of the young rookie Pedrosa. Roberts, who also had a superb finish, contained Melandri. Stoner had ensured then Hopkins passed in front of Nakano, the two men having passed Hayden who made his worst result of the season…

Capirossi therefore won with unchallenged domination its second victory of the season over the Ducati, its 7th in the premier class. Rossi took the very important points for 2nd place and Pedrosa completed the podium. Roberts always in high spirits finished 4th, Melandri 5th, Stoner 6th, Hopkins 7th, Nakano 8th, Hayden big loser of the day finished 9th, Edwards 10th, Elias 11th, Vermeulen 12th, Tamada 13th, De Puniet 14th and Checa 15th.

In the championship, Hayden retains the lead with 201 points but loses 9 points from his lead over Pedrosa 2nd (176), and 13 over Rossi who moved back to 3rd with 163 points ahead of Melandri 4th (161). Capirossi 5th comes back to 151 points, then Stoner is 6th (101), Roberts 7th (92) and Edwards 8th (90). De Puniet is 16th with 23 points.

On the brands side, Honda leads with 262 points ahead of Yamaha (201), Ducati (160), Suzuki (101), KR211V (92) and Kawasaki (83).

With 377 points, the Repsol Honda team leads comfortably ahead of Camel Yamaha (253), Fortuna Honda (225), Ducati Marlboro (215), Rizla Suzuki (144), Honda LCR (101), Kawasaki (98), Roberts (92) , Tech 3 Yamaha (74), Konica Minolta Honda (67) and Pramac D’Antin Ducati (22).

They explain themselves…

Capirossi (1st) : "Friday morning, I would say after the session that nothing was working and that if it continued, I was going to come home because no one was doing well! We have changed a lot of things on my bike and we found good solutions to go fast. I was then able to simulate a race with a good pace during the following practice. About our plan today, I talked a lot with my mechanics and we said to ourselves that I was going to try to start well and that I would then do my best during the first laps … When I saw that I was driving ahead with each lap, I was very impressed! I have never had a bike that worked so well and I want to sincerely thank my team and everyone who participated, my sponsors. This set still works great !"

Rossi (2nd) : "I’m happy because we won some important points over Nicky. When you start from pole position you want to try to win but today Loris was too fast … My start was not the best, but I was quickly second. I did my best, but Loris was the fastest from the start, and very consistent. I tried to do my best to stay close to him, in case his tires started to slip, but he was very consistent until the end and with each lap his lead was increasing … We had some problems with the temperature this afternoon and we will try to resolve them this Monday for the next five races … Apart from that, we had a good battle with Dani with 4 or 5 good overtaking and I’m happy to be second: it’s a good result !"

Pedrosa (3rd) : "It was a difficult race, because I started from 9th place on the grid and these two men [Capirossi and Rossi, NDLR] had already gone ahead as I regained positions. When I arrived in the leading group, Capirossi had already started in front. I don’t think anyone could stay with him today anyway. I think 2nd place was within my reach, but after we fought for 2nd place I missed a turn and wasted almost a second that I couldn’t win back. In the last laps, I then tried to finish 3rd, because I was too far for 2nd place. Anyway, I want to thank my whole team !"

Hayden (9th) : "You know, I don’t really like this track … But I got off to a really good start, then for 7 or 8 laps I was in the top 3 or 4. Then I was unlucky and made me go back to the top. It’s difficult because in the last 16 races I’ve been on the podium 14 times! But today was a bad day and we will have to fight again … In fact, I had some clutch problems and in the last few laps I had no more acceleration. I also made the choice of the tires, so I’m just blaming myself for the poor result … These Monday and Tuesday we have a big practice session. This is the last opportunity to test before the last races, and we will check everything: the tires, the bike and also the rider who will have to work on a few things…."

J. ARSOUILLE – Photos DR and Milagro

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