Every team and rider will be present as preparations start to ramp up, with anticipation building for the all-new electric series to get underway. You can keep up with how the riders and teams fare by checking out motogp.com for videos and reports after each of the three days, with the Energica Ego Corsa bikes on track on Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th of June.
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Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) has extended his Championship lead to 37 points after cruising to victory number four of the season in a controversial Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya that saw his teammate Jorge Lorenzo, main Championship rival Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) and Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP duo Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi all crash out on Lap 2 at Turn 10…
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Meanwhile in the fight for the final podium place behind, class rookie Fabio DiGiannantonio (HDR Heidrun Speed Up) had a debut podium finish in his sights after diving up the inside of Fernandez. However, just a lap later whilst trying to break clear, the front end washed away from the young Italian bringing a disappointing end to a strong weekend.
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However, the Moto3™ race would see big drama in the opening handful of laps. From P10, Championship contender Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing) had made a cracking start to come through to the lead, but at the end of Lap 3, the Italian suffered an issue on board his Honda machine and was forced to retire. Then, a couple of laps later on Lap 5, disaster struck for a number of the riders in the leading group. Can Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) got all sorts of crossed up heading into Turn 4, with the Turk making contact with Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team’s Albert Arenas and Raul Fernandez and Sergio Garcia (Estrella Galicia 0,0), with Vicente Perez (Reale Avintia Arizona 77) and Redox PrüstelGP’s Filip Salac also going down.
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The leading duo will line up alongside each other on the grid for this afternoon’s race in Barcelona, but it looks set to be more than just Quartararo and Marquez who will be going for the win. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) was third in Warm Up to finish 0.255 off Quartararo’s pace, the Spaniard leads two of his compatriots despite crashing: Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins.
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The FIM MotoGP™ Stewards, together with the FIM, IRTA and Dorna, have decided that greater clarity is needed with some sanctions in order to avoid time penalties applied after the race finish wherever possible. Time penalties after the race can have a negative impact on entertainment and can make races and results harder to follow for fans.
Effective immediately, the standard penalty for cutting the course during the race is now a Long Lap Penalty.
The defined Short Cut sectors have not been changed, and if a rider cuts the track in this area during the race:
– The rider must lose at least one second compared to their average time for that sector (as calculated by Race Control)
– If the rider does not lose at least one second they will get a Long Lap Penalty
Allowances will continue to be made for any riders forced off track.
Riders gaining significant time by not slowing during the short cut may have additional penalties applied.
If a rider makes a short cut in the race, they may get a LONG LAP penalty message. Riders have been reminded that a Long Lap Penalty must be completed within three laps of that message, otherwise the penalty will become a Ride Through.
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EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Alex Marquez left it late to head the timesheets in Moto2™ Warm Up at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, his 1:43.764 putting him over two tenths clear of second fastest Tom Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP), with polesitter Augusto Fernandez (FlexBox HP 40) 0.007 off Lüthi in third.
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Conditions are perfect in Barcelona as the lightweight class kicked off Sunday’s proceedings, and it was CIP Green Power’s Darryn Binder who closed out the top three ahead of the race. Pole man Gabriel Rodrigo (Kömmerling Gresini Moto3) was P4 in Warm Up, the Argentine gunning for his first Moto3™ win this afternoon, with Mugello race winner Tony Arbolino (VNE Snipers) fifth fastest.
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Pramac Racing’s Miller to start from P14 following challenging day.
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Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) has done it again, following up going fastest on Friday by taking his second pole position in the premier class at the Catalan grand prix.
It was close between the two men at the top in qualifying, however, and the number 20 only just beat reigning champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) to pole by 0.015s.
Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) was third fastest as Saturday proved a top day for Yamaha, but the number 12 subsequently received a three-place grid penalty and will be bumped back to the second row.
An infinitesimal 0.001s advantage for Vinales means Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) just missed out on a place in the fastest trio, but the Italian was impressive and will start from the front row after the Spaniard’s penalty.
A huge crash in the morning prefaced a trip through Q1, but the number 21 bounced back in qualifying and just got the better of compatriot Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) in Q2, who was the fifth fastest but now heads the second row. Rossi’s 1m39.753s was the lap that meant all four Yamahas were inside the fastest five in qualifying for the first time since Brno 2012 after a phenomenal showing from the Iwata marque.
Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) continues the Italian invasion near the front as he was sixth quickest and now starts fifth after improving on his second run and gaining a place as Vinales takes his penalty. ‘DesmoDovi’ was the fastest Ducati in qualifying, and although teammate Danilo Petrucci (Mission Winnow Ducati) wasn’t far behind, Viñales will now split the two on the grid. Petrucci suffered a crash in Q2, as did the man just behind him: Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar).
Rins was on a hot lap when he went down and with only two minutes left on the clock, the Spaniard didn’t have chance to improve. So it’s P8 for him and he needs another stellar first few laps like Mugello, where he picked his way through to perfection from 13th on the grid. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) starts alongside the Suzuki rider, but a few tenths in arrears.
Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda Team) finished just 0.048s off Crutchlow to line up tenth for his home grand prix, with the five-time world champion having gone straight through to Q2. Q1 graduate and rookie Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) took 11th place, with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pol Espargaro launching from P12 at a true home race for the rider born only kilometers from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
One name missing from the normal Q2 mix was Australian Jack Miller (Pramac Racing), who faces a fight back from P14, and he’ll be one of many to watch when the lights go out.
Augusto Fernandez (Flexbox HP 40) has been impressive so far in 2019 and qualifying for Moto2 was no exception. The Spaniard took his first ever pole position from veteran intermediate class campaigner Tom Luthi (Dynavolt Intact GP) in Barcelona by just 0.021s, with the front row covered by just 0.029s in total as Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) took P3. Australian Remy Gardner (SAG Racing Team) qualified 11th.
Another day, another record broken in Moto3 – Gabriel Rodrigo (Kömmerling Gresini Moto3) became the seventh different polesitter in the opening seven races of the season, taking his fourth career pole position by just 0.021s ahead of a stunning session for Japanese rookie Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia) andTony Arbolino (VNE Snipers), who completes the front row.
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Defending champion Eli Tomac (Monster Energy Kawasaki) has won round four of the 2019 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship at High Point, as Australian Hunter Lawrence (Geico Honda) earned his maiden 250MX podium with a race win to his name.
Tomac’s consistency reigned supreme at High Point, lodging a 3-2 scorecard to earn the overall ahead of Ken Roczen (Team Honda HRC), who registered 6-1 race scores for second overall. The pair are now tied for the points lead.
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Jason Anderson locked out the podium in third, followed by Cooper Webb (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Zach Osborne (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing) in the top five. Australian Dean Ferris (Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing) was 11th in the classification.
In the 250MX category, Adam Cianciarulo (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki) recorded his fourth overall win in as many rounds, completing the weekend with a 2-1 scorecard. It was a incredible weekend for Lawrence, storming to victory in race one before winding up in third in the final moto for second overall.
Geico Honda’s Chase Sexton was third ahead of Monster Energy Yamalube Yamaha Star Racing duo Dylan Ferrandis and Colt Nichols. Australian Wilson Todd (TLD Red Bull KTM) earned a career-best 10th overall.
The Pro Motocross championship now heads WW Ranch Motocross Park in Florida for round five next weekend.
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