[Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup] Assen, Round 3

Oups, j'ai loupé la première course...

Deuxième course à 15h20 en direct ICI

En attendant, la déclaration de mon chouchou (#46, qui était en pôle avec 5/10 d'avance) concernant la première course:

Hiura had made a poor start from pole. "My reaction time was OK but the clutch was slipping too much as I got off the line, then I made a few mistakes so after three laps I was about eighth. I worked hard to catch up and got to the front," explained the 15-year-old Japanese who looked in with a chance of the win going into the last lap. "I made a mistake though at the right handers that turn back towards the finish, I lost the chance to win. Tomorrow I have to try and break away," concluded Hiura whose pole time was almost half a second quicker than anyone else.

1 Jacob GAGNE USA 29'10.553 (149.449 Km/h)
2 Kevin CALIA ITA 0.078 29'10.631 (149.442 Km/h)
3 Alessio CAPPELLA NGR 0.124 29'10.677 (149.438 Km/h)
4 Harry STAFFORD GBR 0.296 29'10.849 (149.424 Km/h)
5 Daijiro HIURA JPN 0.371 29'10.924 (149.417 Km/h)
6 Arthur SISSIS AUS 0.497 29'11.050 (149.407 Km/h)
7 Brad BINDER RSA 0.723 29'11.276 (149.387 Km/h)
8 Daniel RUIZ ESP 0.887 29'11.440 (149.373 Km/h)
9 Taylor MACKENZIE GBR 1.091 29'11.644 (149.356 Km/h)
10 Alexander KRISTIANSSON SWE 2.460 29'13.013 (149.239 Km/h)
11 Danny KENT GBR 3.724 29'14.277 (149.132 Km/h)
12 Xavier PINSACH ESP 20.370 29'30.923 (147.730 Km/h)
13 Philipp OETTL GER 20.655 29'31.208 (147.706 Km/h)
14 Antonio CHIARI BRA 20.913 29'31.466 (147.685 Km/h)
15 Niccolo ANTONELLI ITA 20.920 29'31.473 (147.684 Km/h)
16 Joshua HOOK AUS 21.243 29'31.796 (147.657 Km/h)
17 James FLITCROFT GBR 39.475 29'50.028 (146.153 Km/h)

NOT CLASSIFIED

18 Tomas VAVROUS CZE 1 lap 27'41.209 (147.644Km/h)
19 Alejandro PARDO ITA 7 laps 16'29.859 (148.668 Km/h)
20 Xavier FIGUERAS ESP 12 laps 7'33.289 (144.289 Km/h)
21 Florian ALT GER 15 laps 2'15.121 (121.011 Km/h)
22 Deni CUDIC AUT out lap 1

On constate qu'Alan Techer n'est toujours pas là...

Une petite pensee pour mon pote mathew, qui jouait e titre en rookies et en idm, et qui vient de perdre les deux championnatsa cause de cette vilaine fracture!!!

Rob1, mais bon sang mais bien sûr: c'est toi qui devrait tenir cette rubrique!



Petite déconvenue pour Daijiro puisque, non classé dans la seconde course à cause d'une durite d'essence qui se débranche dans la ligne droite, il perd la tête du championnat.

Notez les splendides "coupes" attribuées:



Daniel Ruiz won his second Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race with a near perfect ride at Assen. The 18 year old Spaniard was granted victory over Danny Kent in the stewards room after the 16 year old Briton was penalised for overtaking him into the final corner while the yellow flag was being waved. 16 year old Briton Harry Stafford was third, making his first visit to a Rookie podium.

The drama of a revised result was nothing compared with the on-track action though as 7 riders made the 16 lap race every bit as thrilling as Friday's clashfest. Again it was Swedish 16 year old Alex Kristiansson who got the best start from the front row and even had an advantage of a few bike lengths as the pack charged round the first lap.

Kristiansson was soon caught though and the fight was on with Ruiz and Kent each having a go at the front while pole man Hiura had another terrible first few laps and dropped back as far as 10th before charging through to make his presence felt in the lead group.

By the time the 15 year old Japanese had done that 7 men had broken away. With Ruiz, Kent, Kristiansson and Hiura had gone Stafford along with the 1st and 2nd place finishers from Friday; Jake Gagne and Kevin Calia.

With just 6 laps to go Hiura and Kristiansson were unlucky. Hiura's engine stopped in the middle of the back straight because the fuel line came off. In his slipstream was Kristiansson who had to slow and avoid him thus losing contact with the lead pack.

After several failed attempts to get clear at the front Ruiz managed to open up about a half second advantage with a lap and a half to go. Kent was the more determined of the chasing pack, he deposed Stafford from 2nd and dragged them all back onto the Spaniard's tail for the final lap.

Gagne was at the back of the 6 man group and not really in with too much chance of repeating his Friday win as they charged back towards the start and finish where he had played his brilliant overtaking move the day before.

It all came down to the last few corners again. Ruiz had the lead but Kent had his measure. Fast through the sweeping left hand he attacked Ruiz on the brakes up the inside into the chicane. Allowing that he didn't see the yellow flags it was a perfect move and he raced across the line in front of Ruiz, Stafford, Gagne, Calia and Kristiansson.

Kent was happy with his ride. “It was a great race and it was good to be towards the front of the group and work out where my strong and weak points were on the track. I realised that I was stronger than Dani going into the final chicane so I knew that I had to put myself behind him on the last lap and that's what I did.”

“It was a better race really than yesterday because the pace was faster and not many of the guys could go with us, so I enjoyed it a lot more. Of course I'm not happy about loosing the win, I never saw any flags otherwise of course I wouldn't overtake,” concluded Kent after the stewards meeting.

Ruiz stepped down from the second spot of the podium and was philosophical about what happened. “It was a great race I really enjoyed it, when I got to the front I tried to break away but I couldn't get clear. I was leading on the last lap but Danny came past into the last chicane, I could see the flags being waved so I didn't expect him to pass, it was very confusing.”

Naturally Stafford was thrilled with 3rd. “I leant a lot from finishing 4th yesterday, I knew that I had to be a bit more aggressive to get into the right position for the last laps. I got into second and was chasing after Dani but made a couple of mistakes, then Danny Kent came past again. I thought about trying to get ahead at the last corners but with Danny Kent also trying to pass Dani Ruiz it was all too tight and I had to be happy with 3rd.

Gagne flashed across the line 4th and wasn't thrilled. “It just didn't work out like yesterday I was there in the group but the pace was faster than yesterday and when it came to the final lap I wasn't close enough when it mattered to make a move for the front, that's just the way it was,” concluded the laconic Californian.

The battle for 7th was just as intense and actually had started out as part of a 14 man fight for the lead early in the race. The 7th place fight also all changed at the last corner with Alejandro Pardo passing under that yellow flag and being demoted by the stewards to 8th giving South African 14 year old Brad Binder back his 7th place. Taylor Mackenzie and Xavier Pinsach collided coming out of the chicane in that group and both went down leaving Josh Hook to take 9th ahead of Alessio Cappella.


Race 2 Classification

1. Daniel Ruiz (ESP) 28 minutes 55.822 seconds (150.717 kph)
2. Danny Kent (GBR) *penalty
3. Harry Stafford (GBR) +0.157
4. Jacob Gagne (USA) +0.413
5. Kevin Calia (ITA) +0.466
6. Alexander Kristiansson (SWE) +1.570
7. Brad Binder (RSA) +9.230
8. Alejandro Pardo (ITA) *penalty
9. Joshua Hook (AUS) +9.380
10. Alessio Cappella (ITA) +12.690

Championat

POS # RIDER NAT POINTS

1 22 Daniel RUIZ ESP 84
2 52 Danny KENT GBR 83
3 46 Daijiro HIURA JPN 72
4 32 Jacob GAGNE USA 67
5 74 Kevin CALIA ITA 48
6 41 Brad BINDER RSA 47
7 20 Mathew SCHOLTZ RSA 41
8 24 Harry STAFFORD GBR 40
9 27 Alessio CAPPELLA NGR 28
10 23 Niccolo ANTONELLI ITA 32
11 72 Alexander KRISTIANSSON SWE 26
12 61 Arthur SISSIS AUS 25
13 66 Florian ALT GER 20
14 7 Alejandro PARDO ITA 17
15 16 Joshua HOOK AUS 15
16 5 Philipp OETTL GER 14
17 77 Taylor MACKENZIE GBR 13
18 98 Alan TECHER FRA 7
19 47 Tomas VAVROUS CZE 7
20 34 Xavier PINSACH ESP 6
21 17 Antonio CHIARI BRA 5
22 18 James FLITCROFT GBR 2
23 3 Deni CUDIC AUT 1

ok, tres bien , je m'en occupe...