Circuit info:Longueur: 5.078 m. / 3,155 miles
Largeur: 15m
Courbes à gauche: 10
Courbes à droite: 7
Ligne droite: 968 m. / 0,601 miles
Construction: 2009
Modifié:
MotoGP:- Le calendrier 2012 dirait
au revoir au Sachsenring... Le circuit serait remplacé par le Nurburgring ou le Lausitzring. Pas vraiment une bonne nouvelle pour les motos!
- Le MotoGP devrait également conclure un accord (mardi, à Paris) pour un
GP en Argentine de 2013 à 2015. Tracé assez "simple" pour le moment...
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir cette image]Moto2:- Le team Repsol Caixa (
Marquez) s'est entraîné durant deux jours sur le circuit de Valencia ce week-end. Le pilote espagnol a parcouru 120 tours et testé de nouvelles pièces.
- A partir de demain, on attend Ioda Project (
Corsi, Pasini), JiR (
De Angelis), l'Aeroport de Castello (
Olivé), Forward Racing (
Jules), Gresini (
Pirro, Takahashi), Marc VDS (
Redding, Kallio), Blu:sens (
Rabat, Noyes) et Interwetten (
Luthi).
- Tiens, finalement,
Marquez a rempilé pour une troisième journée d'essais...
- A propos d'
Olivé, il vient de signer chez Debon jusqu'à la fin de l'année.
- Chez Aspar,
Elena Rossel devrait participer à la manche d'Aragon, malgré sa chute lors du CEV à Albacete le week-end dernier...
- Autre Wild Card, chez QMMF Racing Team, le polonais
Mateusz Korobacz.
-
Plus important,
Hervé Poncharal a laissé filtrer qu'il n'y aurait que 32 Moto2 en 2012, dont seulement 2 Tech3. Comme il a signé Simeon et demande à Smith de rester, cela ne laisse pas beaucoup de place pour Johann...
-
Bradl,
Marquez et
Smith resteront en Moto2 en 2012.
125:-
Johann a reçu une menace de suspension de 2 courses à cause de son départ et son arrivée à Misano...
-
Sergio Gadea, le coéquipier de Vinales, abandonne le team BQR 125 et intègre l'équipe G22 des frères Nieto à la place de Carmelo Morales. Il est remplacé par
Josep Rodríguez chez BQR.
- Wild Cards:
Josep Rodrigues (Wild Wolf – RACC),
Pedro Rodríguez (Turismo de Aragón – DVJ) et
Kevin Hanus (Team Hanusch).
Bridgestone slick compounds available: Front: Soft, Medium, Ex Hard. Rear: Soft, Medium
The circuit’s surface is relatively smooth slippery so softer rear tyre compound options have been selected: the soft and medium rear symmetric slicks. Front slick options are more unusual however as the available compounds are medium and extra hard, the same as were offered in Qatar. This is because the location of the circuit can mean that sand can be blown onto the tarmac overnight leading to a higher rate of abrasion particularly of the front tyre as it tends to push more into corners on the slippery sand, just like in Qatar, and the extra hard compound has far greater wear and graining resistance. There are also a number of fast downhill braking zones which demand good front-end stability, and some riders may favour the extra hard compound for the benefit it offers in this area. Additionally this year as per the new regulations, a third option of soft compound front slicks will be provided for cold conditions.
Motorland Aragon has a balanced nature in terms of the demands placed on the right and the left shoulders of the tyres, so for this reason asymmetric rear slicks have not been selected, making the GP one of only four this season where the popular asymmetric rears won’t be used.
Hirohide Hamashima – Assistant to Director, Motorsport Tyre Development Division
“Run for the first time in 2010, we now have the benefit of last year’s data to draw upon for this season which has allowed us to verify that last year’s compound choices were well suited and don’t need revising. The Aragon track surface is relatively smooth and slippery, similar to Misano, so we need good grip which suggests softer compounds, but there are also some long corners and some downhill braking points which require greater stability and thus harder compounds. Last year, although we chose tyre compounds based on exhaustive and accurate scientific study of the circuit, including taking latex moulds to take back to Japan for closer inspection, it was still a totally new challenge for us but I am pleased that we can look back and say that we did a good job.”
Dunlop will bring the front tyre allocation of the 717 hard compound which has been used at all rounds so far this year. The other front compound is the 302 medium. This offers a similar level of grip to the 753 medium which it replaced from the Sachsenring onwards – but with added stability.
For the rear, the 4886 and 3854 compounds will be brought, both in the favoured ATR05 construction which has softer edges to enable greater rider confidence.
“Aragón presented us with quite a challenge as a new venue for us last year,” explains Dunlop Motorsport’s Moto2 co-ordinator, Clinton Howe.
“We tested at the venue prior to the race and experienced extreme track temperatures of up to 56˚C, which is as hot as you’ll find anywhere.
“We then visited the circuit for the race and experienced track temperatures of 16˚C – a massive 40˚C cooler. This was a very different scenario and our tyres faced an unexpected challenge because of this.
“This experience of the circuit makes our tyre allocation choice very difficult as we could be faced with the hottest track of the season, or the coolest.
“The long corners put high forces through the tyres and create a lot of energy as the construction and compounds react to this energy, which creates heat. This is intensified if there are very high ambient and track temperatures, of the likes we experienced at the 2010 test.
“If the track temperatures are much lower, and you have a scenario where the tyre compound does not work as it should have this can cause high levels of wear through abrasion.
“This means you need a tyre allocation capable of reacting to a range of conditions, which is quite a tough request. We feel that by bringing two rear tyres with the ATR05 construction we are giving our riders the best tools at their disposal.
“Aragón has an even layout in terms of demands on both sides of the tyres, but with fast downhill sections, with right hand turns, and a couple of high braking demands especially the downhill turns 14/15 where riders practically stand the bike on its nose. All in all, there is plenty for our tyres to do at this track.”
Dunlop Motorsport’s Senior Tyre Engineer (Motorcycle Race), Chris Valentine gives his insight into Aragón.
“Having opened last year the surface is still very abrasive with even our hardest compound being heavily abraded by the end of last season, but we would expect that the surface will have started to wear slightly and abrasion will be less of an issue this year.”
Vendredi:09:15 - Essais des 125cc (45mn) (LIVE)
10:00 - Essais Moto2 (1h) (LIVE)
11:00 - Essais Moto GP (1h5mn) (LIVE)
13:05 - Essais des 125cc (55mn) (LIVE)
14:00 - Essais Moto GP (1h) (LIVE)
15:00 - Essais Moto2 (1h) (LIVE)
Samedi:09:15 - Essais des 125cc (45mn) (LIVE)
10:00 - Essais Moto2 (1h) (LIVE)
11:00 - Essais Moto GP (1h5mn) (LIVE)
13:05 - Essais des 125cc (55mn) (LIVE)
14:00 - Essais Moto GP (1h) (LIVE)
15:00 - Essais Moto2 (1h) (LIVE)
Dimanche:10:30 - Warm up (30mn)
11:00 - 125cc (1h15mn) (LIVE)
12:15 - Moto2 (1h45mn) (LIVE)
14:00 - Course MotoGP (1h15mn) (LIVE)