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2021 Most World Superbike FP2 Result: Rain Dampens Session
Garrett Gerloff was quickest in a wet session that afforded nobody the opportunity to improve on their morning's times with many not even recording laps. Only nine of the 23 were within the 107% of the morning's quickest time and only five other riders set times, with a further nine sitting out the session.
Results:
2021 Most World Superbike FP2 Result: Rain Dampens Session
Garrett Gerloff was quickest in a wet session that afforded nobody the opportunity to improve on their morning's times with many not even recording laps. Only nine of the 23 were within the 107% of the morning's quickest time and only five other riders set times, with a further nine sitting out the session.
Results:
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2021 Styria Moto2 FP2 Result: Gardner Fastest On Drying Track
After rain affected their colleagues’ FP2 sessions, the surface was drying rapidly by the time the intermediate class joined the action and improvements to FP1 times seemed more realistic. However, it all came down to the final five minutes, when Remy Gardner made the first significant improvement to top the session and climb into third on the combined standings. Sam Lowes also made progress to finish the session second, with Tom Luthi a pleasant but unexpected sight in third place, one tenth of a second off the lead.
2021 Styria Moto2 FP2 Result: Gardner Fastest On Drying Track
After rain affected their colleagues’ FP2 sessions, the surface was drying rapidly by the time the intermediate class joined the action and improvements to FP1 times seemed more realistic. However, it all came down to the final five minutes, when Remy Gardner made the first significant improvement to top the session and climb into third on the combined standings. Sam Lowes also made progress to finish the session second, with Tom Luthi a pleasant but unexpected sight in third place, one tenth of a second off the lead.
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Styria MotoGP Friday Round Up: A Wasted Day, Yamaha's Problems In Mixed Conditions, And Filling Empty MotoGP Seats
In an ideal world, MotoGP teams can use practice to prepare for the race on Sunday. Test tires in FP1, make setup changes in FP2, finalize the setting in FP3 and FP4, then into qualifying to be ready for the race. In an ideal world, conditions are comparable enough through all practice sessions on Friday and Saturday to find the optimal setup choices for Sunday.
But we don't live in an ideal world, of course. Temperature differences and changing conditions leave a lot to a mixture of experience and guesswork. Even then, as long as you have dry weather, you can get pretty close.
That is not the case this weekend in Spielberg, however. FP1 saw excellent conditions: warm, dry sunny. Not too hot, and temperatures not far off optimum for the tires. But rain started in the afternoon, and FP2 was wet, with a drying line as the session went on. Data collected in the morning would be useful for a dry race. Data in the afternoon is contingent on the amount of rain that falls in the case of a wet race, which looks a racing certainty.
Ready for anything?
A wet race would render the data collected on Saturday pretty much irrelevant as well. Saturday in Spielberg looks set very fair, bright, sunny and warm. But the forecast for Sunday is the worst of all worlds: thunderstorms, with a chance of heavy rain.
Styria MotoGP Friday Round Up: A Wasted Day, Yamaha's Problems In Mixed Conditions, And Filling Empty MotoGP Seats
In an ideal world, MotoGP teams can use practice to prepare for the race on Sunday. Test tires in FP1, make setup changes in FP2, finalize the setting in FP3 and FP4, then into qualifying to be ready for the race. In an ideal world, conditions are comparable enough through all practice sessions on Friday and Saturday to find the optimal setup choices for Sunday.
But we don't live in an ideal world, of course. Temperature differences and changing conditions leave a lot to a mixture of experience and guesswork. Even then, as long as you have dry weather, you can get pretty close.
That is not the case this weekend in Spielberg, however. FP1 saw excellent conditions: warm, dry sunny. Not too hot, and temperatures not far off optimum for the tires. But rain started in the afternoon, and FP2 was wet, with a drying line as the session went on. Data collected in the morning would be useful for a dry race. Data in the afternoon is contingent on the amount of rain that falls in the case of a wet race, which looks a racing certainty.
Ready for anything?
A wet race would render the data collected on Saturday pretty much irrelevant as well. Saturday in Spielberg looks set very fair, bright, sunny and warm. But the forecast for Sunday is the worst of all worlds: thunderstorms, with a chance of heavy rain.
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2021 Styria Moto3 FP3 Result: Sasaki Stumbles To The Top
It was a sunny start for day two in Austria and the lightweight class had plenty of time to complete the challenge for top 14 positions. It eventually turned into a gravel to glory story for Ayumu Sasaki, who started the session in the gravel trap at turn four but rejoined the action in the closing stages to claim top spot at the checkered flag. The Japanese rider demoted colleague Jaume Masia by three hundredths of a second, with Filip Salac and Jeremy Alcoba making a late jump into the top four.
2021 Styria Moto3 FP3 Result: Sasaki Stumbles To The Top
It was a sunny start for day two in Austria and the lightweight class had plenty of time to complete the challenge for top 14 positions. It eventually turned into a gravel to glory story for Ayumu Sasaki, who started the session in the gravel trap at turn four but rejoined the action in the closing stages to claim top spot at the checkered flag. The Japanese rider demoted colleague Jaume Masia by three hundredths of a second, with Filip Salac and Jeremy Alcoba making a late jump into the top four.
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2021 Most World Superbike FP3 Result: Redding Leads Rea
In a session where everyone improved on their Friday's times, Scott Redding set the quickest lap around this new track, with Jonathan Rea a twentieth of a second further behind. Three Yamahas of Andrea Locatelli, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Garrett Gerloff rounded out the top five.
Results:
2021 Most World Superbike FP3 Result: Redding Leads Rea
In a session where everyone improved on their Friday's times, Scott Redding set the quickest lap around this new track, with Jonathan Rea a twentieth of a second further behind. Three Yamahas of Andrea Locatelli, Toprak Razgatlioglu and Garrett Gerloff rounded out the top five.
Results:
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2021 Styria MotoGP FP3 Result: Bagnaia Brings Ducati To The Fore
After the FP2 washout, the premier class were particularly keen to make the most of the sunny and dry conditions on Saturday morning. Improvements came quickly on the combined standings but the serious battle on fresh soft rubber started in the final 15 minutes and Pecco Bagnaia waited until the final flying lap to take control of the session and confirm Ducati’s speed around the Red Bull Ring.
2021 Styria MotoGP FP3 Result: Bagnaia Brings Ducati To The Fore
After the FP2 washout, the premier class were particularly keen to make the most of the sunny and dry conditions on Saturday morning. Improvements came quickly on the combined standings but the serious battle on fresh soft rubber started in the final 15 minutes and Pecco Bagnaia waited until the final flying lap to take control of the session and confirm Ducati’s speed around the Red Bull Ring.
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2021 Most World Supersport Superpole Result: Dry Qualifying
World Supersport's first Superpole at Autodrom Most took part on a dry track. The addition of a few extra riders, including a few wildcards and one-off riders.
2021 Most World Supersport Superpole Result: Dry Qualifying
World Supersport's first Superpole at Autodrom Most took part on a dry track. The addition of a few extra riders, including a few wildcards and one-off riders.
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2021 Most World Superbike Superpole Result: New Track Who Dis
The Czech track Autodrom Most has twenty one corners and this is its first international race weekend. The weather was dry and warm as the riders prepared for the fifteen minutes that would determine the grid for this afternoon's feature race and tomorrow morning's sprint race. Riders have two qualifying tyres so that a yellow flag doesn't ruin their only possible fast lap.
2021 Most World Superbike Superpole Result: New Track Who Dis
The Czech track Autodrom Most has twenty one corners and this is its first international race weekend. The weather was dry and warm as the riders prepared for the fifteen minutes that would determine the grid for this afternoon's feature race and tomorrow morning's sprint race. Riders have two qualifying tyres so that a yellow flag doesn't ruin their only possible fast lap.
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2021 Styria Moto2 FP3 Result: Gardner Resumes Control
Sunshine was on the menu for Saturday morning in Spielberg and although riders were in no rush to improve their times early on, things soon got heated and the top 14 came down to the final flying laps. Remy Gardner proved to be the quickest man on track, the championship leader drawing ever nearer to the lap record and seven hundredths of a second ahead of his rivals. Friday leader Marco Bezzecchi started the day with a strange crash on the exit for turn 3 but was quickly on the pace when he rejoined for the final five minutes.
2021 Styria Moto2 FP3 Result: Gardner Resumes Control
Sunshine was on the menu for Saturday morning in Spielberg and although riders were in no rush to improve their times early on, things soon got heated and the top 14 came down to the final flying laps. Remy Gardner proved to be the quickest man on track, the championship leader drawing ever nearer to the lap record and seven hundredths of a second ahead of his rivals. Friday leader Marco Bezzecchi started the day with a strange crash on the exit for turn 3 but was quickly on the pace when he rejoined for the final five minutes.
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Franco Morbidelli To Move Up To The Monster Energy Yamaha Team For 2022
Franco Morbidelli is to race for the Monster Energy Yamaha team next year. Speaking to MotoMatters.com, Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director Lin Jarvis confirmed that the Italian is to move up to the factory team for the 2022 season, once the details of the contract have been sorted out.
Jarvis was speaking to us as part of a much larger interview to be published after the Austrian round of MotoGP. Morbidelli's move to the factory team is a result of a situation which was hard to imagine at the start of the 2021 season. Back in January, Yamaha looked to have one of the strongest rider line ups in MotoGP.
Franco Morbidelli To Move Up To The Monster Energy Yamaha Team For 2022
Franco Morbidelli is to race for the Monster Energy Yamaha team next year. Speaking to MotoMatters.com, Yamaha Motor Racing Managing Director Lin Jarvis confirmed that the Italian is to move up to the factory team for the 2022 season, once the details of the contract have been sorted out.
Jarvis was speaking to us as part of a much larger interview to be published after the Austrian round of MotoGP. Morbidelli's move to the factory team is a result of a situation which was hard to imagine at the start of the 2021 season. Back in January, Yamaha looked to have one of the strongest rider line ups in MotoGP.
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2021 Styria Moto3 Qualifying Result: Home Sweet Almost Home
Results and summary of qualifying for the Moto3 class in Styria:
2021 Styria Moto3 Qualifying Result: Home Sweet Almost Home
Results and summary of qualifying for the Moto3 class in Styria:
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Raul Fernandez Confirmed To Join Tech3 KTM In MotoGP For 2022
KTM has officially confirmed that Raul Fernandez will be moving up to MotoGP in 2022, racing for the Tech3 KTM team. The Spaniard has been rewarded for a sensational rookie campaign in Moto2 with a promotion to MotoGP.
That Fernandez would move up to MotoGP was an open secret. The only question was the timing of the announcement. But KTM had to fight to keep the Spaniard, after Yamaha had attempted to poach him for the Petronas team.
With Fernandez joining current Moto2 Ajo teammate Remy Gardner in Tech3, the current line up of Danilo Petrucci and Iker Lecuona are set to lose their places in MotoGP. Lecuona has been linked to a move back to Moto2, while Petrucci is widely tipped to move to the WorldSBK series, where he could make a return to Ducati.
Raul Fernandez Confirmed To Join Tech3 KTM In MotoGP For 2022
KTM has officially confirmed that Raul Fernandez will be moving up to MotoGP in 2022, racing for the Tech3 KTM team. The Spaniard has been rewarded for a sensational rookie campaign in Moto2 with a promotion to MotoGP.
That Fernandez would move up to MotoGP was an open secret. The only question was the timing of the announcement. But KTM had to fight to keep the Spaniard, after Yamaha had attempted to poach him for the Petronas team.
With Fernandez joining current Moto2 Ajo teammate Remy Gardner in Tech3, the current line up of Danilo Petrucci and Iker Lecuona are set to lose their places in MotoGP. Lecuona has been linked to a move back to Moto2, while Petrucci is widely tipped to move to the WorldSBK series, where he could make a return to Ducati.
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2021 Styria MotoGP FP4 Result: Quartararo Lays Down The Law
FP4 provided perfect conditions for the premier class to finetune their race routine and Fabio Quartararo made quick progress throughout the day to top the session and prove he’s one step ahead of the opposition. Pecco Bagnaia also made steady progress towards the top and had to settle for second, two tenths behind the leader and a little bit off the Frenchman’s race pace. Maverick Viñales kept close in third position, only two thousandths of a second behind the Ducati and confirming the renewed strength of the Yamahas.
2021 Styria MotoGP FP4 Result: Quartararo Lays Down The Law
FP4 provided perfect conditions for the premier class to finetune their race routine and Fabio Quartararo made quick progress throughout the day to top the session and prove he’s one step ahead of the opposition. Pecco Bagnaia also made steady progress towards the top and had to settle for second, two tenths behind the leader and a little bit off the Frenchman’s race pace. Maverick Viñales kept close in third position, only two thousandths of a second behind the Ducati and confirming the renewed strength of the Yamahas.
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2021 Most World Superbike Race One Result: Here we go
World Superbike race one was twenty two dry laps around twenty one corners nobody has much experience on.
2021 Most World Superbike Race One Result: Here we go
World Superbike race one was twenty two dry laps around twenty one corners nobody has much experience on.
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2021 Styria MotoGP Qualifying Result: Keeping It In The Family
Results and summary of qualifying for the MotoGP class in Styria:
2021 Styria MotoGP Qualifying Result: Keeping It In The Family
Results and summary of qualifying for the MotoGP class in Styria:
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2021 Most World Supersport Race One Result: Red Flag Determines Result
Nineteen laps of the new addition to the calendar, the World Supersport grid would not get to complete all of them before the flags came out.
2021 Most World Supersport Race One Result: Red Flag Determines Result
Nineteen laps of the new addition to the calendar, the World Supersport grid would not get to complete all of them before the flags came out.
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2021 Styria Moto2 Qualifying Result: Race Against The Clouds
Results and summary of qualifying for the Moto2 class in Styria:
2021 Styria Moto2 Qualifying Result: Race Against The Clouds
Results and summary of qualifying for the Moto2 class in Styria:
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2021 WorldSSP300 Championship Standings After Race 7, Most, Czech Republic
WorldSSP300 standings after the first race from Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021
2021 WorldSSP300 Championship Standings After Race 7, Most, Czech Republic
WorldSSP300 standings after the first race from Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021
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2021 WorldSBK Championship Standings After Race 11, Most, Czech Republic
World Superbike standings after the first race at Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021
2021 WorldSBK Championship Standings After Race 11, Most, Czech Republic
World Superbike standings after the first race at Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021
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2021 WorldSSP Championship Standings After Race 9, Most, Czech Republic
World Supersport standings after the first race in Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021
2021 WorldSSP Championship Standings After Race 9, Most, Czech Republic
World Supersport standings after the first race in Most:
Round Number:
6
Year:
2021