Petrucci happy with Ioda progress

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Danilo Petrucci and the Came Iodaracing Project continued the development of the TR003 CRT machine at the Official MotoGP™ Test at Jerez over the weekend, and the Italian rider left the Spanish circuit pleased with what had been achieved.

Danilo Petrucci:

"We've had three very hard days, but in the end I am satisfied with the results we have achieved. I am the third Italian in the timings and the third CRT bike, even though I fell short of my target lap time by 0.1s – we wanted to be less than three seconds from the MotoGP bikes. Today (Sunday) I tested different tyres and we worked on the electronics a lot. We had two small problems that stopped us right at the moment when the track conditions were ideal for putting in our target lap time, but in the end I improved my lap time at the very end of the day. I must thank the team because they did a fantastic job. The TR003 continues to develop and today it proved it is reliable considering the 87 laps I completed. Now we go to Qatar knowing there is still a lot of work to do."

source: MotoGP Official

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Jonas Folger lands Ioda ride

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German rider Jonas Folger has announced he will now be racing this season, with the Ioda Racing Project in Moto3.

The winner of last season's British Grand Prix 125cc race at a soaked Silverstone had found himself demoted to the role of substitute rider in the MZ team after they lost a parts supplier to bankruptcy and announced the need to make budget cuts, with Folger finding himself on the receiving end.

This had spurred him on to find a new ride for the upcoming season, with the Ioda ride becoming possible and finalised in time for the upcoming testing at Jerez.

Folger confirmed the news on his official Facebook account “ Today we go to Jerez for the IRTA test! Will test the bike for three days for Ioda Racing and hope I can catch up the training backlog and it all runs smoothly”.

The 18 year old put in a solid performance last season for the Red Bull Ajo Motorsport team, finishing the season sixth overall with three podiums, including his Silverstone win.

The IRTA official test at Jerez is the final test before the season starts and the first for the lower classes to feature official timing.

source: crash.net

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CAME IodaRacing Project presented in Venice

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The Casino of Venice on the spectacular Grand Canal hosted the CAME IodaRacing Project team presentation on Saturday with riders Danilo Petrucci and Simone Corsi.

The partnership between the Veneto based company CAME, a leader in automation systems for residential and industrial entrances and parking and access controls, prepares to face the most important motorbike championship in the world with riders Danilo Petrucci in MotoGP™ and Simone Corsi in Moto2™.

Petrucci will ride the new Iodaracing TR003, a trellis framed bike fully designed and built in the factory in Terni, while Corsi will again race the Moto2 class with the FTR, on which the roman rider finished the season in sixth position.

The next important event for the CAME IodaRacing Team will be the IRTA Official Test at Jerez from the 19th to the 25th of March, after which, bikes and spare parts will be sent to Qatari Losail circuit for the first race of the 2012 season.

Paolo Menuzzo, Chairman of CAMEGROUP SpA:

"The idea of sponsoring the team was exciting for the group because we have always been happy to be part of a fully Italian project-as it was when I first developed the first automation systems which became the basis of a new business. I am therefore proud to tie our name to a sport which shares the values of technology, innovation and team work as our company does."

Giampiero Sacchi, Managing Director of IODARACING PROJECT Srl:

"Only a year and a half after its foundation, Iodaracing finds itself part of all the three classes in the World Championship, with two different projects fully built at home. We now face this challenge bearing in mind the technical difficulties we will meet, but extremely proud of our group headed by Giovanni Sandi, Paolo Biasio and Roberto Papetti. I am sure they will develop our bikes to an outstanding technological level."

Danilo Petrucci, MotoGP:

"I am more than satisfied for the opportunity to make such a debut in MotoGP at 21, although it’s a great commitment having to do so with a brand new bike, though I know I can rely on my team as they have demonstrated to be outstanding since the very first tests. We aim to be within the first group in the CRT, and we are all doing our very best to obtain good results in a short time."

Simone Corsi, Moto2:

"This is my second year on this team, and I really feel there is a good understanding both with my technicians and with my FTR. This is a positive sign, and I’m sure I can be part of the group fighting for the world title this year."

You can see the video here 

source: MotoGP Official

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Special MotoGP 2012: Danilo Petrucci

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Today we start the 2012 MotoGP special , and do it with one of the rookies for the upcoming season, it is the rider Danilo Petrucci , Italian first landed in the World Championship and make it big in the premier class and the hand of Ioda Racing.

Petrucci was the Italian National Champion Superstock in 2011 , and also the runner-up FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, so he has experience in European settings, but now comes a big project, an adventure that excites you and who wants to start, as it lands in the MotoGP World Championship , to be with the fastest men, although the 2012 is raised a little complicated for his team and himself.

The 9 is one of the pilots CRT , so I have to work hard to get your machine ready for the start of the season, is unknown as these bikes go in the race, but are a great novelty and above all the Ioda , although not currently have many references, as only participated in the pre-season test was performed for several days in Jerez, which managed a time of 1.41.6 on the final day of testing, improving day days.

What is clear is that they have many duties pending, but both the Italian and the Team Racing Ioda are with his hands in the dough to create a good CRT, and start this project in the best way in 2012, hoping to surprise with improvement in each race as it will be a long road of evolution and fine tuning, but eager and enthusiasm by everyone.

Petrucci is certainly fulfilling a dream in this 2012 , racing in MotoGP is not easy, and Italian champion has done it, comes to the elite, eager to learn in each new track on his bike and its rivals.

source: plusmoto

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Petrucci: "I need to work on my riding style"

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The Italian rider chosen to develop the Ioda Racing CRT prototype discovers exactly what needs to be done at the first real test with the new machine held this week at Jerez.

Although he came to the Jerez circuit having ridden the bike in a private test at the Italian circuit of Magione in January, Danilo Petrucci got his first real assessment of the Ioda CRT prototype during the three days spent this week at the Andalusian track.

Overall time on the track for the Italian was reduced because of two crashes, the first occurring on Tuesday afternoon and the second on Wednesday morning. But the 21 year old left the test with a clear idea of what is needed to move forward in the Ioda team's preparations for the first MotoGP™ race of 2012.

"I lost almost a whole day because of the crashes," he lamented at the end of the third and final day. "It’s a shame because we showed a lot of potential. The bike was built in just one month, so being here is already a miracle. We have a Superstock motor, steel brake discs, the bike is practically stock and I did a 1’41.6 lap, which is a good time. We are close to the others so I'm happy."

Petrucci began work on Monday, running the new chassis designed by Ioda for the first time. He closed the day with a time of 1’43.3, which he wasn’t able to improve upon due to the crash that shortened his day on Tuesday. He resumed work on Wednesday, completing 62 laps and bettering his time by 1.7 seconds. Most importantly however, he and the team discovered what they need to work on before the next test, scheduled for the 8th and 9th of March at the Motorland Aragon circuit.

"I need to work on my riding style," proclaimed the 2011 runner-up World Superstock 1000 champion. "My style is different from the other riders, they’re used to powerful bikes and the Bridgestone tyres. We’ll have to work on the electronics too. Now we are just waiting for the next test in March, where we’ll have the final version of the bike, the same one that we’ll use in the first Grand Prix in Qatar."

source: MotoGP Official

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Alessandro Tonucci, 2012 climbing season

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An injury less severe than expected, but certainly not minor. Alessandro Tonucci , flagship of Federmoto Team Italy in the World Championship with the IMF, has remedied the fracture of the fibular malleolus of his left leg after a bad flight on the final day of testing collective in Jerez de la Frontera.

At the controls of his Ioda TR002 "Tonu", vice-European champion and 2009 Italian GP 125, has found himself on the ground without notice and consequently jeopardize the preparation for the 2012 season, creating a real race against time to be April 8 at Losail.

In the second year in MotoGP, for Alexander promises to surgery and healing time not later than 2 months. Despite the severity of the injury, Tonucci should do it for the Grand Prix of Qatar. More difficult, if not impossible, to see him riding his Ioda TR002 Moto3 for the next test in the official agenda always in Jerez de la Frontera 19 to 21 March next.

source: bikeracing.it

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IODA Moto3 for the World Cup 2012

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Great news all Italian Moto3 within the new class: the IMF Team Italy takes to the track with two pilots and Alessandro Romano Fenati Tonucci. Official Team Italy for Louis Morciano IODA. The three promising young Italian will wear the same color and have a single technical administration, led by Max Protech Virgin Team. The bike which the riders take to the track are the newest of Iodaracing TR002 , which premiered during the final round of World Cup 2011 in Valencia.

The Federation will follow the team through the experienced eye of the Federal Technical Roberto Locatelli. The President Paolo Sesti said: "The speed we have revived the brand of Team Italy to make it a point of reference of the project Blue Talent. We increase our presence in 2012 at the world directly managing three drivers. This was possible thanks to the support IRP that by investing with us in the project, has helped to create a combination rider / bike all-Italian charm. An ambitious challenge that we believe we can honor worthily''

source: motoblog.it

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The TR002, the Moto3 of Ioda, completed his first 40 laps

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It is on the circuit Magione, Umbria, that Ioda Racing offered yesterday in the TR002, his first laps. And the test was apparently very well despite cold conditions and humidity did not allow the pilot to push the new Italian Moto3 structure to its limits.

Were present, Mirko Giansanti and drivers of Team Italia, Alessandro Tonucci and Romano senate, which will be undertaken next season in championship Moto3.

The latter two were mainly driven on the TR001 to take various measures of their new frame and understand the main difference from the 125 used last season. The TR002 has made the final 40 laps for identifying potential and reliability.

source: motospeedrace.com

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Petrucci, Ioda set for Aprilia CRT in MotoGP

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Ioda Racing appear to have dropped their plan, reported only yesterday by Corriere dello Sport, to run a CRT MotoGP bike using a Suter frame with a BMW engine, according to El Blog del Mundial de Motociclismo, which picked the news up from rider Danilo Petrucci's Twitter timeline. 

According to Petrucci, runner-up in the 2011 FIM Superstobk Cup, Ioda will develop their own chassis and match it with an Aprilia engine. “First we were to use Suter BMW [but] we chose a chassis made by us and Aprilia,” he wrote.

While confirmation from team boss Giampiero Sacchi is awaited, the move would be consistent with Ioda's bold approach, which led them to develop their own Moto3 engine under the EMIR joint venture with Robby Motor Technology.

NGM Forward Racing's Colin Edwards is the only confirmed rider to use the Suter-BMW CRT MotoGP package, while the Aspar (Randy de Puniet and Aleix Espargaro), Speed Master (Anthony West) and PBM (James Ellison) teams look set to run an Aprilia package. Gresini will use a Honda-powered FTR for Michele Pirro.

A total of nine (unnamed) CRT entries have been officially accepted by the Grand Prix Commission for the 2012 MotoGP season. These entries add to the twelve factory-built bikes, meaning MotoGP looks set for a grid of 21 riders this season.

Ioda Racing ran Simone Corsi and Mattia Pasini on FTRs in Moto2 last year. Corsi finished sixth in the standings with two podiums, while former 250cc star Pasini was 24th.

source: crash.net by Barry Russel

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