Showing posts with label Maverick Vinales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maverick Vinales. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2012

Vinales cements top spot in FP2

Maverick Vinales FP2 Losail 2012


Maverick Viñales (Blusens Avintia) retained his status as the fastest Moto3 rider on the opening day of the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, topping the second practice session after going fastest in the first run earlier on Thursday. Viñales' time of 2'08.160 was 0.498s clear of second place, as the talented young Spaniard set a scorching marker for the rest of the field.

Malaysian rider Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Airasia-SIC-Ajo) led the charge behind Viñales with a time of 2'08.658, with Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Danny Kent putting a problematic first session behind him to time in third quickest at 2'08.967.

Miguel Oliveira (Estrella Galicia 0'0) was the last rider under 2'09” with an effort of 2'08.979, and his rookie team-mate Alex Rins (Estrella Galicia 0'0) rounded off an impressive day by placing fifth in the order. With his time of 2'09.107 Rins was the last rider to get within a second of leader Viñales.

Sandro Cortese (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Alberto Moncayo (Bankia Aspar Team), Louis Rossi (Racing Team Germany), Héctor Faubel (Bankia Aspar Team) and Niccolò Antonelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Moto3) completed the top 10 on a day on which the Moto3 class made its World Championship bow.

British rider Danny Webb (Mahindra Racing) closed the session 20th fastest, whilst German Jonas Folger (Iodaracing Project) endured a tough day, only riding three laps in FP2.

source: MotoGP Official
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Vinales leads first-ever Moto3 practice in Qatar

Maverick Vinales Losail FP1 2012

The new Moto3™ machines made their World Championship debut on Thursday in the first practice session of the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, as the 2012 season got underway beneath the Losail International Circuit floodlights.

The new 250cc four-stroke bikes were the first out on track in the day's schedule for a 40-minute session, and it was the 2011 125cc Rookie of the Year Maverick Viñales (Blusens Avintia) who set the fastest time on board his FTR Honda as he set the bar with a best time of 2'09.762.

Making it an FTR Honda one-two at the top of the timesheet was Louis Rossi (Racing Team Germany), who with his time of 2'09.980 was the only other rider under 2'10”.

Spanish rider Luis Salom (RW Racing GP) was third in the order on his Kalex KTM at just over half-a-second off Viñales with a 2'10.301, and Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira (Estrella Galicia 0'0) was fourth and the last within a second of top spot thanks to his best lap of 2'10.385.

Completing the top ten on the timesheet were Sandro Cortese (Red Bull KTM Ajo), rookie Romano Fenati (Team Italia FMI), Niklas Ajo (TT Motion Events Racing), Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Airasia-SIC-Ajo), Héctor Faubel (Bankia Aspar Team) and Alexis Masbou (Caretta Technology).

British rider Danny Webb (Mahindra Racing) was 15th at the end of the session, whilst Red Bull KTM Ajo's Danny Kent endured a tough first practice, as technical issues restricted him to just seven laps.

The Moto3 riders have a second practice session later on Thursday.

source: motogp official
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

picture: Avintia Racing Presentation

 

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Avintia Racing presents three-category 2012 line-up



The Spanish team held an event in Jerez in which its rider line-up for the MotoGP™, Moto2™ and Moto3™ classes was officially unveiled.

Following the conclusion of the Moto2™ and Moto3™ Test at the Jerez circuit on Wednesday – and prior to the commencement of the MotoGP™ Test on Thursday at the same track – Avintia Racing showed off its ambitious 2012 project, presenting the riders and machines which will compete across all three World Championship categories.

As well as MotoGP™ riders Iván Silva and Yonny Hernández, Moto2™ entry Julián Simón and Moto3™ rider Maverick Viñales, a number of team and sponsor representatives were also present.

Raúl Romero, Avintia Racing co-owner and MotoGP™ Team Manager, was delighted to be able to unveil an exciting line-up for 2012, and said: “We've grown into a new team which now has all the experience of BQR and the managerial vision which Avintia will bring. Along with the support of Blusens and our other supporters, we've been able to put together a project that would otherwise never have been possible. I'm thrilled to be able to present the Avintia Racing team here today, and to be able to say that we'll be competing in all three classes. In Moto2™ and Moto3™ we can finish in the podium positions regularly, and to be in MotoGP™ is a dream come true.”

Talking about the CRT project, he added: “Our technical team and mechanics have developed a bike which we expect will be very competitive amongst the CRT entries, and with which we will work hard to show that Avintia Racing is in MotoGP™ to stay. We have great confidence in the whole team and of course in our riders. Iván Silva is an experienced rider and Yonny comes up from Moto2™ with a lot of motivation to learn. I genuinely believe we will be able to enjoy a great season.”

Ricard Jové (Team Manager for the Moto2™ and Moto3™ projects) commented on the prospects of Simón and Viñales, and added: “We have great bikes, a strong technical team and of course fantastic riders. It's super to have Julián Simón in our Moto2™ team, he's a World Champion and is eager to repeat that achievement. In Moto3™ we have the hugely talented Maverick Viñales, who will undoubtedly be one of the favourites in the category. I do however want to stress that we need to remain calm and patient.”

The riders themselves were clearly more than ready to start the season. Hernández spoke about his “dream” move up to the MotoGP™ category, and said the pre-season had gone well, whilst Silva said that he hoped to exploit his previous experience of riding similarly powerful machinery.

Simón said he felt “strong” and that he is “sure we will have a great year”, whilst Viñales commented on his satisfaction at having the same team around him as he did in his rookie year in 2011.

source: MotoGP Official
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pictures: Repsol Riders Jerez Test 2012


picture of Marc Marquez, Miguel Oliviera, Maverick Vinales, and Alex Rins on action shot

















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Viñales confirms pre-season Moto3 form



Maverick Viñales rounded off the Jerez Test as the quickest rider, ahead of Danny Kent and Romano Fenati in the final pre-season outing.

Spanish rider Maverick Viñales (Avintia Racing Moto3) underlined his status as one of the main title favourites for 2012 with the fastest Moto3™ time of the Jerez Test on the third and final day on Wednesday, leading the way with a best effort of 1’46.838. The Spaniard set his time in the mixed morning session, during which he also crashed without injury, and was the only rider under 1’47".

At 0.424s behind Danny Kent (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was the closest to Viñales’ pace in a time of 1’47.262, ahead of World Championship newcomer Romano Fenati (Team Italia FMI). The young Italian was a further 0.146s behind Kent, rounding off an extremely impressive Test.

Sandro Cortese (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Malaysian rider Zulfahmi Khairuddin (AirAsia-SIC-Ajo) completed the top five, both within seven-tenths of a second of Viñales, with Niccolò Antonelli (San Carlo Gresini Moto3) the final rider to get within a second of top spot. Alberto Moncayo (Bankia Aspar), Estrella Galicia 0'0 team-mates Miguel Oliveira and Alex Rins, and Louis Rossi (Racing Team Germany) completed the top 10.

Further down the timesheet Arthur Sissis (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was 14th fastest, whilst Danny Webb (Mahindra Racing) finished the Test 21st fastest overall having been unable to improve on his time since Monday.

source: MotoGP Official
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Maverick Viñales: "Without much wind could have broken the record for 125cc"



Despite the wind early in the morning has forced more than yesterday delayed the departure of pilots to track, Viñales, Oliveira and Rins have returned to enjoy a productive day's work in Jerez, where the sun and warm temperatures have allowed to continue with the plan of work for three days. Viñales has started quietly, with shooting his Moto3 to be gradually increasing the pace to set a time of 1 minute, 47 seconds and 386 milliseconds, after completing 40 laps in the joint session with the Moto2 riders.

Oliveira has come to court prepared to continue the development and adaptation to the Suter of Moto3 with that in just over two weeks will start the World Tasting. The Portuguese has completed the first part of the day stopping the clock with the fifth fastest -1 minutes, 48 ​​seconds and 717 milliseconds, after completing 48 laps. His teammate, Alex Rins started the day among the fastest and confirmed in the first group of 15 -14 º -, with a time of 1'49 .552 seconds after 25 laps.

At four o'clock, Moto3 pilots have arranged an hour with the track only for them, which Viñales was again the fastest. After completing 17 laps, the Repsol rider stopped the clock with a best time of 1 minute, 47 seconds and 571 thousandths. Oliveira has continued working on the development of his bike and was not able to lower their records morning, when stopping the clock at 1 minute, 48 seconds and 864 milliseconds, while problems have prevented Rins unit back out on track .

Maverick Viñales: "I am very happy because today's results have been good, we've improved the behavior of the chassis and engine. We are working Tasting focused, especially with the tires. also looking for an escape that would meet all the requirements, which give us acceleration and top speed, and is found. It is unfortunate that today has done so much wind because we could have broken the record here in Jerez 125cc, hopefully tomorrow will be better time to move forward. We have to work on the chassis to turn the bike a little longer to open the throttle before-and finish tuning the engine, with that we'll be ready ".

Miguel Oliveira: "I am satisfied with the work we are doing together with my team. Today, the second day of practice, we continued with our plan, testing different technical aspects and resolving outstanding issues we were yesterday. We have made ​​many tests with the moto.Nos settings is to improve our pace lap, especially as far as concerns the fast laps. Tomorrow we will continue working in the same way we did today. I think we are evolving gradually and if we keep working well, get ready for the first race of the season. "

Alex Rins: "In the morning we started training with very good pace and then we found comfortable with the bike. We had the opportunity to try different configurations until a technical problem with the control of the bike has prevented us to continue with our training schedule. Despite the setback, I am satisfied with the work we are doing. My team worked very hard to have the bike ready for practice tomorrow, so I can only thank them. "

source: Motocuatro
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Viñales closes second day fastest in Moto3



Maverick Viñales was the quickest rider as the second day at Jerez came to a conclusion, with Sandro Cortese and Danny Kent completing the top three.

Maverick Viñales (Avintia Racing Moto3) set the fastest Moto3™ lap of the day – and the Test so far – at Jerez on Tuesday, posting a best time of 1'47.386 on his FTR machine in the mixed morning session.

The 2011 125cc Rookie of the Year set his best time with the Moto2™ bikes sharing the track in the combined run, whilst his closest challenger on the timesheet Sandro Cortese (Red Bull KTM Ajo) set his fastest lap of 1'47.625 in the Moto3™-only afternoon session. Whilst not improving on his morning effort later in the day, Viñales still managed to fit in a tiring 17 laps in the 50-minute run.

Following Cortese in third was the German's team-mate Danny Kent (+0.468s on Viñales), the young British rider the third and final man to get under 1'48” and who, like Viñales, set his best time in the morning. Monday's quickest rider Romano Fenati (Team Italia FMI) was fourth by the end of Tuesday, and the last rider within a second of Viñales. The young Italian was unable to match his performance from the previous day, at almost a second off his own best lap from Monday.

Alexis Masbou (Caretta Technology) was fifth, with Niccolò Antonelli (San Carlo Gresini Moto3), Miguel Oliveira (Estrella Galicia 0'0), Bankia Aspar pair Alberto Moncayo and Héctor Faubel, and third Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Arthur Sissis completing the top 10.

Australian rider Jack Miller (Caretta Technology) and Brit Danny Webb (Mahindra Racing) ended the day in 19th and 22nd positions respectively. The red flag was out briefly after a crash for Spanish rider Iván Moreno (Andalucia JHK Laglisse), who escaped unharmed from his fall.

source: MotoGP Official
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Maverick Viñales: "I've shot with rubber tired thinking about race, not looking for a fast lap"



The Jerez circuit has been chosen to play on stage, from today until next Wednesday, the last official test of the preseason Moto3. On this first day, Maverick Viñales has remained among the fastest drivers in the official timesheets, finishing the day second. Miguel Oliveira, who set the seventh fastest time, has continued his research on the new chassis Suter. Teammate Alex Rins has certified his recovery from shoulder injury, rolling without discomfort and marking the fifteenth fastest time.

These tests have allowed gauge the preparedness of the riders and their mounts. In this sense, Maverick Viñales highlighted ranking among the fastest drivers on this first day with a best time of 1 minute, 47 seconds and 755 thousandths. Just an amazing Roman Fenati end has 3/10 in front of him.

Less than a second of Viñales is over Miguel Oliveira. The Portuguese has dedicated this day to work with the Suter chassis which debuted just 10 days ago in training held in Albacete. The Repsol rider continued polishing the teething problems of this element, which has not prevented him finishing in seventh place with a record of 1 minute, 48 seconds and 614 thousandths.

After missing much of spring training, Alex Rins has proved that his shoulder injury is history and completed the day with virtually no physical discomfort. The young driver has in these workouts a good opportunity to continue their process of adaptation to the bike and equipment. On this first day at Jerez, work on his Honda has led him to sign a best time of 1 minute, 49 seconds and 632 thousandths.

Maverick Viñales:  "I felt very good. We have done testing on the chassis and engine and we slowly improving. I've noticed a lot of developments in the chassis and we are almost able to match the time set in the last test in Jerez, but we must continue working to improve the times. I've noticed very comfortable today, we shot a lot with worn tires thinking about racing and not looking for a fast lap. "

Miguel Oliveira:  "It went pretty well, trying to go fast from the start and putting us first thing in the front group. We have worked with Suter and we have improved in many aspects and details. With the team we have tried to understand how he reacted the bike to the changes that we made ​​and I have tried to keep adjusting to the bike to know more. The rate achieved is quite good and better than the last made ​​in this circuit. We continue to improve tomorrow. "

Alex Rins:  "It was a positive day and I'm very happy, because I'm pretty good shoulder, I had almost no discomfort. I need to familiarize myself with the team and the bike is completely new. In practice this morning at the Jerez circuit, one of my favorites, we have come almost to the configuration we had in the 125cc. We have been improving some aspects and have been dating ever. For tomorrow need to find the set-up, but ended the day happy today. "

Source: Repsol via Motocuatro
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Maveric Vinales problematic the transition to 4 times



According to many the favorite to win the first world title Moto3. It will not be easy and he knows Maverick Vinales , ruler of trophies promozional-preparatory Iberian Peninsula, Spanish and European champion in 2010, 125, 3 rd in his first season in the World Championship with 4 wins (Le Mans, Assen, Sepang, Valencia) and the award of "Rookie of the Year" assets.

Bearers of the BQR Racing Team today Avintia FTR M312 with a Honda engine, "Mack" during the official presentation of programs at the Palacio de Deportes Repsol de la Comunidad de Madrid has shown confidence in view of the 2012 season, but at the same time realistic.

" The transition to the 4 stroke has not been easy , "admitted Vinales. " In career I've always raced with the 2-stroke, I inevitably had to change some references, but fortunately did not have to twist my driving style. The Moto3 is more difficult to bring to the limit, but in tests we've got a good point.

In 2011 we achieved good results, but the goal is to inevitably do better. I think we can aspire to this goal, there is the potential to do well.

In early tests the KTM has been shown to have a good engine, yet we pay something in terms of speed, between Valencia and Jerez but we managed to make great progress. I am satisfied with the chassis, engine we still missing something, but I know that Honda is working in anticipation of the next test in Jerez. We will continue to work to stay with the first already in Qatar , "he concluded Vinales, under contract Avinti` Racing for the season 2013 (Moto2, possibly).

source: Bikeracing.it
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Sunday, March 4, 2012

video: Repsol Honda Presentation at Madrid


video Repsol Honda presentation at Madrid





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picture: Repsol Honda Madrid Presentation 2012


Repsol Honda on pictures, Madrid presentation 2012

































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