JiR team Moto2 concluded testing on the track of Albacete

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The team JiR Moto2 Gianluca Montiron was attended by 28 and 29 February for a two-day test at the track Iberian Albacete, host a session reserved for teams of CEV (Moto2, Moto3 Stock and Extreme).

With the configuration MotoBI in 2012 took to the track Johann Zarco (pictured) and Eric Granado, a young Brazilian who, until the onset of the next month of June at Silverstone, will contact the group test in Moto2 MotoGP and championship Spanish (Moto2 CEV).

The two pilots of JiR Team verified the goodness of the latest updates on the chassis and suspension, with the new Ohlins developed for 2012.

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JiR Moto2: 'The perfect machine doesn’t exist'

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The all-new JiR Moto2 line-up of former 125cc title contender Johann Zarco and Brazilian grand prix rookie Eric Granado will continue adapting to their new 600cc MotoBI during the private test at Albacete on February 28-29.

The pair left the second of the official pre-season tests, at Jerez last week, 23rd (Zarco) and 30th (Granado) on the unofficial timesheets.

But team principal Gianluca Montiron - whose team claimed Moto2 podiums, poles and a race win with former rider Alex de Angelis - understands that it will take time for his rookie line-up to understand the bigger four-stroke.

“During the IRTA test in Jerez both our riders have taken a step forward from the previous test in Valencia,” he began. “Considering the class they're coming from, the 125, the guys are working to appropriate themselves with the dynamics of the four-stroke engine, which requires a different interpretation. 

“As a team we have acquired a sufficient know-how over the past two years and we are making all our knowledge available to Johann and Eric to enable them to understand that an appropriate riding style addresses many of the problems that the inertia of the four-stroke entails. 

“We compared the telemetry data, spent much of our time on the track to look at and understand the different settings of riding, we now go to Albacete with the hope of finding good weather that allows us to take another step forward, so as to enable our riders to progress in their riding style.

“From a technical standpoint the MotoBI has undergone some updates even if we did not change the direction of the whole project, the use of new material from Ohlins will allow us to further progress, as well as the availability of multiple adjustments of the chassis will allow us to reach a good compromise according to each single circuit.”

However Montiron then warned that the perfect bike doesn't exist and that up-and-coming riders must be prepared to ride around problems 

“It is essential that the new generation of riders understand that to adapt oneself to the bike is the element that determines success, the perfect machine doesn't exist and in Moto2 the winner will be the one who knows how to adapt to the problems better than others,” he said.

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Zarco adapt his riding to the demands of Moto 2

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Team JiR's young Moto2™ riders concluded the Jerez Test on a positive note, with 2011 runner-up 125cc Champion Johann Zarco gradually improving over the three days of work and analyzing and modifying his riding style.

Johann Zarco and Eric Granado spent their time at the Spanish circuit first establishing the base settings of their respective bikes, and then from the second day on, refining their riding styles to make the most of their Moto2 machines. The result was verified on the third and final day, as the two riders put into practice the information gathered from the previous two days.

Johann Zarco: 

"After the first test in Valencia, I was a bit worried because I wasn’t able to improve my times during the three days of testing. In Jerez, we started looking at the telemetry data and I focused on my riding style. With this information and the support of the other riders on the track, I realized that to be fast on a Moto2 I have to take a very different approach than on the 125. Little by little I modified my riding with small changes that at the end of the day allowed me to feel better on the bike and start to enjoy myself, and make automatic the reactions needed to be fast."

Eric Granado:

"I am very happy with these three days of practice; I never thought I could ride a bike this way. At the end of the last day I started to understand how to make the rear slide and manage corner entry properly with the clutch and engine braking. I still have to work on my riding skills, so I didn’t focus on lap times at the test, because I first need to understand how my MotoBI responds. It’s also my first time with a four-stroke engine, and the advice from my team has been really helpful and let me take a big step forward. For now everything to me seems like a dream!"

The next date set in preparation for the 2012 season will be at the circuit in Albacete, where riders and technicians will meet again on the 28th and 29th of February for two days of private testing.

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Terol and Zarco poised for final-round showdown

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The last-ever 125cc World Championship title will be decided this weekend at the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana. Spaniard Nico Terol goes into the final round of the 2011 season with a 20-point advantage over Frenchman Johann Zarco.

Nico Terol heads into this weekend's Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana the firm favourite to clinch the last-ever 125cc World Championship title, as the final edition of the two-stroke category is decided in the last round of the 2011 season.

The Spaniard leads Frenchman Johann Zarco by 20 points at the top of the standings, and knows that a finish of 11th or higher in Valencia will deliver him his first World title. This is the fifth time that the 125cc title will have been settled at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia since the track became the final venue on the calendar back in 2002.

Zarco's impressive ride from 15th on the grid to third in the race in the previous round in Malaysia ensured that, with Terol placing fifth at Sepang, the fight for the crown would go to the bitter end, but it appears the Avant-AirAsia-Ajo rider will now have to settle for runner-up spot behind his Bankia Aspar rival who stepped on the podium in last year's Valencia race.

If the battle for first and second looks almost done and dusted, the scrap for third is extremely close. Sandro Cortese (Intact Racing Team Germany) currently leads rookie Maverick Viñales (Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing) by just two points, and the pair will be steeled for strong displays. Viñales' win at Sepang, his third of his debut year, was Aprilia's 15th of the year in the 125cc class – a new record for most wins in the category by a manufacturer. Viñales will also pick up the Michel Metraux Trophy on Sunday evening having been voted the best performer in the class by his fellow riders.

Héctor Faubel (Bankia Aspar) will aim for a strong sign off to the season in his home race, which he has twice won before in the 125cc class, and Jonas Folger (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) still holds a slim chance of taking the Spaniard's top-five spot in the overall classification with a strong result.

Efrén Vázquez (Avant-AirAsia-Ajo) and Luis Salom (RW Racing GP) are both assured of top-ten finishes this season, whilst Alberto Moncayo (Andalucia Banca Civica) and Danny Kent (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) will contest the final spot within the top ten.

Manuel Tatasciore (Phonica Racing) continues in the place of the injured Simone Grotzkyj, and there will be five wildcard riders on track this weekend. Danish youngster Emil Meyer Petersen (Nordgren Racing), Spaniards Daniel Ruiz (Larresport) and Juan F Guevara (Team Murcia Pramac), Brit John McPhee (Racing Steps Foundation KRP) and German Kevin Hanus (Team Hanusch) will all gain valuable World Championship experience.

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Zarco heads 125 grid at the Island

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Johann Zarco grabbed pole position for Iveco Australian Grand Prix just before crashing out of the qualifying session. Cortese and Folger will join the Frenchman on the front row, while Championship leader Terol heads the second row.

Zarco (Avant-AirAsia-Ajo) took his fourth pole of the season and his career at Phillip Island after leading much of the qualifying practice Saturday afternoon, just before closing the outing with a high speed fall that he fortunately walked away from.

The Frenchman’s time of 1’39.207 was the fastest of the day though Sandro Cortese’s lap set in the better conditions Friday morning remained quickest of the weekend. The Intact Racing Team Germany team rider, who qualified second at the Australian circuit last year, will join Zarco on the front row after posting a lap of 1’39.558. Jonas Folger (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) equalled his best grid position of the season, third, after lapping behind Cortese by a margin of 0.052s.

Nicolas Terol, who mathematically can take the title this weekend if he can increase his current 31 point advantage to 50 points over Zarco, was fourth with a time of 1’39.702. The Bankia Aspar rider heads an all Spanish row with Héctor Faubel (Bankia Aspar) and Efrén Vázquez (Avant-AirAsia-Ajo) joining him.

Row three is comprised of Danny Kent (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport), Alberto Moncayo (Team Andalucía Banca Cívica) and Maverick Viñales (Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing), all three less than a tenth over a one second margin of Zarco’s pole setting time.

Luis Salom (RW Racing GP) crashed out of the session early, his time set on lap five was quick enough to land him tenth in the line up. Harry Stafford (Ongetta-Centro Seta) and Josep Rodriguez (Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing) and Jakub Kornfeil (Ongetta-Centro Seta) also had falls, the three will start from 18th, 21st and 13th, respectively.

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