MotoGP 2023

[TheBear]

KTM, please sort your bikes!

KTM ‘not happy, really far, Binder surprised, Miller slow’

Red Bull KTM team manager Francesco Guidotti has given a frank assessment of the Austrian factory’s situation heading into the 2023 MotoGP season opener at Portimao next weekend.

www.crash.net

 

[TheBear]

Official Testing, Portimao, Day 1, Session 2

2023 PORTIMAO MOTO2 TEST TIMES, FRIDAY - SESSION 2
POS	RIDER	NAT	TEAM	BIKE	TIME
1	Aron Canet	SPA	Pons Wegow Los40	(Kalex)	1m 42.681s
2	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	1m 42.703s
3	Albert Arenas	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	1m 42.970s
4	Sam Lowes	GBR	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 43.064s
5	Bo Bendsneyder	NED	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	1m 43.125s
6	Barry Baltus	BEL	Fieten Olie Racing GP	(Kalex)	1m 43.144s
7	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Fantic Racing	(Kalex)	1m 43.194s
8	Fermín Aldeguer	SPA	CAG SpeedUp Racing	(Boscoscuro)	1m 43.227s
9	Somkiat Chantra	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	(Kalex)	1m 43.456s
10	Filip Salac	CZE	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	1m 43.539s
11	Manuel Gonzalez	SPA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	(Kalex)	1m 43.608s
12	Jake Dixon	GBR	GASGAS Aspar Team	(Kalex)	1m 43.614s
13	Alonso Lopez	SPA	CAG SpeedUp Racing	(Boscoscuro)	1m 43.765s
14	Tony Arbolino	ITA	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 43.920s
15	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	ITA	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	1m 44.053s
16	Lukas Tulovic	GER	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	(Kalex)	1m 44.096s
17	Jeremy Alcoba	SPA	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	1m 44.120s
18	Zonta Vd Goorbergh	NED	Fieten Olie Racing GP	(Kalex)	1m 44.283s
19	Marcos Ramirez	SPA	Forward Team	(Forward)	1m 44.314s
20	Borja Gomez	SPA	Fantic Racing	(Kalex)	1m 44.418s
21	Darryn Binder	RSA	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	(Kalex)	1m 44.683s
22	Joe Roberts	USA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 44.685s
23	Dennis Foggia	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	1m 44.899s
24	Sergio Garcia	SPA	Pons Wegow Los40	(Kalex)	1m 44.913s
25	Sean Dylan Kelly	USA	American Racing	(Kalex)	1m 45.402s
26	Rory Skinner	GBR	American Racing	(Kalex)	1m 45.794s
27	Kohta Nozane	JPN	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	(Kalex)	1m 46.112s
28	David Sanchis	SPA	Forward Team	(Forward)	1m 46.287s
29	Izan Guevara	SPA	GASGAS Aspar Team

 

[madmax]

eish i know only testing etc but db going backwards it seems

my man canet top of the pops ... acosta doing good ...hmmm could be good year racing e in moto2

 

[TheBear]

Someone at the top making sense.

Jorge Viegas wants WSBK with production bikes: 'We have to go for stock bikes'

Jorge Viegas is currently President of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), and is already in his second mandate. Occupying a position of...

www.motorcyclesports.net

 

[TheBear]

Moto2 testing, Portimao, Day 2.

First session of the day no one took to the track. I don't know why not. Probably rain. I Second session :

 

[TheBear]

Combined times for the day. Looking much better

 

[madmax]

Someone at the top making sense.

Jorge Viegas wants WSBK with production bikes: 'We have to go for stock bikes'

Jorge Viegas is currently President of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), and is already in his second mandate. Occupying a position of...

www.motorcyclesports.net

what happened to su[erstock..yes was only a filler to program i guess but ....

 

[madmax]

Combined times for the day. Looking much better

sam lowes big improvement

 

[Dux]

Someone at the top making sense.

Jorge Viegas wants WSBK with production bikes: 'We have to go for stock bikes'

Jorge Viegas is currently President of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), and is already in his second mandate. Occupying a position of...

www.motorcyclesports.net

In a way I agree , in a way not . Yes sure it will entice more privateers , but that will just mean more special limited edition specials at horrendous pricing . And would teams be allowed to modify standard models to the same level as tbe specials .
Perhaps just leave it as it is now .

 

[TheBear]

In a way I agree , in a way not . Yes sure it will entice more privateers , but that will just mean more special limited edition specials at horrendous pricing . And would teams be allowed to modify standard models to the same level as tbe specials .
Perhaps just leave it as it is now .

They are already running homologation specials, or special limited editions if you prefer. One of them will set you back close to R1m in SA. It is what he wants stopped and I agree with that.

 

[Dux]

They are already running homologation specials, or special limited editions if you prefer. One of them will set you back close to R1m in SA. It is what he wants stopped and I agree with that.

Perhaps they need to put price caps on the bike , the homologation special Yamaha R1 is R480 000 , I presume the R1m gets you a Ducati and that is an enormous difference in price .

 

[madmax]

long but its sunday afternoon and very interesting interview..portman and crafar

 

[TheBear]

Perhaps they need to put price caps on the bike , the homologation special Yamaha R1 is R480 000 , I presume the R1m gets you a Ducati and that is an enormous difference in price .

Price cap is one way I suppose. The R480k R1M is not the homologation special they are racing in WSBK. I doubt you will be able to get one in SA for under R800k, even more.

 

[TheBear]

Portimao, Day 3,Session 1.

 

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[TheBear]

Portimao, Day 3, 2nd session.

 

[TheBear]

Combined times at end day 3.

 

[SabreF86]

Combined times at end day 3.

Competition is going to be fierce. I'm surprised by Vietti's performance; I thought he'd be one of the top performers by now

 

[TheBear]

Competition is going to be fierce. I'm surprised by Vietti's performance; I thought he'd be one of the top performers by now

Agreed on both points.

 

[SabreF86]

In a way I agree , in a way not . Yes sure it will entice more privateers , but that will just mean more special limited edition specials at horrendous pricing . And would teams be allowed to modify standard models to the same level as tbe specials .
Perhaps just leave it as it is now .

Sticking to dead standard road going bikes sounds ideal. But, the "creep" in regulations, and their interpretations, normally kill the concept. Look at what happened to group N racing in SA where you were only allowed to change tyres, and remove the exhaust from showroom floor cars