Pelumba Ducati, Andrea Dovizioso mendominasi saingan pembukaan MotoGP di Litar Losail,Qatar namun sebaik perlumbaan berakhir, empat pasukan telah menyatakan bantahan terhadap kemenangan tersebut.
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Segalanya berpunca daripada ‘winglet’yang diletakkan di bahagian depan tayar belakang.
Ducati mempertahankan penggunaan alat itu dengan alasan alat tersebut bertindak menyejukkan tayar bagaimanapun, pasukan yang menyatakan bantahan berpendapat ‘winglet’tersebut menghasilkan ‘downforce’ – sekaligus melanggar peraturan penggunaan ‘winglet’ berlebihan musim ini.
Antara yang lantang menyuarakan bantahan adalah, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Aprilia Racing, Massimo Rivola yang turut memiliki pengalaman selama 20 tahun di pentas Formula 1 – Rivola bekerjasama dengan Minardi dan Toro Rosso sebelum ke Ferrari.
Sebelum ini, peraturan dengan jelas menyatakan penggunaan ‘winglet’ atau ‘deflector’ hanya boleh digunakan ketika litar dalam keadaan basah kerana fungsi utamanya adalah ia mampu memindahkan air di sekeliling tayar bagi memastikan keselamatan pelumba.
Bagaimanapun, peraturan tersebut telah pun dikemaskini dan kini penggunaan ‘deflector’ itu turut dibolehkan dalam keadaan litar kering, sekaligus membuka peluang kepada Ducati untuk menggunakan ‘winglet’ atas alasan sama.
Di mata pengeluar lain, jelas sekali penggunaan ‘winglet’memberikan kelebihan daripada aspek aerodinamik – Yamaha menggunakan alat sama ketika perlumbaan litar basah di Valencia tahun lalu.
Aduan yang dikemukan kepada Race Direction MotoGP telah disertakan dengan laporan teknikal intensif oleh Rivola bagi menyokong hujahnya bahawa penggunaan ‘winglet’ menghasilkan downforce.
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Selain Aprilia, Suzuki, Honda dan KTM turut sama menyatakan bantahan terhadap penggunaan ‘winglet’ oleh Ducati. Mereka berasa ragu dengan alasan Ducati bahawa alat tersebut digunakan untuk menyejukkan tayar meskipun suhu litar di hari perlumbaan berada di bawah 25 darjah celsius.
Keputusan penuh oleh FIM dijangka bakal dilakukan dalam masa beberapa hari.
Andrea Dovizioso memulakan aksi pembukaan MotoGP 2019 dengan kemenangan di GP Qatar selepas berjaya mengetepikan cabaran sengit oleh pertahan juara, Marc Marquez.
Bermula di petak kedua, Dovizioso berjaya memintas pelumba di petak utama, Maverick Vinales sebaik melalui selekoh pertama.
Marquez turut bermula dengan baik sekaligus memulakan perebutan tempat pertama bersama Dovizioso.
Percubaan berani Marquez di selekoh terakhir berjaya menempatkan dirinya dihadapa Dovizioso namun pelumba Itali itu memiliki cengkaman yang lebih baik sekaligus kembali memintas untuk melepasi garisan penamat terlebih dahulu diikuti Cal Crutchlow ketiga.
Lebih menarik, keputusan tersebut merupakan pengulangan kepada perlumbaan sama setahun yang lalu.
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Sementara itu, Vinales gagal memulakan perlumbaan dengan baik apabila mudah jatuh ke kedudukan keenam dengan wakil Suzuki, Alex Rins dan Joan Mir melakukan pecutan lebih baik.
Jack Miller turut bermula dengan baik namun ekoran masalah tempat duduk, dia terpaksa menarik diri daripada perlumbaan.
Ada masanya Rins mendahului kelompok perlumbaan namun jentera dinaikinya gagal menyaingi kepantasan Ducati dan Honda di garisan lurus sekaligus membenarkan Dovizioso dan Marquez merebut kemenangan pertama musim ini.
Keputusan penuh:
Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati)
Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) +0.023secs
Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) +0.320s
Alex Rins (Suzuki Ecstar) +0.457s
Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha) +0.600s
Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) +2.320s
Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha) +2.481s
Joan Mir (Suzuki Ecstar) +5.088s
Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) +7.406s
Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) +9.636s
Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha) +9.647s
Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) +12.774s
Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda) +14.307s
Andrea Iannone (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) +14.349s
Johann Zarco (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) +15.093s
Mission Winnow’s Andrea Dovizioso aka “DesmoDovi”delivered yet another masterclass photo finish MotoGP win in Qatar.
The same last corner antics that took place last season happened again with Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) in second place.
Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) returned with a triumphant podium finish after a grueling injury suffered from last season.
The opening MotoGP round of 2019 saw Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) and Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) repeating the exact same battle and outcome as last season’s opening race. The almost identical battle saw Marquez taking the lunge again in the final corner but the wise Italian took advantage and blasted down the front straight to cross the chequered flag first.
It was indeed a race to remember with so many eventful happenings that took place throughout the race. What we thought would be a three-way battle between Dovizioso, Marquez, and pole man Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) turned out to be an epic fight with Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins.
The young Spaniard and his highly-improved Suzuki GSX-RR clearly showed massive superiority in the corners with Dovizioso and Marquez keeping it close behind but once they entered the front straight, the powers of the Ducati Desmosedici GP19 and Honda RC213V reigned supreme against Suzuki.
Towards the end of the race, Rins slowly slipped behind and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) took advantage of the situation by taking the final podium spot. It was a great comeback for the Brit rider after missing several races at the end of last season due to injury.
Our very own Malaysian hero, Hafizh Syahrin (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) managed to complete the race in 20th place despite several riders in front of him dropping out due to mistakes and mechanical issues. It was a brutal race to learn from, ,especially KTM where all of their riders suffered and weren’t able to bring the fight to the top group.
In Moto2, Lorenzo Baldasarri (Flexbox HP 40) created yet another historic moment in the Motorcycle Grand Prix series by winning the first-ever Moto2 race powered by the new Triumph 765cc inline-three engine. The young Italian gave a textbook win with just 0.026 seconds separating him and the 2nd podium spot finisher, Tom Luthi (Dynavolt Intact GP).
Luthi triumphant return to Moto2 was like a fairytale after a brutal non-scoring season in Moto2 last year. Not many folks were able to pull this off when dropping back down from the premier class but Luthi proved to everyone that he is not to be underestimated, especially when he has the right bike package.
Remy Gardner (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team) was looking forward to his first-ever podium finish in Moto2. Having delivered a brilliant performance throughout the race and fighting for podium contention, that dream was ripped away from him right at the finishing line by Marcel Schrotter (Dynavolt Intact GP) with only a photo-finish gap of 0.003 second separating the two.
Moto3 was equally exciting to watch as Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) created yet another historic moment by becoming the first-ever Japanese rider to win a Moto3 race and the first to win the Lightweight class since Tomoyoshi Koyama way back in 2007.
Having started from third position, the young Japanese rider showed great skills, patience, and intelligence in the Moto3 battle especially in the last lap where he knew that he needed to be in 2nd place in the last corner to take advantage of the slipstream to victory during the front straight.
That was what he allowed Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing) to do and snatched victory away from the young Italian with a gap of only 0.053 seconds. Pole sitter Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) managed to salvage third place after a grueling battle with 10 other riders in the leading group where they were only spread apart within a second.
MotoGP continues to Argentina in three weeks’ time for the Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina from 29-31 March 2019. Will this season be another epic battle between Ducati and Honda or will Suzuki and Yamaha have something to say about this? Stay tuned for more MotoGP updates.
Pelumba Yamaha, Maverick Vinales berjaya merebut petak utama bagi aksi pembukaan saingan MotoGP 2019 di Qatar selepas mengungguli sesi kelayakan penuh drama.
Vinales meneruskan aksi mantap dari ujian pra-musim di Litar Losail untuk menewaskan wakil Ducati, Andrea Dovizioso dengan perbezaan 0.198 saat sementara juara bertahan, Marc Marquez terpaksa akur dengan kedudukan ketiga.
Jorge Lorenzo – yang membuat penampilan pertama musim ini bersama Honda – terbabas ketika memasuki selekoh kedua dengan sesi kelayakan berbaki tiga minit sekaligus memaksa pelumba berusia 31 tahun itu memulakan perlumbaan di petak ke-15.
Sementara itu, wakil tunggal negara, Hafizh Syahrin (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) akan memulakan perlumbaan di petak ke-22. Pelumba berusia 24 tahun itu masih dalam fasa penyesuaian ekoran berpindah daripada jentera Yamaha ke jentera KTM musim ini.
Dalam perkembangan lain, wakil negara dalam saingan Moto2, Khairul Idham Pawi, akan memulakan saingan di petak ke-21.
The MotoGP battle between Yamaha, Ducati, and Honda has taken off to a flying start in yesterday’s qualifying session in Qatar.
Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) secured the season’s first pole position on board the new and improved 2019 Yamaha M1.
Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) and Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) are not far behind and will start tomorrow’s race in P2 and P3.
The 2019 MotoGP season could not have started with a more exciting qualifying session as the battle between Yamaha, Ducati, and Honda took place in the qualifying session earlier today. Under the floodlights of the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) took the first pole position of the season on board the new 2019 Yamaha YZR-M1. (more…)
Pasukan pengilang Ducati Team telah melancarkan jentera perlumbaan Ducati Desmosedici GP19.
Penunggang pasukan pengilang, Andrea Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci bersama dengan penunggang pasukan Pramac, Jack Miller, akan mengemudi jentera GP19 ini dalam kejohanan MotoGP musim 2019.
Ia kini didatangkan dengan kemasan grafik berwarna merah sepenuhnya.
The factory Ducati Team launched the Ducati Desmosedici GP19.
Factory riders Andrea Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci and Pramac rider Jack Miller will ride the GP19 in MotoGP 2019.
It now sports a full-red livery.
The factory Ducati Team launched the Ducati Desmosedici GP19 for the MotoGP 2019 season.
The launch was aired “live” from the Philip Morris Cube in Neuchâtel, Switzerland early this morning. Attendees at the launch were team riders Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci. Factory and team luminaries including Claudio Domenicali, Paolo Ciabatti, Davide Tardozzi, Luigi Dall’Igna, among others.
The Desmosedici GP19 now sports a fully-red livery without white and grey stripes. The Mission Winnow sponsorship is actually part of Philip Morris International (PMI).
Apart from the livery, the GP19 looks similar to its Desmosedici GP18 predecessor. However, the giant air intake at the front of the fairing has more rounded edges, especially at the bottom. Our guess it to maintain a steady flow of intake air as rounder shapes promote better surface tension. Hence the airflow “sticks” together rather than turn “choppy.”
Besides that, there are “whisker” aerobodies on both sides of the upper fairing.
To those who asked if the “lunchbox” is still there, yes, it is still there underneath the tailsection.
Although the GP19 many look outwardly similar to the older bike, we suspect much underneath have evolved. Remember, MotoGP will use a unified (standard) IMU this year.
There are claims on the internet that the GP19 may produce as much as 300 bhp. It could very well be true as the GP17 and GP18 were already eputed to produce around 280 bhp.
Dovizioso finished as the bridesmaid for the last two seasons. He’s confident that the new bike will help him seal Ducati’s second MotoGP championship since Casey Stoner did so in 2007.
Ducati Malaysia telah mempersembahkan kepada para peminat Ducati pengalaman MotoGP 2018 muktamad sewaktu pusingan GP Malaysia yang berlangsung baru-baru ini di Sepang pada hujung minggu lalu.
Satu sesi bertemu peminat yang istimewa bersama dengan para penunggang Ducati, Jorge Lorenzo dan Andrea Dovizioso, telah dianjurkan di tapak Ducati.
Lebih daripada 100 orang pemilik Ducati telah menyertai konvoi tahunan ke SIC di mana mereka menyaksikan detik bersejarah seperti penabalan juara dunia Moto3 dan Moto2.
Ducati Malaysia presented Ducati fans with the ultimate MotoGP 2018 experience during the recent Malaysian GP round at Sepang last weekend.
A special meet and greet session with Ducati riders, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso, was organised at the Ducati Booth.
Over 100 Ducati owners joined the annual convoy to SIC where they witnessed historic moments like the crowning of the Moto3 and Moto2 world champions.
It was only last weekend when the Shell Malaysia MotoGP 2018 round took place at the iconic Sepang International Circuit (SIC) where fans witnessed a number of historic moments. Ducati Malaysia took part in this momentous occasion by presenting Ducati owners and fans as well as specially-invited guests for the ultimate MotoGP 2018 experience. (more…)
Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) akhirnya telah menamatkan kemarau terpanjang Yamaha dengan satu kemenangan penuh bergaya di Phillip Island.
Penunggang kelahiran Sepanyol itu mengemudi jentera Yamaha M1 yang telah ditala dengan sempurna itu bagi menangkis serangan penunggang seperti Andrea Iannone (Suzuki Ecstar) dan juga Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team).
Alvaro mengejutkan semua apabila dia menamatkan perlumbaan di P4 sebagai pengganti Jorge Lorenzo yang tercedera.
If you’ve been spending the past few hours in front of the TV watching the Australian MotoGP round at Phillip Island, you would agree when we saw that all three races from Moto3 all the way up to MotoGP were jam-packed with action and drama. The MotoGP race was no exception as Maverick Vinales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) finally secured a win for the Japanese factory. (more…)
Penunggang Repsol Honda, Marc Marquez telah ditabalkan sebagai juara dunia MotoGP 2018 di Motegi, Jepun.
Penunggang berusia 25 tahun dari Sepanyol itu telah berjaya memenangi takhta dunia buat kali ke-tujuhnya setelah Andrea Dovizioso terkeluar dari persaingan berbakikan dua pusingan.
Ianya satu pertarungan yang cukup mengujakan di mana Marquez berjaya menggondoli kejuaraan di halaman Honda di Motegi.
