It's MotoGP time again this weekend, including Round 2 of the all-electric MotoE championship.
But before we look ahead to the weekend's action, here's a quick recap of what happened just last weekend, at the Czech GP.
After a declaration of a Wet Race, and a slight delay to the start for rain, the 2019 Czech GP continued much as the preceding round had concluded - Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez, starting from pole, leading the pack on every lap and taking the chequered flag by a good few seconds from his next nearest rival.
然而在这个郊游,下一个最好的was Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso, who saw a return to his early season form. Perhaps the Brno circuit is kinder to the Ducatis as independent Pramac Ducati rider Jack Miller was third over the line, some ten seconds ahead of his main rival for the works seat, Danilo Petrucci. Miller's podium is only his second of the season, after his 3rdplace at Round 3 in Austin (when incidentally, Marquez, Lorenzo and Rins were all non-finishers).
With Suzuki's Alex Rins coming home in fourth, Britain's Cal Crutchlow saw his disappointing qualifying position (11th) improve into a fifth place over the line to put him ahead of Frenchman Fabio Quartararo in the championship.
Fastest race lap - Alex Rins - Lap 3 - 1'56.912 (wet)
2019 is beginning to look like the year of the Marquez brothers as the Moto2 race saw Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) take his fifth win from the last six rounds and extend his lead at the top of the table by a whopping 25 points to 33 after his nearest rival, Thomas Luthi (Dynavolt Intact GP), crashed out on lap three.
Over three seconds behind Marquez, Beta Tools Speed Up's Fabio Di Giannantonio took his first podium of the season, ahead of Italtrans Racing Teams Enea Bastianini.
Britain's Jake Dixon finished a respectable 18th while Sam Lowes's torrid year continued with a lap 8 crash.
Fasted race lap - Alex Marquez - Lap 2 - 2'01.463 (new lap record)
The Moto3 race delivered thrills and spills right from the start as, after a technical issue causing John McPhee's bike to cut out off the line, debutant Yuki Kunii ploughed into the back of McPhee, knocking himself out and causing some minor leg injuries to McPhee.
The mayhem continued as EG 0,0 teammates Alonso Lopez and Sergio Garcia came together with just five laps to go and decided to settle their differences with some trackside pushing and shoving - a move which will see Lopez start from the back of the grid for the next race.
After 18 chaotic and fraught laps, it was Sterilgarda Max Racing's Aron Canet who crossed the line first, just one-and-a-half tenths ahead of Leopard Racings Lorenzo Dalla Porta and two-tenth ahead of VNE Snipers rider Tony Arbolino, but with less than a second covering the top eight finishers it could have been anyone's race.
With McPhee's early retirement and Tom Booth-Amos crashing out on lap 2 there was little for British fans to cheer, but the close and frantic racing more than made up for that.
Fastest race lap - Niccolo Antonelli - Lap 4 - 2'08.451
Here's how the championship table stand after ten rounds of competition.
MotoGP
POS |
RIDER |
BIKE |
POINTS |
TO NEXT |
TO TOP |
1 |
MARQUEZ, Marc (ESP) |
Honda |
210 |
- |
- |
2 |
DOVIZIOSO, Andrea (ITA) |
Ducati |
147 |
63 |
63 |
3 |
PETRUCCI,达尼洛(ITA) |
Ducati |
129 |
18 |
81 |
4 |
RINS, Alex (ESP) |
Suzuki |
114 |
15 |
96 |
5 |
VINALES, Maverick (ESP) |
Yamaha |
91 |
23 |
119 |
6 |
ROSSI, Valentino (ITA) |
Yamaha |
90 |
1 |
120 |
7 |
MILLER, Jack (AUS) |
Ducati |
86 |
4 |
124 |
8 |
CRUTCHLOW, Cal (GBR) |
Honda |
78 |
8 |
132 |
9 |
QUARTARARO, Fabio (FRA) |
Yamaha |
76 |
2 |
134 |
10 |
ESPARGARO, Pol (SPA) |
KTM此次将为 |
61 |
15 |
149 |
Moto2
POS |
RIDER |
BIKE |
POINTS |
TO NEXT |
TO TOP |
1 |
MARQUEZ, Alex (ESP) |
Kalex |
161 |
- |
- |
2 |
LUTHI, Thomas (SWI) |
Kalex |
128 |
33 |
33 |
3 |
FERNANDEZ, Augusto (ESP) |
Kalex |
110 |
18 |
51 |
4 |
NAVARRO, Jorge (ESP) |
Speed Up |
110 |
0 |
51 |
5 |
SCHROTTER, Marcel (GER) |
Kalex |
107 |
3 |
54 |
6 |
BALDASSARRI, Lorenzo (ITA) |
Kalex |
102 |
5 |
59 |
7 |
MARINI, Luca (ITA) |
Kalex |
101 |
1 |
60 |
8 |
BINDER, Brad (RSA) |
KTM此次将为 |
84 |
17 |
77 |
9 |
BASTIANINI, Enea (ITA) |
Kalex |
74 |
10 |
87 |
10 |
DI GIANNANTONIO, Fabio (ITA) |
Speed Up |
57 |
17 |
104 |
Moto3
POS |
RIDER |
BIKE |
POINTS |
TO NEXT |
TO TOP |
1 |
CANET, Aron (ESP) |
KTM此次将为 |
148 |
- |
- |
2 |
DALLA门,洛伦佐(ITA) |
Honda |
145 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
ANTONELLI, Niccolo (ITA) |
Honda |
98 |
47 |
50 |
4 |
ARBOLINO, Tony (ITA) |
Honda |
93 |
5 |
55 |
5 |
MASIA, Jaume (ESP) |
KTM此次将为 |
78 |
15 |
70 |
6 |
RAMIREZ, Marcos (ESP) |
Honda |
78 |
0 |
70 |
7 |
MCPHEE, John (GBR) |
Honda |
68 |
10 |
80 |
8 |
VIETTI, Celestino (ITA) |
KTM此次将为 |
68 |
0 |
80 |
9 |
KORNFEIL, Jakub (CZE) |
KTM此次将为 |
59 |
9 |
89 |
10 |
OGURA, Ai (JPN) |
Honda |
56 |
3 |
92 |
MotoE table after one round.
MotoE
POS |
RIDER |
BIKE |
POINTS |
TO NEXT |
TO TOP |
1 |
TUULI, Niki (FIN) |
Energica |
25 |
- |
- |
2 |
SMITH, Bradley (GBR) |
Energica |
20 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
DI MEGLIO, Mike (FRA) |
Energica |
16 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
GARZO, Hector (ESP) |
Energica |
13 |
3 |
12 |
5 |
FERRARI, Matteo (ITA) |
Energica |
11 |
2 |
14 |
6 |
DE ANGELIS, Alex (RSM) |
Energica |
10 |
1 |
15 |
7 |
SIMEON, Xavier (BEL) |
Energica |
9 |
1 |
16 |
8 |
GRANADO, Eric (BRA) |
Energica |
8 |
1 |
17 |
9 |
GIBERNAU, Sete (ESP) |
Energica |
7 |
1 |
18 |
10 |
TEROL, Nicolas (ESP) |
Energica |
6 |
1 |
19 |
The season continues this weekend with the myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich atthe Red Bull Ring - Spielberg, Austria, a 4.3km (2.67 mile) circuit, comprising three left-hand and seven right-hand corners, and a 626m (0.4m) straight.
Here's this weekend's TV schedule. As usual, live coverage is on BT Sport 2, with highlights on BT Sport 1 and on free-to-view Quest on Monday evening. (QUEST is available on Freeview - Ch 12, BT - Ch 37, Free-Sat - Ch 167, Sky - Ch 144 and Virgin - Ch 172)
Friday 9thAugust 2019 |
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Round 10 Highlights |
06:45 - 07:45 |
BT Sport 2 |
LIVE Free Practice 1 & 2 |
07:45 - 15:15 |
BT Sport 2 |
FP 1 & 2 Mini-Highlights |
21:45 - 22:00 |
BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 10thAugust 2019 |
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LIVE Free Practice 3 |
08:00 - 11:00 |
BT Sport 2 |
LIVE Qualifying |
11:00 - 16:00 |
BT Sport 2 |
LIVE Red Bull Rookies Cup |
16:00 - 17:00 |
BT Sport 2 |
Sunday 11thAugust 2019 |
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LIVE Warm-ups |
07:45 - 08:45 |
BT Sport 2 |
LIVE MotoE Race |
08:45 - 09:30 |
BT Sport 2 |
LIVE Moto3 Race |
09:30 - 11:00 |
BT Sport 2 |
LIVE Moto2 Race |
11:00 - 12:30 |
BT Sport 2 |
LIVE MotoGP Race |
12:30 - 14:00 |
BT Sport 2 |
Chequered Flag Analysis |
14:00 - 15:00 |
BT Sport 2 |
Race Highlights |
19:00 - 20:00 |
BT Sport 1 |
Chequered Flag Analysis |
20:00 - 21:00 |
BT Sport 1 |
Monday 12thAugust 2019 |
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Race Highlights |
23:00 - 00:00 |
Quest |
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