The MotoGP paddock heads back to Spain for the final round of the 2015 world championship, after a grueling triple header which traverses all the way through the Far East and South East Asia.
In what is claimed as the most exciting season in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, the Circuito Ricardo Tormo is unarguably the best place for a battle royale between the best riders on earth. The Circuit is comparatively shorter i.e 4 kilometers and a standard width of 12m. However, the higher number of left hand corners necessitate the tire manufacturer to provide the riders with an asymmetric tire in order to prevent cold tire crashes.
The Circuit comprises of a 650m long start/finish straight, five right hand and eight left handed corners. The circuit starts to tighten up and get slower in the second and third sectors, where bikes which are a bit low on power bur have a sweet handling chassis can excel (Like the Suzuki GSX-RR and the Yamaha YZR-M1).
This is only the third time the MotoGP world championship is decided at Cheste, the last time was in 2013 where Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) took a cautious third place to win his first world title. The 2006 world title was also decided here as Valentino Rossi crashed out of the race, allowing MotoGP legend Nicky Hayden to take his only MotoGP world title on-board the Repsol Honda RC211V.
This race is the last one for many things. This is Bridgestone's last race as the sole tire supplier, the end of exclusive and specialized electronics and of course, Nicky Hayden's (Power Electronics Aspar) last MotoGP appearance. Many emotions, a lot of excitement and drama await at the eastern coast of Spain.
Circuito Ricardo Tormo - Trivia:
Circuit Geography:
Constructed in: 1999
Crowd capacity: 150,000
Circuit Length: 4.005 Kilometres
Number of left handed corners: 8
Number of right handed corners: 5
Length of the longest straight: 650 metres.
Records:
Fastest lap of the circuit: 1:30.237 (Marc Marquez, 2013)
Pole Position record: 1:30.237 (Marc Marquez, 2013)
Fastest lap (Mid Race): 1:31.111 (Jorge Lorenzo, 2015)
Team with best record: Repsol Honda- 6 wins (3 by Dani Pedrosa, 2 by Casey Stoner and 1 by Marc Marquez)
Stay tuned for the Free practice and qualifying analysis which will follow suit.
Team BikesIndia Salutes "The Kentucky Kid" and MotoGP legend Nicky Hayden for his enthralling career and we wish him luck in his new campaign in World SuperBikes.
By: Suraj
In what is claimed as the most exciting season in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, the Circuito Ricardo Tormo is unarguably the best place for a battle royale between the best riders on earth. The Circuit is comparatively shorter i.e 4 kilometers and a standard width of 12m. However, the higher number of left hand corners necessitate the tire manufacturer to provide the riders with an asymmetric tire in order to prevent cold tire crashes.
The Circuit comprises of a 650m long start/finish straight, five right hand and eight left handed corners. The circuit starts to tighten up and get slower in the second and third sectors, where bikes which are a bit low on power bur have a sweet handling chassis can excel (Like the Suzuki GSX-RR and the Yamaha YZR-M1).This is only the third time the MotoGP world championship is decided at Cheste, the last time was in 2013 where Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) took a cautious third place to win his first world title. The 2006 world title was also decided here as Valentino Rossi crashed out of the race, allowing MotoGP legend Nicky Hayden to take his only MotoGP world title on-board the Repsol Honda RC211V.
*** MotoGP Legend Nicky Hayden, 2006 MotoGP world champion
This race is the last one for many things. This is Bridgestone's last race as the sole tire supplier, the end of exclusive and specialized electronics and of course, Nicky Hayden's (Power Electronics Aspar) last MotoGP appearance. Many emotions, a lot of excitement and drama await at the eastern coast of Spain.
Circuito Ricardo Tormo - Trivia:
Circuit Geography:
Constructed in: 1999
Crowd capacity: 150,000
Circuit Length: 4.005 Kilometres
Number of left handed corners: 8
Number of right handed corners: 5
Length of the longest straight: 650 metres.
Records:
Fastest lap of the circuit: 1:30.237 (Marc Marquez, 2013)
Pole Position record: 1:30.237 (Marc Marquez, 2013)
Fastest lap (Mid Race): 1:31.111 (Jorge Lorenzo, 2015)
Team with best record: Repsol Honda- 6 wins (3 by Dani Pedrosa, 2 by Casey Stoner and 1 by Marc Marquez)
Stay tuned for the Free practice and qualifying analysis which will follow suit.
Team BikesIndia Salutes "The Kentucky Kid" and MotoGP legend Nicky Hayden for his enthralling career and we wish him luck in his new campaign in World SuperBikes.
By: Suraj