agosto 05, 2018 - KTM

OLIVEIRA WINS MOTO2 GRAND PRIX AS MOTOGP TEAM HAD TOUGH WEEKEND BEFORE HOMEGP

Comunicato Stampa disponibile solo in lingua originale.

MotoGP

Red Bull KTM Factory #racing Team went into the tenth Grand Prix of the year at a hot #brno circuit optimistic of their race pace with the KTM RC16 and with the knowledge that a bright start would see Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith again challenging the top ten of the premier class. Espargaro was focussed on making key final tweaks to his set-up in the morning warm-up session but his day and weekend was wrecked by a fall after just eight laps. The Spaniard was given medical treatment and a broken collarbone meant he was ruled out of the 21-lap sprint later in the afternoon. The team are waiting for a more detailed diagnosis of the injury but #44 will return to Barcelona on Monday morning. Smith launched away from the fifth row of the grid and was determined to be in the heart of the action in the opening throes but ended up in the gravel trap with Stefan Bradl and Maverick Viñales after the German’s overtaking move on Turn 3 skittled the other two. Smith will now recalibrate his efforts towards the post-Grand Prix test on Monday. Smith: “It was very frustrating but it has to be expected back there when everybody is jostling for position. The whole weekend was super-tight again. I was braking into Turn3 and Stefan took a lunge up the inside and tucked the front. His bike slid into mine and then I slid into Maverick and we all went down. We’ll have a lot to do now in the test and I’ll have a busy day but we got through a lot of stuff this weekend anyway. We still have a long list and I’ll be first out on track tomorrow and the last to leave.” Mike Leitner (Team Manager): “Not a good weekend for us. We’re happy that Bradley is OK after his crash and I think it was not his fault. His front wheel was taken by Stefan’s bike. This is just a part of #racing and we know this category is very tight. We were worried about Pol. He had a big crash this morning. He is lucky he did not hurt himself more and the only clear information we have at the moment is that he has a collarbone fracture, although we don’t know yet how complicated it is. He will go back to Barcelona tomorrow morning for further checks and we can then make a plan.”
Moto2Again the #moto2 class did not disappoint when it came to close #racing and tense action. Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Miguel Oliveira was running at the front of the field from the first moments courtesy of his second-best qualification performance of the season o nthe KTM Moto2 bike. The Portuguese managed his tyres and stayed in contention against four other protagonists to eventually defeat Luca Marini by seven hundredths of a second. The triumph (and sixth podium in ‘18) drew #44 to the peak of the championship standings by just 2 points over Pecco Bagnaia. Teammate Brad Binder rode to 6th position and Swiss Innovative Investors’ Sam Lowes battled back from outside the top twenty to reach 9th spot.

Further information in the press release to download

- Fotogallery (6)

Miguel Oliveira KTM Moto2 Automotodromo Brno 2018-1

3012x2008, 4MB

Brad Binder Start Automotodromo Brno 2018

4181x2787, 7MB

Bradley Smith KTM RC16 Autommotodromo Brno 2018-1

3839x2559, 7MB

Darryn Binder KTM RC250 GP Automotodromo Brno 2018

3558x2372, 6MB

Jacub Kornfeil KTM RC250 GP Automotodromo Brno 2018

3289x2193, 5MB

Miguel Oliveira KTM Moto2 Automotodromo Brno 2018

4694x3124, 964KB

- Documenti (1)

Press release

50KB

News correlate

aprile 15, 2024	aprile 15, 2024	aprile 13, 2024
Fantic Racing Moto2 - Aron Canet in Top10 al Gp delle Americhe	Splendida gara di Dennis Foggia, 6° al COTA. Top 15 per Diogo Moreira	Wildcard outings scheduled for Dani Pedrosa and Pol Espargaro in 2024 MotoGP™
Il weekend di Austin era partito al meglio per Aron Canet e il Team Fantic Racing con la seconda pole position stagionale e la non...	Un AmericasGP dalle intense emozioni per Italtrans Racing Team, grande protagonista negli Stati Uniti di una gara tutta da incorni...	Comunicato Stampa disponibile solo in lingua originale. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing pitlane presence will grow in the forthcoming ...
Automotive Racing	Automotive Racing	Automotive Racing
#racing #moto #moto2 #cota #fanticracing	#racing #moto #moto2 #cota #italtransracingteam	#polespargaro #racing #moto #people #test #performance #automotive #pop #event #ktmfactoryracing #2024motogpworldchampionship #daniespargaro
Scarica tutto	Scarica tutto	Scarica tutto
10	7	2 1

Ti potrebbe interessare anche

aprile 11, 2024	marzo 27, 2024	marzo 25, 2024
Il team Fantic Racing Moto2 torna in pista per il terzo appuntamento del Mondiale	PERTAMINA ENDURO VR46 Racing Team e Velocifero per una MotoGP più sostenibile	#PortugueseGP: secondo posto per Bastianini ed il Ducati Lenovo Team a Portimão, contatto e caduta nelle fasi finali per Bagnaia
LINO SONEGO & FANTIC RACINGProsegue la partnership tra le due aziende venete, che vedrà Lino Sonego, azienda leader nella real...	Mobilità elettrica al primo posto con la neonata partnership tra Velocifero e il Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team. Un accordo di ...	Successo per Jorge Martín in sella alla Desmosedici GP del Pramac RacingIl Ducati Lenovo Team ha conquistato il secondo gradino de...
Automotive Racing	Automotive Green Racing	Automotive Racing
#racing #moto #moto2 #podio #fanticracing #gare	#racing #moto #motogp #mooneyvr46racingteam #velocifero #gare	#ducati #racing #motogp #portogallo #eneabastianini #jorgemartin #automotive #francescobagnaia #event #portuguesegp
Scarica tutto	Scarica tutto	Scarica tutto
9	1	1