With just under 1.30hr to go he's sitting in 4th position, only 0.4s off Marquez. It seems like the teams are using the last session of the test to chase lap times with the top 4 all under the 2minute barrier.
Stay tuned in for a test report later.
Team Griffin Racing
Thursday, 6 February 2014
Espagaro mixing it up front
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Marquez continues to lead - Espagaro fifth
Marquez ends day 2 heading up the timesheets once again by breaking the 2-Minute barrier, the only rider to do so this year.
Excluding Marquez there has been some serious movers further down, notably Aleix Espagaro. Building on a good day yesterday Espagargo posted a fastest time of 2:00.547, only 0.6s off Marquez's fastest. What was more impressive was the consistency of his lap times throughout the day, lapping several stints in the mid 2:00 minutes. He is certainly creating a great base to go forward into the final day tomorrow.
When dorna introduced the CRT class it seemed like it was just a grid filling exercise. They circulated at the back, hugely off the pace of the factory bikes and created their own little championship. Now with the current open class regulations it's evidently brought the two classes much closer together, so much so Ducati are considering moving over all together.
By the end of tomorrow we will have a much better idea of progress, but for now, it's looking promising for the open teams and not so good for the Factory Ducati's.
All of Fridays times can be found here:
http://resources.motogp.com/files/testresults/MotoGP_Test__Sepang_combined_sessions_2.pdf?version=1391595398
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Marquez leads in Sepang
The talking point running up to the first test was the split between the Factory and Open bikes. With only 5 engines, 20 litres of fuel and a control ECU against the open class' 12 engines and 24 litres the gap is rapidly closing between the two, Espagaro posted a 2:01.419 which is only 1.1s off Marquez's time.
Eyes will be firmly fixed on Ducati who are once again lagging far behind the other factory bikes and have reportedly made a move towards switching to the open class. We should probably hang off any judgment just yet, it's day one and there's plenty of time for a Ducati resurgence, but I won't be holding my breath!
Full Timings can be found here:
Monday, 3 February 2014
A Night at the Races - Arenacross 2014 - LG Arena
Coming from Weston super Mare the yearly beach race became a prominent part of wet autumn weekends and after moving away for university I've not returned in quite some time. After dragging the missus around the country and over to France for the Moto GP I thought I would take her to see something a bit different!
Firstly I'd like to say that it's great to see some big names (Garmin, Monster, Yamaha, Honda & Hyundai) supporting the resurgence of UK supercross, now dubbed Arenacross. The second notable mention was the arena and the track, a great layout accompanied by a freestyle ramp through the middle which had some real thought put into it, performing impeccably all night, showing very little degradation.
The night was split into essentially two parts. The qualifiers and the finals; these were were split up by the rookie, youth and freestyle sections. The action was fast paced and the evening very well run, it never felt like you were trying to fill the time between races with idle chat.
The first race atmosphere is remarkable, I don't think I have ever experienced anything like 10+ bikes hurtling across a dirt filled arena towards a very tight hairpin! What was probably more impressive was the 7-10 year olds on 65SW bike absolutely going for it!
What really topped off the night was the addition of freestyle sections, this was probably what impressed us the most and not really possible to put into words! Instead I will add the link to probably the most impressive sequence of the whole night.
So to round up, if you get the opportunity to go it's a great night out, 3 solid hours of adrenaline packed action for all the family!
3 Rounds remain, don't miss out!
The first race atmosphere is remarkable, I don't think I have ever experienced anything like 10+ bikes hurtling across a dirt filled arena towards a very tight hairpin! What was probably more impressive was the 7-10 year olds on 65SW bike absolutely going for it!
What really topped off the night was the addition of freestyle sections, this was probably what impressed us the most and not really possible to put into words! Instead I will add the link to probably the most impressive sequence of the whole night.
So to round up, if you get the opportunity to go it's a great night out, 3 solid hours of adrenaline packed action for all the family!
3 Rounds remain, don't miss out!
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Eurosport snap up Matt Roberts
Although probably a formality given the fact he (Matt Roberts) has already announced that he would not be joining BT Sport, it has been confirmed today that Matt will join the Eurosport team. With the previous presenter, Tony Carter being widely disliked by Eurosport viewers (and Jack Burnicle!) it probably seemed like a no-brainer for Eurosport to snap up the former BBC presenter once their coverage ceased. For me that's a great acquisition, Matt Roberts was one of the highlights of the BBC team, with the loss of Toby Moody and the extension of coverage to Saturday qualifying they needed to switch things up a little.
This leaves BT sport with an interesting choice, go with the knowledgable yet unpopular Tony Carter or take an experienced presenter and mold them much like they did with Jake Humphrey when they poached him from BBCs F1 coverage and turned him into the face of BT Sport.
With MotoGP testing starting next week, an announcement is due in the next few days regarding who will be heading up BTs coverage.
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Team Griffin Racing Blog Goes Live!
Welcome to the launch of the Team Griffin Racing Blog
This is the first post of what I hope to be very many; for those who don't know me my name is John Mathewson and 2014 will mark my first adventure into Motorcycling racing with the North Gloucester Road Racing Club. I initially planned to use this blog to keep the family around the world up to date with plans, results, trials and tribulations but also wanted to use it as a rookie blog which will give other riders, who are thinking about getting into racing, a few hints and tips. I am also hoping to do some international racing blog posts on various subjects so if you have any suggestions let me know!
I'd just like to say welcome to the Team Griffin Racing Blog and check back in the next couple of days for some more updates.
It all kicks off March 1st at the Pembrey Test day in only 37 days!
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