Construction of Circuit Catalunya from 1989 and finished in 1991 and in the same time began hosting for Spanish Grand Prix. Characteristic of circuit is have 4727 meter length with wide 12 meter and have 5 left corner and 8 right corner. The wind direction at the circuit can change drastically during the day.
For Dani Pedrosa this circuit is his home race, but after injury he got from Le Mans circuit made him might undergo the surgery again to repair his broken right collarbone. Surely we all agree that Dani Pedrosa is very eager to race in Catalunya because the atmosphere very supporting him to get the best achievement. But he must think about the recovery first before he decided to back to the track again.
If Dani Pedrosa couldn't join for Catalunya, we still don't know who will replace him on there. But Repsol Honda Team still have Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso to get point for their Team. And another strong riders from Honda Marco Simoncelli and Hiroshi Aoyama. We all hope Marco Simoncelli not change his riding style after the racing incident happened in Le Mans.
And Ducati Team after 4 rounds before already got a podium for 2 times, the first one with the warm and famous rider Nicky Hayden at Jerez and the second time from the humble and sincere rider ever, Valentino Rossi in Le Mans, both of them achieved 3rd position. when we review again what Valentino Rossi got on Catalunya, we pretty sure thats he will get a great chance.But we must fair, if only see from the rider, no one doubt about Valentino Rossi talent but for this season he riding with a new bike and this bike is very difficult one to tame. And Valentino Rossi with his team and Ducati Factory also doing a lot change to make Ducati easy to ride for all riders.
Below is the review about Valentino Rossi and Ducati achievement on the Catalunya Circuit :
Year Bike Rider Ducati Bike
1996 Honda Carlos Checa -
1997 Honda Michael Doohan -
1998 Honda Michael Doohan -
1999 Honda Àlex Crivillé -
2000 Suzuki Kenny Roberts JR -
2001 Honda Valentino Rossi -
2002 Honda Valentino Rossi -
2003 Ducati Loris Capirossi 1st & 10th
2004 Yamaha Valentino Rossi 6th, 10th, 12th
2005 Yamaha Valentino Rossi 11th, 12th, 14th
2006 Yamaha Valentino Rossi 10th, 11th
2007 Ducati Casey Stoner 1th, 6th, 8th, 13th
2008 Honda Dani Pedrosa 3rd, 11th, 13th
2009 Yamaha Valentino Rossi 3rd,9th,10th,15,16
2010 Yamaha Jorge Lorenzo 3rd, 8th, 10th, 12th
The Result represent Valentino Rossi as a strong rider at the Catalunya circuit. The Montmelo (town of the track) is probably where Valentino Rossi has his best record with 9 wins in total, 6 of them in the Priemier Class. He has delivered his most spectacular performance at the Catalunya track. like the epic battle with Jorge lorenzo in 2009.
Base on data when the first time Ducati joint the grand prix in 2003, they can grab 1st position and the bike achievements at the track are not very good, only get 2 times for 1st position and 3 times for 3rd position.
Base on data when the first time Ducati joint the grand prix in 2003, they can grab 1st position and the bike achievements at the track are not very good, only get 2 times for 1st position and 3 times for 3rd position.
Like we all now Ducati is using the new chassis since Le Mans and show much improvement with Vale finally grabis his first podium with Ducati at the French track. And for Catalunya Ducati will also use the new engine, first tested after the race in Estoril.
So all the possibility still open for our Maestro to be a champion, like we know, Valentino Rossi always build his own spirit and motivate his team to achieving the best result.
So we can't wait to watch him fight to win at Catalunya Circuit and the schedule able for Local Time (GMT+2) and Indonesia Time (GMT +7)
Local Time at Catalunya GMT +2 Indonesia Time GMT + 7
Friday June 3rd, 2011 Jumat, 3 Juni 2011
125 cc FP 1 09.15 - 09.55 14.15 - 14.55
MotoGP FP 1 10.10 - 10.55 15.10 - 15.55
Moto2 FP 1 11.10 - 11.55 16.10 - 16.55
125cc FP 2 13.15 - 13.55 18.15 - 18.55
MotoGP FP2 14.10 - 14.55 19.10 - 19.55
Moto2 FP 2 15.10 - 15.55 20.10 - 20.55
Saturday June 4th, 2011 Sabtu, 4 Juni 2011
125 cc FP 3 09.15 - 09.55 14.15 - 14.55
MotoGP FP 3 10.10 - 10.55 15.10 - 15.55
Moto2 FP 3 11.10 - 11.55 16.10 - 16.55
125cc QP 13.00 - 13.40 18.00 - 18.40
MotoGP QP 13.55 - 14.55 18.55 - 19.55
Moto2 QP 15.10 - 15.55 20.10 - 20.55
Sunday June 5th, 2011 Minggu, 5 Juni 2011
125 cc WUP 08.40 - 09.00 13.40 - 14.00
Moto2 WUP 09.10 - 09.30 14.10 - 14.30
MotoGP WUP 09.40 - 10.00 14.40 - 15.00
125 cc Race 11.00 16.00
Moto2 Race 12.15 17.15
MotoGP Race 14.00 19.00
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