Alvaro Bautista Rider Of Rizla Suzuki makes his comeback at Estoril

Alvaro Bautista was able to complete a run of 17 laps, His Spanish rider of Rizla Suzuki, made a brave effort to participate in Monday's official MotoGP test on Sunday at the bwin Grande Premio de Portugal. Alvaro's was racing for the first time after incurring a fractured femur during a test session before the session opening round in Qatar. in his painful and exhausting condition. He lacked full strength, which hindered him from a longer run. Nevertheless, after all he had faced, Bautista was able to set a decent lap time of 1: 38.850 seconds during his final lap of the day. His best lap time was a whole second faster than his Sunday’s race best lap time. It was even three-tenths better than his Saturday’s qualifying lap time.



The improved pace was a result of the newly designed chassis dropped in the Suzuki GSV-R. This is the same chassis that was put to test in Japan which gave good results and was even better on the race track. The Spaniard’s short lap run was enough to determine the progressive advantage provided by the new chassis and the rider is fully convinced that the team should use this chassis in the fourth round of the 2011 MotoGP season at Le Mans Circuit on May 15.


After the Bautista went on break, the test rider for the Rizla Suzuki team, Nobuatsu Aoki, continued the testing and went on to check the new electronic settings with different strategies. Aoki also tested the improvements of the new chassis and reassured Bautista’s feedback on the Suzuki GSV-R.


Álvaro Bautista, “My leg was really sore today - as I expected - but it was good enough to do four laps at a time and I really wanted to understand this new chassis, so I have to forget the pain and do some work, this is the life of a racer!”


Bautista was pleased with his effort to get on the track, which was a great step forward for the team and rider. He also expressed the improvement in his GSV-R that now it is more agile in the corners, which will help in faster corner exits and early acceleration. The lap’s time was decreased very easily, while tailing on the end of Jorge Lorenzo on Monday’s early test session.


The time was comparable to Lorenzo's but when the riders approached a slow chicane at the end of the track, Lorenzo galloped forwarded and disappeared. Bautista was not able to move the bike in the double bend as fast as it was required, because it was still painful for him to do so.


The position he scored in the race was not acceptional but other achievements were beneficial. Bautista is confident about coming back stronger at the Le Mans Grand Prix.


Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Alvaro-Bautista-of-Rizla-Suzuki-makes-his-comeback-at-Estoril-MotoGP-Update-a66578











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A123 Systems signs in as sponsor of 2011 TTXGP electric motorcycle racing series

A123 is title sponsor for the series kickoff May 15 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., and a sponsor for the remaining three races in New Hampshire, Oregon and Virginia. The company supplying batteries for the soon to be released Fisker Karma electric car is sponsoring the 2011 TTXGP North American Championship electric motorcycle racing series.



Massachusetts-based A123 Systems, which also has development deals with General Motors and BMW, is the first company to become a title sponsor for the TTXGP, which began on the Isle of Man in 2009 as a single race and expanded last year with a racing circuit in the U.S. and Europe.


In a statement released Thursday, Robert Johnson, A123 vice president of energy solutions, said the company's sponsorship of the series is designed to "help promote its goal of moving vehicle electrification forward by showcasing the potential of high-performance technology like A123's lithium-ion battery systems."


A123 is the developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries. It was the recipient of a $249-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2009. The money was used to build the country's largest lithium-ion manufacturing facility in Livonia, Mich.


Seven teams will compete in the A123 Infineon Round on May 15, including Mission Motors (based in San Francisco), Brammo Racing (from Ashland, Ore.) and the winner of last year's North American Championship, Lightning Motors (in Woodside, Calif.).


This year's TTXGP is the first to be sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Assn., as well as the International Motorcycling Federation, or FIM, North American union.


"We're not renegades anymore," said Azhar Hussein, founder of the TTXGP, which two years ago was the world's first electric superbike race on the Isle of Man. "The renegade is in the fold".


Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/05/ttxgp-a123.html











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MotoGP Next Session Le Mans Circuit (france)

Dani Pedrosa returned after the victory with his team (Repsol Honda) in the circuit Estoril (Spain) yesterday session, the riders have had to get ready again, face the ferocity Le Mans Circuit (France), who is the fastest rider this time? we are waiting for their heat race on 15 May 2011.



Some spectacular verbal sparring off the track, the emergence of a new talent to challenge the established stars and the tantalising prospect of a fully fit Valentino Rossi. All this and the next race, in a week’s time, will be at Le Mans in France.


Casey Stoner has been integral to almost everything that’s been great about MotoGP so far this year. The straight-talking, fast-riding Australian won first time out on his new Honda at the season-opener in Qatar, and has looked frighteningly fast throughout every race weekend since – and, unlike last season on the Ducati, without looking like he’s on the brink of an accident. The sweeter-handling chassis of the Honda, combined with a new gearbox which takes the shunt out of every change, is being well used.


Stoner was at the centre of a breathtaking second round at Jerez, even though for much of the race he stood in the gravel trap making rude gestures to Rossi, who had just knocked him off.


It was the sort of bash and tumble that crops up in every form of bike racing and, frankly, Stoner should have been the one receiving all the sympathy. But upon receiving a face-to-face apology from Rossi (strictly speaking it was helmet to face as Valentino admitted he feared for his safety…), Stoner replied with a grin that “your ambition outweighed your talent”. Now that may be outrageously disrespectful, or entirely justified and true – but the simple fact is that every golden era has thrived on such rivalries and the sport is the healthier for it.


Suspecting that the spotlight isn’t shining as brightly on him as a reigning world champion might expect, Jorge Lorenzo also joined in the verbals, sparring with Marco Simoncelli in the press conference prior to the last race at Estoril. Lorenzo had berated the sprawling Italian’s aggressive riding, and Simoncelli called Lorenzo to order. Like a highly trained mafia lawyer he stared icily at Lorenzo and pulled him up on a technicality.


Simoncelli didn’t dispute the fact he was a dangerous rider – he just thought Lorenzo had used an incorrect example. Lorenzo threatened that if he rode like that again, “there will be a problem”. Simoncelli shrugged his response: “… and I will be arrested?” The assembled journalists laughed heartily, Lorenzo was peeved, and another grudge match was born.


Even better, Simoncelli has the speed to back up the swagger. It really looks like he’s learned how to make his factory Honda work, and save for an occasional failure to get the best from his fickle Bridgestone tyres, he’s now a genuine front-runner. After the Estoril race there was a supplementary test day, and rather impressively Marco finished it on top. There might just be a race win in him this year.


Then there’s Rossi. Make no mistake, the Stoner incident will have fired him up no end. The weakened shoulder, which has let him down in heavy braking areas and extended right-hand cornering, is almost healed. The first new parts he and his wizard-like crew chief Jerry Burgess have ordered for the Ducati have arrived and seem to be working – principally the problems have been a throttle that can’t be manipulated delicately at low revs and a recalcitrant front end that shies away from corners.



With a seventh and two fifth places so far, you can put your money on a podium for Rossi at Le Mans – then brace for the big show until the season’s end. He’s back.











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