Showing posts with label Ducati Team. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ducati Team. Show all posts

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Valentino Rossi is back

SILVERSTONE - MotoGP musim 2012 terkesan monoton karena Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) dan Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) mendominasi daftar pemenang lima lomba yang telah berlangsung. Karena itu, saat Valentino Rossi, juara dunia sembilan kali, finis kedua pada MotoGP Prancis, banyak pihak berharap akan muncul juara baru.

Sayang, kehebatan Rossi di Prancis ternyata disebabkan faktor hujan. dalam lomba di lintasan kering pada seri berikutnya, The Doctor tidak bisa kembali naik podium.

Nah, harapan kehebatan Rossi muncul lagi datang di MotoGP Inggris. Dalam sesi latihan hari pertama kemarin (15/6), Rossi sempat tercepat saat sesi latihan pertama. Seperti halnya di Prancis, Sirkuit Silverstone yang menjadi host MotoGP Inggris juga diguyur hujan saat sesi latihan pertama.

Tidak hanya sesi pagi hari, pada sesi siang hari pun hujan turun. Bahkan sesi dipersingkat karena hujan yang terlalu deras. Besar kemungkinan pada kualifikasi hari ini dan loba besok hujan juga akan turun.  

Di sesi kedua itu, Stoner mencatatkan waktu terbaik 2 menit 04,791 detik. Saat itu, lintasan Sirkuit Silverstone kering hanya di beberapa bagian masih basah. Sebuah keuntungan besar bagi kubu Honda, karena di sesi pertama yang berlangsung di lintasan basah, tak satu pun pembalap Honda di tiga besar.

Sukses Stoner menjadi yang tercepat membuat kubu Honda bisa bernapas lega.  Sebab, Honda tak memiliki pembalap yang tangguh di kondisi hujan. Ingat, saat Rossi jadi runner-up di Le Mans, Prancis, pembalap Italia itu mengalahkan Stoner dalam pertarungan yang sengit. Padahal, hingga saat ini Ducati Desmosedici GP12 tak kunjung mampu menandingi kecepatan Honda atau Yamaha dalam kondisi lintasan normal atau kering.

Di sesi latihan kedua itu, Stoner mengalahkan catatan waktu tercepat yang dicatatkan pembalap Yamaha Factory Ben Spies. Selisihnya sangat tipis, hanya 0,034 detik. Sementara pimpinan klasemen sementara Jorge Lorenzo malah terpuruk dan hanya menempati posisi ketujuh.

Dalam sesi berdurasi 45 menit yang berlangsung di lintasan kering ini, Ducati gagal menunjukkan performa bagus seperti pada latihan pertama yang berlangsung dalam kondisi basah. Nicky Hayden, yang terbaik bagi Ducati di latihan ini, berada di posisi keempat, sedangkan Rossi, yang tercepat pada latihan pertama, terpuruk di urutan ke-11.

Hayden berada di antara dua pembalap satelit Honda, yaitu Alvaro Bautista (Honda Gresini) di posisi ketiga dan Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda) di urutan kelima. Sedangkan pembalap satelit Tech 3 Yamaha, Andrea Dovizioso, ada di urutan keenam, serta rekan setimnya sendiri, Cal Crutchlow di posisi kedelapan.

Pembalap Repsol Honda lainnya, Dani Pedrosa, harus puas di urutan kesembilan. Sementara itu, pembalap Pramac Ducati, Hector Barbera, melengkapi komposisi 10 besar sesi terakhir kemarin.

Sementara itu, balapan di Silverstone tak akan diikuti seluruh peserta reguler MotoG 2012. Satu pembalap dipastikan tak akan mengikuti balapan, yaitu pembalap Cardion Ducati Karel Abraham. Pembalap asal Republik Ceko itu mengalami cedera pada tangan kirinya.

"Dokter mengeluarkan rekomendasi supaya saya tidak membalap. Tulang yang patah bisa mengalami dislokasi dan operasi harus dilakukan. Karena itu kami tak mau ambil risiko," ungkap Abraham. (ady/ang)

Friday, May 18, 2012

Valentino Rossi: MotoGP sangat kehilangan Stoner

Valentino Rossi: MotoGP sangat kehilangan Stoner
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Le Mans - Valentino Rossi berkomentar soal keputusan Casey Stoner untuk pensiun akhir musim ini. Menurut Rossi, MotoGP akan sangat merindukan sosok Stoner dan merupakan sebuah kerugian karena kehilangan pebalap handalnya.

Stoner memutuskan gantung helm usai musim 2012 ini berakhir. Alasan utama Stoner adalah ia sudah tidak lagi menemukan gairah serta semangat untuk berkompetisi di balapan motor kelas primer tersebut karena banyaknya perubahan regulasi.

Sebuah keputusan yang mengejutkan mengingat usia Stoner masih 27 tahun dan ia sedang dalam puncak kariernya ketika menjuarai MotoGP untuk kedua kalinya musim lalu. Namun, keputusan itu sudah final dan para fans tak akan bisa melihat aksi rider Australia itu lagi musim depan.

Rossi yang merupakan rival Stoner di musim 2007 dan 2008 menyesalkan keputusan yang diambil oleh pebalap Repsol Honda itu. Menurut Rossi, MotoGP akan sangat kehilangan Stoner yang merupakan salah satu magnet untuk para penggemarnya.

"Aku pikir semuanya akan berdampak negatif untuk MotoGP, karena kami kehilangan juara dunia bertahan dan pemimpin klasemen. Jadi dari sisi pandang teknik, maka balapan akan sangat kehilangan (Stoner)," tukas Rossi seperti dilansir Autosport.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Valentino Rossi Setting mesin untuk GP Portugal di Sirkuit Estoril

ESTORIL, Valentino Rossi mengungkapkan bahwa pengesetan yang dipakai saat GP Spanyol akhir pekan lalu memberikan sinyal cukup menjanjikan. Karena itu, "The Doctor" akan mencobanya lagi untuk GP Portugal di Sirkuit Estoril, Minggu (6/5/12).

Pada seri kedua di Sirkuit Jerez, Rossi meraih hasil buruk saat kualifikasi sehingga dia berada di urutan ke-13. Tetapi saat balapan, juara dunia tujuh kali MotoGP ini beralih ke pengesetan gaya Ducati, mirip dengan apa yang digunakan rekan setimnya, Nicky Hayden.

Nah, inilah yang akan didalami lebih jauh oleh Rossi. Pebalap Italia tersebut, yang lima kali juara di Estoril, akan memulai pengesetan tersebut selama sesi latihan bebas hari Jumat.

"Rencananya adalah memulai pada hari Jumat dengan pengesetan yang kami gunakan saat balapan di Jerez, karena saya pikir ada sejumlah potensi bagi kami untuk bekerja lebih jauh," jelas Rossi, yang finis di posisi kesembilan di Jerez, dan di posisi ke-10 di Qatar. "Kami akan melihat apakah bisa meraih sebuah langkah maju dan memperbaiki hasilnya."

Mengenai sirkuit, mantan pebalap Honda dan Yamaha ini mengatakan: "Saya suka trek Estoril, yang memiliki beberapa bagian yang rumit, dan cuacanya pun sangat sulit diprediksi. Tetapi saya senang balapan di sana. Kami memiliki balapan yang bagus di Portugal tahun lalu dengan Ducati, dan berharap melakukan hal yang sama pada hari Minggu ini."

Musim lalu, Rossi finis di urutan kelima. Sedangkan Hayden, yang dalam dua seri perdana musim 2012 ini selalu menjadi pebalap terdepan untuk tim Ducati, finis di urutan kesembilan.

Untuk balapan kali ini, Hayden, yang menggeser rekan setimnya, Dani Pedrosa, dalam perburuan gelar juara dunia 2006, mengaku perlu perubahan. Dia ingin ketangguhan motornya bertahan lama, sehingga tidak cuma kompetitif di awal lomba seperti yang terjadi di Jerez.

Pada GP Spanyol tersebut, Hayden start dari barisan depan dan sempat bertarung di sana (depan). Tetapi pebalap Amerika Serikat ini tak bisa bertarung selama 27 lap, karena dia akhirnya melorot ke urutan kedelapan.

"Saya tidak bisa mengatakan bahwa saya menyukai atau benci Estoril. Ini trek yang sulit, dan angin bisa menjadi penghalang. Bagian favoritku adalah sudut cepat di belakang, tetapi sisanya agak normal.

"Saya menantikan hari Jumat. Kami akan melihat apakah cuacanya menyenangkan, karena agak sulit diprediksi di sini. Apa yang kami tidak perlukan adalah yang dihadapi di Jerez: kebanyakan sesi basah dan kemudian masuk ke balapan kering. Jelas bahwa kami perlu seluruh akhir pekan untuk mencoba segalanya demi pertarungan yang lebih baik pada hari Minggu."

Usai balapan hari Minggu, para pebalap akan tetap bertahan di Estoril, karena bakal menggelar sesi uji coba pada Senin (7/5/12). Ducati ingin memanfaatkan kesempatan tersebut untuk mencoba beberapa bagian baru bagi Desmosedici GP12.

"GP Estoril akan menjadi penting untuk mengonfirmasi bahwa kami sedang berada di jalur yang benar dalam hal pengesetan GP12, bagi Vale dan Nicky," ujar manajer tim Vittoriano Guareschi. "Kemudian pada hari Senin kami akan melakoni satu hari uji coba post-race, di mana selama itu kami bisa membuat beberapa pengecekan untuk meneruskan pengembangan pada motor kami."
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Rossy dan Team masih belum Maksimal di awal musim 2012

Valentino Rossi sempat membuat kejutan saat latihan bebas kedua di Sirkuit Jerez, Jumat (27/4/2012) sore. Pada sesi yang berlangsung dalam kondisi trek basah tersebut, "The Doctor" menempati posisi kedua. Akan tetapi ketika tampil di kualifikasi, Sabtu (28/4/2012), yang berlangsung dalam kondisi kering, Rossi terlempar dari posisi 10 besar.

Pebalap Italia tersebut hanya mampu berada di peringkat ke-13. Dia tertinggal 3,429 detik dari pebalap Yamaha, Jorge Lorenzo, yang menempati pole position. Rossi bukan cuma kalah dari dua pebalap tim satelit Ducati, tetapi juga di belakang pebalap tim kategori CRT, Randy de Puniet (Aprilia), yang pada balapan hari Minggu (29/4/2012) ini akan start dari posisi ke-10.

Seusai kualifikasi, Rossi kembali mengungkapkan kesulitannya. Juara dunia tujuh kali MotoGP ini mengakui bahwa dia belum bisa beradaptasi dengan Ducati, serta persoalan front-end yang masih terus menghantui.

"Masalahnya adalah bahwa saya kehilangan banyak waktu saat masuk tikungan," ungkap juara dunia sembilan kali grand prix ini. "Saya tidak cukup cepat untuk membawa motor masuk tikungan, dan membuat motor maksimal di sudut.

"Saya perlu lebih banyak waktu untuk tiba di sudut yang maksimum atau saya perlu lebih banyak menutup katup gas sehingga motor tetap di tanah. Saya kehilangan banyak waktu di area ini."

Namun, hasil yang diraih Rossi jauh bertolak belakang dengan rekan setimnya, Nicky Hayden. Juara dunia 2006 tersebut bisa tampil bagus sehingga akan start dari urutan ketiga, di belakang Lorenzo dan pebalap Repsol Honda, Dani Pedrosa.

Nah, itu artinya ada persoalan lain yang membuat kubu Rossi tidak kompetitif. Ditengarai, faktor minimnya pengalaman membuat Rossi dan krunya belum mampu beradaptasi dengan Ducati sehingga pada musim kedua ini pun mereka tidak bisa menemukan pengesetan yang tepat.

Namun, Rossi membantahnya. Mantan pebalap Honda dan Yamaha ini tetap mempertahankan keputusannya untuk membawa kru sendiri, yang dipimpin Jeremy Burgess.

"Saya tahu apa yang harus dilakukan supaya bisa lebih cepat, tetapi sayang hal itu tak bekerja bersama Ducati," ungkap Rossi. "Timku sudah pasti berada dalam posisi yang sama. Selama 30 tahun dengan sejumlah motor berbeda dan semua trik yang sudah mereka lakukan untuk bisa lebih cepat. Namun, itu tidak bekerja dengan motor ini."

Dengan demikian, Rossi dan timnya harus bekerja ekstra keras supaya bisa meraih hasil yang lebih baik saat balapan nanti. Pada seri pertama di Qatar, 8 April, Rossi berada di posisi ke-12 saat kualifikasi, dan mengakhiri balapan malam tersebut di urutan ke-10.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Motegi MotoGP Insider: Ducati

Motegi MotoGP Insider: Ducati

Nicky Hayden says Ducati's factory GP11.1 has already reached the ceiling of its potential, even though he's only raced the updated Desmosedici three times. Ducati first rolled out the GP11.1 back in late June at the Assen round for Valentino Rossi, who was struggling to make any significant progress on the GP11 model.

The GP11.1 features a new seamless shift gearbox, new rear suspension system, swingarm and 1000cc motor modified to comply with current 800cc regulations.

Hayden rode the new bike in practice for his home round at Laguna Seca in late July before deciding to delay his race debut on the bike until he'd got more time to test the bike. He started to use the GP11.1 from the Indianapolis race onwards but in three races he's only scored 11-points. And Hayden said that the GP11.1 had already peaked at its maximum level of performance.

"Yes, it seems this bike is at the top of its potential already. They are certainly testing some stuff and we know we got to make a big change because we're a long way off."

Rossi raced a new aluminum concept to 10th at the Motorland Aragon but it wasn't a full conventional twin spar frame like the one used by Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki. It appears that Rossi has completely lost faith in the carbon fiber project but Hayden said he didn't think it was the material involved that was the crucial factor.


Valentino Rossi believes riding positon is to blame for some of the front-end troubles he's been having on the GP12. He added: "They've tested aluminum and I don't think it is a matter of material I think it is more stiffness and flex. You can make carbon softer or stiffer so I don't think that's the situation. I tested a lot of aluminum swingarms and carbon fiber swingarms and you can get either one to do what you want it to do."

Rossi Thinks Riding Position Critical to Solving GP12

Valentino Rossi believes his riding position on Ducati's 2012 Desmosedici could be pivotal to solving some of the vague front-end problems he's experienced in a nightmare debut season for the Bologna factory – which most recently includes a DNF result at the Twin Ring Motegi courtesy of an opening lap crash. Rossi and Ducati tested the GP12 again in Jerez last week but both denied the latest session had seen the nine-times world champion debut a full deltabox aluminium frame manufactured by British experts FTR.

Rossi said the chassis he tested for one-day in Jerez a week ago was just a further evolution of the aluminum frame he raced to a disappointing 10th place at the Motorland Aragon track earlier back in September.


Valentino Rossi: ""We tried to work on the weight distribution and especially move my position on the bike [at Jerez]. Rossi ditched the carbon fibre concept for the Aragon race having struggled to score just one podium in the opening 13 races. Rossi said at the Twin Ring Motegi that test was primarily to experiment with different weight distribution settings, particularly moving his body around on the GP12 to put more weight on the front tire.

Said Rossi: "We tried to work on the weight distribution and especially move my position on the bike. This was the biggest work we did in Jerez because we think that this is the main problem of this bike. I want to be more forward. I don't like my position on the bike and it is for a long time since I say this to Filippo (Preziosi). We need time to build a new part and I hope that it arrive as soon as possible and we have to understand if it makes the difference. With carbon or aluminum, I don't know if it would make such a big difference. For me it is more important the weight distribution and the position of all the things on our bike. I think we have to work on these things. We started on this in Jerez but the work is long and we have to build some other parts to move all the things."

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Error from Ducati Team rider Nicky Hayden drops him to eighth at Sachsenring


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A last corner error from Ducati Team rider Nicky Hayden dropped him to eighth in the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland.

Hayden’s last corner tackle was not strong enough to hold off Bautista from taking the seventh position.

The American rider was slightly disappointed from the results especially considering the track where he likes to race and has collected multiple podium finishes.

Hayden was placed eighth for the race start after a tough qualifying session. In fact, both Ducati riders were lying far behind their expected performances. Both Ducati garages were fighting to improve their Desmosedicis for the demands of the German track.

Hayden said, “I tried to go with that group in front of me off the start, but about the second or third lap I had a pretty big moment over the bumps in Turn 1 and they took off. From there I had a big battle with Bautista and Vale.”

The race start was little help for the American rider but after a bad run, he was hooked down by Alvaro Bautista of the Rizla Suzuki team. After tangling with Bautista, Valentino Rossi also hopped into the fight for a seventh position and all three riders switched places several times.

Nicky Hayden commented on the race fight and said, “It was fun, with a lot of overtaking, but battling for seventh place, 27 seconds back is hard for me to take at a track that I love and where I’ve been on the podium several times. I got to seventh toward the end and did my best lap, but they came with me.”

Hayden further explained his race situation that the Spaniard caught him at the end of the waterfall turn. Bautista overtook Hayden at that point and in the final corner, the American rider made his move to snatch the seventh place.

Still Bautista did not let it go away and despite of losing position to both Ducatis, he picked the inside line and jumped back to a seventh place finish on the final few metres to the finish line.

The American regretted his tyre choice but still he was grateful to his crew which made a great effort for the German race weekend. Now Ducati will move to Laguna Seca for Hayden’s home event on July 24, 2011.


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