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Redding Hails Motegi Circuit

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:52:00 +0000

He may not have had the best result at Twin Ring Motegi on his circuit debut, but Scott Redding is full of praise for the Japanese track where he took eighth place in 2008. The Blusens Aprilia rider is relishing the opportunity to get back to the far east, eager to earn not only a higher placing than at last year’s race, but to earn further points after an anticlimactic opener in Qatar.
“The Motegi circuit is one of the most beautiful in the World Championship,” states the Briton in anticipation of this weekend’s 125cc clash. “Last year’s race did not go very well for me, but overall it was not too bad. I think that this year, on the Aprilia RSA, things should be much better.”
The youngest ever Grand Prix winner, Redding is keen for a sequel with his new factory bike, although preseason testing was not entirely satisfactory for him. Qualifying eleventh and dropping down two places in the four-lap Qatar race has, if anything, only made him more motivated.
“We are hoping for better weather and to be able to work comfortably. I can’t wait to race there (in Motegi) because what happened in Qatar was very strange, at the end I was a bit upset and really disappointed.”

IRTA Test Jerez Day 2

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Session 1

1 Julian SIMON (APRILIA) 1:47.520
2 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:47.625
3 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 125cc 1:47.692
4 Pol ESPARGARO (DERBI) 1:47.920
5 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:47.929
6 Takaaki NAKAGAMI (APRILIA) 1:47.983
7 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:48.023
8 Efren VAZQUEZ (DERBI) 1:48.322
9 Joan OLIVE (DERBI) 1:48.364
10 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 1:48.532
12 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:48.590
14 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:48.744

30 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 1:53.117

Session 2

1 Julian SIMON (APRILIA) 1:47.465
2 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:47.530
3 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 1:48.301
4 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:48.394
5 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:48.401
6 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:48.418
7 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:48.665

8 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 125cc 1:48.748
9 Joan OLIVE (DERBI) 1:49.123
10 Takaaki NAKAGAMI (APRILIA) 1:49.254

26 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 1:53.355

IRTA Test Jerez Day 1

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:45:00 +0000

Session 1

1 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:48.134

2 Julian SIMON (APRILIA)1:48.294

3 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:48.621

4 Pol ESPARGARO (DERBI) 1:48.898

5 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 1:49.142

6 Dominique AEGERTER (DERBI) 1:49.144

7 Joan OLIVE (DERBI) 1:49.202

8 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:49.230

9 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:49.359

10 Efren VAZQUEZ (DERBI) 1:49.464

11 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 1:49.519

20 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:51.345

27 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 1:56.323

Session 2

1 Julian SIMON (APRILIA) 1:47.345

2 Efren VAZQUEZ (DERBI) 1:48.023

3 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:48.368

4 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:48.534

5 Pol ESPARGARO (DERBI) 1:48.713

6 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 1:48.756

7 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 1:48.828

8 Jonas FOLGER (APRILIA) 1:48.921

9 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:48.930

10 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:49.014

18 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:50.244

29 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 2:15.588

Blusens Aprilia team relishing chance to fight at front..

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:52:00 +0000

Blusens Aprilia Team Manager Ricard Jové has recruited Spanish youngster Esteve Rabat to ride alongside Scott Redding this year and the team’s preparations for the 2009 World Championship are going well.

After another successful preseason test at Estoril earlier this week the team move on to the forthcoming Jerez and Qatar dates in good spirits, with both of their riders quickly adapting well to their new Aprilia RSA machines.

Summarising the preseason to date Jové comments, “We listen to what the riders say and we can look at the timesheets, but we will only really know how competitive we are when we get to the first race at Qatar. Thanks to the good preseason conditions we have had we have been able to work hard to prepare for the start of the championship.”

He added, “The boys are amongst the group of riders pushing towards the top, although there are a couple of standout riders out in front who have set themselves apart so far this year. This is BQR’s first season with factory 125cc bikes and the riders and their technical teams are adjusting to them really well. Scott and Tito (Esteve) both have a real chance to fight at the front now.”

Scott Redding comments:

“I feel more and more comfortable every time I ride the RSA. We are working really hard to find a good set-up before the start of the season and it is getting close. We still aren’t 100% sorted, but we are getting there. What I really like about the bike is how powerful it is in the low revs, but what I’m finding hardest is to get a good setting with the chassis. At the last test in Estoril we started with quite a few problems but we worked our way through them and I think we will get to the Official Test at Jerez in good shape.”

Estoril testing 125cc Day 3 17/03/09

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:15:00 +0000

Aspar having finished a day early, left only 2 brits left on track.

1. Andrea Iannone (Aprilia) 1:45,969
2. Sandro Cortese (Derbi) 1:46,474
3. Pol Espargaro (Derbi) 1:46,846
4. Esteve Rabat (Aprilia) 1:47,231
5. Joan Olive (Derbi) 1:47,244
6. Scott Redding (Aprilia) 1:47,520
7. Randy Krummenacher (Aprilia) 1:47,618
8. Takaaki Nakagami (Aprilia) 1:47,647
9. Efren Vasquez (Aprilia) 1:47,705
10. Jonas Folger (Aprilia) 1:47,881
11. Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) 1:48,168
12. Stefan Brandl (Aprilia) 1:48,278
13. Dominique Aegerter (Aprilia)1:48,517
14. Danny Webb (Aprilia) 1:48,680
15. Lorenzo Zanetti (Aprilia) 1:48,719
16. Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) 1:48,982
17. Johnny Rosell (Aprilia)1:49,615

Is this Scott’s 2010 Moto2 bike?

admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:40:00 +0000

Blusens are the first team to unveil a 600cc “Moto2″ bike, designed and built for the new four-stroke 600cc class which replaces 250cc – and therefore a genuine contender for Scott’s 2010 ride, assuming that he does move up from 125cc at the end of this year as is the expectation.
Read the full MCN article here…