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MOTOR RACING JAPAN - SUZUKA 8
HOURS 2010 ENGLISH
LINK PHOTO'S THEY'D RATHER FORGET
If you have any pictures that qualify as "Photo's They'd Rather Forget", PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send them to me HERE for inclusion in this feature. 11th/12th SEPTEMBER 2010 BOL d'OR PAGE DAMIAN CUDLIN - WHAT A GREAT YEAR! Taree’s Damian Cudlin may well have made the biggest breakthrough in his career to date, with a brilliant performance in the German Moto2 Grand Prix in Sachsenring on the weekend. The young Aussie received a call from Tenerif Pons Kalex Team owner Sito Pons, just days before the race, offering the chance to substitute for the team’s injured regular rider, Axel Pons. Having impressed the team just weeks ago at the IRTA test in Aragon, Spain, where his skills were utilised in a development role, Cudlin jumped at the “once in a lifetime opportunity” to make his long awaited GP debut. Showing instant promise in the opening free practice session, where Cudlin claimed the 13th fastest time, eyebrows really began to rise as he improved to 6th in the final free practice session on Saturday. However his ambitions for a front row start in qualifying where dealt a heavy blow as the 42 rider field proved extremely difficult for Cudlin to find any clear racetrack, and being unable to improve on his earlier practice time, his best lap dropped him down the order to a 22nd grid position. Never the less, Cudlin’s performance still out classed established team mate, Sergio Gadea and put him in a fighting mood for Sunday’s 29 lap race. As the heavens opened on Sunday morning, all indications looked as though Cudlin’s GP debut would be a wet one, however as the sun came out before the start of the 125 GP, the track soon dried and the umbrellas seen in 200,000 strong crowd quickly disappeared. As the lights went out to signal the start of the German Moto2 Grand Prix, Cudlin launched off the line and escaped any carnage at the tight first turn. Slicing his way through the pack in the opening laps, Cudlin gained 7 positions and climbed onto the back of a train of riders in front. Showing inspirational determination and speed, Cudlin had the Germans on their feet as he moved up the leader board lap after lap, working his way into 4th position and into podium contention with 7 laps to go. The surge up the order proved costly to Cudlin’s tyres though, and as he battled bravely with a wildly sliding motorcycle, a podium finish slipped from his grasp and Cudlin was forced to settle for a hard fought 7th at the flag, less then 3 seconds from the 3rd placed Roberto Rolfo.
Still grinning after his electrifying performance, Cudlin managed to thank the people who’d made it happen and claimed to be the “luckiest guy on the planet” just to be sitting on a GP bike for the weekend. “Normally I’m trying to scab some passes just to watch the GP bikes go around, and now I’ve just ridden one of them.” Cudlin joked after the race. “Although I couldn’t quite manage the podium today, I’d be lying if I told you I wasn’t happy with this result. You probably won’t be able to wipe this smile off my face for a couple of days. I just desperately wanted to make the most of the chance that I was given this weekend, as they only come along like this once in a lifetime. For a guy with no money from Taree, I think I did alright today. The Kalex guys are the ones I need to thank most for pushing so hard for me to ride their bike, and of course Sito Pons for taking a risk and giving me a run. As short as this buzz will be, it makes all the hard years on the road worthwhile, and I hope I can make a bit of breakthrough in my career now. We’ll just have to wait and see.” With no time to rest, Cudlin repacked his bags and is currently headed to Japan where he’ll ride for GMT94 in the 3rd round of the World Endurance Championship, the Suzuka 8 Hours race, on the 25th of July. WORLD SUPERBIKES - NEW TRACK FOR 2011
The newly-built MotorLand Aragón in Spain is set to host a round of the FIM Superbike World Championship for the next three years, following an agreement signed this morning. The circuit, which was designed by German architect Hermann Tilke, will now appear in the calendars of the two most important global motorcycling competitions; in spite of its short history, it will now be consolidated as one of the world's elite tracks, hosting the World Superbike round in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and following on from the MotoGP round in September of this year. This morning an agreement was signed before the international press, in the Aragón regional government headquarters between MotorLand and Infront Motor Sports in the presence of MotorLand president and Aragón Government vice-president José Angel Biel, the regional minister of commerce, tourism and industry Arturo Aliaga, the CEO of MotorLand Antonio Gasión, the CEO of Infront Motor Sports Paolo Flammini, and the Ducati Superbike rider, Carlos Checa. Paolo Flammini: "Motorland is a very new circuit and it's already at the top. To have MotoGP and Superbike in its first years of activity demonstrates that it is a top-level circuit. The Superbike World Championship requires requisites of maximum safety and top-class facilities to be in a position to guarantee the presence of high numbers of spectators and Motorland is able to offer all this." Carlos Checa: "Superbike races offer a well-balanced sporting spectacle and for this reason they are spectacular, also for everyone watching on TV. Motorland is a circuit that respects all the standards to host a world-class race. I am happy to be able to race Superbike here next year and I hope to win!" The race in Alcañiz, close to Zaragoza in northern Spain, will take place in the spring of next year and also in 2012 and 2013. WORLD SUPERBIKES - RULE CHANGES
For the first time in the two and a half years since the regulation was
introduced, there will be a change in the new minimum weights applied to the
bikes competing in the FIM Superbike World Championship. Following the official
results of Race 2 held at Kyalami (South Africa), the FIM SBK Technical Director
has informed that the average value of the event averages over the first six
events of the 2010 SBK championship favours the 1000cc 4-cylinder motorcycles by
more than 5 points (see the attached document issued by the official time
keeping). As a result, from the next SBK event at Miller Motorsports Park (USA)
on 29-30-31 May, the new minimum weight for 1200cc 2-cylinder motorcycles is
decreased to 165 Kg, a reduction of 3 Kg as stipulated in Article 2.4.4.2 of the
FIM rulebook. PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ...YOU REALLY WANT A KAWASAKI, DON'T
YOU? I'd still pass the bike over to Hans Peter Bolliger for his Bolliger Team replica paint, though :) *** HOTEL LA RENAISSANCE - MAGNY COURS UPDATE - Chef Jean-Claude Dray has left and it's now another couple who are in charge of the kitchen. For me, not as good as 2006...but for co-commentator Roger Bennett, much better!...plus ça change!...still a very hearty recommendation. HOTEL LA RENAISSANCE *** The next time you're in the French town of Nevers for any of the race meetings at Magny Cours, both myself and co-commentator Roger Bennett cannot recommend highly enough the Pizzeria Italia Chez Michel at 19, Rue Vert-Pre 58000 NEVERS. Everytime we go to Magny Cours, you'll find us having dinner there. The food is outstanding, the atmosphere great and the waitresses are efficient - and highly decorative. No website but the telephone number is 03 86 59 23 03 (France, of course). *** I've been a little remiss in putting in an extra-very-special mention for one of the best suspension guys in any racing paddock...ONE OF THE BLACK MAGICIANS OF RACING SUSPENSION
Email: Zweitze Rooske If you are searching for 2-Stroke performance, all you need to do is release the TYGA!
*** Finally...want to
try racing yourself?..EASY! Firstly, get the training done RIGHT FIRST
TIME...contact Ron Haslam. This page was last updated on Tuesday, August 24, 2010.
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