FIM MotoGP – Jerez GP – Results

MAB — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:44:09 +0000

Grand Prix de Espana, Jerez de la Frontera
5 May 2013

Pos.	Rider	Team	Bike	Time/Gap
1	Dani PEDROSA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	45’17.632
2	Marc MARQUEZ	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	2487
3	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	5089
4	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	8914
5	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	12663
6	Alvaro BAUTISTA	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	Honda	15094
7	Nicky HAYDEN	Ducati Team	Ducati	25632
8	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati Team	Ducati	41881
9	Aleix ESPARGARO	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	43812
10	Bradley SMITH	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	44461
11	Michele PIRRO	Ducati Test Team	Ducati	45974
12	Hector BARBERA	Avintia Blusens	FTR	59859
13	Michael LAVERTY	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	+1’09.743
14	Danilo PETRUCCI	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda-Suter	+1’17.813
15	Colin EDWARDS	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki	+1’18.177
16	Bryan STARING	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	FTR Honda	+1’18.928
17	Claudio CORTI	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR Kawasaki	+1’19.307
18	Hiroshi AOYAMA	Avintia Blusens	FTR	+1’19.457
Not Classified
	Stefan BRADL	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	24 Laps
	Andrea IANNONE	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	Ducati	24 Laps
	Lukas PESEK	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda-Suter	24 Laps
	Randy DE PUNIET	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	25 Laps
	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART	25 Laps

FIA WEC – 6h Spa – Results

MAB — Sat, 04 May 2013 21:04:23 +0000

FIA WEC 6h Spa-Francorchamps
4. May 2013

Pos	N°	Cat	Driver	Car	Laps	Total Time	Gap	Gap Prev.
1	1	LMP1	André LOTTERER, Benoit TRÉLUYER, Marcel FÄSSLER	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	168	6:00’55.971
2	2	LMP1	Tom KRISTENSEN, Loïc DUVAL, Allan McNISH	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	168	6:02’01.786	1’05.815	1’05.815m
3	3	LMP1	Lucas DI GRASSI, Marc GENÉ, Oliver JARVIS	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	168	6:02’50.963	1’54.992	49.177s
4	8	LMP1	Anthony DAVIDSON, Sébastien BUEMI, Stéphane SARRAZIN	Toyota TS030 – Hybrid	167	6:02’40.294	1 Laps	1 Laps
5	12	LMP1	Nicolas PROST, Neel JANI, Nick HEIDFELD	Lola B12/60 Coupé – Toyota	165	6:01’31.025	3 Laps	2 Laps
6	13	LMP1	Andrea BELICCHI, Mathias BECHE, Cong Fu CHENG	Lola B12/60 Coupé – Toyota	165	6:01’53.232	3 Laps	22207
7	21	LMP1	Nick LEVENTIS, Danny WATTS, Jonny KANE	HPD ARX 03c – Honda	161	6:01’03.422	7 Laps	4 Laps
8	49	LMP2	Luis PEREZ COMPANC, Nicolas MINASSIAN, Pierre KAFFER	Oreca 03 – Nissan	157	6:02’10.682	11 Laps	4 Laps
9	24	LMP2	Olivier PLA, David HEINEMEIER HANSSON, Alex BRUNDLE	Morgan – Nissan	157	6:02’23.263	11 Laps	12581
10	38	LMP2	Simon DOLAN, Oliver TURVEY, Lucas LUHR	Zytek Z11SN – Nissan	157	6:02’39.253	11 Laps	15990
11	35	LMP2	Bertrand BAGUETTE, Ricardo GONZALEZ, Martin PLOWMAN	Morgan – Nissan	156	6:02’47.680	12 Laps	1 Laps
12	26	LMP2	Roman RUSINOV, John MARTIN, Mike CONWAY	Oreca 03 – Nissan	152	6:00’56.783	16 Laps	4 Laps
13	45	LMP2	Jacques NICOLET, Jean-Marc MERLIN,	Morgan – Nissan	152	6:03’11.444	16 Laps	2’14.661
14	32	LMP2	Thomas HOLZER, Dominik KRAIHAMER, Jan CHAROUZ	Lotus T128	152	6:03’12.328	16 Laps	884
15	51	LMGTE Pro	Gianmaria BRUNI, Giancarlo FISICHELLA,	Ferrari F458 Italia	149	6:02’41.632	19 Laps	3 Laps
16	98	LMGTE Pro	Bruno SENNA, Frédéric MAKOWIECKI, Rob BELL	Aston Martin Vantage V8	149	6:02’50.692	19 Laps	9060
17	71	LMGTE Pro	Kamui KOBAYASHI, Toni VILANDER,	Ferrari F458 Italia	149	6:02’51.646	19 Laps	954
18	97	LMGTE Pro	Darren TURNER, Stefan MÜCKE, Peter DUMBRECK	Aston Martin Vantage V8	148	6:00’58.989	20 Laps	1 Laps
19	92	LMGTE Pro	Marc LIEB, Richard LIETZ, Romain DUMAS	Porsche 911 RSR	148	6:03’06.495	20 Laps	2’07.506
20	99	LMGTE Pro	Paul DALLA LANA, Pedro LAMY, Richie STANAWAY	Aston Martin Vantage V8	147	6:02’36.873	21 Laps	1 Laps
21	81	LMGTE Am	Vicente POTOLICCHIO, Rui AGUAS, Matteo MALUCELLI	Ferrari F458 Italia	147	6:03’01.917	21 Laps	25044
22	95	LMGTE Am	Christoffer NYGAARD, Kristian POULSEN, Allan SIMONSEN	Aston Martin Vantage V8	146	6:02’37.244	22 Laps	1 Laps
23	50	LMGTE Am	Patrick BORNHAUSER, Julien CANAL, Fernando REES	Chevrolet Corvette C6-ZR1	145	6:02’13.610	23 Laps	1 Laps
24	31	LMP2	Kevin WEEDA, Vitantonio LIUZZI, James ROSSITER	Lotus T128	144	6:01’51.080	24 Laps	1 Laps
25	96	LMGTE Am	Roald GOETHE, Stuart HALL, Jamie CAMPBELL-WALTER	Aston Martin Vantage V8	144	6:02’35.285	24 Laps	44205
26	88	LMGTE Am	Christian RIED, Gianluca RODA, Paolo RUBERTI	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	143	6:01’00.986	25 Laps	1 Laps
27	76	LMGTE Am	Raymond NARAC, Jean-Karl VERNAY,	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	143	6:01’43.903	25 Laps	42917
28	57	LMGTE Am	Tracy KROHN, Niclas JÖNSSON, Maurizio MEDIANI	Ferrari F458 Italia	142	6:02’40.128	26 Laps	1 Laps
29	28	LMP2	Frédéric FATIEN, Fabien GIROIX, Keiko IHARA	Lola B12/80 Coupé – Nissan	140	6:01’18.056	28 Laps	2 Laps
30	54	LMGTE Am	Yannick MALLEGOL, Jean-Marc BACHELIER, Howard BLANK	Ferrari F458 Italia	138	6:02’13.465	30 Laps	2 Laps
31	61	LMGTE Am	Jack GERBER, Matt GRIFFIN, Marco CIOCI	Ferrari F458 Italia	125	6:01’12.597	43 Laps	13 Laps
32	91	LMGTE Pro	Jörg BERGMEISTER, Patrick PILET, Timo BERNHARD	Porsche 911 RSR	123	5:02’34.118	45 Laps	2 Laps
33	7	LMP1	Alexander WURZ, Nicolas LAPIERRE, Kazuki NAKAJIMA	Toyota TS030 – Hybrid	99	3:38’54.835	69 Laps	24 Laps
34	25	LMP2	Tor GRAVES, Antonio PIZZONIA, James WALKER	Oreca 03 – Nissan	25	59’10.749	143 Laps	74 Laps

Tagged: André Lotterer, Anthony Davidson, Aston Martin Vantage, Audi, Lucas di Grassi, luis perez companc, Marc Gené, Neel Jani, Sebastien Buemi, Tom Kristensen

FIA WRC – Rally Argentina – Results

MAB — Sat, 04 May 2013 16:49:19 +0000

FIA WRC – Rally Argentina
4 May 2013

Pos	No	Driver	Group Class	Stage Time	Total Time	Diff Prev	Diff 1st
1	1	S. LOEB	WRC	4:35:56.7	4:35:56.7	0.0	0.0
2	8	S. OGIER	WRC	4:36:51.7	4:36:51.7	+55.0	+55.0
3	7	J. LATVALA	WRC	4:37:57.5	4:37:57.5	+1:05.8	+2:00.8
4	5	E. NOVIKOV	WRC	4:38:33.4	4:38:33.4	+35.9	+2:36.7
5	11	T. NEUVILLE	WRC	4:40:37.2	4:40:37.2	+2:03.8	+4:40.5
6	2	M. HIRVONEN	WRC	4:42:20.6	4:42:20.6	+1:43.4	+6:23.9
7	4	M. OSTBERG	WRC	4:46:58.9	4:46:58.9	+4:38.3	+11:02.2
8	9	A. MIKKELSEN	WRC	4:49:08.8	4:49:18.8	+2:19.9	+13:22.1
9	10	D. SORDO	WRC	4:48:29.0	4:49:19.0	+0.2	+13:22.3
10	21	M. PROKOP	WRC	4:50:04.3	4:50:04.3	+45.3	+14:07.6
11	23	G. POZZO	WRC	4:52:56.3	4:52:56.3	+2:52.0	+16:59.6
12	22	D. OLIVEIRA	WRC	5:01:54.6	5:01:54.6	+8:58.3	+25:57.9
13	48	A. AL-KUWARI	2	5:08:17.1	5:08:27.1	+6:32.5	+32:30.4
14	82	G. SABA	2	5:18:35.8	5:19:35.8	+11:08.7	+43:39.1
15	41	N. FUCHS	3	5:21:34.0	5:21:34.0	+1:58.2	+45:37.3
16	77	M. LIGATO	3	5:31:39.0	5:31:39.0	+10:05.0	+55:42.3
17	72	J. ALONSO	3	5:36:49.8	5:37:49.8	+6:10.8	+1:01:53.1
18	34	Y. PROTASOV	2	5:40:26.6	5:40:26.6	+2:36.8	+1:04:29.9
19	38	R. TRIVIÑO	3	5:40:44.7	5:40:44.7	+18.1	+1:04:48.0
20	88	J. MARTINEZ M. R.	3	5:43:39.2	5:44:49.2	+4:04.5	+1:08:52.5
21	83	M. ZALDIVAR	2	5:45:51.4	5:46:01.4	+1:12.2	+1:10:04.7
22	86	I. SANTOS	2	5:56:17.1	5:56:47.1	+10:45.7	+1:20:50.4
23	89	P. ZEA	3	6:21:38.4	6:21:38.4	+24:51.3	+1:45:41.7
24	93	J. PORCARO	6	7:42:54.6	7:43:14.6	+1:21:36.2	+3:07:17.9

Tagged: rally argentina, wrc 4, wrc rally

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MAB — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:24:40 +0000

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IndyCar – Takuma Sato Writes History

MAB — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:55:32 +0000

Takuma Sato wrote history today in winning the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, becoming the first Japanese driver to win an Indy car race in person.and giving A.J. Foyt Racing cits first victory since Airton Daré ‘s victory at Kansas Speedway on the 7th of July 2002.

Sato’s Long Beach win was A.J. Foyt Racing’s 44th victory. The last win for the team on a road/street course even dates back to A.J.’s own days of glory, when the living American racing legend won an overseas race at Silverstone in 1978!

Tagged: A. J. Foyt Enterprises, A.J. Foyt Racing, Airton Daré, cars, Grand Prix of Long Beach, IndyCar, Kansas Speedway, sports, Takuma Sato, Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

NASCAR – Kansas STP400 – Race Results

MAB — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:29:34 +0000

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race – STP 400

Kansas Speedway, Kansas City

Sunday, 21 April 2013

1. (1) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 267, $263816
2. (27) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 267, $182085
3. (21) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, $185021
4. (7) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 267, $155985
5. (10) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 267, $151018
6. (33) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, $156551
7. (14) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 267, $131330
8. (6) Aric Almirola, Ford, 267, $132671
9. (8) Mark Martin, Toyota, 267, $102135
10. (12) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 267, $124176
11. (3) Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #, Ford, 267, $139071
12. (17) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, $133821
13. (43) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, $131971
14. (9) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267, $121768
15. (13) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 267, $112855
16. (23) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 267, $100685
17. (2) Carl Edwards, Ford, 267, $121510
18. (20) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 267, $93485
19. (11) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, $99585
20. (15) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 267, $113399
21. (18) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 266, $127985
22. (41) Regan Smith(i), Chevrolet, 266, $110568
23. (28) David Gilliland, Ford, 266, $100268
24. (34) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 266, $105943
25. (25) Danica Patrick #, Chevrolet, 265, $80910
26. (36) Josh Wise(i), Ford, 265, $83235
27. (19) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 264, $110149
28. (31) David Reutimann, Toyota, 263, $94293
29. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 263, $91982
30. (26) David Ragan, Ford, 262, $91185
31. (16) Brian Vickers(i), Toyota, 257, $98785
32. (38) David Stremme, Toyota, 256, $78760
33. (37) Timmy Hill #, Ford, 242, $78560
34. (30) Casey Mears, Ford, Accident, 216, $86335
35. (40) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, Accident, 210, $78140
36. (32) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, Engine, 209, $85935
37. (4) Sam Hornish, Jr.(i), Ford, Accident, 181, $77725
38. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, Accident, 102, $117958
39. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, Accident, 102, $96458
40. (24) Elliott Sadler(i), Toyota, Accident, 85, $64550
41. (35) Mike Bliss(i), Toyota, Brakes, 65, $60550
42. (29) Michael McDowell, Ford, Vibration, 43, $56550
43. (42) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, Accident, 36, $53050

Average Speed of Race Winner: 133.611 mph.

Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 59 Mins, 51 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.150 Seconds.

Caution Flags: 8 for 40 laps.

Lead Changes: 13 among 8 drivers.

Lap Leaders: M. Kenseth 1-74; D. Stremme 75; M. Kenseth 76-111; M. Truex Jr. 112-146; J. Johnson 147-155; C. Edwards 156-159; D. Earnhardt Jr. 160; R. Stenhouse Jr. # 161; R. Newman 162-163; M. Truex Jr. 164-174; M. Kenseth 175; C. Edwards 176-190; R. Stenhouse Jr. # 191-215; M. Kenseth 216-267.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): M. Kenseth 4 times for 163 laps; M. Truex Jr. 2 times for 46 laps; R. Stenhouse Jr. # 2 times for 26 laps; C. Edwards 2 times for 19 laps; J. Johnson 1 time for 9 laps; R. Newman 1 time for 2 laps; D. Stremme 1 time for 1 lap; D. Earnhardt Jr. 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 12 in Points: J. Johnson – 311; K. Kahne – 274; Brad Keselowski – 273; G. Biffle – 264; D. Earnhardt Jr. – 263; C. Edwards – 262; Kyle Busch – 257; M. Kenseth – 252; C. Bowyer – 247; P. Menard – 240; J. Mcmurray – 227; K. Harvick – 224.

Tagged: Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, Dale Earnhardt, jeff gordon chevrolet, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Ricky Stenhouse, Toyota, transportation

IndyCar – Long Beach – Results

MAB — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:14:20 +0000

IZOD IndyCar Series

Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

21 April 2013

Pos.	Driver	Team	Laps/Gap
1.	R. Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	+ 0.090
2.	S. Dixon	Ganassi Racing	+ 0.636
3.	H. Castroneves	Penske	+ 18.046
4.	C. Kimball	Ganassi Racing	+21.617
5.	W. Power	Penske	+27.647
6.	S. Pagenaud	Sam Schmidt	+28.300
7.	Mo. Andretti	Andretti Autosport	+28.718
8..	J. Wilson	Dale Coyne	+31.550
9.	J. Newgarden	SFHR	+42.103
10.	T. Vautier (R)	Sam Schmidt	+51.645
11.	A. Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	+59.046
12.	E. Viso	Andretti Autosport	+1:02.433
13.	T. Kanaan	KV Racing	+1:02.683
14.	T. Sato	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	+1:04.115
15.	O. Servia	Panther/DRR	+1:04.150
16.	S. Bourdais	Dragon Racing	+1:08.688
17.	JR. Hildebrand	Panther/DRR	+1:10.745
18.	S. De Silvestro	KV Racing	+1:10.913
19.	A. Allmendinger	Penske	+1:12.056
20.	S. Saavedra	Dragon Racing	+1:12.652
21.	G. Rahal	Rahal Letterman	+1:15.039
22.	E. Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	+1 Lap
23.	J. Jakes	Rahal Letterman	+4 Laps
24.	A. Beatriz	Dale Coyne	+25 Laps
25.	D. Franchitti	Ganassi Racing	+48 Laps
26.	J. Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	+87 Laps

Tagged: Andretti Autosport, Auto racing, Dale Coyne, Grand Prix of Long Beach, Helio Castroneves, IndyCar Series, Penske Racing, Tristan Vautier

MotoGP – Marc Marquez Youngest Ever GP winner

MAB — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:15:26 +0000

Marc Marquez has become the youngest ever race winner in MotoGP, triumphing in Sunday’s inaugural Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas from teammate Dani Pedrosa. Reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo completed the podium, but it is Marquez who heads the standings after just two races in the top class.

Tagged: Dani Pedrosa. Reigning World Champion, Grand Prix of the Americas, Jorge Lorenzo, Marquez, MotoGP, Podium. Marc Marquez, sports, teammate

Moto2 – Terol wins as Espargaro crashes in Texas

MAB — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:10:40 +0000

Nico Terol has won in Moto2™ for the first time, taking victory in Sunday afternoon’s Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas. Esteve Rabat narrowly beat Mika Kallio and Dominique Aegerter to second place as erstwhile championship leader Pol Espargaro crashed out. Scott Redding fell to fifth from pole position but now heads to Jerez as the new leader in the standings.

Tagged: Dominique Aegerter, Esteve Rabat, Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Mika Kallio, Nicolas Terol, Pol Espargaró, Pole Position, Scott Redding

Moto3 – Rins wins interrupted race in Texas

MAB — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:48:49 +0000

Barcelona’s Alex Rins has triumphed for the first time, winning Sunday’s opening Moto3™ race at Circuit of the Americas. At the end of a dramatic five-lap sprint following a red flag, the 17-year-old battled with championship leader Luis Salom who lost second place to Maverick Viñales at the final corner.

Tagged: Álex Rins, Championship leader, Circuit of the Americas, Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Jorge Lorenzo, Luis Salom, Marc Marquez, Maverick Viñales, salom, Valentino Rossi