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July 2015 Round 9 German GP Preview

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Car and bike races have been held on closed public roads in the area around the town of Chemnitz, Germany since the 1920s and were still taking place until as recently as 1990. It was decided, however, that the five mile course through such a densely populated area was no longer suitable and a new circuit was built five miles west of Chemnitz in 1996. Although mainly used as a driver training centre and road transport safety station, Sachsenring first hosted MotoGP in 1998 and many improvements have taken place since then, including a drastic layout enhancement in 2001. Numerous tight corners make it one of the slower tracks on the calendar but there is never any shortage of close racing action. Chemnitz, en Allemagne, a accueilli des courses auto et moto sur routes fermées dès les années 1920 et jusqu’en 1990. Il a alors été décidé que le parcours routier n’avait plus sa place dans une zone urbaine et un nouveau circuit, le Sachsenring, a été construit à quelques kilomètres de Chemnitz. Inauguré en 1996, le Sachsenring sert principalement de centre d’essais mais accueille le Championnat du Monde MotoGP depuis 1998, de nombreux aménagements ayant été réalisés afin d’en faire un véritable temple de la compétition. Seit den zwanziger Jahren fanden auf gesperrten öffentlichen Straßen in der Gegend von Chemnitz Auto- und Motorradrennen statt und wurden noch bis 1990 gefahren. Man entschied jedoch, dass der acht Kilometer lange Kurs in der dicht besiedelten Gegend nicht tragbar ist und ein brandneuer Kurs, bekannt als Sachsenring, wurde 1996 zehn Kilometer westlich von Chemnitz gebaut. Obwohl die Strecke hauptsächlich für Fahrertrainings und als Straßentransports-Sicherheitsstation genutzt wurde, wurde auf dem Sachsenring 1998 der erste FIM MotoGP gefahren. Seitdem wurde die Strecke oft verbessert, um sie besser für derartige Events nutzen zu können. Fixe Boxen wurden rechtzeitig für die Saison 2001 eingebaut. Zahlreiche enge Kurven machen den Sachsenring zu einem der langsamen Strecken im Kalender, dafür mangelt es nie an spannender Rennaction.

Source: motogp.com

TRACK DATA POLE POSITION: Left LENGTH: 3700 meters WIDTH: 12 meters 13 Corners ( 3 right, 10 left) Straight 700 meters

Sachsenring Tyre allocation Moto2 Fronts: 120/75R17 Option 1 Soft ’1’ (Black ’Dunlop’ on Yellow) Option 2 Medium ’2’ (Black ’Dunlop’ on Silver) Rears Rears: 195/75R17 Option 1 HARD 4 « White Dunlop on black » Option 2 SPECIAL HARD S1

Sachsenring The circuit hosting the German Grand Prix in the FIM

Moto2 and Moto3 World Championships is the second toughest on the calendar for tyres. In addition to an

abrasive surface, the track has a very uneven ten left hand corners compared to just three right-handed and

heat generation is key. To meet the demands, Dunlop is allocating the hard and special hard tyre for the 600cc

Moto2 machines but with Moto3 heat generation characteristics in the tyres is completely different. With

less power, less heat is generated on the right side of the tyre so the 250cc class needs softer tyres to ensure that there is sufficient heat in the right hand side of the tyres for when the riders need that all important corner grip. All eight tyre options across the two classes are new to

the Sachsenring track for 2015 featuring new constructions and compounds evolved from the 2014

specifications. 2015 options are designed to give better performances across the range of tracks on the Moto2

and Moto3 calendar.

FRIDAY 10 OF JULY Moto3 FP1 09:00 - 09:40 MotoGP FP1 09:55 - 10:40 Moto2 FP1 10:55 - 11:40 Moto3 FP2 13:10 - 13:50 MotoGP FP2 14:05 - 14:50 Moto2 FP2 15:05 - 15:50

SATURDAY 11 OF JULY Moto3 FP3 09:00 - 09:40 MotoGP FP3 09:55 - 10:40 Moto2 FP3 10:55 - 11:40 Moto3 QP 12:35 - 13:15 MotoGP FP4 13:30 - 14:00 MotoGP Q1 14:10 - 14:25 MotoGP Q2 14:35 - 14:50 Moto2 QP 15:05 - 15:50 SUNDAY 12 OF JULY Moto3 WUP 08:40 - 09:00 Moto2 WUP 09:10 - 09:30 MotoGP WUP 09:40 - 10:00 Moto3 RAC 11:00 Moto2 RAC 12:20 MotoGP RAC 14:00

SACHSENRING FROM 1927-1989

1927 TO DATE

2000

1998-1999 1996-1997

2001-2002

SINCE 2003

Sachsenring 2002

The day a 500cc two stroke could have won a motogp race

Olivier Jacque (Yamaha) started from pole – the last ever pole for a 4-cylinder two-stroke machine. It also seemed that this would be the final two- stroke victory with Jacque and Barros (also on a two-stroke)

Jacque and Barros battling at the front,

collide and crash out with less than three laps

remaining, gifting the victory to Valentino

Rossi (on the four-stroke Honda).

by TECHNOMAG- DERENDINGER- INTERWETTEN

Illustration: Amaël Lemaitre and @kimu

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