Malaysian GP: OBVIOUSLY SEPANG IS SOMEWHAT OF AN UNKNOWN AFFAIR THIS TIME
Stefan Bradl looks forward in expectantly mood to this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, as he counts the Sepang circuit to his favourites. But a completely re-surfaced track is the biggest unknown for this weekend.
This year’s Asia/Australia race is a pleasing trip for Bradl thus far. After he finished in tenth position in Japan, he crossed the line in eleventh position last Sunday at Phillip Island. But even more pleasingly, he made it through Q2 last weekend. However, the 26-year-old German MotoGP rider heads into the season’s penultimate round expectantly not only due to this reasons and his consistently growing performance aboard the RS-GP prototype, but also due to his preferences for the 5.5 kilometres long Malaysian circuit. But this time there were some unknown facts due the new tarmac and for the slightly changed turn 15.
The time schedule for the final flyaway race requires again an early wake-up call due the difference in time with six hours to Central Europe. But Saturday night the change to winter time will take place which means an additional hour though for this starting time for the race is set for Sunday 3:00pm local time which means 8:00am CET.
#6 Stefan BRADL (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, Aprilia) – WM-Position 16 (60 Punkte):
“I’m really looking forward to Sepang. I like this track a lot and also enjoy riding there always though the conditions are often very demanding. But this time, Sepang is somewhat of an unknown affair. I’m very excited about the new tarmac which hopefully offers a good grip level. Despite that I think, that the Sepang circuit should suite our package well. At least it was the case last year and this was our best race in 2015. In any case, it would be nice if we could do just as well this time in order to conclude this trip with a further strong result.”
MotoGP™ Zeitplan beim Malaysian GP (CET):
Freitag, 28. Oktober: 03:55 – 04:40 FP1
Freitag, 28. Oktober: 08:05 – 08:50 FP2
Samstag, 29. Oktober: 03:55 – 04:40 FP3
Samstag, 29. Oktober: 07:30 – 08:00 FP4
Samstag, 29. Oktober: 08:10 – 08:25 QP1
Samstag, 29. Oktober: 08.35 – 08:50 QP2
Sonntag, 30. Oktober: 03:40 – 04:00 Warm Up
Sonntag, 30. Oktober: 08:00 Rennen (20 Runden – 110,9 km)
Daten Sepang International Circuit:
Erstmals Schauplatz des Malaysian GP: 1999
Streckenlänge: 5.543 Meter
Streckenbreite: 16 Meter
Längste Gerade: 920 Meter
Linkskurven: 5
Rechtskurven: 10
Beste MotoGP Pole-Position: 1´59.053 (2015)
MotoGP Rundenrekord: 2´00.606 (2015)
Stefan Bradl‘s Resultate 2015: Startplatz 10 / 14.
MotoGP™ WM-Stand 2016:
1 #93 Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / Honda / 273
2 #46 Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 216
3 #99 Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 192
16 #6 Stefan BRADL / GER / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini / Aprilia / 60