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June 2015 Round 7 Catalonia GP Preview

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In 1989, through the joint collaboration of the Catalan Autonomous Government, the Montmeló Town Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya (RACC), work began on giving one of Europe’s most beautiful cities a state of the art race track to match. The Circuit de Catalunya opened on the doorstep of Barcelona in September 1991 and welcomed its first international event that same month, hosting the Spanish F1 Grand Prix. It went on to host the European Motorcycle Grand Prix and in 1995 became home to the Gran Premio de Catalunya. Considered to be one of the best designed circuits of the recent era, the Circuito de Catalunya won the much coveted IRTA ‘Best Grand Prix’ trophy for 2001 and has a general admission capacity of 104,000 spectators. En 1989, le chantier de l’un des plus beaux circuits européens a démarré sous l’impulsion du Gouvernement Autonome de Catalogne, du Conseil Municipal de Montmeló et de l’Automobile Club Royal de Catalogne. Le circuit de Catalunya, situé aux portes de Barcelone, a été inauguré en septembre 1991, quelques semaines avant d’accueillir le GP d’Espagne de F1. Circuit hôte des Grands Prix d’Europe puis de Catalunya (à partir de 1995), il fut élu ‘Meilleur GP’ par l’IRTA en 2001. La capacité d’accueil du circuit est de 104 000 spectateurs. Durch die Zusammenarbeit der katalanischen autonomen Regierung mit dem Montmeló Stadtrat und dem Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya (RACC), konnte 1989 die Arbeit an der modernen Rennstrecke in einer der schönsten europäischen Städte beginnen. Die Rennstrecke von Katalonien vor den Toren Barcelonas eröffnete im September 1991 und war noch im selben Monat Austragungsort des ersten spanischen Formel-1-Grand-Prix. Danach war Katalonien Gastgeber des Europäischen Motorrad Grand Prix, und 1995 fand dort der Gran Premio de Catalunya statt. Die Rennstrecke, die insgesamt 104 000 Zuschauer fasst, zählt zu den bestentworfenen Strecken der Neuzeit: Im Jahr 2001 gewann der Circuito de Catalunya die heißbegehrte IRTA ´Best Grand Prix´ Trophäe.

TRACK DATA

POLE POSITION: RIGHT LENGTH: 4700 meters WIDTH: 12 meters 13 Corners ( 8 right, 5 left) Straight 1047 meters

Catalonia Tyre allocation Moto2 Front Option 1 Fronts: 120/75R17 Medium ’2’ (Black ’Dunlop’ on Silver) Option 2 Hard’3’ (Yellow ’Dunlop’ on Black) Rears Option 1 Rears: 195/75R17 Medium ’4’ (Black Dunlop on Silver ) Option 2 Hard S1

Simon Betney, International Event Manager, Dunlop Motorsport: “It’s good to be introducing another new tyre for Moto2 after positive feedback from Mugello. No one chose the Hard ‘3’ front for the race but the Catalunya track is a higher energy track so it could well be top choice this weekend for the race. It will also be interesting to see how riders feel about the new special hard ‘S1’ – we could have a race win on the race debut for both.”

FRIDAY 12 OF JUNE 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 13 OF JUNE 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 14 OF JUNE 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

by TECHNOMAG- DERENDINGER- INTERWETTEN

Illustration: Amaël Lemaitre and @kimu

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