TT IoM 2013

[JRT]

Por ahora domina Anstey...Guy empieza mal, ya va 9º...Los Dunlop segundo y tercero..McPint quinto...

[JRT]

M. Dunlop se pone primero por menos de un segundo...

[JRT]

Bestial la lucha de Anstey con M. Dunlop! Por Ramsey siguen pegados!...un segundo a favor ahora del australiano!

[JRT]

Anstey 2.6s por delante de M.Dunlop...William tercero...McPint cuarto...Guy pegado...

[FERR]

Jejeje nadie quiere retirar a McGuiness!! Al menos yo desde luego, pero me ha parecido curioso el tema al verlo por twitter, y siempre esta bien debatir ciertas cosas por el foro a ver que opina la gente.

No se si me he explicado mal, no digo que quisieras retirarlo, sino que McGuiness está a un nivel altísimo este año, luchando por ganar carreras, así que no veo ningún motivo para su retirada, pero bueno que puede tener motivos personales y esos rumores vengan de algunos conocidos suyos que ya lo sepan.
 

Bonita carrera de SS!! Anstey está muy bien, veremos si aguanta el ritmo hasta el final.

[Daiyiro]

Desde Grandstand hasta Glen Helen Dunlop vuela y recorta mucho tiempo. Pero en la zona de la montaña Anstey esta siendo más rápido hasta ahora.

Edito: Dunlop primero en Ballaugh 

Victoria para Michael Dunlop. Anstey le sacaba más de 4 segundos al comienzo de la última vuelta y Dunlop no solo le ha recortado esa distancia en la última vuelta sino que le ha metido 2 segundos en meta, rodando a una media de 128.66 mph en esta vuelta, nuevo record con una SSP.

BRUTAL 




 

[FERR]

Brutal carrera de Michael Dunlop!! Anstey ha rodado realmente fuerte, pero parece que hay una nueva leyenda en este TT...  falta un emoticono de aplausos jod...!!

[Marc The Bike]

BOF! WOW!

Qué decir de Dunlop...qué decir! Sin palabras. Pilota por las paredes, en eso me recuerda a DJ. Dice que en Bungalow ha estado a punto de perder el tren delantero....miedito tenía que dar verlo.

Desde Grandstand hasta Glen Helen Dunlop vuela y recorta mucho tiempo. Pero en la zona de la montaña Anstey esta siendo más rápido hasta ahora.

Eso es porque Dunlop tenía tráfico, creo yo. En la última vuelta, con tráfico despejado para ambos, sólo ha perdido 2 décimas. Increíble, han rodado fortísimos los dos, por debajo del récord de vuelta anterior. Anstey, siempre el gran tapado, cada año desde hace más de 10 que está delante. Y ganando. Otros no pueden decir lo mismo.

[Gali]

BRUTAL.....      

[Marc The Bike]

De vez en cuando, por twitter se esta leyendo si este es el ultimo año de McGuiness en caso de no ganar siquiera el Senior TT, y me he dado cuenta de algo que no me habia percatado.

Actualmente John tiene 19TT, y si no pasa nada, solo con el TT Zero de este año, que con la Mugen es claro favorito, llegara a las 20, quedandose a solo de las 6 de Dunlop.

Llegado a este punto, yo soy de los que piensa que, aunque no gane nada mas este año, seguira el proximo, mas teniendo en cuenta que en el SBK batio el record de la isla. En caso hipotetico de que el año que viene llegara y no rindiera bien, sera cuando quizas creo que se pensaria irse a casa.

Desde otra perspectiva, este año ha cumplido 41, y por poner un ejemplo, Dunlop gano hasta los 48 que fue en la edad a la que falleció. De hecho, creo recordar que a finales de los 90, Dunlop le costó muchisimo seguir ganando TT's quitando en lightweights, a excepcion del 2000 que gano Formula TT. Es decir, si mas o menos mantiene el nivel, y si el quiere, podriamos tener McGuiness para unos cuantos años mas, y por extension, tener muy al alcance superar las miticas 26 de Joey.

¿Vosotros que pensais?

La victoria que ha perdido en el Zero TT le debe haber dolido, la Mugen era la favorita, pero Rutter se ha sacado ese 109 que no había hecho en entrenos. Jamás hubiera pensado que las eléctricas darían carreras emocionantes. El año que viene a por los 110mph!

Ir sumando victorias poco a poco hasta llegar a 26 le costará mucho, porque cuando Joey corría, tenías varias categorías (125, 250, singles, las 400, production 600 y 1000 etc.) y ahora, aunque hay 6 carreras en realidad son solo tres o cuatro categorías. Si no eres competitivo en las 600cc ya pierdes dos intentos, por ejemplo. Este año le han batido en SBK (Plater y Hutchy ganaron y McPint abandonó, no les quito méritos, pero es lo cierto), cosa que nunca había pasado. Entre esto, y que la motivación interna seguramente ya no es la misma, normal que los rumores se extiendan. Cuando el río suena...

Pero no nos olvidemos que el récord de podios casi lo tiene. Y en el '99 Joey no ganó nada, y al año siguiente triplete. Le ocurre lo que a Rossi: nadie puede enterrar al rey, pero ya no gana con "facilidad". El Senior será el momento clave, aún sigue siendo el más rápido a una vuelta.

[JRT]

Y Dunlop vuelve a ganar...que grande!...la verdad es que me está recordando en su forma de pilotar a DJ...

[Daiyiro]

Maeso será operado hoy en Liverpool

http://www.motoworld.es/deporte/velocidad-internacional/antonio-maeso-sera-operado-de-nuevo-hoy.html

Mucho ánimo 

[el chino]

FOURSOME MICHAEL DUNLOP TAKES ANOTHER RACE WIN AT THE ISLE OF MAN TT RACES
Michael Dunlop smashed his own lap and race records in a thrilling second Monster Energy Supersport race on Wednesday afternoon at the 2013 Isle of Man TT Races to remain unbeaten for the week and become only the third rider to win four races in a week.

A stunning final lap of 128.667mph gave the 24-year old a 2.3s victory over long time race leader Bruce Anstey to make it four wins from four races with the second HM Plant Padgetts Honda of John McGuinness in third.

After a 15-minute delay due to a power failure in parc ferme, Anstey who, as he promised, was quickest out the traps but, as expected, it was close with Dunlop just 0.4s behind. Brother William was right in contention in third with the fast starting James Hillier again showing well on the run to Glen Helen. He occupied fourth with McGuinness and Dean Harrison close behind.

As the lap progressed, Anstey continued to extend his advantage and an opening lap of 126.476mph gave him a 3.5s lead over Michael Dunlop with William almost three seconds further back in third. McGuinness was up to fourth now ahead of Guy Martin and Harrison.

The duo at the head of the field practically matched each other all the way round the second 37 and ¾ miles but Anstey continued to lead, his lap of 127.817mph just a fraction outside Dunlop’s lap record from 2010. The gap had crept up to 4.47s with the Dunlops in second and third, McGuinness in fourth, Cameron Donald in fifth and Hillier still in sixth. However, the HM Plant/Padgetts crew got Anstey out from the pit stop in super quick time, his lead shooting up to nine seconds.

Dunlop knew he had work to do in the second half of the race and he made his charge immediately, reducing the deficit to 5.6s at Glen Helen. Just as the gap between the top two was decreasing, so was the gap between William Dunlop and McGuinness for third with just 2.4s between them with less than two laps to go. Donald was still in fifth with Hillier in sixth as, once again, the fans were treated to the leading five riders on the road circulating nose to tail.

Going into the final lap, Anstey still held sway by just over four seconds and he led on the road too but with Dunlop now having clear track, having passed McGuinness, Hillier and Donald, he ate into the gap at all of the timing points.

He hit the front for the first time at Ballaugh, his lead now 1.5s but he had to work all the way to the chequered flag and it needed that sensational new lap record to see off the strong challenge of Anstey, the difference at the end of 150 miles of racing just 2.3s. Dunlop’s race record was also a staggering 28s inside the previous best.

[el chino]

Michael Rutter takes another SES TT Zero win for MotoCzysz team in record-breaking lap
Michael Rutter and MotoCzysz took a thrilling victory in the SES TT Zero race in glorious conditions on the Isle of Man this morning, officially breaking the previous clean emissions lap record that he set last year. The Midlands rider smashed the record unofficially earlier in the week during practice on the MotoCzysz 2013 bike, but only narrowly took victory from Mugen rider John McGuinness. Rutter's new record official is a time of 20:38.46 (109.675mph), beating his time last year (21:45.33/104.056) by over a minute.

John McGuinness was not far behind Michael Rutter, lapping with a time of 20:40.13 (109.527mph) on the Mugen machine. The Morecambe missile showed that he can be just as competitive in the Zero class as he is in the other classes at TT 2013. Robert Barber, the 2009 race winner, took the final podium place on the Ohio State University machine, which lapped the Mountain course in 25:02.467 (90.403mph). Rutter’s American MotoCzysz teammate, Mark Miller unfortunately retired at Ballaugh Bridge with a broken gear box.

George Spence on the Kingston University bike was next to finish the race with a time of 25:41.82 (88.096mph), followed by Chris McGahan on the Vercarmoto at 83.857mph.

After announcing that this would be his last TT, Ian Lougher paid tribute to Yoshinari Matsushita on the Komatti Mirai machine with a time of 27:46.30 (81.515mph). David Madsen-Mygdal on the Imperial and Paul Owen on the Brunel University machine completed the group in today’s one lap race.

[el chino]

Los de los atalajes:
Birchall Brothers gain first win in Isle of Man TT Races Sure Sidecar 2 Triumph
For the second time at the 2013 Isle of Man TT Races, fuelled by Monster Energy, the Sure Formula Two sidecar event saw debut winners with former World Champions Ben and Tom Birchall leading from start to finish to take their first victory around the Mountain Course.

Having been forced to retire from Saturday’s three-lap encounter when leading, the Nottinghamshire brothers made no mistakes this time around and took a 17.3s victory from Dave Molyneux/Patrick Farrance with Conrad Harrison/Mike Aylott having to settle for third on this occasion.

The Birchalls signalled their intentions from the start moving into a two-second lead at Glen Helen on the opening lap, with first race winners Tim Reeves/Dan Sayle slotting into second and Harrison a further one and half seconds back in third. Molyneux lay in fourth from John Holden/Andy Winkle and Gary Bryan/Jamie Winn.

There was no change at the top of the order over the remainder of the lap and a lap of 114.490mph gave the Birchalls a 10.7s lead over Reeves/Sayle with Molyneux/Farrance now moving up to third. Harrison/Aylott slipped back to fourth with Holden/Winkle and Bryan/Winn still in fifth and sixth.

Circulating ahead of Reeves/Sayle on the roads, the Birchalls extended their lead to 11.5s at Glen Helen on the second lap and that soon increased when the first race winners were forced to retire at Ballaugh. That promoted Molyneux/Farrance and Harrison/Aylott up into the podium places with Holden up to fourth and Dougie Wright/Martin Hull now getting the better of Bryan/Winn for fifth.

The Birchalls second lap was their personal best at 114.662 and although Molyneux/Farrance also lapped in excess of 114mph, they were now 16s behind. However, they were a similar distance clear of Harrison/Aylott with the top six remaining the same.

On the final lap, the Birchalls were able to maintain their advantage over Molyneux/Farrance and they took a superb victory thus following in the footsteps of Reeves in adding a TT victory to their World Championship success of 2009.

Harrison/Aylott took their fifth TT podium together with Holden/Winkle comfortable in fourth. Wright/Hull retired at Kirk Michael on the final lap and so Bryan/Winn took fifth with Gary/Dan Knight wrapping up their excellent TT campaign with sixth. Frank Lelias/Charlie Richardson did likewise in seventh with Wayne Lockey/Luke Capewell in eighth ahead of Dean Banks/Ken Edwards and Mick Donovan/Aaron Galligan, all of them achieving their best TT results.