世界二輪賽事新聞(不定時更新)

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Alvaro Bautista準備進行手術




剛從非洲回來的八弟終於回到了自己家鄉，準備進行手術，將植入股骨螺絲取出。

八弟是重多趁著寒假去做手術的車手之一(還有Stefan Bradl, Randy de Puniet, Yonny Hernandez,而這只是舉個例子。還有不要忘記帥氣的Hayden)

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阿根廷站確定在2013年加入MotoGP



南美賽道再次回到MotoGP賽程表.不知道時差有多嚴重

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moto2車手名單

No.	Rider	Bike	Team
3	Simone Corsi	FTR	IODA Racing
4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	GP Team Switzerland
5	Johann Zarco	Motobi	JiR
9	Kenny Noyes	FTR	Bainet Sport
12	Thom Luthi	Suter	TT Motion Events
14	Ratthapark Wilairot	FTR	Team SAG
15	Alex de Angelis	Suter	Forward Racing
18	Nico Terol	Suter	Mapfre Aspar
19	Xavier Simeon	Tech 3	Tech 3
21	Alessandro Andreozzi	FTR	Speed Up
24	Toni Elias	Suter	Mapfre Aspar
29	Andrea Iannone	FTR Speed Up	Speed Master
34	Tito Rabat	Kalex	Pons
36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	Marc VDS
38	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	Tech 3
41	Pol Espargaro	Kalex	Pons
44	Roby Rolfo	Suter	Technomag CIP
45	Scott Redding	Kalex	Marc VDS
47	Angel Rodriguez	FTR	Team SAG
57	Eric Granado	Motobi	JiR
60	Julian Simon	FTR	BQR
71	Claudio Corti	Kalex	Italtrans
72	Yuki Takahashi	Suter	Forward Racing
73	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	Italtrans
76	Max Neukirchner	Kalex	Kiefer Racing
77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	Technomag CIP
80	Axel Pons	Kalex	Pons
82	Elena Rosell	Moriwaki	QMMF(女車手曾幫Julian Simon代班)
88	Ricky Cardus	Moriwaki	QMMF
93	Marc Marquez	Suter	Monlau Competicion
94	Jonas Folger	FTR	MZ
Unconfirmed
	Gino Rea	Moriwaki	Gresini
	Bernd Hiemer	FTR	MZ

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Moto GP將何去何從

Moto GP正處於十字路口中，Suzuki加入了Kawasaki與Aprilia的旁觀者陣容中，同時在2012年新的CRT車隊準備登場之時，正廠車隊(Honda與Ducati)卻又打算減少參賽車輛。

所以，在不遠的將來，Moto GP會變成如何呢?

以下就是一些在2013以及之後可能的變數

與2012同樣數量的廠車與衛星車隊

2012的Moto GP賽季將會有三家廠商的正廠車隊，Honda、Yamaha與Ducati，除此之外，每一家廠商都只會提供2台衛星賽車，剩下來空缺將會由那六家野心勃勃的廠商的CRT賽車來填補

所以那六間廠商與那六台衛星賽車會以怎樣的形式待在2013年的賽季呢?

Dorna曾表示，2013年時他們將只會贊助CRT車隊，這將會給與衛星車隊一些經濟壓力，例如Tech 3(Yamaha)、Gresini(Honda)、LCR(Honda)、Pramac(Ducati)與Cardion AB(Ducati)，並且讓他們慎重的考慮轉型為CRT車隊。

在經過一年賽季的修正過後，CRT賽車理應會在2013年時更有競爭力，就算沒有，Dorna也應該會發揮他的影響力來對CRT的表現讓步

所有的車都以CRT形式出賽

在2012年，成本較低的CRT賽車將會在有別於正廠賽車的技術規範下出賽，包含了較為寬鬆的燃油限制(比正廠賽車多3公升)、引擎的數量(12具引擎，而正廠車與衛星車隊只有6具)，以期能夠減少CRT與原型車隊的實力差距

Drona的老闆Carmelo Ezpeleta表示Moto GP必須要透過改變才能延續，並且告訴了Motosprint：很顯然，目前做出來的賽車並不符合現今的世界經濟現況。

同時Drona也表示CRT賽車有機會使用修改過後的superbike引擎加上原型車架，並且成為長期的解決方案，這樣的結果其實很諷刺，因為早在990CC時期，WCM車隊就因為使用市售套件而被排除在外。

Moto GP使用兩套技術規範，使得CRT能夠在2012和原型廠車一同較勁，但這只被視為是一個過渡時期，未來則有可能所有等級都會變成如此。

可以確定這些技術規範將會傾向CRT而不是原型車輛，同時車輛的中控ECU與加速的限制都會被拿出來討論，以來取代2012年的引擎與然油規範。

廠隊派去參賽的車輛越少，就越難以適應轉變，同時如果廠商失去了他們的衛星車隊，那麼研發製造現有等級原型比賽車輛的成本將會非常的高。

現任世界冠軍Casey Stoner曾表示他不想要在全面CRT化的Moto GP出賽，但是七次世界冠軍得主Valentino Rossi則是比較務實樂觀。

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廠隊減低租用車輛的成本，會讓衛星車隊變成跟CRT車隊一樣比較容易負擔?



如果廠商想要在未來沿續他們在2011年時候的影響力，那麼就只有一個選項，用滿坑滿谷的衛星賽車來擋住CRT車隊進軍GP。

要讓這樣的方法成功，那麼三家主要廠商必須要降低租用衛星賽車的成本，好讓車隊能夠認為除了轉型成CRT車隊以外，還有衛星賽車這樣經濟又實惠的選項。

如果面對CRT賽車與衛星賽車，在同樣的租用價位之下，大多數的車隊當然都會選擇較有競爭力的衛星賽車，而且如此一來還會有正廠的技術支援。

不過降低衛星賽車租用價位的議題，很久以前就在討論了，而CRT的概念就是因為車廠不願意面對上述議題的結果，所以現在又能怎麼辦?



也許CRT的到來，以及伴隨CRT而使車廠影響力下滑的事實，將會有助於車廠重新思考該如何降低衛星賽車的成本問題

而也許隨著減少「類廠車規格」的衛星賽車，另外一種較為低階的衛星賽車有可能會被車廠們所接受，例如使用前一年的賽車，然後賽季中不再升級。



依照2013年的規則改變，2012年的賽車應該還是可以出賽的。

或者廠商可能會在2013年同意提供並且維持特定的CRT等級賽車，目前來說，直接的正廠規格是不被允許的，但重點就在於CRT只是一個計畫構想，CRT並不代表MSMA的任何一家廠商，只是GPC的一個決議。

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引進F1中的資源限制協議(Resource Restriction Agreement, RRA)來為廠商控管成本



其他廠商進軍Moto GP的機會是越來越低，在相關技術規範的影響下，目前的原型賽車成本居高不下，加以目前的經濟狀況，使得進軍GP根本就是一場大賭注。

那麼Moto GP何以能夠吸引BMW與KTM成為Moto GP的參賽車場，但是卻沒辦法讓Suzuki、Aprilia與Kawasaki回心轉意呢?

一個可能的原因是廠商的最高經費額度預算，類似的制度也同樣在F1中出現，但近期也造成了車隊之間的爭論，因為某些廠商一開始就有協會的同意，但是這樣的協議卻沒甚麼用處。



但是RRA在F1依舊被認為很重要，如果類似的東西能引進GP，那麼就能夠提供明確的預算方案，並且也將能夠有效的激勵其他廠商進入。

當然也有人會懷疑廠商會不會以旁門左道的方式來增加預算，主動的財務調查是不被允許的，而且大家必須要知道的是Moto GP的測試限制也同樣如此，這幾年來的測試都是建立在廠商的誠信之上的。



與WSBK合併?

多年來，流傳著不少有關Moto GP應該與WSBK合併的想法，這樣的合併確實會減少開銷，但這樣的想法已經在Bridgepoint的聲明中被排除了，Bridgepoint的聲明表示：Bridgepoint將會持續的幫助WSBK與Moto GP的發展，而這兩種賽事都將持續的獨立經營。



雖然沒辦法合併，但若是廠商認為他們被CRT車隊擠出Moto GP的話，廠商就有可能會轉往市售規範的賽事作發展，例如Kawasaki。



二行程回歸?

這確實有可能降低成本，因為二行程車輛在機構上，先天就比較便宜，同也能確保他的「原型」概念，不過這樣的機率幾乎是零，因為三個級別的車輛都已經轉換為四行程車種，而且廠商發展二行程車輛的意願也不高了

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Jorge設計的Hot Wheels車子開賣




Jorge為風火輪設計2012年的新車子已經正式開賣囉...
為了慶祝特別的一年...
Jorge還另外設計了T-shit和帽子,
一併在西班牙開賣了

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欣賞一下車手的安全帽吧!





I spent more time on the grid in 2011 than ever before and one of the interesting benefits of this was the level of details I started notching in some of the helmets. On TV, or even at trackside, it's difficult to see exactly what the helmet designers have done to make each rider's crash hat unique.
So I started grabbing a few close up shots of helmets as they popped out of the hustle and bustle that makes up a G.P. grid. This collection is arbitrary in that I made no effort to look at each helmet to find the best ones. There simply isn't time to do that, nor is it possible to look in a systematic way since the bikes arrive in an unpredictable order, and the grid itself is a fairly hectic space until right before the start when they kick us off.
Instead these are just some images of one element or another that caught my eye, some detail I'd not noticed when that lid went by at 120mph the day before. For example, I didn't realize until I looked closely that Lorenzo's Spartan emblem is dripping and spattered with blood. It's a nice touch placed adjacent to the heart-shaped ribbon, sort of a martillo-mantequilla thing.
It seems that, while the Compact Disk and then iTunes removed from our culture the wonderful artist's canvas that was the LP sleeve, the motor sport helmet has come into its own in this sense, compared to the old days of very basic paint schemes. As you might expect, some designs are inspired, others are less so. Some work a theme central to the rider's self-image into the design, others are dominated by a major sponsor's logo to the point that this sponsorship become the theme and the rider's identity is secondary.
Here then is a selection of designs I found noteworthy, and I hope the opportunity to see some of the details up close is interesting to you.


Tom Luthi's helmet was one of the first to make clear that I was missing something from the Armco. I'd not realized that his has bolts of lightning arcing around to strike his 12 logotype.


Nico Terol's Total Choco billboard is one that I did identify from a distance and at speed, because it reminded me often of how glad I am to see money, ANY money, being invested in GP racing. Beggars can't be choosers, right?


On the other end of the cool spectrum is Jonny Hernadez' winged design. As he backs it into to a corner you can almost see these wings flapping backwards to slow the show down.


Crazy Joe has an entire graphic identity constructed around his G.P. effort, his helmet, the bike fairing and tank, the pit box graphics all done in this cartoony style. Some packages, as I said, have had a lot of thought put into them.


Others strike me as in their infancy, such as Maverick Viñales' day glow stripes. I get the feeling he likes this very much, but post puberty he'll have moved on to something more sophisticated.


The younger Espargaro has gone right to the font of helmet design excellence, Drudi Performance, and sports a lid so sophisticated I can't tell what the heck it is.


I think this is Vasquez, and I think that's a pirate lion. But it might be some Spanish character. Any help, ye experts on Spain?


Behind Zarco's flag collection we find this guy. I'm sure there's an explanation but I have no idea what it is.


Sofuoglo's choice of flat black finish is similar to Ben Spies', but the ornaments are quite different.


Casey's helmet is worthy of study, another example of a lot of thought going into the design. But he also has a cartoon caricature on the back, and I think this element must be the common feature of GP helmets in this era.


Rossi is above all of that, and someday someone will write a treatise on the evolution of his helmet designs as realized by Aldo Drudi.


I really like when a rider does a special helmet for a given race, such as Bautista's for Laguna Seca.


I don't remember whose this is, but anyone who gives his dog a con-rod and piston to chew on is ok with me.


Sometimes some cool art and a pirate theme lose a bit of their impact when covered in Utah mud.


                                                                                                                And to end with, one of my favorites. It wasn't until this photo that I noticed the cat has the red and white stripes between his eyes. Awesome.

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Ruben Xaus測試moto2賽車以及Superbike賽車




之前已經提過Ruben Xaus已經加入Bimota並且成為競賽監督，而這位西班牙人，日前在Almeria測試Bimota新的moto2賽車和Superbike賽車，做為Bimota復出的第一步。

Xaus和其他的測試車手測試了最新版的moto2賽車,HB4 2012。

他們還測試了Superbike版賽車，由於這個品牌有意願在不久的未來進軍WBSK。