Title hopes in doubt for Hayes after round two concussion
Section: Competition
Former points leader scores DNF in SX1 main event.
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Former SX2 points leader Jacob Hayes has had his title hopes thrown into doubt after a concussion in the opening laps of Port Adelaide’s main event saw him forced to prematurely exit round two of the 2019 Australian Supercross Championship.
The Serco Yamaha contender was tipped as the favourite to win in South Australia, as the then red-plate holder boasted exceptional speed throughout every session, including topping Superpole.
The American import suffered a poor start and was forced to make a number of quick passes in the main, however while attempting to cut under Aaron Tanti (Serco Yamaha) and Jay Wilson (Yamalube Yamaha Racing), he came up short as he tripled into the third rhythm lane, causing him to crash heavily.
“Aaron [Tanti] made a move on Jay Wilson, and Jacob squared the corner off and thought he could still make the triple in,” team owner Gavin Eales explained to MotoOnline.com.au. “He didn’t make it- he didn’t get the front wheel across and knocked himself out, but he’s all good. He’s very sore, but he’s fine.”
Hayes now sits seventh in the championship standings, 17 points behind newly-appointed leader Tanti as just three rounds remain. The next stop on the calendar is scheduled for 9 November at Wollongong in New South Wales.
Marc Marquez has qualified on pole position for the first time in the MotoGP class at Motegi, meaning he has qualified on pole position in the premier class at least once at every track on the current calendar and at a total of 20 different circuits. Mick Doohan holds the record in the premier class with 24 different tracks, followed by Valentino Rossi (21), Marquez (20) and Casey Stoner/Kevin Schwantz (18).
Marc Marquez
This is the 62nd pole position for Marc Marquez on what is his 124th start in the premier class, meaning he has once again qualified on pole position in exactly half of the races he has competed in since he stepped up to the premier class in 2013.
In addition, this is Marc Marquez’ 90th pole position on what is the 202nd start of his Grand Prix career (44.5%).
Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez – P1
“First pole position on the MotoGP bike in Motegi is great, I didn’t know it was the last one! It’s a circuit that I usually struggle at a bit but today the setup was working very well in Qualifying and I was able to ride in a different way. It’s important to start on pole at the home of Honda. I felt very strong during Free Practice 4 but the conditions weren’t really normal. It was still a bit wet out on track, tomorrow we will have a lot of pressure from Yamaha and Dovizioso I think, so we still need to work a bit in Warm Up. The target is to fight for the victory, let’s see what the conditions are.”
Marc Marquez
Franco Morbidelli has qualified in second place, equalling his best qualifying result in the MotoGP class from Jerez earlier this year. In addition, this is Morbidelli’s third front-row start in the premier class, all achieved this year and the third time he’s out-qualified team-mate Quartararo.
Franco Morbidelli – P2
“We did a great job in the wet today after working very well together and after doing a good job yesterday in the dry conditions. It was half wet and half dry in qualifying, but we were able to be fast again so it was an amazing session. I wasn’t expecting to be as fast as I was because I hadn’t tried out the conditions on slick tyres at the end of FP4. The conditions affected qualifying a little bit and we were a second quicker yesterday, so it’s hard to say how much we’ve improved versus our opposition, but we’ll see what happens now in the race.”
Franco Morbidelli
Completing the front row is Fabio Quartararo. Since his first front row of his rookie season in Jerez this year when he was on pole position, the Frenchman has only missed out the front on three occasions: Le Mans, Brno and Silverstone.
Fabio Quartararo – P3
“We’ve had good pace in the wet and good pace in the dry this weekend but our weak point has been in the damp, so I was able to make a big step in those conditions today. It wasn’t in our plan but it’s great to have ticked it off. We’ll work a little more in warm-up tomorrow morning to improve our race pace, we need to make a good start, and then let’s see what happens. But I’m feeling good and I think we can fight for the podium again. I’ll give my 100% and try to fight with the guys.”
Fabio Quartararo
If Fabio Quartararo wins the race in Japan (20 years and 183 days old), he will be the second-youngest rider to win a premier class Grand Prix race behind Marc Marquez, who was 20 years and 63 days old when he won at the Americas GP back in 2013.
Fabio Quartararo must be more than 75 points ahead of Joan Mir after Motegi to win the fight for the Rookie of the Year. He is currently 85 ahead, and Mir is his only remaining rival.
Fabio Quartararo
Maverick Viñales, who has finished on the podium once in the MotoGP class at Motegi with a third place in 2016 with Suzuki, has qualified in fourth place, which is the 13th time this year he starts from the front two rows of the grid.
Maverick Viñales
Maverick Viñales – P4
“Honestly, in these drying conditions, our bike is always difficult, but overall today has been very positive. Being the first rider on the second row was close to the objective, so we can be happy and positive. I think tomorrow we have a good opportunity again to make it a good race. We will for sure try to battle at the front, I will do my best.”
Maverick Viñales
With Franco Morbidelli, Fabio Quartararo and Maverick Viñales, this is the fourth time this year there are three Yamaha riders within the top four in qualifying along with Catalunya, San Marino and Thailand. The last podium finish for Yamaha riders at Motegi was in 2015 as Valentino Rossi took second followed by Jorge Lorenzo in third.
After passing through Q1, Cal Crutchlow, who finished second last year at Motegi, qualified fifth, which is his best qualifying result since he was third on the grid in Americas earlier this year. That was his only front row start of the season so far.
Cal Crutchlow – P5
“It was difficult conditions because there were a lot of wet patches, but it’s difficult every corner or every lap of every circuit. But I’m 34 years old, I shouldn’t be riding like that, putting my neck on the line week in, week out! But it’s good fun, it’s entertaining and I felt good so I was able to push. I made a mistake in the third sector, I ran on the water and I couldn’t get off it so I lost three tenths or something, but I did my best and my best is second row and we’ll see what we can do tomorrow.”
Cal Crutchlow
Jack Miller, who failed to score point on his two visits in MotoGP in Japan, has qualified in sixth and is top Ducati. It’s his second successive sixth place to make it the 11th time this year he has qualified on the first two rows.
Jack Miller – P6
“I am quite satisfied with the work done today. The second row is always a good result that allows you to start from a good position. It is clear that I was expecting to do a bit more, but I wasn’t able to do a perfect lap. The feeling is very positive, the bike is working well. I think I can have a good race.”
Jack Miller
Last year’s pole-sitter Andrea Dovizioso, who has been on pole at Motegi three times, has qualified seventh. Only twice has he qualified lower on the grid at Motegi: ninth in 2017, when he fought back to take the win, and 13th in his rookie year in MotoGP in 2008. This is the eighth time this year Dovizioso has failed to qualify on the first two rows.
Andrea Dovizioso – P7
“Our qualifying session was a bit difficult because there were still some damp patches on the track, and I wasn’t able to have a really fluid riding style there. It’s a pity about the third row, but we are in quite good shape for the race: let’s hope the warm-up tomorrow morning is dry because we still have to do an important test, with the aim of being protagonists in the race.”
Andrea Dovizioso
Danilo Petrucci, who finished third place at Motegi in the wet in 2017, has qualified in eighth position, which is the 10th time this season he has qualified within the front three rows of the grid but his second best qualifying result at Motegi.
Danilo Petrucci – P8
“Our intention was to at least get onto the second row, but the track conditions were rather complicated, and it was easy to make a mistake: unfortunately, I made one right on the last lap and wasn’t able to improve my time. In any case, I think we can be competitive tomorrow and, even though I’m starting a little bit further back on the grid, I’m convinced I can do a good race.”
Danilo Petrucci
Valentino Rossi, who was the first Yamaha rider across the line last year in Motegi in fourth, has qualified 10th, which is only the third time on his 20 visits to that track in the premier class he has failed to qualify within the front three rows of the grid.
Valentino Rossi – P10
“This weekend so far we tried something that was a little bit different to improve the braking, which is a difficult job, but we‘re trying. Today I still wasn‘t fantastic on braking, but apart from that we‘re all very close in general in terms of the setting. I expected more from Q2, try to start a bit better, because in FP4 I wasn‘t so bad, but it is the way it is. We wait to see what the conditions will be like tomorrow, because it looks like it will be completely dry. My pace in the dry was good yesterday. Today it was quite dry, but the conditions were difficult for everybody. We need to understand if we can improve a little bit for tomorrow, so I can have enough pace to recover positions.”
Todd hospitalised in Port Adelaide AUS Supercross crash
Section: Competition
Suspected pelvic injury for the DPH Motorsport Husqvarna rider.
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Dual Pirelli MX Nationals MX2 champion Wilson Todd was transported to hospital last night after suffering a heavy fall in the SX2 main event at Port Adelaide’s second round of the Australian Supercross Championship.
The Queenslander is suspected to have suffered an injury to his pelvis, prompting him to be hospitalised for further medical evaluation.
“From what they told us – he’s with Race Safe – but he’s in a bit of pain,” team manager Boyd Hocking told MotoOnline.com.au. “He’s stable and going to Royal Adelaide Hospital to get x-rays on his pelvis. He had a lot of assistance to get off the track, but he’s in a lot of pain. We don’t know too much more at the moment.”
Brands Hatch Finale – Saturday Report Images by Dave Yeomans
The fight for the 2019 Bennetts British Superbike Championship will go down a final Sunday battle between Be Wiser Ducati riders Scott Redding and Josh Brookes following Saturday’s opening race at Brands Hatch.
Having scorched to his fifth pole position of the season aboard his factory-supported Be Wiser Ducati V4 R, Aussie Brookes trailed rival Redding by 28-points coming into the final triple-header.
Redding suffered a technical problem mid-way through the Datatag Extreme Qualifying session and subsequently had a lot of work to do from ninth on the grid.
Josh Brookes leads the field away at Brands
In Saturday’s race, Brookes immediately grabbed the lead, but Redding dropped back to 11th with the Gloucester rider having an uphill task to claw back the lost ground. He’d worked his way up to seventh when the race was stopped on lap seven due to a three-bike crash which left oil on the track.
Red Flag
The 12-lap re-start saw Brookes again grab the lead from the outset and a stunning first lap gave him a 1.2 second lead over fellow Ducati rider Tommy Bridewell. Redding was back in eighth but was soon up to sixth and part of a four-rider battle for fourth.
Josh Brookes leading the field in race two
Brookes saw his advantage over Bridewell whittled down to half a second at half-race distance but he responded in perfect style and, with a succession of fastest laps, he ran out victor by a commanding 2.2s for his eighth win of the season, and 15th around the Brands Hatch GP track.
Redding, meanwhile, picked off the riders in front of him one by one and having moved up to fourth on lap eight, he overhauled Christian Iddon a lap later and duly crossed the line in third place to maintain his lead in the championship standings, albeit by the slightly reduced margin of 19-points.
Iddon equalled his season best result of fourth place ahead of Buchan on the final lap with O’Halloran holding off Peter Hickman for sixth place. The Honda Racing pairing of Xavi Forés and Andrew Irwin held eighth and ninth respectively and Taylor Mackenzie completed the top 10.
With two races and 50-points up for grabs in Sunday’s two races, either Redding or Brookes will be crowned champion as no other rider can win the title.
Josh Brookes
“Qualifying couldn’t have gone any better for me with pole position and Scott hitting trouble and ending up ninth so it put me in the ideal place ahead of the race. The red flag probably worked against me, so things balanced themselves out and I just focused on trying to win the race. It’s all I can do and everything else is out of my hands but it wasn’t the easiest of races as the track was quite tricky and the sun was low in the sky so it took a while for me to feel comfortable and get into a rhythm. Once I got that, I felt more confident with the bike and the track conditions and was able to pull away, so I’ll simply try to do the same again tomorrow.”
Scott Redding
“It hasn’t been the easiest of days so I’m quite happy to end it with third place. Scott ReddingQualifying was difficult and starting ninth was far from ideal and I made it hard for myself in the first part when I lost a lot of ground and used a lot of the tyre trying to close the gap. In the re-start, I struggled off the line once more and it took me a while to get through the pack and third was the best I could do. I had the pace to run with the leaders, but I need to get away with them at the start, so I’ll be hoping for an easier day at the office tomorrow.”
Johnny Mowatt, Be Wiser Ducati Team Co-ordinator
“We’re more than happy with how today’s gone and with qualifying being our first real run in the dry, it was important for both riders to hit the ground running in terms of set-up which is exactly what they did. Josh topped every session and took a fine pole position, but Scott unfortunately had a technical issue and was left with a lot of work to do. Josh’s only goal coming into the weekend was to go for race wins and, for him, it was definitely a case of mission accomplished. The red flag helped Scott a bit otherwise it would have been a major challenge from where he was but to win a championship you need a bit of luck and perhaps that was his there. It was a good 1-3 and PBM are guaranteed the championship now but we’ll keep our feet on the ground, hope for good weather and look to secure first and second in the championship.”
Brands Hatch Results Race One 1. Josh Brookes (Be Wiser Ducati) 2. Tommy Bridewell (Oxford Racing Ducati) +2.256s 3. Scott Redding (Be Wiser Ducati) +8.435s
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As the final laps appeared in sight though, it was down to a key group of six in the fight for the podium – Matsuyama, Munandar, Azman, Thai rider Tatchakorn Buasri, Shoki Igarashi and Nishimura. Drama hit on the penultimate lap for Nishimura, however, as the number 3 suddenly tagged the rear tyre of Munandar ahead of him and went down. That left Matsuyama with an open goal, and despite his fractured wrist, the number 11 would emerge victorious nonetheless.
Triple Australian supercross champion Justin Brayton delivered another commanding ride for Penrite Honda Racing to win the SX1 main event at Port Adelaide tonight.
Brayton worked his way into the lead on the opening lap and sprinted ahead from there in what was the only traditional format final of the 2019 season.
In the end the American lit the candles with a 9.757s advantage from Luke Clout (CDR Yamaha Monster Energy), who managed to turn the tables on teammate Dan Reardon in South Australia. Local Brett Metcalfe (Penrite Honda Racing) rode to fourth position.
SX1 newcomer Richie Evans (Yamalube Yamaha Racing) showed he belongs in the class by recording fifth place, ahead of Honda-mounted privateer Joel Wightman in a solid P6.
Next best was Jesse Dobson (Husqvarna), while national champion Todd Waters (DPH Motorsport Husqvarna) made a late move on Jackson Richardson (Rockstar Energy Honda), as Dylan Long (Empire Kawasaki) completed the top 10.
In the championship standings following two of five rounds, Brayton now leads by eight points over Clout and Reardon, with the series set to continue at Wollongong’s WIN Stadium in New South Wales on Saturday, 9 November.
Pramac Racing’s Jack Miller was the man to beat in Sector 1 onboard his Ducati GP19, heading Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) by over a tenth. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) takes top honours in the second split, the British rider also sitting just ahead of Viñales. Sector 3 belongs to the Petronas Yamaha SRT pairing, Franco Morbidelli slightly faster than teammate Fabio Quartararo, before Marquez proves he has the edge in the final split.
Oldenburg rises for first SX2 victory in South Australia
Section: Competition
Opening round winner Hayes and outdoor champion Todd crash out of final.
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Penrite Honda Racing’s Mitchell Oldenburg has won round two of the 2019 Australian Supercross Championship in SX2, delivering a dominant performance at Port Adelaide in South Australia.
Oldenburg scored his first win on Australian soil by a commanding 6.555s over fellow American import Josh Osby (Raceline KTM Thor).
Fast-finishing Aaron Tanti (Serco Yamaha) almost made it consecutive runner-up results, however an error on the final lap allowed Osby back through for position. Defending champion Jay Wilson (Yamalube Yamaha Racing) and Chris Blose (Penrite Honda Racing) filled the top five.
Supercross rookie Regan Duffy (Raceline KTM Thor) impressed with sixth place, followed by lead privateer Connor Tierney (Yamaha), Tomas Ravenhorst (KTM), Bradley Taft (Empire Kawasaki) and Dylan Wills (Davey Motorsports KTM).
Major news in the SX2 main was the exit of early leader Wilson Todd (DPH Motorsport Husqvarna) and opening round winner Jacob Hayes (Serco Yamaha) – separately going down in the same rhythm lane on lap three.
As a result, it’s now Tanti who leads the championship following two of five rounds, two points ahead of Osby and a further two ahead of tonight’s winner Oldenburg. Previous leader Hayes has now dropped down the order to seventh.
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