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Pole per Pedrosa, Rossi si frattura tibia e perone
Dani Pedrosa will start the 2010 Gran Premio d’Italia TIM from pole position at Mugello after a superb late lap in qualifying pushed him to the front of the grid. Securing his second pole of the season – his 15th in the premier class – with a time of 1’48.819 on the 23rd of his 24 laps, Pedrosa beat Jorge Lorenzo to the top spot by 0.177s. The current World Championship standings leader had taken prime position with ten minutes of the session remaining, becoming the first rider of the weekend to get under the 1’49” barrier by four-thousandths of a second, but Pedrosa’s effort means Lorenzo will go for his third straight win of the campaign from second spot. Joining the Spanish duo on the front row will be Casey Stoner after the Ducati Marlboro man found a more secure base on his bike which allowed him to qualify well, 0.613s off Pedrosa’s pace. His team-mate Nicky Hayden will lead the second row after taking fourth on the timesheet, with Colin Edwards of the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team and LCR Honda rider Randy de Puniet both enjoying positive sessions as they took fifth and sixth places respectively. Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) will start his first MotoGP race at Mugello from seventh place after an impressive weekend of learning the layout, and Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) will also be on the third row for his home race. Aleix Espargaró (Pramac Racing) continues to advance well on his satellite Ducati and he took ninth spot. Another rookie in Hiroshi Aoyama (Interwetten Honda MotoGP) will also be pleased with his efforts after he placed inside the top ten. A brace of Italian riders followed in Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) and Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki), with Héctor Barberá (Páginas Amarillas Aspar) and Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) next. Mika Kallio (Pramac Racing) and Álvaro Bautista (Rizla Suzuki) continued to feel the strains of injuries as they came in 15th and 16th respectively, with a notable absence from the session Valentino Rossi. The reigning World Champion was taken to hospital earlier in the day after a crash in the morning practice, and will have an operation this afternoon on a fractured right tibia. Rossi will stay out opf the track for several months. In Moto2 Iannone is the poleman, while the German Cortese is the fastest in 125.
Mugello: it's Rossi Home
Valentino Rossi laid down an opening warning to the rest of the MotoGP field by setting the fastest time in the first practice at Mugello. The Italian is going for his eighth premier class win at the circuit this weekend, and was almost four-tenths of a second faster than his team-mate and Championship rival Jorge Lorenzo. Rossi and Lorenzo established themselves at the forefront of the timesheet early on and Rossi continually improved his time as the session reached its climax. Inside the final ten minutes he finally broke the 1’50” barrier, setting a hot lap of 1’49.751. Ending the first practice at 0.369s further back in second place was Championship leader Lorenzo, with Loris Capirossi (Rizla Suzuki) pushing up into third with a late surge that left him 0.608s off the pace of his fellow Italian’s top marker. Capirossi then experienced a fall pushing hard through San Donato as his session ended a minute or two earlier than anticipated. Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech3) enjoyed a good opening session and was fourth fastest, just over a second off Rossi, with Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) the highest-placing Honda at just a thousandth of a second behind Edwards. Ben Spies impressed on his first MotoGP outing on the track by registering the sixth best time, just over two-tenths off Pedrosa. Casey Stoner, who will be looking to pull on the inspiration of last season’s race win at the circuit after his difficult opening to the 2010 campaign, had the worst possible start to the hour-long practice when he experienced a run-off at Turn 15. The Australian had to take his Desmosedici GP10 down into the gravel to avoid hitting the fence, and eventually placed seventh in the session as he completed 15 laps, the fewest of the field. Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda), Nicky Hayden (Ducati Marlboro) and Héctor Barberá (Páginas Amarillas Aspar) all set top-ten times as well, the rookie running off at Bucine early on just moments after Stoner had, and without consequence. Rizla Suzuki rookie Álvaro Bautista made his return after sitting out the last race at Le Mans due to his recovering collarbone, and was clearly still feeling some discomfort with a best time just over 5.5s off that of Rossi.In Moto2 the fastest is Alex De Angelisand in 125 Pol Espargarò.
Gluten free at the Mugello Circuit
On the starting grid Mugello GP engines turn on!! You can’t stay at home! On Friday 4th, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th of June AIC Toscana will be at the International Mugello Circuit to share the exciting atmosphere of the Italian Moto Grand Prix.
From the early morning you can visit our food stand where you can safely eat gluten free sandwiches and snacks: products can be offered only to celiac people with the AIC Card, don’t forget it! We will ask celiac foreigners to make a self-declaration.
Mugello 2010: even celiac people feast at the MotoGP.
Maps and timetable of TIM Italian Grand Prix
With the attached files you'll have the right answers to your questions.
MotoGP: what is important to know
TO ENTER
Only certified campers with “camper access” tickets (ingresso camper) will be admitted to the circuit. Car, trucks and other vehicles are not allowed in the circuit. The only access is "Ingresso PALAGIO". Vehicles (trucks, vans) and/or objects that create noise exceeding the legal limits are not allowed into the circuit. Only bikes of 100 c.c. and over will be admitted.
THE NUMBERS
More than 1500 people will work for the event. 120 for the medical service on track, - with hospitals and ambulances for the spectators - . The marshals are 400, the same number for safety and controls: more than 300 for logistical services.
GRANDSTANDS AN BIG SCREENS
The grandstands are four: one, covered, (3000 seats) just in front of start/finish line. Correntaio (3.000 , Materassi (3.500), Poggio Secco (4.000) the others. Each of them will have dedicated big screen: these are nine, (see the map) Three days for a big festival of motoracing, that's TIM Italian Grand Prix.
Pit Lane open for the spectators
It's an event you can not miss. Pit lane will be open to spectators on the first day of TIM Italian Grand Prix, from 930am to 11am of friday, It' s a sole oppurtunity dedicated to the people with a 3 days ticket.
On friday 4th – from 930 to 11 - every people with a 3 day ticket will be admitted into the pit lane to see the pit garage of Valentino Rossi and its Fiat Yamaha; Ducati Desmosedici with Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden, Loris Capirossi, Marco Melandri, Marco Simoncelli, Ben Spies, the heroes of MotoGp.
Exchange Exhbition on June in the circuit
Count down for the 2010 Exchange Exhbition that will be hosted in the circuit (into pit garages 2000 mq and in the paddcok area 40.000 mq) in Juve, 12th and 13th, just a week after TIM Italian Grand Prix.
The exhbition will be open saturday 12th June (8.30am-7pm) and 13th June (8.30am-6pm).
A special parade of Fiat 500 willl embellish this event that, in november 2009, had more than 12.000 visitors.
More info on www.svarvolatimugellani.it and on this website asap.
"Corsetti federal School" on track
With a big experience of eleven years, Rapid Training School and Safe Driving (directed by Claudio Corsetti) completes its integration with technical sector of FMI, converting itself in Corsetti Federal School. A very important step with the founder of Driving School for Motorbikes with best experience in Italy as project manager in some teaching activity always together with FMI.
