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		Superbike-WM in Portimao: Laverty, Rea und Biaggi
		Die Stimmen der Top-3 aus Portugal
		Eugene Laverty bejubelte seinen ersten Aprilia Sieg, Jonathan Rea freute sich über mentale Bestärkung und Max Biaggi will noch nicht an die WM denken. ... > weiter

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An early scrap between UEM Superstock 600 European Championship rivals Michael van Der Mark (EAB Ten Kate Junior Team Honda) and Riccardo Russo (Team Italia FMI Yamaha) was effectively over when Russo ran wide at mid race distance.

Van Der Mark now has a seven-point championship lead, with one round remaining in France. He has scored five race wins so far while Russo has scored four. Adrian Nestorovic (Team MTM Racing Yamaha) was a strong third in front of his team-mate Gauthier Duwelz at Portimao.

In the championship, van der Mark has 194 points, Russo 187, Duwelz 91 and Nestorovic 74.

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		Einsatz auf vier Rädern: Valentino Rossi am Nürburgring
		Rossi macht bei der Blancpain Endurance Series am Nürburgring den 19. Platz
		Valentino Rossi hat das freie Wochenende in der MotoGP für einen Ausflug zur Blancpain Endurance Series auf dem Nürburgring genutzt. ... > weiter

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Yamaha Factory Racing-Pilot Jorge Lorenzo kommt zwar mit einem 38-Punkte-Vorsprung an der Spitze der MotoGP™-Weltmeisterschaft ins Motorland Aragón, doch Hauptrivale Repsol Honda Team-Pilot Dani Pedrosa wird seinen Landsmann nicht kampflos davonziehen lassen, denn er hat nach dem Desaster im letzten Rennen Einiges gutzumachen.

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		MX3-Titel für Österreicher - Walkner: "Extrem geil!"
		Matthias Walkner holt den MX3-WM-Titel zurück nach Österreich
		Matthias Walkner hat sich am Wochenende zum MX3-Weltmeister gekürt und Österreich damit nach langer Wartezeit wieder einen Motocross-Titel beschert. ... > weiter

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		Tagung des europäischen Fahrerverbandes FEMA
		FEMA-Tagung auf der Intermot 2012
		Gesetzliche Hürden, Gefahren und sonstige Einschränkungen betreffen alle Motorradfahrer. Die FEMA gibt Europas Motorradfahrern eine Stimme. Die nächste FEMA-Tagung findet am 3. Oktober auf der Intermot statt. Diskutieren Sie mit Experten und Politikern über aktuelle Problemstellungen und Herausforderungen. Mit von der Partie: MOTORRAD-Chefredakteur Michael Pfeiffer. ... > weiter

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Yamaha Factory Racing-Pilot Jorge Lorenzo und Ben Spies kehren diese Woche nach Spanien zurück, wo am 30. September das 14. Rennen der Saison 2012, der Grand Prix von Aragón stattfindet.

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Giorgio Barbier (Racing Director Pirelli Moto) analyses the thirteenth and penultimate round of the year, held at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve circuit, Portimão in Portugal.

"Before analysing the Superbike races, Pirelli would like to congratulate Kenan Sofuoglu (on his return to the category) and team Kawasaki Lorenzini on their victory in the World Supersport Championship which rewards the rider's excellent performance and the team's consistent work throughout the season.

"But the Portimão round, the penultimate of the World Championship, was first and foremost an extremely important weekend in the Superbike class main feature which, despite the uncertain weather conditions, provided fans with two very heated and exciting races. In particular race 1 was ridden on rain tyres by all the riders for both the first start, when the track was actually still quite wet, and for the restart after the race was red flagged to clean up oil left on the track by Brignola's unfortunate crash. For the latter case, in spite of the track being almost completely dry and therefore not in ideal performance conditions for the wet solution, the tyres performed superbly and surpassed all expectations, allowing the riders not only to finish the race without problems but even to improve lap times as the race went on. Clear evidence of this is the best lap, realised by Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) during the last lap, at a time when the track had already quite completely dried off. Race 2, on the other hand, was run on slicks. More specifically, almost all the riders opted for the oversized profile SC0 R874 solution which proved to be a valid alternative to the SC0 solution which was the standard selection here, as well as at Brno, Misano and Phillip Island.

"With a 30.5 point advantage over the closest contender (Tom Sykes) and 38.5 over Marco Melandri, Max Biaggi has staked a strong claim on the title, but on several occasions Superbike has demonstrated just how unpredictable the races can be, so we will have to wait and see what happens during the final round which will be held at Magny-Cours in two weeks."

Pirelli BEST LAP Awards:

SBK Race 1 - Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) 1'56.477 (Lap 16)

SBK Race 2 - Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing Team) 1'44.578 (Lap 5)

Total BEST LAP (SBK): Checa C. (Althea Racing) 8, Biaggi M. (Aprilia Racing Team) 5, Melandri M. (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 4, Sykes T. (Kawasaki Racing Team) 3, Guintoli S. (Team Effenbert Liberty Racing) 1, Baz L. (Kawasaki Racing Team) 1, Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorad Italia Goldbet) 1, Leon Haslam (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 1, Laverty E. (Aprilia Racing Team) 1

WSS - Jules Cluzel (PTR Honda) 1'47.416 (Lap 6)

Total BEST LAP (WSS): Lowes S. (Bogdanka PTR Honda) 3, Cluzel J. (PTR Honda) 3, Foret F. (Kawasaki Intermoto Step) 2, Parkes B. (Ten Kate Racing Products) 2, Lanzi L. (Prorace) 1, Morais S. (Kawasaki Lorenzini) 1

STK1000 - Jeremy Guarnoni (MRS) 1'47.031 (Lap 6)

STK600 - Michael VD Mark (EAB Ten Kate Junior Team) 1'49.028 (Lap 7)

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Das Repsol Honda Team reist an diesem Wochenende für die vierzehnte Runde der Saison ins Motorland Aragón. Der dritte Besuch der MotoGP-Weltmeisterschaft 2012 in Spanien.

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Das Ducati Team ist bereit für die Rückkehr auf die Strecke im spanischen Aragón, zur vierzehnten Runde im MotoGP-Kalender 2012, wo das Team hofft, seine neu gefundene Form, die es im letzten Rennen in Misano zeigen konnte, zu festigen.

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		EU-Plan: Jährliche Hauptuntersuchungen
		Jetzt formiert sich europaweit Protest
		Der Vorschlag der EU-Kommission, für Autos und Motorräder älter als sechs Jahre künftig eine jährliche Hauptuntersuchung (HU, im Volksmund "TÜV", in Deutschland für Motorräder bisher alle zwei Jahre) zur Pflicht zu machen, hat besonders unter Motorradfahrern Empörung ausgelöst. ... > weiter

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Eugene Laverty had already won two races at Monza when he was with Yamaha in 2011 but on Sunday he was able to take his first for the Aprilia Racing Team. The win came at the same Portimao track where in October 2011 he had his first outing on the Aprilia RSV4 Factory machine. The Irishman scored the win at Portimao after leading lights to flag from a third place grid position following Tissot-Superpole, and holding off a last-ditch attempt by Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) who had closed the gap right up by the chequered flag.

With one round remaining, the two-time World Supersport runner-up now finds himself in sixth place in the standings on 241.5 points, while his Aprilia team now have one hand on the Manufacturers' crown in view of the final round at Magny-Cours at the end of next week.

"My first win with and for Aprilia came on my favourite track with a lot of my fans trackside, who I'd like to thank," said Laverty. "Grip in Race 2 wasn't perfect. I tried to push hard right away to gain an advantage and then I was able to maintain it to the end. This year we had some difficult moments, like we had in Race 1 today, but we're finally showing our potential with some good progress at the end of the season".

Eugene Laverty dedicated the win to the late Sean Hurley, an Irish rider who lost his life at the age of 25 in December 2011 in a tragic accident near Ballinhassig.

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		Tankrucksack Elephant Save von Wunderlich
		Reflektierende Gepäckstücke für BMW-Modelle
		Der neue Tankrucksack von Wunderlich für fast alle BMW-Modelle verspricht mehr Sicherheit. ... > weiter

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		Neuheiten: KTM 1190 Adventure T
		MOTORRAD-Leser erwischt KTM-Erlkönig
		Aufmerksame Zeitgenossen und allgegenwärtige Smartphones sind die natürlichen Feinde einer jeden geheimen Entwicklung. Hier führten sie zum Abschuss einer künftigen KTM 1190 Adventure T - wenigstens ohne körperliche Schmerzen. ... > weiter

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Das San Carlo Honda Gresini-Team reist an diesem Wochenende nach Aragón, wo es versuchen will, an das unvergessliche MotoGP-Wochenende von Misano anzuknüpfen.

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Das italienische Unternehmen Magneti Marelli gibt allen Konkurrenten in der MotoGP™-Königsklasse ab 2013 die Möglichkeit, deren Elektronisches Kontrollsystem (ECU - Engine Control Unit) in ihren Rennmaschinen zu nutzen.

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Randy de Puniet hat vor den letzten fünf Rennen der Saison nur drei Punkte Vorsprung auf seinen Teamkollegen Aleix Espargaró und will seinen Status als Führender des CRT-Kontingents an diesem Wochenende beim Grand Prix Iveco von Aragón bestätigen.

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WorldSBK.com provides a quick round-up of the facts and figures from the thirteenth and penultimate round of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve circuit in Portugal.

• Tenth career pole for Tom Sykes, who joined Pierfrancesco Chili in the eighth all-time spot. In race one Tom scored the 40th win for Kawasaki, the fourth manufacturer to reach this goal after Ducati (now at 312 wins), Honda (113) and Yamaha (74);

• For Tom this was his fourth win, and his first from pole: up until now he had started eighteen times from pole (in the two races per round) but had never won from there. His wins came from the second spot (Monza and Moscow 2012) and from sixth (Nurburgring 2011);

• Sykes scored in Portimao his eighth season pole: it's the third all-time figure after the eleven poles of Ben Spies (2009) and ten by Doug Polen in 1991. Troy Bayliss managed to start from pole eight times in 2008;

• Best career result for Brett McCormick, fifth in race one;

• Third career win for Eugene Laverty, who didn't climb on the top step of the podium since his double in Monza last year;

• 70th career podium for Max Biaggi in race two: he is the seventh rider who reached this goal. At the top of the chart Troy Corser, with 130 podiums;

• In race one Hiroshi Aoyama equalled his best career result, eighth, scored in his maiden race in Australia;

Compiled by Michele Merlino

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At the penultimate round of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship held last weekend at Portimão, another rider peg slotted into place as the Kawasaki Racing Team announced it had confirmed Loris Baz for the 2013 season. The young Frenchman, 2008 European Superstock 600 champion, stepped up into Superbike this year as replacement for the unfortunate Joan Lascorz at Donington Park, and soon managed to score some good results: third at Brno in race 1, and then outright protagonist at Silverstone where he scored the first win of his career, the second-youngest World Superbike winner at the age of 19 years, 6 months and 4 days.

Promoted from the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, in which he was second at the Imola opening round on an MRS Racing Kawasaki, the talented young rider from Sallanches is enthusiastic about being Tom Sykes' team-mate once again in KRT.

"I am really happy, as you can imagine!" said Baz. "Since I first got on the official Kawasaki Racing Team bike I have done everything I could to stay for the future. I think it is one of the best bikes and best teams so I did not want to go anywhere else. To stay in this team was the best for me. We have a really good base and I want to be strong for next year. I have to thank Guim Roda, my team manager, for taking me in the first place - a young rider on an official bike - and I also have to thank Kawasaki, who also believed in me. After the end of last year, when I had nothing, they asked me to ride in Superstock. I saw it as a new challenge and a new beginning. So I am really happy to ride for Kawasaki again and I cannot wait for next year."

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French youngster Maxime Berger will step in to replace the injured Niccolò Canepa in the Red Devils Roma team for the last round of this year's FIM Superbike World Championship at Magny-Cours. The 23-year-old from Dijon is in his second year in World Superbike. After winning the European Superstock 600 title in 2007 and racing for three years in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, where he often finished in the leading positions, in 2011 Maxime made his debut in Superbike with a Ducati, and he continued with the Italian machine again this year.

Currently Berger lies sixteenth in the table with 74 points, but he did not take part in the last round at Portimao due to problems with the team he had raced for throughout this season.

Berger, just like the Red Devils Roma team, is aiming to finish the season in the best possible way and his experience on a Ducati 1198R, together with his desire to do well in front of his home crowd, were determining factors in the choice of the Italian team.

Berger declared: "I am happy to race the last round of the season with Red Devils Roma. I am sorry I couldn't take part in the Portimao round, but I'll try and make up for that at my home circuit of Magny-Cours in front of my home crowd. I'd like to thank Andrea Petricca's squad for the trust he has put in me and I hope to repay him with some good results".

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This year's Superbike season is the 25th in succession and as the rate of individual race winners week-on-week is showing, few seasons have been quite this competitive when it comes to a variety of riders fighting for a race win. The absolute record of individual race victors per season is ten, way back in 1989 when SBK racing was still in its infancy. At that time every round featured significant numbers of hot local wildcard riders, as well as the competitive regulars, so it was little wonder that the number of race winners was high.

So far in 2012 we have had nine individual race winners, and the last time that happened was in 2001, when four different manufacturers - Aprilia, Ducati, Honda and Suzuki - provided the machinery.

Now that wildcard riders are much thinner on the ground and usually not on the most competitive of machines, to have nine individual winners in only 13 rounds in 2012 - and after only 25 races not the scheduled 26 (given the cancellation of the first Monza race) - is a truly remarkable series of events.

The nine rider total started in Australia with Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) and Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati). A first time winner came along in Assen in round three, Sylvain Guintoli, who was riding in Effenbert Ducati colours then (he would win for PATA Ducati later in the year too). Jonathan Rea (Honda World Superbike Team) was also a winner at Assen. Six races in and four different winners had come along already.

Seven races gone and we had a fifth winner, as Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) triumphed in the only Monza race. One round later, at Donington, Marco Melandri gave BMW its historic first win ever, making them the fifth manufacturer to win in 2012, with only eight races completed.

Rea won race two in England, and from then until the first race in Silverstone it was one of the existing winners on top. All that changed when teenager Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) splashed to a brave win at Silverstone. Seven different race winners in 18 individual races.

Guintoli, Sykes, Melandri and Biaggi all recorded wins until the Nurburgring where Chaz Davies (ParkinGO MTC Aprilia) became the eighth man onto the top slot in 2012. Eugene Laverty then upped the total a notch with his win in race 2 at Portimao.

With two races left to run, there might even be a slim chance of equalling the 1989 record of winners before the season winds up in France on October 7.

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Repsol Honda Team-Pilot Dani Pedrosa nahm sich vor dem Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón Zeit, seine Fans in Barcelona zu besuchen und sprach dort exklusiv mit motogp.com über die letzte Phase der Saison.

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Einen Tag bevor die ersten Trainings zum Aragón Grand Prix beginnen, hat motogp.com einige interessante Zahlen und Fakten zusammengetragen, die für das 14. MotoGP™-Rennen des Jahres wichtig sind.

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After his heavy crash in Sunday's first race at Portimão and preliminary examinations at the local hospital, Marco Melandri returned home to Italy on Monday. During the last few days he has undergone further medical examinations. These checks confirmed the good news that Marco has no internal injuries. But they showed that in addition to the painful contusions he suffered on his back, the Italian cracked the tenth and 12th ribs on the right side of his chest when he was hit by another bike while lying on the tarmac after his fall in the beginning of the race.

Marco will now rest over the forthcoming days before heading to Magny-Cours, where the final round of the championship will be held. According to the team's doctor, Dr. Vincenzo Tota, the injuries will not prevent him from taking part in the last races of the season.

"After Sunday's crash I feel better day by day although my back and right side still feel sore," Marco says. "When I watched my crash on TV, it really looked confusing. I do not want people to think that I wasted the races for nothing. Actually when I was on the bike, it was simply impossible for me to do any different, as I did not see Max. I really hope to be fit for the final races in Magny-Cours. I simply want to jump on my S 1000 RR, have some fun and finish the races in the best possible way and position."

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		Dauertest-Abschlussbilanz: Aprilia RSV4 R
		Der Supersportler von Aprilia nach 50000km
		Nachdem schon der Start ins Superbike-Leben für die RSV4 R mit etlichen Pleuelbrüchen bei der Präsentation in Mugello gründlich in die Hose gegangen war, sammelte sie auch in MOTORRAD-Diensten zunächst reichlich Defekte. Wie sieht die Abschlussbilanz aus? ... > weiter

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