Video Interview - Pere @ Jerez Round 7, CEV

Here's a video from after Round 7 of the CEV championship at Jerez, the final race of the season where - as you will know if you've been reading, Tutu came home 3rd securing a 3rd place in the overall championship standings.
Lovely work Tutu - we're proud of you!
I desperately want an explanation for those enormous specs though!!!

Pere Takes Third In Jerez And In 125cc CEV Championship

Another awesome ride from Pere today in the final round of Spain's CEV championship.
He was on the podium again - in third - a result that winds up giving him thrid spot overall in the final Championship standings. (1st Efren Vazquez on 112, second Luis Saom on 96, and third Pere with 79).
Obviously I'm still really sad that the Aspar Team wouldn't let him see out the MotoGP 125cc season with them, but this result today and his whole performance across the year in CEV certainly demonstrates what a talent the guy is.

Felicidades Tutu! Estupendo! :)

Here's the top ten form today's final round at Jerez...

Pos | No. | Rider | Time | Team | Bike
1 44 Randy KRUMMENACHER 29:21.426 DEGRAAF GRANDPRIX TEA APRILIA
2 7 Efrén VÁZQUEZ 29:21.867 BLUSENS BQR APRILIA
3 30 Pere TUTUSAUS 29:25.827 ALPO ATLETICO DE MADR APRILIA
4 39 Luis Jaime SALOM 29:30.216 BLUSENS BQR APRILIA
5 48 Alberto MONCAYO 29:31.95 TEAM ANDALUCIA DERBI DERBI
6 26 Adrián MARTÍN 29:34.851 TEAM ASPAR CEV-CURVAC APRILIA
7 38 Joey LITJENS 29:34.859 ABBINK-BOS RACING SEEL 125
8 28 Iván MAESTRO 29:39.718 HUNE-MATTEONI-LODIS APRILIA
9 99 Lukas SEMBERA 29:40.326 SEBIMNOTO ANGAIA RACI APRILIA
10 69 Michael VAN DER MARK 29:42.830 DUTCH RACING TEAM HONDA

Valencia, CEV Rd6: Pere Takes A Brilliant 4th

(*Above: results in full - Click to enlarge)

Well, a tiny bit frustrating for Pere - finishing just off the podium and also just behind Adrian Martin (his Aspar replacement).
But he should feel incredibly proud that he managed such a good result on a far inferior piece of machinery.
Todays result (Salom in first, Vazquez second, and Martin third) sees him now thrid in the overall championship with just one round remaining.

Estupedo, Tutu! :)

Pere An Excellent 5th On Grid For CEV Rd6 @ Valencia

In the qualifying for the CEV 125GP race at Valencia this weekend, Randy Krummenacher (Aprilia) was the fastest on the track with a time of 1'41 .661. Adrian Martin (Aprilia) is second on the grid, with our Pere a hugely impressive 5th out of a whopping 69 riders.
It's the penultimate round (rd6) with the final round next weekend at Jerez.

Buena Suerte Tutu :)


Grid Positions...
1. KRUMMENACHER, R.
2. MARTIN, Adrián
3. SALOM, Luís J.
4. VAZQUEZ, Efrén
5. TUTUSAUS, Pere
6. JACOBSEN, Patrik
7. BEAUBIER, Cameron
8. TONUCCI, Alessandro
9. KENT, Danny
10. LITJENS, Joey
11. MONCAYO, Alberto
12. LOPEZ, Eduard
13. MAESTRO, Borja
14. OTANI, Kazuya
15. DUNIKOWSKI, Clement
16. TRABALON, Cristian
17. MIRALLES, Julián
18. IWEMA, Jasper
19. SAMBERA, Lukas
20. VIÑALES, Isaac
21. SMITH, Kyle D.
22. CARDUS, Ricard
23. PONS, Axel
24. MAESTRO, Iván

Photos Of Pere At Valencia

Valencia GP - 125cc - Results

Sadly a DNF for Pere today, crashing out right at the end of the race (which saw a pretty high rate of attrition, including a number of the faves).
He was competing as a wildcard for the Atletico Madrid Team.
He finished the 125cc Championship season in 26th place with 9 points, picked up in some pretty decent rides mid-season mainly.
We'll now need to wait on to hear of news for rides and prospects for next year's World Championship, as well as the CEV...


Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Simone Corsi Aprilia 40:45.715
2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 0.106
3. Mike Di Meglio Derbi + 0.223
4. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 0.776
5. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 1.333
6. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 21.578
7. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 29.387
8. Scott Redding Aprilia + 29.419
9. Pablo Nieto KTM + 38.059
10. Esteve Rabat KTM + 38.481
11. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM + 38.941
12. Efren Vazquez Aprilia + 48.466
13. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia + 48.802
14. Alexis Masbou Loncin + 50.340
15. Enrique Jerez KTM + 50.575
16. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 52.220
17. R.Krummenacher KTM + 55.047
18. Jonas Folger KTM + 55.139
19. Jules Cluzel Loncin + 55.546
20. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia +1:00.289
21. Robert Muresan Aprilia +1:10.142
22. Bastien Chesaux Aprilia +1:26.165
23. Louis Rossi Honda +1:26.407
24. Daniel Saez Aprilia +1:41.720
25. C.Trabalon Aprilia + 1 Lap



NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

Rider | Bike | Laps
Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 23
Julian Miralles Aprilia 22
Steve Bonsey Aprilia 15
Joan Olive Derbi 14
Adrian Martin Aprilia 11
Raffaele De Rosa KTM 8
Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 6
Daniel Webb Aprilia 6
Robin Lasser Aprilia 6
D.Agerter Derbi 3
Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2
Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2
Ricard Cardus Derbi 0
Pol Espargaro Derbi 0
H.van den Berg Aprilia 0

Switch From Aspar To ALPO Atlético de Madrid

(*Above: Pere - on number 30 - new team, new colours!)

One minor bombshell that's emerged from the results of Round 5 of the CEV Championships at Albacete is that Pere now appears to have completely switched teams.
Initially when he was replaced in the Aspar WC 125cc squad by Adrian Martin, there was no official talk from the team about him leaving altogether - indeed he was in the box, wearing Aspar colours, at the following race at Misano - and we had assumed that he would continue to compete for the Aspar Team in the Spanish CEV championships, as he had done up to that point.
Something has changed since then though, with a race report on Motociclismo.es containing the following words...

"...después de dejar las filas del Team Aspar y estar ahora defendiendo los colores del ALPO Atlético de Madrid."
This translates roughly as:
"...having left the ranks of the Aspar Team and now racing in the colors of Alpo Atletico de Madrid."

We're surprised at the lack of coverage of the change, and if the split from Aspar is permanent then we're sad, but hope that Pere's career will progress unhindered.
We wish him all the best at the new team - and we hope that we can bring you more news of how he is getting on in due course.

You can find the ALPO Atlético de Madrid team's website here...


(Thanks to Sandra and Tamara with help on this info...)