Spanish GP, Jerez - FP1

125cc - FP1

1 18 Nicolas TEROL APRILIA 1'49.002
2 1 Gabor TALMACSI APRILIA 1'49.522
3 24 Simone CORSI APRILIA 1'49.736
4 63 Mike DI MEGLIO DERBI 1'49.807
5 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA KTM 1'49.834
6 7 Efren VAZQUEZ APRILIA 1'49.898 17
7 99 Danny WEBB APRILIA 1'50.014
8 77 Dominique AEGERTER DERBI 1'50.049
9 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA KTM 1'50.070
10 60 Michael RANSEDER APRILIA 1'50.159
11 11 Sandro CORTESE APRILIA 1'50.188
12 6 Joan OLIVE DERBI 1'50.311
13 29 Andrea IANNONE APRILIA 1'50.389
14 17 Stefan BRADL APRILIA 1'50.533
15 45 Scott REDDING APRILIA 1'50.743
16 12 Esteve RABAT KTM 1'50.749
17 22 Pablo NIETO KTM 1'50.756
18 73 Takaaki NAKAGAMI APRILIA 1'50.854
19 27 Stefano BIANCO APRILIA 1'50.868
20 8 Lorenzo ZANETTI ITA KTM 1'50.988
21 33 Sergio GADEA APRILIA 1'51.139
22 44 Pol ESPARGARO DERBI 1'51.188
23 38 Bradley SMITH APRILIA 1'51.795
24 30 Pere TUTUSAUS APRILIA 1'52.037
25 56 Hugo VAN DEN BERG APRILIA 1'52.252
26 21 Robin LASSER APRILIA 1'52.285
27 51 Stevie BONSEY APRILIA 1'52.962
28 76 Ivan MAESTRO HONDA 1'53.178
29 5 Alexis MASBOU LONCIN 1'53.324
30 95 Robert MURESAN APRILIA 1'53.981
31 69 Louis ROSSI HONDA 1'54.010
32 78 Daniel SAEZ APRILIA 1'54.104
33 14 Axel PONS APRILIA 1'54.112
34 19 Roberto LACALENDOLA APRILIA 1'54.378
35 16 Jules CLUZEL LONCIN 1'54.958
36 79 Albert MONCAYO DERBI 1'55.676

Random Pic: Pere at TVE Presentation

Pere Tutusaus - over at the left in front of Alvaro Bautista - at TVE's presentation of its enhanced MotoGP digital TV & online coverage this week, ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.
16 of Spain's 19 riders attended the presentation.

Spanish Grand Prix - TV Schedule

Don't forget you can follow practice, qualifying and the races at the following times on British Eurosport with the excellent Toby Moody and Julian Ryder...

Friday 28 March
14.30 – 15.00 250cc Practice Live
15.00 – 16.00 MotoGP Practice Live
18.00 – 19.00 MotoGP
23.30 – 00.30 MotoGP

Saturday 29 March
12.00 – 14.00 125cc and MotoGP Qualifying Live
21.00 – 22.30 MotoGP

Sunday 30 March
08.45 – 14.00 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP Races Live
18.00 – 19.30 MotoGP

Spanish Grand Prix - Event Schedule

(*Event Schedule - All Timings Local)

Friday 28 March
09.00 – 09.45 125cc Practice
10.00 – 11.00 MotoGP Practice
11.15 – 12.15 250cc Practice
13.10 – 13.40 125cc Qualifying 1
13.55 – 14.55 MotoGP Practice
15.10 – 15.55 250cc Qualifying 1

Saturday 29 March
09.00 – 09.45 125cc Practice
10.00 – 11.00 MotoGP Practice
11.15 – 12.15 250cc Practice
13.10 – 13.40 125cc Qualifying 2
13.55 – 14.55 MotoGP Qualifying
15.10 – 15.55 250cc Qualifying 2

Sunday 30 March
08.40 – 09.00 125cc Warm Up
09.10 – 09.30 250cc Warm Up
09.40 – 10.05 MotoGP Warm Up

11.00 125cc RACE (23 laps)
12.15 250cc RACE (26 laps)
14.00 MotoGP RACE (27 laps)

Credit The Crew

Just found some info on the Mapfre MotoGP portal site, which I've added to the sidebar.
It's really just making sure we also list Pere's crew; as - I don't know about you, but I always reckon it's very easy to neglect those around our favourite guys who help make it all happen.
So, hands together for...
Technical Director: Henry Peris
Data Analyst: Ruben Garcia
Chief Mechanic: Jose Manuel Ruiz
Mechanic: Juan Antonio Navarro
Assistant Mechanic: Mikel Hidalgo

Good luck for the rest of the season chaps... :)

Random Pic: Pere in Training

Just a quick post here to keep things going in the absence of any solid news prior to things getting underway at Jerez; here's a pic from the blog of Rafa - trainer not only to Pere Tutusaus, but also Sergio Gadea and others.
Not sure about the string vest... ;)

Quote from Pere; post Qatar GP

Here's some words form Pere, following his p20 in the season opener at Losail.
And really good of him to heap some praise on Sergio Gadea too... Nice touch... :)

"I am quite happy with my result today. We have done a good job and the bike has worked superbly. I think I was lacking a bit of pace, especially in the beginning, but as the laps passed, I felt more comfortable. I am happy after my first GP experience. Now we will have to continue working along these lines and try to improve from race to race.
I would also like to congratulate Sergio, who did an incredible job despite his injury."

Qatar GP - 125cc - Results

Well, Pere completed his first *proper* 125cc race, and it was the ground-breaking first ever night race, under floodlights.
He came in 20th after a fairly invisible performance; the rise from 26th being largely more to do with attrition further up the field than battling and passing.
Still - a first proper race, and a solid if uneventful ride to a solid position.
Well done Pere :)
Hope it's the start of a great and ever-improving 125 MotoGP career!
Here's the classified results in full...

Pos - Rider - Make - Time
1. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 38:09.444
2. Joan Olive Derbi + 0.932
3. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 1.660
4. Mike Di Meglio Derbi + 1.771
5. Scott Redding Aprilia + 1.819
6. Daniel Webb Aprilia + 7.689
7. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 8.684
8. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 8.693
9. Efren Vazquez Aprilia + 9.054
10. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 10.902
11. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 10.945
12. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia + 12.618
13. Stefano Bianco Aprilia + 12.709
14. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 20.086
15. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 23.575
16. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 23.890
17. D.Agerter Derbi + 29.406
18. Pablo Nieto KTM + 32.891
19. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 33.346
20. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia + 33.649
21. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM + 36.696
22. R.Krummenacher KTM + 36.754
23. Robin Lasser Aprilia + 45.317
24. Esteve Rabat KTM + 56.440
25. Louis Rossi Honda +1:14.502

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Not classified:

Rider - Make - On lap
Raffaele De Rosa KTM 15
Dino Lombardi Aprilia 11
H.van den Berg Aprilia 10
Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 8
Steve Bonsey Aprilia 5
R.Lacalendola Aprilia 1
Robert Muresan Aprilia -

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Fastest lap:
Redding, 2:05.695 on lap 7

Pere at Qatar on Youtube

Another clip of Pere from GaSs34 on Youtube; this time during the build-up to the Qatar GP - captured from TV.

Qatar GP - Final Qualifying

Pos - Rider - Bike - Time:
1. Bradley Smith Aprilia 2:05.242
2. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2:05.308 + 0.066
3. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 2:05.351 + 0.109
4. Scott Redding Aprilia 2:05.545 + 0.303
5. Daniel Webb Aprilia 2:05.593 + 0.351
6. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 2:05.618 + 0.376
7. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 2:05.833 + 0.591
8. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:05.953 + 0.711
9. Joan Olive Derbi 2:06.074 + 0.832
10. Simone Corsi Aprilia 2:06.096 + 0.854
11. Esteve Rabat KTM 2:06.132 + 0.890
12. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:06.205 + 0.963
13. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2:06.218 + 0.976
14. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 2:06.329 + 1.087
15. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2:06.347 + 1.105
16. Pablo Nieto KTM 2:06.380 + 1.138
17. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2:06.388 + 1.146
18. Pol Espargaro Derbi 2:06.402 + 1.160
19. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 2:06.477 + 1.235
20. D.Agerter Derbi 2:06.585 + 1.343
21. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2:06.702 + 1.460
22. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 2:06.787 + 1.545
23. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 2:07.016 + 1.774
24. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 2:07.338 + 2.096
25. R.Krummenacher KTM 2:07.603 + 2.361
26. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 2:07.605 + 2.363
27. Robin Lasser Aprilia 2:08.000 + 2.758
29. H.van den Berg Aprilia 2:08.502 + 3.260
31. Robert Muresan Aprilia 2:09.257 + 4.015
32. Dino Lombardi Aprilia 2:09.632 + 4.390
33. R.Lacalendola Aprilia 2:09.827 + 4.585
34. Louis Rossi Honda 2:10.153 + 4.911