CEV Round 3, Jerez - This Weekend

Don't forget that Pere's taking part in the third round of the Spanish CEV Championships this weekend at the Jerez circuit.
We'll aim to post all the news, stats and pics we can find... :)

Buena suerte Pere!

Win a Limited Edition Aspar Jacket with LondonBikers.com

We, who you may or may not know, also run BatiFans.com - The Alvaro Bautista Fan Forum have put another of those excellent limited edition Team Aspar jackets up to be won.
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We suggest you get over there and enter now to be in with another chance of winning one of these rare and rather cool jackets.
And enjoy a great biking website while you're there too, of course... :D

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Random Pic: Pere In The Box, Catalunya

Catalunya GP - 125cc Race Result

Pere pulled in a respectable 19th from his 28th slot on the grid. :)
Here's the results in full...


CLASSIFIED:

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 41:08.708
2. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 0.268
3. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia + 0.338
4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 8.765
5. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 10.141
6. Scott Redding Aprilia + 11.178
7. Steve Bonsey Aprilia + 13.671
8. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 13.755
9. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 15.541
10. Marc Marquez KTM + 18.962
11. Daniel Webb Aprilia + 22.653
12. D.Agerter Derbi + 24.928
13. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 25.013
14. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 25.059
15. R.Krummenacher KTM + 25.188
16. Efren Vazquez Aprilia + 25.352
17. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 25.541
18. Stefano Bianco Aprilia + 31.365
19. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia + 42.899
20. Jules Cluzel Loncin + 43.469
21. H.van den Berg Aprilia + 56.930
22. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia +1:01.318
23. R.Lacalendola Aprilia +1:02.867
24. Robert Muresan Aprilia +1:17.370
25. Louis Rossi Honda +1:18.790
26. Ricard Cardus Derbi +1:27.350
27. Daniel Saez Aprilia +1:28.736


NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

Rider | Bike | Laps
Axel Pons Aprilia 21
Nicolas Terol Aprilia 20
Raffaele De Rosa KTM 20
Joan Olive Derbi 19
Andrea Iannone Aprilia 17
Robin Lasser Aprilia 17
Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 14
Alexis Masbou Loncin 13
Jordi Dalmau Honda 11
Ivan Maestro Aprilia 10
Pablo Nieto KTM 1

Catalunya GP - Final Qualifying - 125cc

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1:50.557
2. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 1:50.696 + 0.139
3. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1:50.740 + 0.183
4. Scott Redding Aprilia 1:51.101 + 0.544
5. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:51.365 + 0.808
6. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:51.399 + 0.842
7. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:51.436 + 0.879
8. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1:51.439 + 0.882
9. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1:51.500 + 0.943
10. Joan Olive Derbi 1:51.518 + 0.961
11. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:51.564 + 1.007
12. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 1:51.566 + 1.009
13. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1:51.593 + 1.036
14. Marc Marquez KTM 1:51.650 + 1.093
15. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:51.780 + 1.223
16. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 1:51.932 + 1.375
17. D.Agerter Derbi 1:51.976 + 1.419
18. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:52.074 + 1.517
19. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1:52.076 + 1.519
20. Pablo Nieto KTM 1:52.080 + 1.523
21. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1:52.161 + 1.604
22. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:52.250 + 1.693
23. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1:52.428 + 1.871
24. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 1:52.428 + 1.871
25. Robin Lasser Aprilia 1:52.474 + 1.917
26. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 1:52.593 + 2.036
27. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1:52.769 + 2.212
28. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 1:52.806 + 2.249
29. Jules Cluzel Loncin 1:53.345 + 2.788
30. Axel Pons Aprilia 1:53.532 + 2.975
31. H.van den Berg Aprilia 1:53.560 + 3.003
32. Robert Muresan Aprilia 1:53.607 + 3.050
33. Ricard Cardus Derbi 1:53.698 + 3.141
34. R.Lacalendola Aprilia 1:54.090 + 3.533
35. Louis Rossi Honda 1:54.190 + 3.633
36. Jordi Dalmau Honda 1:54.944 + 4.387
37. Daniel Saez Aprilia 1:55.022 + 4.465
38. Ivan Maestro Aprilia 1:55.681 + 5.124

Pere Tutusaus: Quotes, Day 1, Catalunya GP

"I had a lot of fun in the two sessions today, which hasn't happened for a long time. I had a great time running with Gábor and Sergio at the start of qualifying and that's given me a real confidence boost. The team is happy with me and with the performance of my Aprilia. Hopefully I can come out strong tomorrow and work towards a good result, some points, in my home Grand Prix. There are a couple of corners where the gears are long and we're not getting enough revs but we're going to change that now so that the bike runs perfectly. At Mugello we put last year's chassis in and I like the result a lot."

Catalunya GP - Qualifying Practice 1 - 125cc

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap
1. Pol Espargaro          Derbi          1:51.103
2. Mike Di Meglio         Derbi          1:51.311  +0.208
3. Gabor Talmacsi         Aprilia        1:51.436  +0.333
4. Sergio Gadea           Aprilia        1:51.442  +0.339
5. Raffaele De Rosa       KTM            1:51.721  +0.618
6. Steve Bonsey           Aprilia        1:51.932  +0.829
7. Dominique Agerter      Derbi          1:51.976  +0.873
8. Bradley Smith          Aprilia        1:51.988  +0.885
9. Sandro Cortese         Aprilia        1:52.111  +1.008
10. Scott Redding          Aprilia        1:52.227  +1.124
11. Stefan Bradl           Aprilia        1:52.232  +1.129
12. Daniel Webb            Aprilia        1:52.254  +1.151
13. Simone Corsi           Aprilia        1:52.370  +1.267
14. Pablo Nieto            KTM            1:52.416  +1.313
15. Joan Olive             Derbi          1:52.434  +1.331
16. Nicolas Terol          Aprilia        1:52.516  +1.413
17. Esteve Rabat           KTM            1:52.752  +1.649
18. Tomoyoshi Koyama       KTM            1:52.895  +1.792
19. Michael Ranseder       Aprilia        1:53.102  +1.999
20. Efren Vazquez          Aprilia        1:53.109  +2.006
21. Pere Tutusaus          Aprilia        1:53.190  +2.087
22. Andrea Iannone         Aprilia        1:53.213  +2.110
23. Takaaki Nakagami       Aprilia        1:53.394  +2.291
24. Alexis Masbou          Loncin         1:53.420  +2.317
25. Marc Marquez           KTM            1:53.777  +2.674
26. Lorenzo Zanetti        KTM            1:53.958  +2.855
27. Robin Lasser           Aprilia        1:54.008  +2.905
28. Stefano Bianco         Aprilia        1:54.028  +2.925
29. Hugo van den Berg      Aprilia        1:54.127  +3.024
30. Randy Krummenacher     KTM            1:54.216  +3.113
31. Ruben Lacalendola      Aprilia        1:54.458  +3.355
32. Ricard Cardus          Derbi          1:54.505  +3.402
33. Axel Pons              Aprilia        1:54.760  +3.657
34. Robert Muresan         Aprilia        1:54.987  +3.884
35. Jules Cluzel           Loncin         1:55.138  +4.035
36. Louis Rossi            Honda          1:55.165  +4.062
37. Daniel Saez            Aprilia        1:55.491  +4.388
38. Jordi Dalmau           Honda          1:55.655  +4.552
39. Ivan Maestro           Aprilia        1:56.465  +5.362

Catalunya GP - Eurosport TV Schedule

Don't forget to follow the weekend with the gods themselves; Toby and Julian over at Eurosport...
Here's the schedule for both Eurosport and Eurosport 2, including repeats:

Friday June 6

Eurosport 2
12:00  Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix 125cc practice session
12:45 Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP practice session
14:00 Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix 250cc practice session
22:30  MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP practice session

Eurosport
20:00  MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP practice session

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Saturday June 7

Eurosport
11:30  Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP qualifying sessions
12:00 Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix 125cc qualifying session
12:45 Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP qualifying session
20:15  MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP qualifying session

Eurosport 2
14:00 MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix 250cc qualifying session
17:00  MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix 125cc qualifying session
17:30 MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP qualifying session
21:15  MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP qualifying session

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Sunday June 8

Eurosport
08:45  Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix warm-up session
09:15 Live MotoGP
An introduction to the Catalunya Grand Prix
09:45 Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix 125cc race
11:00 Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix 250cc race
12:15 Live MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP race
19:30  MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP race

Eurosport 2
15:00  MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix 250cc race
15:30 MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP race
21:00  MotoGP
The Catalunya Grand Prix MotoGP race


(*Listings courtesy of the excellent mindthezap)

Catalunya GP - Event Schedule

Friday Jun 6
125cc :: Free Practice 1 :: 09:00-09:45 
MotoGP :: Free Practice 1 :: 10:00-11:00 
250cc :: Free Practice 1 :: 11:15-12:15 
125cc :: Qualifying 1 :: 13:10-13:40
MotoGP :: Free Practice 2 :: 13:55-14:55 
250cc :: Qualifying 1 :: 15:10-15:55


Saturday June 7
125cc :: Free Practice 2 :: 09:00-09:45 
MotoGP :: Free Practice 3 :: 10:00-11:00 
250cc :: Free Practice 2 :: 11:15-12:15 
125cc :: Qualifying 2 :: 13:10-13:40 
MotoGP :: Qualifying 1 :: 13:55-14:55 
250cc :: Qualifying 2 :: 15:10-15:55


Sunday June 8
125cc :: Warm-Up :: 08:40-09:00 
250cc :: Warm-Up :: 09:10-09:30 
MotoGP :: Warm-Up :: 09:40-10:05 
125cc :: Race :: 11:00-11:45 
250cc :: Race :: 12:30-13:00 
MotoGP :: Race :: 14:00-15:00

(*All times local)

Pere Talks About His Mugello Race...

"As always I had a good start from far back. I quickly got amongst the top 20, fighting with Redding and Marquez, and I really feel happy with my race. I reduced my fastest time by two seconds, got into a Fast Group and had some fun. The satisfaction is even better considering the difficulties faced when finding the setting. The key was to just ride and ride. This result gives us optimism for the race in Montmelo, and I also want to congratulate Gabor on returning to the podium after the difficult start to the season."

Pere currently stands 24th in the overall championship table with 5 points.
Onto Catalunya...