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

Alvaro Bautista 2009 Calendar Now Online

Okay - a slightly off-topic plug for my 2009 BatiCal, which is now online for download.
As per last year, it's a special BatiFans.com design, completely chocca with great pics, and fully marked up with all MotoGP dates and the Batster's birthday.
All the info and pics you should need to go on your Mac/PC desktop or to print out onto some nice glossy stock for your walls or *real* desktop
I’ve done two versions; one high resolution top print quality, and the other screen quality (although it has to be said this will print out very well indeed anyway).
Just wanted to give you the option of a seriously quality version if you plan on outputting it onto some costly paper/stock.

Full information and downloads are here at the BatiFan.com Fan Forum...

Hope you enjoy it, and I hope you'll pass the links around so that other fans and friends can enjoy it too. As well as a nice piece of Bati fanart and a useful calendar it also helps pimp BatiFans.com so anything you can do to spread the word in that respect is *always* appreciated... :)

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

CEV 2009 Calendar Released

The 2009 CEV championships calendar has just been released.
It is as follows...

Rd 1 - 19 April - Albacete
Rd 2 - 7 June - Jerez
Rd 3 - 12 July - Valencia
Rd 4 - 27 September - Albacete
Rd 5 - 11 October - Cataluña
Rd 6 - 15 November - Valencia
Rd 7 - 22 November - Jerez

Pere 5th in European 125cc Race At Albacete

Congratulations to Pere, on coming home fifth in yesterday's round of the European Championship at Albacete, where he was competing in the 125cc class. This result was despite technical problems with his bike.
So, particularly well done Pere :)
Here's the top 5...

1. L. Savadori (Aprilia)
2. J. Litjens (Seel)
3. Ricard Cardús (Derbi)
4. R. Moretti (Honda)
5. P. Tutusaus (Aprilia)

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...)

CEV - Round 5 - Albacete - Results

Pos | N° | Rider | Team | Manufact | Nat

1 48 MONCAYO, Alberto ANDALUCIA DERBI DERBI SPA
2 7 VAZQUEZ, Efrén BLUSSENS BQR APRILIA SPA
3 39 SALOM, Luis J. BLUSENS RZT R. APRILIA SPA
4 77 CARDUS, Ricard ANDALUCIA DERBI DERBI SPA
5 46 SAVADORI,Lorenzo RCGM TEAM APRILIA ITA
6 30 TUTUSAUS, Pere ALPO ATL.MADRID APRILIA SPA
7 37 OTANI,Kazuya T.SAG- CASTROL HONDA JPN
8 38 LITJENS,Joey ABBINK-BOS R. SEEL NED
9 26 MARTIN,Adrián ASPAR-CURVACERO APRILIA SPA
10 58 FAGERHAUG,Sturla H43 T.HERNANDEZ APRILIA NOR
11 89 VIÑALES,Issac BANCAJA MIR APRILIA SPA
12 18 IWEMA,Jasper ABBINK BOS R. SEEL NED
13 9 MORCIANO,Luigi ELLEGI RACING APRILIA ITA
14 88 LLADOS,Amadeo LLADOS R.T. APRILIA SPA
15 17 LOPEZ, Eduard TCR COMP. APRILIA SPA
16 84 MIRALLES, Julián BANCAJA MIR APRILIA SPA
17 10 TRABALON,Cristian ALPO ATL.MADRID APRILIA SPA
18 14 ROSELL,Johnny REPSOL KTM KTM SPA
19 97 BEAUBIER,Cameron RED BULL MOTOGP A. KTM USA
20 64 FERNANDEZ,Joaquin SPORT RACING APRILIA SPA
21 21 BUNT,Jerry Van De DEGRAAF-EXACT APRILIA NED
22 27 MAESTRO, Borja HUNE-MATTEONI-LODI APRILIA SPA
23 63 DEBISE,Valentin LA LOUTRE KTM FRA
24 34 GARCIA,Edgar KTM MONLAU COMP. KTM SPA
25 99 SAMBERA,Lukas SEBIMOTO R. APRILIA CZE
26 29 STIZZA,Nicolas ELLEGI RACING APRILIA ITA
27 16 CLIMENT,Oscar ASPAR-CURVACERO APRILIA SPA
28 68 SCOTT,Glenn J. 7C HONDA AUS
29 90 MARINO,Florian EQ.FRA.ESPOIR HONDA FRA
30 24 RODRIGUEZ,Josep TMR COMP. HONDA SPA
31 96 CARRILLO,Cyril EQ.FRA.ESPOIR HONDA FRA
32 43 POUW,Roy DEGRAAF-EXACT APRILIA NED
33 95 HERRERA,Rubén RC RECOUSO S. HONDA SPA
34 51 VITALI,Luca RCGM TEAM APRILIA ITA


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NB: Apologies for incorrect information (also sourced form motocev.com) posted previously. Many thanks to Sandra for the correction.

CEV - Round 5 - Albacete - Grid

As ever, it's not easy to get you information regarding the Spanish CEV championships as it's hard for us to find many or detailed sources here in the UK, but here's what we know...

It seems the 125cc category for today's Round 5 of the CEV at Albacete was divided into 2 groups given the high number of entrants.
Alberto Moncayo is on pole with a time of 1'34 "1. Daniel Saez in second with 1'35 "3, while third is Efren Vazquez, with Louis Salom completing the front row. As far as we can make out Pere heads up the second row.

More later when the results come in!
Buena suerte Tutu :)