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MotoGP: Marc Marquez Undergoes Successful Surgery At Mayo Clinic
Successful surgery for Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez has completed surgery on his right humerus at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The medical team have deemed the operation a success as Marquez’s recovery begins.
Lasting three hours, Dr. Joaquin Sanchez Sotelo and his team performed a humeral osteotomy. The surgery was deemed a success without complications by Dr Sanchez Sotelo as Marc Marquez entered the post-operative stage of his treatment at the Mayo Clinic.
Marquez will remain in the US for the coming days to guarantee his immediate post-operative recovery before returning to Spain to continue his treatment plan.
Dr. Sanchez Sotelo
MD PhD, Chair of the Division of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Mayo Clinic.
“Today we had the opportunity to operate on the right humerus of Mr. Marc Marquez. The procedure was completed in approximately three hours. Despite the complexity of the procedure, the final outcome was satisfactory. Surgery consisted in removing the proximal two screws of the posterior plate previously placed by Dr. Samuel Antuña on December of 2020, followed by a rotational humeral osteotomy. Such procedure involves creating a transverse cut of the humeral bone to rotate the humerus along its long axis. The amount of rotation performed today was approximately 30 degrees of external rotation. The humerus was stabilized in the new position using an anterior plate with multiple screws. Surgery was completed uneventfully. We would like to wish Mr. Marquez a swift recovery and a successful return to his professional career.”
MotoGP: What Convinced Quartararo To Stay With Yamaha?
“Fast and technical”: riders gear up for the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro, Bastianini and Bagnaia talk business in Barcelona
Thursday, 02 June 2022
Ahead of the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, the pre-event Press Conference saw reigning Champion and Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) joined by closest challenger and home hero Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), three-time MotoGP™ race winner Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) and Mugello victor Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) to talk about the weekend ahead.
Here are some key quotes!
QUOTES
On a new deal with Yamaha:
Fabio Quartararo: “It was not an easy decision and we took a little bit more time to evaluate all of the project and, in the end, Yamaha made a lot of effort to bring a lot of new people and they know where they need to improve. The last two or three years they were working on some areas or another and now they know where they need to improve. They know clearly it’s the power, so I’m super happy because they really understand. They are doing their best to find what we are missing and I believe in the project, so that’s why we took the decision a few weeks ago. Of course, it was a good decision.”
Why stay with Yamaha?
FQ20: “My first goal is to have the best bike and the best project like I said before. They convinced me because they’re bringing new people, they are working super hard and they know exactly where they need to improve. In the past maybe they were working on a few different areas but they don’t really accept the bike was slower than the others. Now they know and they are clearly working on this weak point, so that’s what made me take the decision to stay at Yamaha.”
Thoughts on this weekend?
FQ20: “Last year was a strange weekend. I always feel good in this track. I had my first podium here in MotoGP, first win in Moto2, last year we were really fast, so there is no reason we cannot fight for a great result this year. Of course, we know that we have the long straight here but in with Mugello, it was a problem, but we finished second. Hopefully here we can feel much better from tomorrow morning and work a lot better than in Mugello and see if we can have a great pace since FP1.”
How special is it to come to your home race with a genuine chance of winning?
Aleix Espargaro: “It’s crazy, sincerely. Every year, the home GP is special, it’s very beautiful, very nice. During my career, when you’re young, it’s more difficult to deal with this pressure, to deal with a lot of people coming, but year-by-year, I have tried to improve this and I make it more normal. But this year again, it’s completely different because I arrive in the best shape of my career, fighting on top, so it’s fantastic. I feel very good and I will try to enjoy it as much as I can, working hard from FP1 to prepare the bike and put a good show on Sunday.”
Do you feel any extra pressure here as a Championship contender, and if so, how do you deal with it?
AE41: “Not really. I had extra pressure here when I arrived in 10th, 12th place in the championship and I was dreaming of fighting for the podium. I crashed every year because I went 200 percent and I wasn’t myself and the bike was not ready to go at the results that I was dreaming about. So, actually this year, I don’t have more pressure, it’s the opposite. I know I will enjoy it, I have no doubt that the bike will be competitive here, and I have no doubt that I will be competitive here as well, so I am trying to keep the feet on the ground but enjoy it as much as I can.”
What do you think will be the strengths of your RS-GP around this circuit?
AE41: “More or less, the bike is working everywhere. But, for example, in Mugello behind Fabio, I struggled a lot on the change of direction, he was able to carry a lot more speed than me. Here in Barcelona, there is less change of direction, but also the engine performance is very, very important, so Pecco and ‘Bestia’ will be very strong as well because they’ve been also on the last races. Of course, every circuit has its points that are good and bad for my bike, but I think Barcelona suits the RS-GP quite well.”
Tell us about your helmet this weekend:
AE41: “Four years ago, here during the Barcelona GP, my twins were born, and my girl had a problem with her heart. She’s been operated on twice, and I suffered a lot then. It is to thank CorAll Family and the group of doctors that did everything possible. I have a feeling that I arrive now and I have a huge impact on people, on society, so it’s my way of saying thanks to them, and paying tribute to them. Mia is still too young to realise this, but for the doctors, for everyone at CorAll Family, it’s my way of saying thanks to them.”
Thoughts on the weekend?
Enea Bastianini: “It’s a nice track for me. It’s fast but also a very technical circuit. I come from a not-so-beautiful race in Mugello because I crashed. I’m motivated to start in the best mood here. Last year it was a little bit complicated for me, the first time with the MotoGP bike and the grip of the asphalt is not too high. I have to adapt my riding style a little bit this year. We will see what we can do and we have to do our 100% percent.
“I have to be more consistent because I’ve made some really good races but then some are not really nice like in Mugello and in Portimao. I have to do more to stay more concentrated in the future and also to enjoy it.
“In Le Mans but also in Mugello I missed a little bit of feeling on the front, especially in the entry of the corner. I think we understand why it’s been difficult for me to stop the bike in straight-line braking. We know what we have to modify on the setup to resolve this problem.”
Catalunya has not always been a great track for you; what are your thoughts going into this weekend?
Francesco Bagnaia: “In 10 years in the World Championship, I have never had a good result here. My last podium was in 2012, in the Spanish championship, so I have to change this situation a bit. In any case, it’s one of my favourite Grands Prix of the year, I always like to travel here, I like the track, I like the people, and it’s great. But, for sure it will be important to do the same work we did last weekend, from FP1. We already know that racing here is like doing flat track, so it will be very important to understand that and improve our grip with the setting.”
Will the key focus in practice be on how to manage the tyres for the last 10 laps of the race?
FB63: “Yeah, the drop-off of the tyres on this track, especially on the right side, is heavy, so it will not be easy. Last year, the three guys on the podium, and Fabio, had the hard rear, so the consumption is high, and it will be very important to be smart in the race. It will not be easy because normally when the grip is low, we have to change the setting a bit, because my setting is a bit different, so let’s see. We will have a lot of work to do in these days but I am quite sure that we will be competitive.”
Do you think you and the other three riders seated here are the clear Championship contenders now?
FB63: “It’s the same as what I said in Mugello. I think that we can be the contenders for the title. There is still a lot of races to go but at the moment, it’s like this…”
Isle Of Man TT: Hickman Does 133 MPH Lap On Day 5 Of Qualifying
HICKMAN PICKS UP THE PACE IN THE FIFTH QUALIFYING SESSION
Once again, the pace continues to pick up during qualifying for the 2022 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy, with Peter Hickman lapping at 133.22mph on his Gas Monkey Garage by FHO Racing BMW.
Hickman also topped the leaderboard for the Superstock and Supertwin classes, at 129.910mph and 120.994mph respectively on his Gas Monkey Garage by FHO Racing BMW and VAS Engine Racing Paton, but it was close in the latter with Michael Dunlop just 0.2s slower on his Paton. The Ulsterman had the consolation of being quickest in the Supersport category after lapping at 126.662mph on his MD Racing Yamaha.
Conditions all around the course were described as good and with cloud cover rather than bright sunshine, the visibility was excellent as the solo session kicked off at 7.25pm. James Hillier (RICH Energy OMG Racing) was first away with Hickman, Dean Harrison (DAO Racing Kawasaki), Michael Rutter (Bathams Ales) and Ian Hutchinson (Milwaukee BMW Motorrad) quickly following.
As per previous nights, Hickman, Harrison and Davey Todd (Milenco by Padgett’s Motorcycles) were the riders setting the pace but it was again Hickman who was impressing the most and he crossed the line first after lapping at a superb 133.22mph. That was 6.83s quicker than Harrison’s 132.333mph with Todd just 1.1s further back after posting his best lap of the Mountain Course to date, 132.187mph.
Michael Dunlop slotted into fourth on the Hawk Racing Suzuki at 131.44mph, his best lap of the week so far, with Conor Cummins on the second Padgett’s machine, the fifth and final rider to lap in excess of 130mph at 130.489mph. Hillier placed sixth at 128.431mph but Dunlop had an early stop at Ballacraine on his second lap before rejoining.
Back at the head of the field and Hickman was really pressing on but just when it looked like he’d post a quicker lap, he ran out of fuel and pushed in from Governor’s Bridge. None of the top four riders went any quicker but both Cummins (130.867mph) and John McGuinness MBE (129.278mph) did improve, with the latter knocking Hillier out of the top six.
Meanwhile, impressive laps came in lower down the order from Mike Browne (125.076mph), Matt Stevenson (124.073mph), Brandon Cretu (123.159mph), David Datzer (122.335mph) and newcomer Milo Ward who posted his first lap over 120mph with a speed of 121.18mph.
Hickman got back out on track on his Superstock BMW and topped the class with a lap of 129.91mph which put him ahead of Todd (128.933mph), Cummins (128.733mph) and Dunlop (127.642mph) whilst Glenn Irwin, after experiencing trouble with his Superbike, was eighth quickest on his Honda at 126.689mph, yet another personal best for the newcomer.
In the Supersport class, Lee Johnston (Ashcourt Racing) set the initial pace with a lap of 125.202mph and he was able to hold on right up until the closing moment when Dunlop set the fastest 600cc lap of the week at 126.662mph. Johnston slipped back to fourth after Harrison (125.563mph) and Jamie Coward (125.213mph) both overhauled him in the final minutes, whilst Todd (124.014mph) and Hillier (123.784mph) completed the top six.
Newcomers Joe Loughlin (120.419mph) and Rennie Scaysbrook (117.079mph) and Frenchman Pierre Yves-Bian (119.968mph) were also going well in the 600cc division.
The Supertwins were the last class to get out on the course and it was Lee Johnston who again set the early pace after a lap of 117.178mph on his Aprilia before Hickman took over the top spot with a lap of 119.719mph. Johnston improved second time around to 118.454mph as did fourth placed James Hind (118.38mph) but Hickman and Dunlop were more than 20 seconds quicker than anyone else with their respective laps of 120.994mph and 120.965mph, the first laps over 120mph of the week in this class.
Paul Jordan (117.873mph) and Gary Johnson (117.843mph) rounded the top six ahead of Rob Hodson (117.594mph) and Pierre-Yves Bian who put in a strong lap of 117.314mph. Loughlin had another strong session too with a lap of 116.317mph on his Paton.
Due to a change in schedule, the Sidecars had got the evening underway at 6.30pm and it was the Birchalls who were again first away followed by John Holden/Dan Sayle, Tim Reeves/Kevin Rousseau, Dave Molyneux/Daryl Gibson and the Manx Crowe brothers.
Gary Bryan/Phil Hyde made an early stop just after Union Mills before proceeding but all the sector times had the Birchalls as comfortably the quickest and that proved to be the case as they completed the opening lap at 117.516mph. The quickest lap of the week so far, that was some 19.5s quicker than the Crowes whose lap of 115.564mph was another personal best.
Newcomer driver Harry Payne, with Mark Wilkes, went third quickest (112.398mph) with Lee Blackstock/Patrick Rosney (112.354mph) and Reeves/Rousseau (112.34mph). 17-time winner Molyneux was sixth (110.827mph) just ahead of Paul Leglise/Melanie Farnier (110.236mph) but both Holden/Sayle and Lee Crawford/Scott Hardie had stopped out on track.
The Birchalls pulled in to make some set up changes but the Crowes went straight through for a second lap only to retire at Sulby Crossroads. That meant it was Reeves/Rousseau who were first to complete their second lap, at 113.708mph which was six seconds up on Blackstock/Rosney who improved to 113.137mph.
Payne/Wilkes upped their pace to 112.798mph whilst Steve and Matty Ramsden moved into sixth on the leaderboard with a best ever lap of the TT Course of 111.903mph, and although the Birchalls posted another 117mph+ lap, their first lap remained the quicker of the two.
MotoAmerica: Road America Draws Record Number Of Entries
Bring The Heat: Almost 240 Entries Set For Road America
A Record-Breaking Number Of Racers To Do Battle In Wisconsin, June 3-5
IRVINE, CA (June 2, 2022) – A record-breaking 231 entries will do battle at Road America this weekend, June 3-5, with seven classes of MotoAmerica racing, headlined by the Medallia Superbike class, taking to the picturesque racetrack in Wisconsin.
In addition to Medallia Superbike, Supersport, Yuasa Stock 1000, SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup, Twins Cup, Mission King Of The Baggers and Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race will slug it out on the four-mile Road America road course. And if that’s not enough, MotoAmerica’s youngest racers will battle on the Briggs & Stratton Motorplex, a karting track located just a stone’s throw from Road America’s famous Carousel corner.
Mission King Of The Baggers
The Mission King Of The Baggers series ascends on Road America for the fourth round of its championship with Mission Foods/S&S Cycle/Indian Challenger Team’s Tyler O’Hara leading the title chase by 10 points over his teammate Jeremy McWilliams and by 20 over defending champion Kyle Wyman and his H-D Screamin’ Eagle Road Glide, who is tied with his brother and teammate Travis Wyman for third.
Parity has been the name of the game so far with three different winners in the three races. O’Hara and Northern Ireland’s McWilliams split wins at Daytona and Kyle Wyman won the most recent round at Road Atlanta. With the Harley-Davidson factory just down the road in Milwaukee, the Wyman brothers will be out to pull back the points deficit to the two Indians.
A rider who might just upset the apple cart is James Rispoli, the New Yorker finishing second at Road Atlanta on his Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson.
Supersport
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC’s Josh Herrin was perfect going into the most recent round at VIRginia International Raceway, but he lost his first raced of the year to Josh Hayes in a thrilling Supersport battle. The next day, however, Herrin returned to the top step of the podium on his Ducati Panigale V2 and as a result he now holds a 31-point lead over Vision Wheels M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sam Lochoff.
Just a single point behind Lochoff is Landers Racing’s Rocco Landers with Lochoff’s rookie teammate Tyler Scott, fresh off two podium finishes at VIR, fourth in the standings and just nine points behind Landers. Hayes is fifth in the title chase but won’t be racing at Road America this weekend.
Yuasa Stock 1000
Disrupt Racing’s Hayden Gillim arrives in America’s Dairyland with the hot hand in the Yuasa Stock 1000 class with two impressive wins coming at VIR two weeks ago. Add that with his fourth-place finish in the season opener at Road Atlanta and Gillim arrives in Wisconsin carrying a 23-point lead and a whole bunch of momentum – thanks in large part to the miscues of his rivals at VIR.
VisionWheel/DiscountTire/KWS’ Geoff May is the closest to Gillim with two runner-up finishes at VIR to go with his DNF from Road Atlanta. Things are close from May on back with PDR Motorsports rider Maximilliano Gerardo two points behind May and one point ahead of Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing’s Travis Wyman. Those two are followed in short order by JLC Concrete/KTM/DiBrino Racing’s Andy DiBrino, Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander (the winner of round one), Mesa37 Racing’s Stefano Mesa and Motorsport Exotica Orange Cat BST Racing’s Ezra Beaubier. Michael Gilbert, Danilo Lewis, Hunter Dunham and Jeremy Coffey are all just a single point behind as 20 points separate second from 13th.
Forty-two entries have been accepted for Yuasa Stock 1000 this weekend.
Twins Cup
With three wins in five races, Veloce Racing’s Jody Barry is making short work of the Twins Cup Championship after five races. Barry and his Aprilia RS 660 have won three of the five races and have jumped out to a 43-point lead, 106-63 over Robem Engineering’s Teagg Hobbs.
While Barry has some breathing room, no one else does. Hobbs is just two points ahead of Cycle Tech’s Hayden Schultz; Rodio Racing/Warhorse HSBK Racing’s Anthony Mazziotto is one point behind Schultz; North East Cycle Outlet Racing/Trackday Winner’s Jackson Blackmon trails Mazziotto by four points; Robem Engineering’s Ben Gloddy is separated by five to Blackmon; and James Rispoli, who is also competing in the King Of The Baggers At Road America, is four points behind Blackmon.
SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup
Despite being disqualified from his race-two victory at VIR, SportbikeTrackGear.com’s Max Van still leads the title chase in Junior Cup with two wins and a second-place finish.
Wrench Motorsports’ Cody Wyman won race one at Road Atlanta and inherited the victory with Van’s DQ from race two at VIR to sit second in the championship – nine points behind Van. A further eight points adrift is Aden Thao, the Calshine Racing rider coming in with two podium finishes on the year.
Rodio Racing/Warhorse HSBK Racing’s Gus Rodio is fourth, just two points behind Thao and nine points ahead of Altus Motorsports’ Kayla Yaakov.
Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race
The women of the Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race program will hold their second race of the season at the racetrack on which the class made its debut a year ago.
With 15 entries set to go at Road America, the series point standings is led by VIR winner Kayleigh Buyck by five points over VIR runner-up Crystal Martinez and by nine over Chloe Peterson with those three racers new to the class this year.
Mini Cup By Motul
The Briggs & Stratton Motorplex will be the site of the opening round of the MotoAmerica Mini Cup by Motul with the series’ youngest riders doing battle in three classes – 190cc, 160cc and 110cc – on Saturday evening at the karting facility on site at Road America.
The racers to watch are class champions Californians Kensei Matsudaira and Jesse James Shedden, and Floridian Mac MacClugage.
Road America Support Class Notes…
Jake Lewis won the lone Yuasa Stock 1000 race at Road America last year en route to earning the class championship. Lewis topped Geoff May and Corey Alexander.
In Supersport a year ago, it was Stefano Mesa beating Sam Lochoff and Benjamin Smith in race one before normalcy returned in race two with Richie Escalante topping rival Sean Dylan Kelly. Those two had crashed together in race one while battling for the lead. Mesa’s win was his first career MotoAmerica Supersport victory.
Tyler Scott and Gus Rodio split wins in the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup class in 2021. Scott beat Cody Wyman and Max Toth in race one with Rodio beating Scott and Toth in race two.
The rider who would go on to win the Twins Cup Championship was the rider who left Road America with the victory and the points lead – Kaleb De Keyrel. De Keyrel beat Jackson Blackmon and Chris Parrish to take the victory, his second of the season to that point.
Kyle Wyman beat his brother Travis Wyman to win the King Of The Baggers race at Road America last year. Hayden Gillim finished third on a Vance & Hines Harley.
All four SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup races this year have featured a margin of victory of less than a second. Max Van and Cody Wyman have won two races apiece with Van’s wins featuring a margin of victory of .347 of a second and .106 of a second, respectively. Wyman’s winning margins have been .646 of a second and .077 of a second.
Ditto for Twins Cup: four of the five Twins Cup races held thus far in 2022 feature margins of victory of less than a 10th of a second. All five races featured a margin of victory of less than half a second – or .0958 of a second per race.
About MotoAmerica
MotoAmerica is the North American road racing series created in 2014 that is home to the AMA Superbike Championship. MotoAmerica is an affiliate of KRAVE Group LLC, a partnership that includes three-time 500cc World Champion, two-time AMA Superbike Champion, and AMA Hall of Famer Wayne Rainey, ex-racer and former manager of Team Roberts Chuck Aksland, motorsports marketing executive Terry Karges, and businessman Richard Varner. For more information on MotoAmerica, visit www.MotoAmerica.com. Also make sure to follow MotoAmerica on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Herrin Riding the Crest of a Wave Heading to Road America
Herrin heads into round three of the 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport series with 88 out of a possible 100 points
Sunnyvale, Calif. — Josh Herrin and his Warhorse HSBK Ducati NYC Panigale V2 head to Road America for round three of the MotoAmerica Supersport series carrying a 31-point lead in the championship following a strong outing two weeks ago at VIRginia International Raceway.
After a hard-earned fourth place finish in race one, Herrin rebounded to take the top step of the podium in race two, finishing just .032 seconds ahead of Josh Hayes. Herrin and the veteran Yamaha rider swapped places throughout the race, with Herrin executing clinical passes on the brakes into turn one and turn three, repeatedly demonstrating his faith in the front-end of his Panigale V2.
The Georgia-born racer is brimming with confidence as he heads to Elkhart Lake, where America’s premier road racing series has visited since 1980.
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC – Ducati #2)
“We’ve won three out of the four races this year and have earned three poles, so we’re riding a wave of confidence right now. And with the success I’ve had at Road America in the past, we should have a good weekend. We were able to do some testing at Pittsburgh right after VIR, so the bike is feeling good. We’re hoping we can walk away with two more good finishes!”
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MotoAmerica: Petrucci Says He Must Check His Condition On Friday
Danilo Petrucci Heads to Road America to Defend His Championship Points Lead
The Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC superbike rider makes his debut at the classic Midwestern road course
Sunnyvale, Calif. – Danilo Petrucci arrives in Elkhart Lake for round four of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, eager to ride his Panigale V4 R superbike at the iconic Road America circuit for the first time.
The MotoGP race winner from Terni, Italy endeavors to follow in the footsteps of Alessandro Gramigni, his fellow countryman, who in 1996, after six years in the Grand Prix paddock, rode to a stellar victory at Road America aboard the famous 955cc Fast By Ferracci Ducati 916.
While it would be a fairytale victory for Ducatisti, Petrucci is dubious about his odds this weekend. Though enjoying a four-point lead over Mathew Scholtz in the championship, Petrucci’s season has already had challenges not of his own making. He comes to Road America nursing injuries sustained in a crash at the conclusion of race two at VIR.
Despite his injuries, Petrucci will swing a leg over his Panigale V4 R on Friday, testing his fitness around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit through the Wisconsin hills. As always, Ducatisti worldwide will be spurring him on.
Danilo Petrucci (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC – Ducati #9)
“I’m happy to visit another new track. Unfortunately, I’m not fit because I had a bad crash after race two in VIR. I must check my condition to see if I can ride the bike properly. But I can’t wait to try the bike at Road America, and I hope I’ll feel better for Friday and Saturday so we can compete for the podium as always.”
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MotoGP: Marc Marquez Undergoes Successful Surgery At Mayo Clinic
Successful surgery for Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez has completed surgery on his right humerus at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The medical team have deemed the operation a success as Marquez’s recovery begins.
Lasting three hours, Dr. Joaquin Sanchez Sotelo and his team performed a humeral osteotomy. The surgery was deemed a success without complications by Dr Sanchez Sotelo as Marc Marquez entered the post-operative stage of his treatment at the Mayo Clinic.
Marquez will remain in the US for the coming days to guarantee his immediate post-operative recovery before returning to Spain to continue his treatment plan.
Dr. Sanchez Sotelo
MD PhD, Chair of the Division of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Mayo Clinic.
“Today we had the opportunity to operate on the right humerus of Mr. Marc Marquez. The procedure was completed in approximately three hours. Despite the complexity of the procedure, the final outcome was satisfactory. Surgery consisted in removing the proximal two screws of the posterior plate previously placed by Dr. Samuel Antuña on December of 2020, followed by a rotational humeral osteotomy. Such procedure involves creating a transverse cut of the humeral bone to rotate the humerus along its long axis. The amount of rotation performed today was approximately 30 degrees of external rotation. The humerus was stabilized in the new position using an anterior plate with multiple screws. Surgery was completed uneventfully. We would like to wish Mr. Marquez a swift recovery and a successful return to his professional career.”
MotoGP: What Convinced Quartararo To Stay With Yamaha?
“Fast and technical”: riders gear up for the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro, Bastianini and Bagnaia talk business in Barcelona
Thursday, 02 June 2022
Ahead of the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, the pre-event Press Conference saw reigning Champion and Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) joined by closest challenger and home hero Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), three-time MotoGP™ race winner Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) and Mugello victor Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) to talk about the weekend ahead.
Here are some key quotes!
QUOTES
On a new deal with Yamaha:
Fabio Quartararo: “It was not an easy decision and we took a little bit more time to evaluate all of the project and, in the end, Yamaha made a lot of effort to bring a lot of new people and they know where they need to improve. The last two or three years they were working on some areas or another and now they know where they need to improve. They know clearly it’s the power, so I’m super happy because they really understand. They are doing their best to find what we are missing and I believe in the project, so that’s why we took the decision a few weeks ago. Of course, it was a good decision.”
Why stay with Yamaha?
FQ20: “My first goal is to have the best bike and the best project like I said before. They convinced me because they’re bringing new people, they are working super hard and they know exactly where they need to improve. In the past maybe they were working on a few different areas but they don’t really accept the bike was slower than the others. Now they know and they are clearly working on this weak point, so that’s what made me take the decision to stay at Yamaha.”
Thoughts on this weekend?
FQ20: “Last year was a strange weekend. I always feel good in this track. I had my first podium here in MotoGP, first win in Moto2, last year we were really fast, so there is no reason we cannot fight for a great result this year. Of course, we know that we have the long straight here but in with Mugello, it was a problem, but we finished second. Hopefully here we can feel much better from tomorrow morning and work a lot better than in Mugello and see if we can have a great pace since FP1.”
How special is it to come to your home race with a genuine chance of winning?
Aleix Espargaro: “It’s crazy, sincerely. Every year, the home GP is special, it’s very beautiful, very nice. During my career, when you’re young, it’s more difficult to deal with this pressure, to deal with a lot of people coming, but year-by-year, I have tried to improve this and I make it more normal. But this year again, it’s completely different because I arrive in the best shape of my career, fighting on top, so it’s fantastic. I feel very good and I will try to enjoy it as much as I can, working hard from FP1 to prepare the bike and put a good show on Sunday.”
Do you feel any extra pressure here as a Championship contender, and if so, how do you deal with it?
AE41: “Not really. I had extra pressure here when I arrived in 10th, 12th place in the championship and I was dreaming of fighting for the podium. I crashed every year because I went 200 percent and I wasn’t myself and the bike was not ready to go at the results that I was dreaming about. So, actually this year, I don’t have more pressure, it’s the opposite. I know I will enjoy it, I have no doubt that the bike will be competitive here, and I have no doubt that I will be competitive here as well, so I am trying to keep the feet on the ground but enjoy it as much as I can.”
What do you think will be the strengths of your RS-GP around this circuit?
AE41: “More or less, the bike is working everywhere. But, for example, in Mugello behind Fabio, I struggled a lot on the change of direction, he was able to carry a lot more speed than me. Here in Barcelona, there is less change of direction, but also the engine performance is very, very important, so Pecco and ‘Bestia’ will be very strong as well because they’ve been also on the last races. Of course, every circuit has its points that are good and bad for my bike, but I think Barcelona suits the RS-GP quite well.”
Tell us about your helmet this weekend:
AE41: “Four years ago, here during the Barcelona GP, my twins were born, and my girl had a problem with her heart. She’s been operated on twice, and I suffered a lot then. It is to thank CorAll Family and the group of doctors that did everything possible. I have a feeling that I arrive now and I have a huge impact on people, on society, so it’s my way of saying thanks to them, and paying tribute to them. Mia is still too young to realise this, but for the doctors, for everyone at CorAll Family, it’s my way of saying thanks to them.”
Thoughts on the weekend?
Enea Bastianini: “It’s a nice track for me. It’s fast but also a very technical circuit. I come from a not-so-beautiful race in Mugello because I crashed. I’m motivated to start in the best mood here. Last year it was a little bit complicated for me, the first time with the MotoGP bike and the grip of the asphalt is not too high. I have to adapt my riding style a little bit this year. We will see what we can do and we have to do our 100% percent.
“I have to be more consistent because I’ve made some really good races but then some are not really nice like in Mugello and in Portimao. I have to do more to stay more concentrated in the future and also to enjoy it.
“In Le Mans but also in Mugello I missed a little bit of feeling on the front, especially in the entry of the corner. I think we understand why it’s been difficult for me to stop the bike in straight-line braking. We know what we have to modify on the setup to resolve this problem.”
Catalunya has not always been a great track for you; what are your thoughts going into this weekend?
Francesco Bagnaia: “In 10 years in the World Championship, I have never had a good result here. My last podium was in 2012, in the Spanish championship, so I have to change this situation a bit. In any case, it’s one of my favourite Grands Prix of the year, I always like to travel here, I like the track, I like the people, and it’s great. But, for sure it will be important to do the same work we did last weekend, from FP1. We already know that racing here is like doing flat track, so it will be very important to understand that and improve our grip with the setting.”
Will the key focus in practice be on how to manage the tyres for the last 10 laps of the race?
FB63: “Yeah, the drop-off of the tyres on this track, especially on the right side, is heavy, so it will not be easy. Last year, the three guys on the podium, and Fabio, had the hard rear, so the consumption is high, and it will be very important to be smart in the race. It will not be easy because normally when the grip is low, we have to change the setting a bit, because my setting is a bit different, so let’s see. We will have a lot of work to do in these days but I am quite sure that we will be competitive.”
Do you think you and the other three riders seated here are the clear Championship contenders now?
FB63: “It’s the same as what I said in Mugello. I think that we can be the contenders for the title. There is still a lot of races to go but at the moment, it’s like this…”
Isle Of Man TT: Hickman Does 133 MPH Lap On Day 5 Of Qualifying
HICKMAN PICKS UP THE PACE IN THE FIFTH QUALIFYING SESSION
Once again, the pace continues to pick up during qualifying for the 2022 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy, with Peter Hickman lapping at 133.22mph on his Gas Monkey Garage by FHO Racing BMW.
Hickman also topped the leaderboard for the Superstock and Supertwin classes, at 129.910mph and 120.994mph respectively on his Gas Monkey Garage by FHO Racing BMW and VAS Engine Racing Paton, but it was close in the latter with Michael Dunlop just 0.2s slower on his Paton. The Ulsterman had the consolation of being quickest in the Supersport category after lapping at 126.662mph on his MD Racing Yamaha.
Conditions all around the course were described as good and with cloud cover rather than bright sunshine, the visibility was excellent as the solo session kicked off at 7.25pm. James Hillier (RICH Energy OMG Racing) was first away with Hickman, Dean Harrison (DAO Racing Kawasaki), Michael Rutter (Bathams Ales) and Ian Hutchinson (Milwaukee BMW Motorrad) quickly following.
As per previous nights, Hickman, Harrison and Davey Todd (Milenco by Padgett’s Motorcycles) were the riders setting the pace but it was again Hickman who was impressing the most and he crossed the line first after lapping at a superb 133.22mph. That was 6.83s quicker than Harrison’s 132.333mph with Todd just 1.1s further back after posting his best lap of the Mountain Course to date, 132.187mph.
Michael Dunlop slotted into fourth on the Hawk Racing Suzuki at 131.44mph, his best lap of the week so far, with Conor Cummins on the second Padgett’s machine, the fifth and final rider to lap in excess of 130mph at 130.489mph. Hillier placed sixth at 128.431mph but Dunlop had an early stop at Ballacraine on his second lap before rejoining.
Back at the head of the field and Hickman was really pressing on but just when it looked like he’d post a quicker lap, he ran out of fuel and pushed in from Governor’s Bridge. None of the top four riders went any quicker but both Cummins (130.867mph) and John McGuinness MBE (129.278mph) did improve, with the latter knocking Hillier out of the top six.
Meanwhile, impressive laps came in lower down the order from Mike Browne (125.076mph), Matt Stevenson (124.073mph), Brandon Cretu (123.159mph), David Datzer (122.335mph) and newcomer Milo Ward who posted his first lap over 120mph with a speed of 121.18mph.
Hickman got back out on track on his Superstock BMW and topped the class with a lap of 129.91mph which put him ahead of Todd (128.933mph), Cummins (128.733mph) and Dunlop (127.642mph) whilst Glenn Irwin, after experiencing trouble with his Superbike, was eighth quickest on his Honda at 126.689mph, yet another personal best for the newcomer.
In the Supersport class, Lee Johnston (Ashcourt Racing) set the initial pace with a lap of 125.202mph and he was able to hold on right up until the closing moment when Dunlop set the fastest 600cc lap of the week at 126.662mph. Johnston slipped back to fourth after Harrison (125.563mph) and Jamie Coward (125.213mph) both overhauled him in the final minutes, whilst Todd (124.014mph) and Hillier (123.784mph) completed the top six.
Newcomers Joe Loughlin (120.419mph) and Rennie Scaysbrook (117.079mph) and Frenchman Pierre Yves-Bian (119.968mph) were also going well in the 600cc division.
The Supertwins were the last class to get out on the course and it was Lee Johnston who again set the early pace after a lap of 117.178mph on his Aprilia before Hickman took over the top spot with a lap of 119.719mph. Johnston improved second time around to 118.454mph as did fourth placed James Hind (118.38mph) but Hickman and Dunlop were more than 20 seconds quicker than anyone else with their respective laps of 120.994mph and 120.965mph, the first laps over 120mph of the week in this class.
Paul Jordan (117.873mph) and Gary Johnson (117.843mph) rounded the top six ahead of Rob Hodson (117.594mph) and Pierre-Yves Bian who put in a strong lap of 117.314mph. Loughlin had another strong session too with a lap of 116.317mph on his Paton.
Due to a change in schedule, the Sidecars had got the evening underway at 6.30pm and it was the Birchalls who were again first away followed by John Holden/Dan Sayle, Tim Reeves/Kevin Rousseau, Dave Molyneux/Daryl Gibson and the Manx Crowe brothers.
Gary Bryan/Phil Hyde made an early stop just after Union Mills before proceeding but all the sector times had the Birchalls as comfortably the quickest and that proved to be the case as they completed the opening lap at 117.516mph. The quickest lap of the week so far, that was some 19.5s quicker than the Crowes whose lap of 115.564mph was another personal best.
Newcomer driver Harry Payne, with Mark Wilkes, went third quickest (112.398mph) with Lee Blackstock/Patrick Rosney (112.354mph) and Reeves/Rousseau (112.34mph). 17-time winner Molyneux was sixth (110.827mph) just ahead of Paul Leglise/Melanie Farnier (110.236mph) but both Holden/Sayle and Lee Crawford/Scott Hardie had stopped out on track.
The Birchalls pulled in to make some set up changes but the Crowes went straight through for a second lap only to retire at Sulby Crossroads. That meant it was Reeves/Rousseau who were first to complete their second lap, at 113.708mph which was six seconds up on Blackstock/Rosney who improved to 113.137mph.
Payne/Wilkes upped their pace to 112.798mph whilst Steve and Matty Ramsden moved into sixth on the leaderboard with a best ever lap of the TT Course of 111.903mph, and although the Birchalls posted another 117mph+ lap, their first lap remained the quicker of the two.
MotoAmerica: Road America Draws Record Number Of Entries
Bring The Heat: Almost 240 Entries Set For Road America
A Record-Breaking Number Of Racers To Do Battle In Wisconsin, June 3-5
IRVINE, CA (June 2, 2022) – A record-breaking 231 entries will do battle at Road America this weekend, June 3-5, with seven classes of MotoAmerica racing, headlined by the Medallia Superbike class, taking to the picturesque racetrack in Wisconsin.
In addition to Medallia Superbike, Supersport, Yuasa Stock 1000, SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup, Twins Cup, Mission King Of The Baggers and Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race will slug it out on the four-mile Road America road course. And if that’s not enough, MotoAmerica’s youngest racers will battle on the Briggs & Stratton Motorplex, a karting track located just a stone’s throw from Road America’s famous Carousel corner.
Mission King Of The Baggers
The Mission King Of The Baggers series ascends on Road America for the fourth round of its championship with Mission Foods/S&S Cycle/Indian Challenger Team’s Tyler O’Hara leading the title chase by 10 points over his teammate Jeremy McWilliams and by 20 over defending champion Kyle Wyman and his H-D Screamin’ Eagle Road Glide, who is tied with his brother and teammate Travis Wyman for third.
Parity has been the name of the game so far with three different winners in the three races. O’Hara and Northern Ireland’s McWilliams split wins at Daytona and Kyle Wyman won the most recent round at Road Atlanta. With the Harley-Davidson factory just down the road in Milwaukee, the Wyman brothers will be out to pull back the points deficit to the two Indians.
A rider who might just upset the apple cart is James Rispoli, the New Yorker finishing second at Road Atlanta on his Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson.
Supersport
Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC’s Josh Herrin was perfect going into the most recent round at VIRginia International Raceway, but he lost his first raced of the year to Josh Hayes in a thrilling Supersport battle. The next day, however, Herrin returned to the top step of the podium on his Ducati Panigale V2 and as a result he now holds a 31-point lead over Vision Wheels M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sam Lochoff.
Just a single point behind Lochoff is Landers Racing’s Rocco Landers with Lochoff’s rookie teammate Tyler Scott, fresh off two podium finishes at VIR, fourth in the standings and just nine points behind Landers. Hayes is fifth in the title chase but won’t be racing at Road America this weekend.
Yuasa Stock 1000
Disrupt Racing’s Hayden Gillim arrives in America’s Dairyland with the hot hand in the Yuasa Stock 1000 class with two impressive wins coming at VIR two weeks ago. Add that with his fourth-place finish in the season opener at Road Atlanta and Gillim arrives in Wisconsin carrying a 23-point lead and a whole bunch of momentum – thanks in large part to the miscues of his rivals at VIR.
VisionWheel/DiscountTire/KWS’ Geoff May is the closest to Gillim with two runner-up finishes at VIR to go with his DNF from Road Atlanta. Things are close from May on back with PDR Motorsports rider Maximilliano Gerardo two points behind May and one point ahead of Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing’s Travis Wyman. Those two are followed in short order by JLC Concrete/KTM/DiBrino Racing’s Andy DiBrino, Tytlers Cycle/RideHVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander (the winner of round one), Mesa37 Racing’s Stefano Mesa and Motorsport Exotica Orange Cat BST Racing’s Ezra Beaubier. Michael Gilbert, Danilo Lewis, Hunter Dunham and Jeremy Coffey are all just a single point behind as 20 points separate second from 13th.
Forty-two entries have been accepted for Yuasa Stock 1000 this weekend.
Twins Cup
With three wins in five races, Veloce Racing’s Jody Barry is making short work of the Twins Cup Championship after five races. Barry and his Aprilia RS 660 have won three of the five races and have jumped out to a 43-point lead, 106-63 over Robem Engineering’s Teagg Hobbs.
While Barry has some breathing room, no one else does. Hobbs is just two points ahead of Cycle Tech’s Hayden Schultz; Rodio Racing/Warhorse HSBK Racing’s Anthony Mazziotto is one point behind Schultz; North East Cycle Outlet Racing/Trackday Winner’s Jackson Blackmon trails Mazziotto by four points; Robem Engineering’s Ben Gloddy is separated by five to Blackmon; and James Rispoli, who is also competing in the King Of The Baggers At Road America, is four points behind Blackmon.
SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup
Despite being disqualified from his race-two victory at VIR, SportbikeTrackGear.com’s Max Van still leads the title chase in Junior Cup with two wins and a second-place finish.
Wrench Motorsports’ Cody Wyman won race one at Road Atlanta and inherited the victory with Van’s DQ from race two at VIR to sit second in the championship – nine points behind Van. A further eight points adrift is Aden Thao, the Calshine Racing rider coming in with two podium finishes on the year.
Rodio Racing/Warhorse HSBK Racing’s Gus Rodio is fourth, just two points behind Thao and nine points ahead of Altus Motorsports’ Kayla Yaakov.
Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race
The women of the Royal Enfield Build. Train. Race program will hold their second race of the season at the racetrack on which the class made its debut a year ago.
With 15 entries set to go at Road America, the series point standings is led by VIR winner Kayleigh Buyck by five points over VIR runner-up Crystal Martinez and by nine over Chloe Peterson with those three racers new to the class this year.
Mini Cup By Motul
The Briggs & Stratton Motorplex will be the site of the opening round of the MotoAmerica Mini Cup by Motul with the series’ youngest riders doing battle in three classes – 190cc, 160cc and 110cc – on Saturday evening at the karting facility on site at Road America.
The racers to watch are class champions Californians Kensei Matsudaira and Jesse James Shedden, and Floridian Mac MacClugage.
Road America Support Class Notes…
Jake Lewis won the lone Yuasa Stock 1000 race at Road America last year en route to earning the class championship. Lewis topped Geoff May and Corey Alexander.
In Supersport a year ago, it was Stefano Mesa beating Sam Lochoff and Benjamin Smith in race one before normalcy returned in race two with Richie Escalante topping rival Sean Dylan Kelly. Those two had crashed together in race one while battling for the lead. Mesa’s win was his first career MotoAmerica Supersport victory.
Tyler Scott and Gus Rodio split wins in the SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup class in 2021. Scott beat Cody Wyman and Max Toth in race one with Rodio beating Scott and Toth in race two.
The rider who would go on to win the Twins Cup Championship was the rider who left Road America with the victory and the points lead – Kaleb De Keyrel. De Keyrel beat Jackson Blackmon and Chris Parrish to take the victory, his second of the season to that point.
Kyle Wyman beat his brother Travis Wyman to win the King Of The Baggers race at Road America last year. Hayden Gillim finished third on a Vance & Hines Harley.
All four SportbikeTrackGear.com Junior Cup races this year have featured a margin of victory of less than a second. Max Van and Cody Wyman have won two races apiece with Van’s wins featuring a margin of victory of .347 of a second and .106 of a second, respectively. Wyman’s winning margins have been .646 of a second and .077 of a second.
Ditto for Twins Cup: four of the five Twins Cup races held thus far in 2022 feature margins of victory of less than a 10th of a second. All five races featured a margin of victory of less than half a second – or .0958 of a second per race.
About MotoAmerica
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Herrin Riding the Crest of a Wave Heading to Road America
Herrin heads into round three of the 2022 MotoAmerica Supersport series with 88 out of a possible 100 points
Sunnyvale, Calif. — Josh Herrin and his Warhorse HSBK Ducati NYC Panigale V2 head to Road America for round three of the MotoAmerica Supersport series carrying a 31-point lead in the championship following a strong outing two weeks ago at VIRginia International Raceway.
After a hard-earned fourth place finish in race one, Herrin rebounded to take the top step of the podium in race two, finishing just .032 seconds ahead of Josh Hayes. Herrin and the veteran Yamaha rider swapped places throughout the race, with Herrin executing clinical passes on the brakes into turn one and turn three, repeatedly demonstrating his faith in the front-end of his Panigale V2.
The Georgia-born racer is brimming with confidence as he heads to Elkhart Lake, where America’s premier road racing series has visited since 1980.
Josh Herrin (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC – Ducati #2)
“We’ve won three out of the four races this year and have earned three poles, so we’re riding a wave of confidence right now. And with the success I’ve had at Road America in the past, we should have a good weekend. We were able to do some testing at Pittsburgh right after VIR, so the bike is feeling good. We’re hoping we can walk away with two more good finishes!”
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MotoAmerica: Petrucci Says He Must Check His Condition On Friday
Danilo Petrucci Heads to Road America to Defend His Championship Points Lead
The Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC superbike rider makes his debut at the classic Midwestern road course
Sunnyvale, Calif. – Danilo Petrucci arrives in Elkhart Lake for round four of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship, eager to ride his Panigale V4 R superbike at the iconic Road America circuit for the first time.
The MotoGP race winner from Terni, Italy endeavors to follow in the footsteps of Alessandro Gramigni, his fellow countryman, who in 1996, after six years in the Grand Prix paddock, rode to a stellar victory at Road America aboard the famous 955cc Fast By Ferracci Ducati 916.
While it would be a fairytale victory for Ducatisti, Petrucci is dubious about his odds this weekend. Though enjoying a four-point lead over Mathew Scholtz in the championship, Petrucci’s season has already had challenges not of his own making. He comes to Road America nursing injuries sustained in a crash at the conclusion of race two at VIR.
Despite his injuries, Petrucci will swing a leg over his Panigale V4 R on Friday, testing his fitness around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn circuit through the Wisconsin hills. As always, Ducatisti worldwide will be spurring him on.
Danilo Petrucci (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC – Ducati #9)
“I’m happy to visit another new track. Unfortunately, I’m not fit because I had a bad crash after race two in VIR. I must check my condition to see if I can ride the bike properly. But I can’t wait to try the bike at Road America, and I hope I’ll feel better for Friday and Saturday so we can compete for the podium as always.”