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Katja Poensgen
Katja Poensgen (born 23 September 1976), is a German former professional motorcycle racer. She was the first female competitor to qualify for a 250cc Grand Prix race. In 2011, Poensgen was inducted into the FIM Hall of Fame for her pioneering Grand Prix racing career. Motorcycle racing career Poensgen was born in Mindelheim, Germany as the daughter of the German importer for Suzuki motorcycles.A Girl in the GPs ''Cycle World Magazine'', September 2001, Vol. 40, No. 1-7, She began riding motorcycles at the age of four. She started her motorcycle racing career in 1993 competing in the Junior Cup. In 1995 Poensgen rode a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindelheim
Mindelheim (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Mindelhoi'') is a Town#Germany, town in Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The town is the Capital (political), capital of the Unterallgäu district. At various points in history it was the chief settlement of an Principality of Mindelheim, eponymous state. Geography Mindelheim is located on the river Mindel, about west of the Bavarian capital of Munich. Other towns nearby are Memmingen and the destination spa, health resorts of Bad Grönenbach, Ottobeuren and Bad Wörishofen. Mindelheim is located close to the Bundesautobahn 96, Autobahn 96 leading from Munich to Lindau. Furthermore, Mindelheim station is on the Buchloe–Memmingen railway, which connects to Zürich Central Station, Zürich via Memmingen station, Memmingen and Lindau Central Station, Lindau and to Munich Central Station, Munich via Buchloe, and the Central Swabian Railway (''Mittelschwabenbahn''), which connects to Günzburg station, Günzburg via Krumbach, Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circuito De Albacete
Circuito de Albacete is a motorsports facility located in Albacete, Spain, opened in 1990. The main circuit is long with 14 turns, 8 of them right turns and 6 left turns. The facility can also be configured in two other layouts: a long circuit with 8 turns, 5 right and 3 left, and a short circuit with 6 turns, 5 right and 1 left. Events Annual racing events at the facility included the Endurance World Championship and the FIA European Truck Racing Championship. The facility also used to host a Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ... round from until . Lap records The official race lap records at the Circuito de Albacete are listed as: References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Albacete Motorsport venues in Castilla–L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
The Monza Circuit ( it, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, , National Automobile Racetrack of Monza) is a race track near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. Built in 1922, it was the world's third purpose-built motor racing circuit after Brooklands and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis and the oldest in mainland Europe. The circuit's biggest event is the Italian Grand Prix. With the exception of the 1980 Italian Grand Prix, 1980 running, the race has been hosted there since 1949 Italian Grand Prix, 1949. Built in the Royal Villa of Monza park in a woodland setting, the site has three tracks – the Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix track, the Junior track, and a high speed oval track with steep bankings which was left unused for decades and had been decaying until it was restored in the 2010s. The major features of the main Grand Prix track include the ''Curva Grande'', the ''Curva di Lesmo'', the ''Variante Ascari'' and the ''Curva Alboreto'' (formerly ''Curv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned by the Wheatcroft family, is currently under lease by MotorSport Vision until 2038. It has a capacity of 120,000, and is also the venue of the Download Festival. Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the period between the First and Second World Wars when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship. Used as a military vehicle storage depot during the Second World War, it fell into disrepair until bought by local construction entrepreneur Tom Wheatcroft. Revived under his ownership in the 1970s, it hosted a single Formula One race in 1993, but became the favoured home of the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championship. Leased by Donington Ventures Leisure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Commentator
In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time commentary of a game or event, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense. Radio was the first medium for sports broadcasts, and radio commentators must describe all aspects of the action to listeners who cannot see it for themselves. In the case of televised sports coverage, commentators are usually presented as a voiceover, with images of the contest shown on viewers' screens and sounds of the action and spectators heard in the background. Television commentators are rarely shown on screen during an event, though some networks choose to feature their announcers on camera either before or after the contest or briefly during breaks in the action. Types of commentators Main/play-by-play commentator The ''main commentator'', also called the ''play-by-play'' announcer or commentator in North America, ''blow-by-blow'' in comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season
The 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 55th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted of 16 races, beginning with the Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix on 6 April 2003 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 2 November. Season summary Defending champion Valentino Rossi won his 3rd MotoGP championship in 2003, winning 9 races, highlighted by his win at Phillip Island where he was given a 10-second penalty for passing under a yellow flag and he overcame the penalty by winning the race with more than 10 seconds in hand. Rossi had become dissatisfied with his relationship with the Honda Racing Corporation and as the season progressed and HRC tried to get Rossi to sign a new contract, Rossi demurred until finally announcing at the end of the year that he would be leaving Honda. He soon signed with Yamaha and took Jeremy Burgess with him to be his crew chief. The season was marred by Daijiro Kato being killed at the first r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix ...
The 2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 April 2001 at the Suzuka Circuit. 500 cc classification 250 cc classification 125 cc classification Championship standings after the race (500cc) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded. ;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links * {{MotoGP 2000–09 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda RS250R
The Honda RS250R was a race motorcycle manufactured by Honda to race in the 250cc class of the Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship. It was conceived as a ''production racer'' for customer teams and privateer riders, while factory-supported teams raced the works bikes RS250RW and NSR250. The RS250R debuted in 1984 as a development prototype, racing in the domestic All Japan Road Race Championship and entering some rounds in the World Championship. It was put on sale for customer teams for the season onwards. The Honda RS250R featured a V-twin 250 cc two-stroke engine with a V-angle of 90 degrees. A new 75 degrees V-twin was introduced in 1993. Between 1984 and 2009 the RS250R has been produced in four different generations, named: ND5 (1984), NF5 (1987), NX5 (1993) and NXA (2001). The bike should not be confused with the RS250RW, which was the name adopted for factory bikes in 1985 and from 2003 to 2009. Between 1986 and 2002 the factory bikes were named NSR250. See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardwick Racing
Hardwick Racing was a Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix, grand-prix motorcycle racing team founded by Australians, Australian businessman Jeff Hardwick. The team ran in the world championship with Shell-sponsored Honda motorcycles from to and became the first Australian-owned and managed team in the premier class of road racing. History Jeff Hardwick started his long relationship with Honda in 1972, when he bought a motorcycle dealership on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Within few years the business expanded to many shops and dealerships. In 1985, Hardwick approached Royal Dutch Shell, Shell to market its motorcycle oils in Australia. Around that time Hardwick and Shell began backing a number of bikes in major local road racing events such as Bathurst and the Castrol 6-Hours, providing a national platform for riders like Mick Doohan, Mat Mladin, Troy Bayliss and Andrew Pitt. In Hardwick Racing entered a team in the 500cc world championship establishing a workshop in Belgiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aprilia RSV 250
The Aprilia RSV 250 was a race motorcycle manufactured by Aprilia to compete in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship until a change of rules ended the engine-class in 2010. From its debut in it underwent several modifications and upgrades, which culminated in the last version, the RSA 250. Since its inception, the bike won ten World Championships (one as Gilera, using rebranded Aprilia bikes) making it one of the most successful racing bikes of its category. 1991–2007: RSV and RSW From 1991 to 2007 the bike was used in two different configurations: first the original RSV 250, then the RSW 250, a new version of the RSV used by factory teams and riders. Another version named RSW 250 LE was raced by semi-works teams while privateer riders usually raced the RSV 250 kit ''production racer''. Initially the front braking system was available either with 273mm carbon discs or in 300mm carbon steel, then from 1994 onwards the only version used was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomoko Igata
Tomoko Igata (井形とも子, born October 30, 1965) is a Japanese former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. She competed in the Grand Prix world championships from 1992 to 1995. Igata is notable for being the second full-time female rider after Taru Rinne, to compete in Grand Prix motorcycle racing history. In 2016, Igata was named an FIM Legend for her pioneering Grand Prix racing career. Motorcycle racing career Igata competed in the 125cc All Japan Road Race Championship from 1991 to 1993, finishing in the Top 10 every year. Her best result was in 199q when she finished 6th in the Championship. In 1992 Igata made her Grand Prix debut at Suzuka as a wild card where she survived the treacherous wet track finishing 20th and capturing the attention of the media. In 1994 she signed up for a full 125cc World Championship with the FCC Technical Sports team racing a Honda RS125. Igata immediately won two points at the first race in Australia and rode an impressive ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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