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2015 British Motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2015 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 30 August 2015. The MotoGP and Moto3 races were held in wet conditions, while the Moto2 race was in dry conditions with cloudy weather. In the premier class, Marc Márquez took his sixth pole position of the season and recorded the fastest lap by a motorcycle since Silverstone was renovated, with a 2:00.234 lap time. In the race, he battled with Valentino Rossi for first place, but he crashed out of the race with 8 laps remaining. Rossi led home an all-Italian podium for his fourth victory of the season, and his first at Silverstone. Danilo Petrucci finished in second place and recorded his first MotoGP podium, while Andrea Dovizioso finished in third place. Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa had good starting positions, but they dropped back into 4th and 5th places respectively. Both LCR Honda riders failed to complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Octo Telematics
Octo Telematics (OCTO), is an Italian multinational technology company best known for providing telematics and Internet of things (IoT) analytics to the auto insurance industry. This is commonly known as Usage-based insurance (UBI) or pay-as-you-drive insurance. , the company was one of the largest telematics and data analytics service provider for the car insurance industry. With their advanced analytical services, OCTO also serves the fleet management industry and provides IoT solutions to a number of other markets. Founded in Italy in 2002, the company is headquartered in Rome, with offices in Boston, London, Madrid, Stuttgart, São Paulo and Shanghai. OCTO's big data set is enriched by data collected by connected users around the world. Drivers automatically provide data relating to the car, their driving behavior, localization, context, possible accidents, along with other complex data. This is stored and analyzed based on a combination of thousands of parameters. Produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jorge Navarro
Jorge Navarro Sanchez (born 3 February 1996) is a Spanish motorcycle racer currently competing in the Supersport World Championship, for Ducati's Orelac Racing Verdnatura team. He has previously raced in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes during his Grand Prix motorcycle racing career, scoring two wins and nineteen podiums in total. In his early career, he also competed in the FIM CEV Moto3 series, finishing as runner-up to Fabio Quartararo in the 2014 championship, and fifth in 2013. Career Supersport World Championship For 2023, Navarro joined Ten Kate Racing Yamaha for the Supersport World Championship. He finished the season 7th in the standings, scoring his first podium of the category in Portimao. Originally signed to Triumph's WRP-RT Motorsport by SKM team for the 2024 Supersport World Championship, following three successful weekends, Navarro was signed by Ducati's Orelac Racing Verdnatura team, to replace Lorenzo Baldassarri Lorenzo Baldassarri (born 6 November 1996) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stefan Bradl
Stefan Bradl (born 29 November 1989) is a German professional motorcycle racer, best known for winning the Moto2 World Championship in . He then moved to MotoGP in 2012 with LCR Honda. While in MotoGP, Bradl is best known for his performance at Laguna Seca getting the pole position and finishing second in the race behind Marc Marquez, ahead of Valentino Rossi. Bradl finished the 2013 season 7th, despite missing two races due to injury. This proved to be his highest ever MotoGP finish. Bradl is the son of former racer Helmut Bradl. He is contracted as a test rider for Honda Racing Corporation in MotoGP and makes occasional wild card appearances and acts as an injury replacement. Career 125cc World Championship (2005–2009) Born in Augsburg, West Germany, Bradl started his 125cc World Championship career in 2005 as a wild card for three races, competing in the 125cc German Championship with KTM. He took more wild card races in 2006, still with KTM. He had a terrible fractur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yonny Hernández (motorcyclist)
Yonny Hernández Vega (born 25 July 1988) is a Colombian motorcycle racer. He is the older brother of Santiago Hernández. Career In 2018, he competed as a test rider for the Monster Energy Yamaha Tech3 team in the 2018 MotoGP pre-season test at the Sepang International Circuit. He appeared as a replacement for Jonas Folger Jonas Folger (born 13 August 1993) is a German professional motorcycle racer who most recently regularly competed in the 2021 Superbike World Championship. He was named as a replacement rider from April 2023 for Pol Espargaró, injured in March d ... who was absent due to health problems. The pre-season test in Sepang was his first opportunity to try out the Yamaha YZR-M1 motorbike. In his five seasons of participation in MotoGP, Hernandez has never defended a Yamaha motorbike team. Most of his career in MotoGP was spent as a Ducati motorbike rider. Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season By class Races by year ( key) (Races in bold i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cal Crutchlow
Cal Crutchlow (born 29 October 1985) is an English professional motorcycle racer who retired from regular competition after the 2020 season. He is contracted as a test rider for Yamaha Motor Racing, which he is expected to continue in 2022 and 2023. During 2021 he returned to race for two Yamaha teams as a replacement rider in four MotoGP events, and replaced Andrea Dovizioso for the last six events of 2022 after Dovizioso's retirement announced mid-season. Crutchlow competed in the MotoGP class from to and is a three-time race winner in both MotoGP and the Superbike World Championship. After winning the 2006 British Supersport Championship, he became the Supersport World Championship champion in 2009 with Yamaha. He also won races in the British Superbike Championship finishing 3rd in 2008 and in the Superbike World Championship finishing 5th in 2010. In 2011, Crutchlow joined the MotoGP World Championship with Monster Yamaha Tech 3. After finishing his rookie season in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jack Miller (motorcyclist)
Jack Peter Miller (born 18 January 1995) is an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who rides for the Pramac Racing, Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP. He was the German 2011 IDM 125cc International Champion. Miller has won four races in the premier class, his first at the 2016 Dutch TT#MotoGP, 2016 Dutch TT on a Marc VDS Racing Team#Motorcycle Grand Prix era, Marc VDS Honda, his second and third in consecutive weekends of May 2021, at Jerez, Spain, and Le Mans, France on a Ducati Corse, Ducati, and his fourth at the 2022_Japanese_motorcycle_Grand_Prix, 2022 Motul Grand Prix of Japan, also on a Ducati. He has finished as the championship runner-up in the 2014 Moto3 World Championship. Miller now uses the nickname 'Thriller', whereas earlier in his career he was known as 'Jackass'. Career Early career Born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Miller grew up on a property outside the city. A tropical city where he made his own fun, riding his motorbike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
LCR Team
LCR Team is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Castrol Honda LCR with rider Johann Zarco and Idemitsu Honda LCR with rider Somkiat Chantra, as well as the MotoE World Cup under the name LCR E-Team. MotoGP 1996–2003: Lucio Cecchinello era The team was established by Italian rider Lucio Cecchinello in 1996, with LCR being an initialism for ''Lucio Cecchinello Racing''. He set up his own team for the 125cc World Championship using Honda motorcycles, earning several top ten finishes. Similar results followed in the 1997. Cecchinello-Ueda partnership with Hondas In the 1998 season the team recruited two-time 125cc runner-up Noboru Ueda to ride alongside Cecchinello. In only his second race for the team, Ueda got the team their first Grand Prix victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Johor Circuit. Cecchinello's first win for his own team came later that year in Madrid Grand Prix at Jarama. Cecchinello finished 5th in ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dani Pedrosa
Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from regular competition after the season. He grew up in Castellar del Vallès, a village near Sabadell. He is a three-time World Champion being the List of 125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions, 125cc world champion in 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2003, List of 250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions, 250cc world champion in 2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2004, the youngest ever to win it and repeated it in 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2005. Pedrosa is a test and development rider for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. In 2021, he returned to race for KTM as a Wild card (sports)#Motorcycle racing, wildcard rider in Austria at the 2021 Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix, Styrian Grand Prix, followed by two outings 2023 MotoGP World Championship, in 2023, resulting in placing 6th and 7th at Circuito de Jerez, Jerez and two 4t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships (, and ) and two 250cc World Championships ( and ). After winning the 2006 and 2007 List of 250cc Motorcycle World Champions, 250 cc World Championships, Lorenzo moved to MotoGP in 2008 with the factory Yamaha Motor Racing, Yamaha team. In his first season, he won rookie of the year honours after finishing 4th place in the championship, including a win at 2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, Portugal. The nine seasons he spent with Yamaha from 2008 to 2016 proved to be very successful, as he won the championship on three occasions in , and , finishing as championship runner-up in , and . His win tally of eight in the 2013 MotoGP season remained the most by any rider in the premier class in a single season not to win the title unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dorna Sports
Dorna Sports, S.L. is the commercial rights' holder for the motorcycle, motorcycling sport of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix racing. Established in 1988 as an international sports management and marketing company, it is headquartered in Madrid, with branch offices and/or subsidiaries in Barcelona, Amsterdam, London and Rome. Established by Banco Banesto as Dorna promoción del deporte, the company was sold to CVC Capital Partners, CVC Madrid in 1998 as the operation developed internationally and was renamed Dorna Sports. Private equity group Bridgepoint has been the majority shareholder of Dorna since 2006. On 1 April 2024, it was officially announced that Liberty Media plans to take over 86% of Dorna, valuing the purchase at €4.2 billion ($4.5 billion). The purchase was expected to be completed on 31 December 2024 but the European Commission opened an investigation in December for possible monopoly by Liberty Media thus delaying the completion of the purchase. Righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main road which now bypasses Silverstone to the south and east. The village is also about south-southwest of Northampton, west-northwest of Milton Keynes, and east-northeast of Banbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,176. The village's name probably means 'farm/settlement of Saewulf/Sigewulf'. The Silverstone Circuit, the current home of the British Grand Prix, is located nearby; it straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border. The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Silvestone'' and ''Selvestone''. Parish church Silverstone had a chapel by 1200 CE. In about 1780 the medieval building was replaced by a Georgian architecture, Georgian one, which was enlarged by the addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2015 Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season
The 2015 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The championship was won by Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo, racing for Movistar Yamaha MotoGP. It was his third and final world title in the MotoGP category, his fifth overall in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The season had 18 races, beginning in Qatar and finishing in Valencia, which determined who would be world champion between Movistar Yamaha teammates Lorenzo and runner-up Valentino Rossi. It was first time since 2013 that the world title was decided on the final race of the season. Lorenzo also had the most pole positions, fastest laps and race wins throughout the season; while Rossi had the most finishes, completing every race throughout the season, while Lorenzo had one race retirement in San Marino. 2015 was the final season that Bridgestone was the sole tyre supplier for MotoGP, as Michelin became the sole tyre supplier for the 2016 season. The 2015 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
