by Unexpected » 20 Mar 2013, 19:59 
Vreme je da palimo motore polako...
Na testiranjima trenutno najbolje rezultate ima aktuelni šampion Lorenco, iza njega slede Pedrosa, Rosi i Markes.
Karavan u 2013. godini kreće noćnom trkom u Kataru 7. aprila, uz nadu da ćemo konačno gledati zanimljive trke, posle dve prilično nezanimljive sezone.
Da ponovim deo od prošle sezone:
Nadam se da će nas u novoj sezoni na topic-u biti bar četvoro, a da će broj stranica barem biti jednak broju trka.
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COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR
7 April Losail Circuit | Qatar
Introduction:
The fabulous Losail International Circuit lies on the outskirts of Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Built in little over a year, the track cost $58 million USD and required round-the-clock dedication from almost 1,000 workers in order to get it ready for the inaugural event - the Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar on the 2nd October 2004.
The track itself is a flowing layout of 5.4 kilometres, surrounded by artificial grass designed to prevent sand from the neighbouring desert from blowing onto the circuit. The main straight is over a kilometre in length and there is a good mix of medium and high-speed corners, including a couple of quick left-handers which has proved particularly popular with the riders.
In 2008 Qatar celebrated the first night time Grand Prix in history, following the construction of permanent outdoor lighting. The switch to night time racing was a success and has continued to be so, with the Qatar event now established as one of the most spectacular on the MotoGP calendar.
Circuit info
Length: 5.380 m. / 3,343 miles
Width: 12m
Left corners: 6
Right corners: 10
Longest straight: 1.068 m. / 0,664 miles
Constructed: 2004
RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS
21 Apr Circuit of the Americas | United States
Introduction:
The Circuit Of The Americas is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S. near Austin, Texas, with a 5.513km track and a capacity for 120,000 fans. Construction of the impressive 1000-acre facility was completed late in 2012, with MotoGP lining up at the track for the first time in 2013.
One of its more distinctive features is near 41m-elevation change with an impressive incline at the end of the home-straight followed by a sharp left. The circuit is one of the most varied on the GP circuit, with a mix of fast straights and tight hairpins, with most sections mirroring at least some part of a famous track around the world.
It was designed by well-known German architect and circuit designer Hermann Tilke. The driving direction is counter clockwise and has a total of 20 corners with 9 right turns and 11 left turns.
Circuit info
Length: 5.513 m. / 3,426 miles
Width: 15m
Left corners: 11
Right corners: 9
Longest straight: 1.200 m. / 0,746 miles
Constructed: 2012
Modified: 2006
GRAN PREMIO bwin DE ESPAÑA
05 May Jerez | Spain
Introduction:
Built in 1986 and hosting its first Grand Prix one year later, the circuit of Jerez is now one of the most popular MotoGP venues and the focal point for a city fanatical about sport. Set in a slight valley in the south of Spain, Jerez is blessed with consistently good weather and beautiful scenery, its numerous grandstands providing the perfect viewing facilities for up to 250,000 spectators.
With two alternative road circuits (4,423m and 4,428m), which were resurfaced during 2005, Jerez is a popular venue used by many race teams for testing throughout the year, whilst its recently updated corporate and media facilities have proven to be a popular addition to the complex. Other facilities such as the control tower and pit boxes have also been vastly improved.
Circuit info
Length: 4.423 m. / 2,748 miles
Width: 11m
Left corners: 5
Right corners: 8
Longest straight: 607 m. / 0,377 miles
Constructed: 1986
Modified: 2002
MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE
19 May Le Mans | France
Introduction:
Built in 1965 around the existing 24-Hour track, the Le Mans Bugatti Grand Prix race circuit lies 5km south of the city of Le Mans and 200km south-west of Paris. The venue has hosted Grand Prix since the late sixties but a serious accident to Spanish rider Alberto Puig in 1995 saw it struck off the calendar until 2000 whilst stringent safety improvements were carried out.
Le Mans is a tight track dominated by first gear corners that place the emphasis on late braking and hard acceleration, whilst rear end traction is also a key area. With the capacity to comfortably accommodate up to 100,000 spectators, the Bugatti circuit also plays host to the 24 hour truck race, the FIA GP2 Championship, French Touring Car and GT races.
Circuit info
Length: 4.180 m. / 2,597 miles
Width: 13m
Left corners: 4
Right corners: 9
Longest straight: 674 m. / 0,419 miles
Constructed: 1966
Modified: 2008
GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA TIM
02 June Mugello | Italy
Introduction:
Located 30km north-east of Florence in the beautiful countryside of Tuscany, Mugello is a modern circuit with excellent facilities. Bought by Ferrari back in 1988, the 5.245km track has been renovated to a high standard and has a growing reputation as one of the world’s most up-to-date, scenic and safest race circuits.
A blend of slow and fast turns with sweeping curves, long straights and off-camber corners make Mugello one of the most challenging circuits for the riders and engineers. Having hosted its first MotoGP event back in 1976 the venue became a permanent fixture in 1991 after extensive refurbishment. Set within a beautiful tree lined Tuscan valley, Mugello also offers ample viewing areas for a particularly boisterous and partisan Italian crowd.
Circuit info
Length: 5.245 m. / 3,259 miles
Width: 14m
Left corners: 6
Right corners: 9
Longest straight: 1.141 m. / 0,709 miles
Constructed: 1974
GRAN PREMI APEROL DE CATALUNYA
16 June Circuit de Catalunya | Catalunya
Introduction:
In 1989, through the joint collaboration of the Catalan Autonomous Government, the Montmeló Town Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya (RACC), work began on giving one of Europe’s most beautiful cities a state of the art race track to match. The Circuit de Catalunya opened on the doorstep of Barcelona in September 1991 and welcomed its first international event that same month, hosting the Spanish F1 Grand Prix. It went on to host the European Motorcycle Grand Prix and in 1995 became home to the Gran Premio de Catalunya. Considered to be one of the best designed circuits of the recent era, the Circuito de Catalunya won the much coveted IRTA ‘Best Grand Prix’ trophy for 2001 and has a general admission capacity of 104,000 spectators.
Circuit info
Length: 4.727 m. / 2,937 miles
Width: 12m
Left corners: 5
Right corners: 8
Longest straight: 1.047 m. / 0,651 miles
Constructed: 1991
Modified: 1995
IVECO TT ASSEN
29 June Assen | Netherlands
Introduction:
Assen is the only venue to have held a round of the Motorcycle World Championship every year since its creation in 1949. The circuit was purpose built for the Dutch TT in 1954, with previous events having been held on public roads. The track is narrow, with rapid changes in direction, and is fully surrounded by grass banks and grandstands, providing excellent viewing for the hundreds of thousands of fanatical spectators who are drawn to the most prestigious event in Dutch motorsport every year. A huge favourite with riders, Assen is well known for its festive and extravagant atmosphere.
In 1999 the circuit was modified with a new grandstand, control tower, press centre and renovated boxes. Modifications to the Assen circuit over the winter of 2005/6 saw the length of the championship’s longest serving track cut from over 6km down to 4.555km/2.83miles.
Circuit info
Length: 4.542 m. / 2,822 miles
Width: 14m
Left corners: 6
Right corners: 12
Longest straight: 487 m. / 0,303 miles
Constructed: 1955
Modified: 2010
eni MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND
14 July Sachsenring | Germany
Introduction:
Car and bike races have been held on closed public roads in the area around the town of Chemnitz, Germany since the 1920s and were still taking place until as recently as 1990. It was decided, however, that the five mile course through such a densely populated area was no longer suitable and a new circuit was built five miles west of Chemnitz in 1996. Although mainly used as a driver training centre and road transport safety station, Sachsenring first hosted MotoGP in 1998 and many improvements have taken place since then, including a drastic layout enhancement in 2001. Numerous tight corners make it one of the slower tracks on the calendar but there is never any shortage of close racing action.
Circuit info
Length: 3.671 m. / 2,281 miles
Width: 10m
Left corners: 10
Right corners: 3
Longest straight: 700 m. / 0,435 miles
Constructed: 1996
Modified: 2003
RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX
21 July Mazda Raceway | United States
Introduction:
MotoGP returned to the US for the first time in 10 years for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in July 2005, with a fairy-tale first GP win for American Nicky Hayden. The Californian track played host to Grand Prix events from 1988 to 1994 but advancements in MotoGP racing machines required the event to be moved elsewhere while the track was modified and adapted to meet present day safety requirements.
Since December 2004 the circuit has undergone major changes, primarily to increase track safety. The first phase of modernisation included an expanded exit lane, replacement of the kerbs and widening of the main straight, whilst more recent changes involved moving back walls to create bigger run-off areas. The circuit’s principal features, however, remain the same, with 3,58 km of track and 11 curves.
Circuit info
Length: 3.610 m. / 2,243 miles
Width: 15m
Left corners: 7
Right corners: 4
Longest straight: 453 m. / 0,281 miles
Constructed: 1957
Modified: 1996
RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX
18 August Indianapolis | Indianapolis
Introduction:
The first motorsport race which took place at Indy was a motorcycle one on August 14th 1909, on the 2.5 mile oval circuit, and despite its 100-year history it was not until 2008 that MotoGP arrived at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
To celebrate the event an intense modification of the layout was undertaken, but without affecting the legendary oval. The layout of the track, which is 4.168km in length and has 16 turns, incorporates the main straight of the famous oval circuit including the Brickyard and an area between turns 1 and 2 of the oval, before meandering through the vast interior of the IMS.
Circuit info
Length: 4.216 m. / 2,620 miles
Width: 16m
Left corners: 10
Right corners: 6
Longest straight: 872 m. / 0,542 miles
Constructed: 1909
Modified: 2007
bwin GRAND PRIX CESKÉ REPUBLIKY
25 August Automotodrom Brno | Czech Republic
Introduction:
The world’s most famous riders have taken part in GP events in Brno since 1930, where up until 1982 they would race through the villages and western parts of the city on a road track named after the first Czechoslovak President - T.G. Masaryk. A new circuit was built during the 1980s with the aim of attracting Formula 1 to Czechoslovakia, and in 1987 it played host to the FIM Czech Grand Prix. Popular with both fans and riders, the new circuit is built in a natural bowl which is banked in places to offer spectators an excellent view. Brno constantly changes in elevation as it sweeps across forested hillsides and its fast undulating corners test rider talent and engineering to the limit.
Circuit info
Length: 5.403 m. / 3,357 miles
Width: 15m
Left corners: 6
Right corners: 8
Longest straight: 636 m. / 0,395 miles
Constructed: 1987
Modified: 1996
HERTZ BRITISH GRAND PRIX
01 Sep Silverstone | Great Britain
Introduction:
With more than 60 years of history Silverstone has become one of the most prestigious venues dedicated to motorsport. Completely revamped in recent years, a multimillion pound investment saw the completion in 2010 of a first phase of works to greatly improve the venue, making it one of the fastest tracks on the MotoGP calendar and earning high praise from the World Championship riders who enjoyed the new layout. The ‘Silverstone Wing’, a state-of-the-art, multi-million pound new Pit and Paddock Complex, will welcome MotoGP in 2011, thus adding to already breathtaking facilities at Silverstone.
Circuit info
Length: 5.902 m. / 3,667 miles
Width: 17m
Left corners: 8
Right corners: 10
Longest straight: 800 m. / 0,497 miles
Constructed: 1948
Modified: 2011
GP APEROL DI SAN MARINO E DELLA RIVIERA DI RIMINI
15 September Misano | San Marino
Introduction:
Close to the city of Rimini, the Misano Adriático circuit was constructed in 1972 and has since undergone an array of modifications. A regular scene for Italian Grands Prix throughout the 80s and early 90s, Misano returned to the MotoGP calendar in 2007.With updated facilities, track and grandstands, the Misano Adriatico holds a maximum capacity of 60,000 spectators. In accordance with MotoGP safety regulations, the 4,200m track runs clockwise for the World Championship races.
Circuit info
Length: 4.226 m. / 2,626 miles
Width: 14m
Left corners: 6
Right corners: 10
Longest straight: 565 m. / 0,351 miles
Constructed: 1969
Modified: 2008
GRAN PREMIO IVECO DE ARAGÓN
29 September Motorland Aragon | Aragon
Introduction:
An ultra-modern facility, MotorLand Aragón had its roots firmly established thanks to a solid history of street racing in Alcañiz, which hosted events between 1963 and 2003. Safety advice warning against the continuation of this led to the proposal and construction of a sporting complex dedicated to motorsport.
With support from local institutions, renowned German architect Hermann Tilke was commissioned to design the facility. The circuit, which is 5.077km long and has 17 turns, was roundly praised by riders after its first Grand Prix in 2010, and it was rewarded with the IRTA Best Grand Prix of the Year award, the first time a circuit had received the prize in its debut year.
Circuit info
Length: 5.078 m. / 3,155 miles
Width: 15m
Left corners: 10
Right corners: 7
Longest straight: 968 m. / 0,601 miles
Constructed: 2009
MALAYSIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX
13 October Sepang Circuit | Malaysia
Introduction:
Specifically built for speed and exciting racing, the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia is one of the world’s best. The 2,300 acre complex which also houses a hotel, shopping centre, golf course and other sports facilities cost around £50m to construct and was built in just 14 months, holding its first Grand Prix in April 1999 and setting the standard for race circuits worldwide.
With four slow corners following two long straights and ten medium to high-speed corners, the wide track is particularly favourable to overtaking manoeuvres and plenty of open throttle. One of the longest laps in MotoGP is made all the more gruelling for riders by intense heat and humidity. Sepang is located around 50km south of Kuala Lumpur city.
Circuit info
Length: 5.548 m. / 3,447 miles
Width: 25m
Left corners: 5
Right corners: 10
Longest straight: 920 m. / 0,572 miles
Constructed: 1998
AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
20 October Phillip Island | Australia
Introduction:
Phillip Island, the self-styled home of Australian motorsport, is steeped in motor racing tradition, with the first car races having been held there on public roads in the 1920s. The first motorcycle races took place in 1931 and a permanent track was built in 1956. The circuit fell into disrepair during the late 70s and early 80s until it was bought in 1985 and given a AUS $5m facelift. MotoGP returned in 1989 and 1990 before becoming a regular fixture once more from 1997 onwards.
The Phillip Island circuit is blessed with breathtaking scenery and beautiful ocean views and, as one of the fastest, most fluid, tracks on the calendar, it continues to provide some of the most spectacular racing in the MotoGP season.
Circuit info
Length: 4.448 m. / 2,764 miles
Width: 13m
Left corners: 7
Right corners: 5
Longest straight: 900 m. / 0,559 miles
Constructed: 1956
Modified: 1988
GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN
27 October Motegi | Japan
Introduction:
Located amongst the vast natural beauty of the northern Kanto district, the twin ring circuit at Motegi in Japan consists of a 1.5 mile oval and a 2.9 mile road course constructed to international standards. Built by Honda as the ultimate test facility in August 1997, the road circuit became home to MotoGP in 2000 whilst the oval is designed to introduce American motorsports culture to the country.
Twin Ring Motegi is a major attraction for motorsports fans all year round as it is the venue for the Honda Collection Hall, a museum which houses an illustrious collection of motorcycle, car and racing machines from throughout the ages. The complex also includes a safety and riding school, dirt track, go-karts, hotel, restaurant, shops and event halls and currently employs some 300 staff.
Circuit info
Length: 4.801 m. / 2,983 miles
Width: 15m
Left corners: 6
Right corners: 8
Longest straight: 762 m. / 0,473 miles
Constructed: 1997
Modified: 1997
GRAN PREMIO GENERALI DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA
10 November Comunitat Valenciana | Valencia
Introduction:
The Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana was completed in 1999 and held rounds of the MotoGP and Spanish Motorcycle Championships in the same year. The Cheste track has several layouts, running anti-clockwise with varying lengths. MotoGP events are held on a 4km track comprising of five right handed corners, eight left handers and a 650m straight. Although the track is regarded as quite small, the pit complex contains 48 garages whilst the stadium style grandstands can seat up to 150,000 spectators. The circuit layout which allows all parts of the circuit to be seen from any stand helps to create a unique atmosphere enjoyed by Spanish and international riders alike and as the last race of the season there is always a party feeling to the Grand Prix, which was voted best GP of 2005 by IRTA.
Circuit info
Length: 4.005 m. / 2,489 miles
Width: 12m
Left corners: 9
Right corners: 5
Longest straight: 876 m. / 0,544 miles
Constructed: 1999
