Eurosport TV Coverage - Valencia MotoGP

Big downer that it's the last GP of the season, but go see it out in style by following all the action with Toby and Julian on Eurosport...
Here's the weekend's coverage:


Friday, 2 Nov 2007
7:00pm - 8:30pm (1 Hour 30 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: MotoGP Practice

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Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
11:00am - 11:30am (30 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: MotoGP Practice

Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
11:30am - 12:00pm (30 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: Introduction

Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
12:00pm - 12:45pm (45 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: 125cc Qualifying

Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
12:45pm - 2:00pm (1 Hour 15 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: MotoGP Qualifying

Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
2:00pm - 3:00pm (1 Hour )
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: 250cc Qualifying

Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
6:10pm - 7:00pm (50 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: MotoGP Qualifying

Saturday, 3 Nov 2007
9:45pm - 11:30pm (1 Hour 45 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: MotoGP Qualifying

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Sunday, 4 Nov 2007
8:00am - 8:45am (45 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: MotoGP Qualifying

Sunday, 4 Nov 2007
9:15am - 9:45am (30 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: Introduction

Sunday, 4 Nov 2007
9:45am - 11:00am (1 Hour 15 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: 125cc Race

Sunday, 4 Nov 2007
11:00am - 12:15pm (1 Hour 15 minutes)
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: 250cc Race

Sunday, 4 Nov 2007
12:15pm - 2:15pm (2 Hours )
Eurosport (British Eurosport)
Valencia Grand Prix: MotoGP Race

Pic Of The Day

Just a very cool pic from back in 2005; one of many being shared in our "Random Bati Pics From The Web" thread over at BatiFans.com - the Alvaro Bautista Fan Chat Forum, although you'll need to sign up to see them all.
But what better excuse do you want to join in and chat with other Alvaro fans from around the world and help give our guy all the support he deserves... :)

Limited Edition Alvaro Bautista Biography Out Soon

In case you didn't already know about it, there is a limited edition biography (and I'm reckoning it's going to be *very* limited and that it's also going to become very desirable / collectable) coming out at the end of October.
It's published by a small company in Alvaro's hometown of Talavera de la Reina, and is a Spanish language book.
Only costs €20 - very reasonable - and it sounds to be packed with photos across its 108 pages.
Sales inquiries need to go to canseco07@terra.es and we have a topic on our Fan Forum about it, if you need more advice on contacting the publishers, and on ordering and paying for a copy.

New Alvaro Bautista "19" Icons for Mac & PC

I've designed a second pack of Alvaro Bautista icons for you; based around his number 19 symbol.
They're done in a variety of ways and colour schemes, and are ideal for pimping your folders, drives and even the dullest of documents.
They're available for Mac OSX and Windows XP, and you can download them here...

The Good & Bad Of Raceday...

Well - ups and downs really.
The crucial thing is the 'down' - Alvaro dropping out of a brilliant fighting race where he was easily going to be on the podium (I'd have said 2nd) when his bike failed on lap 6 of the Malaysian 250cc GP at Sepang.
The race saw plenty of other good scrapping though, and of course also saw J-Lo seal his title bid.

The upside was this...

...The splendid Toby Moody not only plugging us again on Eurosport (is it just my imagination or does he mention us more often than he mentions the Eurosport website???) but also apparently pimping the site to Alvaro himself! Stars, the both of them :)

Anyway, for completeness, here's the results in full...


CLASSIFIED:

Pos | Rider | Make | Time
1. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 43:09.316
2. Hector Barbera Aprilia + 2.251
3. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia + 2.957
4. Mika Kallio KTM + 2.965
5. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 7.305
6. Julian Simon Honda + 8.747
7. R. Locatelli Gilera + 16.105
8. Marco Simoncelli Gilera + 26.101
9. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 28.032
10. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia + 34.754
11. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 35.888
12. Karel Abraham Aprilia + 42.514
13. Shuhei Aoyama Honda + 48.020
14. Alex Baldolini Aprilia + 48.058
15. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia + 49.190
16. R. Wilairot Honda + 49.273
17. Eugene Laverty Honda + 53.468
18. Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia +1:02.665
19. Jules Cluzel Aprilia +1:15.625
20. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia +1:17.024
21. Imre Toth Aprilia +1:32.646


NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

Rider | Make | Laps
Federico Sandi Aprilia 17
Doni Tata Yamaha 16
Alex de Angelis Aprilia 10
Efren Vazquez Aprilia 9
Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 6

Alvaro on a Suzuki in 2009?

Interesting stuff quoted on Alvaro's official site and at TVE...

“Hopefully we can announce something in Valencia,” said Jorge Martinez, who has already taken years designing that what will be his star piece and to continue it hangs on the signature of the company of Kevin Schwantz, connected also with Suzuki, to try to get bikes supplied by the Japanese company.
“Things are pretty advanced and from now on our objective is to be with Suzuki and have Schwantz as our sporting director. We want to bikes and have asked for two, but it could also be that the 2009 project will start with only one. We are being evaluated by Suzuki to see if they will give us one or two motors,” concluded Aspar, whose intention is to put this to Bautista.
“Alvaro will race with a Suzuki in 2009 if everything goes to plan,” he stated.

Links:
Videoclip on TVE...
Article on alvarobautista.com....

Bautista 3rd In 1st Qualifying at Sepang

Some excellent running from Alvaro today - spending most of it in P1.
Eventually down to third, but a very good result nonetheless, and judging by his comments he still has more to come form the bike if all goes well...

"The day has been quite positive. In the morning I had a good feeling in the rain, and I have tried to work a bit in the wet, because I have not had much experience of it in 250 this year...
We have worked hard with the bike, because it did not feel completely comfortable. In the end we have improved a little more, although it will be necessary to continue working because there were some things that are still not quite right for me... "

Here's the running order form Quali 1.

Pos | Rider | Make | Time
1. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 2:08.876
2. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 2:08.968 + 0.092
3. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 2:09.155 + 0.279
4. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 2:09.387 + 0.511
5. Mika Kallio KTM 2:09.647 + 0.771
6. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 2:09.732 + 0.856
7. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 2:10.088 + 1.212
8. R.Locatelli Gilera 2:10.509 + 1.633
9. Julian Simon Honda 2:10.528 + 1.652
10. Hector Barbera Aprilia 2:10.696 + 1.820
11. Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2:10.856 + 1.980
12. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 2:11.318 + 2.442
13. Yuki Takahashi Honda 2:11.335 + 2.459
14. R.Wilairot Honda 2:11.369 + 2.493
15. Shuhei Aoyama Honda 2:11.484 + 2.608
16. Karel Abraham Aprilia 2:11.642 + 2.766
17. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 2:12.001 + 3.125
18. Jules Cluzel Aprilia 2:12.005 + 3.129
19. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 2:12.513 + 3.637
20. Eugene Laverty Honda 2:12.647 + 3.771
21. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 2:12.846 + 3.970
22. Imre Toth Aprilia 2:13.241 + 4.365
23. Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 2:13.505 + 4.629
24. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 2:14.011 + 5.135
25. Federico Sandi Aprilia 2:15.196 + 6.320
26. D.T.Pradita Yamaha 2:15.534 + 6.658

And I Got One... :)

Awesome :)
Got it from: Totmoto

TV Times - Malaysian Grand Prix - MotoGP

Early mornings again here in the UK this weekend if we want to catch all the live action from Sepang...

EUROSPORT MotoGP COVERAGE

Friday 19th October
6.00am - Live Practice 125cc
6.45am - Live Practice MotoGP
8.00am - Live Practice 250cc

Saturday 20th October
6.00am - Live Qualifying 125cc
6.45am - Live Qualifying MotoGP
8.00am - Live Qualifying 250cc

Sunday 21st October
4.45am - Live Race 125cc
6.00am - Live Race 250cc
7.15am - Live Race MotoGP
11.30am - MotoGP Race - Repeat
17.50pm - MotoGP Race - Repeat

Alvaro's Excellent Podium Down Under

Well, in a weekend when - let’s be honest - nobody was going to touch Lorenzo, Alvaro’s second place at the 250cc Australian GP at Philip Island was more than respectable.
His third place on the grid was excellent and his dicing throughout the race was superb to bring home some extra points for his season tally and yet another podium in his rookie 250 year. Awesome :)

Although to us, it merely looked exciting and an excellent fight, Bati clearly had a harder time of it than was really visible to us.
In some roughly (and probably poorly) translated words, here’s Alvaro’s take on how things went...
“It has been a difficult race... The conditions were very difficult, with a lot of wind.
Lorenzo just escaped and was it impossible to stay with him, so we concentrated on the fight for second position. That was my objective.
In the end I took second. The bike moved around a lot, and it became difficult to work with the wind. But I am happy, mainly because in this first year in 250cc I am feeling really good about it. I hope that this carries on in next the two races.”


& here is the classified results listing...
AUSTRALIAN MOTOGP 250CC GRAND PRIX, AUSTRALIA 14/10/07

Pos Rider Make Time
1. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 39:25.727
2. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 19.634
3. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 19.724
4. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM + 19.797
5. Thomas Luthi Aprilia + 20.066
6. Julian Simon Honda + 21.045
7. Marco Simoncelli Gilera + 32.960
8. Shuhei Aoyama Honda + 33.043
9. Alex de Angelis Aprilia + 33.051
10. Yuki Takahashi Honda + 44.814
11. R. Locatelli Gilera + 48.733
12. Jules Cluzel Aprilia + 54.010
13. Karel Abraham Aprilia +1:03.218
14. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia +1:09.368
15. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia +1:17.807
16. Eugene Laverty Honda +1:21.239
17. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia +1:31.245
18. Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia +1:33.575
19. R. Wilairot Honda +1:33.916
20. Federico Sandi Aprilia + 1 lap

Bati Third On The Grid For 250cc Australian Grand Prix

Excellent news: Bati has wound up with 3rd spot on the grid for tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island in a session that saw Jorge Lorenzo basically untouchable out front, and a nasty looking fall for Roberto Locatelli; who thankfully seems okay.
The circuit is a good one for Alvaro, who of course clinched his 125cc championship title there last year. Hopefully he can work some magic again in the race tomorrow.

Here’s some of his words post-session...
“Again I am on the front row. I am very happy with that because I haven’t been on the front row since Holland, and mainly because I a am also feeling good about the bike.
We have been testing some things in the official practice and I have kept things which I liked, and have been able to go fast. The speed is not bad, although Lorenzo is perhaps a step ahead.
Tomorrow I will try to take advantage of the front row start, and I must to try to be ahead right from the beginning and to give all the fight I possibly can.”

Good luck for the race Bati! :)
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Join in at BatiFans.com and support our guy and chat to other fans online...

For completeness here’s the top ten riders...

1. Lorenzo (Aprilia) 1:32.884
2. Barbera (Aprilia) +0.886secs
3. Bautista (Aprilia) +0.936secs (1:33.820)
4. de Angelis (Aprilia) +0.940secs
5. Simoncelli (Gilera) +0.970secs
6. H. Aoyama (KTM) +1.048secs
7. Dovizioso (Honda) +1.269secs
8. Luthi (Aprilia) +1.301secs
9. Simon (Honda) +1.415secs
10. S. Aoyama (Honda) +1.528secs

Bautista 6th in Friday Qualifying

(*Above: Bati giving it some, out near the Siberia end of the track)


MOTOGP - 250CC - AUTRALIAN GRAND PRIX, PHILLIP ISLAND
1ST QUALIFYING, FRIDAY 12TH OCTOBER

Pos Rider Make Time
1. Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 1:33.641
2. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1:34.358 + 0.717
3. Alex de Angelis Aprilia 1:34.820 + 1.179
4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1:34.999 + 1.358
5. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1:35.013 + 1.372
6. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 1:35.158 + 1.517
7. Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 1:35.311 + 1.670
8. Julian Simon Honda 1:35.333 + 1.692
9. Shuhei Aoyama Honda 1:35.674 + 2.033
10. Mika Kallio KTM 1:35.809 + 2.168
11. Thomas Luthi Aprilia 1:35.879 + 2.238
12. R. Locatelli Gilera 1:36.412 + 2.771
13. Yuki Takahashi Honda 1:37.115 + 3.474
14. Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 1:37.179 + 3.538
15. Jules Cluzel Aprilia 1:37.334 + 3.693
16. Imre Toth Aprilia 1:37.454 + 3.813
17. Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:37.819 + 4.178
18. Karel Abraham Aprilia 1:38.011 + 4.370
19. Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 1:38.075 + 4.434
20. R. Wilairot Honda 1:38.241 + 4.600
21. Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1:38.278 + 4.637
22. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 1:39.073 + 5.432
23. Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 1:39.240 + 5.599
24. Federico Sandi Aprilia 1:39.976 + 6.335


Great start - let's see where tomorrow takes him... :)

UK Television Coverage For The Australian MotoGP Weekend

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BBC
Sunday 14 October
125cc, 250cc races live, - BBCi 0245-0515
MotoGP race live, - BBC ONE 0545-0700
Races re-run, - BBC ONE, 1300-1400

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EUROSPORT
Friday 12 October
4.45am - Live MotoGP Practice
6.00am - Live 250cc Practice
6.45am - Live 125cc Practice

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EUROSPORT
Saturday 13 October
4.45am - Live MotoGP Qualifying
6.00am - Live 250cc Qualifying
6.45am - Live 125cc Qualifying

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EUROSPORT
Sunday 14 October
00.45am - Live Warm Up
2.45am - Live 125cc Race
4.00am - Live 250cc Race
5.15am - Live MotoGP Race
9.30am - MotoGP 'coverage' / highlights

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Don't forget that BatiFans *always* recommend you tune in to Toby & Julian on Eurosport for maximum enjoyment :)

New Alvaro Bautista Dekstop Wallpapers

For a whole bunch of new Alvaro Bautista desktop wallpapers for your Mac or PC, pop on over to AlvaroBautista.co.uk - where, if you have the good sense to join the BatiFans.com Forum you'll be entitled to some extra special "Members Only" versions too...

AlvaroBautista.co.uk Namechecking clip

Thanks to stv21 for finding this clip of the wonderful Toby Moody and Julian Ryder on the Eurosport TV channel raving about Alvaro post-race at Estoril and namechcking our website.
Cheers guys :)
We love you!

Lifting The Lid On Where To Buy That Helmet

Many thanks to stv21 for pointing out that this is available from here... where you can also buy those older replica helmets too ;)