50th Macao Motorcycle Grand Prix

[Andy]

Bottom post of the previous page:

I see. Thanks for the explanation.
Perhaps Michael is a bit 'too' nice. Not sure. But then he races a lot different series/races but on similar machinery, very similar to Jeremy McWilliams

[Andy]

Fascination Macau, fascination road racing

All pictures have been posted at http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/cogpm ... =1&lang=en

[Everso Biggyballies]

Great Saturday race, eventually, after a two hour delayh for barrier repairs from the GTs. I wont spoil it with results, as I managed to download the race, and others may not, but it was tight up front all the way and balls to the wall, literally.

[Andy]

Great Saturday race, eventually, after a two hour delayh for barrier repairs from the GTs. I wont spoil it with results, as I managed to download the race, and others may not, but it was tight up front all the way and balls to the wall, literally.

Speaking of balls
Here's a clip of Horst Saigers 2nd gear highsider during 2nd qualifying and his comment on it after being released from hospital and declared fit to race

"Wie soll ich sagen, es hat mir die Bälle gequetscht, ich habe richtig eins auf die Glocken bekommen."

(My attempt of a rather free translation: "Not sure how to say but it squeezed my balls. I got hit right between the legs.")

[Andy]

The 50th Macau finished with Peter Hickman again taking victory from Michael Rutter and Martin Jessopp in what was a great battle all race long. Glen Irwin laid in 4th position on a sensational debut when his Ducati gave up on the penultimate lap. Austrian Horst Saiger scored a best ever finish in 5th position despite a highsider at Lisboa Bend during 2nd Qualifying. Gary Johnson also was a non finisher

Just to complete the stats
Warm Up result :
Pos Nr Class Name Nat entrant Vehicle Type time laps gap diff kmh
1 1 Peter Hickman GBR Bathams/SMT Racing BMW 02:26.6 8 150.31
2 2 Michael Rutter GBR Bathams/SMT Racing BMW 02:26.8 8 0.227 0.227 150.08
3 67 Glenn Irwin GBR Be Wiser Ducati Race Team Ducati 02:26.8 8 0.268 0.041 150.04
4 22 Conor Cummins GBR Honda Racing Honda 02:27.9 7 1.355 1.087 148.94
5 40 Martin Jessopp GBR Riders Motorcycles BMW BMW 02:28.0 8 1.406 0.051 148.89
6 3 Stuart Easton GBR Bathams/SMT Racing BMW 02:28.2 8 1.609 0.203 148.68
7 4 Ian Hutchinson GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW 02:28.5 8 1.892 0.283 148.4
8 8 Horst Saiger LIE Saiger Racing Kawasaki 02:29.1 8 2.54 0.648 147.75
9 12 John McGuinness GBR Honda Racing Honda 02:29.3 6 2.727 0.187 147.57
10 13 Gary Johnson GBR BMW Motorrad Motorsport BMW 02:29.5 8 2.884 0.157 147.41
11 20 Dan Cooper GBR Dan Cooper Racing/CMS BMW 02:29.5 8 2.911 0.027 147.39
12 17 Steve Mercer GBR Briggs Equipment BMW BMW 02:30.0 4 3.39 0.479 146.92
13 82 Derek Sheils IRL Cookstown Burrows Engineering Racing Suzuki 02:31.1 7 4.562 1.172 145.78
14 7 Dan Kneen GBR Mar-Train Racing Yamaha 02:31.9 7 5.367 0.805 145
15 6 Ivan George Lintin GBR RC Express Racing Kawasaki 02:32.0 7 5.46 0.093 144.91
16 26 Didier Grams GER Heidger-Motorsport by WEPOL; SAFMETAL BMW 02:32.3 6 5.692 0.232 144.69
17 62 Sam West GBR Ice Valley/Four Anjels BMW 02:32.7 7 6.171 0.479 144.24
18 54 Steve Heneghan IRL Reactive Parts Yamaha Yamaha 02:33.0 4 6.408 0.237 144.02
19 99 Danny Webb GBR Penz13.com BMW by MGM Special Olympics Macau BMW 02:33.1 8 6.533 0.125 143.9
20 88 Daniel Hegarty GBR Special Olympics Project Kawasakiby Nature Power Kawasaki 02:33.2 7 6.656 0.123 143.78
21 39 Allann-Jon Venter RSA CF Racing Team 32 Yamaha 02:34.0 8 7.451 0.795 143.04
22 45 Marek Cerveny CZE Heidger-Motorsport by WEPOL; SAFMETAL BMW 02:34.1 7 7.485 0.034 143.01
23 10 Mark Miller USA Splitlath EBR EBR 02:34.1 7 7.557 0.072 142.94
24 14 Andre Pires POR Bimota UK Bimota 02:35.0 6 8.463 0.906 142.11
25 111 Brian McCormack IRL TAG Racing Honda Honda 02:35.9 4 9.288 0.825 141.36
26 34 Ben Wylie GBR Bimota UK Bimota 02:39.0 7 12.419 3.131 138.57
27 71 Davy Morgan GBR Magic Bullet Racing Honda 02:42.1 5 15.58 3.161 135.87
28 65 Michael Sweeney IRL Martin Jones Racing BMW 02:43.7 6 17.18 1.6 134.54

Race Resul
1. Peter Hickman, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), 12 laps, Total Race Time 29:15.590, Best Lap Time 2:25.333
2. Michael Rutter, UK (BMW S1000RR), -0.533 second, 2:25.588
3. Martin Jessopp, UK (BMW S1000RR), -0.655, 2:24.931
4. Conor Cummins, UK (Hon CBR1000RR), -20.856 seconds, 2:26.579
5. Horst Saiger, Austria (Kaw ZX-10R), -23.201, 2:26.676
6. Stuart Easton, UK (BMW S1000RR), -35.547, 2:28.088
7. John McGuinness, UK (Hon CBR1000RR), -35.644, 2:27.457
8. Ian Hutchinson, UK (BMW S1000RR), -39.519, 2:26.994
9. Derek Sheils, Ireland (Suz GSX-R1000), -46.389, 2:28.242
10. Dan Cooper, UK (BMW S1000RR), -50.503, 2:28.688
11. Dan Kneen, UK (Yam YZF-R1), -60.197, 2:29.302
12. Didier Grams, Germany (BMW S1000RR), -75.621, 2:30.701
13. Danny Webb, UK (BMW S1000RR), -85.213, 2:32.441
14. Sam West, UK (BMW S1000RR), -87.225, 2:31.763
15. Mark Miller, USA (EBR 1190RS), -89.359, 2:32.437
16. Daniel Hegarty, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), -97.296, 2:32.423
17. Marek Cerveny, Czech Republic (BMW S1000RR), -106.362, 2:33.253
18. Allan-Jon Venter, South Africa (Yam YZF-R1), -110.436, 2:33.179
19. Andre Pires, Portugal (Bim BB3), -110.740, 2:34.045
20. Michael Sweeney, Ireland (BMW S1000RR), -118.501, 2:33.511
21. Brian McCormack, Ireland (Hon CBR1000RR), -129.971, 2:33.825
22. Ben Wylie, UK (Bim BB3), -131.930, 2:34.235
23. Glenn Irwin, UK (Duc Panigale R), -1 lap, DNF, mechanical, 2:25.660
24. Gary Johnson, UK (BMW S1000RR), -1 lap, DNF, mechanical, 2:28.132
25. Ivan Lintin, UK (Kaw ZX-10R), -2 laps, DNF, mechanical, 2:30.346
26. Davy Morgan, UK (Hon CBR1000RR), -7 laps, DNF, 2:35.752
27. Steve Mercer, UK (BMW S1000RR), DNS
28. Steve Heneghan, Ireland (Yam YZF-R1), DNS

[erwin greven]

It was by far more enjoyable than the four wheel races. With the FIA GT race as a abysmal low point. Even Laurens wasn't pleased with his title saying not knowing how to put this title in perspective.

[Andy]

The bike race was ace
But I was very pleased with the F3 boys keeping it together with just two laps of safety car.

[Michkov]

Are there superbike races around the Nordschleife these days? Cant be much more dangerous than the streets of Macau or the various Irish roads they race on.

[Andy]

No races, just trackdays but with real two wheel stars at the Ring such as Helmut Dähne

[Andy]

Hightlights clip of the motorcycle GP

[Andy]

Just found that the full race has been posted on facebook:
Enjoy

[Everso Biggyballies]

Just found that the full race has been posted on facebook:
Enjoy

Hehehe perfect timing. Just looked at the TV guide and little of interest on TV so Macau in full it is. Thanks for posting the link.

[Andy]

You are welcome

[kals]

Sweet thanks Andy

[Andy]

You are welcome