After completing the second round of the Andalucian circuit of Jerez on the world, the spectacle of MotoGP Portuguese landfall. The teams have prepared for 4 days to travel to the famous Estoril, located 25 km from the capital, Lisbon. So far, leads raining all week and the forecast for the weekend are not the best there was in Jerez.
The Portuguese circuit of Estoril has a route of about 4.1 km and its greatest peculiarity is the close similarity between the layout and the circuit at Montmelo in Catalonia. From an aerial view of the two recall how the road, with a straight, for a very short, not reaching the kilometer.
As for the queen of the world category, the Majorcan Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) will attempt to maintain their dominance at the top of the standings. In this circuit, Yamaha rider has won three consecutive occasions and this year, not left waiting for anyone to beat.
The news "bomb" of the week, has peppered the atmosphere of Repsol Honda Team and the pace of one of its pilots. Casey Stoner has been the victim of a theoretical rumor so far is unofficial and is not verified, which said that the Australian left the world of motorcycles at the end of this season. Remember that the Estoril circuit is the only world where Stoner has not won, so need to check if the rumors about his retirement have hit the Honda Pilot or, conversely, have led to removing this thorn in Portugal.
All MotoGP teams have had little time to work and see if other drivers keep up that have kept in regular race in Qatar and Jerez. In the CRT, Aleix Espargaró (Power Electronics Aspar) try to show their best riding in Jerez and like to be able to fight on top of this classification as peculiar within the queen of the world category.
In Moto2, the struggle between the three normal pilots will be secured and the brother of Espargaró, Pol (40 HP Tuenti Pons), try to cut the distance to 4 points for Marc Marquez (Team Repsol CatalunyaCaixa) in the overall standings. Appears behind the Swiss Thomas Luther (Interwetten-Paddock), who has not tasted the podium in Estoril Portugal.
In the world's smallest category, Moto3, Italian Romano Fenati (Team Italia IMF), new championship leader, will try to apply their domain, pace and aggression has shown that the two GP played so far. Maverick Viñales (Blusens Avintia) is required to reduce the 10 points that separate the Italian in the overall increase and the difference between Luis Salom (RW Racing GP), third place. German Sandro Cortese (Ajo RedBull KTM) has started to show his talent on the track and stick to the top of the table after this GP.
Estoril GP promises to be another exciting moment with the threat of rain. From here you informed at all times of what happens in Portugal. Gas!
by by Marc Balsells Riba
