Honda Racing Thanks Day Event Motegi 2012

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Today at Motegi circuit Japan, Honda celebrates their success story as the MotoGP Constructor winner for 2012 season. Dani Pedrosa and his new teammate Marc Marquez were attended the event with several Honda's rider such as Hiroshi Aoyama, Takaaki Nakagami, Yuki Takahashi, Kousuke Akiyoshi, Takumi Takahashi, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, and also former Honda riders Shinichi Itoh, Shinya Nakano and Tadayuki Okada.

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The curtain falls on this 2012 season for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team

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The MotoGP world championship in coming to an end but not quite yet, the now classic end of season Valencia GP has yet to take place this weekend. In the MotoGP category Colin Edwards will be fighting for the fourth place in the CRT standing: the American rider has to gain 3 points over James Ellison and the absent Yonny Heranndez to achieve it.

In Moto2 there is yet to be determined if Alex De Angelis will be able to ride this weekend. The rider from San Marino is recovering rapidly from the injury on his left hand suffered in Australia. We will have to wait until Thursday morning after the visit to the Clinica Mobile in order to know if he will be declared fit to race this weekend at the Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana. On the other hand the participation of his teammate Yuki Takahashi is guaranteed, the Japanese rider will be aiming this weekend to get in the points.

Colin Edwards -5

"With the struggles we’ve had this season I’ve been pretty happy these last few races. 

It’s been a tough year and we have worked our way through it. I look forward to this weekend, I have always liked Valencia, I’m just hoping that the weather doesn’t get too cold. Some good weather would be nice for this last race."

Alex De Angelis - 15

"I like the Valencia circuit, I have won races here in the past. It will be very difficult to get back out on the track after my crash from Philip Island and the injury that it caused me on my left hand. I am currently doing everything that the doctors are telling me in order to be ready for this weekend’s GP but it will need a long time for my hand to heal and be as it was. I will not be participating on the test on Monday after the Valencia GP." 

Yuki Takahashi - 72

“This is our last opportunity this season to get in the points and we will do out best to get them. From the moment we started working with FTR we improved a lot but the race results do not do justice all the hard work and effort put in. We go to Valencia with high expectations.”

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Takahashi almost in the points at Philip Island

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For the third time this season in the Moto2 Championship Yuki Takahashi finishes the race in sixteenth position, leaving him out of the top15 and from taking home his first points in this fluctuating 2012 season.

With Alex De Angelis out for this race due to yesterday’s crash, the Japanese rider was the only NGM Mobile Froward Racing Moto2 rider to fight for the Team this weekend. Unfortunately the qualifying position obtained by the Japanese rider yesterday conditioned his race today, in which he managed to gain 12 positions.

Yuki Takahashi – 16th

“During the race I had a good pace and a good setting but the problem was that on Saturday I had a series of problems that made me qualify at the back of the grid. The setting we used today was the one we had in Malaysia and it seems to be the right base for this bike, I will probably start off at Valencia with this setting. This track is not one of my favourite but I could have been in the point today. We are now going to Valencia and it is a track that I enjoy a lot, that makes me hopeful for the next race.” 

Pietro Caprara – Moto2 Technical Director

“Yet again Yuki has finished the race really close to the points. He has made a big step today and you can see it in his lap times, he was a second faster today during the race than yesterday during qualifying. His race pace was good, it is a pity that he wasn’t able to be in the Top15.”

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De Angelis back in the Top10 at Sepang

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Good qualifying session for Alex De Angelis who during this second day at Sepang has recovered faith and improves his lap times at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The rider from San Marino ends the qualifying session in ninth position at only eight tenths from the pole and at only .23 from the Top4.

Yuki Takahashi on the other hand has had an unfortunate qualifying session. The Japanese rider finds himself starting from the twenty-third position on the grid after not being able to find the right feeling during the session with his FTR.

Alex de Angelis – 9th (2´07.849)

“I am satisfied with today’s result, we come back to the positions I should be more or less in. Halfway through the session we made an important modification on the rear that made us improve considerably. We still have work ahead of us because the top riders are very fast but we are surely working in the right direction. My back still hurts from yesterday’s crash in the rain but between today an tomorrow we will work along with the Clinical Mobile to be at my best for the race.”

Yuki Takahashi – 23rd (2´09.053)

“At the beginning of qualifying session I had a good pace and had a good feeling with the bike. Even if the feeling I had with the tires I was already using I still decided to change and try the hard ones and exited on the last 10 minutes of the session. I saw a big group with Pol Espargaro and Simone Corsi and thought that I could get to them and push but couldn’t.  At the moment I feel the bike is quite good and tomorrow during the warm up I will just concentrate on the race pace.”

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Unexpected results at Motegi for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team Moto2

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Yuki Takahashi and Alex De Angelis did not succeed in their set goal of being in the points at the AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan after a complicated qualifying session and equally challenging race.

The Japanese finished the race in 16th position at only a few thousandths from the getting the first points of the season, while for Alex De Angelis the grip problems condemn his weekend.

Yuki Takahashi – 16th

“Today was the home Grand Prix for Japan and I wanted to do my best. The start was not so bad and after three laps I made a mistake and did an overland and lost some positions and after that I concentrated on keeping a good pace and recover those positions but it was difficult.This weekend we tried many different settings and during the race we gathered important data. I am happy because I know that if I had not made that mistake I could have taken points and we can see now the potential we really have. I will continue working in this direction in Sepang.”

Alex de Angelis - 20th

“We worked very hard this weekend to try and find the best possible solution but in the race the bike moved a lot because we had no grip what so ever. I tried to push and even changed my riding style during the race but it didn’t make a difference. We have to go over the data from this weekend and try to understand why. The grip on track was non existent and it’s a problems that we need to solve.”  

Pietro Caprara – Moto2 Technical Director

“An unfortunate race for Yuki Takahashi who went straight losing many positions after a very good start. Difficult conditions for both of our riders due to the lack of grip. For Alex  there was also a lack of grip. He goes to Malaysia with a new take on things, going to a track in which he has been on the podium before in Moto2. We have positive expectations.”

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The NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team riders determined for Japan

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The 15th round of the world championship takes the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team to Japan. The Twin Ring Motegi circuit will be the first of the three back-to-back Asian races. The team’s goal is clear, start this first race improving the results from the last GP.

In MotoGP Colin Edwards will strive to be in the points and with the setup work done so far, get closer to the best bikes in his category. In Moto2 great expectations for Yuki Takahashi, who at his home race wants to take the opportunity to comeback among the top riders: same for Alex De Angelis who has a score to settle after finishing 6th during last years race at this very circuit. 

Yuki Takahashi

“It is always great to race here in Motegi, its home! I look forward to having my family and friends here this weekend and I’m sure that this weekend we will be within the points. We have a lot of work ahead of us.”

Alex De Angelis

“After the last race in Aragon I see Motegi as the opportunity to get back to work after a more than unlucky beginning of the race at the last race and have the chance to fight with the lead group.”

  

Colin Edwards

“We have made several improvements in the last few races, lets hope they come in handy and allow us to find the right setup of the bike to be able to be with the top CRTs.”

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Unfortunate weekend for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team

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Today concluded a difficult and unfortunate weekend for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing, with Yuki Takahashi not getting in the points and losing Alex De Angelis in the first lap of the race.

For the Japanese rider the qualifying session and the weather condition change have made it harder for him to find the right race pace. For the rider from San Marino it was Nakagami´s action that sealed his fate by first pushing him off the track and later on hitting him with his bike causing him to crash.

Yuki Takahashi – 23rd

“It has been a tough race specially because we have tried many different things. It has all been a learning process in order to find the right solution for this very complicated race. It was difficult to maintain the position but it has been important to do so to be able to collect data and keep working.”

Alex de Angelis – Not Classified

“We have chosen to use a combination of tires that we have never tried before during the free practices this weekend and that is why we did two laps with them during the warm up before the race. I didn’t feel any chatter and therefore I started the race aggressively. I gained a few positions but then Nakagami made me go long and later his bike took me out. I am sorry because the bike had the right setup, such a shame.”

Pietro Caprara – Moto2 Technical Director

“Complicated comeback race for Yuki. He fought to maintain his position but starting the race so far down on grid makes it harder to find a good pace because of traffic. Given today’s temperature he chose to race with hard tires. Alex on the other hand was satisfied with the modifications made during the morning warm up but bad luck struck again during the first lap of the race. He could have been among the top contenders if only the riders had been calmer at the beginning of the race in order to avoid mistakes like the one Nakagami made today.”

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The NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team on their way to Aragon

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The 14th round of the season brings the World Championship back to Spain. Aragón will host the Grand Prix for the third time since its opening in 2010. The Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón will be the perfect scenario for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team to confirm positive feelings left by the Misano GP.

Colin Edwards is feeling more confident after the considerable setup improvements achieved during the Misano GP. Aragón presents itself as the ideal opportunity for American rider and his Suter – BMW to fight with the top CRTs.

In Moto2 Alex De Angelis and Yuki Takahashi continue their progress with their FTR bike. The rider from Sam Marino left his home GP scoring valuable points, proving that he has a good feeling with the bike and with a bit of luck he will surely have the chance to fight for the top positions.

For the Japanese rider, after an unfortunate crash early on during the Misano race, is now looking forward to this weekends race to prove his good feeling with the FTR bike and scoring the first points of the season and maybe even fighting for the top ten at this Aragón Grand Prix.

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De Angelis’s comeback and Takahashi lucks out

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Yet again the Yuki Takahashi was out of luck during the race after having the best weekend so far this season. He unfortunately suffered a crash that didn’t allow him to reach his goal of taking his first points. 

Thirteenth place for Alex De Angelis, a good race result that could have only been better had the starting grid position been closer to the front rows. The three points from today’s race have allowed the rider from San Marino to be ahead of Simone Corsi, also FTR rider.

Alex de Angelis – 13th place

“The race went a lot better than the practices, the feeling with the bike was much better but starting the race from the back of the grid its complicated. The track conditions were not the best and all the crashes made it harder. In the end we leave this GP with a few more points. We now have to try to understand why  when there is little grip we struggle so much.” 

Yuki Takahashi – Not Classified

“For the start it was not so bad but I hit somebody and I lost some positions and after it was very good and I was close to the front I wanted to try to pass somebody because I was 15th, 14th, 15th and I believed I could get to 11th position but in a fast corner Simone Corsi took me out and I couldn’t do anything to avoid it. Overall I leave with a positive feeling after all we have accomplished in terms of the feeling with the bike. I want to keep working in this direction.”

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Unfortunate qualifying for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team

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The good feelings from the first day of free practice here at the Brno were not confirmed during today’s qualifying session as Alex De Angelis and Yuki Takahashi end in 18th and 22nd position for tomorrow’s staring grid.

The rider from San Marino did not feel comfortable during this morning’s session with a setting modification and during qualifying he suffered a crash after changing tires just a few minutes before the end of the session. The Japanese rider has solved the problems he was having with the front and tomorrow he will have to focus on gaining positions.

Alex de Angelis – 18th (2´03.384)

“The day didn’t exactly start off in the best of ways: this morning we made a modification that I did not like and the lap times were slow. We then went back to yesterday’s setting and right away the bike went faster. Right after making a modification I felt confident and following a fast rider in front of me, I opened the throttle too soon and crashed before I could make my fast lap. It’s a shame because we could have been closer to the top positions given the results we had yesterday.”

Yuki Takahashi – 22nd (2´04.636)

“Yesterday I had a strange feeling with the front of the bike and last night my mechanics worked really hard to check everything and as a result this morning the front felt much better. From there onwards we started working on the setting, I feel I needed more time to work on the setting but this is how racing is and we run out of time. Finally during qualifying we found a good setting for tomorrow but we have a modification to test during the warm up tomorrow before the race.” 

Pietro Caprara – Crew chief

“We have made important improvements with Yuki since yesterday’s free practice. Using a similar setting to the one he had at Mugello and Sachsenring, he seems to have found the feeling with the bike. Even though the traffic on track affected his qualifying position, the hopes for tomorrows race are positive.  Alex had a great day of free practice and felt comfortable right away yesterday and this morning we decided to modify something that did not work but which was important in terms of the development for us. Qualifying could have been better but his race pace make us confident for tomorrow’s.”

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Double withdrawal at Indy for both NGM Mobile Forward Racing Riders

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This has not been the weekend the team expected for either riders Alex De Angelis and Yuki Takahashi at the Moto2´s tenth round of the season.

A technical problem on the front of Yuki Takahashi´s FTR bike constrained him to retire halfway through the race, while an unfortunate maneuver from Xavier Simeon 10 laps to the end of the race, prevented Alex De Angelis from being able to fight to be within the points.

The only thing left to do is to look forward to Brno, which will take place in less than a week.

Yuki Takahashi – 28th

“We had a problem with engine and with the gearbox during the warm up so we basically had no chance to work on the setting modifications we wanted to test, and after the warm up we changed the engine. From the warm up to the race we changed the setting, I don’t know why but during the race I had a lot of chatter, I was 2 seconds slower than yesterday and I preferred to stop because I wanted to work on the setting already thinking about Brno, I was in 25th position and I wasn’t going to take the risk to so I came into the pits and changed the front tire and when I went back out the problem was still there.”

Alex de Angelis - Not Classified

“A weekend to be forgotten, we have done everything possible to improve and we did it but the only thing we could aim for this weekend was to be within the point zone. The tires did not perform well this weekend; I felt I had no grip. The crash with Simeon that took me out when we still had 10 laps to go was surreal given that we were not fighting for the podium.  He was completely in the wrong and didn’t even say he was sorry for what he did.”

Pietro Caprara – Moto2 Technical Director

“Bad luck for both of our riders today. Yuki had a problem with an abnormal vibration on the front of the bike that didn’t allow him to continue the race. The change of front tire seemed to be the solution to his problem but unfortunately it wasn’t and had to stop during the race. Alex had a very positive warm up this morning, where his race pace seemed to be good.  The incident with another rider put an end to his race for the weekend at a circuit that he likes a lot.”

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Full return at Indy for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team

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This weekend the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be the host of the 11th round of the championship where the MotoGP riders will be joined by the Moto2 and Moto3 categories. After the Laguna Seca GP where Colin Edwards was the sole NGM Mobile Forward Racing rider, he will now be joined by Alex De Angelis and Yuki Takahashi after their 5 week summer break after the Mugello GP.

Second and last opportunity for Colin Edwards to have the support of family and friends at his second home race of the season at a race track in which he finished in the Top5 in 2009, same year in which Alex De Angelis finished second also in the MotoGP category. Both the rider of San Marino and Yuki Takahashi will concentrate on finding the feeling with their Moto2 FTR bike on the complicated Brickyard track.

  

Colin Edwards - 5 -  MotoGP

“I am excited for this second home race for me, its always good when family and friends are around.  I’m looking forward to having a good weekend here at Indy and that we make the bike work.”

  

Alex De Angelis – 15 – Moto2 

“I’m really confident for Indy. I like that circuit where I did a podium in MotoGP. FTR is trying to help me find the best setup for my riding style. The team and I will do our best to get a podium again.”

  

Yuki Takahashi – 72 – Moto2 

“I am really looking forward to Indianapolis and getting back on the FTR bike. After the summer break I am ready to get back to work.”

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Stumble for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team at Mugello

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It has not been a good day for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team here at Mugello where the expectations were so high. A complicated beginning of race with De Angelis touching with another rider after the first turn causing him to go long and with Takahashi having the exact same problem and ended up going long.

The comeback during the race for the Japanese rider made him finish in 17th position very close to the points, while the rider from San Marino, at the team’s home race, ended the race after only three laps due to a crash exiting the Casanova Savelli turn.

Yuki Takahashi

“The start was not very good and then I made a mistake entering the first corner in the wrong gear and that made me lose positions. In this weekend everyone has worked very hard and I am very happy with the general setting. It is getting better and better. During the race we had some problems but the setting was good. I am sorry I wasn’t able to make a good result for the team’s home race. From now on I want to concentrate on making good results in this second half of the season.”

Alex de Angelis – not classified

“Unfortunately what happened today during the race is what had already happened before during the free practices, in the change of direction the bike is very unstable. After a good start of the race I touched with rider and went long on the first turn and lost positions. I was pushing to comeback and exiting the Casanova Savelli the bike was going too fast and I couldn’t do anything else other than go straight. I tried to break before the barriers in order not to crash. I am really sorry because I thought it could have been a good race today with good results. Even if it is only our third race with the FTR we have achieved a lot so far.”

Pietro Caprara - Moto2 Technical Director

Unlucky race for Alex De Angelis, who after only three laps lost control of his bike for reason that we are currently analyzing. We are analyzing the problem that we thought we had solved but that seems to have resurfaced during the beginning of the race. It was a real shame for the contact in the first turn with another rider. It was a beginning of race in which he was gaining positions until the crash. Unlucky race for Yuki Takahashi as well, in which at the end of the first lap went straight after a touching with another rider.  An uphill race from the start with a big gap, which is a shame because he could have fought in the Top8 positions with the pace he had during rest of the race.”

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Turning point for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team

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Mugello will be the last of the three back-to-back European races that began in Holland at the TT Assen, followed by the German GP at Sachsenring. The Italia GP is the home race for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team and couldn’t come at a better time for Colin Edwards and his Suter-BMW bike. 

With some of the electronic problems solved and having found a good setting for both wet and dry conditions, the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team is ready for the ninth round of the season. The team’s goal this weekend will be to be the best CRT on the grid.

Positive prospects for Moto2 where Alex De Angelis and Yuki Takahashi will be able to get more kilometers done to their FTR bikes. The FTR bikes have proved themselves to be very competitive after the Sachsenring win of the rider from San Marino. Last season at this very track Alex almost made it to the podium in the Moto2 race, while in the past he had achieved 3 podiums while riding in the 250cc category.

Yuki has proved to have made great improvements during this past weekend and now will be able to take full advantage of his new bike at a race track where he has always been within the points since he started riding in the Moto2 category.

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The rain can´t stop the progress of De Angelis and Takahashi

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It could have been a complicated qualifying session for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team during their very first wet session with the new FTR. Luckily it wasn’t, as their eighth and eleventh position have confirmed at the German GP.

Probably the qualifying session would have been even better if it had taken place in dry conditions given that De Angelis was able to make the second best time during the morning session. During qualifying he found himself at just only seven tenths from Pole man Marquez, knowing that he can be performing in both conditions.

Best qualifying session of the season for Yuki Takahashi than even with this morning’s crash, will be fighting for his first points of the season during tomorrow’s race.

Alex de Angelis – 8th (1´35.110)

“I am happy with today’s qualifying session results given the complicated weather conditions. We are on the third row and the race result wide open. In the dry we have been fast, this morning we made the second best time and many fast laps. Today we have had the first real session in the rain and I preferred to remain on track and adapt to the FTR in under these conditions. For tomorrow I hope we have a dry race, if we end up having a wet race I also think we could do well, with only 7 tenths to recuperate from the first lap in the rain. We are more than competitive.”

Yuki Takahashi – 11th (1´35.358)

“This morning I made a big mistake and crashed because I went over a wet patch, the bike started moving and I went into the corner and lost the front, I did it too early. After that we lost the morning session and in the afternoon we had completely different weather conditions (rain), I concentrated on riding. We didn’t change the setting from one session to the other, I just really got more time on the bike and get laps on the bike and got to improve my times.  The only thing we changed from Assen to here the front fork, which made a huge difference for me. I am very happy to be riding with this bike; I would like to thank the team for all their efforts. I can say that I am happy and confident for tomorrow’s race.”

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NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team Ready for Sachsenring

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The MotoGP World championship continues, with Assen already done, the eighth round of the season takes us now to Sachsenring for this weekend’s GP.

The NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team and Colin Edwards arrive to Germany willing to make up for the results achieved so far and with interesting ideas to improve the American’s feeling with his Suter BMW prototype.

At this Germany circuit, Colin has come really closet o the podium with a 4th place in 2007 and a first row qualifying the following year.

In Moto2, Alex De Angelis´s 5th position at Assen has been a turning point in this Seaton for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team, who now sets itself the goal of confirming this good result and making it to the top5 in this coming race.

Yuki Takahashi has found some adaptation difficulties with the new bike at the past GP weekend but will a general good feeling that he will be able to enter the points in this German GP. His main focus this weekend will be to solve the front chatter problems encountered last weekend.

Both riders know what it is to be on the podium at Sachsenring, Alex’s last podium here was last year in Moto2 and Yuki won his second race in the 250cc category.

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De Angelis in the points and yet another step forward for Takahashi

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The GP weekend at Silverstone has come to an end for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team with 4 points from Alex De Angelis. Even though the rider from San Marino still struggled with problems with the front and yet managed to take home points, even if his expectations were  to be able to be in the top five.

Yuki Takahashi on the other hand seems to have had a difficult weekend, finishing in 25th position in this sixth round of the season. The Japanese rider has made considerable improvements in his lap times that let the team hop for a more positive weekend in the up coming Assen GP in less than two weeks.

Alex De Angelis  - 11th

“A disappointing race today. We haven’t been able to improve what we had done during the free practices. We did register faster laps during the race as did the other riders so the gap remained the same. Up to now the season has been a bit disappointing and we will be having a meeting with both the technical and the managing directors to understand in which direction we will be working from now on.”  

Yuki Takahashi -  25th

“From yesterday to today I have felt a big improvement and this morning, I have improved my lap time by 1 second and a half faster than yesterday. Also during the race today I was able to go faster, my lap times were very constant and I felt very good but the other guys also improved too. The problem was that it took us a little of time to find the good setting and was a bit too late. I feel we have now found the good setting and I want to be at Assen, and there we will see.”

Pietro Caprara – Moto2 Technical Director

“For Alex it was a difficult race. At the beginning he had a really good start because he was in the front group with the first 7 fastest riders but after 5 laps he started struggling with the front setting. The front guys also improved their lap time. He had problems during the race with corner speed and the entering speed, which did not carry compared to the other riders. For Yuki, he made an improvement after the warm up session; his lap time was 1 second faster than yesterday. His race results were not good because even though he improved considerably, during the race the gap was too big and we are now looking into making some changes technically that will allow both riders to improve for Assen.”

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De Angelis 7th and Yuki improves at Le Mans

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The improvements in the NGM Mobile Forward Racing Moto2 Team continue for both Alex De Angelis and Yuki Takahashi, making it the best qualifying session up to date this season for both riders.

For the rider from San Marino the feeling on his Suter bike is particularly positive, while his best lap time is less than a second away from Marquez´s best lap time, which makes the team very hopeful for tomorrow’s GP. Yuki is still in search of the good setting for his bike and the arrival of the rain has not allowed him to take full advantage of today’s qualifying session, that could have ended on a more positive note.

Alex De Angelis – 7th (1´38.662)

“It was a really good qualifying session, the setup is really different to the ones we have used up to now. We tried something new halfway through the session and after only two laps with traffic I realized that it as the right setup for me. Today we actually had the best qualifying session so far. It was a pity that it started raining and that I didn’t get the chance to go out with the new tires. I have to say that even if we are improving one small step at a time the trend is positive, we continue to work hard.”

Yuki Takahashi – 20th (1´39.315)

“Today we found a very good solution for the future, I’ve been feeling very good. Until now it was hard for us to go fast, today’s position is not great but we are very happy because we found how to be. From now we have to try many things and we will see how fast we can be tomorrow for the race.”

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NGM Forward Racing Le Mans Preview

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Le Mans will be the place to be for the fourth round of the World Championship. The now classic race of the World Championship takes place at a very particular time for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing team. Absent at the last GP in Portugal after Colin Edwards’s injury on this left collarbone, the team arrives on French soil with an old friend of the MotoGP.

Chris Vermeulen will be Texas Tornado’s substitute. While the American rider continues his post surgery recovery which will lead him to be back on the saddle of his Suter-BMW at Montmelo, the Australian comes back to the circuit in which he won his very first MotoGP race (2007) with his Lumber “7” on the furring.

In Moto2, after the first three rounds Alex De Angelis is in 10th position on the Moto2 World Standing with 14 points while Yuki Takahashi is still in search of points. The rider from San Marino shows a constant progress in this 2012 season and Le Mans could be the turning point for him. For Yuki France con be the ideal circuit for him to get his season started: the Japanese rider has always qualified in front row and even finished second on the podium in 2011.

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De Angelis within the points and Takahashi´s comeback

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The Spanish grand Prix of Spain comes to a close for the NGM Mobile Forward Racing riders Alex De Angelis and Yuki Takahashi in 12th and 21st place. The rider from San Marino started off on the eleventh position on the starting grid and has performed a good start and has proven to be constant and this could have lead hem to be within the top 10 if the rain and the red flag had not shortened the race. In any case, it has been a step forward for the duo Suter – De Agnelis that will continue its course at Estoril in less than a week.

Yuki Takahashi continues his progression in a complicated weekend in which the Japanese rider has had to deal with hurting his hand during a crash. The 22nd position during today’s´ race does not represent his real potential that he will have the chance to show next weekend at the in Portugal.

 Alex de Angelis

 “Even if the conditions were very different to the ones encountered in Qatar, but the race for me has been very similar. It has been hard today, I was close to the first group and I followed them for a few laps but I lost a lot of time with Simeon when we did a series of overtakes. Surely I could have done better with the bike, at every lap that I made a mistake Simeon was able to overtake me. We can conclude this weekend with a positive Keeling because the leading group, as I said earlier, was within reach.”

Yuki Takahashi 

 “We have finished in 21st position and it has been a hard race, as it was the case in Qatar but we have tested many things for the setup. We have still to find the right solution, but we have to continue trying. We are all working and working well together, we hope to find the right solution for the race.”

 Pietro Caprara – Moto2 Technical Manager

 “It’s been a very difficult race. We expected it to he hard because of the weather forecast and particularly on the last lap when it began to rain heavily and the race got cut short. Alex made a good start and later on make a series of overtakes to Simeon, Smith and Zarco that constrained him to remain of the second group of the race, with without it he could have reached the first group or five riders. He is somewhat happier with the race result rather than with the free practices in terms of his feeling with the front of the bike. In terms of Yuki, he has last a lot of time to adapt to the weather conditions. He has improved his best lap time from during the second half of the race but we still have to work more on adapting the bike to his riding style and talent.” 

NGM Forward Racing Press Release

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