Full race week agenda for the Indonesian MotoGP in Mandalika, featuring all timings for the races, qualifying, and practice for MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3.Thursday March 17
Track technical check - 05.30-7.15 UK
Track safety inspection test - 07.30 UK
Riders track familiarisation - 07.30-0900 UK
Pre-occasion press convention with Enea Bastianini, Brad Binder, Pol Espargaro, Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo - 10.00 UKFriday March 18
Moto3 Free Practice 1 - 02.00-02.forty five UK
Moto2 Free Practice 1 - 02.fifty five-03.35 UK
MotoGP Free Practice 1 - 03.50-04.35 UK
Moto3 Free Practice 2 - 06.15-06.fifty five UK
Moto2 Free Practice 2 - 07.10-07.50 UK
MotoGP Free Practice 2 - 07.05 UKSaturday March 19
Moto 3 Free Practice 3 - 02.00-02.40am UK
Moto2 Free Practice 3 - 02.fifty five-03.35 UK
Moto GP Free Practice 3 - 03.50-04.35 UK
Moto3 Qualifying 1 - 05.35-05.50 UK
Moto3 Qualifying 2 - 06.00-06.15 UK
Moto2 Qualifying 1 - 06.30-06.45 UK
Moto 2 Qualifying 2 - 06.fifty five-07.10 UK
MotoGP Free Practice 4 - 07.25-07.55 UK
MotoGP Qualifying 1 - 08.05-08.20 UK
MotoGP Qualifying 2 - 08.30-08.forty five UKSunday March 20
Moto three Warm-up - 03.00-03.10 UK
Moto2 Warm-up - 03.20-03.30 UK
Moto GP Warm-up - 03.forty-0400 UK
Moto3 Race - 05.00 UK
Moto2 Race - 06.20 UK
MotoGP Race - 08.00 UK
Indonesian president attends racetrack
President Jokowi was in attendance at Mandalika on Wednesday in advance of the primary Grand Prix in Indonesia since 1997.
MotoGP Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia: President attends racetrack, full tale hereShould journey-peak gadgets be banned?
The present day episode of the Crash.net MotoGP podcast tackled the thorny difficulty of whether experience-peak devices need to be allowed in MotoGP, amid opposition from Ducati's opponents.
The modern day issue of the Crash.net MotoGP podcast noticed Keith Huewen, Peter McLaren and Harry Benjamin talk each sides of the ongoing debate over the use of holeshot/journey-top gadgets inside the surest-class.
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"I'm feeling accurate and prepared to begin driving at Mandalika again. We did an awesome process right here for the duration of the iciness check. We got plenty of work carried out and finished many laps, so we can make good use of that," Quartararo stated.
"Our tempo turned into top right here during the take a look at, however lots of our rivals were speedy, so each detail and each fraction of a 2nd will count."
"We have left the Qatar GP behind us now, but that doesn‘t mean we've forgotten approximately it. We've discovered from it and at the moment are geared up to place up a sturdy combat in Indonesia," delivered group director Massimo Meregalli, suggesting the tyre strain difficulty, resulting from rising temperatures whilst following other riders within the race, should at least be resolved.
Despite a longest immediately of only 507m, lots of Mandalika's eleven proper and 6 left turns are taken at high velocity, setting a premium on handling.
"The format of Mandalika circuit fits our bikes quite properly. After the take a look at, a part of the circuit has been resurfaced, and we must see how it's going to work," Meregalli said. "We'll begin the weekend closely just like how we ended the test in February because both Fabio and Franky [Morbidelli] had been pretty glad about their bikes.
"We are sincerely searching forward to this weekend. The Indonesian fans are especially captivated with MotoGP, and with this being the first MotoGP race here, anything can manifest."