Trackhouse Racing – Fired up for Silverstone
Preview: 2024 Monster Vitality BRITISH GRAND PRIX – Spherical 10 of the MotoGP World Championship
August 1 – August 4: Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom: Monitor size: 3.67 miles / 5.9 kilometers
After a three-week hole between the final race at Sachsenring in Germany and this weekend’s British Grand Prix, Trackhouse Racing has been busy and arrives on the ultra-fast sweeps of Silverstone with a brand new aerodynamic improve bundle for its Aprilia RS-GP24 bikes. From the beginning of observe motion on Friday, the brand new specification will utilized by each Trackhouse workforce riders, #88 Miguel Oliveira and by #25 Raul Fernandez – bringing him as much as the identical tools degree as his teammate and Aprilia Racing riders, Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales. For Raul, this step represents a chance not just for elevated efficiency however, crucially, offers the advantage of sharing the identical knowledge units, offering the engineers extra info and seeing immediately comparative efficiency overlays with Miguel and the Aprilia Racing Crew. Raul now has a brand new bike to stay up for at Silverstone and two extra years with Trackhouse Racing, having signed a brand new settlement with the American group instantly after the German Grand Prix.
The brand new aero bundle on the #88 and #25 RS-GP24’s will get an instantaneous exercise at Silverstone. One of many quickest tracks of the season, the flowing nature of the previous airforce base places an emphasis on environment friendly aerodynamics and nook stability. With a median lap velocity over 110 miles per hour (177 kilometers per hour) Silverstone can also be an influence circuit with its corners divided between 4 important size straight-aways. Clockwise in format, the lap begins with a difficult proper hander main right into a left sweeper earlier than braking to barter a good right-left. The important thing to a lap time is powerful nook exit and getting out onto the Nationwide straight easily is significant forward of the heavy braking zone and sluggish sequence of corners at the Brooklands and Luffield complicated. The previous start-finish straight units up the following a part of the lap with the ultra-fast Copse right-hander after which the adrenalin pumping, lowering radius left, proper, left sweeps earlier than the riders head out onto the expansive Hangar Straight. Most velocity into the braking space for the lengthy, over-crest Stowe proper is round 211 miles per hour (340 kilometers per hour) and the lap finishes with a heavy braking zone and double proper corners main again onto the start-finish straight. At over 3.6 miles (5.9 kilometers) the riders face 20 laps of Silverstone for Sunday’s fundamental British Grand Prix and half that distance for the Dash race on Saturday.
#88 Miguel Oliveira involves Silverstone, from the break since Germany, with good motive to be assured. After a really robust weekend on the Sachsenring, reaching the entrance row – 2nd place – in Qualifying, Miguel completed 2nd within the Dash and sixth in the principle German Grand Prix, displaying actual velocity and consistency by means of the weekend. A 4th place end within the Grand Prix at Silverstone final 12 months and the promise that comes with the aerodynamic improve bundle on his Trackhouse Aprilia RS-GP24 factors to the potential for a aggressive weekend in England.
Raul Fernandez additionally returns to motion off a constructive follow and qualifying in Germany on his #25 RS-GP23. Ending Q2 only one spot behind Miguel, in third place and matching his greatest entrance row beginning spot in Catalunya, Raul didn’t get the outcome he was on the lookout for within the Dash, coming house 14th with grip points, whereas Sunday’s tenth place end within the Grand Prix hinted on the tempo he had proven earlier within the weekend. Raul’s transfer to the Aprilia RS-GP24 bike and beginning instantly from the second the brand new aero bundle arrives will give the younger man from Madrid each motive to need enhancements in efficiency across the open expanses of Silverstone.
At Silverstone this weekend, MotoGP celebrates 75 years of the Motorbike Grand Prix World Championship which kicked off on the Isle of Man TT in 1949. It’s the oldest motorsport world championship and its place in historical past will likely be celebrated on Sunday, for the British Grand Prix, with each workforce within the MotoGP class working a traditionally themed livery design on their bikes. Trackhouse have one thing notably particular deliberate – be careful for the revealing on Thursday, August 1st.
Monitor motion for Trackhouse Racing, at Silverstone, begins with morning Free Observe 1 on Friday, August 2nd. Keep watch over the native beginning time of the British Grand Prix:
Saturday, August third SPRINT RACE – 10 Laps
3pm (Native time BST) 4pm (CEST) 10am (US Japanese Time) 7am (US Pacific Time)
Sunday, August 4th GRAND PRIX – 20 Laps
1pm (Native time BST) 2pm (CEST) 8am (US Japanese Time) 5am (US Pacific Time)
MIGUEL OLIVEIRA
“Silverstone was expertise for me final 12 months with a really robust outcome and near the rostrum. We come again right here after an honest summer time break the place there was time to relaxation and to get extra in form for the following a part of the season. Subsequently, I’m wanting ahead to reuniting with the workforce, getting again on the Aprilia with its upgrades and have some enjoyable in Nice Britain.”
Championship standing: thirteenth – 51 factors
RAUL FERNANDEZ
“I’m actually wanting ahead to attending to Silverstone and completely happy to reach there with a transparent thought about my future. Staying with the workforce for the following two years was actually necessary to know so as to be tremendous relaxed and centered for this second a part of the 12 months. The weekend gained’t be straightforward, we have now plenty of work to do – to begin with, to seek out the sensation on the bike once more after the final three weeks with out using. Secondly, we are going to work with a brand new bike and we don’t have plenty of follow time so we have to perceive all the pieces rapidly to be prepared for the races after which attempt to get pleasure from Silverstone. It’s normally observe for our bike and I’m completely happy to return again and get there having safety in my thoughts.”
Championship standing: 14th – 46 factors
WILCO ZEELENBERG – TEAM MANAGER
“After 9 races and three weekends away we’re clearly wanting ahead to restarting. Silverstone has been good to us final season and with Miguel particularly as he had an incredible race over right here. Saying that, for this 12 months, Raul may have his 2024 bike for Silverstone prepared, so we’re wanting ahead to seeing how succesful he will likely be adjusting to the brand new machine. Other than this, we have now a seventy fifth anniversary livery for Sunday, which I feel will likely be an incredible shock and will probably be a fairly spectacular occasion, not solely as a result of we must always be capable to carry out effectively in Silverstone but in addition as a result of there’s a lot happening moreover. We’re actually wanting ahead to beginning once more!”
Trackhouse Racing – Crew Championship standing: eighth – 97 factors
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