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TURKISH DELIGHT AWAITS KAWASAKI RACING TEAM IN ISTANBUL |
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Thursday, 20 October 2005 |
The world's newest Grand Prix circuit, Istanbul Park, will take the Kawasaki Racing Team and factory riders, Shinya Nakano and Olivier Jacque, into uncharted territory this weekend. |
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Foggy PETRONAS Racing sign Craig Jones for 2006 |
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Thursday, 20 October 2005 |
Carl Fogarty has signed emerging talent Craig Jones for his Foggy PETRONAS Racing team’s World Superbike campaign in 2006. |
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Wednesday, 19 October 2005 |
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Circuit: Istanbul Otodrom Country: Turkey Track length: 5378 m Opened: 2005 Circuit tel: +90 (216) 418 5222 Circuit web site: http://www.turkeygrandprix.com
The Istanbul Otodrom track was finished earlier this year and succesfully inaugurated by the F1 circus, coming weekend it is up to the MotoGP boys to attack this new venue. The circuit is one of Herman Tilke's creations, the famous designer who also created the Sepang, Bahrain and Shanghai tracks. It can seat 130.000 spectators and is situated in the Asian part of Turkey, about 80 km's east from Istanbul. |
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TRACK FACTS - TURKEY GRAND PRIX - 23/10/05 ISTANBUL |
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Wednesday, 19 October 2005 |
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This brand new Otodrom International circuit was completed in time to stage the very first Turkish Formula One Grand Prix in August this year. The 5.340 kms track is situated 60 kms east of Istanbul and was designed by Herman Tilke who was also the designer of the Sepang and Shanghai circuits.
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Brand new track for inaugural Turkish GP |
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Wednesday, 19 October 2005 |
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For the second time this season after Shanghai, MotoGP uncovers a brand new circuit this weekend, another creation by the architect of the Chinese track. The Otodrom International Circuit is around sixty kilometres outside Istanbul and is another design from celebrated engineer Hermann Tilke, who was also the creator of Sepang, but it differs from his other tracks as far as it lacks a long straightaway: the longest being just 720 metres. The track is full of character nonetheless, with a decent amount of elevation changes, and a series of very different and challenging corners; some fast, some technical and some super-slow like 13 and 14. One of Tilke’s ideas was to make some of these corners reflect famous areas on other circuits. For example, turns 1 and 2, are a copy of the “Senna Esses” at Sao Paolo, whilst turn 11 harks back to the legendary Eau Rouge at Spa, although slightly less daunting. There is also a triple right hander at turn 9, similar to the Spoon Curve at Suzuka. It is a spectacular track for the fans to watch, and will be a demanding circuit for the riders, because the changes in elevation create some blind corner entries. Even the building infrastructure is magnificent, with huge pit garages. The only negatives are the distance from the city itself and the traffic which makes travel to and from the capital difficult. |
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