Category: MotoGP

The Reale Avintia Racing Team returned to work on a very productive second day of testing for the team at the Sepang International Circuit. Tito Rabat and Johann Zarco continued their respective development and evolution of their bikes at the Malaysian circuit.

Rabat completed a day of intense work testing various settings on his bike and understanding and adapting to the new Michelin tyres for this season. The Spanish rider completed a total of 51 laps and stopped the clock with a time of 2:00.189, which allowed him to improve his best Friday mark by more than half a second and place him in 20th place in the classification.

Johann Zarco continued the work of adapting to his Ducati Desmosedici GP19. The French rider has improved his feeling on the bike and has managed to ride six tenths faster than yesterday. The Frenchman completed 51 laps of the Sepang circuit, clocking a time of 1:59.825 and finishing the 19th session.

Tomorrow, Saturday, the team will face the third and final day of testing in Malaysia, where work will continue on the evolution and data collection of the Ducati.

“I’m happy because the problem I had last year with the corner entry due to lack of grip, with these new tyres has disappeared. Yesterday morning it went well, but in the afternoon after the rain I had a very bad feeling and ended up a bit worried and angry. But this morning, step by step we have worked with the used tyres and especially in the afternoon, I changed things in my riding style that made me feel better on the bike and allowed me to improve and get closer to my rivals. I’m not happy with the result, but I’m satisfied with the evolution. Tomorrow we will start from the first hour and give our best.”

“Second day has been better than yesterday. I was focused to do a lot of laps, to have a good performance and in every lap try to understand more about the bike. It’s been a good day, I could go under the 2:00’s and repeat this mark few times more, so it’s very positive. I’m learning and understanding new things about the bike to be faster, so I’m happy but a little bit tired too, because this is a hard circuit. My riding style it’s not fitting perfectly at the moment with the Ducati, that’s why I’m taking time because I can feel the potential, we have to change few things, which it’s not easy, but as soon as I can I will go faster.”

It took more than a hundred days for the engines to roar again on a circuit after the end of last season in Valencia. The bikes are back in action at the Sepang International Circuit for the first pre-season test of 2020.

It was an expected start for the Reale Avintia Racing Team, where Johann Zarco was able to make his first contact with the Ducati Desmosedici GP19, his new bike for this coming season and his new team. The French rider achieved a time of 2:00:464, finishing in 19th position after completing a total of 54 laps in a first day of adaptation and set-up.

For his part, Tito Rabat, who had the opportunity to ride the new bike in the past tests at Valencia and Jerez, continued with the learning and development period of his Ducati and managed to finish the first day of testing in Malaysia in 22nd position after setting a time of 2:00:750 accumulating a total of 54 laps.

It has been a very fruitful and effective first day, as the team has managed to accumulate and collect a lot of data that will be analysed for the evolution and development of the bike.

“This morning I was very happy, it was easy, we hadn’t changed any tyres and I really felt good. It’s still too early to draw conclusions, we’re on the first day. We went out for a couple of hours in the morning to test the bike. In the afternoon, after the rain, I was a little bit confused, it was a little bit harder and we didn’t ride too much. Tomorrow we will try to start well from the beginning and attack.”

“I was expecting better for me and to be little bit faster. I learnt a lot and I did a lot of laps. After some months, it has been very long time. I stayed calm and at the end of the day I did a very important step understanding my mistakes and how to ride better this Ducati bike. The are some points of huge potential. Step by step I will understand, I keep smiling because I’m living a good feeling. I don’t have any problem to have a bike from 2019 because it’s official and it’s a satellite team. My working plan for the reamining days is to understand more this bike and to be relaxed. If I do a good job I can be in the low 1:59.”

After a great season finale with two excellent victories in the MotoE category, the Reale Avintia Racing Team will reward the Brazilian rider Eric Granado by giving him the opportunity to ride the Ducati GP18 during the test that will take place this week at the Jerez circuit .

It must be remembered that, despite a challenging start to the year, Granado concluded the first MotoE season in a meritorious third position overall, overcoming the adversities that had to face throughout the year.

Our desire as a team is to offer the riders of our structure what they deserve and this is a great opportunity to see the potential and feelings of this young pilot in MotoGP.

There is no rest for the MotoGP World Championship and less than 48 hours after the end of the 2019 season, the top riders were back on their motorcycles with the aim of preparing the 2020 season.

On the first test day, Tito Rabat and Karel Abraham tested the Ducati GP19 for the first time, the bike with which they will compete next season. Tito Rabat completed 53 laps finishing 15th with a time of 1’31,775, just over second and a half from the first position. Karel Abraham completed his first day on the GP19 in 19th position completing a total of 47 laps and setting a time of 1’32.034, +1.871” away of the reference.

Today. the Reale Avintia Racing Team riders have been able to continue with their adaptation to the GP19. Tito Rabat finished 12th, riding a total of 63 laps and set a best time of 1’31,258 +1,409 ” from of the best time. Rabat leaves Valencia satisfied with the work done in these two test days and the performance of the Ducati GP19. The Catalan rider hopes to continue improving the sensations in the next Jerez test to take a qualitative step for the 2020 season.

Karel Abraham, meanwhile, finished the second day of testing 17th setting a 1’31.597 at +1.748” from the reference.

Next week the Reale Avintia Racing Team will continue working towards the 2020 season during the tests that will be held next week at the Circuit de Jerez.

After ending the season in the best way possible with the double victory in MotoE, the reale avintia racing team is glad to announce its contract renewal/extension for the following couple of season with Ducati Factory.

From now on, the structure will be a satellite team of the Italian manufacture and will have significant improvements that will allow the team do a step forward with the goal of being a reference team in the paddock.

The teams wants to use this press release to thank Reale, Avintia and Motul for its confidence in the structure during this long journey.

The GP de la Comunitat Valenciana, the 19^th race of the champsionship, saw how the 2019  MotoGP season came to an end.

In the last race of the season, the Reale Avintia Racing Team riders, Tito Rabat and Karel Abraham, made a good performance with a comeback that it’s worthy to recognition as they ended the year in good shape when the Reale Avintia Racing Team celebrated its 20^th aniversary.

On one hand, Tito Rabat, that started 18^th, crossed the finish line for the last time this year 11^th recovering 7 positions.

In the other hand, Karel Abraham, who started 21^st, also recovered 7 positions to finish in a fantastic 14^th position.

The 2019 season came is already finished, but 2020 is around the corner and the following Tuesday and Wednesday the preseason test will kick of in the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana – Ricardo Tormo with the aim to prepare next year.

“It’s good to get these 2 points after suffering some technical problems specially in the first corner, that made my lose a lot of time in the beginning. I lost positions and I had to push to arrive to the top riders. From there on, I made a lonely race, I gave my best but Lorenzo was too far in front and Shyarin was too far behind so it was a difficult race to manage but at least I got two points”.

“It was a good race in general, we got some points as we finished 11^th so I am happy and eager to start working for the 2020 season”.

After four races in Asia and Oceania in 6 weeks, the paddock returns to the old continent to close the season in the fourth race of the year on Spanish soil. From this Friday to Sunday, the nineteenth and final race of the 2019 season will be held at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Cheste (Valencia). As usual for years, the Valencian event will put an end to almost 10 months of competition in which The world championship has competed in 16 different countries.

The Circuit of the Valencian Community was completed in 1999 and held tests of the MotoGP Championship and Spanish Motorcycles already in the same year. The Cheste track has several designs, which run counterclockwise with different lengths. MotoGP races are carried out on a 4 km track consisting of five turns to the right, eight to the left and a straight of 876m. Although the track is considered quite small, the pit complex contains 48 garages, while the stadium-style grandstands can hold up to 150,000 spectators. The circuit design that allows you to see all parts of the track from any position and helps create a unique atmosphere that Spanish and international riders enjoy equally. Being the last race of the season there is always a party feeling in the Grand Prix, which was voted best GP of 2005 by IRTA.

Tito Rabat could not finish the races of Japan and Australia due to a hand injury and did not participate in the last Malaysian GP. Fortunately, the Barcelona rider will be present at the GP of the Valencian Community in a circuit in which he won in 2015 when he competed in Moto2 and that, in his last participation in MotoGP in 2017, managed to finish in the Top10.

Karel Abraham, on the other hand, will try to reverse Malaysia’s bad luck in a circuit that saw him win in 2010 in the first year of the Moto2 category in the world championship.

“I am looking forward to finishing the season in the best way possible in a big way in front of Spanish fans here in Valencia.”

“The one in Valencia is always a strange race because, on the one hand, we are all tired and wanting to have some time to disconnect and enjoy the winter. On the other hand, it is sad because it is the last race of the season. However, I want to run because I have good memories of this GP and, in fact, here I won a race in Moto2”.

The flyaway races came to an end today with the third and last race of them in the Sepang International Circuit where the Reale Avintia Racing Team did not have its best weekend.

On the one hand, Tito Rabat decided to miss the Gran Prix because of his injured right hand that has been suffering with before the Japanese GP so now he can start the rehab in his hand and arrive in Valencia in the best conditions. On the other hand, Karel Abraham, who started 16^th, could not improve his position in a long race where the typical Malaysian heat and humidity where a key factor. The Czech rider crossed the finish line in 17^th position and leaves the Malaysian race with no points.

The MotoGP world championship will arrive in Valencia in two weeks time for the 19^th and last race of the 2019 season on the score of the Gran Premi de la Comunitat Valenciana.

“It is a shame because I believe we could have fight for the points, we had the pace, a good setup and we were ready. The start was not bad at all but next to me was Mika Kallio, he pushed me a little bit and I went last. The biggest problem was when I tried to overtake the riders and in the last corner Jorge Lorenzo pushed me to the right over the kerbs, I could not stop the bike and I had to go to the gravel and almost stop the bike so I lost a lot of time there. It was a nightmare race because I was racing against myself lap by lap trying to arrive to the riders in front but I just could not make it.”

Because of the multiple contusions suffered by Tito Rabat on his right hand that haven’t allowed him to race in Japan and Australia,  and the lack of healing of it, it is decided after deliberation by the Reale Avintia Racing Team, Tito Rabat himself and the Medical Team, to start the intense rehab in order to face the last Gran Prix of the season in Valencia and the following 2020 preseason test with competitive guarantees.

Eric Granado, Reale Avintia Racing Team rider in the MotoE World Cup and main rider to fight for the championship in 2020, was one of the possible replacement of Tito Rabatr in Malaysian GP. The encouragement and the excitement of the Brazilian rider is that huge that he did a long journey of more than 40 hours in order to be ready in Malaysia in case he could ride.

By different circumstances it won’t be possible but the team hopes in the possibility to give Granado the chance to step in a MotoGP bike shortly.

The youth and the speed of the rider makes the Reale Avintia Racing Team see him as a future candidate inside the team itself and dreams to take him to the highest category in the following seasons.

All the members of the Reale Avintia Racing Team wish a quick recovery to Tito Rabat.

Eric Granado

“I am very happy to continue with Avintia for another year. I quite liked the work we have done in MotoE and, although for some reasons we did not get the results, I am sure that next year we will have a great season. I also want to thank that they trusted me to come to Malaysia, I hope to have another opportunity shortly to work with the MotoGP team and grow as a pilot within the team for the next few years. ”

The Reale Avintia Racing Team concludes an Australian Grand Prix that leaves a bittersweet taste to the team. Karel Abraham scored two points after finishing 14th. Tito Rabat, who was suffering from physical problems, had to retire at the beginning of the race.

It’s been an intense Sunday at Phillip Island. After strong and threatening winds blowing at the Australian circuit on Saturday, the decision was taken to cancel and postpone qualifying until Sunday morning. Karel Abraham, who started 16^th in the grid, has managed to cross the finish line in 14th position, adding two important points after some difficult last races. The Czech rider has reached a good pace throughout the race that has allowed him to finish in the top fifteen. Tito Rabat had to retire with twenty-three laps to go due to problems with his right hand that he has since Japan. The Spanish rider tried to follow the pace of the race, but the strong pain in his hand made it impossible for him to finish.

With no time to rest, the penultimate race of the World Championship and the last of the Asian tour, the Malaysian Grand Prix, will take place next week. The Reale Avintia Racing Team faces the weekend at the Sepang International Circuit with the motivation to score points and to make a good performance before the final race of the season in Valencia.

“Today it was less windy, we wanted to try to get out and try to follow the group, but it was impossible. I had a blow to my hand before Japan, my tendon hurts a little and it’s more than it seems. You have to be careful. We will see if in Malaysia we can go back where we deserve.”

“For sure it was not the best race that we have done this season but it was OK. I’m really happy for the points that are obviously very important. We were still struggling before the start of the race to choose the rear tyre because I was not sure about the conditions and the weather, but finally we chose the soft option, but I’m still not sure if it was better or not. It was very difficult, especially the end of the race where the rear tyre was not working anymore and I was struggling a lot, but we managed it. Also, before the end of the race, I had a big slide, I was very close to crash and I was overtook by Syahrin, but I overtook him back, and unfortunately in the last lap Viñales had a big crash and I took two points which is great and I’m really happy to add more points in the championship. Even though it was not the best race, it was a good race by performance, being there and consistent lap times. We are still aiming to be there one group ahead, I think this is something that we have to achieve.”