The 43rd Edition of Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix Gets Underway Today – Video

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Brian Christner
Published: November 19, 2009Posted in: Racing NewsTags: , ,
The 43rd Edition of Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix Gets Underway Today – Video

The 43rd Edition of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix has officially started today.  This is a race where is seperates the men from the boys as it takes nerves of steel to hold the throttle open between two narrow guard rails in excess speeds of 100+ MPH.  The Macau Grand Prix is always an amazing spectacle to watch as it is one of the few Motorcycle Races run on city streets.  This particular race is run right through downtown Macau including blitzing by all the big caisnos and hotels.  If you get a chance we recommend watching a race and admire these truly brave motorcycle racers.

Stuart Easton set the fastest ever lap of the 3.8-mile Macau circuit on Thursday afternoon to set provisional pole position for Saturday’s 15-lap Macau Grand Prix.

The Hydrex IGT Honda ace set a time of 2m25.476s and could have gone quicker still in the closing moments had it not been for a slower rider holding him up through the Melco Hairpin.

Nevertheless, he ended the first qualifying session a whopping 1.636s ahead of Michael Rutter and with cold weather again expected for tomorrow morning’s final 1-hour session, this afternoon’s results could well turn out to be the final grid.

QUALIFYING 1

Start Time : 15:25
Weather/Track: Bright 16�/Dry 21�
End Time : 16:25
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Printed : 16:31 Thursday 19 November 2009

POS NO CL DRIVER NAT TEAM TIME LAPS GAP KPH
1 1 Stuart EASTON GBR Hydrex IGT Honda 2:25.476 13 151.44
2 3 Michael RUTTER GBR Team of Paris – AXA Racing 2:27.112 15 1.636 149.76
3 8 Ian HUTCHINSON GBR PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team 2:27.574 10 2.098 149.29
4 4 Conor CUMMINS IOM PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team 2:27.745 12 2.269 149.12
5 13 Rico PENZKOFER GER BMW Macau Racing Team 2:28.697 15 3.221 148.16
6 34 Mike BARNES USA PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team 2:28.955 16 3.479 147.91
7 11 Stephen THOMPSON GBR Robinson Concrete Honda 2:29.272 14 3.796 147.59
8 2 John McGUINNESS GBR Hydrex IGT Honda 2:29.457 14 3.981 147.41
9 69 Gary JOHNSON GBR A.I.M. Racing 2:29.778 16 4.302 147.09
10 57 Jeremy TOYE USA Lee’s Cycles Racing 2:30.074 12 4.598 146.80
11 10 Mark MILLER USA Celtic Racing 2:30.237 16 4.761 146.64
12 7 Thomas HINTERREITER AUT Yamaha Austria Racing Team 2:30.754 12 5.278 146.14
13 33 Luis CARREIRA POR Benimoto Suzuki Cetelem 2:31.741 15 6.265 145.19
14 6 Gerald MUTEAU FRA Team of Paris – AXA Racing 2:31.864 14 6.388 145.07
15 17 Steve MERCER GBR DMR Racing 2:32.977 15 7.501 144.02
16 9 James McBRIDE GBR PAZZO/EAST Coast Racing 2:33.896 17 8.420 143.16
17 31 Horst SAIGER AUT BMW Macau Racing Team 2:34.332 16 8.856 142.75
18 37 James HILLIER GBR A.I.M. Racing 2:34.340 16 8.864 142.75
19 12 Simon ANDREWS GBR Team of Paris – AXA Racing 2:35.336 14 9.860 141.83
20 36 Michael PEARSON GBR BTS Racing 2:35.754 17 10.278 141.45
21 15 James STORRAR GBR DMR Racing 2:36.929 15 11.453 140.39
22 61 Scott JENSEN USA Moto Garage Racing 2:37.082 15 11.606 140.25
23 66 Mark BUCKLEY GBR Jentin Racing 2:38.139 15 12.663 139.32
24 19 SS Tiago MAGALHAES POR AG Racing 2:38.269 13 12.793 139.20
25 32 SS Joao FERNANDES MAC Cubic Macau Racing Team 2:40.211 14 14.735 137.51
26 5 SS Amaury BARATIN FRA Team of Paris – AXA Racing 2:40.732 16 15.256 137.07
27 35 SS CHEUNG Wai On HKG CHEUNG Wai On 2:41.424 16 15.948 136.48
28 18 SS SOU Sio Hong MAC Sonic Racing Performance 2:43.610 16 18.134 134.66
29 39 SS Jason BROOME HKG Jason BROOME 2:51.040 15 25.564 128.81
30 70 SS IP Weng Keong MAC Sonic Racing Performance 2:51.326 13 25.850 128.59
Qualification Maxima
21 Nuno FARIAS POR MY MOTO 2:43.466 16 17.990 134.78
23 Branko SRDANOV NED Cubic Macau Racing Team 8:19.103 1 5:53.627 44.14