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pole time set at the Losail Circuit by Jorge
Lorenzo, and Espargaro also fared well in
a race simulation that he did late on the
final day.
"I'm really happy with the work done to-
day," said Espargaro in a team release. "I
was fast on the single lap, but I was also
able to ride with a strong pace. I'm very
satisfied because in the race simulation I
could ride with the same lap times [Jorge]
Lorenzo did last year in the race, so I'm
confident and I look forward to the first
race."
Brother Pol, meanwhile, crashed in
turn six and suffered the shoulder injury.
He was scheduled to undergo surgery on
Monday, March 10 in Spain.
Third fastest for the three days was
Pol Espargaro's teammate Bradley Smith
on the second Monster Tech 3 Yamaha.
Smith also crashed, but didn't suffer in-
jury. He ended up just .153 of a second
off the best Espargaro lap.
After the three Yamahas at the top of
the timesheet, Honda riders Stefan Bradl
and Alvaro Bautista were fourth and fifth,
respectively. Both riders crashed on Sun-
day and fortunately both avoided injury.
Bradl, who crashed twice on the final day,
turned in a 1:55.187, putting him .045 of
a second ahead of Bautista and the Go &
Fun Gresini Honda.
Pramac Racing's Andrea Iannone was
the faster of the two Ducati riders on track
again, finishing .644 of a second off the
pace; Energy T.I. Pramac Racing's Yonny
Hernandez was eighth on the 2013-mod-
el Ducati.
Texan Colin Edwards ended up sev-
enth with fellow American Nicky Hayden
and his Drive M7 Aspar Honda teammate
Hiroshi Aoyama rounding out the top 10.
Briefly...
Sherco ST300. Smage, who
originally signed with Sherco
at age 12, and has been on the
Sherco USA team for 12 con-
secutive years, has won eight
championships, one in the
youth category, one in a sup-
port class, and six while in the
Pro class.
Air Asia For Herrin
Caterham Moto Racing Team
– the team that is fielding AMA
Superbike Champion Josh
Herrin in the Moto2 World
Championship – has an-
nounced that it is getting title
sponsorship from AirAsia, "the
world's best low cost airline."
RoadRace Factory News
The RoadRace Factory has
announced its finalized lineup
for the 2014 AMA Pro Road
Racing season. In addition to
Jake Gagne and Tomas Puerta
in the Daytona SportBike class,
the team will also field Camer-
on Gish and Felipe MacLean
in the Supersport class.
4WheelDirt.com
Debuts
From the home for powers-
ports news and information
online comes an all-new ATV/
UTV focused site: 4WheelDirt.
com. Brought to you by Motor-
cycle-USA.com, 4WheelDirt.
com provides a new dedicated
home for four-wheel off-road
enthusiasts. "Although MotoU-
SA has included ATV and UTV
content for years, it was time to
consolidate this coverage into
a more focused, truly dedicat-
ed site," said Motorcycle-USA
staffer Justin Dawes, the edi-
tor of the new website.
Marinelarena
Out Of Coma
Moto3 road racer Alex Mari-
ñelarena came out of his in-
duced coma last week – less
than a week after crashing at a
private test session at Paul Ri-
card in the south of France.
Motorcycle Checkpoints
Update
U.S. Senators Jeanne Sha-
heen (Democrat – New Hamp-
shire), Ron Johnson (Republi-
can - Wisconsin), Kelly Ayotte
(Republican – New Hampshire)
and Joe Manchin (Democrat –
West Virginia) have introduced
the Stop Motorcycle Check-
point Funding Act. The bill
would prohibit federal funding
for motorcycle-only check-
points, limiting the implemen-
tation of these discriminatory
checkpoints.
Free Movie
The AMA is presenting the Day-
tona Bike Week premiere of
the motorcycling documentary
"Why We Ride" on March 13
in Daytona Beach, Florida and
is offering free admission for
all AMA members. The movie
will be shown at 7 p.m. at the
Paragon Ocean Walk Theater
on 250 North Atlantic in Day-
tona Beach. Tickets can be
reserved at the following site:
http://events.constantcon-
tact.com/register/event?llr=v
w9ldxbab&oeidk=a07e8zzbsk
y17598cf2
Aleix Espargaro emerged from the final
MotoGP pre-season test in Qatar with the
fastest lap time.
