British riders challenge at home Grand Prix - AirAsia British Grand Prix 2011
Posted on Jun 06, 2011 by Nick Harris
The MotoGP World Championship makes its one and only annual appearance in Britain in the AirAsia British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday. Spearheading the home challenge round the 3.667 miles circuit will be Tech3 Riders Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith who both have a superb record at the Northamptonshire circuit.
Bradley Smith from just down the road in Oxford finished third in the 125 cc race last year and he returns for his sixth race in the highly competitive Moto2 class. Smith, riding the Tech3 Honda is tenth in the Championship despite finishing 19th in Barcelona after a series of misfortunes. He has the pace to be near the front on his debut season especially at his home race.
Bradley Smith
“Barcelona was a disappointing race obviously, even if I made a lot of overtakes and set the fastest lap of the race, it was not the outcome we wanted. I am now really excited to go to Silverstone for my home race. It is another track that is fast and flowing like Barcelona, so I think that is definitely going to suit our bike. It is disappointing I didn't get any points at the last race, but we can't be negative, there were so many positive things. I'm sure we will be fighting again at the front at Silverstone”.
EVENT TIME SCHEDULE
Friday 10 June
09.15 – 09.55 125cc Free Practice 1
10.10 – 10.55 MotoGP Free Practice 1
11.10 – 11.55 Moto2 Free Practice 1
13.15 – 13.55 125cc Free Practice 2
14.10 – 14.55 MotoGP Free Practice 2
15.10 – 15.55 Moto2 Free Practice 2
Saturday 11 June
09.15 – 09.55 125cc Free Practice 3
10.10 – 10.55 MotoGP Free Practice 3
11.10 – 11.55 Moto2 Free Practice 3
13.00 – 13.40 125cc Qualifying Practice
13.55 – 14.55 MotoGP Qualifying Practice
15.10 – 15.55 Moto2 Qualifying Practice
Sunday 12 June
09.00 – 09.20 Moto2 Warm Up
09.30 – 09.50 MotoGP Warm Up
10.00 – 10.20 125cc Warm Up
11.15 Moto2 RACE (18 laps)
13.00 MotoGP RACE (20 laps)
14.30 125cc RACE (17 laps)
Schedule is local time
Time Zone: GMT + 1 hours
TELEVISION TIMES
Practice, qualifying and the races will be shown at the following times on British television:
BBC
Saturday 11 June
12.50 – 16.00 Qualifying Red Button/Online
Sunday 12 June
11.05 – 12.15 Moto2 Race
12.30 – 14.30 MotoGP Race
14.25 – 15.25 125cc Race
BRITISH EUROSPORT 2
Friday 10 June
16.30 – 18.30 Live Free Practice 125cc, MotoGP, Moto2
Saturday 14 May
11.00 – Qualifying 125cc, Moto2, MotoGP
Sunday 12 June
13.30 Moto2 Race
15.30 Moto2 Action
17.00 125cc Race