Smith chases 3rd Sepang Podium - Shell Advance Malaysian Grand Prix

Posted on Oct 17, 2011 by Nick Harris

Bradley Smith arrives in Malaysia reminding himself he has finished second on two occasions at the Sepang circuit as he prepares for the Shell Advance Grand Prix of Malaysia, the penultimate round of the Moto2 World Championship.

Despite his crash at the previous round in Australia the 20 year old Oxfordshire rider is still in with a chance of finishing fifth in the Championship riding the Tech3 machine.

Bradley Smith
“I was fourth at the time of the crash and feeling really confident of getting a podium, so to be not even in the points is difficult to accept. At the moment we don't seem to be able to catch a break and we've had some bad luck. But that's racing and once again we have shown the potential of the bike and I hope to be battling for the podium in Sepang in a few days."

German Stefan Bradl arrives in Sepang leading the Moto2 World Championship once again but by just three points.  Eighteen years old Marc Marquez may have relinquished that lead but psychologically he’s on top after starting from the back of the grid in Australia to finish in third place only one place behind Bradl in the race won by Alex De Angelis.

EVENT TIME SCHEDULE
Friday 21 October
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 22 October
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 – 13.55              MotoGP Qualifying Practice
15.10 – 15.55              Moto2 Qualifying Practice

Sunday 23 October
10.40 – 11.00              125cc Warm Up
11.10 – 11.30              Moto2 Warm Up
11.40 – 12.00              MotoGP Warm Up
13.00                           125cc RACE (18 laps)
14.15                           Moto2 RACE (19 laps)
16.00                           MotoGP RACE (20 laps)

Schedule is local time
Time Zone: GMT +8 hours

TELEVISION TIMES
Practice, qualifying and the races will be shown at the following times on British television:

BBC
Saturday 22 October
06.00 – 09.00 Qualifying Red Button

Sunday 23 October
05.55 – 08.15    125cc & Moto2 Races BBC Red Button
08.30 – 10.00    MotoGP Race BBC Two
13.00 – 14.35    MotoGP Race Re-Run  BBC Two

BRITISH EUROSPORT
Friday 21 October
06.10 – 09:00    Free Practice 125cc, MotoGP, Moto2

BRITISH EUROSPORT 2
Saturday 22 October
05.55 – 09:00    Live Qualifying 125cc, Moto2, MotoGP

Sunday 23 October
05.45 – 08:25    125cc/Moto2 Race Live
10.00 – MotoGP Action