Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa at Jerez MotoGP2013 Jerez MotoGP Video RecapWith three rounds complete in the 2013 MotoGP Championship, Spanish riders have had all the bragging rights.
Two-time MotoGP Champion Jorge Lorenzo began the season off in dominate form, winning under the floodlights at Qatar.Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez was Spain’s next Moto-hero, taking his debut MotoGP victory in his rookie season at Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas. With the win, Marquez also became the youngest rider ever to win a MotoGP, the 20-year-old beating out the previous record held by Freddie Spencer from 1982.And at the first of four Spanish rounds held this past weekend at Jerez, Marquez’s teammate, Dani Pedrosa, became the third Spaniard to take a win. The RC213V rider led all 27 laps, taking the victory ahead of no other than Marquez and Lorenzo, respectively.The race was intense, especially the last few laps when Lorenzo and Marquez battled for the runner-up position.Attached above are video highlights of 2013 Jerez MotoGP. For a recap of Jerez MotoGP, including full results and current point standings, click here.
Hello everyone and welcome once again to the Ultimate Motorcycling podcast—Motos and Friends. My name is Arthur Coldwells.
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In this week’s first segment, Senior Editor Nic de Sena rides the BMW K 1600 GT. This is the sporty bagger version of BMW’s K series of machines, those are the models with the awesome 6-cylinder engine. The GT has been given a little makeover for 2023, and Nic gives us his take.
In the second segment, I chat with one of my all time heroes—three-time World Champion racer ‘fast’ Freddie Spencer. I’ll do my best not to come off as too much of a fanboy here, but frankly it’ll be tough!
In my humble opinion, Spencer is a contender for the GOAT—greatest of all time. Sure, his career was a little shorter than some, and his number of championships falls behind the likes of Lawson, Doohan, Rossi, and of course Marquez. But at the time, Freddie literally changed the way motorcycles were ridden. 30 years before Marc Marquez, Freddie was able to push the front wheel into a slide, corner after corner, lap after lap in order to get the bike turned faster than anyone else. Freddie took completely different lines and was able to get on the throttle so early he could out accelerate anyone off a corner.
In the modern era, of course Freddie is the chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards panel. This is the panel of referees for all three classes of Grand prix racing. I talked to Freddie about his task there, and although for contractual reasons with Dorna and the FIM he cannot talk about specific riders, teams, or events, nevertheless his explanation of the job makes for interesting listening. It’s a tough job, and frankly I wouldn’t want to do it!
At any rate, Freddie’s new book ‘Feel’ is available on Amazon—I’d highly recommend you reading it whether you’re a fan of Freddie or not, even whether you’re into racing or not; every rider has something to learn from his mental approach.
Actually—Ultimate Motorcycling is giving away five copies of the book—signed by Freddie himself—to the first five listeners who contact us with the correct answer to the question: How many national AMA championships did Freddie win, and which years were they?
Please email your answers to producer@ultimatemotorcycling.com and we will contact the winners and send you a signed copy of Feel. Those five winners will be announced on a future episode. Unfortunately for legal reasons this offer is ONLY open to US residents.
So, from all of us here at Ultimate Motorcycling, we hope you enjoy this episode!
