2008 MotoGP Rd. 10--Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:20 am
After an interesting weekend in Assen, the stars of the MotoGP circuit now head to eastern Germany and the Saschenring Circuit, which has hosted the German round of the MotoGP Championship since 1998(it also hosted the East German rounds of the MotoGP Championship during the 1960's-1970's)
~~Event Schedule........................
--Practice Session #1, 10-11am, 11 July 2008
--Practice Session #2, 1:55-2:55pm, 11 July 2008
--Practice Session #3, 10-11am, 12 July 2008
--MotoGP Qualifying, 1:55-2:55pm, 12 July 2008
--WarmUp Session, 9:40-10:05am, 13 July 2008
--MotoGP Race, 2pm, 13 July 2008
~~Track Specifics...........................
--Grand Prix Track, 3.7kms(2.229miles)
(Saschenring has three different circuits; the "A" circuit is the longest of the three)
~~Past Winners
note 1....list of West German/German MotoGP event winners[highest class 500cc unless mentioned below]
--Geoff Duke(GBR): 1951, 1954-1955
--Reg Armstrong(IRL): 1952, 1956
--Walter Zeller(FRG): 1953
--Libero Liberati(ITA): 1957
--John Surtees(GBR): 1958-1960
--Gary Hocking(RHO): 1961
--Jim Redman(RHO): 1962[250cc class], 1963[350cc class], 1966
--Mike Hailwood(GBR): 1964-1965
--Giacomo Agostini(ITA): 1967-1972, 1975-1976
--Phil Read(GBR): 1973
--Edmund Czihak(FRG): 1974
--Barry Sheene(GBR): 1977
--Virginio Ferrari(ITA): 1978
--Wil Hartog(NED): 1979
--Marco Lucchinelli(ITA): 1980
--Kenny Roberts(USA): 1981, 1983
--Randy Mamola(USA): 1982
--Freddie Spencer(USA): 1984
--Christian Sarron(FRA): 1985
--Eddie Lawson(USA): 1986-1987
--Wayne Rainey(USA): 1989
--Kevin Schwantz(USA): 1988, 1990-1991
--Michael Doohan(AUS): 1992, 1994, 1997-1998
--Daryl Beatie(AUS): 1993, 1995
--Luca Cadalora(ITA): 1996
--Kenny Roberts, Jr.(USA): 1999
--Alex Barros(SPN): 2000
--Max Biaggi(ITA): 2001, 2004
--Valentino Rossi(ITA): 2002, 2005-2006
--Sete Gibernau(ITA): 2003
--Dani Pedrosa(SPN): 2007
note 2...list of East German MotoGP event winners[highest class listed]
--D ickie Dale(GBR): 1958
--Gary Hocking(RHO): 1959, 1961
--John Hempleman(GBR): 1960
--Mike Hailwood(GBR): 1962-1965
--Frantisek Stastny(CZE): 1966
--Giacomo Agostini(ITA): 1967-1972
RHO: Rhodesia(also reluctantly known as Zimbabwe)
FRG: West Germany(now known as Germany)
CZE: Czechoslovakia(now divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
~~Event Schedule........................
--Practice Session #1, 10-11am, 11 July 2008
--Practice Session #2, 1:55-2:55pm, 11 July 2008
--Practice Session #3, 10-11am, 12 July 2008
--MotoGP Qualifying, 1:55-2:55pm, 12 July 2008
--WarmUp Session, 9:40-10:05am, 13 July 2008
--MotoGP Race, 2pm, 13 July 2008
~~Track Specifics...........................
--Grand Prix Track, 3.7kms(2.229miles)
(Saschenring has three different circuits; the "A" circuit is the longest of the three)
~~Past Winners
note 1....list of West German/German MotoGP event winners[highest class 500cc unless mentioned below]
--Geoff Duke(GBR): 1951, 1954-1955
--Reg Armstrong(IRL): 1952, 1956
--Walter Zeller(FRG): 1953
--Libero Liberati(ITA): 1957
--John Surtees(GBR): 1958-1960
--Gary Hocking(RHO): 1961
--Jim Redman(RHO): 1962[250cc class], 1963[350cc class], 1966
--Mike Hailwood(GBR): 1964-1965
--Giacomo Agostini(ITA): 1967-1972, 1975-1976
--Phil Read(GBR): 1973
--Edmund Czihak(FRG): 1974
--Barry Sheene(GBR): 1977
--Virginio Ferrari(ITA): 1978
--Wil Hartog(NED): 1979
--Marco Lucchinelli(ITA): 1980
--Kenny Roberts(USA): 1981, 1983
--Randy Mamola(USA): 1982
--Freddie Spencer(USA): 1984
--Christian Sarron(FRA): 1985
--Eddie Lawson(USA): 1986-1987
--Wayne Rainey(USA): 1989
--Kevin Schwantz(USA): 1988, 1990-1991
--Michael Doohan(AUS): 1992, 1994, 1997-1998
--Daryl Beatie(AUS): 1993, 1995
--Luca Cadalora(ITA): 1996
--Kenny Roberts, Jr.(USA): 1999
--Alex Barros(SPN): 2000
--Max Biaggi(ITA): 2001, 2004
--Valentino Rossi(ITA): 2002, 2005-2006
--Sete Gibernau(ITA): 2003
--Dani Pedrosa(SPN): 2007
note 2...list of East German MotoGP event winners[highest class listed]
--D ickie Dale(GBR): 1958
--Gary Hocking(RHO): 1959, 1961
--John Hempleman(GBR): 1960
--Mike Hailwood(GBR): 1962-1965
--Frantisek Stastny(CZE): 1966
--Giacomo Agostini(ITA): 1967-1972
RHO: Rhodesia(also reluctantly known as Zimbabwe)
FRG: West Germany(now known as Germany)
CZE: Czechoslovakia(now divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)