New World Champion Marc Marquez?

Setelah kagum dengan penampilannya di 2013, Marc Marquez bisa menjadi termuda MotoGP Juara Dunia di Australia akhir pekan ini. Haruskah ia melakukannya, 20 tahun akan menjadi pembalap rookie pertama untuk mengklaim hadiah utama sejak Kenny Roberts melakukannya 35 tahun yang lalu, pada tahun 1978.

Takdir Marquez di Australia akan tergantung pada posisi finishing Yamaha Factory Racing Jorge Lorenzo dan Repsol Honda Team Dani Pedrosa rekan, serta apakah pendatang baru ini mampu mencapainya, tetapi dia harus menyelesaikan setidaknya kedelapan untuk mengklaim mahkota.

Marquez akan menjadi Juara Dunia di Australia di bawah kondisi berikut :

- Marquez menang dan Lorenzo finis ketiga atau lebih rendah

- Marquez selesai kedua , Lorenzo kelima atau lebih rendah dan Pedrosa tidak menang

- Marquez selesai ketiga, Lorenzo kedelapan atau lebih rendah dan Pedrosa tidak menang

- Marquez selesai keempat , Lorenzo 11 atau lebih rendah dan Pedrosa tidak menang atau finis kedua

- Marquez selesai kelima , Lorenzo 13 atau lebih rendah dan Pedrosa tidak finis di podium

- Marquez selesai keenam , Lorenzo 14 atau lebih rendah dan Pedrosa tidak finis di podium

- Marquez selesai ketujuh , Lorenzo 15 atau lebih rendah dan Pedrosa tidak finis di podium

- Marquez selesai kedelapan , Lorenzo gagal mencetak gol dan Pedrosa tidak finis di empat besar

Tahun lalu , Marquez mensegel gelar juara dunia Moto2 pada sirkuit yang sama, Phillip Island.




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NEW HONDA CB 300R

The Honda stopped making CBX 250 Twister 6 months ago, retired model, and now the successor is the beautiful CB 300R. The bike that 'borrowed' the design for the CBR 300 was Honda CB Hornet 600F which was launched earlier this year. Twister was the 7th bike more sold in the country last year, and has an audience that loves the bike, since launch in 2001 were manufactured nearly 500 thousand units.

The triangular headlight is 60W and has a small fairing that brings the patch panel, the tail is short and a single exhaust outlet is shorter than the old version. Increasing the cubic capacity of the engine was to attend the third phase of Promot 3 without harming the performance of urban naked. "We work on an engine that meets the Brazilian legislation. Promot In this new phase, we need a greater ability to have a lower emission of pollutants, especially in measurements up to 120 km / h. 291.6 cm ³ The fruits are an increase in diameter and the piston stroke (79.0 x 59.5mm). Finally, the architecture remains the same: a cylinder, dual overhead cams command (DOHC), four valves and cooling mixed (air with oil cooler).

So far nothing new, except the capacity. ducts and intake and exhaust valves were reworked to adapt to food for electronic fuel injection system - programmed (PGM-FI) - designed by Keihin to CB 300R. The new bike has more power obviously it has 26.5 hp 24 hp against the Twister. bike has A torque of 2.81 Nm at 6,000 rpm.

Already the bike is more power Honda opted for a 5-speed rates , this to avoid gear reductions mainly uphill streets and hills. With more modern design and robust compared to the CBR 300R Twister gives an impression of being a large bike. This is because the 18-liter tank contributes to this impression Twister was 16.5 liters of tank capacity. the new model comprises two air deflectors that, besides the aesthetic function, assist in cooling the motor.

Pirelli tires into Sport Demon wider measures: the front 110/70 and rear 140/70 (Twister used tires 110/80 and 130/70, respectively). Both alloy wheels in 17 inch with new design. Impressions Turning on the bike it is noticed that the pilot tip in a more comfortable position due to the position of the legs, the bike is safer because it has an anti-theft system in the ignition of the bike. gorgeous With a panel with marker-speed digital and analog RPM marker noted that Honda used the Hornet as a basis for devising this bike.

The motor has instant answers at the touch of the throttle. At low speed the bike did not gasp as the 250cc version and also the Twister was a lot of noise when running. A new CB 300R is quieter and has a well agreed that rates allows the engine too. Testing the bike at high speed the bike is observed that reached 142 km / h. Finally Honda took the electronic injection system that will bring greater fuel economy and, for the old Twister was pretty ugly but lost in the technology for the Yamaha Fazer.

The bike was a quieter, more stable the whole suspension and dampers and breaking more economical because it was almost 30 km per liter of petrol while Twister was 24 km per liter.

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Ford Focus TDCi Econetic 1.6

Detail refinements including unique low-drag wheel trims further improve the existing 1.6 TDCi Focus Econetic’s headline economy figure from 76.4mpg combined to 83.1mpg, with CO2 emissions dropping from 99g/km to 88g/km.

That 99g/km model remains on sale alongside this even cleaner version. The two share an engine, mechanical spec and power and torque outputs of 104bhp and 199lb ft respectivey.

In keeping with the ‘less is best’ eco philosophy, however, the 88g/km Focus is only available in lower-end Edge trim (you can have your 99g/km model in Titanium spec, though, should you so choose).

Cruise control, steering wheel-mounted audio controls, USB and aux-in connectivity all come as standard, but if you want Ford’s SYNC tech package including DAB radio and Bluetooth, you’ll have to pay an extra £340.

To drive, almost indistinguishable from the 99g/km 1.6 TDCi Focus.

Which is to say engine performance that’s doggedly workmanlike at best, pedestrian at worst, and frustratingly mated to a chassis that displays all of the best dynamic sparkle that an everyday Ford has to offer (which is a considerable amount).

Our previous criticisms of the 1.6 TDCi’s low-rev recalcitrance hold just as true here, with an asthmatic off-boost delivery leading to some awkward moments when pulling away. The sure-fire cure is to give it a heavy boot from a standstill, but that’s entirely at odds with the Econetic Focus’s fuel-saving ethos. With practice and familiarity pulling away becomes less fraught, but it always feels like a more conscious effort than it should be.

That laggy obstinacy tends to be less of a problem once rolling but it never goes away entirely. The motor feels at its best once flowing freely on A-roads and motorways, but it’s punchy and rewarding enough around town providing you time your upshifts carefully. However, an opportunist open-road overtaker this is not.

The compromises in performance do pay off, though. On one particularly feather-footed motorway/urban run, we returned an impressive 72mpg, although such figures have to be worked for. It’s quite conceivable that with even greater restraint it would be possible to edge even closer to the Focus’s official 83.1mpg combined economy figure.

Ford Focus Econetic Edge 1.6 TDCi

Price £18,145; 0-62mph 11.8sec; Top speed 116mph; Economy 83.1mpg (combined); CO2 88g/km; Kerb weight 1350kg; Engine 4 cylinders in line, 1560cc, turbodiesel; Power 104bhp; Torque 199lb ft; Gearbox 6-speed manual


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