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Michael van der Mark Replacing Valentino Rossi at Aragon

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Michael van der Mark is to replace Valentino Rossi at Aragon. The Dutch WorldSBK rider has been selected to stand in for the nine-time world champion, while Rossi recovers from the leg he fractured in a training accident just over a week ago. 

Van der Mark faces a challenging weekend. He will have no time on the bike beforehand to acclimatize himself to either the Yamaha M1 or the Michelin MotoGP tires.

There is not enough time or testing opportunities to put the Dutchman on the bike ahead of this weekend. He will not have to learn the track, as WorldSBK also races at the circuit, but expectations will not be set too high.

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Marc Marquez Wins Rain-Soaked San Marino GP

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MotoGP Race Results from the San Marino GP at Misano, Italy: Pos. Rider Team Bike KM/H Diff. 1 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team Honda 140.0 50'41.565 2 Danilo PETRUCCI OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 139.9 +1.192 3 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati Team Ducati 139.5 +11.706 4 Maverick VIÑALES Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 139.2 +16.559 5 Michele PIRRO

Lin Jarvis Talks Rossi’s Injury, Replacement, & Training

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What happened when Valentino Rossi crashed? How serious is his injury? When will he be back? Who will replace Rossi, if he doesn’t return at Aragon? And what does Yamaha think of Rossi’s training methods? Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis spoke to a small group of journalists at Misano on Saturday morning, to answer these questions and much more. Jarvis knew about the accident very shortly after it had happened. “I knew before he got to the hospital,” Jarvis told us. “Albi [Tebaldi] called Maio Meregalli as soon as he got the news that Vale was on the way to the hospital. Maio called me straight away.” The good news was that Rossi’s injury was not as bad as the last time he broke his leg, at Mugello in 2010. “It’s much less serious,” Jarvis told us, “but probably just as irritating.

MotoGP Qualifying Results from Misano

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MotoGP Qualifying Results from the San Marino GP at Misano, Italy: Q2 Results Pos. Rider Team Bike KM/H Time Diff. 1 Maverick VIÑALES Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 294.3 1'32.439 - 2 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati Team Ducati 296.0 1'32.601 0.162 3 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team Honda 292.2 1'32.636 0.197 4 Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda Honda

Aprilia Debuts Augmented Reality Helmet for MotoGP

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While the launch of the Ducati’s Desmosedici Stradale V4 engine and leaked photos of the Ducati Panigale V4 dominated the news on Thursday, Aprilia Racing was quietly changing the sport of motorcycle racing, as it debuted an augmented reality helmet that its mechanics will wear in MotoGP. Aprilia has partnered with DAQRI and Realmore to make the augmented reality helmet come to fruition – DARQI is making the hardware, while Realmore is responsible for the software. As followers of augmented reality (AR) tech may already have guessed, Aprilia Racing’s AR helmet will allow its mechanics to visualize and share information, overlaid on what is occurring in the pit box. Aprilia Racing sees two major scenarios where using augmented reality could be of benefit.