122mph lap average at the British MotoGP 2010

possible.? maybe lets see.nah .... it

got to the Island lets see the lap average there.on a motogp bike


Silverstone: The fastest MotoGP track in the world

By Mike Nicks -

MotoGP

04 November 2009 15:03

Riders will lap Silverstone at an average speed of more than 122mph at the British MotoGP in 2010, making the new circuit the fastest on the MotoGP calendar by a clear 10mph.


The figure was revealed to MCN by circuit designers John Barrow and John Rhodes, of the London-based sports and event planning company Populous.

Silverstone managing director Richard Phillips has also revealed the length of the track on which Valentino Rossi will defend his MotoGP title – 3.613 miles, making it the longest in the MotoGP season.

So Silverstone – which hasn’t hosted the British grand prix since 1986 – will bounce back into the series with the unique double claim of being both the fastest and the longest track.

Using computer simulations, the Populous team believes that riders will lap Silverstone in 1m 45.9 seconds, the equivalent of 122.834mph.

Australia’s Phillip Island is currently MotoGP’s fastest track: Casey Stoner lapped the 2.764-mile circuit at 112.219 on his Marlboro Ducati in qualifying last year.

At 3.447 miles, Sepang in Malaysia is currently the longest track in MotoGP.

“We started with the brief of developing what Silverstone is well-known for – a fast and flowing circuit,” Rhodes said. “We wanted to make more of that and exaggerate it.”

The Populous organisation is already designing the main Olympic stadium, and has also contributed to 15 motorsports projects in the USA, Britain, Dubai and Iceland.

The calculations probably were not too difficult with the computer simulator they were using. I bet the estimate is 90% accurate, but there are so many human and weather variables at play it is hard to predict what is and is not possible. I am sure their model takes into account the most obvious factors, but we will have to wait and see.

Outdoing the PI by 10mph is intense I must say. Whenever I look at the silverstone mock-up I can't imagine it being that fast compared to phillip island with some of the tight corners, but I guess even the island has its slow ones. My visual analysis is sufficiently less advanced then their computer models I would bet .

Sweet, i love fast tracks!

Laguna Seca is not really fast and flowing, with an average well under 100mph, but it sure makes for great races. Changai had a long fast straight, not so good racing. I’ll wait and see next year.

sounds pretty crazy....def lookin forward to seein it next year

Sounds good, I can't wait to go next year!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VHMP01 @ Nov 5 2009, 03:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Laguna Seca is not really fast and flowing, with an average well under 100mph, but it sure makes for great races. Changai had a long fast straight, not so good racing. I’ll wait and see next year.

Well longs straights are just that, boring. But when you look at Silverstone, there's a lot of fast corners and also a more technical section before the main straight. I think it could be a good track for exciting racing. Or atleast I hope so.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Wander @ Nov 8 2009, 10:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Well longs straights are just that, boring. But when you look at Silverstone, there's a lot of fast corners and also a more technical section before the main straight. I think it could be a good track for exciting racing. Or atleast I hope so.

I guess we agree then. I’ll wait and see and as you, hope for good races too!

The bikes should look great bending through maggots and becketts.

Motorcycles need exciting tracks like Imola and The Island. Since the cornerspeeds are slower than cars, the wrong track can make things look pretty bland for the cameras. Motegi and Valencia spring to mind as particularly bad.