Intact GP Juniors give a warm welcome to Leo Rammerstorfer
A particularly tricky task awaits the participants in JuniorGP™ series with Moto3™ Junior World Championship, Moto2™ European Championship and European Talent Cup this weekend at Portimao’s «Rollercoaster», which has to be mastered in midsummer conditions to boot. New to the German junior team is 17-year-old Leo Rammerstorfer from Upper Austria in ETC category.
Arguably the most selective circuit on the calendar in southern Portugal is the fifth stop for the young racers from the German LIQUI MOLY Intact GP Junior Team. Lukas Tulovic extended his overall lead in Moto2™ European Championship a little further with a strong race in second place on second last Sunday in Jerez. However, the 21-year-old from Eberbach had to put away two serious crashes beforehand during practice sessions.
In JuniorGP™ Moto3 class, Phillip Tonn and Jakob Rosenthaler come to the challenging circuit in the outback of the Algarve coastline with a pleasing uphill trend. Jakob Rosenthaler from Linz in Upper Austria finished in the points twice in the Red Bull MotoGP™ Rookies Cup races in Portimao earlier this year whilst his team mate Phillip Tonn from Mattstedt is also familiar with the circuit aboard a Moto3 bike as used in the Rookies Cup.
After the event in Portugal, the series will take its summer break. On race day, as usual, there will be a live stream via the series' YouTube channel.
Time Schedule Portimao (CET, Live-Timing):
Saturday 16 July: 10:00 - 10:40 QP1 ETC Grp A
Saturday 16 July: 10:50 - 11:30 QP1 ETC Grp B
Saturday 16 July: 11:40 - 12:20 QP1 Moto2™ ECh
Saturday 16 July: 12:30 - 13:10 QP1 JuniorGP™
Saturday 16 July: 13:20 - 14:00 QP2 ETC Grp A
Saturday 16 July: 14:10 - 14:50 QP2 ETC Grp B
Saturday 16 July: 15:00 - 15:40 QP2 Moto2™ ECh
Saturday 16 July: 15:50 - 16:30 QP2 JuniorGP™
Saturday 16 July: 17:00 Last Chance Race ETC (8 Laps)
Sunday 17 July: 10:00 - 10:10 Warm-Up Moto2™
Sunday 17 July: 10:20 - 10:30 Warm-Up ETC
Sunday 17 July: 10:40 - 10:50 Warm-Up JuniorGP™
Sunday 17 July: 12:00 Race 1 Moto2™ (17 Laps)
Sunday 17 July: 13:00 Race ETC (15 Laps)
Sunday 17 July: 14:00 Race JuniorGP™ (16 Laps)
Sunday 17 July: 15:00 Race 2 Moto2™ (17 Laps)
Facts Portimao:
Length: 4,592metres
Witdth:18metres
Longest straight: 970metres
Left corners: 6
Right corners: 9
Moto3™ JuniorGP™ best Pole-Position: 1´48.237 (2021)
Moto3™ JuniorGP™ Lap record: 1´48.971 (2021)
Moto3™ JuniorGP™ All-time record: 1´48.237 (2021)
Moto2™ ECh best Pole-Position: 1´44.380 (2021)
Moto2™ ECh Lap record: 1´44.461 (2021)
Moto2™ ECh All-time record: 1´44.380 (2021)
ETC best Pole-Position: 1´51.441 (2021)
ETC Lap record: 1´50.757 (2021)
ETC All-time record: 1´50.757 (2021)
JuniorGP™ Calendar 2022:
07./08. Mai: Circuito do Estoril (Portugal, JuniorGP™, Moto2™ und ETC je zwei Rennen)
21./22. Mai: Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana (Spanien, JuniorGP™ zwei Rennen / Moto2™ ein Rennen / ETC zwei Rennen)
11./12. Juni: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Spanien, JuniorGP™ zwei Rennen / Moto2™ zwei Rennen / ETC ein Rennen)
02./03. Juli: Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto (Spanien, JuniorGP™ zwei Rennen / Moto2™ ein Rennen / ETC zwei Rennen)
16./17. Juli: Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (Portugal, JuniorGP™ ein Rennen / Moto2™ zwei Rennen / ETC ein Rennen)
02./03. September: Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli (Italien, JuniorGP™ ein Rennen)
08./09. Oktober: MotorLand Aragón (Spanien, JuniorGP™ ein Rennen / Moto2™ zwei Rennen, ETC zwei Rennen)
29./30. Oktober: Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana (Spanien, JuniorGP™ zwei Rennen / Moto2™ ein Rennen / ETC zwei Rennen)
