The schedule for this years Macau Grand Prix (in local time), reads as follows:

19th of November 2009 (Thursday)

07:30 08:15 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 43rd Edition - Practice
15:25 16:10 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 43rd Edition - Qualifying


20th of November 2009 (Friday)

07:30 08:30 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 43rd Edition - Qualifying


21st of November 2009 (Saturday)

07:30 07:50 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 43rd Edition - Warm Up
15:15 16:15 Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 43rd Edition - 15 laps


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Rider Entry List


1 Stuart EASTON GBR Hydrex IGT Honda Honda 1000

2 John MCGUINNESS GBR Hydrex IGT Honda Honda 1000

3 Michael RUTTER GBR Team of Paris - AXA Racing Kawasaki 1000

4 Conor CUMMINS IOM PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team Kawasaki 1000

5 Amaury BARATIN FRA Team of Paris - AXA Racing Triumph *675

6 Gerald MUTEAU FRA Team of Paris - AXA Racing Kawasaki 1000

7 Thomas HINTERREITER AUT Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha 1000

8 Ian HUTCHINSON GBR PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team Kawasaki 1000

9 James MCBRIDE GBR PAZZO/EAST Coast Racing Yamaha 1000

10 Mark MILLER USA Celtic Racing Suzuki 1000

11 Stephen THOMPSON GBR Robinson Concrete Honda Honda 1000

12 Simon ANDREWS GBR Team of Paris - AXA Racing Kawasaki 1000

13 Rico PENZKOFER GER BMW Macau Racing Team BMW 1000

15 James STORRAR GBR DMR Racing Yamaha 1000

17 Steve MERCER GBR DMR Racing Yamaha 1000

18 SOU Sio Hong MAC Sonic Racing Performance Yamaha *600

19 Tiago MAGALHAES POR AG Racing Suzuki *600

21 Nuno FARIAS POR Moto Clube de Faro Honda 1000

23 Branko SRDANOV NED Cubic Macau Racing Team Yamaha 1000

31 Horst SAIGER AUT BMW Macau Racing Team BMW 1000

32 Joao FERNANDES MAC Cubic Macau Racing Team Yamaha *600

33 Luis CARREIRA POR Benimoto Suzuki Cetelem Suzuki 1000

34 Michael BARNES USA PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team Kawasaki 1000

35 CHEUNG Wai On HKG CHEUNG Wai On Suzuki *600

36 Michael PEARSON GBR BTS Racing Honda 998

37 James HILLIER GBR A.I.M. Racing Suzuki 1000

39 Jason BROOME HKG Jason BROOME Yamaha *600

57 Jeremy TOYE USA Lee’s Cycles Racing Honda 1000

61 Scott JENSEN USA Moto Garage Racing Suzuki 1000

66 Mark BUCKLEY GBR Jentin Racing Yamaha 1000

69 Gary JOHNSON GBR A.I.M. Racing Suzuki 1000

70 IP Weng Keong MAC Sonic Racing Performance Kawasaki *600


* = 600cc Supersport Class

The Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team heads for the Macau Grand Prix this forthcoming weekend hoping that the trio of riders can emerge successful on the 6.12km Circuito Da Guia.

Team owner Paul Bird has just the one victory to his name, which came courtesy of John McGuinness in 2001, but this year with a truly international flair aboard the factory-backed Kawasaki ZX-10Rs, the team is well placed to add to the tally.

Last year's pole setter, Conor Cummins, returns to Macau for the third time, and the 23-year-old Manxman is making his debut on the http://www.supercasino.com, Vent-Axia, Henleys and Kick Energy-backed Ninja and with two podium places at the TT and a victory and lap record at the Ulster Grand Prix, he starts as one of the favourites.

Joining Cummins in the PBM team are multiple AMA champion Mike Barnes from the USA, and Yorkshireman Ian Hutchinson, who last year finished fifth and seventh, respectively.

'Hutchy' had a very successful Isle of Man TT this year, with the 30 year old from Bingley taking victory in both the Supersport TT and Superstock TT races whereas Floridian Barnes achieved his best Macau result since 1993 last year and will be looking to improve even further this year.

Easton Smashes Qualifying Lap Record in Hunt for Second Successive Victory

Stuart Easton, last year’s winner of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix set a new qualifying lap record to be on provisional pole after the opening timed session for the Far East Classic meeting today. The 26-year-old racer from Hawick, Scotland lapped in two minutes 25.476 seconds to top the leaderboard, over 1.6 seconds quicker than his closest rival, Englishman Michael Rutter, a six-time winner of the event.

Easton, on the Hydrex IGT Honda 1000 he has raced so successfully in Britain all season was ultra-cautious in the morning free practice concerned with the dusty condition of the track, but eight hours later, he was in supreme form and his rivals could not match his pace.

Rutter, the 36-year-old from Leicestershire, was racing a Kawasaki 1000 for the Team of Paris-AXA racing squad for the first time but, despite his lack of practice on the machine, looked confident after being fastest in the morning session.

It was a good day for Kawasaki, with four machines on the top six.

Ian Hutchinson (PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team), the 30-year-old Yorkshireman was third fastest, half a second behind Rutter, and 23-year-old Manxman Conor Cummins on the second Paul Bird Motors machine a quarter of a second slower in fourth place.

Veteran American Mike Barnes, on the third PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team machine was sixth fastest, a fifth of a second behind one of the sensations of the day, Rico Penzkofer on a factory BMW, a machine racing in Macau for the very first time.

Tiago Magalhaes, the 25-year-old Portuguese racer was fastest in the Supersport 600 Class on the AG Racing Suzuki, two seconds quicker than local racer Joao Fernandes (Cubic Macau Racing Team Yamaha).

Amaury Baratin (Team of Paris-AXA Racing Triumph 675), the 36-year-old Frenchman was third best in the Supersport Class.

The final qualifying session for Saturday’s 43rd running of the 15-lap race is tomorrow (Friday).


QUALIFYING 1
 
POS NO CL DRIVER NAT TEAM TIME LAPS GAP KPH
1 1 Stuart EASTON GBR Hydrex IGT Honda 2:25.476 13 151.44
2 3 Michael RUTTER GBR Team of Paris - AXA Racing 2:27.112 15 1.636 149.76
3 8 Ian HUTCHINSON GBR PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team 2:27.574 10 2.098 149.29
4 4 Conor CUMMINS IOM PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team 2:27.745 12 2.269 149.12
5 13 Rico PENZKOFER GER BMW Macau Racing Team 2:28.697 15 3.221 148.16
6 34 Mike BARNES USA PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team 2:28.955 16 3.479 147.91
7 11 Stephen THOMPSON GBR Robinson Concrete Honda 2:29.272 14 3.796 147.59
8 2 John McGUINNESS GBR Hydrex IGT Honda 2:29.457 14 3.981 147.41
9 69 Gary JOHNSON GBR A.I.M. Racing 2:29.778 16 4.302 147.09
10 57 Jeremy TOYE USA Lee's Cycles Racing 2:30.074 12 4.598 146.80
11 10 Mark MILLER USA Celtic Racing 2:30.237 16 4.761 146.64
12 7 Thomas HINTERREITER AUT Yamaha Austria Racing Team 2:30.754 12 5.278 146.14
13 33 Luis CARREIRA POR Benimoto Suzuki Cetelem 2:31.741 15 6.265 145.19
14 6 Gerald MUTEAU FRA Team of Paris - AXA Racing 2:31.864 14 6.388 145.07
15 17 Steve MERCER GBR DMR Racing 2:32.977 15 7.501 144.02
16 9 James McBRIDE GBR PAZZO/EAST Coast Racing 2:33.896 17 8.420 143.16
17 31 Horst SAIGER AUT BMW Macau Racing Team 2:34.332 16 8.856 142.75
18 37 James HILLIER GBR A.I.M. Racing 2:34.340 16 8.864 142.75
19 12 Simon ANDREWS GBR Team of Paris - AXA Racing 2:35.336 14 9.860 141.83
20 36 Michael PEARSON GBR BTS Racing 2:35.754 17 10.278 141.45
21 15 James STORRAR GBR DMR Racing 2:36.929 15 11.453 140.39
22 61 Scott JENSEN USA Moto Garage Racing 2:37.082 15 11.606 140.25
23 66 Mark BUCKLEY GBR Jentin Racing 2:38.139 15 12.663 139.32
24 19 SS Tiago MAGALHAES POR AG Racing 2:38.269 13 12.793 139.20
25 32 SS Joao FERNANDES MAC Cubic Macau Racing Team 2:40.211 14 14.735 137.51
26 5 SS Amaury BARATIN FRA Team of Paris - AXA Racing 2:40.732 16 15.256 137.07
27 35 SS CHEUNG Wai On HKG CHEUNG Wai On 2:41.424 16 15.948 136.48
28 18 SS SOU Sio Hong MAC Sonic Racing Performance 2:43.610 16 18.134 134.66
29 39 SS Jason BROOME HKG Jason BROOME 2:51.040 15 25.564 128.81
30 70 SS IP Weng Keong MAC Sonic Racing Performance 2:51.326 13 25.850 128.59
Qualification Maxima
21 Nuno FARIAS POR MY MOTO 2:43.466 16 17.990 134.78
23 Branko SRDANOV NED Cubic Macau Racing Team 8:19.103 1 5:53.627 44.14

Easton on Pole as he Looks for Repeat Motorcycle Grand Prix Victory

Stuart Easton, the 26-year-old Scottish racer, will start on pole position for tomorrow’s 43rd running of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix after qualifying fastest in the two timed sessions for the Far East Classic. Easton, on the Hydrex IGT Honda 1000, did not improve on his Thursday’s fastest lap, but today none of his rivals were able to get near his best lap.

Easton finished over four fifths of a second faster than Conor Cummins (PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team), the 23-year-old racer from the Isle of Man.

Cummins qualified fastest for last year’s race before breaking down with electrical problems soon after half distance, but he went faster this time to snatch second place on the starting grid.

Michael Rutter, the 36-year-old Leicestershire rider who is looking for his record-breaking seventh win in the event, was third fastest on the Team of Paris-AXA Racing Kawasaki 1000, but his machine finally broke down on his final lap of qualifying after suffering a misfire for most of the session.

Another British rider, Ian Hutchinson (PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team), the 30-year-old Yorkshireman, was fourth fastest to complete the front row of the grid for the 15-lap race, improving on his best lap of the opening session to go within two fifths of a second of Rutter’s time.

Veteran Michael Barnes, on another PBM Kawasaki, was fifth fastest, two fifths of a second behind Hutchinson, after finally getting what he described as his first good nights’ sleep since leaving his Florida home.

German Rico Penzkofer (BMW Macau Racing Team 1000), was sixth fastest, just over a tenth of a second slower than Barnes.

It was very close in the Supersport 600 Class with the fastest three riders all covered by less than a quarter of a second. Frenchman Amaury Baratin (Team of Paris-AXA Racing Triumph 675) was fastest but only by four hundredths of a second from Joao Fernandes (Yamaha) from Macau.

Cheung Wai On, the 28-year-old racer from Hong Kong, was third fastest on his new Kawasaki just a fifth of a second slower.


Combined Qualifying Positions

1 Stuart Easton
2 Conor Cummins
3 Michael Rutter
4 Ian Hutchinson
5 Mike Barnes
6 Riko Penzkofer
7 John McGuinness
8 Thomas Hinterreiter
9 Gary Johnson
10 Stephen Thompson
11 Simon Andrews
12 Jeremy Toye
13 Mark Miller
14 Luis Carrera
15 Steve Mercer
16 Gerald Muteau
17 Horst Saiger
18 James Hillier
19 Scott Jensen
20 Michael Pearson
21 James McBride
22 James Storrar
23 Mark Buckley
24 Amaury Baratin
25 Joao Fernandes
26 Cheung Wai On
27 Tiago Magalhaes
28 Sou Sio Hong
29 Ip Weng Keong
30 Jason Broome

The Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team recorded a superb double podium when Conor Cummins and Ian Hutchinson finished second and third respectively in this morning's Macau Grand Prix.

Aboard the http://www.supercasino.com, Vent-Axia, Henleys and Kick Energy-backed Ninja ZX-10R which Broc Parkes raced in this year's World Superbike Championship, 23-year-old Manxman Cummins, on only his third visit, chased down a six second deficit behind leader Stuart Easton and going into the penultimate lap, Cummins hit the front but despite a frenetic last lap battle, it was Easton who held on for victory by a third of a second after fifteen laps of the 6.12km Circuito Da Guia.

Yorkshireman Ian Hutchinson brought the second of the works PBM Kawasakis home in third place after seeing off a challenge from Gary Johnson to give the PBM team cause for further celebration, especially as Easton is also personally sponsored by team owner Paul Bird!

Conor Cummins:

"There was some confusion at the start of the race and by the time I got going, I'd been held up which had allowed Stuart to build a big lead but little by little, I reeled him in and took the lead going into Fishermans on the last lap but one. I thought I could hold him off but Stuart has a lot of experience around here and I got a bad run through the backmarkers so he got by me again but I'm happy enough with second place. The bike has been great and the team is fantastic and I'm delighted with the result."


Ian Hutchinson:

"I got held up early on and by then, both Stuart and Conor had gone but after a bit of a battle with Gary Johnson, I ended up having a lonely race. I had to get used to the Pirelli tyres as their characteristics are different to the Dunlops I've been using and also I had to learn the Kawasaki so to finish on the podium is fantastic. We're off out for a few beers tonight and to spend the podium bonus Birdy has promised me...!"


Paul Bird:

"My lads rode fantastic but you've got to hand it to Stuart again. Conor rode well for a big lad with not much experience round here and I thought he could do it but the backmarkers cost him dearly. Hutchy did a great job and dug deep to get us third place so I'm pleased for all of them. It's one of Kawasaki's best results of the season and fully vindicates us bringing the team here."


Results


1 Stuart EASTON - GBR - Hydrex IGT Honda - 36:50.910

2 Conor CUMMINS - IOM - PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team - 36:51.291

3 Ian HUTCHINSON - GBR - PBM Kawasaki WSBK Team - 37:00.702

4 Gary JOHNSON - GBR - AIM Racing - 37:06.508

5 Rico PENZKOFER - GER - BMW Macau Racing Team - 37:15.519

6 Michael RUTTER - GBR - Team of Paris - AXA Racing - 37:22.761

7 Simon ANDREWS - GBR - Team of Paris - AXA Racing - 37:25.237

8 Luis CARREIRA - POR - Benimoto Suzuki Cetelem - 37:26.117

9 Jeremy TOYE - USA - Lee's Cycles Racing - 37:26.403

10 Stephen THOMPSON - GBR - Robinson Concrete Honda - 37:34.767

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