garry mccoy and fb corse pass the test but will miss first 2 races

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FB Corse To Miss Fly-Aways, Start MotoGP Season In Europe
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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FB CORSE IN THE MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Dorna confirms FB Corse entry in the MotoGP World Championship.


Valencia, 17th march 2010

Today, Franco Uncini and Oscar Gallardo have given their approval to FB Corse after a full day test in Valencia track.

After being confirmed as the new entry, the team FB Corse and Garry McCoy have decided to continue developing the FB01 and start the championship in the Jerez round.

McCoy has done a three days test with a very positive result. The FB01 has been running with no electronics for the Australian to feel the bike.

Garry McCoy: " What we achieved today for me was remarkable because from where we started from the first day to achieve so many laps today, I really did not expect that at all. I was really wanting to go to Qatar and Japan but I think that our decision is very wise as we have to concentrate on the development of the bike in order to improve and be competitive from the first race."

Sergio Bertocchi: "I am really happy about all the compliments we have received from Dorna and Franco Uncini. I was not really expecting to be at that level. I am very satisfied that they allow us to enter the championship when we want and we will do the necessary development in order to enter with the best conditions."

Andrea Ferrari: "I am very satisfied about the results of today. The team has done a great job and they have been working very hard to achieve our main goal. Right now is very important to continue developing the bike."

Franco Antoniazzi (Oral Engineering): " We have done an extraordinary job today. There is an absolute symbiosis between Garry, the team and the bike that allow us to work in the best conditions. Garry has everything needed to go further with this project."

Tomorrow the FB Corse team will continue testing in the Valencia circuit.

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and this from crash.net

FB Corse gets place in MotoGP
FB Corse has been given permission to join the 2010 MotoGP World Championship from round three, at Jerez.

The new team, which has signed former 500cc and WSBK race winner Garry McCoy to race and develop its FB01 three-cylinder motorcycle, says it was given approval by Dorna representatives Franco Uncini and Oscar Gallardo after Wednesday's 'timing test' at Valencia.

Uncini had previously stated that he would look at the overall picture, rather than simply lap times, in order to judge if FB Corse was ready to race.

No lap times were released by FB Corse to accompany its announcement of a place on the grid, suggesting the lap times were not too impressive, but it seems that team, rider and machine did enough to convince Dorna of their worthiness - albeit by the time of the first European round, which will take place from April 30-May 2.

“I am really happy about all the compliments we have received from Dorna and Franco Uncini,” said Sergio Bertocchi, the 'B' in FB Corse. “I was not really expecting to be at that level. I am very satisfied that they allow us to enter the championship when we want and we will do the necessary development in order to enter with the best conditions.”

Wednesday was McCoy's third successive day of testing on the FB01, which has been running without electronics in order to help the Australian get a fell for the bike.

McCoy was a little disappointed not to be racing from round one, but believes the decision to extend development time is a wise one.

“What we achieved today for me was remarkable because from where we started from the first day to achieve so many laps today, I really did not expect that at all,” he said. “I was really wanting to go to Qatar and Japan but I think that our decision is very wise as we have to concentrate on the development of the bike in order to improve and be competitive from [our] first race.”

FB Corse team will continue testing at Valencia on Thursday.

The inclusion of FB Corse will bring the MotoGP grid up to 18 riders with another new entrant, Inmotec, due to make its debut from the Catalunya round on July 2-4.

The Ilmor X3 was the last non-factory built motorcycle to race in MotoGP , but the team - which made its debut, with McCoy, at the last two races of 2006 - withdrew after the very first round of 2007, due to a lack of speed and sponsorship. The team was never seen again.

[nick76]

I reckon FB Corse will be gone by seasons end!!!
Like all the other little teams that come and go.

[Mozzie]

I hope they come in and blow people away with , Can only hope.

[MOTOBIKES ACCESSORIES]

You can only hope they do well.
Mcoy is brilliant and great to watch !!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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I reckon FB Corse will be gone by seasons end!!!
Like all the other little teams that come and go.
well garry has a two year deal with em so they should be still there next year or gazza will get payed and not have to ride win win for gazza i think ( pay wise )

[Naked Twin]

He has most likely signed for a company that is owned by FB Corse that has no actual assets and as such if it goes broke he won't be getting payed anything.

Nick

[Darke99]

I hope they can hang in there until 2012, then hopefully we will see many more private teams enter and start to compete. It's a pretty sparse grid for MotoGP. My money and eye is certainly on Moto2, 40 riders entered? That's fantastic....

[wonnaride]

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