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JiR Team Scot




machine JiR Team Scot

HONDA RC212V
Technical specifications

Overall length (mm.) : 2,050
Overall width (mm.) : 645
Overall height (mm.) : 1,125
Wheelbase (mm.) : 1,440
Road clearance (mm.) : 125
Weight (kg.) : 148
Engine type : liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, DOHC 4 valves V4 configuration
Displacement (cc) : 800
Maximum power (CV) : over 210
Frame type : twin-tube
Front wheel (in.) : 16.5
Rear wheel (in.) : 16.5
Front suspension : telescopic fork, upside-down
Rear suspension : New Unit Pro-link
Fuel tank capacity (lt.) : 21

JiR Team Scot participate in three different categories :

Two-stroke prototypes which represent for young riders aged at least 15 the opportunity to enter 125cc Motorcycle World Championships.

Two-stroke prototypes allow to riders aged at least 16 to develop their riding skills and hopefully take part in the premier class 250cc Motorcycle.

The premier class employs four-stroke prototypes of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 800cc, a new rule introduced from 2007 along with the controlled tyre rule – 14 front tyres and 17 rear tyres. This category represents the top of motorsports for people aged at least 18.

RIDER JiR Team Scot.



Andrea Dovizioso

Profile
Date of birth: 23rd March 1986
Place of birth: Forlimpopoli, Italy
Hometown: London, Great Britain
Height: 168 cm. (5' - 6 1/10")
Weight: 60 kg. (132.27 lbs.)
First race: on a Polini minibike at the age of 7
First victory: 1997, Minibike Italian Championship
Hobbies: supermotard, motocross, football, snowboard
Favourite Riders: Kevin Schwanz, Valentino Rossi
Favourite Bike: "My Honda RC212V"
Music: various
Favourite car: R8 Audi, Porche 911

Racing Carreer Highlights

2007 Kopron Team Scot, 2nd 250cc World Championship

2006 Humangest Racing Team, 2nd 250cc World Championship

2005 Team Scot, 3rd 250cc World Championship

2004 Team Scot, Champion 125cc World Championship

2003 125cc World Championship, 5th

2002 125cc World Championship, 16th

2001 125cc European Championship, Champion 125cc Italian Championship, 4th

2000 125cc Aprilia Challenge Italian Championship,Champion Minibike Italian Championship, 2nd

1999 Minibike Italian Championship, 2nd

1998 Minibike Italian Championship, Champion

1997 Minibike Italian Championship, Champion

1996 Minibike Italian Championship, 2nd Minicross Italian Championship, 3rd

1995 Minibike Italian Championship, 3rd

1994 Minibike Italian Championship, 5th


Grand prix debut: 2001 125cc Italian Grand Prix, Mugello Aprilia
First Grand Prix win: 2004 125cc South Africa Grand Prix Honda
Total Grand Prix wins: 10 (5 in 125cc and 4 in 250cc)
Total podiums: 41 (15 in 125cc and 26 in 250cc)
World Championship: 2004, 125cc



Biographical sketch

Andrea’s passion for two wheels came from his father, Antonio. “I made a bet with my father when I was very young. I said that if he took the stabiliser wheels off my bicycle and I didn’t fall down, would buy me a motorcycle for me”. Andrea won the bet, and papa Antonio gave Andrea a red Malaguti motocrosser to ride. “My father never pushed me into riding motorcycles”, says Andrea, “but soon they began to be my all consuming passion”.
Until the age of 14 Andrea always raced minimotos, motocross and also played football. “Pretty soon though, I had chosen to be at the race track. It was my biggest passion”.
At the beginning with Andrea racing minibikes, he showed immediately that he was a talented rider. He was able to win two national titles and score many podiums. More importantly than this, in 2000 he won his first championship on a 125cc bike in the Aprilia Challenge Championship. This was one success that Dovi still considers very significant, as this was his first title riding a ‘real’ motorcycle.
In 2001 he first enjoyed his first taste of world championship action, but in the same year he also won the European 125cc GP title.
His career in GPs continued and resulted in the 2004 125cc World Championship with Honda Team Scot. For 2005 Andrea and the Team moved up to the quarter-litre class on a Honda RS250RW and once more Andrea’s style and speed was impressive and he took third overall in the championship in his debut year.
In 2006 and 2007 once more with Honda and Team Scot he secured second in the championship in both seasons, displaying courage, tenacity and a rider maturity beyond his years.
And now for the “big jump” into the MotoGP class for 2008. With the faithful Team Scot behind him as well as Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Honda and HRC Andrea and the Team hope for more success.





from www.Andrea Dovizioso.com ,www.jir.mc