Welkom South African circuit will host the South African Grand Prix, second round of the World Motorcycling Championship 2002. This path, one of the last to join the World has very special characteristics that make him a very demanding track with the tires and physical endurance of the pilots. The heat and tire choice will be two key factors in career development.
125cc. Alberto Puig’s pupils come to Welkom willing to repeat his performance in Japan, where both managed to score his first points on Sunday. Dani Pedrosa, after scoring the pole on Saturday afternoon, was found Sunday morning with a heavy rainfall that led him to act with caution and finishing eighth. His teammate Joan Olive, low to high during the weekend, also scored his first points of the year after occupying the thirteenth position.
Fonsi Nieto want the 250cc. is a dry race to be measured again with its rivals and to reconfirm that he is a candidate for the title this year. After performances in Japan, only marred by rain on Sunday and a fall two laps from the end that drew him to the thirteenth final position, Fonsi arrives at one of his favorite tracks where and last year won a creditable fifth. To mate Toni Elias, Welkom will be a new scenario to discover on his Aprilia. Eighteenth 125cc last year. Despite struggling at the front until tire problems slowed him, Elias will attempt to score points in Welkom and end in another run with his new bike.
Finally, the new Moto GP category will be another interesting battle between the two four-stroke Honda Repsol Honda MotoGP Valentino Rossi and Ukawa Tihru, and the other riders with two and four stroke motorcycles. After the rush Rossi victory in Japan and the equally dry practice on Friday and Saturday, all teams are expecting a dry race in South Africa to really see where each one of them compared to its rivals.
