MOTO GP FREE PRACTICE 1
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 307.5 1'34.321
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 308.0 1'34.908 0.587 / 0.587
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.7 1'35.065 0.744 / 0.157
4 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 299.3 1'35.202 0.881 / 0.137
5 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 308.3 1'35.213 0.892 / 0.011
6 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 303.8 1'35.239 0.918 / 0.026
7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 302.8 1'35.318 0.997 / 0.079
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 304.3 1'35.336 1.015 / 0.018
9 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 303.5 1'35.403 1.082 / 0.067
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 302.4 1'35.829 1.508 / 0.426
11 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 304.3 1'36.291 1.970 / 0.462
12 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 305.3 1'36.500 2.179 / 0.209
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 283.8 1'36.935 2.614 / 0.435
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 284.1 1'37.916 3.595 / 0.981
15 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 282.1 1'38.140 3.819 / 0.224
16 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 287.0 1'38.209 3.888 / 0.069
17 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 289.9 1'38.255 3.934 / 0.046
18 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 284.2 1'38.943 4.622 / 0.688
19 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 273.1 1'39.110 4.789 / 0.167
20 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 284.9 1'39.729 5.408 / 0.619
7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 283.8 1'41.398 7.077 / 1.669
FREE PRACTICE 2
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 307.6 1'33.740
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 308.5 1'34.005 0.265 / 0.265
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 304.1 1'34.136 0.396 / 0.131
4 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 305.3 1'34.437 0.697 / 0.301
5 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 300.3 1'34.467 0.727 / 0.030
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.3 1'34.585 0.845 / 0.118
7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.3 1'34.610 0.870 / 0.025
8 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 309.2 1'35.079 1.339 / 0.469
9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 302.2 1'35.112 1.372 / 0.033
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 301.8 1'35.132 1.392 / 0.020
11 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 303.6 1'35.201 1.461 / 0.069
12 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 305.8 1'35.787 2.047 / 0.586
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 287.8 1'36.438 2.698 / 0.651
14 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 287.5 1'36.928 3.188 / 0.490
15 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 286.1 1'37.093 3.353 / 0.165
16 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 286.9 1'37.310 3.570 / 0.217
17 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 287.6 1'37.585 3.845 / 0.275
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 273.3 1'38.255 4.515 / 0.670
19 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 286.9 1'38.260 4.520 / 0.005
20 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 284.2 1'38.395 4.655 / 0.135
21 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 286.8 1'39.383 5.643 / 0.988
FP3
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 303.3 1'33.945
2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 303.6 1'34.425 0.480 / 0.480
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 305.3 1'34.429 0.484 / 0.004
4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 299.9 1'34.456 0.511 / 0.027
5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 300.7 1'34.471 0.526 / 0.015
6 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 306.0 1'34.636 0.691 / 0.165
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 300.0 1'34.757 0.812 / 0.121
8 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 303.7 1'35.081 1.136 / 0.324
9 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 297.2 1'35.261 1.316 / 0.180
10 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 301.3 1'35.328 1.383 / 0.067
11 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 298.0 1'35.423 1.478 / 0.095
12 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 304.4 1'35.468 1.523 / 0.045
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 286.3 1'36.389 2.444 / 0.921
14 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 284.7 1'36.666 2.721 / 0.277
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 283.8 1'37.138 3.193 / 0.472
16 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 268.9 1'37.666 3.721 / 0.528
17 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 283.4 1'37.692 3.747 / 0.026
18 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 280.9 1'37.940 3.995 / 0.248
19 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 281.6 1'38.344 4.399 / 0.404
20 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 282.3 1'39.507 5.562 / 1.163
54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 278.4 1'46.663 12.718 / 7.156
QP
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 303.7 1'33.638
2 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 306.0 1'33.941 0.303 / 0.303
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.0 1'33.976 0.338 / 0.035
4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 300.8 1'34.104 0.466 / 0.128
5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 302.4 1'34.178 0.540 / 0.074
6 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 299.0 1'34.669 1.031 / 0.491
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 298.5 1'34.907 1.269 / 0.238
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 300.4 1'34.922 1.284 / 0.015
9 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 305.1 1'34.950 1.312 / 0.028
10 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 301.8 1'35.250 1.612 / 0.300
11 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 298.5 1'35.291 1.653 / 0.041
12 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 286.5 1'35.694 2.056 / 0.403
13 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 300.7 1'35.862 2.224 / 0.168
14 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 283.7 1'36.646 3.008 / 0.784
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 283.6 1'37.202 3.564 / 0.556
16 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 279.2 1'37.666 4.028 / 0.464
17 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 281.3 1'37.760 4.122 / 0.094
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 269.5 1'37.767 4.129 / 0.007
19 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 282.0 1'38.198 4.560 / 0.431
20 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 279.3 1'38.511 4.873 / 0.313
21 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 281.8 1'38.658 5.020 / 0.147
The Ben showed some signs of improvement at the end of QP. Rossi put himself in his best grid position so far this year. I hope they can both do well tomorrow. I'm looking forward to Spies, Rossi, Crutchlow, Dovisioso tomorrow.
And of course..... Moto 2/3 [bow_down]
Quote from: The Don on May 18, 2012, 10:25:02 PM
FREE PRACTICE 2
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 307.6 1'33.740
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 308.5 1'34.005 0.265 / 0.265
Quote from: lazyjinglin717 on May 19, 2012, 07:51:44 AM
FP3
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 303.3 1'33.945
2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 303.6 1'34.425 0.480 / 0.480
Quote from: lazyjinglin717 on May 19, 2012, 07:51:44 AM
QP
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 303.7 1'33.638
2 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 306.0 1'33.941 0.303 / 0.303
Maybe he's retired already?
Dovi is rocking the boat!! [thumbsup]
Rossi podium in the wet tomorrow.
:o amazing race
Quote from: Jester on May 19, 2012, 12:56:43 PM
Rossi podium in the wet tomorrow.
BOOM
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 141.6 49'39.743
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 141.1 +9.905
3 16 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 141.0 +11.298
4 13 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 140.2 +29.361
5 11 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 140.0 +32.477
6 10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 140.0 +32.842
7 9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 138.8 +59.759
8 8 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 138.5 +1'05.152
9 7 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 138.4 +1'07.846
10 6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 138.2 +1'13.193
11 5 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 137.6 +1'26.663
12 4 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 137.5 +1'27.633
13 3 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 135.8 1 Lap
14 2 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 135.4 1 Lap
15 1 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 135.0 1 Lap
16 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 133.1 1 Lap
17 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 131.3 2 Laps
18 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 126.8 2 Laps
Not Classified
9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 137.3 4 Laps
14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 130.5 6 Laps
17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 133.1 17 Laps
Quote from: DucMouse the Sytaxor on May 20, 2012, 05:56:54 AM
:o amazing race
+1
The Duc is a hog! It loves being dirty. I think that the bike does the same time wet or dry and the other bikes lose a lot in the wet. Lorenzo is just sick. The Tech 3 boys impress me on every race. Even Dovi was more aggressive, which is nice to see. Stoner has never done well in the wet and this time he blamed the bike not warming up the tires. He will still dominate throughout the year. All in all great battle for third and then second.
Really nice to see Rossi back in his old form again... love him or hate him when he's on it's just good racing.
Great race. Its too bad we can't get rain every week. The Crutchlow/Dovi/Rossi battles were fantastic and it was nice to see Stoner and Rossi have some scraps on the last few laps as well. Fun times.
Lorenzo was on it today!
Ben Spies has lost his edge I think. The guy needs to get out of his funk quick, although I fear his seat is already gone.
Quote from: Jester on May 20, 2012, 01:31:08 PM
Ben Spies has lost his edge I think.
Who ???
Did anybody else see Stoner's tire at the end of the race? :o
[clap] to Jorge... now if only he could stop looking at himself in the mirror...
Ben Spies
"That was a rough race. We actually got off to a good start at the beginning then had a very big moment on the line, something happened because then I had quite a lot of water coming in through my helmet and couldn’t see much on the first five laps. I hoped it would get better but I couldn’t see anything and decided to come in because I need to see where I am going. I knew the race was gone by then so went back out to try and get some data and get better working with the bike in the rain. Circumstances meant it wasn’t a good day."
You have got to feel for Ben, the pressure must be immense at the moment.
imho - wouldn't hurt if his mom went home, and stayed there....
This race raises a question I've had for the last couple of years: Why is the Ducati a nearly unrideable handful in dry conditions, and competitive in the wet? The main complaints I've heard in public about the bike are: A) lack of front end feel, and B) it's difficult to get on the throttle as soon as the competition on corner exit - and often a combination of the two. I would have thought that wet conditions would make both of these characteristics radically worse and make for a pretty terrifying rainy day in the saddle.
I realize we're talking about good in the wet compared to the other bikes on the grid, but it still doesn't make sense to me. Is it something about the bike that just can't come to terms with the dry-conditions Bridgestones, but is on a more level playing field with the rain tires?
+1 about Spies.
Quote from: triangleforge on May 21, 2012, 08:25:42 AM
This race raises a question I've had for the last couple of years: Why is the Ducati a nearly unrideable handful in dry conditions, and competitive in the wet? The main complaints I've heard in public about the bike are: A) lack of front end feel, and B) it's difficult to get on the throttle as soon as the competition on corner exit - and often a combination of the two. I would have thought that wet conditions would make both of these characteristics radically worse and make for a pretty terrifying rainy day in the saddle.
I realize we're talking about good in the wet compared to the other bikes on the grid, but it still doesn't make sense to me. Is it something about the bike that just can't come to terms with the dry-conditions Bridgestones, but is on a more level playing field with the rain tires?
+1 about Spies.
Maybe it's just because everyone is going just that bit slower in the wet. When it's dry and everyone is pushing to the max the Ducati is just weird enough that it can't be pushed enough to keep up.
yep. it's about power delivery. in the wet they can be much easier with the throttle and still be in the race.
that start for both ben and rdp was scary :/
so great to see rossi riding the bike again
Yeah, I figure it's because the other bikes in the wet feel like the duc in the dry and since the duc riders are used to vague feedback from the front end and being gentle with the throttle they're basically being trained to ride in the wet all the time.
There were some great battles for 3rd and then for 2nd at the end. I love how Rossi and Stoner traded punches thru a couple different chicanes. It's brilliant! I thought it was 2008 again. [laugh]
One thing that really bugged me was the commercial break on SPEED. Mid-way thru the race, Rossi was fighting for 3rd Crutchlow and Dovizioso before commercial; comes back and Crutchlow (i thinkk) was gone. No mention of what happened... A couple of commercial breaks later, Dovi was gone... WTF?
Quote from: Goat_Herder on May 21, 2012, 11:36:34 AM
One thing that really bugged me was the commercial break on SPEED. Mid-way thru the race, Rossi was fighting for 3rd Crutchlow and Dovizioso before commercial; comes back and Crutchlow (i thinkk) was gone. No mention of what happened... A couple of commercial breaks later, Dovi was gone... WTF?
motogp.com
Speedtv and their announcer Greg Kramer are awful. Go back to the world feed only. Does anyone really want to hear Kramer butcher the riders names as he kills air time?
And Speedtv hasn't done anything right since nascar took over.
At least, for this week, Speed toned down the background-engine-noise on the world feed so I could actually understand what the announcers were saying...
Quote from: triangleforge on May 21, 2012, 08:25:42 AM
I realize we're talking about good in the wet compared to the other bikes on the grid, but it still doesn't make sense to me. Is it something about the bike that just can't come to terms with the dry-conditions Bridgestones, but is on a more level playing field with the rain tires?
FWIW - Rossi has always been 'untouchable' on wet/flooded/hurricane-ravaged tracks (except for the time he took out Stoner, but that was Stoner's fault [evil] ;D) so it's not just that the 'other' bikes are slower under wet conditions.
The parts of the performance envelope that the Ducati is having problems in aren't reached in the wet.
Basically, "vague front end feel" may not occur until you hit > 45 degree lean angles and you don't see those sorts of lean angles in the wet (unless you're crashing)
Plus Rossi is a beast in the wet ;D
Apparently so is Lorenzo.
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on May 21, 2012, 03:48:22 PM
The parts of the performance envelope that the Ducati is having problems in aren't reached in the wet.
in the immortal words of rob muzzy, "all slow bikes handle well..."
Good one! [thumbsup]
http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/179954/1/rossi_stoner_joke_about_jerez_2011.html (http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/179954/1/rossi_stoner_joke_about_jerez_2011.html)
Wonder if Stoner's chatter was still happening in the rain if so that would have been one major concern for a high side while pushing the pace. To me, during the race it seemed like Stoner gave in a little and just settled for third rather than risk more and just catch Lorenzo later in the season on points which I'm sure he can do.
Quote from: Novelo on May 22, 2012, 08:56:46 PM
Wonder if Stoner's chatter was still happening in the rain if so that would have been one major concern for a high side while pushing the pace. To me, during the race it seemed like Stoner gave in a little and just settled for third rather than risk more and just catch Lorenzo later in the season on points which I'm sure he can do.
speaking from experience, racing a motorcycle in the rain is not fun. 20 or 16 points is always better than zero.