Casey is back. The bike had a slow start, went dead within a few corners of leaving the pits.
FP1:
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 290.3 1'46.558
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 297.8 1'46.699 0.141 / 0.141
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 292.2 1'46.919 0.361 / 0.220
4 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 291.6 1'47.316 0.758 / 0.397
5 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 293.4 1'47.328 0.770 / 0.012
6 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 290.6 1'47.366 0.808 / 0.038
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 300.2 1'47.551 0.993 / 0.185
8 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 294.2 1'47.561 1.003 / 0.010
9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 295.8 1'47.637 1.079 / 0.076
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 296.9 1'47.786 1.228 / 0.149
11 21 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA JPN Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha 288.1 1'48.390 1.832 / 0.604
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 293.2 1'49.106 2.548 / 0.716
13 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 284.4 1'49.160 2.602 / 0.054
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 287.6 1'49.265 2.707 / 0.105
15 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 282.9 1'49.354 2.796 / 0.089
16 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 283.5 1'50.184 3.626 / 0.830
17 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 272.7 1'50.268 3.710 / 0.084
18 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 289.7 1'50.771 4.213 / 0.503
19 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 276.6 1'51.039 4.481 / 0.268
20 84 Roberto ROLFO ITA Speed Master ART 283.9 1'51.225 4.667 / 0.186
21 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 277.9 1'52.044 5.486 / 0.819
22 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 273.6 1'52.188 5.630 / 0.144
Seems that Rossi found some hope. Still more than half a second behind.
FP2:
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 307.8 1'46.088
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 294.1 1'46.190 0.102 / 0.102
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 294.0 1'46.282 0.194 / 0.092
4 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 294.2 1'46.428 0.340 / 0.146
5 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 298.0 1'46.687 0.599 / 0.259
6 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 291.0 1'46.912 0.824 / 0.225
7 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 295.0 1'46.978 0.890 / 0.066
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 297.7 1'46.983 0.895 / 0.005
9 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 293.5 1'46.984 0.896 / 0.001
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 289.6 1'47.592 1.504 / 0.608
11 21 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA JPN Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha 291.3 1'47.801 1.713 / 0.209
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 283.7 1'48.232 2.144 / 0.431
13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 286.1 1'48.470 2.382 / 0.238
14 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 285.3 1'48.757 2.669 / 0.287
15 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 283.2 1'48.770 2.682 / 0.013
16 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 285.5 1'49.539 3.451 / 0.769
17 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 283.5 1'49.652 3.564 / 0.113
18 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 274.9 1'49.770 3.682 / 0.118
19 84 Roberto ROLFO ITA Speed Master ART 287.7 1'50.292 4.204 / 0.522
20 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 289.4 1'50.333 4.245 / 0.041
21 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 281.4 1'50.924 4.836 / 0.591
22 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 278.6 1'51.270 5.182 / 0.346
See, that's the problem with the new CRT bikes...I can't just scan to the bottom of the list to see how fast Rossi and the other Ducs went [bang]
The YSP team is throwing me into a loop.
gotta suck pushing that duc around with a broken wrist
QP:
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 302.4 1'44.969
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 306.9 1'45.215 0.246 / 0.246
3 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.7 1'45.257 0.288 / 0.042
4 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 302.5 1'45.336 0.367 / 0.079
5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 303.7 1'45.481 0.512 / 0.145
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 302.9 1'45.612 0.643 / 0.131
7 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 304.0 1'45.745 0.776 / 0.133
8 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 309.1 1'45.848 0.879 / 0.103
9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 302.6 1'45.976 1.007 / 0.128
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 301.8 1'46.461 1.492 / 0.485
11 21 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA JPN Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha 303.0 1'46.780 1.811 / 0.319
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 305.2 1'46.881 1.912 / 0.101
13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 286.5 1'47.383 2.414 / 0.502
14 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 288.7 1'47.581 2.612 / 0.198
15 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 303.2 1'47.791 2.822 / 0.210
16 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 287.2 1'48.125 3.156 / 0.334
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 284.7 1'48.513 3.544 / 0.388
18 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 283.6 1'48.653 3.684 / 0.140
19 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 283.6 1'48.831 3.862 / 0.178
20 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 286.5 1'49.023 4.054 / 0.192
21 84 Roberto ROLFO ITA Speed Master ART 282.9 1'49.183 4.214 / 0.160
22 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 283.8 1'49.831 4.862 / 0.648
Race Results:
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 162.6 42'31.569
2 20 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 162.3 +4.275
3 16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 162.1 +6.752
4 13 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 161.5 +16.397
5 11 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 161.3 +20.566
6 10 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 161.0 +24.567
7 9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 160.9 +26.072
8 8 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 160.3 +36.724
9 7 21 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA JPN Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha 160.3 +36.794
10 6 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 158.2 +1'10.729
11 5 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 157.9 +1'15.658
12 4 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 157.5 +1'22.769
13 3 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 157.3 +1'24.968
14 2 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 157.1 +1'29.388
15 1 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 156.8 +1'34.612
16 84 Roberto ROLFO ITA Speed Master ART 155.8 +1'50.853
Not Classified
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 162.1 1 Lap
9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 156.3 1 Lap
22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 155.2 10 Laps
14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 153.3 10 Laps
11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 152.8 23 Laps
68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 146.5 23 Laps
Another boring one. Once Dani took over in the front, Butter Boy decided to play it safe the rest of the way. I see a pattern emerging. Lorenzo pulls into the lead the first few laps then when he realizes that he can cruise into 2nd, he let's Pedrosa have his glory.
I feel sorry for Cal. Apparently he was aware of the gas issue, but got so caught up duking it out with Bautista that he forgot. Whoops.
The rest of behind them the only other "battle" was Nicky just inking out Nakasuga to the line.
What's Cal supposed to do...
cruise for 4th?
I would rather watch Cal running out of gas after "rubbing" with Bautista than watching Lorenzo cruise it in for 2nd.
yup
Zzzzzz... I have friends in Austin all amped up about the MotoGP race at COA. Don't get me started about DORNA. [laugh] If someone would buy me a migas breakfast at Cisco's I might be inclined to make the drive to Austin. [thumbsup] [popcorn] Otherwise...ehhh. [roll]
Google mid pack race filler: see Ducati. [bang] Damn, sure hope they find a miracle by next season. Tired of the Honda/Yamaha series. Hopefully someday Kwakers and Suzook will join the fray again. Hell... if I win the Lottery I'll field a Briggs & Stratton team sponsored by a beer company! ;D
Boring race except for the battle between Bautista and Crutchlow.
Someone remind me what the point of the fuel limit is again? [thumbsdown]
Quote from: Triple J on October 14, 2012, 06:01:13 PM
Boring race except for the battle between Bautista and Crutchlow.
Someone remind me what the point of the fuel limit is again? [thumbsdown]
Dorna doesn't need a point...
just rules. ;)
Quote from: fastwin on October 14, 2012, 10:02:47 AM
Zzzzzz... I have friends in Austin all amped up about the MotoGP race at COA. Don't get me started about DORNA. [laugh] If someone would buy me a migas breakfast at Cisco's I might be inclined to make the drive to Austin. [thumbsup] [popcorn] Otherwise...ehhh. [roll]
If you haven't seen this era of bikes run live, you gotta go. TV does no justice to these machines.
Feeling even worse for Dani. The dude is on a mission and it probably won't matter. The last few races would have been interesting ( still might be ), had the point gap been sitting at under 10 points. I'd like to see Jorge and Dani go after it with everything on the line. As it stands, Jorge can just relent and let him go.
Maybe Stoner will up the pace a bit and help Dani out as his fitness improves.
Yes really bummer for Cal running out of fuel so close. Good job Dani boy. Hope Stoner recovery goes well and he gets a win next. So last time was Hayden to bang the wall on run off and now Ben.
I'm sure you're right about the seeing the big boy bikes race live. But the expense and traffic hassle (which Austin has on a good day! [roll]) may keep me away. Have some friends that live in Austin (dove hunting buddies) that want to take in the race but I'd still need to shack up at a motel... which adds mo' $$.
I'm a little lack luster about the whole deal but maybe my friends can talk me into it. It would be nice to see some prototype GP bikes race before it goes CRT/2 wheeled NASCAR. [bang]
OK, just watched the race on my dvr. Is it just me but I swear Lorenzo just said screw it and let Pedrobot by and took the lazy route... 2nd place is good enough for the title run and I'll let "junior" win at his company's home track. Maybe Dani will buy Jorge and his team dinner for throwing the race. [roll]
Quote from: fastwin on October 14, 2012, 07:08:52 PM
I'm sure you're right about the seeing the big boy bikes race live. But the expense and traffic hassle (which Austin has on a good day! [roll]) may keep me away. Have some friends that live in Austin (dove hunting buddies) that want to take in the race but I'd still need to shack up at a motel... which adds mo' $$.
I'm a little lack luster about the whole deal but maybe my friends can talk me into it. It would be nice to see some prototype GP bikes race before it goes CRT/2 wheeled NASCAR. [bang]
I'll pay for your tickets, you have to see these bikes in person. It'll make you a believer. ;)
Gas restrictions are moronic in a prototype racing series....oh, wait, I forgot, it's to reduce costs.... :P
Didn't he have to pay for his own brake pads earlier in the year?
Quote from: OT on October 14, 2012, 09:51:41 PM
Gas restrictions are moronic in a prototype racing series....oh, wait, I forgot, it's to reduce costs.... :P
Didn't he have to pay for his own brake pads earlier in the year?
Who else ran out of fuel?
http://www.sportrider.com/news/146_12010_motogp_motegi_race_report/ (http://www.sportrider.com/news/146_12010_motogp_motegi_race_report/)
Quote from: kopfjäger on October 14, 2012, 09:58:02 PM
Who else ran out of fuel?
It's not the first time this year.
I forget which track it was, but both Tech 3 bikes ran out on the cool down lap.
Yamaha is running 800 electronics on them and it just doesn't work as well.
Quote from: ducpainter on October 15, 2012, 03:30:08 AM
It's not the first time this year.
I forget which track it was, but both Tech 3 bikes ran out on the cool down lap.
Yamaha is running 800 electronics on them and it just doesn't work as well.
yeah, that..
fwiw, george claims there was no staying with dani http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/185104/1/lorenzo_it_was_impossible.html (http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/185104/1/lorenzo_it_was_impossible.html)
but all he's gotta do the rest of the year is finish 2nd or 3rd, so.. yawn.
full credit to pedro though. can't do more than what he's doing.
seriously ben? wtf.
edit: oh.. http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/185108/1/brakes_blamed_for_ben_spies_motegi_exit.html (http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/185108/1/brakes_blamed_for_ben_spies_motegi_exit.html)
and, WHAT?
Quote from: kopfjäger on October 14, 2012, 09:58:02 PM
Who else ran out of fuel?
Who cares. No one should run out of fuel.
Maybe Dani boy should push Jorge real hard in the early stages of a race to where Jorge might crash out. Not that I openly wish crashing on anyone but that would make the points fight very interesting. Nah, I think Jorge knows he has a points lock and wouldn't take the chance. How about a mechanical?
Quote from: MacDuck on October 15, 2012, 09:25:45 AM
Maybe Dani boy should push Jorge real hard in the early stages of a race to where Jorge might crash out. Not that I openly wish crashing on anyone but that would make the points fight very interesting. Nah, I think Jorge knows he has a points lock and wouldn't take the chance. How about a mechanical?
Maybe if they change the numbers on the two Yammi's in the garage.
Ben has had more than his share of mechanicals.
Quote from: Triple J on October 15, 2012, 07:49:24 AM
Who cares. No one should run out of fuel.
.....but only one guy did, so who's at falt?
Quote from: kopfjäger on October 15, 2012, 05:41:10 PM
.....but only one guy did, so who's at falt?
The guy he was racing against. [evil]
at this point...Jorge can cruise and still get the #1 plate...Dani has to hope that Casey can find his way past the aches and get between him and Jorge while he takes the top step at Sepang and Valencia....because we know Casey is going for broke with all balls to wall for the win at Philip Island!
Watching moto2, I'm convinced Marquez has a 600 engine bored out to 675 or more. Something smells fishy.......
They seriously need to put everyone on Moto3 bikes. That last lap was make the beast with two backsing INSANE!
Cortese had the title wrapped up 400 yards from the finish and then suddenly he finishes in 6th after putting it on the deck.
Quote from: ZILBERT on October 16, 2012, 06:42:03 PM
They seriously need to put everyone on Moto3 bikes. That last lap was make the beast with two backsing INSANE!
Cortese had the title wrapped up 400 yards from the finish and then suddenly he finishes in 6th after putting it on the deck.
I was late watching that race, but OMG was it a fun one.
mitt
Quote from: mitt on October 23, 2012, 07:08:18 AM
I was late watching that race, but OMG was it a fun one.
mitt
Just watched it last night. Man those guys go all out!!!
Fun race to watch.