FP2
1 ^3 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) 1'39.402s 19/19 350k
2 = Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.303s 15/19 347k
3 ^7 Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21) +0.488s 17/18 347k
4 ^10 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.548s 17/19 347k
5 ^15 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.587s 18/18 344k
6 ^9 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.681s 19/19 346k
7 ^11 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.693s 19/21 346k
8 ^5 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.721s 18/18 344k
9 Ë...8 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.724s 18/20 350k
10 Ë...7 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.802s 19/20 341k
11 Ë...6 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.835s 17/18 345k
12 Ë...6 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.854s 18/19 342k
13 ^6 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21)* +0.944s 16/16 343k
14 ^2 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* +1.026s 16/18 346k
15 ^2 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +1.046s 16/18 344k
16 Ë...7 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +1.248s 18/19 348k
17 Ë...6 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +1.350s 5/19 348k
18 Ë...11 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.383s 18/19 345k
19 Ë...11 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +1.419s 18/20 345k
20 ^4 Darryn Binder RSA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* +1.469s 17/19 344k
21 ^1 Andrea Dovizioso ITA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) +1.541s 18/20 342k
22 ^3 Michele Pirro ITA Aruba.it Racing (GP22) +1.649s 14/16 341k
23 = Stefan Bradl GER Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.672s 9/15 345k
24 Ë...12 Raul Fernandez SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +2.672s 12/18 342k
25 Ë...4 Remy Gardner AUS KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +2.884s 10/18 340k
New guy in second place?
Track temp was 140 during qualifying.
Q2
1 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) 1'38.742s 6/7 352k
2 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.031s 8/8 348k
3 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.217s 6/7 347k
4 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.285s 7/7 350k
5 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21)* +0.357s 6/7 348k
6 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.400s 2/6 348k
7 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.403s 2/7 351k
8 Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.655s 5/7 350k
9 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +0.709s 6/8 346k
10 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.735s 6/7 353k
11 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.781s 7/8 351k
12 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.869s 5/6 344k
Q1
13 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* 1'39.24s 6/7 346k
14 Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21) 1'39.246s 7/8 350k
15 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) 1'39.249s 6/7 347k
16 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) 1'39.42s 7/8 344k
17 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1'39.664s 7/9 353k
18 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1'39.884s 3/8 345k
19 Andrea Dovizioso ITA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) 1'40.071s 6/8 343k
20 Remy Gardner AUS KTM Tech3 (RC16)* 1'40.113s 3/7 344k
21 Stefan Bradl GER Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1'40.298s 7/7 347k
22 Michele Pirro ITA Aruba.it Racing (GP22) 1'40.351s 6/7 345k
23 Darryn Binder RSA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* 1'40.373s 7/7 345k
24 Raul Fernandez SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16)* 1'40.587s 7/7 346k
Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) No Time 0/0 0
What a day. :o
The rookie Muñoz gets a second place finish.
Joe…Joe…Joe. Rocket ship launch and you were walking away from the field. Only things that would have prevented you from that win was a mechanical, or……C’mon boy!
Fabio checked out early. Oh and Aleix lost count and celebrated early. Oops. The purple people eater Pramac bikes went 2-3 with that incident. Pecco got tangled up in the Taki incident and Jack was way off the pace.
https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/angry-rins-blasts-stewards-as-not-at-motogp-level-after-barcelona-crash/10317083/
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1004670/1/alex-rins-i-hope-taka-okay-he-can-t-go
Wow! 1/4 gave a masterful display of form while Taki eliminated his main rivals. Aleix will have nightmares for years.
Taki has facial injuries from hard contact with the Ducati rear section and tyre. Rins finger is busted.
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1004670/1/alex-rins-i-hope-taka-okay-he-can-t-go
(Derby).
Jack appears lost. I think he'd be gutted hearing crickets from Ducati. Rumors are that resources have been diverted away from him already. He's gone to KTM according to his fan club site. At least he'll get some great dirt bikes out of it.
If The Beast can just stop crashing.. [bang]
Yeah that contact with Pecco’s rear wheel, ripped his shield off. Ãlex has had about enough of his shenanigans.
Jack is struggling, and having to deal with all this during the season has to be a pain in the make the beast with two backsing ass.
Jack appears to be a team oriented kind of bloke. I bet it cuts deep.
The crash looked bad, potentially deadly. Taka's face shield hit the spinning tire of that Ducati. Looked like it whipped his head back pretty badly.
After a night in hospital and a day off, he's going to be ok. Incredible. His helmet sponsor will be chuffed.
Arai
https://www.google.com/search?q=takaaki+nakagami+helmet&tbm=isch&client=tablet-android-samsung&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJvPnez5n4AhVP4DgGHUg4AfgQtI8BKAB6BAgBEGc&biw=1024&bih=600&dpr=1#
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1004731/1/keith-huewen-takaaki-nakagami-not-dangerous-rider
Test times from today.
FINAL)
RIDER NAT TEAM TIME LAP
1 = Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 39.447s 13/67
2 = Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.004s 61/84
3 = Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.053s 53/93
4 = Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.111s 4/81
5 = Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.241s 8/88
6 = Jack Miller AUS Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.295s 6/68
7 = Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.333s 31/77
8 = Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.348s 28/78
9 = Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21) +0.397s 27/54
10 = Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21)* +0.516s 27/56
11 ^2 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.551s 64/66
12 ^3 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.580s 57/72
13 Ë...2 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +0.600s 30/62
14 Ë...2 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.641s 40/66
15 Ë...1 Remy Gardner AUS KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +0.750s 35/76
16 = Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.888s 9/96
17 = Stefan Bradl GER Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.027s 22/53
18 = Michele Pirro ITA Aruba.it Racing (GP22) +1.163s 16/74
19 = Andrea Dovizioso ITA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) +1.180s 29/56
20 = Darryn Binder RSA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* +1.299s 35/49
21 = Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* +1.318s 5/23
22 = Raul Fernandez SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +1.697s 5/47
https://youtu.be/zN-blk66TuE
The slow mo shows just how close a call that was, like throwing your head into a centrifuge. Incredible that Taki's beat up but basically ok.
Easily could have ripped part of his face off. Like pushing your face into a belt grinder.
That tyre gave him a hell of a reverse neck crank too. He somehow avoided catastrophic neck injuries. You'd tell the paramedics to stop by a lottery shop to get a quick scratch 'n' win ticket!
I hope his mum didn't see the accident.
[thumbsup] That head snapped back hard. His level of fitness showed its hand.