MotoGP 2012 - Round 1 - Qatar (SPOILERS, race: 4/8)

El Matador · April 06, 2012, 05:12:54 PM

Quote from: gm2 on April 06, 2012, 05:08:45 PM
his shit was mostly tied to the 'stones, same as most. he just had the speed to catch up with the aliens after they warmed up.

this year's tires are/are supposed to be better. and that's capirossi's job now, or a huge part of it.

Not sayin' he ain't got the speed, just sayin' he needs to create a bigger window for himself. Having your best times being posted on almost cooked tyres gives you a very small window to optimize your performance. So he will continue tofall prey to riders who can manage that at an earlier point in the race, and for a longer period

ZLTFUL · April 06, 2012, 07:47:20 PM

Nicky the day he found out he was going to Ducati:

BastrdHK · April 07, 2012, 08:09:25 AM

^^^

That is pretty good

fastwin · April 07, 2012, 08:42:52 AM

Probably a pic out there of Rossi doing the same thing!

Jester · April 07, 2012, 10:59:34 AM

Rossi is becoming a joke. Edwards was within sniffing distance of Rossi up until Rossi's last ditch ( hah, last ) effort at a faster 12th place time.

lazylightnin717 · April 07, 2012, 11:01:52 AM

Quote from: fastwin on April 07, 2012, 08:42:52 AM

Probably a pic out there of Rossi doing the same thing!

Especially after that QP...

2.179 seconds off the pace and just in front of Colin Edwards.

Man o man

In other news, Crutchlow looked good as did Spies and Hayden

Props to whoregay for bumping Stoner out of pole position!

Spidey · April 07, 2012, 11:02:27 AM

The stories of qualy: Crutchlow, Yamaha, Edwards, Rossi. And George.

ducpainter · April 07, 2012, 11:04:27 AM

Ben qualified well, but does he have a bike for tomorrow? Crashed again.

Way to go Nicky. Middle of the second row.

Jester · April 07, 2012, 11:05:16 AM

I think we're going to have some excitement in MotoGP tomorrow.

El Matador · April 07, 2012, 01:22:51 PM

Woot! Go Jorge! It would be si strange to see someone else win at Qatar

Drunken Monkey · April 07, 2012, 02:17:15 PM

Quote from: ducpainter on April 07, 2012, 11:04:27 AM
Ben qualified well, but does he have a bike for tomorrow? Crashed again.

I found this juxtaposition... amusing:

Jester · April 07, 2012, 03:50:39 PM

Quote from: El Matador on April 07, 2012, 01:22:51 PM
Woot! Go Jorge! It would be si strange to see someone else win at Qatar

I'm praying we have a start to finish battle between Casey and Jorge. I expect the battle for third could be 6 riders deep as well.

zarn02 · April 07, 2012, 05:12:43 PM

So, qualifying...

Hayden 5^th

Rossi 12^th

duccarlos · April 07, 2012, 05:38:21 PM

Are they filling Val's tires with concrete? He looks like shit out there.

Speeddog · April 07, 2012, 06:16:15 PM

My money's still on the Australian kid.

Ben looked good, but in the gravel twice this weekend.
Got his left hand caught between the right side fairing upper and the triple/clipon on that last one.

Hayden's flogging that Duc, Rossi is searching for feel.

Crutchlow and Dovi ripping on the Satellite Yamahas.

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MotoGP 2012 - Round 1 - Qatar (SPOILERS, race: 4/8)