Free Practice 1
1   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha      1'40.813   
2   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati      1'41.086   0.273 / 0.273
3   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati      1'41.502   0.689 / 0.416
4   1   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda      1'41.943   1.130 / 0.441
5   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda      1'42.230   1.417 / 0.287
6   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha      1'42.291   1.478 / 0.061
7   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha      1'42.343   1.530 / 0.052
8   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda      1'43.078   2.265 / 0.735
9   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Avintia Blusens   BQR      1'43.256   2.443 / 0.178
10   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati      1'43.265   2.452 / 0.009
11   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART      1'43.277   2.464 / 0.012
12   51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   FTR      1'43.511   2.698 / 0.234
13   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda      1'43.527   2.714 / 0.016
14   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   Suter      1'44.909   4.096 / 1.382
15   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda      1'45.148   4.335 / 0.239
16   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART      1'45.636   4.823 / 0.488
17   54   Mattia PASINI   ITA   Speed Master   ART      1'46.004   5.191 / 0.368
18   22   Ivan SILVA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   BQR      1'46.271   5.458 / 0.267
   77   James ELLISON   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   ART      1'52.429   11.616 / 6.158
   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati         
   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha

Is it wet?
Whats with Jorge?

Just read its a drying track, Jorge opted to sit out. Apparently its similar to Jerez first practice, Well as far as the weather is concerned

FP2

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V 1:38.396
2 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:38.717
3 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:38.742
4 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V 1:38.797
5 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:38.930
6 Alvaro Bautista Honda Gresini Honda RC213V 1:38.959
7 Nicky Hayden Marlboro Ducati Team Ducati GP12 1:39.029
8 Hector Barbera Pramac Racing Team Ducati GP12 1:39.193
9 Valentino Rossi Marlboro Ducati Team Ducati GP12 1:39.357
10 Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:39.615
11 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati GP12 1:40.207
12 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC213V 1:40.898
13 Randy De Puniet Aspar Team MotoGP ART 1:41.088
14 Aleix Esparago Aspar Team MotoGP ZART 1:41.634
15 Yonny Hernandez BQR BQR-FTR 1:41.638
16 Mattia Pasini SpeedMaster VART 1:41.973
17 Michele Pirro Honda Gresini FTR 1:42.252
18 Colin Edwards Forward Racing Suter 1:42.587
19 Ivan Silva BQR BQR-FTR 1:42.804
20 Danilo Petrucci Ioda Racing Project Ioda 1:42.984


Dry session. Spies led a great deal of it, but Stoner was able to basically do a few sighting laps and then bang a low 1:38.

 

I like to see when the first 9 riders are within 1 second of each other.

Now that's more like it.

Btw, not that it hasn't already been clearly discussed why the duc works better in the wet but I sure hope the corse guys are paying attention to fp1 vs fp2.   Give the dragon a chill pill.

Jeez, The Ben wasn't kidding last week when he said that he thought they'd finally found a setting to test Friday that he was pretty certain would work.

Quote from: Spidey on May 04, 2012, 09:57:07 AM
Jeez, The Ben wasn't kidding last week when he said that he thought they'd finally found a setting to test Friday that he was pretty certain would work.

round 1 and 2 were sure ugly.  but he's not going anywhere without a fight.

FP 3

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda      1'37.326   
2   1   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda      1'37.338   0.012 / 0.012
3   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha      1'37.680   0.354 / 0.342
4   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha      1'38.086   0.760 / 0.406
5   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha      1'38.273   0.947 / 0.187
6   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda      1'38.332   1.006 / 0.059
7   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati      1'38.443   1.117 / 0.111
8   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha      1'38.558   1.232 / 0.115
9   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati      1'38.602   1.276 / 0.044
10   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda      1'38.714   1.388 / 0.112
11   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati      1'38.856   1.530 / 0.142
12   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART      1'39.361   2.035 / 0.505
13   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART      1'40.225   2.899 / 0.864
14   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati      1'40.374   3.048 / 0.149
15   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Avintia Blusens   BQR      1'40.561   3.235 / 0.187
16   54   Mattia PASINI   ITA   Speed Master   ART      1'40.875   3.549 / 0.314
17   51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   FTR      1'41.379   4.053 / 0.504
18   22   Ivan SILVA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   BQR      1'41.772   4.446 / 0.393
19   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda      1'42.002   4.676 / 0.230
20   77   James ELLISON   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   ART      1'42.103   4.777 / 0.101
21   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   Suter      1'42.145   4.819 / 0.042

Aaaaaaaaaand the QP

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   1   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda      1'37.188   
2   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda      1'37.201   0.013 / 0.013
3   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha      1'37.289   0.101 / 0.088
4   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha      1'37.466   0.278 / 0.177
5   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha      1'37.723   0.535 / 0.257
6   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda      1'37.917   0.729 / 0.194
7   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha      1'37.943   0.755 / 0.026
8   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati      1'38.006   0.818 / 0.063
9   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati      1'38.059   0.871 / 0.053
10   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati      1'38.253   1.065 / 0.194
11   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda      1'38.265   1.077 / 0.012
12   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART      1'39.353   2.165 / 1.088
13   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati      1'39.398   2.210 / 0.045
14   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART      1'39.586   2.398 / 0.188
15   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Avintia Blusens   BQR      1'40.029   2.841 / 0.443
16   51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   FTR      1'40.225   3.037 / 0.196
17   54   Mattia PASINI   ITA   Speed Master   ART      1'40.387   3.199 / 0.162
18   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   Suter      1'40.964   3.776 / 0.577
19   77   James ELLISON   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   ART      1'41.394   4.206 / 0.430
20   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda      1'41.486   4.298 / 0.092
21   22   Ivan SILVA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   BQR      1'41.490   4.302 / 0.004


RdP fashionably took out Edwards in the QP. I hope he's ok to ride tomorrow

Colin broke his collar bone in the crash.   

Damn... if this keeps up I cant see anyway Ben's going to keep his spot vs Cal next year.

Quote from: Drjones on May 05, 2012, 10:03:45 AM
Colin broke his collar bone in the crash.   

Beat!

They all seemed to be struggling with the last third of the Track, it was surprising to see how many Riders were under the number 1 spot by .3 or .4 of a second and then suddenly reach the line and by half a second above the time.

The Commentators were saying there was a number of comments from riders about how the newly Resurfaced sections are so dark that when they had spots of rain the riders couldn't make out the Damp from the Dry sections.

I did also notice a number of riders when returning to the pits during Qualifying were all gesticulating to there Engineers about the Bikes front ends diving, Casey was really waving his hand about like the bike was really trying to bury it's nose into the ground at the end of the Main straight, but I noticed a number of riders also making that same Gesture when talking to there engineers.

Also, what happened to Jorge on the last lap of Qualifying? He looked like he was going for a blinder, then sat up most pissed off, they cut away from him for a second so I didn't see what happened to throw him off his lap.