Hmmm great start for the new duc team

FP1
Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   336.1   1'48.995   
2   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   324.7   1'49.185   0.190 / 0.190
3   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   330.5   1'49.290   0.295 / 0.105
4   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   330.8   1'49.496   0.501 / 0.206
5   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   332.3   1'49.715   0.720 / 0.219
6   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   330.8   1'49.942   0.947 / 0.227
7   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   331.7   1'50.043   1.048 / 0.101
8   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   330.9   1'50.120   1.125 / 0.077
9   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   338.8   1'50.224   1.229 / 0.104
10   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   331.3   1'50.246   1.251 / 0.022
11   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   333.1   1'50.268   1.273 / 0.022
12   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   330.7   1'50.339   1.344 / 0.071
13   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   329.7   1'50.397   1.402 / 0.058
14   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   332.2   1'50.731   1.736 / 0.334
15   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Honda   317.8   1'50.793   1.798 / 0.062
16   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   315.3   1'50.912   1.917 / 0.119
17   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   324.0   1'51.051   2.056 / 0.139
18   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   326.0   1'51.391   2.396 / 0.340
19   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   315.9   1'51.680   2.685 / 0.289
20   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Octo IodaRacing Team   ART   311.2   1'52.569   3.574 / 0.889
21   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   311.9   1'52.913   3.918 / 0.344
22   70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   315.7   1'53.532   4.537 / 0.619
23   23   Broc PARKES   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   307.5   1'53.643   4.648 / 0.111

Hector Barbecue!

(Stolen from another forum)

Funny but not...He was not quite as quick in fp2 relative. No big surprise there...

FP2
Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   335.7   1'48.285   
2   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   332.7   1'48.328   0.043 / 0.043
3   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   336.4   1'48.734   0.449 / 0.406
4   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   339.0   1'48.747   0.462 / 0.013
5   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   325.5   1'48.938   0.653 / 0.191
6   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   334.4   1'48.966   0.681 / 0.028
7   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   328.8   1'48.969   0.684 / 0.003
8   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   336.0   1'49.002   0.717 / 0.033
9   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   330.7   1'49.011   0.726 / 0.009
10   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   330.6   1'49.312   1.027 / 0.301
11   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   328.3   1'49.373   1.088 / 0.061
12   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   331.0   1'49.650   1.365 / 0.277
13   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   333.9   1'49.711   1.426 / 0.061
14   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   322.0   1'50.283   1.998 / 0.572
15   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   324.3   1'50.408   2.123 / 0.125
16   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Honda   318.2   1'50.472   2.187 / 0.064
17   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   326.5   1'50.487   2.202 / 0.015
18   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   318.8   1'50.890   2.605 / 0.403
19   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   316.0   1'51.110   2.825 / 0.220
20   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Octo IodaRacing Team   ART   312.6   1'51.510   3.225 / 0.400
21   23   Broc PARKES   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   309.8   1'52.415   4.130 / 0.905
22   70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   318.3   1'52.600   4.315 / 0.185
23   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   313.2   1'52.684   4.399 / 0.084

New Repsol rider.   

MARC MARQUEZ MotoGP of the ANIMAL KINGDOM :-)

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   328.2   1'47.187   
2   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   329.1   1'47.549   0.362 / 0.362
3   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   332.2   1'47.685   0.498 / 0.136
4   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   327.3   1'47.865   0.678 / 0.180
5   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   326.7   1'47.897   0.710 / 0.032
6   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   328.3   1'48.226   1.039 / 0.329
7   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   327.2   1'48.246   1.059 / 0.020
8   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   330.3   1'48.368   1.181 / 0.122
9   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   331.2   1'48.542   1.355 / 0.174
10   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   321.4   1'48.568   1.381 / 0.026
11   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   327.9   1'48.810   1.623 / 0.242
12      8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati         

I am afraid tomorrow there will be two races.
One between MM and Pedro, and the other one with the remaining bikes.

We'll see about that.     Apparently though, the factory Yamaha's aren't looking too swift.

Hopefully Crazy Joe can get a really good start. At least make the first 3-4 laps fun until his tyres are shot. Then mm will probably clear out...

MM looks able to run 1:48's without a struggle.
FP3 and FP4 combined he did 17 laps out of 26 in the 48's.

Pol managed to do 6, a few guys one or two, and lots of guys got none.

Crutchlow takes 3rd - awesome job.

MM really needs to play it safer and wrap up the Championship, he's lucky that Rossi and Pedrosa crashed out.

Repsol boys made terrible decisions today.

Smart race by Lorenzo  

And for Crusty to be on the podium, I don't think the cameras were on him for even a minute  during the race

Pos.   Points   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time/Gap
1   25   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   158.0   44'20.406
2   20   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   157.4   +10.295
3   16   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   157.4   +10.312
4   13   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   157.3   +11.718
5   11   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   156.3   +29.483
6   10   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   156.2   +29.686
7   9   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   156.2   +29.763
8   8   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   155.8   +37.841
9   7   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   155.5   +42.957
10   6   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   154.9   +53.937
11   5   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Octo IodaRacing Team   ART   154.5   +59.824
12   4   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   154.5   +1'00.718
13   3   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   153.6   +1'15.227
14   2   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   153.1   +1'24.526
15   1   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   152.4   +1'38.255
16      70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   150.2   1 Lap
17      63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   148.7   1 Lap
18      23   Broc PARKES   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   148.7   1 Lap
19      8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   145.7   1 Lap
Not Classified
4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   163.6   5 Laps
46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   164.1   20 Laps
29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   160.8   22 Laps
17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Honda   154.1   22 Laps

Smart race by Lorenzo! The Repsol boys were on the other side of that coin. I kept shouting at the screen every time they past the pit lane. Even the wife got an ear full. As soon as the Turd hit the deck I knew it was just a matter of time before MM followed. They did manage to finish, which to me was a miracle.

Crutchlow was incredibly lucky. He was gifted that podium, same as Aleix, but there's something to be said about being conservative. Dovi could have finished second if he would have pited. And on to the other Ducs...

When I saw Iannone's crash at first I thought Lorenzo had somehow nudged him off the track. For a split second I was calling JLo a hypocrite. I went back and saw that he was on his own, basically on a straight line, then the moment that took him onto the grass. That was scary to watch a second time. He had a lot of momentum and for a second you would have thought that he was going to save it, then the back came out.

Vale's crash was also scary. He was definitely nudged off the track by the Turd. I was truly concerned when I saw him laying there and then being gurnied off the track. As of right now he's only been diagnosed with a concussion. We'll see how well he goes next race.

Dovi was just being dumb. You know the Duc has potential to do well in the rain, pit and get on the rain tires!!! Damn! And he was limping after the crash. WTF?!?! I need to see the interview to see what the hell he was thinking.

All in all, the first half of the race was very interesting. There were battles before the rain that kept my hopes high. After it started raining, it turned into a cluster make the beast with two backs. I know that it's up to the riders to decide when to come in, but as a team manager, I would have told the riders to pit, specially since MM doesn't have the best track record of piting when he should.

So why do a lot of these tracks have a thin strip of grass between the track and the run off?