Watching FP1, almost at the end, odd to see Lorenzo getting a tow off of Aleix!

Aleix, Jorge, Iannone, Rossi, MM, Dovi, Cal, Bradley, Pedrosa, Bradl.

Aleix and Iannone on the softest rear tire, and Dovi was on the new asymmetrical front.

Rossi looking aggressive.

A bit mixed in FP2.
Jorge, MM, Iannone, Dovi, Rossi, Aleix, Cal, Pol, Yonny.

Jorge, Pol, Iannone and Dovi all lost the front and crashed, all OK from what was shown.

MM last 5 laps; 30.287, 29.845, 29.847, 29.844, 29.762... a threatening string.

How are the tires holding up?

No reports of any issues so far...

except there were a few front end crashes, including George, on the new asymmetric front.

Seems it was a little cold to keep the center of the tire warm enough for what little hard braking there is at PI

More or less, normal service was resumed in FP3.

The 'less' was the torrid times any Honda rider not named Marquez was having.
Bradl was the *only* Honda rider other than MM that made it into Q2.
That's right, Pedrosa down with the unwashed in Q1.

Whatever it is about this track, if you're on a Honda, you're in the shit.

Strange Qualy session.....
Cal on the front row - was not expecting that....

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   346.2   1'28.408   
2   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   345.9   1'28.642   0.234 / 0.234
3   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   342.0   1'28.650   0.242 / 0.008
4   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   341.1   1'28.656   0.248 / 0.006
5   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   335.2   1'28.675   0.267 / 0.019
6   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   338.0   1'28.866   0.458 / 0.191
7   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   342.7   1'28.887   0.479 / 0.021
8   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   344.0   1'28.956   0.548 / 0.069
9   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   340.1   1'28.968   0.560 / 0.012
10   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   343.8   1'29.088   0.680 / 0.120
11   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   340.9   1'29.155   0.747 / 0.067
12   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   333.0   1'29.955   1.547 / 0.800

Quote from: Needle99 on October 18, 2014, 04:13:50 AM
Strange Qualy session.....
Cal on the front row - was not expecting that....

That's too weird, something's not right there.........

Cal has been pretty strong all weekend.
I think conditions changed a little, playing into his hands.
And historically he goes pretty well at PI.

Dovi and Iannone had also been strong, but somehow lost the handle.
Dovi lost the front and went down in FP2, and didn't bounce back.
Iannone was in the top 3 in every FP, but couldn't carry it into Q2.

There were a few drops of rain at the end of Q1 and just before Q2.

I think the bag factor played a big part in the results.

Crazy Joe just looked strong again in practice..
hope his tyres last until half distance...

Funny how a result last race had helped Cals feeling on the bike. Will be funny if the Gp15 are quicker than Lcr next year.

Carnage....

F'n hell.

That's all I got.

Quote from: Speeddog on October 18, 2014, 10:47:54 PM
F'n hell.

That's all I got.

sooooooo close.

Go VR!