Quote from: TitanMonsterS4R on March 27, 2015, 09:07:25 AM
1. MM
2. Vale
3. Dovi
4. JLo
5. Pedro

I'll second this possibility. 

I think you guys are blinded by your red glasses.  I'd be shocked if any Duc rider can beat 2 of the 4 aliens over race distance. I've been wrong before though...I'd love to see them up there fighting. 

Quote from: Triple J on March 27, 2015, 09:34:41 AM
I think you guys are blinded by your red glasses.  I'd be shocked if any Duc rider can beat 2 of the 4 aliens over race distance. I've been wrong before though...I'd love to see them up there fighting. 

I learned the hard way with my March Madness bracket. If any one of these riders wakes up with an extra bit of mojo and confidence, anyone can win. Would like to see things go to the wire this weekend.

Quote from: Triple J on March 27, 2015, 09:34:41 AM
I think you guys are blinded by your red glasses.  I'd be shocked if any Duc rider can beat 2 of the 4 aliens over race distance. I've been wrong before though...I'd love to see them up there fighting. 

+1

I don't think the Ducs can consistently beat any of the Aliens. They might be able to steal a win here and there, but I think Lorenzo will be back this year annoying MM throughout the season. MM will eventually win it and Vale will be a close 3rd (he always has issues with the newer tracks). The Turd will have his hands full with Dovi. Crazy Joe and Cal will be fighting all year long. The rest will be up and down.

1. MM
2. Vale
3. Pedro
4. Lorenzo
5. Cal

Honda

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   344.7   1'54.828   
2   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   346.8   1'55.275   0.447 / 0.447
3   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   344.7   1'55.366   0.538 / 0.091
4   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   342.3   1'55.397   0.569 / 0.031
5   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   344.1   1'55.404   0.576 / 0.007
6   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   342.6   1'55.609   0.781 / 0.205
7   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   337.1   1'55.618   0.790 / 0.009
8   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   343.5   1'55.707   0.879 / 0.089
9   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   343.6   1'55.741   0.913 / 0.034
10   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   341.9   1'55.838   1.010 / 0.097
11   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   330.0   1'55.847   1.019 / 0.009
12   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Pramac Racing   Ducati   345.7   1'55.970   1.142 / 0.123
13   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   344.6   1'56.004   1.176 / 0.034
14   25   Maverick VIÃ'ALES   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   333.1   1'56.036   1.208 / 0.032
15   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   335.0   1'56.086   1.258 / 0.050
16   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   EG 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   340.9   1'56.133   1.305 / 0.047
17   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   AB Motoracing   Honda   335.6   1'56.178   1.350 / 0.045
18   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   338.4   1'56.181   1.353 / 0.003
19   50   Eugene LAVERTY   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   333.7   1'56.333   1.505 / 0.152
20   43   Jack MILLER   AUS   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   336.6   1'56.578   1.750 / 0.245
21   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   342.6   1'56.657   1.829 / 0.079
22   76   Loris BAZ   FRA   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   331.8   1'56.966   2.138 / 0.309
23   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   Octo IodaRacing Team   ART   327.7   1'57.509   2.681 / 0.543
24   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   335.4   1'57.868   3.040 / 0.359
25   33   Marco MELANDRI   ITA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   334.6   1'58.542   3.714 / 0.674

With less than 30 minutes on FP3 --

1   29   A. IANNONE   1:54.992 (must be rolling the soft rear)
2   26   D. PEDROSA   +0.032
3   93   M. MARQUEZ   +0.561
4   4   A. DOVIZIOSO   +0.603
5   63   M. DI MEGLIO   +0.874
6   46   V. ROSSI   +0.947
7   99   J. LORENZO   +1.065
8   9   D. PETRUCCI   +1.166
9   44   P. ESPARGARO   +1.189
10   41   A. ESPARGARO   +1.203

Does anyone know what the USA TV schedule for this race is? I do not see it listed on fox sports 1, who carried it last year

FP3 final


Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   345.0   1'54.822   
2   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   339.7   1'54.918   0.096 / 0.096
3   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   345.0   1'54.992   0.170 / 0.074
4   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   331.1   1'54.994   0.172 / 0.002
5   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   345.4   1'55.024   0.202 / 0.030
6   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   344.1   1'55.044   0.222 / 0.020
7   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Pramac Racing   Ducati   344.2   1'55.102   0.280 / 0.058
8   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   335.2   1'55.108   0.286 / 0.006
9   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   336.8   1'55.192   0.370 / 0.084
10   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   340.2   1'55.328   0.506 / 0.136
11   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   342.9   1'55.396   0.574 / 0.068
12   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   EG 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   341.6   1'55.447   0.625 / 0.051
13   25   Maverick VIÃ'ALES   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   333.1   1'55.676   0.854 / 0.229
14   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   335.5   1'55.694   0.872 / 0.018
15   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   341.6   1'55.777   0.955 / 0.083
16   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   330.8   1'55.789   0.967 / 0.012
17   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   341.3   1'55.866   1.044 / 0.077
18   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   339.9   1'55.905   1.083 / 0.039
19   50   Eugene LAVERTY   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   331.6   1'55.913   1.091 / 0.008
20   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   AB Motoracing   Honda   332.3   1'56.080   1.258 / 0.167
21   43   Jack MILLER   AUS   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   331.1   1'56.162   1.340 / 0.082
22   76   Loris BAZ   FRA   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   332.3   1'57.072   2.250 / 0.910
23   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   329.8   1'57.107   2.285 / 0.035
24   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   Octo IodaRacing Team   ART   323.5   1'57.509   2.687 / 0.402
25   33   Marco MELANDRI   ITA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

I don't see the Yamaha's doing it this race. They haven't had the pace. They may come up with something overnight. I wonder if they're still getting the electronics and the seamless downshift working together?

Discount any results on a soft because it won't last the race...Espargaro and Hernandez

Look for Hondas and maybe a stray Duc.

That soft tire is a real problem for the factories. Some big names were almost caught out of Q2 because of the soft tire wonders like Yonny and Aleix.

I wish they could get ahead of MM and cause some real trouble

Schedule here


http://www.tvracer.com/

Quote from: Triple J on March 27, 2015, 08:51:18 AMI'm also rooting for Pedrobot this season. Poor bastard deserves a championship. A little injury luck, and he could get one.

I'd say a lot of injury luck.  Competition is tougher than last year w the 3 other aliens still active and the Ducs much improved.

But I'd like to see him win one except that Rossi is still racing, since I like rooting for fading stars chasing one last moment on top (Kobe, Jimmy Connors in that last US Open, etc).

Pedro stays healthy, and MM misses a couple due to injury and he's in the hunt. The 'bot can beat Rossi and JLo.