But they don't like Maverick Vinales

BTW, it will be a wet weekend, so we really will not be able to see the Ducs' real potential.

After pretty much domination by MM through most FP1, Dovi pulls out a half second quicker lap as the checkered flag waved.

Forecast basically say rain at 65+% the whole weekend.
It's going to be a different race.

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   328.9   2'19.402   
2   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   329.0   2'19.864   0.462 / 0.462
3   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   EG 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   328.8   2'20.487   1.085 / 0.623
4   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   323.6   2'20.593   1.191 / 0.106
5   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   324.1   2'20.665   1.263 / 0.072
6   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   321.5   2'20.951   1.549 / 0.286
7   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   326.8   2'20.983   1.581 / 0.032
8   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   327.5   2'21.300   1.898 / 0.317
9   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   325.8   2'21.486   2.084 / 0.186
10   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Pramac Racing   Ducati   327.1   2'21.625   2.223 / 0.139
11   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   316.2   2'22.018   2.616 / 0.393
12   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   333.6   2'22.387   2.985 / 0.369
13   43   Jack MILLER   AUS   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   321.6   2'22.391   2.989 / 0.004
14   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   323.0   2'22.498   3.096 / 0.107
15   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   312.5   2'22.542   3.140 / 0.044
16   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   316.8   2'22.571   3.169 / 0.029
17   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   321.3   2'22.663   3.261 / 0.092
18   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   320.2   2'22.716   3.314 / 0.053
19   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   322.5   2'22.741   3.339 / 0.025
20   76   Loris BAZ   FRA   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   313.4   2'24.178   4.776 / 1.437
21   50   Eugene LAVERTY   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   317.3   2'24.851   5.449 / 0.673
22   25   Maverick VIÃ'ALES   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   317.4   2'25.024   5.622 / 0.173
23   33   Marco MELANDRI   ITA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   318.8   2'25.141   5.739 / 0.117
24   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   Octo IodaRacing Team   ART   311.5   2'25.160   5.758 / 0.019
25   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   AB Motoracing   Honda   319.3   2'25.405   6.003 / 0.245

Heading to Austin now

FP2 in the books.......

1    93    Marc MARQUEZ    Honda    2'04.835    
2    35    Cal CRUTCHLOW    Honda    2'05.162    0.327 / 0.327
3    29    Andrea IANNONE    Ducati    2'05.190    0.355 / 0.028
4    41    Aleix ESPARGARO    Suzuki    2'05.564    0.729 / 0.374
5    4    Andrea DOVIZIOSO    Ducati    2'05.646    0.811 / 0.082
6    46    Valentino ROSSI    Yamaha    2'05.691    0.856 / 0.045
7    44    Pol ESPARGARO    Yamaha    2'05.840    1.005 / 0.149
8    6    Stefan BRADL    Yamaha Forward    2'05.990    1.155 / 0.150
9    68    Yonny HERNANDEZ    Ducati    2'06.092    1.257 / 0.102
10    38    Bradley SMITH    Yamaha    2'06.134    1.299 / 0.042
11    99    Jorge LORENZO    Yamaha    2'06.174    1.339 / 0.040
12    45    Scott REDDING    Honda    2'06.216    1.381 / 0.042
13    9    Danilo PETRUCCI    Ducati    2'06.294    1.459 / 0.078
14    63    Mike DI MEGLIO    Ducati    2'06.591    1.756 / 0.297
15    25    Maverick VIÃ'ALES    Suzuki    2'07.011    2.176 / 0.420
16    7    Hiroshi AOYAMA    Honda    2'07.268    2.433 / 0.257
17    19    Alvaro BAUTISTA    Aprilia    2'07.419    2.584 / 0.151
18    8    Hector BARBERA    Ducati    2'07.581    2.746 / 0.162
19    43    Jack MILLER    Honda    2'07.916    3.081 / 0.335
20    50    Eugene LAVERTY    Honda    2'07.968    3.133 / 0.052
21    17    Karel ABRAHAM    Honda    2'08.266    3.431 / 0.298
22    69    Nicky HAYDEN    Honda    2'08.762    3.927 / 0.496
23    76    Loris BAZ    Yamaha Forward    2'09.372    4.537 / 0.610
24    33    Marco MELANDRI    Aprilia    2'11.258    6.423 / 1.886
25    15    Alex DE ANGELIS    ART    2'12.409    7.574 / 1.151

I thought this from Crash.net was interesting regarding the FP2 times:

"If the weather is wet again on Saturday morning then these lap times will decide the top ten places for direct access to Saturday's Qualifying 2 session, meaning Jorge Lorenzo will need to take part in Qualifying 1. "

And FP3:

1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   342.3   2'03.302   
2   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   338.6   2'03.490   0.188 / 0.188
3   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   333.1   2'03.647   0.345 / 0.157
4   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   335.7   2'03.647   0.345
5   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   340.5   2'03.666   0.364 / 0.019
6   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   340.8   2'03.773   0.471 / 0.107
7   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   328.1   2'03.790   0.488 / 0.017
8   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   339.5   2'03.850   0.548 / 0.060
9   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   EG 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   335.5   2'03.946   0.644 / 0.096
10   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   337.3   2'04.030   0.728 / 0.084
11   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   339.5   2'04.343   1.041 / 0.313

The kid is not human...

So your first bike breaks down on the straight...you pull over to the pit wall, do a pull up to the top of the wall, jump down and sprint the length of the pit to your box, jump on your #2 bike. 3 minutes left in the session, and you've been bumped from 1st to 7th.

What do you do?

Simple...go faster than everyone else and decimate the field by .3 of a second to get on pole.

Dovi second on the soft tire with George 3rd...Vale 4th.

^^Qualiy ?

Quote from: kopfjäger on April 11, 2015, 02:20:33 PM
^^Qualiy ?

Si...

  MM

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   342.6   2'02.135   
2   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   339.0   2'02.474   0.339 / 0.339
3   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   333.6   2'02.540   0.405 / 0.066
4   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   335.9   2'02.573   0.438 / 0.033
5   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   337.3   2'02.613   0.478 / 0.040
6   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   EG 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   334.7   2'02.674   0.539 / 0.061
7   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   338.0   2'02.792   0.657 / 0.118
8   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   324.9   2'02.869   0.734 / 0.077
9   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   338.0   2'03.161   1.026 / 0.292
10   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   338.3   2'03.440   1.305 / 0.279
11   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   334.4   2'03.741   1.606 / 0.301
12   25   Maverick VIÃ'ALES   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   328.1   2'03.754   1.619 / 0.013

The Yamahas are definitely holding their own. MM is still the one to beat, but I might need to revise the Ducs.

I'm impressed with the Suzuki, not bad for its second race. Now if aprilia could get their act together I'd really happy