My boy is on fire again.    

Pics from Qatar are trickling in

Official reveal of the 16 Aprilia


http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2016/03/02/alvaro-bautista-and-stefan-bradl-reveal-2016-aprilia-rs-gp/193681

Winglet watch

JLo layin' it down.
Not many laps at that pace, however.

All versions of the Ducati seem to be fairly sharp.
Hector did three low 56's, but I suspect he got a tow, as he usually does.

Honda boys seem to still be up shit creek.

Looking more and more like Maverick is going to be a genuine troublemaker.
Still not fully seamless, but Tsuda is rockin' it

Stefan and Alvaro shakin' out the new Ape.

Pos    No    Rider    Bike    Time    Diff    Prev
1    99    Jorge Lorenzo    Yamaha M1    1:55.452         
2    25    Maverick Viñales    Suzuki GSX-RR    1:55.880    0.428    0.428
3    46    Valentino Rossi    Yamaha M1    1:55.894    0.442    0.014
4    29    Andrea Iannone    Ducati Desmosedici GP    1:56.119    0.667    0.225
5    45    Scott Redding    Ducati GP15    1:56.213    0.761    0.094
6    8    Hector Barbera    Ducati GP14.2    1:56.320    0.868    0.107
7    4    Andrea Dovizioso    Ducati Desmosedici GP    1:56.388    0.936    0.068
8    35    Cal Crutchlow    Honda RC213V    1:56.510    1.058    0.122
9    38    Bradley Smith    Yamaha M1    1:56.517    1.065    0.007
10    93    Marc Márquez    Honda RC213V    1:56.523    1.071    0.006
11    41    Aleix Espargaro    Suzuki GSX-RR    1:56.552    1.100    0.029
12    44    Pol Espargaro    Yamaha M1    1:56.747    1.295    0.195
13    26    Dani Pedrosa    Honda RC213V    1:56.910    1.458    0.163
14    68    Yonny Hernandez    Ducati GP14.2    1:57.021    1.569    0.111
15    76    Loris Baz    Ducati GP14.2    1:57.121    1.669    0.100
16    43    Jack Miller    Honda RC213V    1:57.850    2.398    0.729
17    51    Michele Pirro    Ducati GP15    1:57.891    2.439    0.041
18    53    Tito Rabat    Honda RC213V    1:58.016    2.564    0.125
19    6    Stefan Bradl    Aprilia RS-GP    1:58.066    2.614    0.050
20    50    Eugene Laverty    Ducati GP14.2    1:58.269    2.817    0.203
21    7    Hiroshi Aoyama    Honda RC213V    1:58.744    3.292    0.475
22    19    Alvaro Bautista    Aprilia RS-GP    1:58.753    3.301    0.009
23    12    Takuya Tsuda    Suzuki GSX-RR    2:00.578    5.126    1.825

JLo running some big winglets:

 

Maverick said his best lap was on the old chassis.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2016/03/02/vinales-my-best-lap-was-done-with-the-old-chassis/193812

Quote from: Speeddog on March 02, 2016, 01:32:07 PM
JLo running some big winglets:

Some detractors would say devil horns.

HRC are pooping their pants.

Is it the aggro motor affecting handling?

Factory Ducati back to one winglet each side at Qatar?

Crazy Joe says he goes fastest on used tyres at present and cant get the most out of them.

Quote from: koko64 on March 02, 2016, 03:05:32 PM
Factory Ducati back to one winglet each side at Qatar?

Yup...they ditched the lower set for now.

Quote from: duccarlos on March 02, 2016, 02:55:57 PM
HRC are pooping their pants.

It's even worse than that.
They did it months ago, and they're still wearing the same pair.

Struggling to adapt to the control ECU and trouble with taming that fierce motor iirc. Throw in new tyres with the aggro power delivery and there goes half the season. I guess not being familiar with Marelli-Fu will make taming that motor even more difficult.