Schedule

(left coast times)

Friday, 14 August 2009
125 FP1   03:40 - 04:40
MotoGP FP1   04:55 - 05:55
250 FP1   06:10 - 07:10

Saturday, 15 August 2009
125 FP2   00:00 - 00:40
MotoGP FP2   00:55 - 01:55
250 FP2   02:10 - 03:10
125 QP   04:00 - 04:40
MotoGP QP   04:55 - 05:55
250 QP   06:10 - 06:55

Sunday, 16 August 2009
125 WUP   Sat-23:40 - Sun-00:00
250 WUP   00:10 - 00:30
MotoGP WUP   00:40 - 01:00
125 RAC   02:00
250 RAC   03:15
MotoGP RAC   05:00

This was an interesting sessions, with jorge .7 faster than rossi for most of it, rossi with a second over pedro, kallio ~2s back from jorge, and nicky another second back from kallio.

it obviously tightened up in the end with lorenzo .4 over rossi, rossi .6 over pedro, kallio 1.7 back from jorge and nicky gained to .5 back from kallio.

i can't wait for tomorrow...

1   Jorge Lorenzo   Fiat Yamaha   Yamaha   1:56.595
2   Valentino Rossi   Fiat Yamaha   Yamaha   1:56.994
3   Dani Pedrosa   Repsol Honda   Honda   1:57.584
4   Colin Edwards II   Tech 3 Yamaha   Yamaha   1:57.741
5   Andrea Dovizioso   Repsol Honda   Honda   1:58.172
6   Tony Elias   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   1:58.295
7   Mika Kallio   Pramac Racing   Ducati   1:58.302
8   Alex De Angelis   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   1:58.497
9   Loris Capirossi   Rizla Suzuki   Suzuki   1:58.582
10   Marco Melandri   Hayate Racing   Kawasaki   1:58.739
11   James Toseland   Tech 3 Yamaha   Yamaha   1:58.764
12   Nicky Hayden   Ducati Marlboro   Ducati   1:58.821
13   Chris Vermeulen   Rizla Suzuki   Suzuki   1:59.041
14   Randy De Puniet   LCR Honda   Honda   1:59.055
15   Niccolo Canepa   Pramac Racing   Ducati   1:59.531
16   Gabor Talmacsi   Scot Racing   Honda   1:59.979
17   Michel Fabrizio   Pramac Racing   Ducati   2:00.423

So I saw Kallio was sporting the Pramac livery.  Is he riding Casey's bike under there, or what is going on.

I think Kallio did get the call to step in for Stoner. Interesting that Fabrizio is getting a ride here during the WBSK break. Let's see how he does on the GP bike.

And this is where Nicky loses his ride . . .

Quote from: Jester on August 14, 2009, 07:26:54 AM
So I saw Kallio was sporting the Pramac livery.  Is he riding Casey's bike under there, or what is going on.

Quote from: Spidey on August 14, 2009, 08:41:11 AM
And this is where Nicky loses his ride . . .

Hopefully he doesn't, but it's possible.  You know that's creeping around his head.

Quote from: gm2 on August 14, 2009, 08:48:00 AM

Yeah nm, when I was watching the FP1 highlights on gp.com they very briefly showed Kallio but swapped to Fabrizio on the Pramac, while still commenting on Kallio.  I just saw it wrong.  +1 on Hayden possibly losing his ride this year.  I'd imagine Kallio will take his spot.  I think Hayden's second year is Ducati team option and not actually contracted right?

yup, it's an option.

I'm guessing Kallio would have to perform very well the next 3 races to take Nicky's seat...if maybe for no other reason than the US marketing aspect that Hayden brings.

It'll be interesting to see for sure.  I'd like to see Hayden keep his seat for next year and continue to show improvement this season, but if Kallio finishes top 5, or even lands a podium in the next 3 races...

I could possibly see a top five if he gets lucky, but barring crashes, a podium will be difficult.  That would be pretty cool if he did it though.  He's flirting with the top of the chart.  Hopefully he'll find some improvement tomorrow.  I'm waiting for the day we see someone else flash some Stoner skill on that thing.

he's not flrting... he's almost 2s back.

he's not even on the same second as the top 4 guys.

Well its sorta relative with anyone outside the Rossi/Lorenzo/Stoner/Pedro "A" group.  He could sneak a 5th.  Edwards fades many times during races and who knows which Dovi will show up.

Rossi is making a habit of pipping Lorenzo at the last second.  He was on another hot lap when he crashed out... and I'm surprised Lorenzo didn't give a go on fresh tires near the end.

Qualy results

1.   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Fiat Yamaha Team   1min   56.145   sec
2.   Jorge Lorenzo   SPA   Fiat Yamaha Team   1min   56.195   sec
3.   Dani Pedrosa   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   1min   56.528   sec
4.   Toni Elias SPA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   1min   56.817   sec
5.   Colin Edwards USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   1min   56.954   sec
6.   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Repsol Honda Team   1min   57.108   sec
7.   Alex de Angelis   RSM   San Carlo Honda Gresini   1min   57.775   sec
8.   Nicky Hayden USA   Ducati Marlboro Team   1min   57.803   sec
9.   Loris Capirossi   ITA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   1min   57.811   sec
10.   Mika Kallio FIN   Ducati Marlboro Team   1min   57.994   sec
11.   Chris Vermeulen AUS   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   1min   58.087   sec
12.   Niccolo Canepa   ITA   Pramac Racing   1min   58.208   sec
13.   Randy de Puniet   FRA   LCR Honda MotoGP   1min   58.298   sec
14.   James Toseland   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   1min   58.331   sec
15.   Marco Melandri   ITA   Hayate Racing Team   1min   58.477   sec
16.   Michel Fabrizio   ITA   Pramac Racing   1min   58.680   sec
17.   Gabor Talmacsi   HUN   Scot Racing Team MotoGP   1min   58.749   sec