AND THEY'RE OFF!!!!!!  [moto]

Last year's thread:  http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=36887.0

ALL TIMES ARE PST

Thursday, 17 March 2011
125cc FP1   08:00 - 13:00
Moto2 FP1   08:55 - 09:40
MotoGP  FP1  09:55 - 10:40
125cc  FP2  10:55 - 11:35
Moto2  FP2  11:50 - 12:35

Friday, 18 March 2011
MotoGP  FP2  08:00 - 08:45
125cc  FP3  09:00 - 09:40
Moto2  FP3  09:55 - 10:40
MotoGP  FP3  10:55 - 11:40

Saturday, 19 March 2011
125cc QP  08:00 - 08:40
Moto2  QP  08:55 - 09:40
MotoGP  QP  09:55 - 10:55
125cc  WUP  11:20 - 11:40
Moto2  WUP  11:55 - 12:15

Sunday, 20 March 2011
MotoGP  WUP  08:00 - 08:20
125cc  RAC  09:00
Moto2  RAC  10:15
MotoGP RAC  12:00


SPEED Viewing Schedule (PST)
MotoGP:  Sunday, 12pm
Moto2:  Also listed at Sunday 12 pm  (don't ask me?)
125:  Tuesday, 9am

TV schedule discussion is here:  http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=47223.0

Quote from: Spidey on March 16, 2011, 02:19:13 PM
SPEED Viewing Schedule (PST)
MotoGP:  Sunday, 12pm
Moto2:  Also listed at Sunday 12 pm  (don't ask me?)
125:  Tuesday, 9am

Moto2 is listed right after the 125 race on Tuesday on my DirecTV guide.

Bring on the racing!!! 

goosebumps yet?

Quote from: gm2 on March 16, 2011, 02:49:16 PM
goosebumps yet?

No, but there are familiar stirrings in other parts of my anatomy.   

Never gonna happen, but I want a Simoncelli, Spies & Rossi podium.   

Quote from: Spidey on March 16, 2011, 02:55:54 PM
Never gonna happen in Qatar, but I want a Simoncelli, Spies & Rossi podium.   

I don't even care about the outcome. I am just happy the season is finally starting.

(But I do hope Pedrosa doesn't win)

Well, it won't be hard to see Rossi's colors on the TV 

Elias on top!!!  3 minutes into FP1

Jebus.  Stoner's third lap was a 56 flat.   

Just finished watching it live.  Pretty much .2 gap from 2-8th.  Rossi picked up the pace a little, just missed out on top three on his last lap.  He seemed pretty happy with the progress.  It was a good looking session.  You know he has to be happy he's in front of Lorenzo and Spies for at least one session here.

Stoner is in a different league at the moment.  He ran a bunch of 1:55's.  Lorenzo probably the next most consistant, although he was mostly running high 1:56's and I saw a soft rear on his bike where Stoner set those times on a hard rear.  Rossi was on hard rear as well.

I've got a good feeling about Stoner. Just hope he doesn't get excited and toss it like last year. +1 on what pennyrobber said... and the Pedrobot comment.

Quote from: gm2 on March 17, 2011, 10:51:37 AM

Sure, it's only FP1, but it already looks different than testing.   That said, Honda still has 3 works bikes in the top 5. 

Top 10
Ducatis:  3
Hondas:  4
Yamahas:  3

P.S.  crash.net says that barbera's time was a last ditch effort where he got a tow from Hayden.  I didn't see anything about whether his other laps had been near that time.

Hector pulled that time out of his ass and did get a tow, yes. 

Quote from: Spidey on March 17, 2011, 12:31:47 PM
Top 10
Ducatis:  3
Hondas:  4
Yamahas:  3

Yeah, but in MotoGP 'Top 10' is over half the field