[SPOILERS] MotoGP 2009 Round 2 -- Motogei, Japan

[Spidey]

Event Schedule (All times PST):

Thursday, 23 April 2009
125 FP1          21:05 - 21:45
MotoGP FP1     22:05 - 22:50
250 FP1           23:05 - 23:50

Friday, 24 April 2009
125 FP2           17:05 - 17:45
MotoGP FP2      18:05 - 18:50
250 FP2            19:05 - 19:50
125 QP             21:05 - 21:45
MotoGP QP       22:05 - 22:50
250 QP             23:05 - 23:50

Saturday, 25 April 2009
125 WUP           16:40 - 17:00
250 WUP           17:10 - 17:30
MotoGP WUP      17:40 - 18:00
125 RACE           20:00
250 RACE           21:15
MotoGP RACE      23:00




Track length: 4801m, 2.983 miles
Track width: 12-15m
Longest straight: 762m, 0.473miles
Track left corners: 6
Track right corners: 8

[zooom]

SPOILERS?....nothings happening yet!....unless we are talking about the front valances on the cars they are driving around there!   LOL

[gm2]

safer to just have it up there... it'll be a relevant warning soon enough

[mitt]

SPOILERS?....nothings happening yet!....unless we are talking about the front valances on the cars they are driving around there!   LOL

What do you mean?  Spidey put the length of the track and schedule times - some people might not want to know until the race.













j/k 

mitt

[desmoquattro]

WSBK, MotoGP, and AFM in the same weekend....the choices i have to make sometimes!

[zooom]

easy choice for me....it's called, set the DVR and go ride!...LOL...specially since I am supposed to going to a Baseball game on Sunday.

[Spidey]

SPOILERS?....nothings happening yet!....unless we are talking about the front valances on the cars they are driving around there!   LOL

I'm busy tomorrow and Sat and won't be able to update the thread title like derby does with up-to-date spoiler info (i.e. Qualy spoilers, FP spoiler, Race spoiler).  I decided to err on the side of caution.  If Nate or mitt want to monitor the thread and keep the spoiler warning updated, they can if they want. 

[Desmostro]

nice image!

sweaty palms

[mostrobelle]

I never realized how pretty the scenery is around that track.  Wow.  I don't like this track though--too many long straights and then these really severe turns.  It's weird to watch.  I wonder which bike has the advantage in this kind of configuration.  (I'm gonna go geek out and look for it.)   

[The Don]

MotoGP | 250cc | 125cc
POLINI GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap
1 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'48.545 286.472 
2 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'48.601 284.885 0.056
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'48.965 294.117 0.420
4 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'49.382 291.813 0.837
5 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'49.697 289.466 1.152
6 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'49.980 288.615 1.435
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'50.030 278.350 1.485
8 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'50.123 287.769 1.578
9 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'50.209 293.000 1.664
10 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'50.342 289.621 1.797
11 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'50.391 283.315 1.846
12 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'50.393 287.081 1.848
13 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'50.404 286.548 1.859
14 59 Sete GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 1'50.538 284.510 1.993
15 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'50.601 282.648 2.056
16 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'50.669 285.487 2.124
17 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'51.643 290.010 3.098
18 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'51.929 273.141 3.384

[RodeoClown]

Speed actually covering motorcycle racing on Sunday:

    * 3:00PM ET
    * FIM World Superbike
    * Netherlands - Race 1

    * 4:00PM ET
    * FIM World Superbike
    * Netherlands - Race 2

    * 5:00PM ET
    * MotoGP 250
    * Japan

    * 6:00PM ET
    * MotoGP World Championship
    * Japan

[ZLTFUL]

4 hours straight of MC racing? I will KILL anyone who bothers me...

[duccarlos]

4 hours straight of MC racing? I will KILL anyone who bothers me...

+1, but I'm setting the DVR just in case.

[MadDuck]

+1, but I'm setting the DVR just in case.

+2

[mitt]

4 hours straight of MC racing? I will KILL anyone who bothers me...

Speed is probably freaking out to have such a long break with no Nascar content.

mitt