2013 MotoGP - Round 1 - Qatar <Spoilers ASAP>

[JoeP]

Is anyone else as happy as I am that a Ducati is within 1 sec of the leader?!? It's a start...

[lazylightnin717]

I wanna see Crutchlow rip 'em a new asshole this season

[Spidey]

Is anyone else as happy as I am that a Ducati is within 1 sec of the leader?!? It's a start...

Just as happy as I was when my 700 lb woman dropped 50 lbs. 

[Spidey]

Pedrosa and Dovi switched places.

I bet his neck is still slowing him down.

[zooom]

I wanna see Crutchlow rip 'em a new asshole this season

+1...not sure what I want to see more...the Crutch doin it against the odds or the Duc scoring podiums...

[Triple J]

+1...not sure what I want to see more...the Crutch doin it against the odds or the Duc scoring podiums...

Doesn't really matter because you're not going to see either. 

I'd love to see Crutchlow do well though...and Nicky.

[Jester]

Crutch in the two slot, but if you look at his lap sequence, he still lacks the consistant faster laps that Rossi and Lorenzo can put in.  Rossi had the most laps in the 1:56's on the dirty track.  Cal is fast, but I still feel like it will be like last year and see him crash when trying to keep that pace lap after lap.  I'd expect the Hondas to pick it up later in the weekend as well.

[lazylightnin717]

Crutch in the two slot, but if you look at his lap sequence, he still lacks the consistant faster laps that Rossi and Lorenzo can put in.  Rossi had the most laps in the 1:56's on the dirty track.  Cal is fast, but I still feel like it will be like last year and see him crash when trying to keep that pace lap after lap.  I'd expect the Hondas to pick it up later in the weekend as well.

I agree with everything you said.

But I still want to see Cal do something this year other than crash a lot

[Spidey]

It was almost really interesting that Marquez blitzed the field in FP2.  But that was more about the conditions than anything else.  I can't wait til the track cleans up and stays dry. 

Is The Ben even going to make it into the top group for qualy??  Yoikes.   

[zooom]

Is The Ben even going to make it into the top group for qualy??  Yoikes.   

probably after the mid point of the season when his shoulder is better and the 1st round of upgrades to the GP13 really start to be implemented

It was almost really interesting that Marquez blitzed the field in FP2.  But that was more about the conditions than anything else.     

speaking of...FP2

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Marc Marquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 1:56.477
2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1:56.745
3 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1:56.805
4 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1:57.169
5 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda Honda 1:57.257
6 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 1:57.833
7 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 1:57.877
8 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 1:58.040
9 Ben Spies Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 1:58.137
10 Alvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 1:58.298
11 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1:58.340
12 Andrea Iannone Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 1:58.575
13 Aleix Espargaro Power Electronics Aspar ART 1:58.631
14 Yonny Hernandez Paul Bird Motorsport ART 1:58.871
15 Hector Barbera Avintia Blusens FTR 1:58.904
16 Randy De Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 1:59.185
17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing ART 1:59.809
18 Danilo Petrucci Came Iodaracing Project Ioda-Suter 2:00.557
19 Hiroshi Aoyama Avintia Blusens FTR 2:00.652
20 Lukas Pesek Came Iodaracing Project Ioda-Suter 2:00.919

[TitanMonsterS4R]

Dovi now .3 tenths back in third place with less than a minute left in FP3

[Raux]

wow

.333 off the front for Dovi

all the Ducs within 1.2 of the top.

Is Dovi the next Stoner on this beast?

[gm2]

fp3... we'll be saying this a lot: marquez.  1/1000th from george.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Apr/130405fp3res.htm

[Raux]

and absolutely an incredible showing for Marquez so far.

who was the last rookie that took his first pole/race?

we might be saying Marquez

[gm2]

stoner took pole on the LCR in his 2nd ever motogp race (qatar), in 2006.