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FP1 rossi's #2 bike is one of  the "rear tank" versions.

Jack Miller... ouch!

again?

 :o That hurt

It was pretty nasty and he was down for a while.

Pedrosa just gave Yonni the bird.

MM dominates FP1, followed by Jorghey (I'm surprised), with Iannone getting a tow from MM for third.

FP1

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   338.8   2'04.953   
2   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   337.7   2'05.208   0.255 / 0.255
3   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   344.2   2'05.570   0.617 / 0.362
4   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   338.1   2'05.682   0.729 / 0.112
5   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   345.2   2'06.032   1.079 / 0.350
6   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   OCTO Pramac Yakhnich   Ducati   341.4   2'06.224   1.271 / 0.192
7   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   338.9   2'06.252   1.299 / 0.028
8   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Aspar Team MotoGP   Ducati   340.0   2'06.264   1.311 / 0.012
9   25   Maverick VIÑALES   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   340.9   2'06.367   1.414 / 0.103
10   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   340.9   2'06.450   1.497 / 0.083
11   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   336.4   2'06.482   1.529 / 0.032
12   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   340.2   2'06.581   1.628 / 0.099
13   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   LCR Honda   Honda   338.3   2'06.772   1.819 / 0.191
14   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   334.0   2'07.135   2.182 / 0.363
15   53   Tito RABAT   SPA   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   335.7   2'07.189   2.236 / 0.054
16   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   338.9   2'07.259   2.306 / 0.070
17   50   Eugene LAVERTY   IRL   Aspar Team MotoGP   Ducati   343.1   2'07.261   2.308 / 0.002
18   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   336.0   2'07.449   2.496 / 0.188
19   76   Loris BAZ   FRA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   335.0   2'07.506   2.553 / 0.057
20   51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   OCTO Pramac Yakhnich   Ducati   338.3   2'07.895   2.942 / 0.389
21   43   Jack MILLER   AUS   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   338.6   2'07.897   2.944 / 0.002

MM wearing 2nd hand leathers?

Not again [bang]

Pedro showing emotion is clinical progress. ;D

FP2


1.   Marc Marquez   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   2m   04.034s   [Lap 11/14]   341km/h (Top Speed)
2.   Andrea Iannone   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   2m   04.740s   +0.706s   [14/14]   342km/h
3.   Maverick Viñales   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   2m   04.895s   +0.861s   [10/16]   338km/h
4.   Scott Redding   GBR   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   2m   04.899s   +0.865s   [13/14]   342km/h
5.   Jorge Lorenzo   ESP   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   2m   04.901s   +0.867s   [12/16]   337km/h
6.   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   2m   04.974s   +0.940s   [14/16]   340km/h
7.   Loris Baz   FRA   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   2m   05.190s   +1.156s   [11/13]   337km/h
8.   Dani Pedrosa   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   2m   05.194s   +1.160s   [11/16]   342km/h
9.   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   2m   05.195s   +1.161s   [9/11]   342km/h
10.   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   2m   05.393s   +1.359s   [15/15]   337km/h
11.   Hector Barbera   ESP   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   2m   05.488s   +1.454s   [12/15]   340km/h
12.   Michele Pirro   ITA   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   2m   05.597s   +1.563s   [15/15]   340km/h
13.   Pol Espargaro   ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   2m   05.616s   +1.582s   [15/15]   338km/h
14.   Aleix Espargaro   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   2m   05.662s   +1.628s   [10/14]   337km/h
15.   Yonny Hernandez   COL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   2m   05.761s   +1.727s   [13/14]   340km/h
16.   Eugene Laverty   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   2m   05.891s   +1.857s   [13/13]   338km/h
17.   Stefan Bradl   GER   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   2m   05.922s   +1.888s   [14/14]   337km/h
18.   Alvaro Bautista   ESP   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   2m   06.157s   +2.123s   [15/16]   340km/h
19.   Bradley Smith   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   2m   06.479s   +2.445s   [6/17]   338km/h
20.   Jack Miller   AUS   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)   2m   06.777s   +2.743s   [8/11]   339km/h
21.   Tito Rabat   ESP   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)*   2m   07.044s   +3.010s   [17/17]   336km/h

Final turn FP2

(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/E8BD0FF1-73C1-4A2E-9AB4-24BAE82AF7BE.jpg) (http://s201.photobucket.com/user/chiflado/media/E8BD0FF1-73C1-4A2E-9AB4-24BAE82AF7BE.jpg.html)

Hmm, his 2nd hand look leathers are now 3rd hand.

He's doing a good job of crushing the field.

Right now he's going to be his own worst enemy. If he keeps it on 2 wheels and puts in just a decent amount of effort, he will cruise for the win.

Yeah, great job considering the issues they had with the bike which must just be too unpredictable when pushing. He deserves a good result. At least the track suits Honda acceleration to help mitigate those issues, as the Yamaha will have an advantage at some Euro tracks (unless HRC make more progress), so MM has gotta make the most of it here. The cheeky little bugger has big balls, you gotta respect him.

My boy was struggling this morning, but got on his game as the day went on.  8)

Good kid. I want him to stay with Suzuki but I think he will be riding with VR. He's got talent and appears a no bullshit kind of young bloke. I want to see Suzuki podium this race and match Yamaha's offer.

Dovi down in 9th. Maybe he's going. Redding doing well.

Withing the top 10, 4 Ducati, not bad . . .

Can someone tell me what I missed?  I was doing some tests . . .

In life in general?  :D

NO on COTA . . ;D

but you knew that . . .

Millers crash, MM's?

Jack's crash this morning

http://youtu.be/wIDI8XKOhMY (http://youtu.be/wIDI8XKOhMY)

ouch

Qualifying 2:

1.   Marc Marquez   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   2m   3.188s   [Lap 3/7]   336km/h (Top Speed)
2.   Jorge Lorenzo   ESP   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   2m   3.257s   +0.069s   [5/7]   334km/h
3.   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   2m   3.644s   +0.456s   [6/7]   339km/h
4.   Andrea Iannone   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   2m   3.913s   +0.725s   [6/7]   342km/h
5.   Maverick Viñales   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   2m   4.247s   +1.059s   [7/7]   336km/h
6.   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   2m   4.265s   +1.077s   [6/7]   334km/h
7.   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   2m   4.339s   +1.151s   [6/6]   343km/h
8.   Dani Pedrosa   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   2m   4.379s   +1.191s   [7/7]   338km/h
9.   Aleix Espargaro   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   2m   4.408s   +1.220s   [5/5]   332km/h
10.   Scott Redding   GBR   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   2m   4.485s   +1.297s   [7/7]   338km/h
11.   Bradley Smith   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   2m   4.988s   +1.800s   [5/7]   338km/h
12.   Loris Baz   FRA   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   2m   5.159s   +1.971s   [6/7]   334km/h

Qualifying 1:   
13.   Pol Espargaro   ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   2m   04.867s   335km/h   
14.   Hector Barbera   ESP   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   2m   04.944s   338km/h   
15.   Eugene Laverty   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   2m   05.425s   337km/h   
16.   Stefan Bradl   GER   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   2m   05.625s   328km/h   
17.   Michele Pirro   ITA   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   2m   05.702s   338km/h   
18.   Yonny Hernandez   COL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   2m   06.029s   333km/h   
19.   Alvaro Bautista   ESP   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   2m   06.049s   334km/h   
20.   Tito Rabat   ESP   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)*   2m   06.562s   332km/h

Dylan doing a lap at COTA.

http://youtu.be/QHeBAAaoZ2s (http://youtu.be/QHeBAAaoZ2s)

it is gonna be an interesting start

Miller's out of the race, due to accident, it seems it resented old injury

It was a strange day at the track today with the rain coming and going. I am glad the big boys were able to qualify in the dry.

Mark

If ever anybody is going to give MM a run for the money, it will be this year.

I'm rooting for Kopf's boy on the Suzi to get into the mix and keep it rubber side down.

Will this race be on TV today?  I have Comcast, can't find it.
Sterling

My understanding is all motogp and WSBK coverage is on BeIn sports this year.

Is BeIN a reputable site?  If so, I'll sign up.

From what folks have said, it is. I would just go with the MotoGP site.  [thumbsup]

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=72881.msg1342898#msg1342898 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=72881.msg1342898#msg1342898)

Lorenzo just put it on the deck in WUP.

I think your cable provider will have to have that channel in a package.

Go with motogp.com. The coverage is great, you get to watch the same day...live if you can stay up, or get up early for the Euro rounds..., and you get to watch races as many times as you want. You also don't get raped by your cable provider for stuff you don't want.

...and bailed on the parade lap. [roll]

Damn I don't like that guy.

Thanks!  I'll just go with the MotoGP site.

The thing I like most about the site are the different views you can click through during the race, and my favorite is the ambient button so I don't have to listen to the make the beast with two backsing announcers.  ;)

Takaki just got Iaononed'

That was a pretty fast one, T3.
He held it up on his knee for a long long time, but it never came back.
Then a bit of thumping in the gravel.
End of the session, he gets to think about that until the race.

3-7 had a battle going on, but Rins and Lowes walked the field. Good shit.

Bye bye Golden boy

Holy shit.

Dovi's gotta be getting sick of this...

Dani....Dani...Dani

Wow.

How many bikes are we gonna see go down?

Dovi was way off line, if he had been on a normal line, Pedrosa wouldn't have hit him, and likely would have just run wide.
That really sucks for Dovi.

I think everyone that went down lost the front.

Cal's really lucky that Bradley's bike didn't take him out.

(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/19D3F722-0861-4F0B-9FA0-4B4EA51BBE1C.png) (http://s201.photobucket.com/user/chiflado/media/19D3F722-0861-4F0B-9FA0-4B4EA51BBE1C.png.html)

Yeesh, you'd think COTA could afford real cowboy hats, instead of the wire-brim Disneyland version...

They're made by Charlie 1 Horse.  ;)

Really like the MotoGP Videopass.  Thanks DP. 

Thank kopf...he convinced me. It's pricey, but it really is worth the price.

VR :(

See Scott Redding's knee slider or lack of it on a MotoGP pic? He said he lost the front and had to save it with the slider so many times that it wore through slider and leathers.

We may have picked on Dani MacBriddle-Bones a few times but I do have to say he's a class act.  Shit happens on the track.  The first thing he did was go over and see how Dovi was doing.

And then later stopped by Dovi's pit box to apologize to him and his crew.

I'm liking that little turd more and more as time goes by.

Pedrosa has heart & class.

I made fun of him for years, but now I think it's a real shame that he has never won the championship. He has no personality, but still a class act.

Dovi's luck! Poor guy had a chance for 3 consecutive 2nd place finishes to end up being taken out.

Iannone at least was smart enough to not dump it today.

Rossi had bad luck as well.

Not sure I would turn my back on an active track. Cal probably had more luck than anyone else on this race.

Remember that guy at school who was a real douche', but when he matured became a decent bloke? Maybe the victim of bullying and withdrawn as a result. That's Dani, just chronically shy and maybe an Aspi (seriously). Like I've said before, just makes his achievements all the more respect worthy. I thought I'd never forgive him for what he did to Hayden, buy I'm getting there for sure.
Some however, will just become bigger and better at being assholes.

Yeah, Pedro has been a class act in every single incident these past couple of years.  I really want him to get that WC before he retires now.

And offhand... we're going to need to get a counter for where Dovi would be in the championship if he didnt keep on getting torpedoed every round.  These first couple of rounds are where the Duc's seem to shine the best and I dont think they'll be able to pull out the same level of results in Europe.

Oh, also, Pedro made a good point about the winglets... if he had them on his bike, Dovi might have been hurt pretty bad if it had made contact with his leg. I agree with him and I'm now on the boat where they should just take them out of the equation.

The winglets are specific to anti-wheelie and until someone gets impaled by one, they will continue to use them. There are too many what-ifs in that crash. A few inches closer, Pedrosa's bike would have completely destroyed Dovi's leg with or without the winglets.

From the race for Koph:

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_8001.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/mhanis-colt/media/DSC_8001.jpg.html)


(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_8002.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/mhanis-colt/media/DSC_8002.jpg.html)


And for the rest of us:


(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_8007.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/mhanis-colt/media/DSC_8007.jpg.html)



(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_8043.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/mhanis-colt/media/DSC_8043.jpg.html)



(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_8053.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/mhanis-colt/media/DSC_8053.jpg.html)



(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/mhanis-colt/DSC_7980.jpg) (http://s261.photobucket.com/user/mhanis-colt/media/DSC_7980.jpg.html)



Mark

 [thumbsup]

it took a bit long to upload in my pc, and I thought those were pics of the umbrella girls !!

We were in turn 15, not the front straight where all the cuties were, sorry!

Mark

new theory on valentino's accident, the text, in Italian, says something about either sabotage or giving valentino a structurally bad tire . ..

(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/1916275_1214610745250022_9100997058715473110_n.jpg?oh=d11d0fbc2bb4d7d5799e5affb81df1a9&oe=57BD4A25)

That's like a IZ_ Loch ness Monster pic. [laugh]
Or maybe he struggled with front end grip like everyone else and like many got caught out or made a mistake.