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FP2

1.   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   23.617s   [Lap 20/21]   312km/h (Top Speed)
2.   Andrea Iannone   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   23.855s   +0.238s   [21/22]   308km/h
3.   Maverick Viñales   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   24.471s   +0.854s   [21/21]   307km/h
4.   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   24.483s   +0.866s   [24/24]   304km/h
5.   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   1m   24.688s   +1.071s   [22/22]   303km/h
6.   Danilo Petrucci   ITA   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   24.866s   +1.249s   [23/24]   302km/h
7.   Hector Barbera   ESP   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   24.956s   +1.339s   [18/20]   307km/h
8.   Jorge Lorenzo   ESP   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   24.988s   +1.371s   [17/22]   306km/h
9.   Michele Pirro   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   24.988s   +1.371s   [21/23]   308km/h
10.   Marc Marquez   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   25.039s   +1.422s   [7/22]   305km/h
11.   Yonny Hernandez   COL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   25.042s   +1.425s   [20/23]   303km/h
12.   Scott Redding   GBR   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   25.140s   +1.523s   [20/22]   306km/h
13.   Pol Espargaro   ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   25.221s   +1.604s   [21/22]   307km/h
14.   Jack Miller   AUS   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)   1m   25.321s   +1.704s   [17/20]   302km/h
15.   Tito Rabat   ESP   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)*   1m   25.770s   +2.153s   [24/29]   302km/h
16.   Alvaro Bautista   ESP   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   25.882s   +2.265s   [24/24]   306km/h
17.   Bradley Smith   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   25.941s   +2.324s   [20/27]   304km/h
18.   Aleix Espargaro   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   25.945s   +2.328s   [3/4]   303km/h
19.   Dani Pedrosa   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   26.130s   +2.513s   [8/21]   309km/h
20.   Stefan Bradl   GER   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   26.149s   +2.532s   [22/22]   303km/h
21.   Eugene Laverty   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   26.469s   +2.852s   [20/20]   304km/h
22.   Loris Baz   FRA   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   26.491s   +2.874s   [20/22]   297km/h

'Bout time somebody opened this thread. Thanks!

It's pretty surreal to see Marquez languishing in the middle of the timesheets, though I don't doubt he & his team are going to be pretty quick at making up lost ground from missing the Austria test. Vinales gave credit to the new winglets on the Suzuki for the big jump in his performance since the test -- no surprise, he says he can get on the power sooner and harder out of several of the slow corners without raising the front wheel.

Also nice to see red at the front of the field, though I'm too much of a pessimist to let my hopes run too far toward Sunday...

Vinales was behind Rossi for a couple of laps, and seemed to be losing very little ground.

Marquez and JLo didn't run a fresh set of rubber at the end of FP2, so their positions suffered.

Saturday is supposed to be warmer, so I expect JLo to advance and Vinales to fall back.

Gap from 2nd to 3rd is ~same as from 3rd to 11th.

I'm hoping the Ducs can run with that kind of advantage for the whole race and not barbecue the tires!

A number of riders were mentioning tire life as the big wildcard in this race; I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of fast riders going backward in the closing laps.

MM crashed in practice avoiding a slowing Pedro and looks like he buggered up his shoulder. Dislocated I think.

Qualifying 2:

1.   Andrea Iannone   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   23.142s   [Lap 8/8]   310km/h (Top Speed)
2.   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   23.289s   +0.147s   [9/9]   309km/h
3.   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   23.298s   +0.156s   [9/9]   310km/h
4.   Jorge Lorenzo   ESP   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   23.361s   +0.219s   [7/9]   308km/h
5.   Marc Marquez   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   23.475s   +0.333s   [8/9]   308km/h
6.   Maverick Viñales   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   23.584s   +0.442s   [7/8]   306km/h
7.   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   1m   23.597s   +0.455s   [9/9]   305km/h
8.   Scott Redding   GBR   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   23.777s   +0.635s   [6/8]   303km/h
9.   Aleix Espargaro   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   23.813s   +0.671s   [7/8]   304km/h
10.   Hector Barbera   ESP   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   23.822s   +0.680s   [7/8]   309km/h
11.   Eugene Laverty   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   24.218s   +1.076s   [2/9]   308km/h
12.   Dani Pedrosa   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   24.263s   +1.121s   [9/9]   308km/h

Qualifying 1:   

13.   Danilo Petrucci   ITA   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   24.123s   306km/h   
14.   Bradley Smith   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   24.126s   305km/h   
15.   Pol Espargaro   ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   24.265s   306km/h   
16.   Yonny Hernandez   COL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   24.472s   304km/h   
17.   Michele Pirro   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   24.593s   312km/h   
18.   Tito Rabat   ESP   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)*   1m   24.665s   302km/h   
19.   Alvaro Bautista   ESP   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   24.673s   307km/h   
20.   Jack Miller   AUS   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)   1m   24.852s   305km/h   
21.   Stefan Bradl   GER   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   24.895s   307km/h   
22.   Loris Baz   FRA   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   25.192s   302km/h

Please keep this post updated, thanks to Olympics and having all ESPN channels from Latin America[read Mexico], we will get NO Moto racing this weekend  [bang]

Dislocated it, then went on to qualify 5th.  :o

Rossi & Lorenzo also both found something new to split the factory Ducatis in 2nd and 4th, respectively. The stage is definitely set for Rossi's perfect storm - he wins the race and puts the Ducatis and another bike or two between himself and Marquez.

The Desmo still looks like the bike to beat tomorrow, but the massive advantage they once enjoyed at this track seems to be shrinking by the hour.

Tomorrow looks to be a bit cooler, so likely to tip the balance more toward Ducati.

I suspect MM is made from titanium wire and super-balls.
That's the only thing to explain how he survives.
Quite the front-end save he did as well.

Good to see Laverty doing the business!
And giving Crazy Joe some stick!

Tough little bugger. I'd say his testicular mass makes up half his body weight.

Beautiful morning. Just watched WUP.

Jackass suffered a very fast lowside at Turn 8 early in the session and did not set a lap time...

1.   Andrea Iannone   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   23.953s   [Lap 12/12]   308km/h (Top Speed)
2.   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   23.999s   +0.046s   [7/14]   311km/h
3.   Jorge Lorenzo   ESP   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   24.386s   +0.433s   [7/14]   309km/h
4.   Maverick Viñales   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   24.421s   +0.468s   [7/13]   310km/h
5.   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   24.486s   +0.533s   [8/14]   306km/h
6.   Marc Marquez   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   24.532s   +0.579s   [6/13]   306km/h
7.   Aleix Espargaro   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   24.665s   +0.712s   [7/11]   304km/h
8.   Scott Redding   GBR   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   24.708s   +0.755s   [10/13]   305km/h
9.   Danilo Petrucci   ITA   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   24.725s   +0.772s   [6/14]   304km/h
10.   Bradley Smith   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   24.850s   +0.897s   [10/14]   303km/h
11.   Pol Espargaro   ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   24.938s   +0.985s   [11/12]   309km/h
12.   Hector Barbera   ESP   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   25.143s   +1.190s   [5/14]   306km/h
13.   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   1m   25.173s   +1.220s   [8/12]   304km/h
14.   Michele Pirro   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   25.188s   +1.235s   [10/13]   308km/h
15.   Dani Pedrosa   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   25.343s   +1.390s   [5/11]   307km/h
16.   Alvaro Bautista   ESP   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   25.456s   +1.503s   [12/14]   305km/h
17.   Eugene Laverty   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   25.594s   +1.641s   [6/12]   302km/h
18.   Tito Rabat   ESP   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)*   1m   25.652s   +1.699s   [6/14]   302km/h
19.   Yonny Hernandez   COL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   25.873s   +1.920s   [9/11]   299km/h
20.   Loris Baz   FRA   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   26.206s   +2.253s   [5/9]   297km/h
21.   Stefan Bradl   GER   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   26.285s   +2.332s   [7/14]   304km/h
Jack Miller   AUS   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)   No Time   

Any results?

Ducati one two! [beer]

Smashing win. Stoner as test rider has got Ducati on track I reckon.

I noted that Mick Doohan was in the Ducati garage! 👍🏻👍🏻

great race! well done Iannone!!
enjoyed moto2 as well  [beer]

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Good for Iannone!

You think Dovi  would be happy with 2nd?

It's good to see Casey in the garage.

Dovi looked like someone ripped his heart out.

Nice to see the Duc's on the top step, especially with Ianonne taking it. He's done some pretty boneheaded moves all season long but once he gets it together he's fast as hell.

Also loved Rossi's double celebration wheelie with Ianonne. Always good to see camaraderie btwn the riders.

That said... man, Dovi looked beyond gutted.

And I'm looking forward to the Gigi/Stoner development combo. Gigi's just been magic and Stoner seems to know how to produce some amazing bike when you look back to the Honda he helped usher in.

The years, the laps,the development of the bike and the hard work with no first place, ugh!  And watching a maniac take the win,  :( Wait till whiney boy joins the team, I think he'll miss missile boy.

The double wheelie was awesome. 

I enjoy the qualifying antics between Iannone and J-Lo.

Oh! Forgot to mention Laverty... crashing out in the last corner. Didnt see any video of it, what happened?

I've always liked Laverty in WSBK and I sorta want to see him go back there. He never gets any coverage and doesnt seem to ever get any respect in the MotoGP paddock.

And really... Ianonne just rides better injured. He should have someone rough him up before every race.

He got taken out

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/232807/1/petrucci-punished-for-laverty-incident.html (http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/232807/1/petrucci-punished-for-laverty-incident.html)

News OK . . . grid girls better . . . ;D

My $0.02... FINALLY! Been tough to be a Ducati fan for far too long.

Iannone took a gamble with the tires that paid off. Good for him.

Dovi looked positively deflated. I would have preferred that he broke the streak after Crashy Joe, but what can you do?

Did anyone notice that Iannone got a better congratulations from Jorghey than from Dovi? They really don't like each other much. Apparently the Ducati and Yamaha garages are split between Iannone/Rossi and Dovi/Jorghey.

Rossi did well coming in 4th.

MM is not human.

There were a bunch of guys that jumped the start, with either Bradl or Bautista having to come in twice. Not a good day.

Damn, that sucks

Great race ! Finally some RED up front !  Would have preferred to see Dovi on the top step, but Ianonne is ultimately faster if he can keep the rubber and his rage down. Will The Maniac ever mature to his potential ? It was a hard decision for Ducati.

I thought KTM was going to have a wildcard at the Austrian race. Looks like they only did a parade lap. What happened to KTM?

Not sure they were actually gonna race. (?)

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/232838/1/ktm-were-on-schedule-for-qatar-2017.html (http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/232838/1/ktm-were-on-schedule-for-qatar-2017.html)

They mentioned a wildcard in Valencia

I think D meant in Austria.

KTM was scheduled for a lap or two at Red Bull and, so far, are running in the last race in Valencia.