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FP1:

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Bike   Time   Gap 1st   Prev.
1   29   Andrea IANNONE   Ducati   1'56.189       
2   46   Valentino ROSSI   Yamaha   1'56.454   0.265   0.265
3   99   Jorge LORENZO   Yamaha   1'56.673   0.484   0.219
4   8   Hector BARBERA   Ducati   1'56.964   0.775   0.291
5   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   Ducati   1'57.037   0.848   0.073
6   93   Marc MARQUEZ   Honda   1'57.085   0.896   0.048
7   25   Maverick VIÑALES   Suzuki   1'57.176   0.987   0.091
8   45   Scott REDDING   Ducati   1'57.504   1.315   0.328
9   26   Dani PEDROSA   Honda   1'57.524   1.335   0.020
10   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   Suzuki   1'57.538   1.349   0.014
11   38   Bradley SMITH   Yamaha   1'57.599   1.410   0.061
12   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   Honda   1'57.621   1.432   0.022
13   44   Pol ESPARGARO   Yamaha   1'58.086   1.897   0.465
14   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   Ducati   1'58.321   2.132   0.235
15   6   Stefan BRADL   Aprilia   1'58.481   2.292   0.160
16   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   Ducati   1'58.660   2.471   0.179
17   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   Aprilia   1'58.685   2.496   0.025
18   53   Tito RABAT   Honda   1'58.834   2.645   0.149
19   76   Loris BAZ   Ducati   1'59.116   2.927   0.282
20   50   Eugene LAVERTY   Ducati   1'59.352   3.163   0.236

FP2:


Pos.   Num.   Rider   Bike   Time   Gap 1st   Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   Honda   1'55.840       
2   29   Andrea IANNONE   Ducati   1'55.944   0.104   0.104
3   99   Jorge LORENZO   Yamaha   1'55.977   0.137   0.033
4   8   Hector BARBERA   Ducati   1'56.124   0.284   0.147
5   46   Valentino ROSSI   Yamaha   1'56.174   0.334   0.050
6   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   Ducati   1'56.235   0.395   0.061
7   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   Suzuki   1'56.441   0.601   0.206
8   38   Bradley SMITH   Yamaha   1'56.494   0.654   0.053
9   25   Maverick VIÑALES   Suzuki   1'56.615   0.775   0.121
10   26   Dani PEDROSA   Honda   1'56.662   0.822   0.047
11   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   Honda   1'56.837   0.997   0.175
12   76   Loris BAZ   Ducati   1'56.957   1.117   0.120
13   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   Ducati   1'57.052   1.212   0.095
14   45   Scott REDDING   Ducati   1'57.090   1.250   0.038
15   44   Pol ESPARGARO   Yamaha   1'57.335   1.495   0.245
16   50   Eugene LAVERTY   Ducati   1'57.336   1.496   0.001
17   6   Stefan BRADL   Aprilia   1'57.471   1.631   0.135
18   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   Aprilia   1'57.569   1.729   0.098
19   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   Ducati   1'57.724   1.884   0.155
20   53   Tito RABAT   Honda   1'58.054   2.214   0.330

And video of MM's save... seriously, this kid is just ridiculous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaskAbQMVq0&app=desktop

It's looking pretty evenly matched, and that's promising for Sunday!

MM is indeed astonishing.  [bow_down]

Ive become a fan of the cheeky little bugger.

Yogi is doing well.

http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2016/08/19/michelin-guide-czechgp/207828 (http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2016/08/19/michelin-guide-czechgp/207828)

Hello,

Again thanks to olympics, NO race for me . . . Keep updates coming

Qualifying 2:
1.   Marc Marquez   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   54.596s   [Lap 6/7]   310km/h (Top Speed)
2.   Jorge Lorenzo   ESP   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   54.849s   +0.253s   [5/7]   309km/h
3.   Andrea Iannone   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   55.227s   +0.631s   [7/7]   312km/h
4.   Aleix Espargaro   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   55.324s   +0.728s   [6/7]   304km/h
5.   Hector Barbera   ESP   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   55.437s   +0.841s   [3/7]   308km/h
6.   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   55.509s   +0.913s   [3/7]   308km/h
7.   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   55.748s   +1.152s   [5/6]   310km/h
8.   Maverick Viñales   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   55.787s   +1.191s   [3/6]   308km/h
9.   Dani Pedrosa   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   55.841s   +1.245s   [7/7]   311km/h
10.   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   1m   55.930s   +1.334s   [6/7]   307km/h
11.   Bradley Smith   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   56.115s   +1.519s   [7/7]   305km/h
12.   Pol Espargaro   ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   56.522s   +1.926s   [7/7]   309km/h

Qualifying 1:   
13.   Danilo Petrucci   ITA   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   56.148s   307km/h   
14.   Scott Redding   GBR   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   56.263s   306km/h   
15.   Eugene Laverty   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   56.535s   309km/h   
16.   Stefan Bradl   GER   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   56.718s   306km/h   
17.   Loris Baz   FRA   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   56.797s   304km/h   
18.   Yonny Hernandez   COL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   56.805s   305km/h   
19.   Alvaro Bautista   ESP   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   57.062s   305km/h   
20.   Tito Rabat   ESP   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)*   1m   57.606s   307km/h

Interesting first two rows . . .

MM just plain stole pole position at the last minute.

I'm pretty sure Rossi's a bit ticked off!

Oh, yeah.

It's race day morning and it's raining in Brno, Moto3 warmup in progress.

More than 50% chance of rain until 2pm, where it drops to 37%.

I'm sure JLo is properly chuffed at that.  [laugh]

WUP just started, and it's raining hard.

Redding lit everybody up.

Crusty!

Awesome race!

"As far as I'm concerned, they're all wimps" Cal  [clap]

How to win friends.. [thumbsdown]

He did have a good perspective on his race win after the birth of his first child  [thumbsup].

'Unfortunately we did not also put the hard on the front because this morning I had not a very good feeling with the soft, so I was not brave enough like Cal' - Valentino Rossi.

Honda OnBoard for a lap.

https://youtu.be/YHm80b6tvuc

Ducati

https://youtu.be/KlKIot-hD3M

Yamaha

https://youtu.be/_6g6sMh_3b0

Suzuki

https://youtu.be/2kXGJPddgF0

It's not easy being a Ducati fan.  It'll even be harder next year with J-Lo on the bike.   He acted like such a baby.

Felt bad for Dovi,  that tire delaminated too early.   Iannone rode his anyway,  who needs the center of the tire?

General comments on race

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/motogp/sunday-brno-czech-gp-motogp-summary-2016/ (http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/motogp/sunday-brno-czech-gp-motogp-summary-2016/)

Ianonne's front was crazy at the end... impressive that he rode through that and finished.

Glad Cal got the win, funny guy but hard to root for when he crashes that much.

MM is just looking too smart this year to beat though... every race is impressive from a riding and racing perspective. I'm still rooting for Rossi in my heart but barring a couple of successive DNF's... I cant see how MM would lose it this year.

(https://scontent.fpac1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14064029_10210336677639292_3788235437855620124_n.jpg?oh=6c84baf20b4be9d7f69262580f3c87d4&oe=5814D606)

Well, what do they expect, they put those deep grooves everywhere, of course those pieces will fall out.

Looking at those pics makes me realize how well Rossi preserved that soft front.

Or was it easier to use less of the front because of the hard rear?

Part of the issue on the factory Ducatis are the massive winglets - they're intended to generate a lot of downforce on the front to minimize wheelies on acceleration, but the price is a lot of additional pressure on the front tire all the time. It's little surprise that both Iannone & Dovi munched a soft front rain tire that wasn't really suited to the weird drying conditions that actually occurred in the race. Dovi did also mention that his efforts to preserve the soft rear tire did add some punishment to the front, so you may be on to something in Rossi's case.

The other issue seems to be the luck of the draw with a tire Michelin hasn't completely figured out yet - Rossi's held together, Lorenzo's didn't, and it seems to have been a bit hit or miss throughout the ranks of the riders who chose the soft front.

David Emmet has his usual great rundown on the whole thing, especially how the soft front tire was as big a gamble on the weather as the hard that Cal chose - but it turned out to be a losing bet.

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2016/08/22/2016_brno_motogp_sunday_round_up_a.html (https://motomatters.com/analysis/2016/08/22/2016_brno_motogp_sunday_round_up_a.html)

Emmet expanded the info with interviews with the riders/managers:

https://motomatters.com/interview/2016/08/23/safe_or_unsafe_motogp_riders_michelin_on.html