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FP2

1.   Dani Pedrosa   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   48.429s   [Lap 18/18]   333km/h (Top Speed)
2.   Marc Marquez   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   48.494s   +0.065s   [15/19]   333km/h
3.   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   1m   48.510s   +0.081s   [17/18]   329km/h
4.   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   48.669s   +0.240s   [18/20]   330km/h
5.   Pol Espargaro   ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   48.749s   +0.320s   [12/14]   328km/h
6.   Maverick Viñales   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   48.886s   +0.457s   [15/19]   332km/h
7.   Jorge Lorenzo   ESP   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   48.914s   +0.485s   [16/16]   328km/h
8.   Hector Barbera   ESP   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   48.970s   +0.541s   [16/18]   332km/h
9.   Danilo Petrucci   ITA   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   49.065s   +0.636s   [16/18]   332km/h
10.   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   49.128s   +0.699s   [15/18]   334km/h
11.   Aleix Espargaro   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   49.177s   +0.748s   [15/15]   327km/h
12.   Yonny Hernandez   COL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   49.243s   +0.814s   [15/18]   329km/h
13.   Stefan Bradl   GER   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   49.298s   +0.869s   [15/18]   327km/h
14.   Alvaro Bautista   ESP   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   49.301s   +0.872s   [16/18]   328km/h
15.   Michele Pirro   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   49.678s   +1.249s   [17/18]   334km/h
16.   Scott Redding   GBR   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   49.680s   +1.251s   [14/16]   327km/h
17.   Eugene Laverty   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   50.113s   +1.684s   [10/13]   335km/h
18.   Tito Rabat   ESP   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)*   1m   50.649s   +2.220s   [15/21]   329km/h
19.   Loris Baz   FRA   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   50.940s   +2.511s   [16/16]   324km/h
20.   Alex Lowes   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   50.988s   +2.559s   [5/16]   323km/h
21.   Nicky Hayden   USA   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)   1m   50.992s   +2.563s   [17/17]   327km/h

Was really cool to see Nicky chasing Valentino on GP bikes again... 

You need to get something signed by him at this race.  [thumbsup]

Espargaro-Petrucci  crash in FP3 was bizarre

If you get to see a slo-mo...there's what looks like clutch discs flying everywhere. :o

Qualifying 2:   
1.   Marc Marquez   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   47.117s   [Lap 2/7]   329km/h (Top Speed)
2.   Maverick Viñales   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   47.748s   +0.631s   [6/7]   330km/h
3.   Jorge Lorenzo   ESP   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   47.778s   +0.661s   [7/7]   329km/h
4.   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   47.819s   +0.702s   [6/7]   338km/h
5.   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   1m   47.843s   +0.726s   [3/7]   328km/h
6.   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)   1m   47.951s   +0.834s   [7/7]   329km/h
7.   Dani Pedrosa   ESP   Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)   1m   48.017s   +0.900s   [6/7]   331km/h
8.   Aleix Espargaro   ESP   Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   1m   48.230s   +1.113s   [7/7]   326km/h
9.   Danilo Petrucci   ITA   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   48.236s   +1.119s   [6/6]   331km/h
10.   Scott Redding   GBR   Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15)   1m   48.242s   +1.125s   [7/7]   333km/h
11.   Pol Espargaro   ESP   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   1m   48.448s   +1.331s   [5/6]   325km/h
12.   Stefan Bradl   GER   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   49.083s   +1.966s   [3/8]   322km/h

Qualifying 1:   
13.   Hector Barbera   ESP   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   48.699s   327km/h   
14.   Alvaro Bautista   ESP   Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   1m   48.904s   327km/h   
15.   Yonny Hernandez   COL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   48.954s   328km/h   
16.   Eugene Laverty   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   49.052s   332km/h   
17.   Michele Pirro   ITA   Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)   1m   49.139s   331km/h   
18.   Tito Rabat   ESP   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)*   1m   49.319s   328km/h   
19.   Nicky Hayden   USA   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)   1m   49.490s   328km/h   
20.   Loris Baz   FRA   Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2)   1m   49.841s   322km/h   
21.   Alex Lowes   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)   No Time   0km/h   

FP3 was brutal, yard sales galore.
Hopefully no serious rider damages.

MM crushed 'em in Qualy.
Didn't watch FP4 but reportedly has got them covered on race pace as well.

from commentaries from Argentinian commentators, SAP is not avail that program here, they said up to 10~12 laps they're good, after that NO one knows . . .

MM was on fire today.

http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233881/1/marquez-if-i-feel-right-i-will-attack.html (http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233881/1/marquez-if-i-feel-right-i-will-attack.html)

I think the only thing they saved off of that Duc was the gas cap, and it had a big scratch in it.
  :P

I think this race will have the highest repair bill for the season.

Poncharal looked like someone shot his dog.

“At that moment I was conscious but I didn't remember where I was. I said, 'OK, I'm standing, my bones are all together,' so I came back to the pits. But when I went back out I didn't remember where I was. I was quite scared."

http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233887/1/petrucci-i-didnt-remember-where-i-was.html (http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233887/1/petrucci-i-didnt-remember-where-i-was.html)

Yeah saw that. Amazing how the plates took off. Pressure plate must have been destroyed.

Aprilias ahead of Ducatis [bang]

They tried to get cute with tire selection. :-\

So now the math begins. For Rossi would need to win all races and MM come in 5th for Rossi to win. Pretty much done deal.

For those that missed it.

https://youtu.be/l1-Cq2xfGBc

Helluva race in person!  Wow!

MM raced hard.  JL actually showed up and raced hard (great to see!). VR...well, I dunno what happened there.

Didn't get a paddock pass, so no signatures for me.  Moto2 & Moto3 were awesome!!!!

Had a blast!  [Dolph]

 [thumbsup].
I strangely feel at home in Spain. Was there about ten years ago.
Another good race. MM made a great front end save then let the hard front tyre warm up to temp before pushing again. Good to see JL get his confidence back.

Did Ducati gamble on soft tyres?

http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233925/1/mystery-vibration-issue-for-dovi-pirro.html (http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233925/1/mystery-vibration-issue-for-dovi-pirro.html)

http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233914/1/marquez-i-had-to-stop-rossi.html (http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233914/1/marquez-i-had-to-stop-rossi.html)

http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233920/1/vinales-leads-riding-at-their-level.html (http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/233920/1/vinales-leads-riding-at-their-level.html)

Cheers Kopf.
Had another look at the slow mo crash. You could see the clutch drum posts sheer off and clutch parts spat out (makes one consider the risks of exposed clutches). Then the crash impact flicked the plates into the air like ninja throwing stars.

Did Petrucci later get a penalty during the race for some passing infringement?
Edit: it was an incident with team mate Redding.

Petrucci jumped the start. The clutch coming apart would be the last thing you'd worry about with that impact.  ;)

Here it is.   http://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/petrucci-says-teammate-redding-right-to-be-angry-about-crash-830104/ (http://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/petrucci-says-teammate-redding-right-to-be-angry-about-crash-830104/)

Petrucci's ride through was because of the incident with Redding Kopf...says so in the link you posted, and was reported on motogp.com by the commentators.

Yeah. I missed that during the race. I was standing too close to the TV screaming at the screen.  :D That's why I posted that link. I swear they were talking about bringing him in earlier for the jump.

Monkey reckons he may have had a bike problem which caused the incident but Redding said the problem was Petrucci's "make the beast with two backsing brain". ;D

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/233935/1/petrucci-scotts-angry-with-me-and-hes-right.html (http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/233935/1/petrucci-scotts-angry-with-me-and-hes-right.html)

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/233928/1/redding-the-issue-was-danilos-brain.html (http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/233928/1/redding-the-issue-was-danilos-brain.html)

Good reading. Redding is very angry understandably.