2009 MotoGP Round 1 - Qatar (Race Spoilers)

[derby]

motogp race to be run monday at 9p local time (11a left coast time):

http://www.crash.net/MotoGP/News/145269/1/qatar_motogp_to_be_re-run_on_monday.html

[derby]

Rossi calls for end to night racing
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74438

yeah, but his statement doesn't take into consideration the significantly hotter temperatures during the day which, if i remember correctly, was one of the reasons for the night race proposal.

[Munch]

Anyone see when tv coverage will be??

[TiNi]

set up a little picnic in the living room; beer, pretzels, & peanuts
cue up the dvr and the front row of the grid is all wrong 
what the hell did i miss 

then i realize it's the last race from '08 

Anyone see when tv coverage will be??

speed had it scheduled to rebroadcast the race 2pm on tuesday...
we all know they won't cancel pinks 

[Desmostro]

The sky in Dubai




Qatar
Monday is supposed to be hazy and a balmy 91F.  101F by Thurs. Low 74F.
I wondered why there were so many fans sitting there in the driving rain at midnight in Qatar.

[Ash]

set up a little picnic in the living room; beer, pretzels, & peanuts
cue up the dvr and the front row of the grid is all wrong 
what the hell did i miss 

then i realize it's the last race from '08 

for the life of me, i thought the commentators were stupid for continuously referring to lorenzo's race as his "first motogp race"

i got 1/3 of the way through the race before i figured it out... yeah, i'm smart.

[MadDuck]

for the life of me, i thought the commentators were stupid for continuously referring to lorenzo's race as his "first motogp race"

i got 1/3 of the way through the race before i figured it out... yeah, i'm smart.

Yeah. No kidding. My wife & I were going out for Easter dinner and the race was being recorded. I kept saying something's wrong. They kept refering to "World Champ Casey Stoner" & Stoner had #1 on his bike. I was like WTF? This is last years race. Then I noticed the announcement stream at the bottom of the screen. Oh well.

[derby]

MotoGP Warm Up 2 Classification PDF
Pos.    Num.    Rider    Nation    Team    Motorcycle    Lap time    Km/h    Gap
1    27    Casey STONER    AUS    Ducati Marlboro Team    Ducati    1'56.025    329.368    
2    46    Valentino ROSSI    ITA    Fiat Yamaha Team    Yamaha    1'56.498    326.777    0.473
3    4    Andrea DOVIZIOSO    ITA    Repsol Honda Team    Honda    1'56.698    324.226    0.673
4    99    Jorge LORENZO    SPA    Fiat Yamaha Team    Yamaha    1'56.744    325.301    0.719
5    65    Loris CAPIROSSI    ITA    Rizla Suzuki MotoGP    Suzuki    1'56.827    323.256    0.802
6    5    Colin EDWARDS    USA    Monster Yamaha Tech 3    Yamaha    1'57.485    323.450    1.460
7    3    Dani PEDROSA    SPA    Repsol Honda Team    Honda    1'57.735    329.972    1.710
8    7    Chris VERMEULEN    AUS    Rizla Suzuki MotoGP    Suzuki    1'57.741    319.243    1.716
9    14    Randy DE PUNIET    FRA    LCR Honda MotoGP    Honda    1'57.834    316.994    1.809
10    24    Toni ELIAS    SPA    San Carlo Honda Gresini    Honda    1'57.985    327.868    1.960
11    36    Mika KALLIO    FIN    Pramac Racing    Ducati    1'58.007    330.073    1.982
12    33    Marco MELANDRI    ITA    Hayate Racing Team    Kawasaki    1'58.119    326.185    2.094
13    15    Alex DE ANGELIS    RSM    San Carlo Honda Gresini    Honda    1'58.252    325.791    2.227
14    59    Sete GIBERNAU    SPA    Grupo Francisco Hernando    Ducati    1'58.278    325.890    2.253
15    69    Nicky HAYDEN    USA    Ducati Marlboro Team    Ducati    1'58.559    323.935    2.534
16    72    Yuki TAKAHASHI    JPN    Scot Racing Team MotoGP    Honda    1'58.597    320.284    2.572
17    52    James TOSELAND    GBR    Monster Yamaha Tech 3    Yamaha    1'58.905    321.811    2.880
18    88    Niccolo CANEPA    ITA    Pramac Racing    Ducati    1'59.705    321.620    3.680

[DucMouse the Mighty]

ah man im totally rooting for nicky....but behind sete...

i know he wont be up to par for the race, but i still got the faith....

 

[derby]

race is starting NOW!

[mitt]

         Stoner

From the live timing last few laps, looks like it wasn't much of a race (at least at the end).

mitt

[desmoquattro]

        Stoner

From the live timing last few laps, looks like it wasn't much of a race (at least at the end).

mitt

Stoner draws first blood...7.7 seconds ahead of Rossi.

[Goldeneye]

        Stoner

From the live timing last few laps, looks like it wasn't much of a race (at least at the end).

mitt

+1 

I was watching the live timing on Motogp.com, looks like Casey was pulling away

[gm2]

did anyone think Qatar wasn't going to go exactly like that?

[desmoquattro]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74453