2009 MotoGP Round 9 - Sachsenring (Race Spoilers)

[derby]

Schedule

(left coast time)

Friday, 17 July 2009
125 FP1   03:40 - 04:40
MotoGP FP1   04:55 - 05:55
250 FP1   06:10 - 07:10

Saturday, 18 July 2009
125 FP2   00:00 - 00:40
MotoGP FP2   00:55 - 01:55
250 FP2   02:10 - 03:10
125 QP   04:00 - 04:40
MotoGP QP   04:55 - 05:55
250 QP   06:10 - 06:55

Sunday, 19 July 2009
125 WUP   Sat-23:40 - Sun-00:00
250 WUP   00:10 - 00:30
MotoGP WUP   00:40 - 01:00
125 RAC   02:00
250 RAC   03:15
MotoGP RAC   05:00

[gm2]

on at 3pm PT on speed this time

[DanTheMan]

on at 3pm PT on speed this time

whenever i decide to wake up on motogp.com   

[gm2]

http://www.motogpmatters.com/results/2009/07/17/2009_sachsenring_motogp_fp1_result_stone.html

FP1

Pos.   Rider   Team   Bike   Time
1   Casey Stoner   Ducati Marlboro   Ducati   1:22.779
2   Dani Pedrosa   Repsol Honda   Honda   1:23.034
3   Valentino Rossi   Fiat Yamaha   Yamaha   1:23.088
4   Randy De Puniet   LCR Honda   Honda   1:23.133
5   Alex De Angelis   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   1:23.282
6   Colin Edwards II   Tech 3 Yamaha   Yamaha   1:23.295
7   Tony Elias   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   1:23.351
8   Nicky Hayden   Ducati Marlboro   Ducati   1:23.367
9   Andrea Dovizioso   Repsol Honda   Honda   1:23.370
10   Marco Melandri   Hayate Racing   Kawasaki   1:23.466
11   Jorge Lorenzo   Fiat Yamaha   Yamaha   1:23.496
12   Loris Capirossi   Rizla Suzuki   Suzuki   1:23.705
13   Mika Kallio   Pramac Racing   Ducati   1:24.090
14   James Toseland   Tech 3 Yamaha   Yamaha   1:24.317
15   Niccolo Canepa   Pramac Racing   Ducati   1:24.908
16   Chris Vermeulen   Rizla Suzuki   Suzuki   1:25.161
17   Gabor Talmacsi   Scot Racing   Honda   1:25.416

[Spidey]

Those times look like it was wet.

Edit:  ah, wet then dry session.

[Triple J]

Looks like Hayden may be turning the corner...hopefully! 

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/149921/1/hayden_on_top_for_a_long_time.html

[Drjones]

Wet conditions though and he's been consistently faster than most under those circumstances which is interesting in itself.  Still good to see him under a second off of the pace of the top runners with the exception of the alien wonder boy.

[gm2]

Wet conditions though and he's been consistently faster than most under those circumstances which is interesting in itself.  Still good to see him under a second off of the pace of the top runners with the exception of the alien wonder boy.

Having been fastest for most of the fully wet first half of the hour, the Ducati Marlboro rider continued to dispute the top spot after the change to slicks. But his Desmosedici proved reluctant to release more speed in the vital closing minutes, dropping him to eighth.

[Jester]

Hayden remarked that when he "really digs in" on his hot laps, the bike just doesn't seem to pick up more time even if he's riding harder.  When the other riders turn the screws near the end of the session, he just plummets down the order.  Having him less than a second off the pace is encouraging though.  I'm glad to see him inching closer to competitive racing again.  Hopefully by season's end, he'll have worked out a lot of kinks and next year we'll see him much more productive.

[Spidey]

I don't think Hayden's "turned the corner" yet.  I'll need more a coupla middling showings to start thinking that he's come to grips (no pun intended) with the Duc.

Maybe now that they have some baseline data for him--and he's no longer using Casey's--he'll do better next year.  Assuming that is, Duc sticks with him and he sticks with them.  I wonder if Nicky-data is better for other riders than Casey-data, which seems to kill every rider who uses it (I'm assuming everyone started by using some version of Casey's baseline, which might be completely off).  Ducati seemed to say as much when Bayliss tested, i.e. they were going to develop Casey's bike for Casey and the other Ducs for everyone else. 

[El Matador]

Funny, About damn time lorenzo started using the airbag leathers. He doesn't seem content with just crashing, when he does something, he does it right. Like highsiding 6 feet into the air 


http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/149918/1/lorenzo_injuries_dont_feel_good_airbag_debut.html

[Triple J]

Funny, About damn time lorenzo started using the airbag leathers. He doesn't seem content with just crashing, when he does something, he does it right. Like highsiding 6 feet into the air 


http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/149918/1/lorenzo_injuries_dont_feel_good_airbag_debut.html

OK...for the first time I may be actually cheering for a rider to crash. I just want to see him balloon up like the stay-puff marshmellow man as he flies through the air! 

[Triple J]

Assuming that is, Duc sticks with him and he sticks with them. 

I'm guessing he'll be there next year since they have a Hayden replica 848. But, I like Hayden...so I'm hoping he turns it around and has a good year next year.

[Desmostro]

Ya looking like another wet race. It's all thunder and lightning at ye ol Sachsenring today. Sat, rain forecast, Sunday partial rain.

[Speeddog]

Nicky seemed to be going well in the wet, so maybe this'll be a good one. <hope smiley>

Vermeulen got launched. Ow.