*Spoilers* 2010 Motogp Round 12. GP APEROL DI SAN MARINO: Misano

[desmoquattro]

BTW...

1) Rossi
2) Lorentho
3) Dovizioso
......
43) A Suzuki or two

[zooom]

FP1 results

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Diff Previous
1 26 Dani PEDROSA HONDA 1'34.772     
2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO HONDA 1'35.384 0.612 0.612
3 99 Jorge LORENZO YAMAHA 1'35.444 0.672 0.060
4 46 Valentino ROSSI YAMAHA 1'35.539 0.767 0.095
5 5 Colin EDWARDS YAMAHA 1'35.834 1.062 0.295
6 11 Ben SPIES YAMAHA 1'35.892 1.120 0.058
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN DUCATI 1'36.028 1.256 0.136
8 27 Casey STONER DUCATI 1'36.072 1.300 0.044
9 33 Marco MELANDRI HONDA 1'36.126 1.354 0.054
10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI SUZUKI 1'36.277 1.505 0.151
11 40 Hector BARBERA DUCATI 1'36.293 1.521 0.016
12 14 Randy DEPUNIET HONDA 1'36.454 1.682 0.161
13 58 Marco SIMONCELLI HONDA 1'36.533 1.761 0.079
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO DUCATI 1'36.716 1.944 0.183
15 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA HONDA 1'37.001 2.229 0.285
16 36 Mika KALLIO DUCATI 1'37.697 2.925 0.696
17 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SUZUKI 1'37.900 3.128 0.203


and apparently Casey thinks there is nothing more to be gained from the GP10...loosely paraphrasing from his comments publicly yesterday....

[Jester]

I think Casey has already packed it in, and has fallen firmly back into his blame game antics... not that he ever left.  I'm wondering if Rossi will have surgery on his shoulder after the Valencia test?

Honda seems to have finally worked out the kinks.  Casey picked the perfect time to defect back, and if Pedro remains healthy could have a shot at his first title next year.  I haven't seen Pedro ride this aggressive since 2006.

[Speeddog]

Unusual for Pedrobot to be on pace so quickly.
Not good for the rest of the troops.

I like seeing Dovi up there, hope he can qualify well.

Lots of track time left before Sunday....

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Some tired engines getting track time, and thus the lap times are not so reliable:
http://motomatters.com/news/2010/09/03/the_engine_rules_start_to_bite_old_engin.html

[El Matador]

Some tired engines getting track time, and thus the lap times are not so reliable:
http://motomatters.com/news/2010/09/03/the_engine_rules_start_to_bite_old_engin.html

Interesting, I remember reading somewhere that Lorenzo might have to start from the pits to cash in a new engine pretty soon.

[Jester]

This could be the best race of the season.

[desmoquattro]

 

The race is in the air. Cattolica, Rimini, and Tavullia are hopping...there are signs like this one everywhere in Cattolica:


...and all the Vale 46 flags have accompanying Ducati Corse flags.

We rented scooters and went up to Tavullia today:


They had a great sculpture from Vale's championship two years ago:

[desmoquattro]

BTW - Who was it who was saying that Vale wouldn't take Marlboro's money?

[brix821]

I loved the comment that rossi made about stoner...and sad news as well for the loss in moto2

[Jester]

Tomizawa passed away after a horrific crash in Moto2.  That was just awful to watch.  Its hard to care much about the races after seeing that happen to Shoya.  19 years old and it comes on the back of losing Lenz. 

May he rest in peace.  At least he died doing something he loved.

[duccarlos]

RIP

[desmoquattro]

Terrible news. I heard no mention of it at the track, but just saw it upon arrival in Bologna. Rest in Peace...

[Desmostro]

...
They had a great sculpture from Vale's championship two years ago:

Too bad its not red. We'll see. 

[Desmostro]

wow. just saw terrible Moto2 crash.

RIP Tomizawa.

terrible terrible.

[kopfjäger]

Two weeks in a row, Pedrosa just crushes the field again.