German GP Round 9 SPOILERS

[The Don]

Rossi 16th, that bike must be a handful for him, he must be pretty pissed

1   27   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   283.4   1'21.681   
2   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   283.8   1'21.933   0.252 / 0.252
3   1   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   279.2   1'21.944   0.263 / 0.011
4   58   Marco SIMONCELLI   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   279.2   1'21.954   0.273 / 0.010
5   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   275.6   1'22.056   0.375 / 0.102
6   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   283.1   1'22.157   0.476 / 0.101
7   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   276.6   1'22.368   0.687 / 0.211
8   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   277.6   1'22.388   0.707 / 0.020
9   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   274.8   1'22.503   0.822 / 0.115
10   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   Suzuki   279.9   1'22.604   0.923 / 0.101
11   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP   Ducati   279.5   1'22.676   0.995 / 0.072
12   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   274.5   1'22.676   0.995
13   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   273.7   1'23.164   1.483 / 0.488
14   24   Toni ELIAS   SPA   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   280.2   1'23.201   1.520 / 0.037
15   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   280.2   1'23.248   1.567 / 0.047
16   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   279.1   1'23.320   1.639 / 0.072
17   50   Sylvain GUINTOLI   FRA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   273.8   1'24.707   3.026 / 1.387

[koko64]

Should be a good race, with anyone on the first two rows in with a chance of winning.
Stoner looks ominous, but you don't know, after last race an all. Pedrosa likes the place, the Yamahas are agile at the 'go-kart track and Simo is due.
Should be a good one.

Hayden must take some satisfaction out of qualifying better than Rossi.

[Jester]

Hayden must take some satisfaction out of qualifying better than Rossi.

I don't see any satisfaction in qualifying 8th on the grid, while watching your supremely talented teammate ride next years piece of crap chassis wrapped around an 800cc engine to last place.  No offense but Guintoli doesn't count.  There is no satisfaction from being consistantly bad on a factory bike and never in contention unless half the elite front runners crash out.

I'd be willing to bet that if Rossi just hopped on the Suzuki, he'd be consistantly better and in podium contention faster than the Duc.   

[Raux]

I know Ducati would never admit it, but the CF experiment is a failure.

[koko64]

Bring back the trellis frame!

[bdfinally]

Wow!

[TiNi]

i enjoyed that race 

[Spidey]

Stoner screwed up the second to last turn by taking a tight line.  It would have been the right move if Lorenzo wasn't so far back, which actually allowed him to carry more speed and get a better drive.  All Casey had to do was look back before taking that line and he woulda finished 2d.

I'd love to hear what happened between The Ben and Super Sic.  Looked like they were jawing at each other as they crossed the line.  That, or The Ben was telling him "I own you."

FTR, a Suzuki beat both factory Ducs, both of which are piloted by MotoGP World Champions.   

[bdfinally]

Toby and Jules pointed a couple of times this weekend that there's something going on inside the team that no ones talking about....they called it "infighting"

[The Architect]

The race was good.



But




I think this is a dark period for Motogp.  It's getting a little boring with only two manufacturers.  The third is having a few issues.  And it's the same three riders on the podium.  If it wasn't for the rain and Simoncelli, those three riders would be running away with it.  Kind of boring. 

Why does Suzuki bother with one bike?

I know Ducati would never admit it, but the CF experiment is a failure.

The carbon fiber has way too many variables.  They'll never get it right.  The bugs in the steel trellis have been worked out a long time ago. 

[desmoquattro]

The carbon fiber has way too many variables.  They'll never get it right.  The bugs in the steel trellis have been worked out a long time ago. 

...which makes their decision to base their new superbike on the CF frame all that much more interesting...

[Raux]

...which makes their decision to base their new superbike on the CF frame all that much more interesting...

actually the new sbk frame is AL not CF... which should be maybe something the GP should try.

[desmoquattro]

actually the new sbk frame is AL not CF... which should be maybe something the GP should try.

Where'd you read that? Everything I've seen indicates CF. And gear-driven cams

[Raux]

Where'd you read that? Everything I've seen indicates CF. And gear-driven cams

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2010/February/feb1710-ducati-plans-gp-style-frameless-superbikes/

[thought]

omfg... my dvr messed up the recording...  now i have to wait till it gets online to watch 

sincerely thinking about getting a tivo now.  this time warner dvr messes up way too much.