MOTO GP Japan Round 15 SPOILERS

[The Don]

1   27   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   
2   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   
3   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   
4   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   
5   1   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   
6   58   Marco SIMONCELLI   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   
7   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   
8   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   
9   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP   Ducati   
10   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   
11   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   
12   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   Suzuki   
13   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati
14   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   
15   24   Toni ELIAS   SPA   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda
16   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   
17   64   Kousuke AKIYOSHI   JPN   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   
18   72   Shinichi ITO   JPN   Honda Racing Team   Honda   
19   6   Damian CUDLIN   AUS   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati

[Raux]

Wonder what version of the gp11 hayden is using

[Buckethead]

Dunno, but it seems to be working for him.

[Raux]

read that Hayden finally has the new gearbox

[zooom]

FP2

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:46.790
2 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:46.844
3 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:46.952
4 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V 1:47.188
5 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:47.310
6 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Ducati GP11 1:47.381
7 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V 1:47.785
8 Valentino Rossi Ducati Marlboro Ducati GP11 1:47.975
9 Hector Barbera Aspar Team Ducati GP11 1:48.055
10 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:48.076
11 Alvara Bautista Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R 1:48.097
12 Randy De Puniet Pramac Racing Ducati GP11 1:48.374
13 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:48.379
14 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:48.567
15 Toni Elias LCR Honda Honda RC212V 1:48.743
16 Karel Abraham Cardion AB MotoRacing Ducati GP11 1:49.305
17 Kousuke Akiyoshi LCR Honda Honda RC212V 1:49.464
18 Shin Ich Itoh Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:49.673
19 Damian Cudlin Pramac Racing Ducati GP11 1:51.349

[fastwin]

It's just crazy how Nicky keeps running faster than Rossi. And I read (Cycle News I think??) that Nicky doesn't really like this track and didn't expect to do well. Maybe he should complain about all the tracks. Maybe whining is Stoner's secret weapon. The whining makes him so fast not talent or the Honda!

Too bad The Ben is so sick. I'd probably be hospitalized not trying to qualy for a MotoGP race!

[The Don]

Qualifing
1   27   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda      1'46.162   
2   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   
3   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   
4   58   Marco SIMONCELLI   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   
5   1   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   
6   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   
7   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   
8   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   Suzuki   
9   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   
10   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   
11   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP   Ducati   
12   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   
13   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   
14   24   Toni ELIAS   SPA   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   
15   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   
16   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   
17   64   Kousuke AKIYOSHI   JPN   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda
18   6   Damian CUDLIN   AUS   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   
19   72   Shinichi ITO   JPN   Honda Racing Team   Honda

[The Don]

Ok Stoner on pole, let the moaning begin, I expect at least two pages 

[zooom]

since the Don left off the timing...(which BTW, I think this is FP3, not qualy)

1 Casey Stoner  1:46.162
2 Andrea Dovizioso  1:46.302
3 Dani Pedrosa  1:46.429
4 Marco Simoncelli  1:46.592
5 Jorge Lorenzo  1:46.809
6 Ben Spies  1:46.892
7 Valentino Rossi  1:47.161
8 Alvara Bautista  1:47.202
9 Nicky Hayden  1:47.335
10 Randy De Puniet  1:47.514
11 Hector Barbera  1:47.648
12 Colin Edwards  1:47.666
13 Hiroshi Aoyama  1:47.695
14 Toni Elias  1:48.157
15 Cal Crutchlow 1:48.196
16 Karel Abraham  1:48.543
17 Kousuke Akiyoshi  1:49.298
18 Damian Cudlin 1:50.239
19 Shin Ichi Ito  1:50.266

It's just crazy how Nicky keeps running faster than Rossi. 

I guess not so much now....Val made a leap in timing while Nicky stayed at relatively the same time-ish...

[zooom]

and here's qualy times...

1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:45.267
2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:45.523
3 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:45.791
4 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:45.966
5 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:46.042
6 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V 1:46.211
7 Valentino Rossi Ducati Marlboro Ducati GP11 1:46.467
8 Alvara Bautista Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R 1:46.586
9 Hector Barbera Aspar Team Ducati GP11 1:46.694
10 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Ducati GP11 1:46.763
11 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V 1:46.811
12 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:46.818
13 Randy De Puniet Pramac Racing Ducati GP11 1:46.917
14 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:47.165
15 Karel Abraham Cardion AB MotoRacing Ducati GP11 1:47.922
16 Toni Elias LCR Honda Honda RC212V 1:48.169
17 Kousuke Akiyoshi LCR Honda Honda RC212V 1:48.367
18 Damian Cudlin Pramac Racing Ducati GP11 1:48.962
19 Shin Ichi Ito Honda Honda RC212V 11:49.971

[zooom]

Ok Stoner on pole, let the moaning begin, I expect at least two pages 

all of em wish for a good clean lap...some get it, some don't....should be a good race though, especially if Dani get one of his huge starts!!!

[fastwin]

The Clinic must have performed a miracle on The Ben for him to log in his usual 5th spot on the grid. I have had serious food poisoning a couple of times (once on an eight hour flight from Hawaii to Dallas... don't ask! ) and it really kicked my ass for days afterwards. I can't imagine doing what he has done. If he holds up for the duration of the race it will be a super human feat.

[Raux]

I guess not so much now....Val made a leap in timing while Nicky stayed at relatively the same time-ish...

Val out on the 1st lap and Hayden 7th. hmmm.

[lazylightnin717]

Meh..

Plenty of action in that race but nothing I really wanted to see

[ducpainter]

Rossi's lack of a competitive bike make him make mistakes and ride like Simoncelli