Moto GP Round 16 Phillip Island ***SPOILERS***

[lazylightnin717]

Let's get this rollin' shall we?

Here we go...

FP1

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   27   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   323.5   1'30.475   
2   1   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   320.1   1'30.744   0.269 / 0.269
3   58   Marco SIMONCELLI   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   318.3   1'30.951   0.476 / 0.207
4   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   320.4   1'31.480   1.005 / 0.529
5   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   323.9   1'31.532   1.057 / 0.052
6   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   315.6   1'31.571   1.096 / 0.039
7   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   319.8   1'31.662   1.187 / 0.091
8   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   318.1   1'31.824   1.349 / 0.162
9   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   322.2   1'31.935   1.460 / 0.111
10   65   Loris CAPIROSSI   ITA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   325.9   1'32.052   1.577 / 0.117
11   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   316.7   1'32.096   1.621 / 0.044
12   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   319.2   1'32.114   1.639 / 0.018
13   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   Suzuki   321.0   1'32.393   1.918 / 0.279
14   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   317.9   1'32.583   2.108 / 0.190
15   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   321.2   1'32.615   2.140 / 0.032
16   24   Toni ELIAS   SPA   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   318.9   1'33.641   3.166 / 1.026
17   6   Damian CUDLIN   AUS   Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP   Ducati   314.8   1'34.121   3.646 / 0.480

I also want to add that Stoner looked crazy out there today. I'm no Stoner leg humper but holy sweet flyin' make the beast with two backs that man can ride

[zooom]

and as to note for FP1

"Dry session. Stoner, Simoncelli and Abraham crashed, all unhurt. Stoner started cutting fast laps almost immediately, crashed, then cut more fast laps.

Edwards looked smooth and comfortable, and cut the fourth-fastest time of the session. "


now...FP2 results...

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:30.535
2 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V 1:30.912
3 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:31.111
4 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:31.495
5 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:31.543
6 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V 1:31.582
7 Randy De Puniet Pramac Racing Ducati GP11 1:31.670
8 Alvara Bautista Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R 1:31.777
9 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:31.805
10 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:31.825
11 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Ducati GP11 1:31.899
12 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:31.969
13 Valentino Rossi Ducati Marlboro Ducati GP11 1:32.014
14 Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Ducati GP11 1:32.082
15 Karel Abraham Cardion AB MotoRacing Ducati GP11 1:32.360
16 Toni Elias LCR Honda Honda RC212V 1:32.639
17 Damian Cudlin Aspar Team Ducati GP11 1:32.658

[fastwin]

Cycle News write up on practice.

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2011/10/14/stoner-fast-on-bumpy-phillip-island-track/

Moto2/Marquez crash story.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Oct/111014marcmad.htm

[lazylightnin717]

^^^^

Bumpy track makes a lot of sense now.

A lot of the guys seemed to be struggling with it.

[lazylightnin717]

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   27   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   325.4   1'30.550   
2   1   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   319.3   1'31.190   0.640 / 0.640
3   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   321.1   1'31.465   0.915 / 0.275
4   58   Marco SIMONCELLI   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   320.6   1'31.687   1.137 / 0.222
5   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   318.3   1'31.753   1.203 / 0.066
6   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   324.8   1'31.791   1.241 / 0.038
7   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   317.9   1'32.162   1.612 / 0.371
8   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   Suzuki   321.4   1'32.317   1.767 / 0.155
9   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   319.1   1'32.334   1.784 / 0.017
10   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   317.5   1'32.474   1.924 / 0.140
11   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   324.4   1'32.488   1.938 / 0.014
12   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   319.8   1'32.780   2.230 / 0.292
13   65   Loris CAPIROSSI   ITA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   315.9   1'32.883   2.333 / 0.103
14   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   319.0   1'32.898   2.348 / 0.015
15   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   323.4   1'33.199   2.649 / 0.301
16   24   Toni ELIAS   SPA   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   323.2   1'33.406   2.856 / 0.207
16   Damian CUDLIN   AUS   Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP   Ducati   311.3   1'39.777   9.227 / 6.371


De Puniet doing better than the factory team

Simoncelli down for the 3rd time on the same turn

Trying to decide if I even feel like staying up for the QP... Probably not happening

[koko64]

I watched qualifying, but the telecast stopped before final times were posted.

[lazylightnin717]

Here's the spread

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   27   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   321.4   1'29.975   
2   1   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   314.9   1'30.448   0.473 / 0.473
3   58   Marco SIMONCELLI   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   316.5   1'30.599   0.624 / 0.151
4   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   Suzuki   319.3   1'30.714   0.739 / 0.115
5   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   320.6   1'30.780   0.805 / 0.066
6   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   314.7   1'30.792   0.817 / 0.012
7   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   315.7   1'30.835   0.860 / 0.043
8   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   316.1   1'30.871   0.896 / 0.036
9   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   314.2   1'31.237   1.262 / 0.366
10   65   Loris CAPIROSSI   ITA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   310.3   1'31.583   1.608 / 0.346
11   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   313.9   1'31.635   1.660 / 0.052
12   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   318.9   1'31.889   1.914 / 0.254
13   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   315.4   1'31.980   2.005 / 0.091
14   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   316.5   1'32.023   2.048 / 0.043
15   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   321.1   1'32.054   2.079 / 0.031
16   24   Toni ELIAS   SPA   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   321.6   1'32.503   2.528 / 0.449
6   Damian CUDLIN   AUS   Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP   Ducati   303.8   1'36.666   6.691 / 4.163

Hayden looked good out there.

Spies took a nasty tumble but still managed some good laps.

Rossi looked like he was riding a Vespa around    I'm getting increasingly frustrated with the whole Rossi/Ducati ordeal

[derby]

Spies took a nasty tumble, CRACKED A RIB, but still managed some good laps.

fixed that for ya...

https://twitter.com/#!/benspies11/status/125158809130893312

"harden the f up..."

*snicker*

[fastwin]

Apparently The Ben tucked the front at 167mph according to his data. Yowzer! Bruised, cracked or broken doesn't matter. All those rib injuries hurt like a SOB! Been there, done that. Don't try taking a deep breath, sneezing or coughing... you will wish you were dead.

[lazylightnin717]

Pos.   Points   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time/Gap
1   25   27   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   171.4   42'02.425
2   20   58   Marco SIMONCELLI   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   171.3   +2.210
3   16   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   171.2   +2.454
4   13   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   170.5   +13.160
5   11   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   169.3   +30.886
6   10   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   168.1   +48.800
7   9   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   166.4   +1'16.314
8   8   24   Toni ELIAS   SPA   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   164.9   1 Lap
9   7   65   Loris CAPIROSSI   ITA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   164.6   1 Lap
10   6   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   156.1   2 Laps
Not Classified
19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP   Suzuki   171.9   4 Laps
7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   170.6   4 Laps
35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   170.6   4 Laps
46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   172.2   14 Laps


All around brutal race for quite a few

I hated watching Nicky get a good start into 2nd knowing that it was only a matter of time before people paraded past him.... Although oddly enough, he said he didn't have a good start. Everybody else's was worse

It's a shame that Vale lost the front like that. He was doing quite well despite the struggles all weekend.

No Jorge or Spies was weird.

Good dicing between Dovi and McFragilebones and good on Simo for that 2nd place

And finally.... Congrats to Stoner 

Wake me up next time anybody hears any good news about the GP12

[fastwin]

Yeppers, congrats to Stoner. He earned it this year. Pretty dominate all season long.

Hope Jorge's finger is OK by next race. It was weird having him and The Ben out of the race. Good for Edwards to soldier on into 5th. For years his plate number has matched his race results. It will be fun to watch him next season on a CRT bike.

Congrats again to Stoner. Great B-Day present!! Especially at your home track. How cool is that?

Update on Lorenzo's finger injury.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Oct/111016b.htm

[koko64]

Stoner had over 6 seconds lead, but in the last part of the race nearly crashed a number of times on the wet/dry track. There's a saying about Melbourne weather, "four seasons in a day" and Phillip Island is the same. Throw in new bumps from a car race and you get only ten finishers. It's such fast flowing track the wet parts of the track would be on you too quickly. I think the wet/dry parts of the track changed as some dried out while while other parts that were dry got fresh rain. It would have been safer if the track was soaked and they could run wets.

They got to move that race to the start of the season. Maybe this might be the last straw (Jorge, Ben, Rossi, the race teams, etc couldn't be happy) and they move it.

[techno]

They got to move that race to the start of the season. Maybe this might be the last straw (Jorge, Ben, Rossi, the race teams, etc couldn't be happy) and they move it.

Even if they did move it, the weather might not be any better. WSBK is there in March before the GP season starts and can be prone to the same fickle weather. Its the location right on Bass Straight thats the problem. It would need to run between Dec and Feb to get better weather.

BTW.... congrats Stoner! 

[lazylightnin717]

Stoner had over 6 seconds lead

I was watching in disbelief when he pulled nearly a second on everybody in the first 2 laps. He had over 3 seconds after 6 or 7 laps. Holy shit 

[Jester]

Maybe they should implement tire changes and fuel stops to at least shake it up a bit.  Make em have to run both compounds during the race and cut the fuel tank in half.  We'd get a few more interesting results I think.