MotoGP Round 2 Jerez *SPOILERS*

[ZLTFUL]

FP1 was a full wet, cold, crappy FP which saw some of the factory riders doing nothing, CRT riders actually putting in laps and everyone else doing a sighting lap or two and not much else.

FP1 Results

1   22   Ivan SILVA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   BQR   261.9   1'48.674   
2   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   261.3   1'54.641   5.967 / 5.967
3   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   255.1   1'55.214   6.540 / 0.573
19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   267.5   1'56.398   7.724 / 1.184
54   Mattia PASINI   ITA   Speed Master   ART   256.2   1'56.853   8.179 / 0.455
51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   FTR   253.8   1'59.239   10.565 / 2.386
68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Avintia Blusens   BQR   254.4   2'02.868   14.194 / 3.629
5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   Suter   232.6   2'05.991   17.317 / 3.123
1   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda         
4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha         
8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati         
9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda         
11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha         
17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati         
26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda         
35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha         
41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART         
46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati         
69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati         
77   James ELLISON   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   ART         
99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha         

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And FP2...apparently, Rossi put on his big girl panties and actually did something worth mentioning. 

1   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   275.4   1'50.780   
2   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   275.9   1'51.440   0.660 / 0.660
3   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   275.7   1'51.873   1.093 / 0.433
4   1   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   277.3   1'52.106   1.326 / 0.233
5   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   272.1   1'52.254   1.474 / 0.148
6   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   276.1   1'53.070   2.290 / 0.816
7   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   273.3   1'53.166   2.386 / 0.096
8   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   272.7   1'53.352   2.572 / 0.186
9   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   271.9   1'53.409   2.629 / 0.057
10   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   273.3   1'53.409   2.629
11   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   256.4   1'54.155   3.375 / 0.746
12   54   Mattia PASINI   ITA   Speed Master   ART   261.5   1'54.370   3.590 / 0.215
13   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   273.4   1'54.378   3.598 / 0.008
14   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   274.5   1'54.581   3.801 / 0.203
15   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   Suter   260.3   1'54.707   3.927 / 0.126
16   22   Ivan SILVA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   BQR   260.7   1'54.748   3.968 / 0.041
17   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Avintia Blusens   BQR   259.0   1'54.915   4.135 / 0.167
18   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda   248.8   1'55.752   4.972 / 0.837
19   51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   FTR   259.1   1'56.067   5.287 / 0.315
20   77   James ELLISON   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   ART   254.1   1'57.475   6.695 / 1.408
21   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   257.3   1'57.789   7.009 / 0.314

[ZLTFUL]

Just noticed FP1/FP2 comparison...Ivan Silva was 14kph slower in FP1 than Dani in FP2 but still managed a 1:48.674 to Dani's 1:50.780. God I hope the race is in the wet...

[zooom]

we've all said it in the past...rain is the great equalizer....

[ZLTFUL]

Speaking of rain and jumping off topic a little bit, anyone see the WSS race from Assen? Lanzi was a make the beast with two backsIN' BEAST! I hope like hell that guy gets a ride for the rest of the season. Not bad to come out on a "not as competitive" bike in a one off appearance and not only finish a slippery sloppy race but to put it on the top of the box. 

[duccarlos]

Rain and cobras on the track. I would love to see a CRT on the podium. Anyway, the factory guys didn't do much either in FP2. The Yammies seem to have some issues. Lorenzo was not happy. I think they will continue to tip toe around the track even during qualifying. They will go out, set one fast lap and come back in.

[gm2]

F rain races. 

Except for that one in 2009 for wsbk.  Forget which track it was.

[zooom]

F rain races. 

Except for that one in 2009 for wsbk.  Forget which track it was.

you talking about the one at Donnington that had the wild qualy from Kiyonari where he was slippin and sliding the Ten Kate Honda all over the place to make the pole?

[ducpainter]

What is the logic behind the tail light on the bikes?

[Speeddog]

Same as F1, AFAIK.
Supposedly makes the bike easier to see in the rain.

 

What is the logic behind the tail light on the bikes?

[Jester]

Just noticed FP1/FP2 comparison...Ivan Silva was 14kph slower in FP1 than Dani in FP2 but still managed a 1:48.674 to Dani's 1:50.780. God I hope the race is in the wet...

FP1 was more like a halfwet/dry track with light rain.  The factories didn't go out due to low tire allocation and the fact they would wreck their tires in a few laps.  Had any of them actually gone out for real work, I guarantee Silva wouldn't be topping charts.  The CRT's have little data for electronics/rain setup and needed to run.

[Goat_Herder]

F rain races. 

Except for that one in 2009 for wsbk.  Forget which track it was.

or was it in 2011 when Haga was leading on Aprilia and crashing with a 17 sec lead.  Somebody should have told him to slow the f down.

Forgot which track though...

[lazylightnin717]

Hayden qualified 3rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.....Rossi 13th

I'm am so make the beast with two backsing pumped that Nicky can still pull that shit out even though he is 8 tents off the pace. At least it shows that the Ducati can be ridden. Just not by Val.

[Raux]

was that in the wet?

[lazylightnin717]

Dry