MotoGP Round 2 Jerez *SPOILERS*

[Raux]

Dry

wow

[fastwin]

Rossi 13th!? WTF!? Has he just given up? Dreaming of racing rally cars? I'm a big Rossi fan but I am at a loss at what to say.

Yeah, good for Nicky!

It would be nice to see Spies next to him.

[Drunken Monkey]

Kind of telling that Rossi no longer comments on what they can do to make the bike "better" but rather says what they can do to make the bike "less worse"

I think the guy has given up. 

[Desmostro]

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Rossi is a miserable 13th place qualifying, however, that is only 3.4 seconds off pole.
That's not the end of the world. Ya, 1,.......2,........3,..4. but still, not the end of the world.

Way to go NICKY! fookya!

[lazylightnin717]

Finally had a chance to sit down and watch the entire QP

Lorenzo and Pedro bouncing fast laps off each other was about as interesting as it could be

I think it will be an interesting race tomorrow depending on the weather

Here are the times

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   282.1   1'39.532   
2   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   283.5   1'39.667   0.135 / 0.135
3   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   282.3   1'40.563   1.031 / 0.896
4   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   281.7   1'40.570   1.038 / 0.007
5   1   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   285.9   1'40.577   1.045 / 0.007
6   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   280.9   1'41.090   1.558 / 0.513
7   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   284.0   1'41.180   1.648 / 0.090
8   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   286.9   1'41.447   1.915 / 0.267
9   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   287.3   1'41.550   2.018 / 0.103
10   14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   265.6   1'41.700   2.168 / 0.150
11   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   284.2   1'41.724   2.192 / 0.024
12   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   288.8   1'41.871   2.339 / 0.147
13   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   282.3   1'42.961   3.429 / 1.090
14   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   267.7   1'43.135   3.603 / 0.174
15   51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   FTR   268.2   1'43.363   3.831 / 0.228
16   54   Mattia PASINI   ITA   Speed Master   ART   266.5   1'44.308   4.776 / 0.945
17   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Avintia Blusens   BQR   269.5   1'44.467   4.935 / 0.159
18   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda   257.4   1'44.645   5.113 / 0.178
19   22   Ivan SILVA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   BQR   261.4   1'44.717   5.185 / 0.072
20   77   James ELLISON   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   ART   264.8   1'45.724   6.192 / 1.007
21   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   Suter   264.5   1'46.200   6.668 / 0.476

[mitt]

just watched gp qualifying.  Go Nicky!


mitt

[Raux]

Aspar is the aprilia right.  it qualified faster than three satellites and one factory team with three of those ducati. 

[lazylightnin717]

Pos.   Points   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time/Gap
1   25   1   Casey STONER   AUS   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   157.3   45'33.897
2   20   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   157.2   +0.947
3   16   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   157.1   +2.063
4   13   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   157.1   +2.465
5   11   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   156.2   +18.100
6   10   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   San Carlo Honda Gresini   Honda   156.0   +21.395
7   9   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   155.6   +28.637
8   8   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   155.6   +28.869
9   7   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   155.3   +34.852
10   6   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Pramac Racing Team   Ducati   155.3   +35.103
11   5   11   Ben SPIES   USA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   155.1   +38.041
12   4   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   153.2   +1'12.728
13   3   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda   152.9   +1'18.669
14   2   54   Mattia PASINI   ITA   Speed Master   ART   152.3   +1'29.142
15   1   22   Ivan SILVA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   BQR   152.1   +1'32.478
16      5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   Suter   151.7   +1'40.577
17      17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Ducati   150.6   1 Lap

[Raux]

I didnt get to watch the race, but was monitoring with Live Feed from MotoGP.com
looks like Nicky was holding fine for about 8 laps, but just couldn't keep the pace. Tires?

[fastwin]

The Ben in 11th? WTF?

I'm a big Spies fan but if doesn't get consistant decent/podium finshes I just don't see his contract getting renewed. Maybe he needs to go back to WSBK. Some folks just don't get MotoGP. And he was raised in the SBK world. Can't believe I am saying that but even after his WSBK championship I never seriously thought he would do it again in MotoGP. No more than I thought Colin Edwards would do it.

Does that make me bad?

[fastwin]

I didnt get to watch the race, but was monitoring with Live Feed from MotoGP.com
looks like Nicky was holding fine for about 8 laps, but just couldn't keep the pace. Tires?

Tires... yes. The soft front went south.

[swampduc]

That was a hell of a ride by Stoner. I think he served notice by taking J Lo on his home turf, with the full complement of douches in the stands, and on a track that favors the Yamaha over the Honda. The longest straight is about as long as the average driveway.
Great racing early on. I didn't expect Crutchlow to be as good as he is.

[fastwin]

Cal is doing a damn good job so far! Looking forward to some podiums for him.

[mitt]

3/5 top 5 bike 2 "non factory", pretty impressive IMO.

Crap move by crutchlow on Nicky in first lap or 2.

M

[koko64]

A good race. 

Banging handlebar action at the start, and riding on the edge of worn tyres at the end.
Pity Nicky's tyres went off so suddenly, it looked a big drop in a short time. Nicky has adapted better than you know who.

Very impressed with Casey and Jorges riding on the edge with worn tyres, real high pressure racing. Both had moments when the other could have won. I thought Jorge had him as the Yamaha looked more stable, but Casey rode the wheels off the Honda despite it being all out of shape.

Going back to 1000cc was a good idea.