2013 GP Test 1 - Sepang

[gm2]

rossi P1 all morning until just before lunch when... marquez took over.

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/187750/1/marquez_from_rossi_by_halftime_at_sepang.html

Marquez's best lap is comfortably under the official Sepang race lap record of 2m 2.108s by Casey Stoner.

[Raux]

after seeing the timing sheets

1- why doesn't Aprilia just jump in. their CRTs are consistently faster than the Ducati Satellite teams last year and the new 2nd factory team.
2- even KA can keep up with the Ducs now with an Aprilia
3- 2 seconds off the pace... really 2...

[Jester]

With no major changes to the bike and no miracle rider showing up on day one, I'd think that getting back to 1+ seconds off the pace is about the only achievable goal that Ducati can have.  Dovi's nightmares begin.

[zooom]

Times at the end of day 1:

Pos   Rider Team Time Diff Prev.
1 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2:01.157     
2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.165 0.008 0.008
3 93 Marc Marquez Repsol Honda Team 2:01.201 0.044 0.036
4 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.584 0.427 0.383
5 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP 2:01.789 0.632 0.205
6 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:01.881 0.724 0.092
7 19 Alvaro Bautista Go & Fun Honda Gresini 2:01.981 0.824 0.100
8 T2 Katsayuki Nakasuga Yamaha Factory 2:02.968 1.811 0.987
9 72 Kosuke Akiyoshi HRC Test Team 2:02.972 1.815 0.004
10 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 2:03.336 2.179 0.364
11 T1 Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha Factory 2:03.456 2.299 0.120
12 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:03.460 2.303 0.004
13 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team 2:03.535 2.378 0.075
14 41 Aleix Espargaro Power Electronics Aspar 2:03.782 2.625 0.247
15 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar 2:04.283 3.126 0.501
16 29 Andrea Iannone Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team 2:04.500 3.343 0.217
17 11 Ben Spies Ignite Pramac Racing Team 2:05.086 3.929 0.586
18 37 Takumi Takahashi HRC Test Team 2:05.154 3.997 0.068
19 8 Hector Barbera Avintia Blusens 2:05.469 4.312 0.315
20 68 Yonny Hernandez Paul Bird Motorsport 2:05.656 4.499 0.187
21 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing 2:05.694 4.537 0.038
22 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project 2:05.753 4.596 0.059
23 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Avintia Blusens 2:05.919 4.762 0.166
24 71 Claudio Corti NGM Mobile Forward Racing 2:06.426 5.269 0.507
25 33 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport 2:06.507 5.350 0.081
26 52 Lukas Pesek Came IodaRacing Project 2:07.015 5.858 0.508
27 67 Bryan Staring Go & Fun Honda Gresini 2:07.044 5.887 0.029
28 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Team 2:08.206 7.049 1.162

Lap records and 2012 Sepang 1 times:

Pole Record 2012 Jorge Lorenzo 2:00.334
Lap Record 2007 Casey Stoner 2:02.108
2012 Sepang 1 Day 1 fastest Jorge Lorenzo 2:01.657
2012 Sepang 1 Overall fastest Casey Stoner 1:59.607

[ZLTFUL]

I love Colin but that old whiplash injury better not bother him all season...

[gm2]

less than .04 between P1 and P4..

[gm2]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Feb/130205cypvid1.htm

Dean captions..  

[gm2]

after seeing the timing sheets

1- why doesn't Aprilia just jump in. their CRTs are consistently faster than the Ducati Satellite teams last year and the new 2nd factory team.
2- even KA can keep up with the Ducs now with an Aprilia
3- 2 seconds off the pace... really 2...

this is not a fair representation of that new ducati team, at least not half of it.

the CRT bikes got a new ECU, reportedly is going to make them much more competitive
 
 

[gm2]

btw - all things considered not a bad showing at all for Bradley Smith on day 1.

[Speeddog]

btw - all things considered not a bad showing at all for Bradley Smith on day 1.

Yep, pull out the factory test riders and he'd be 9th.

Does Bautista have a factory-spec Honda like Bradl's?

[Speeddog]

Spies may be packing his bag:

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Feb/13020511leaving.htm

[ducpainter]

Spies may be packing his bag:

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Feb/13020511leaving.htm

Well...

he just rode the Duc.

[koko64]

Plenty of ability, but no luck.
Injury free, I was hoping he would be big and strong enough, and of a different mindset, to show that bike who's boss. My hope was that, riding style wise, the Ducati might suit him as much as it didn't suit Rossi.
Hope he heals up before they dump him.

[triangleforge]

I've seen this photo a couple of places today:

[triangleforge]

Plenty of ability, but no luck.
Injury free, I was hoping he would be big and strong enough, and of a different mindset, to show that bike who's boss. My hope was that, riding style wise, the Ducati might suit him as much as it didn't suit Rossi.
Hope he heals up before they dump him.

I'll be curious to hear his side of it; I get that he may not be fit to ride after shoulder surgery, and don't fault him for that. On the other hand, I wonder why Sepang wasn't the best place for him to be for the next couple of days, as I'm sure his brand new team might be able to work out a few things with him, turning laps or not.