MotoGP Rd 6: Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya (Habrá spoilers)

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FP1

Pos.   Num. Rider                  Nation   Team                           Bike       Km/h   Time        Gap 1st/Prev.
1       99    Jorge LORENZO     SPA      Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha  335.9  1'42.422  
2       26    Dani PEDROSA       SPA      Repsol Honda Team        Honda    338.4  1'42.445   0.023 / 0.023
3       35    Cal CRUTCHLOW    GBR       Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha  333.6  1'42.492   0.070 / 0.047
4       46    Valentino ROSSI     ITA      Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha  335.9  1'42.861   0.439 / 0.369
5         4    Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA      Ducati Team                  Ducati   337.3  1'43.111   0.689 / 0.250
6       19    Alvaro BAUTISTA    SPA      GO&FUN Honda Gresini     Honda   338.0  1'43.112   0.690 / 0.001
7         6    Stefan BRADL        GER       LCR Honda MotoGP         Honda   338.5  1'43.196   0.774 / 0.084  
8       69    Nicky HAYDEN        USA      Ducati Team                  Ducati   339.4  1'43.488   1.066 / 0.292
9       93    Marc MARQUEZ      SPA       Repsol Honda Team        Honda    336.2  1'43.641   1.219 / 0.153
10     41    Aleix ESPARGARO    SPA       Power Electronics Aspar  ART       322.4  1'43.814   1.392 / 0.173
11     29    Andrea IANNONE     ITA       Energy T.I. Pramac Rac   Ducati    336.9  1'44.069   1.647 / 0.255
12     38    Bradley SMITH       GBR        Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha  324.2  1'44.392   1.970 / 0.323
13     51    Michele PIRRO        ITA        Ignite Pramac Racing      Ducati    332.6  1'44.519   2.097 / 0.127
14     14    Randy DE PUNIET   FRA        Power Electronics Aspar  ART        316.0  1'44.558   2.136 / 0.039
15       5   Colin EDWARDS       USA       NGM Mobile Forward Rac Kawasaki  315.9  1'45.167   2.745 / 0.609
16     17    Karel ABRAHAM      CZE        Cardion AB Motoracing    ART        317.6  1'45.251   2.829 / 0.084
17       9   Danilo PETRUCCI     ITA        Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter316.7 1'45.371   2.949 / 0.120
18       8   Hector BARBERA     SPA        Avintia Blusens              FTR         313.9  1'45.457  3.035 / 0.086
19      68  Yonny HERNANDEZ  COL        Paul Bird Motorsport       ART         317.7  1'45.824  3.402 / 0.367
20        7  Hiroshi AOYAMA     JPN         Avintia Blusens              FTR         314.5  1'45.925  3.503 / 0.101
21      71  Claudio CORTI        ITA         NGM Mobile Forward Rac Kawasaki  318.4  1'46.263  3.841 / 0.338
22      70  Michael LAVERTY    GBR         Paul Bird Motorsport       PBM        318.9  1'46.750  4.328 / 0.487
23      67  Bryan STARING       AUS        GO&FUN Honda Gresini    FTR/Hond 316.3  1'47.070  4.648 / 0.320
24      52  Lukas PESEK          CZE        Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Sut  304.0  1'47.483  5.061 / 0.413

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FP2

Pos.  Num. Rider                    Nation  Team                             Bike             Km/h     Time         Gap 1st/Prev.
1      46     Valentino ROSSI     ITA     Yamaha Factory Racing     Yamaha        333.8    1'42.297 
2      99     Jorge LORENZO      SPA    Yamaha Factory Racing     Yamaha         336.3    1'42.346    0.049 / 0.049
3      26     Dani PEDROSA       SPA     Repsol Honda Team          Honda           337.5    1'42.557    0.260 / 0.211
4      19     Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA     GO&FUN Honda Gresini       Honda          338.4     1'42.752    0.455 / 0.195
5      35     Cal CRUTCHLOW    GBR     Monster Yamaha Tech 3    Yamaha        333.4     1'42.776    0.479 / 0.024
6      93     Marc MARQUEZ     SPA     Repsol Honda Team           Honda          338.1     1'42.857    0.560 / 0.081
7      69     Nicky HAYDEN       USA    Ducati Team                     Ducati          338.4     1'42.890    0.593 / 0.033
8       4     Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA     Ducati Team                    Ducati           338.7     1'42.988    0.691 / 0.098
9       6     Stefan BRADL        GER     LCR Honda MotoGP            Honda           337.2     1'43.005    0.708 / 0.017
10    41     Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA     Power Electronics Aspar     ART              322.4     1'43.204    0.907 / 0.199
11    29     Andrea IANNONE    ITA     Energy T.I. Pramac Racing  Ducati           336.6     1'43.272    0.975 / 0.068
12    14     Randy DE PUNIET   FRA     Power Electronics Aspar     ART              317.5     1'43.644    1.347 / 0.372
13    51     Michele PIRRO       ITA      Ignite Pramac Racing         Ducati           329.7     1'43.648    1.351 / 0.004
14    38     Bradley SMITH      GBR      Monster Yamaha Tech 3    Yamaha          323.2     1'44.247    1.950 / 0.599
15     8     Hector BARBERA     SPA     Avintia Blusens                 FTR               312.8     1'44.461    2.164 / 0.214
16     5     Colin EDWARDS      USA     NGM Mobile Forward Rac    FTR Kawasaki  316.5     1'44.586    2.289 / 0.125
17    17     Karel ABRAHAM      CZE     Cardion AB Motoracing      ART               318.5     1'44.599    2.302 / 0.013
18     9     Danilo PETRUCCI     ITA     Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda-Suter      316.0     1'44.609    2.312 / 0.010
19    70     Michael LAVERTY    GBR     Paul Bird Motorsport         PBM               316.4     1'45.337    3.040 / 0.728
20    71     Claudio CORTI        ITA     NGM Mobile Forward Rac    FTR Kawasaki  318.7     1'45.513    3.216 / 0.176
21     7     Hiroshi AOYAMA      JPN     Avintia Blusens                FTR                311.3     1'45.834    3.537 / 0.321
22    68     Yonny HERNANDEZ  COL    Paul Bird Motorsport         ART                315.4     1'46.216    3.919 / 0.382
23    67     Bryan STARING       AUS    GO&FUN Honda Gresini      FTR Honda      313.0     1'46.577     4.280 / 0.361
24    52     Lukas PESEK          CZE     Came IodaRacing Project  Ioda-Suter      309.8     1'47.239     4.942 / 0.662

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In Ducati News, Nicky Hayden breaks *correction, ties the top speed record at the circuit set in 2004 by Alex Barros. Nicky hit 339.4km/h (210.8mph).

[TooClose Racing]

Hayden 2nd in FP3!!! And look at his time and improvement over FP2.  Mother F---ing Awesome.

Go Nicky.  Go Desmo.   

By the way - on another topic - I'm here in Unadilla NY at "MX Rewind" racing my vintage dirt bikes.  If there are any old school MX junkies out there, you need to get here.  Must be 800 entries and some of the coolest 70s and 80s MX bikes I have ever seen.  Just some great, great hardware.  And of course...Unadilla!  Post Vintage MX tomorrow (76 and later), Vintage today (75 and earlier).

[ducpainter]

Hayden 2nd in FP3!!! And look at his time and improvement over FP2.  Mother F---ing Awesome.

Go Nicky.  Go Desmo.   

By the way - on another topic - I'm here in Unadilla NY at "MX Rewind" racing my vintage dirt bikes.  If there are any old school MX junkies out there, you need to get here.  Must be 800 entries and some of the coolest 70s and 80s MX bikes I have ever seen.  Just some great, great hardware.  And of course...Unadilla!  Post Vintage MX tomorrow (76 and later), Vintage today (75 and earlier).

Yeah... .06 off Marquez time...

where's Raux?

[thought]

Some nice little upsets in the FP's...

But Duc's tend to always do well in the FP's but when their tires degrade in the actual race it just all goes to hell.

And damn... go Cal.

[duccarlos]

Pos.   Points   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time/Gap
1   25   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   164.4   43'06.479
2   20   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   164.3   +1.763
3   16   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   164.3   +1.826
4   13   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Yamaha Factory Racing   Yamaha   164.1   +5.874
5   11   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   162.7   +26.756
6   10   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   162.4   +32.228
7   9   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   162.4   +32.692
8   8   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   160.8   +58.615
9   7   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   FTR Kawasaki   160.5   +1'03.142
10   6   51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   Ignite Pramac Racing   Ducati   160.1   +1'09.774
11   5   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda-Suter   159.2   +1'24.377
12   4   71   Claudio CORTI   ITA   NGM Mobile Forward Racing   FTR Kawasaki   158.7   +1'33.679
13   3   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Paul Bird Motorsport   ART   158.0   +1'45.355
14   2   67   Bryan STARING   AUS   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   FTR Honda   157.7   +1'50.745
15   1   77   Javier DEL AMOR   SPA   Avintia Blusens   FTR   151.8   1 Lap
16      52   Lukas PESEK   CZE   Came IodaRacing Project   Ioda-Suter   151.6   1 Lap
Not Classified
8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Blusens   FTR   160.5   10 Laps
17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   ART   158.1   15 Laps
35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   164.1   20 Laps
69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Ducati Team   Ducati   162.8   20 Laps
29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   162.0   21 Laps
14   Randy DE PUNIET   FRA   Power Electronics Aspar   ART   153.0   24 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda      0 Lap
70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM      0 Lap

[duccarlos]

Pretty much a snooze fest. The track was oily because of the heat so everyone was dropping like flies.

Bautista almost takes out Rossi... again.

Lorenzo took the first corner and that was pretty much it.

I find myself agreeing with Raux. Pedrosa was holding up Marquez throughout the race. Unlike what most people think, I get the feeling that he's smart enough not to want to punt him out of the way to get to Lorenzo, especially since The Turd is leading the championship and HRC would not take kindly to that. At the end he didn't have enough tire to get passed, having a moment on the last lap.

  for Edwards!

[ducpainter]

I pretty much agree Carlos...

except I don't think the track was oily.

I think the extra soft L/H side of the rear was so much more capable than the front it was over powering the grip of the front.

Doesn't matter...it was a boring race.

[lazylightnin717]

Such a pity for Crutchlow. I've really enjoyed watching him this season.

Marquez best watch it with moves like that. Taking out both factory Hondas with points as close as they are would not bode well for him.

Rossi who? Just don't think he has it in him anymore to hang with the youngsters.

[fastwin]

Marquez best watch it with moves like that. Taking out both factory Hondas with points as close as they are would not bode well for him.
 

Hmmmm... and why does this sound very familiar? Shades of '06 and 'bot vs The Kid.

[ZLTFUL]

I still don't agree with the sentiment that Pedrosa is holding up Marquez.

Mugello...he got around him eventually...and crashed.
Catalunya...he tried to get around him and almost ended up in the sandbox again.

Personally, I think Dani has done a much better job recognizing the edge and riding right at it...while Marquez pushes beyond it and has been facing the consequences of it.
I think Marquez is a faster rider than Dani but has yet to prove he is a better rider.

Rossi is still in a class of his own...unfortunately, that class falls between Jorge, Marc, Dani and Cal and Dovi, Bradl, Nicky and Crashtista.

[duccarlos]

At various points Marquez was on the same pace as Lorenzo. Marquez needs to do a better job at passing Pedrosa in the first corner.

[OT]

I'm thinking that Rossi's giving up at least 20-25 pounds of body weight to each of those three (prolly 40 to Dani  )...so he won't catch those lightweights unless some handicapping lead is added under their 'saddles'.....

[Grampa]

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