MotoGP Jerez 2014 *** Spoilers ***

[duccarlos]

FP1:

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   286.0   1'39.357   
2   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   288.4   1'39.714   0.357 / 0.357
3   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   292.2   1'39.849   0.492 / 0.135
4   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   293.3   1'39.860   0.503 / 0.011
5   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   289.9   1'40.167   0.810 / 0.307
6   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   291.5   1'40.560   1.203 / 0.393
7   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   290.9   1'40.619   1.262 / 0.059
8   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   291.2   1'40.644   1.287 / 0.025
9   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   283.7   1'40.686   1.329 / 0.042
10   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   287.3   1'40.758   1.401 / 0.072
11   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   280.3   1'40.846   1.489 / 0.088
12   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   288.3   1'40.879   1.522 / 0.033
13   51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   291.4   1'40.924   1.567 / 0.045
14   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   281.1   1'40.928   1.571 / 0.004
15   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   287.3   1'41.002   1.645 / 0.074
16   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   282.7   1'41.183   1.826 / 0.181
17   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   282.7   1'41.252   1.895 / 0.069
18   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   286.6   1'41.364   2.007 / 0.112
19   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   278.0   1'41.374   2.017 / 0.010
20   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Honda   280.9   1'41.578   2.221 / 0.204
21   23   Broc PARKES   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   274.8   1'42.171   2.814 / 0.593
22   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   IodaRacing Project   ART   275.1   1'42.188   2.831 / 0.017
23   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   277.7   1'42.346   2.989 / 0.158
24   70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   276.4   1'43.015   3.658 / 0.669

[duccarlos]

FP2:

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   290.3   1'39.757   
2   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   287.2   1'39.973   0.216 / 0.216
3   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   291.9   1'40.028   0.271 / 0.055
4   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   292.2   1'40.125   0.368 / 0.097
5   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   290.9   1'40.133   0.376 / 0.008
6   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   294.8   1'40.491   0.734 / 0.358
7   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   292.6   1'40.616   0.859 / 0.125
8   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   290.5   1'40.672   0.915 / 0.056
9   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   288.0   1'40.742   0.985 / 0.070
10   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   281.7   1'40.788   1.031 / 0.046
11   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   290.9   1'40.918   1.161 / 0.130
12   51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   290.2   1'40.930   1.173 / 0.012
13   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   286.4   1'41.092   1.335 / 0.162
14   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   283.2   1'41.188   1.431 / 0.096
15   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   291.7   1'41.353   1.596 / 0.165
16   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   287.3   1'41.360   1.603 / 0.007
17   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   279.9   1'41.465   1.708 / 0.105
18   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   IodaRacing Project   ART   275.5   1'41.589   1.832 / 0.124
19   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   281.0   1'41.619   1.862 / 0.030
20   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   284.9   1'41.831   2.074 / 0.212
21   70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   278.9   1'41.914   2.157 / 0.083
22   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Honda   280.5   1'41.934   2.177 / 0.020
23   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   279.5   1'42.220   2.463 / 0.286
24   23   Broc PARKES   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   273.8   1'42.424   2.667 / 0.204

[duccarlos]

Yamahas looked good in the morning, before it got really hot. The afternoon looked like another runaway for MM.

[lazylightnin717]

Is it just me or does the track look like it isn't very wide?

Maybe it just seems that way because Argentina was a nice wide track.

[duccarlos]

Q2:

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   292.1   1'38.120   
2   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   287.5   1'38.541   0.421 / 0.421
3   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   292.7   1'38.630   0.510 / 0.089
4   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   289.4   1'38.857   0.737 / 0.227
5   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   284.8   1'39.007   0.887 / 0.150
6   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   291.0   1'39.222   1.102 / 0.215
7   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   291.1   1'39.243   1.123 / 0.021
8   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   289.2   1'39.293   1.173 / 0.050
9   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   290.6   1'39.390   1.270 / 0.097
10   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   291.8   1'39.751   1.631 / 0.361
11   5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   286.3   1'39.814   1.694 / 0.063
12   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   280.0   1'39.826   1.706 / 0.012

[duccarlos]

MM just spank the rest of the field. Almost half a second over Jorghey in second. Granted, that was only 1 lap after being behind Lorenzzzzo most of the session. He also needed 3 runs while all others just had 2. Still, this kid is sick...

[thought]

Having MM around is making the bet for who's gonna be champ for 2014 pretty boring.

[ducpainter]

MM just spank the rest of the field. Almost half a second over Jorghey in second. Granted, that was only 1 lap after being behind Lorenzzzzo most of the session. He also needed 3 runs while all others just had 2. Still, this kid is sick...

Marquez hadn't used the soft tire much, if at all, during practice. He had two hot laps prior to getting pole to get used to it.

All his times in practice were set on the race tire while Lornzo and Pedrosa had used the soft and they were just a couple of tenths ahead of the kid.

It's gonna be another Argentina.

[duccarlos]

I hope it's like Argentina, but only the first five laps of that race.

[ducpainter]

I hope it's like Argentina, but only the first five laps of that race.

I'd like to see that for an entire race too, but we all know it isn't gonna happen.

[thought]

I'd like to see that for an entire race too, but we all know it isn't gonna happen.

It does every weekend... just in Moto 2/3 only though

Though... one thing I've noticed is that whenever Rossi is poking around in the front pack, things are pretty exciting... it's only when he slows down halfway through the race do things become a procession again.  So lets hope he has the pace this weekend to keep on nipping at the guys at the front.

[koko64]

Now you say it, that seems true.
I hope Crazy Joe can put it all together and podium the Duc.

[duccarlos]

Dominance

Pos.   Points   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time/Gap
1   25   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   157.8   45'24.134
2   20   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   157.7   +1.431
3   16   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   157.7   +1.529
4   13   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   157.3   +8.541
5   11   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   156.2   +27.494
6   10   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   156.2   +27.606
7   9   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   156.2   +27.917
8   8   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   156.2   +27.947
9   7   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   156.1   +29.419
10   6   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   LCR Honda MotoGP   Honda   155.9   +32.872
11   5   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   155.7   +35.490
12   4   7   Hiroshi AOYAMA   JPN   Drive M7 Aspar   Honda   155.5   +40.083
13   3   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   GO&FUN Honda Gresini   Honda   155.3   +43.830
14   2   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Energy T.I. Pramac Racing   Ducati   154.8   +52.295
15   1   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   154.7   +54.873
16      70   Michael LAVERTY   GBR   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   154.0   +1'06.182
17      23   Broc PARKES   AUS   Paul Bird Motorsport   PBM   153.1   +1'23.420

Not Classified
5   Colin EDWARDS   USA   NGM Forward Racing   Forward Yamaha   154.5   1 Lap
29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   153.7   5 Laps
63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Avintia   144.9   6 Laps
17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Cardion AB Motoracing   Honda   149.2   17 Laps
35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   Ducati Team   Ducati   153.8   23 Laps
51   Michele PIRRO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   151.1   25 Laps

[duccarlos]

I might have read somewhere that Colin Edwards decided to retire, but not sure if that was from the race or for good.

[HotIce]

I think Pedrosa sleeps half of the race, until he finally realizes he is riding a bike which has 4/10 of a second a lap potential, over the bikes before him.