MotoGP Qatar 2015 ****Spoilers****

[TitanMonsterS4R]

Let the season begin.

[TitanMonsterS4R]

Midway through FP1 Andrea Dovizioso is up to fourth with a 1'56.000 on the GP15.

[Nekkid Tim]

Go, go, go!!!!!

Would be nice to see Ducati competitive in MotoGP again.

[duccarlos]

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   343.7   1'55.281   
2   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   347.3   1'55.357   0.076 / 0.076
3   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   328.8   1'55.685   0.404 / 0.328
4   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   338.4   1'55.698   0.417 / 0.013
5   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   340.2   1'55.818   0.537 / 0.120
6   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Pramac Racing   Ducati   341.2   1'55.939   0.658 / 0.121
7   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   345.0   1'55.980   0.699 / 0.041
8   68   Yonny HERNANDEZ   COL   Pramac Racing   Ducati   343.5   1'56.139   0.858 / 0.159
9   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   338.4   1'56.162   0.881 / 0.023
10   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   344.4   1'56.315   1.034 / 0.153
11   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   344.6   1'56.361   1.080 / 0.046
12   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   338.1   1'56.374   1.093 / 0.013
13   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   343.7   1'56.428   1.147 / 0.054
14   6   Stefan BRADL   GER   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   336.2   1'56.577   1.296 / 0.149
15   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   AB Motoracing   Honda   334.1   1'56.651   1.370 / 0.074
16   15   Alex DE ANGELIS   RSM   Octo IodaRacing Team   ART   326.7   1'56.768   1.487 / 0.117
17   25   Maverick VIÑALES   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   330.6   1'56.922   1.641 / 0.154
18   8   Hector BARBERA   SPA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   340.1   1'56.957   1.676 / 0.035
19   43   Jack MILLER   AUS   CWM LCR Honda   Honda   338.4   1'56.983   1.702 / 0.026
20   76   Loris BAZ   FRA   Athinà Forward Racing   Yamaha Forward   332.9   1'57.031   1.750 / 0.048
21   69   Nicky HAYDEN   USA   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   331.4   1'57.052   1.771 / 0.021
22   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   331.8   1'57.130   1.849 / 0.078
23   50   Eugene LAVERTY   IRL   Aspar MotoGP Team   Honda   336.3   1'57.224   1.943 / 0.094
24   63   Mike DI MEGLIO   FRA   Avintia Racing   Ducati   338.4   1'57.612   2.331 / 0.388
25   33   Marco MELANDRI   ITA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   333.6   1'59.579   4.298 / 1.967

[duccarlos]

Seeing Cal top 5 is weird. Weirder yet to see Petrucci and Yonny in the top 10. Could the GP14.2 be the best satellite bike out there?

[TitanMonsterS4R]

Are the GP15's just hanging back and working on setup? Feel like the Honda's went out to prove a point......Vale was hanging back in 9th 

[koko64]

Go Suzuki.

[duccarlos]

I'm pretty sure Aleix posted that time on the soft tire. Not sure what the Ducs were working on. The Pramac boys seemed to be pretty comfortable on the 14.2!

[duccarlos]

https://motomatters.com/results/2015/03/26/2015_qatar_motogp_fp1_result_marquez_edg.html

Without the soft tire, the Suk and 14.2s would not be in the top 10. it would have been 5th, 6th and 7th for Dovi, Vale and Crazy Joe.

[HotIce]

I am afraid this year will be almost a photocopy of last year.
The M1 not yet there, improving, and by the time it does, MM is already done for the season.
Hope the Ducatis can fight better during race, WRT last year.

[duccarlos]

The Ducs should do well in the really fast circuits. For the rest, they should be fighting it out with Pedrosa for 4th.

[TitanMonsterS4R]

With roughly 30 minutes left in the FP2:

1   93   M. MARQUEZ   1:54.828
2   26   D. PEDROSA   +0.447
3   4   A. DOVIZIOSO   +0.538
4   99   J. LORENZO   +0.781
5   29   A. IANNONE   +0.867
6   8   H. BARBERA   +1.010
7   41   A. ESPARGARO   +1.019
8   46   V. ROSSI   +1.133
9   35   C. CRUTCHLOW   +1.149
10   44   P. ESPARGARO   +1.176

[duccarlos]

New announcer is driving me crazy trying too hard to announce the Spanish names.

[Triple J]

No predictions yet?

1. MM
2. Rossi
3. JLo
4. Pedro
5. Dovi

Cal and Crazy Joe will be in the hunt, but they'll both wad it at some point.

I think the rumors of the M1's demise are being greatly exaggerated, as they were last season. Take away MM, and the M1 riders are just as likely to win as the HRC riders.

I'm also rooting for Pedrobot this season. Poor bastard deserves a championship. A little injury luck, and he could get one.

[TitanMonsterS4R]

No predictions yet?

1. MM
2. Rossi
3. JLo
4. Pedro
5. Dovi

Cal and Crazy Joe will be in the hunt, but they'll both wad it at some point.

I think the rumors of the M1's demise are being greatly exaggerated, as they were last season. Take away MM, and the M1 riders are just as likely to win as the HRC riders.

I'm also rooting for Pedrobot this season. Poor bastard deserves a championship. A little injury luck, and he could get one.

1. MM
2. Vale
3. Dovi
4. JLo
5. Pedro