Motegi GP

[Cleve]

Greetings from Japan. Am here for a combination family holiday (Disney Land and Sea), business trip and MotoGP weekend.
Looking forward to heading back to Motegi. Was last there in 2008 to see Rossi take the title - guess I won't see that this time...
Anyway my pick.
1. Stoner (duh!)
2. Pedrosa
3. Simoncelli

Hope to have updates from there.

[carbonhed]

Well I was going to ask whether the Motegi circuit would suit the Yamaha... but events have conspired to answer that question. Honda domination. So far.

[BMWST?]

wow,not beyond the realm of possibility that there could be FIVE hondas ahead of Jorge,def 3 maybe 4

[BMWST?]

FP1
1 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 291.2 1'47.289
2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 287.4 1'47.566 0.277 / 0.277
3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 291.3 1'47.732 0.443 / 0.166
4 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 287.2 1'47.836 0.547 / 0.104
5 1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 283.3 1'47.912 0.623 / 0.076
6 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 288.3 1'47.942 0.653 / 0.030
7 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 284.7 1'48.169 0.880 / 0.227
8 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 285.4 1'48.197 0.908 / 0.028
9 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 281.5 1'48.406 1.117 / 0.209
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 286.9 1'48.667 1.378 / 0.261
11 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 285.1 1'48.776 1.487 / 0.109
12 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 284.0 1'48.880 1.591 / 0.104
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 275.9 1'48.892 1.603 / 0.012
14 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 274.9 1'49.385 2.096 / 0.493
15 24 Toni ELIAS SPA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 287.3 1'49.415 2.126 / 0.030
16 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 275.2 1'49.813 2.524 / 0.398
17 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHI JPN LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 277.8 1'50.688 3.399 / 0.875
18 72 Shinichi ITO JPN Honda Racing Team Honda 276.4 1'51.461 4.172 / 0.773
19 6 Damian CUDLIN AUS Pramac Racing Team Ducati 268.5 1'53.218 5.929 / 1.757
Weather Conditions:
| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 25º| Humidity: 54%| Ground: 38º
FP2
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 293.5 1'46.790
2 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 291.7 1'46.844 0.054 / 0.054
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 290.2 1'46.952 0.162 / 0.108
4 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 288.8 1'47.188 0.398 / 0.236
5 1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 289.9 1'47.310 0.520 / 0.122
6 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 285.9 1'47.381 0.591 / 0.071
7 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 288.8 1'47.785 0.995 / 0.404
8 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 288.5 1'47.975 1.185 / 0.190
9 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 284.1 1'48.055 1.265 / 0.080
10 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 286.7 1'48.076 1.286 / 0.021
11 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 284.7 1'48.097 1.307 / 0.021
12 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 282.2 1'48.374 1.584 / 0.277
13 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 281.0 1'48.379 1.589 / 0.005
14 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 287.2 1'48.567 1.777 / 0.188
15 24 Toni ELIAS SPA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 289.6 1'48.743 1.953 / 0.176
16 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 281.8 1'49.305 2.515 / 0.562
17 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHI JPN LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 281.6 1'49.464 2.674 / 0.159
18 72 Shinichi ITO JPN Honda Racing Team Honda 284.4 1'49.673 2.883 / 0.209
19 6 Damian CUDLIN AUS Pramac Racing Team Ducati 276.4 1'51.349 4.559 / 1.676
Weather Conditions:
| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 26º| Humidity: 58%| Ground: 41º

[Cleve]

early morning train from Tokyo tomorrow morning. 2 days in Motegi. Can't wait!

[Cleve]

http://yfrog.com/nxsgaxvj
Itoh's bike. Very RC 30

[gixerracer]

Greetings from Japan. Am here for a combination family holiday (Disney Land and Sea), business trip and MotoGP weekend.
Looking forward to heading back to Motegi. Was last there in 2008 to see Rossi take the title - guess I won't see that this time...
Anyway my pick.
1. Stoner (duh!)
2. Pedrosa
3. Simoncelli

Hope to have updates from there.

Cudlin:love:
Elias
Itoh
:facepalm:

[Crasherfromwayback]

Stoner

Pedro

Lorenzo

Dovi

Hayden

[Crasherfromwayback]

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http://yfrog.com/nxsgaxvj
Itoh's bike. Very RC 30

And also quite like the NSR500 the year they had no sponsor...

[Brian d marge]

Im not at Motegi this year , stuck at work . I am in tokyo,

Watch the Japanese wild card in Moto2 , Nakano?

Stephen

[DidJit]

To quote White Trash from another thread, "Fuck me!" Look at those FP2 times — Honda own Motegi! A Repsol 1, 2, 3 could be on the cards methinks...


... Watch the Japanese wild card in Moto2 , Nakano? ...

Takaama Nakagami?

[BMWST?]

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And also quite like the NSR500 the year they had no sponsor...

apart from michelin,elf ,rk chainsand ,ngk you mean?

[BMWST?]

To quote White Trash from another thread, "Fuck me!" Look at those FP2 times — Honda own Motegi! A Repsol 1, 2, 3 could be on the cards methinks...





not to mention simo and even aoyama!Jorge could be 6th and first non honda.

[Crasherfromwayback]

apart from michelin,elf ,rk chainsand ,ngk you mean?

Major sponsor sorry Mr Pedantic! As in Rothmans the years before that pic...or Repsol ever since. Like Yamaha this year. No more Fiat...you dig?

[BMWST?]

Major sponsor sorry Mr Pedantic! As in Rothmans the years before that pic...or Repsol ever since. Like Yamaha this year. No more Fiat...you dig?

i can dig it mr cfwb...

[Crasherfromwayback]

i can dig it mr cfwb...

Thought as much! Get yourself in here next Sat to go into the draw to win a free bike hire in Aust for 10 days. Bike hire, accom and fuel all paid for. BBQ will be cranking...and no, you don't HAVE to ride a Harley. Can if you want to though obviously!

[RobGassit]

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Pleasa Santa I begga you,,,bringa mea an Honda!

[BMWST?]

Thought as much! Get yourself in here next Sat to go into the draw to win a free bike hire in Aust for 10 days. Bike hire, accom and fuel all paid for. BBQ will be cranking...and no, you don't HAVE to ride a Harley. Can if you want to though obviously!

i will be in aussie watchin the taxi races,thank you for your offer. one of these days i will come in and take a non feet forward style for a spin

[BMWST?]

qualifying on sky in a few minutes!

[rachprice]

Fuck stoner you little champ!!
Smashed the pole record, done on qualifying tyres!!

[rachprice]

Motegi, Saturday, October 01, 2011
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 295.6 1'45.267
2 1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 287.8 1'45.523 0.256 / 0.256
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 293.8 1'45.791 0.524 / 0.268
4 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 292.0 1'45.966 0.699 / 0.175
5 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 292.4 1'46.042 0.775 / 0.076
6 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 292.4 1'46.211 0.944 / 0.169
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 290.9 1'46.467 1.200 / 0.256
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 288.5 1'46.586 1.319 / 0.119
9 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 287.5 1'46.694 1.427 / 0.108
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 289.5 1'46.763 1.496 / 0.069
11 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 290.2 1'46.811 1.544 / 0.048
12 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 281.9 1'46.818 1.551 / 0.007
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 285.5 1'46.917 1.650 / 0.099
14 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 289.3 1'47.165 1.898 / 0.248
15 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 284.7 1'47.922 2.655 / 0.757
16 24 Toni ELIAS SPA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 289.2 1'48.169 2.902 / 0.247
17 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHI JPN LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 286.5 1'48.367 3.100 / 0.198
18 6 Damian CUDLIN AUS Pramac Racing Team Ducati 275.0 1'48.962 3.695 / 0.595
19 72 Shinichi ITO JPN Honda Racing Team Honda 286.8 1'49.971 4.704 / 1.009

[carbonhed]

Exciting qualifying. Stoner on a mission, great performance by Lorenzo. Could be a great race.

[Cleve]

Exciting qualifying. Stoner on a mission, great performance by Lorenzo. Could be a great race.

and I will be there to see it live!

Qualifying was pretty good. Crowd was disappointing. I heard that with all the riders threatening to boycott they were struggling to get momentum for crowds to show up.
Anyway - a spectacular track and a couple of highlights for me by the final downhill straight.

1. Most of the Moto2 boys backing it before hitting the apex (9/10 anyway)
2. The phenomenal acceleration of the MotoGP boys before the front wheel lifts up at near 200 mph and then hard on the anchors and so fast down 4 gears before elbows down around the bend. Awe inspiring to watch live. Even the slowest of the riders were great to watch there.

Will be back tomorrow for the races. Can't wait.

[Coolz]

Stoner

Pedro

Lorenzo

Dovi

Hayden
and Baultista and Rossi Battlin for sixth!

[Crasherfromwayback]

and I will be there to see it live!

Qualifying was pretty good. Crowd was disappointing. I heard that with all the riders threatening to boycott they were struggling to get momentum for crowds to show up.
Anyway - a spectacular track and a couple of highlights for me by the final downhill straight.

1. Most of the Moto2 boys backing it before hitting the apex (9/10 anyway)
2. The phenomenal acceleration of the MotoGP boys before the front wheel lifts up at near 200 mph and then hard on the anchors and so fast down 4 gears before elbows down around the bend. Awe inspiring to watch live. Even the slowest of the riders were great to watch there.

Will be back tomorrow for the races. Can't wait.

Lucky you I say!

It's only when you see the moto GP bikes in the flesh do you realize how sick they are eh!!!


I can't wait to go and see the thous again.

Pictures please!!!

[racefactory]

A lot of backing it in!

Fuck me that british codger is an annoying commentator on sky sport- someone get rid of him! What are they thinking?

[LBD]

WE HAVE A RACE!

What a first 5 laps....

[Latte]

!! </10mofochar>

[Crasherfromwayback]

Fuck man. Skills by Stoner!!! THAT was close.

[rachprice]

Good races! Whoohoo
man chaos.... Who could have predicted it? Though it ended up not so bad

Top ride from spies, after being so sick and then run off the track!
Cute to see pedrosa that happy

Good ride from simoncelli but in a way I'm sad for poor dovi, he was on fire at the start!

[DidJit]

... poor Dovi, he was on fire at the start!

Man on a mission he was! Great come-back rides from Spies and Stoner.

[nodrog]

..... I'm sad for poor dovi, he was on fire at the start!

he was on fire before the start

[Crasherfromwayback]

he was on fire before the start

The ride throughs were a bit of a shame I reckon. If Dovi and Simo had been at the front from the start could've been fireworks.

[gijoe1313]

What a start to the race, plenty of drama and excitement - everything a GP should be. Some great riding skills on display (especially into the run offs). Was interesting to see how the field changed with the ride through penalties and hard charging through the field by the leading riders! :niceone:

[Cleve]

Heading back to Tokyo for business today but the weekend in Motegi was great. What an action packed weekend.
Saturday.
Moto2 backing it in at the final downhill hairpin. Awesome!
The sheer speed and acceleration (and NOISE) of the MotoGP bikes as they howl down the final straight, front wheel in the air at around 300k's then hard on the brakes and fast down 4 gears for the bottom hairpin. Each bike one after the other just awesome.
Sunday.
Rossi down corner 2. Every race that day a crash there on first lap.
Barbera a nasty crash in final chicane. I saw it happen in front of me. Hit the wall then bike hit him. Away in ambulance. Lucky it wasn't worse.
Stoner in gravel after nearly losing it, then Dovi and Sic a ride thru.
Great battle at the end for Dovi and Sic to the end.
Well done to Dani, Jorge and Casey.

[Crasherfromwayback]

. I saw it happen in front of me. Hit the wall then bike hit him. Away in ambulance. Lucky it wasn't worse.
Stoner in gravel after nearly losing it, then Dovi and Sic a ride thru.
Great battle at the end for Dovi and Sic to the end.
Well done to Dani, Jorge and Casey.

Never nice seeing that shit!

Pictures of the weekend please!

[carbonhed]

The ride throughs were a bit of a shame I reckon. If Dovi and Simo had been at the front from the start could've been fireworks.

Certainly was. Interesting that Simoncelli is now starting to beat Dovi in those close situations.

Moto2 really getting fascinating too. Spose Marquez is odds on to win but I'm sick of Spanish midgets so I'm rooting for Bradl... shame Iannone had such a slow start to the season, can't be many people who hand Marquez the lead with a technical problem and then chase him down and kick his arse a second time :woohoo:

[Crasherfromwayback]

Certainly was. Interesting that Simoncelli is now starting to beat Dovi in those close situations.

Moto2 really getting fascinating too. Spose Marquez is odds on to win but I'm sick of Spanish midgets so I'm rooting for Bradl... shame Iannone had such a slow start to the season, can't be many people who hand Marquez the lead with a technical problem and then chase him down and kick his arse a second time :woohoo:

Yeah give them a 5 sec penalty to be added on to their race time...much bettera!

Even I've been watching moto 2 of late :innocent:, and yep...I'm rooting for Bradl too!

[Cleve]

Never nice seeing that shit!

Pictures of the weekend please!

OK here you go...

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[Cleve]

and some more

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[pritch]

I was watching the MotoGP video podcast (Aragon version). Viewers had submitted questions for the riders, one was, "What is your achilles heel?"
Lorenzo is scared of cockroaches, Davizioso is scared of snakes, Elias is scared of people who smell bad.

When Stoner was asked what his achiles heel was he thought and said, "I haven't got one." WTF? Give the boy a milkshake and some time to reconsider...

[carbonhed]

:laugh:
Give the boy a milkshake and some time to reconsider...

Now that would have been a great answer. :laugh: I live in mortal terror of dairy products

[Crasherfromwayback]

Give the boy a milkshake and

Three races off to reconsider!

[pritch]

Three races off to reconsider!

Some of the other questions were amusing. One to Colin Edwards was about a guy whose wife thought he was more married to his bike than to her. She suggested he move into the garage. He was asking what he should do.

Colin's advice? Make sure the beer fridge is full and move into the shed. Oh - and better take some lube.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Some of the other questions were amusing. One to Colin Edwards was about a guy whose wife thought he was more married to his bike than to her. She suggested he move into the garage. He was asking what he should do.

Colin's advice? Make sure the beer fridge is full and move into the shed. Oh - and better take some lube.

Yeah Rach was watching some of those on MotoGP.com. Funny as.