MotoGP Testing - Phillip Island

[gav]

Day 1:
Yamaha Tech 3's Colin Edwards set the day one pace with a qualifying tyre lap, while Ducati's world champion Casey Stoner was fastest on race tyres at his home circuit...


1. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha Tech 3 (M) 1min 29.566 secs
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 30.178 secs
3. Alex de Angelis RSM Honda Gresini (B) 1min 30.688 secs
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot (M) 1min 30.701 secs
5. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (M) 1min 30.864 secs
6. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 30.869 secs
7. Shinya Nakano JPN Honda Gresini (B) 1min 31.111 secs
8. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 31.226 secs
9. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 31.274 secs
10. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 31.317 secs
11. Randy de Puniet FRA Honda LCR (M) 1min 31.436 secs
12. John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 31.623 secs
13. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 31.786 secs
14. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 1min 32.484 secs
15. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 1min 32.573 secs

Day 2:
Phillip Island Test - January 2008 - Day 2 Times (Provisional)

Intermittent rain

1.Stoner (Ducati) 1m29.93 (45 laps)
2.De Angelis (Honda) 1m30.44 (54 laps)
3.Dovizioso (Honda) 1m31.07 (60 laps)
4.Nakano (Honda) 1m31.31 (74 laps)
5.Hayden (Honda) 1m31.37 (72 laps)
6.Toseland (Yamaha) 1m31.45 (55 laps)
7.Melandri (Ducati) 1m31.47 (80 laps)
8.Capirossi (Suzuki) 1m31.54 (62 laps)
9.De Puniet (Honda) 1m31.57 (72 laps)
10.Edwards (Yamaha) 1m31.59 (44 laps)
11.Vermeulen (Suzuki) 1m31.77 (50 laps)
12.West (Kawasaki) 1m32.24 (75 laps)
13.Elias (Ducati) 1m32.24 (59 laps)
14.Guintoli (Ducati) 1m32.43 (64 laps)
15.Hopkins (Kawasaki) 1m42.13 (27 laps)

[onearmedbandit]

Obviously Rossi is out with injury? I see that Nicky Hayden put in 107 laps in his first day of testing! Unreal.

[Bikernereid]

Glad to see a James is holding his own, so far!!

[NZsarge]

Also interesting to see no real domination of tyre manufacturer.

[skidMark]

sooo whens first round of 08....i'm wanting too see it live on sky....

i don't get why kawasakis always at the bottom...they need a decent rider...like me for example:love: (yer right i can dream:no:)

[k14]

Obviously Rossi is out with injury? I see that Nicky Hayden put in 107 laps in his first day of testing! Unreal.
I think the factory yamaha team elected not to attend the test. Yeah hayden normally is top of the lap sheets at these tests.

[sAsLEX]

sooo whens first round of 08....

The first one thats going to be run at night isn't it?

[denill]

<a href=http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=11828>Hopkins Hurt at PI:</A>

[gav]

Ummm, I'd already posted day 2 times ....... :whistle:

[denill]

Ummm, I'd already posted day 2 times ....... :whistle:

Whoops, sorry Gav. Now deleted. :doh: A bit too early in the morn.............

[Grub]

It's surprising the way they do all these pre-season test together. You'd expect each team to be off in their own corner somewhere secretly stripping seconds off their lap times so that they can turn up at the first race and blow everyone away.

[denill]

It's surprising the way they do all these pre-season test together. You'd expect each team to be off in their own corner somewhere secretly stripping seconds off their lap times so that they can turn up at the first race and blow everyone away.

Yeah, me too. I guess they do unofficial (private) tests tho?

[k14]

Yeah, me too. I guess they do unofficial (private) tests tho?
Yeah they would all have private test facilities at the tracks but I think it is just better to be able to compare to the competition where you are at. Also I'm not sure what bridgestone and michelin would do as far as tyres go for private tests at their own tracks. I doubt they would be willing to get half the factory out for two riders at some track in the middle of nowhere?

[roogazza]

Yeah they would all have private test facilities at the tracks but I think it is just better to be able to compare to the competition where you are at. Also I'm not sure what bridgestone and michelin would do as far as tyres go for private tests at their own tracks. I doubt they would be willing to get half the factory out for two riders at some track in the middle of nowhere?

Yep K14, that makes sense to me , guess its better to have everyone together as far as tyres go . I'd love to see the pile of used ones after a three day test of all the teams.
Notice De Angelis up there both days, Honda seem to have a good spread of talent ? Gaz.

[Mental Trousers]

MotoGP has restrictions on testing (http://www.grandprix-live.com/2008/01/09/motogp-rule-changes-tire-testing-restricted-oval-cylinders-banned-3/).

Hopper is lucky. Fuck highsiding out of turn 1 at Phillip Island. Even in the rain it's a scary fast turn.

[denill]

On the last day at PI it is interesting that:

Casey Stoner did 51 laps and his best time was 1:28.777

Marco Melandri did 108 laps and his best time was 1:31.377. More that 2.5 secs slower than the Aussie? :gob:

[gav]

Final Lap Times From The Test


1. Casey STONER (Ducati) 1:28.777 (51)
2. Nicky HAYDEN (Honda) 1:29.734 (102)
3. James TOSELAND (Yamaha) 1:29.754 (89)
4. Andrea DOVIZIOSO (Honda) 1:29.780 (90)
5. Colin EDWARDS (Yamaha) 1:29.795 (56)
6. Chris VERMEULEN (Suzuki) 1:30.216 (73)
7. Alex DE ANGELIS (Honda) 1:30.438 (91)
8. Shinya NAKANO (Honda) 1:30.728 (89)
9. Toni ELIAS (Ducati) 1:30.966 (97)
10. Randy DE PUNIET (Honda) 1:30.978 (115)
11. Sylvain GUINTOLI (Ducati) 1:30.983 (58)
12. Marco MELANDRI (Ducati) 1:31.377 (108)
13. Loris CAPIROSSI (Suzuki) 1:31.508 (75)
14. Anthony WEST (Kawasaki) 1:31.957 (90)

[Movistar]

The first one thats going to be run at night isn't it?

Yeah the Qatar GP is first up at Losail under floodlights, imagine trying to get your braking marks/bearings from anything off track!
Mind you it's in the desert so no landmarks anyway!

9th March and I think it'll be 'round 9.00am (Monday?) our time if it's live.

Could be a late start that day!!

[sAsLEX]

Yeah the Qatar GP is first up at Losail under floodlights, imagine trying to get your braking marks/bearings from anything off track!
Mind you it's in the desert so no landmarks anyway!

9th March and I think it'll be 'round 9.00am (Monday?) our time if it's live.

Could be a late start that day!!

Yeah that guy in the stands in the red jacket is going to be awfully hard to spot!

[pritch]

Yeah that guy in the stands in the red jacket is going to be awfully hard to spot!

One of the Brit bike mags speculated that the reason the GP was to be run at night wasn't really because of the day time heat. It was so that we wouldn't notice that the car parks were empty and there was nobody in the stands.

I think it was last year there was a shot of a spectators' bike park the size of several football fields with about three bikes parked in it...