MotoGP 2012

**del-solider** · 14th June 2012, 14:50

Here's a good read on Rossi's next move

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Jun/120613-46.htm

I think Rossi on a factory bike at Gresini would be a good option

**Brian d marge** · 14th June 2012, 15:17

Originally Posted by pritch

Apparently there is a clock ticking. The word seems to be that if the Duc isn't sorted by Laguna Seca Rossi will be on his bike (in a manner of speaking).

Honda have said Rossi won't get a Repsol bike but have apparently said he could "buy" a satellite ride on a factory bike.

A well known "bus mechanic/intenational golfer" recently posted that he did not approve of the rookie rule. It's very disruptive, the expensive star turn is only using the team as a stepping stone for a year, and will tend to crash a lot.

On the other hand a more senior rider (no names mentioned) will bring sponsorship, speak well, and crash less.

So it would appear that at least one member of Rossi's team has been contemplating such matters.

Dorna will be contemplating the situation too, They must lie awake in bed worrying that Rossi will get the hump and follow Biaggi & Checa to WSBK.

I ve been getting a lot of tweets saying the same .....I hope the rossi bike is sorted I would like to see it win

Stephen

**tigertim20** · 14th June 2012, 18:27

Originally Posted by del-solider

Here's a good read on Rossi's next move

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Jun/120613-46.htm

I think Rossi on a factory bike at Gresini would be a good option

Ive thought rossi on the gresini would place him quite nicely to challenge for the title. on the bike that would have been his mate simo's - would be quite fitting I think.

I wonder, if rossi won next years championship on the sat honda, would they then offer him the full factory bike?

**Crasherfromwayback** · 14th June 2012, 18:39

Originally Posted by tigertim20

, would they then offer him the full factory bike?

It's what he'd already have. Same as Simo had.

**tigertim20** · 14th June 2012, 19:38

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

It's what he'd already have. Same as Simo had.

factory bike, sattelite team wasnt it?

what i meant by factory bike was he whole package, bike, full factory support etc aka stoner.

**Crasherfromwayback** · 14th June 2012, 20:04

Originally Posted by tigertim20

factory bike, sattelite team wasnt it?

.

Sorry. Thought you meant he'd only have a sat bike.

**pritch** · 15th June 2012, 22:03

Rossi tops FP1. Been a while!

And yes, it is wet.

**Crasherfromwayback** · 15th June 2012, 22:56

Originally Posted by pritch

Rossi tops FP1. Been a while!

And yes, it is wet.

Regardless...it's great to see!

**carbonhed** · 16th June 2012, 09:51

Barbera must have balls of steel to ride that POS Ducati. Damn thing is posessed.

**cmoore** · 16th June 2012, 13:45

LOL...as soon as i saw the report for FP1 i knew it must be wet....

**Crasherfromwayback** · 16th June 2012, 13:57

Originally Posted by cmoore

LOL...as soon as i saw the report for FP1 i knew it must be wet....

I can only remember one season of racing that's had so much water. In world superbikes when Johnny K won the title over Slighty as his team mate.

**cmoore** · 16th June 2012, 18:13

warnings of some masive storm to hit UK...but the silverstone forecast is for lightish rain on sunday.....so lorenzo was the master at the last wet one.....the honda got the wobbles and the ducati was more a duduci....should be interesting.

**pritch** · 16th June 2012, 20:58

Originally Posted by cmoore

warnings of some masive storm to hit UK...

The 6.00PM TV3 News Friday showed a satellite picture of a huge cyclone right over the UK. Sadly (for Ducati fans) it'll likely have moved on by race time.

BBC weather could provide an update but the BBC forecasts are famous for mentioning every possible combination without predicting anything specific. Like ours?

**Brian d marge** · 16th June 2012, 22:12

Quack Quack said the little duck !

Stephen

**BMWST?** · 17th June 2012, 09:59

#19 takes pole ,then #11,then#1 nicky and VR crash at high speed on the same corner about 10 min apart

HERTZ BRITISH GRAND PRIXMotoGP Qualifying Practice Classification 2012

Silverstone, Saturday, June 16, 2012

Pos.	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time	Gap 1st[COLOR=#000000 !important]/[/COLOR]Prev.
1	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	313.0	2'03.303
2	11	Ben SPIES	USA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	309.5	2'03.409	0.106 / 0.106
3	1	Casey STONER	AUS	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	313.6	2'03.423	0.120 / 0.014
4	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	308.7	2'03.763	0.460 / 0.340
5	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	313.1	2'03.835	0.532 / 0.072
6	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	314.6	2'03.876	0.573 / 0.041
7	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	309.5	2'04.162	0.859 / 0.286
8	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	311.7	2'04.304	1.001 / 0.142
9	6	Stefan BRADL	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	314.6	2'05.035	1.732 / 0.731
10	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	309.7	2'05.416	2.113 / 0.381
11	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	292.0	2'06.283	2.980 / 0.867
12	14	Randy DE PUNIET	FRA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	292.4	2'06.303	3.000 / 0.020
13	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Avintia Blusens	BQR	291.6	2'06.814	3.511 / 0.511
14	51	Michele PIRRO	ITA	San Carlo Honda Gresini	FTR	288.9	2'07.016	3.713 / 0.202
15	5	Colin EDWARDS	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	290.6	2'07.376	4.073 / 0.360
16	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Speed Master	ART	289.2	2'07.511	4.208 / 0.135
17	77	James ELLISON	GBR	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART	292.4	2'08.228	4.925 / 0.717
18	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda	276.0	2'08.686	5.383 / 0.458
19	22	Ivan SILVA	SPA	Avintia Blusens	BQR	286.3	2'10.092	6.789 / 1.406
	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati
	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha