MotoGP 2016

[Crasherfromwayback]

"I am not looking to put in a soft tyre and go for a laptime. This is something you do when you want to crush the opposition, I don’t need to do that at this point."

Hmmmm...

Good laptime though. Less than a tenth off Rossi. That's got to be a major carrot if he's riding today.

Reasonably good effort I would've thought.

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Reasonably good effort I would've thought.

The new improved "understated" Crasher.

Stoner's riding again today and going pretty quick too.

Aaaaand... in ominous news for the rest of the paddock... Lorenzo reeeeally likes the Michelins.

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/226...last-year.html

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Stoner five laps in 2m 1.096s sitting in second atm.

That's within seven hundredths of Rossi's best time of the weekend. Come on baby!

[pritch]

The pundits usally say something like, "Times in testing are meaningless".

Rossi and Lorenzo have three bikes each to test, plus new electronics and new tyres. The other factories will be trying to push through a full schedule of testing too. All of them with limited time. Already busy busy, but then time was lost through red flags and rain.

Some teams changed to soft tyres and went after a fast lap late in the day when the track was cooler and more conducive to a quick time. Others were probably feeling the pressure of the over-full testing programme and gave it a miss.

Stoner is testing again today apparently, this time with a cleaner track. Be interesting to see if he is tempted, although he was only scheduled to be riding the GP15.

[speights_bud]

Dodgy Quality Vid-Jayo of Baz's crash

[carbonhed]

The pundits usally say something like, "Times in testing are meaningless".

Rossi and Lorenzo have three bikes each to test, plus new electronics and new tyres. The other factories will be trying to push through a full schedule of testing too. All of them with limited time. Already busy busy, but then time was lost through red flags and rain.

Some teams changed to soft tyres and went after a fast lap late in the day when the track was cooler and more conducive to a quick time. Others were probably feeling the pressure of the over-full testing programme and gave it a miss.

Stoner is testing again today apparently, this time with a cleaner track. Be interesting to see if he is tempted, although he was only scheduled to be riding the GP15.

Well Rossi's just gone top... so definitely meaningless

[Crasherfromwayback]

Well Rossi's just gone top... :

Rossi on top? Unusual.

[carbonhed]

Rossi on top? Unusual.

Briefly.

Lorenzo immediately put him back in his box and now leads by half a second.

Means nothing.

[Reckless]

MotoGP » Sepang MotoGP test times - Wednesday (4pm) 3 February 2016
Lap times as of 4pm during Wednesday's third and final day of 2016 MotoGP testing, at Sepang.


1. = Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 0.016s [Lap 16/17]
2. = Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 0.556s +0.540s [13/16]
3. = Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 1.047s +1.031s [20/24]
4. = Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Test Rider (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 1.096s +1.080s [4/11]
5. = Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15/16) 2m 1.223s +1.207s [17/27]
6. = Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 2m 1.353s +1.337s [17/21]
7. = Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 2m 1.434s +1.418s [11/16]
8. = Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 2m 1.623s +1.607s [7/19]
9. = Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 2m 1.660s +1.644s [9/25]
10. = Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 2m 1.774s +1.758s [20/21]
11. = Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 2.051s +2.035s [23/32]
12. = Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 2.071s +2.055s [3/21]
13. = Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 2.141s +2.125s [6/18]
14. = Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15/16) 2m 2.202s +2.186s [10/13]
15. = Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 2m 2.541s +2.525s [14/19]
16. = Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 2m 2.568s +2.552s [7/18]
17. = Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 2m 2.792s +2.776s [8/24]
18. = Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) 2m 2.940s +2.924s [10/27]
19. = Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 2m 3.022s +3.006s [28/30]
20. = Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 2m 3.183s +3.167s [16/24]
21. = Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 3.868s +3.852s [2/2]

[merv]

If he's not trolling I'm a dutchman lol

I got 5 bucks and a bag of chips that says he's having a little smirk in a back room somewhere that he's rocked up, been handed the keys to a bike and tyres he's never used and he's 0.082 behind Rossi on day two

That's gotta be pretty satisfying

... and today he is up to 4th and only a gnats whisker behind Marquez

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Lorenzo goes under 2 minutes.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Briefly.

Lorenzo immediately put him back in his box and now leads by half a second.

Means nothing.

Lol. Wasn't quite what I was getting at...butt never mind.

[Drew]

I dunno how much the times mean from this testing for the season ahead. They're there to collect data after all, which will then be turned into changes later as well as at the track.

But it certainly does suggest that Jorge is adapting well.

The Stoner comment about fitting up a pair of soft hoops to get a hot lap don't ring true to me. It's as important to do as any other testing, to know how the bike reacts in qualifying conditions I'd have thought. So for him there's no point, but it's valuable to the rest of the pack.

[roogazza]

Always thought he wasn't coming back and here it is from the horses mouth.
https://t.co/6tNwU0N0xK

Maybe he just needed to compare himself to the big boys or ........ ?

So his testing went well ?
I do wonder what is going on in that funny little aussies head tho ???

[yod]

... and today he is up to 4th and only a gnats whisker behind Marquez

lol and top of the Ducs too...