Qatar....spoilers.

**Motu** · 9th March 2007, 16:22

FP1...

1 5 Colin EDWARDS YAMAHA 1'56.665
2 27 Casey STONER DUCATI 1'56.745
3 46 Valentino ROSSI YAMAHA 1'56.787
4 7 Carlos CHECA HONDA 1'57.095
5 65 Loris CAPIROSSI DUCATI 1'57.270
6 21 John HOPKINS SUZUKI 1'57.281
7 33 Marco MELANDRI HONDA 1'57.443
8 56 Shinya NAKANO HONDA 1'57.491
9 26 Dani PEDROSA HONDA 1'57.705
10 66 Alex HOFMANN DUCATI 1'58.021
11 14 Randy DE PUNIET KAWASAKI 1'58.238
12 24 Toni ELIAS HONDA 1'58.262
13 4 Alex BARROS DUCATI 1'58.315
14 71 Chris VERMEULEN SUZUKI 1'58.559
15 10 Kenny ROBERTS JR KR212V 1'58.774
16 1 Nicky HAYDEN HONDA 1'58.924
17 19 Olivier JACQUE KAWASAKI 1'59.598
18 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI YAMAHA 1'59.679
19 88 Andrew PITT ILMOR GP 2'00.587
20 6 Makoto TAMADA YAMAHA 2'01.495
21 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS ILMOR GP 2'01.767

FP2 times:

1 46 V.ROSSI ITA FIAT Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'56.787 1'56.464
2 5 C.EDWARDS USA FIAT Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'56.665 1'56.779 0.201
3 27 C.STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'56.745 1'56.839 0.281
4 21 J.HOPKINS USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'57.281 1'56.972 0.508
5 7 C.CHECA SPA Honda LCR HONDA 1'57.095 1'56.981 0.517
6 26 D.PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'57.705 1'56.990 0.526
7 33 M.MELANDRI ITA Honda Gresini HONDA 1'57.443 1'57.112 0.648
8 65 L.CAPIROSSI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'57.270 1'57.247 0.783
9 24 T.ELIAS SPA Honda Gresini HONDA 1'58.262 1'57.382 0.918
10 56 S.NAKANO JPN Konica Minolta Honda HONDA 1'57.491 1'57.574 1.027
11 4 A.BARROS BRA Pramac d'Antin DUCATI 1'58.315 1'57.620 1.156
12 71 C.VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'58.559 1'57.636 1.172
13 14 R.DE PUNIET FRA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'58.238 1'57.686 1.222
14 10 K.ROBERTS JR USA Team Roberts KR212V 1'58.774 1'57.738 1.274
15 1 N.HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'58.924 1'57.922 1.458
16 66 A.HOFMANN GER Pramac d'Antin DUCATI 1'58.021 1'58.206 1.557
17 19 O.JACQUE FRA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'59.598 1'58.523 2.059
18 50 S.GUINTOLI FRA Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'59.679 1'58.720 2.256
19 88 A.PITT AUS Ilmor GP ILMOR GP 2'00.587 1'59.930 3.466
20 99 J.McWILLIAMS GBR Ilmor GP ILMOR GP 2'01.767 2'00.125 3.661
21 6 M.TAMADA JPN Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 2'01.495 2'00.188 3.724

The Doctors in...

Good to see Edwards up there,Stoner lookin good,until he fades.

**Crasherfromwayback** · 9th March 2007, 17:09

Originally Posted by Motu

FP1...
The Doctors in...

Good to see Edwards up there,Stoner lookin good,until he fades.

It's gonna be fireworks! Great to see Hopkins up there even injured!

I think Stoner will pull off a surprise win!

**Babelfish** · 9th March 2007, 17:28

yeah, think quite a few people backing rossi having some fire in his gut from last year. His times have been pretty hot in the lead up

**gav** · 9th March 2007, 17:55

Why are qualifying times subjected to a spoiler thread title?

**Skunk** · 9th March 2007, 19:40

Originally Posted by gav

Why are qualifying times subjected to a spoiler thread title?

Because someone, somewhere will get upset...

**MacD** · 9th March 2007, 20:33

Yamaha again...

**Kornholio** · 9th March 2007, 20:53

Quite interesting where Hayden is.......

**Ivan** · 9th March 2007, 22:20

Its only practice its not racing nicky might have a shit time but mighr be faster on track and free practice times only show there best lap not all there laps,

Anyone can be fast on there first timed lap but can they keep the stamina and consistent times up the whole race pace.

Thats what makes the top5 so good is the fact to do bang bang bang consistent times each lap not 1 hit wonder times

**Motu** · 9th March 2007, 22:21

Originally Posted by Skunk

Because someone, somewhere will get upset...

I'm surprised I haven't got a red rep for posting in the wrong forum,or had posts like this one shifted to drivel.Somewhere,sometime,somehow....someone will be pissed off with your thread.

**MacD** · 10th March 2007, 07:03

Originally Posted by Ivan

Its only practice its not racing nicky might have a shit time but mighr be faster on track and free practice times only show there best lap not all there laps,

Anyone can be fast on there first timed lap but can they keep the stamina and consistent times up the whole race pace.

Thats what makes the top5 so good is the fact to do bang bang bang consistent times each lap not 1 hit wonder times

You're right, but both Pedrosa and Hayden were initially quite slow in the FPs (live timing on MotoGP.com), consistently in the lower half of the field.

Anyhow, they've moved up the field during QP and there's two Hondas in the top 5....

**Masterchop** · 10th March 2007, 07:21

Hayden qualified 9th.

Quite the world champion isnt he.

**Cleve** · 10th March 2007, 07:56

Rossi top speed 309k's
Stoner top speed 324k's

Whoa, quite a difference...

**Masterchop** · 10th March 2007, 08:06

Shows who goes round the corners fastest doesnt it.

**MacD** · 10th March 2007, 08:47

The Ducatis have the 3 top speeds in QP: (actually make that the 4 top speeds...)

2. Stoner: 324.7
7. Capirossi: 323.5
17. Hofmann: 322.6
15. Barros: 319.5

interesting comparison with the Yamahas

1. Rossi: 309.9
3. Edwards: 307.9
15. Guintoli: 309.2
19. Tamada: 310.1

Looks like Fiat Yamaha has sorted its front end problems, I guess we'll see in the race. Should make for some interesting passing tussles.