Motegi MotoGP

[gav]

Cool, look who has fastest time after QP1 ! (and yes it was dry!!)

[White trash]

:spudbooge :spudbooge :spudbooge :spudbooge

Go "The Hopper"!

[Juan]

Awsome, how much work have Bridgestone put in since Mugello!!!!????

Went to Donnington this july, the sound of these bikes is trully fantastic, you just have to be there!!!!

[merv]

Honda were hyping up the fact they were fielding Ukawa on a new generation RCV and I was thinking he's probably past it or else he would have stayed in MotoGP.

What the QP1 result shows is that new bike was hauling arse alright with the highest top speed on the circuit but the rider isn't cutting it so it doesn't look like it will be a threat.

As for Hopper, well done and no doubt well done to Erv too. Can they keep it together for the next qualifying session and the race?

[Ghost Lemur]

Gibernau will be pissed down in tenth. Rossi as always is Mr Consistancy.

Biaggi is starting to come under some real threat from his team mate. It used to be 'leading camel' = Biaggi. Not almost half the time it seems to be Tamada in front.

Andy1 - The Jap media going nuts over Tamada yet? Seems to be a pretty good bet for their first world champ. Only real problem for him in the coming couple of years is Rossi.

[sAsLEX]

5 ks down and still on top, good effort

[White trash]

I'm praying that the Bridgestones can handle the race distance. If so, KR's no mug, he'll be up there. But look out for Abe, he could start from pit lane and still do a hell of a lot of damage storming through the field.

The guy is one crazy pilot!

[Ghost Lemur]

I'm praying that the Bridgestones can handle the race distance. If so, KR's no mug, he'll be up there. But look out for Abe, he could start from pit lane and still do a hell of a lot of damage storming through the field.

The guy is one crazy pilot!

He's gotta be crazy with the amount of times he seems to go flying (and tumbling).

Good on Hopkins for making a show of it. But I doubt he'll still even be on the top row come race day.

*ducks from WT*

But hopefully it helps show his worth so we can see him back again next year. Still a young guy remember, only what 21 iirc.

[TwoSeven]

Yes, but thats just the posted time of the trucks coming in from the airport. Of course suzuki will be first, they just live up the road a bit.

When they get the bikes out of the crates, then the real times will happen

[k14]

Good on Hopkins for making a show of it. But I doubt he'll still even be on the top row come race day.

*ducks from WT*

Nope, final qualifying is over and he is 2nd on the grid. Tamada is 1st and rossi is 3rd. Shows how much bridgestone has improved over the last 6 months.

Go hopkins, but I don't know if he is quite ready to dice it with rossi and come out on top, would be good for the sport though. Tamada has to be a chance of winning, he did pretty good at estoril.

[merv]

Yep here's the final qualifying results here. What happened to Rossi its not like him to go backwards in the second session so he remained high up the list on the basis of the first session?

[Ghost Lemur]

WOW. Well I stand humbly corrected.

Tamada's been pretty on to it all season. Would be quite nice for him to win infront of his home crowd.

As for Hopkins I'm sure he'll walk away having learnt heaps. Lets hope this helps cement his place for next year.

As for Gibernau, he must be spitting tacks sitting down in 13, watching his chances of upsetting "Rossi's ride to glory" fading fast.

[k14]

Yep here's the final qualifying results here. What happened to Rossi its not like him to go backwards in the second session so he remained high up the list on the basis of the first session?

Both qualifying sessions are basically the same one. The best time you did from either one is your qualifying lap. Do you understand that? So yes, because rossi got a good lap in on the first day, he gets to keep that and his 2nd day qualifying doesn't affect anything.

[merv]

Both qualifying sessions are basically the same one. The best time you did from either one is your qualifying lap. Do you understand that? So yes, because rossi got a good lap in on the first day, he gets to keep that and his 2nd day qualifying doesn't affect anything.

Yep but it is unlike him not to be able to improve on his QP1 time, in fact dropping a second. The improvement by many others showed it wasn't a weather problem or anything. So what was it?

[k14]

Just checked out the motogp website and it seems as though really high track temps meant not very much grip. The bridgestones must work slightly better in the hotter temps.