Qatar MotoGP

[denill]

Monday morning mate, and if you hear laughing , it'll be coming from Kapiti !
( no excuses, but I still doubt this night race will be plain sailing).. Gaz.

"no excuses, but I still doubt this night race will be plain sailing"
But that is an excuse.

The only sounds I expect to hear from Kapiti are mournful wailings. With more to come thuout the year.

[limbimtimwim]

I just watched some practise video from Qatar. The sparks that come off the bikes when they touch down is very cool.

Especially when Pedrosa decides to crash into Rossi. And then puts his arms up in the air to say "Rossi, WTF were you thinking?!?". But I can't see how it was Rossi's fault at all.

[denill]

Apart from Stoner - there's a few surprises here? I dunno?

CommercialBank Grand Prix of Qatar
Second Session

1. Casey Stoner (Ducati), 1:55.442

2. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha), 1:55.453

3. James Toseland (Yamaha), 1:55.812

4. Colin Edwards (Yamaha), 1:55.942

5. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 1:55.963

6. Alex de Angelis (Honda), 1:56.120

7. Randy de Puniet (Honda) 1:56.234

8. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) 1:56.279

9. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1:56.395

10. Loris Capirossi (Suzuki) 1:56.922

[denill]

Quite different - for some?

Qatar - Saturday practice 3 - Results:

1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 55.186 secs
2. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 55.299 secs
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 1min 55.598 secs
4. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 55.659 secs
5. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha Tech 3 (M) 1min 55.746 secs
6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Scot Team (M) 1min 55.788 secs
7. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 55.902 secs
8. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 56.108 secs
9. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M) 1min 56.371 secs
10. James Toseland GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (M) 1min 56.467 secs
11. John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 56.472 secs
12. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 56.516 secs
13. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 56.741 secs
14. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 1min 56.789 secs
15. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 56.992 secs
16. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 57.658 secs
17. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 57.777 secs
18. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 1min 57.800 secs

[Marknz]

Turn up for the books.

Final Qualifying sees three Yamahas on the front row, with Stoner 4th and Rossi 7th.

1. Lorenzo
2. Toseland
3. Edwards
4. Stoner
5. De Puniet
6. Hayden
7. Rossi

Kawasakis and Spezukis come somewhere after that rabble

[denill]

Turn up for the books.

Final Qualifying sees three Yamahas on the front row, with Stoner 4th and Rossi 7th.

1. Lorenzo
2. Toseland
3. Edwards
4. Stoner
5. De Puniet
6. Hayden
7. Rossi

Kawasakis and Spezukis come somewhere after that rabble

And in the top 10 - 6 Michellins & 4 Bridgestones

[denill]

Final Qualifying:

Pos. - Rider - Team - Time - Kph - Gap
1 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 1'53.928 170.0
2 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha 1'54.182 169.62 0.254
3 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 1'54.499 169.15 0.571
4 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1'54.733 168.81 0.805
5 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda 1'54.818 168.68 0.890
6 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team 1'54.880 168.59 0.952
7 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1'55.133 168.22 1.205
8 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1'55.170 168.17 1.242
9 Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot 1'55.185 168.15 1.257
10 John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team 1'55.263 168.03 1.335
11 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'55.540 167.63 1.612
12 Alex De Angelis Team San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'55.692 167.41 1.764
13 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'56.070 166.87 2.142
14 Toni Elias Alice Team 1'56.251 166.61 2.323
15 Shinya Nakano Team San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'56.434 166.34 2.506
16 Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team 1'56.730 165.92 2.802
17 Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team 1'57.198 165.26 3.270
18 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team 1'57.445 164.91 3.517

[NZsarge]

Holly crap! Lorenzo and Toseland ave come out firing! Will be interesting to see how they run during the course of the race mind...

[ElCoyote]

Holly crap! Lorenzo and Toseland ave come out firing! Will be interesting to see how they run during the course of the race mind...

The fat lady is only warming up her vocal chords............she is yet to sing

[limbimtimwim]

The fat lady is only warming up her vocal chords............she is yet to sing

Like most fat people, she just farted. Like most ladies, she is covering up for it.

[ElCoyote]

Like most fat people, she just farted. Like most ladies, she is covering up for it.

Agreed, but watch Rossi, he has more cheek than a fat lady's arse

[KS34]

GO SUZUKI!!!!

[R6_kid:Me]

time for a snooze, been a while since i was up at 6am!

got the provisions out ready to go so it's a simple get out of bed, turn on the kettle and migrate to the couch!

[limbimtimwim]

Man, I wish I could take the morning off to watch it like you! I'm really looking forward to this season.

[denill]

Firstly - the gleeful anticipation of the first MotoGP of 2008 was tempered by the terrible and tragic events at Puke. Sobering indeed! RIP.

Life's not fair.

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