Ahhhhhh FFSOriginally Posted by Crasherfromwayback
....Im going to have to give John Kirwan a call
Will be a boring race anyway.....600's & 125's be way betterer
I am therefore I do
Ahhhhhh FFS
Will be a boring race anyway.....600's & 125's be way betterer
The Heart is the drum keeping time for everyone....
Geriatric hoon
Because of the various engine mount variations Rossi was going to have to start from pit lane before the end of the season, so the plan was to opt to start from pit lane at Aragon if he didn't qualify to start from at least the second row.
The track geography apparently means that is less of a disadvantage there than any of the remaining tracks, so he will use his seventh engine there.
It seems the team are still thinking...
Kevin Cameron is probably the best motorcycling technical writer around, this time though most of us hereabout should already understand his topic:
http://www.cycleworld.com/2011/09/17...motogp-racing/
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Fully qualified Sifter.
Yeah I always enjoy reading what he has to say. I also think Stoner may well be a better development rider than most people will ever give him credit for. Just a bit hard to get the improvements you want when talking to a stubborn deaf cunt.
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i woulda thought that ducati could have asked if they could withdraw unused engines and substituted the ones with the different engine mounts.For those not in the know its a bad look to already have USED 6 engines and not be antwhere near the pointy end,tho there seems to nothing wroung with the top end on the duc
TOP SPEEDS
8 Hector BARBERA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP DUCATI 321.0
19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 320.3
27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team HONDA 320.3
26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 318.1
7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 317.8
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 317.7
24 Toni ELIAS SPA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 317.6
69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team DUCATI 316.7
17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing DUCATI 316.3
46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 315.5
58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 314.2
14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Pramac Racing Team DUCATI 313.9
65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Pramac Racing Team DUCATI 313.6
1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 313.2
11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA 311.9
5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 310.8
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 310.5
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Good old NZ....we watch it live on free to air TV.........at 8pm.....decent hours.....
well, this year, anyway......
“- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
Fully qualified Sifter.
All good. I watch it live for a very small cost at a not too bad a time, and get to live here! I can lie down on the grass in summer without being savaged by bull ants too!
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yeah - nasty buggers aren't they - one bit me through a sock last year !!!!
Petrols too good for the nests when we find them......
“- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
Fully qualified Sifter.
Pricks of things! I thought you said 'sack' at first. Ouch.
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Looking at the speed trap times Jorge's speed is coming from high corner speed, proving he is the best rider. If he can win tonight that will round off a perfect weekend.
Fully qualified Sifter.
Stoner = 1
Pedrosa = 2
Spies = 3
Lorenzo will try so hard he'll park it in the gravel. And next year when the thous come out...Stoner will really kick ass.
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Yes they do as Matt Bleck pointed out. The temperature window that these tyres operate in and the regime for getting them into that window is very precise. Its the same In Formula 1 car racing and its quite right to expect that ultimate performance is EVERYTHING in this game, whatever pedantic processes are neccessary to achieve that.Power failure - I'm kinda surprised they didn't have an open session and just let them run. Do they really need tire warmers? I understand that they probably don't have generators because it would just add a ton of extra weight and space if all the teams used them. They already take up 3 jumbo jets for overseas flights.
The irony is that something as simple as a power outage can have such a drastic effect on proceedings, yet you get track day riders with almost nil budget, a track that has no amenities and the nil budget riders can still heat up their tires..... yet these multimillion dollar teams have to stop
I get that it shut down power to timing and scoring etc... and maybe they had no lights in the pits... come on.... you can work around those things.... it was sunny outside. It would serve them well if it rained all day Saturday and for the morning practice, and the sun came out again for the race.
Power outages would be exceptionally rare, if you have a power outage in your home do you have a backup generator?
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1 Lorenzo
2 Spies
3 Crutchlow
Stoner to dnf with catastrophic engine failure.
Hardcore Biker
The Honda is looking too good on this track, but who knows, Lorenzo will go for and be leading into the first corner...Spies will be 12th after the first corner....Stoner will be third at the first corner....spies will come fourth...unless stoner gets tired he will win....Pedrosa and Divi will battle 3-5th....Lorenzo second.....unless they found something between practice and racetime.....seems the Yamaha doesn't like this track and as the Honda is faster and there is a long straight....but it is a race so who knows.....
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Elena Rosell qualified this time round.
Hope she stays on it this time.
Does Zarco have something wrong with his hands? He seemed to be stretching/flexing them an awful lot, like immediately after crossing the finish line after QP.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Ono Lennon.
"If you have never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame." Counting Crows
"The girls were in tight dresses, just like sweets in cellophane" Joe Jackson
Fully qualified Sifter.
There's a fucking long straight at Mugello too.
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