MotoGP 2013

[cmoore]

if pedrosa wins and Jorge is third with MM second.....than Jorge remains in front...

[tail_end_charlie]

How bout that Aleix Espargaro...............0.009s behind ROSSI!!!

Don't care how much you might hate the CRT bikes................that boy sure can punt that "doesn't belong on the same track as the prototypes" bike around the track pretty damn good.

And that is giving the slowest prototype (Ben Spies) a 13.8kmh top speed advantage.

[cmoore]

agree...does beg the question..how did smith get the monster ride??......

[BMWST?]

1	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	341.6	2'03.021
2	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	339.1	2'03.275	0.254 / 0.254
3	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	335.0	2'04.100	1.079 / 0.825
4	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	332.4	2'04.267	1.246 / 0.167
5	6	Stefan BRADL	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	336.8	2'04.445	1.424 / 0.178
6	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	336.5	2'04.873	1.852 / 0.428
7	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	GO&FUN Honda Gresini	Honda	335.7	2'04.942	1.921 / 0.069
8	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	335.2	2'05.380	2.359 / 0.438
9	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	320.1	2'05.389	2.368 / 0.009
10	69	Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Ducati Team	Ducati	336.5	2'05.568	2.547 / 0.179
11	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	334.1	2'06.740	3.719 / 1.172
12	11	Ben SPIES	USA	Ignite Pramac Racing	Ducati	333.8	2'07.044	4.023 / 0.304

Dovi in front of #46 and is faster in three out of four sectors and higher top speed(that aint unusual),but look at MM over 1 sec faster than Jlo!

[denill]

Dovi in front of #46 and is faster in three out of four sectors and higher top speed(that aint unusual),but look at MM over 1 sec faster than Jlo!

Dovi's been surprisingly successful with his pace on the Ducati and has consistently overshadowed the other three Duke riders. (And the previous Duke rider in qualifying today.................)

[Crasherfromwayback]

MM had a HUGE biff in practice as well. Looked well nasty...

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Apr/130420vr46.htm

[denill]

Dovi in front of #46 and is faster in three out of four sectors and higher top speed(that aint unusual),but look at MM over 1 sec faster than Jlo!

The commentators said this morning that MM was age 7 when #46 rode his in his first motoGP?

[pritch]

I heard an interview with Haden in which he explained that Ducati had zero data for the CotA track. He mentioned that they do have a "simulator" but he was unsure exactly how much that could help.

The US based riders have apparently been around the circuit on road bikes but only to the extent that they knew which direction the track went.

Some of the riders, including #46 are still working on set-up problems. Rossi isn't happy with the bike under brakes and with several first gear corners that could be important. The team will try an adjustment overnight. Problem is that the mornings have been cold but by afternoon it's hot. Something that works in morning practice mey not work so well in the race.

Ianone and Smith went to Laguna Seca during the week to learn the track on road bikes. Ianone got himself black flagged and banned from the track for a day apparently. Someone commented, GP racers and track day riders don't really mix.

Smith was quoted as saying that he thought Laguna Seca was a hard track to learn, then he saw CotA!

Still, they all have to get around that hairpin at turn 1 before they worry about anything else.

[Crasherfromwayback]

. Someone commented, GP racers and track day riders don't really mix.

Smith was quoted as saying that he thought Laguna Seca was a hard track to learn, then he saw CotA!

.

Too true!

And is Smith the biggest waste of space in Moto GP or what?

[cmoore]

if it was all that simple we would bet the house on MM to win......which he probably will......but I won't bet the house on it.

It is a long race...20? laps at 2.02 per lap....anything could happen and probably will....especially into that first turn...seems kinda narrow after the wide track leading up to it...six abreast...biggest nuts wins....

All joking aside..the honda clearly has a huge advantage over the M1.....sad but true.....expect the two if not three hondas to clear out.....so unless there is some drama with tyres or crashes...that is my pick.......marky mark, pandrosa, Jorge.... lets move on to the next one....i'm over this track already...

[onearmedbandit]

MM had a HUGE biff in practice as well. Looked well nasty...

Yeah he gave that a good biffing.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah he gave that a good biffing.

Aye. Was one of those nasty looking crashes where he could've quite easily been badly hurt. It can all change in the blink of an eye eh!

[Dave-]

Yeah he gave that a good biffing.

Camera's still fine....footage?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Camera's still fine....footage?

MotoGP.com for full footage of the biff.

[pritch]

Aexpect the two if not three hondas to clear out.....so unless there is some drama with tyres or crashes...that is my pick.......marky mark, pandrosa, Jorge....

Lorenzo himself picks that third may be the best he can hope for.

On another note; Carmelo Ezpeleta was served a subpoena (sp?) with his breakfast this morning. He is required to appear in a Texan court on the 8 May (?).

This was at the behest of solicitors acting for one Kevin Schwantz who will sadly be absent from tomorrows festivities.