MotoGP Japan - spoilers

[FourWheelDrift]

Pedrosa fastest in the first practice sessions and finally signed to Honda until 2009.

1. Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) 1:47.865
2. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki (B) 1:48.254 + 0.389
3. Marco Melandri Honda (B) 1:48.351 + 0.486
4. John Hopkins Suzuki (B) 1:48.361 + 0.496
5. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 1:48.444 + 0.579
6. Kousuke Akiyoshi Suzuki (B) 1:48.457 + 0.592
7. Loris Capirossi Ducati (B) 1:48.499 + 0.634
8. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 1:48.529 + 0.664
9. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 1:48.552 + 0.687
10. Makoto Tamada Yamaha (D) 1:48.581 + 0.716
11. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 1:48.614 + 0.749
12. Shinya Nakano Honda (M) 1:48.697 + 0.832
13. Carlos Checa Honda (M) 1:48.715 + 0.850
14. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (M) 1:48.782 + 0.917
15. Toni Elías Honda (B) 1:48.881 + 1.016
16. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha (D) 1:49.383 + 1.518
17. Alex Barros Ducati (B) 1:49.392 + 1.527
18. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 1:49.555 + 1.690
19. Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki (B) 1:50.229 + 2.364
20. Shinichi Itoh Ducati (B) 1:50.769 + 2.904
21. Kurtis Roberts KR (M) 1:51.563 + 3.698

Mika Kallio provisionally fastest in the 250cc's


And Bradley Smith 7th in 125cc

1. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1:58.283
2. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1:58.470 + 0.187
3. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1:58.764 + 0.481
4. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 1:58.915 + 0.632
5. Hector Faubel Aprilia 1:59.078 + 0.795
6. Lukas Pesek Derbi 1:59.200 + 0.917
7. Bradley Smith Honda 1:59.235 + 0.952
8. Nicolas Terol Derbi 1:59.377 + 1.094
9. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:59.462 + 1.179
10. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 1:59.462 + 1.179
11. Esteve Rabat Honda 1:59.575 + 1.292
12. Pol Espargaro Aprilia 1:59.603 + 1.320
13. R.Krummenacher KTM 1:59.741 + 1.458
14. Pablo Nieto Aprilia 1:59.752 + 1.469
15. Joan Olive Aprilia 2:00.003 + 1.720
16. Michael Ranseder Derbi 2:00.087 + 1.804
17. Mike Di Meglio Honda 2:00.192 + 1.909
18. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:00.279 + 1.996
19. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2:00.302 + 2.019
20. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:00.420 + 2.137
21. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2:00.552 + 2.269
22. Alexis Masbou Honda 2:00.768 + 2.485
23. Steve Bonsey KTM 2:00.836 + 2.553
24. R.Tamburini Aprilia 2:01.057 + 2.774
25. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 2:01.121 + 2.838
26. S.G.Giorgi Aprilia 2:01.553 + 3.270
27. Shoya Tomizawa Honda 2:02.013 + 3.730
28. Daniel Webb Honda 2:02.241 + 3.958
29. Robert Muresan Derbi 2:02.527 + 4.244
30. Federico Sandi Aprilia 2:02.636 + 4.353
31. Y.Yanagisawa Honda 2:02.790 + 4.507
32. D.Ägerter Aprilia 2:02.809 + 4.526
33. Iori Namihira Honda 2:02.906 + 4.623
34. Dino Lombardi Honda 2:03.153 + 4.870
35. Kazuma Watanabe Honda 2:03.283 + 5.000
36. Nayuta Mizuno Yamaha 2:04.970 + 6.687

[tim2100]

i thought Chaz was ridding the Dantin Ducati?

[Rawwr]

No, Itoh is taking Hoffman's place.

[sprinter885]

Chaz ruled out apparently due to infected arm after Tetanus ? injection..

[Rawwr]

Apparently there's been an 'incident' between Stoner and Checa during FP2. Not entirely sure what happened but it looks like Stoner flipped Checa the bird after erm, something happened.

I should be a journalist with reporting like that.

[FourWheelDrift]

Rawwr said:

Apparently there's been an 'incident' between Stoner and Checa during FP2. Not entirely sure what happened but it looks like Stoner flipped Checa the bird after erm, something happened.

I should be a journalist with reporting like that.

And Rossi seems to have another engine failure.

[Rawwr]

Nah, that wasn't an engine failure, he's just practicing for the Yamaha Formation Display Team.

[castrolcraig]

will somebody tell checa thats a racetrack and not the road to the old peoples home........

not the first time he has got in someones way, anybody remember checa/hopkins at laguna??

[macdeb]

tut, tut Casey, imagine someone else on track during qualifying, what a cheek eh?
Good for Bradley, heading up second row.

Edited by macdeb on Saturday 22 September 11:55

[Yoda954]

Bugger....just heard the qualifying result, so there goes the excitement of watching it this evening. News & forum blackout for me tomorrow 'till Suzi's on (unless I can delay further for Eurosport coverage) for the race methinks.

[sprinter885]

macdeb said:

tut, tut Casey, imagine someone else on track during qualifying, what a cheek eh?

Edited by macdeb on Saturday 22 September 11:55

I guess Casey's new found success this year has brought a bit of amnesia with it...... seem to recall him getting severely in Pedrosa's way last year by almost doing a practice start in wrong part of track. Pedrosa got at least as agitated as Casey did & carried it over into pit lane IIRC.

[Rawwr]

sprinter885 said:

macdeb said:

tut, tut Casey, imagine someone else on track during qualifying, what a cheek eh?

Edited by macdeb on Saturday 22 September 11:55

I guess Casey's new found success this year has brought a bit of amnesia with it...... seem to recall him getting severely in Pedrosa's way last year by almost doing a practice start in wrong part of track. Pedrosa got at least as agitated as Casey did & carried it over into pit lane IIRC.

Stoner got in the way of Pedrosa on a slow down lap, he apologised to Pedrosa in the pit and paid the $2,000 fine.

[castrolcraig]

i just had a thought, isnt every lap for checa a slowing down lap........

Edited by castrolcraig on Saturday 22 September 17:08

[Biker's Nemesis]

Stoner in 9th!

Should be a good race, looks like Bridgstone are not going to have it all their own way as everyone thought they would.

I would like to see Haydon have a win, looks like he was trying in qualifying.

[castrolcraig]

all i can say is well done ducati, capi-t-rex ftw and stoner for the world championship,

mighty big result for the little italian factory, although im still not convinced that there not cheating somehow, after all they are red, italian and from modena!!!!

anyway unlucky mr rossi lets hope those "brake problems" dont plaugue u anymore...

and good on guintoli for 4th, how he must have enjoyed storming past rossi on the brakes........

i missed the 125's though, how did the ginger ninja get on??

[FourWheelDrift]

castrolcraig said:

i missed the 125's though, how did the ginger ninja get on??

Crashed out on lap 9.

Danny Webb finished 13th though.

[castrolcraig]

FourWheelDrift said:

castrolcraig said:

i missed the 125's though, how did the ginger ninja get on??

Crashed out on lap 9.

Danny Webb finished 13th though.

oh bugger, how was he goin when he ditched it??

well done wbby for 13th though, result!!

[aeropilot]

castrolcraig said:

mighty big result for the little italian factory, although im still not convinced that there not cheating somehow, after all they are red, italian and from modena!!!!

I'm sure a Bologna resident would disagree with that last comment.....

I think it's a remarkable achievement from Ducati breaking the 34 year domination of the Japanese makes in 500GP/Moto GP championship, when you have to go all the way back to 1974 and Phil Read's winning on an MV Agusta.

Would love to see this spark a return from MV as well......or maybe even make Triumph have a think about going racing.

[castrolcraig]

aeropilot said:

castrolcraig said:

mighty big result for the little italian factory, although im still not convinced that there not cheating somehow, after all they are red, italian and from modena!!!!

I'm sure a Bologna resident would disagree with that last comment.....

I think it's a remarkable achievement from Ducati breaking the 34 year domination of the Japanese makes in 500GP/Moto GP championship, when you have to go all the way back to 1974 and Phil Read's winning on an MV Agusta.

Would love to see this spark a return from MV as well......or maybe even make Triumph have a think about going racing.

just a couple of points, from what i understand the ducati corse hq is seperate from the main ducati factory and is in modena
and also i think mv having enough trouble trying to get fogartys arse in gear with this proposed wsb team let alone a motogp team!!!!!!!

also triumph are rumoured to be going world supersport in 08 tying up with the sc caracchi team and eventtually wsb in 09 which makes me think we got a 675 stylee superbike on the way....

Edited by castrolcraig on Sunday 23 September 12:02

[Ace-T]

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