motogp 1st practice times.......spoilers!!!!

[castrolcraig]

Qatar MotoGP practice one results:
1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'55.870
2 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'55.924
3 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP HONDA 1'56.221
4 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'56.269
5 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'56.478
6 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'56.525
7 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA 1'56.574
8 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA 1'56.950
9 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'57.069
10 John HOPKINS USA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'57.085
11 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'57.137
12 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'57.287
13 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'57.561
14 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'57.588
15 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'57.639
16 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team DUCATI 1'58.130
17 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'58.912
18 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team DUCATI 1'59.006

dovi, jt and rdp all binned it but all unhurt, looking like a stoner procession again though.....

[macdeb]

Sorry if it's been asked before but, what time can we view it and on what channel? Got fingers and everything else crossed for JT.

[Rawwr]

Sunday, BBC3, 19:30

[Rawwr]

castrolcraig said:

looking like a stoner procession again though.....

Yeah, that 0.054s gap between the world champion and the rookie is quite literally enormous

[Rawwr]

Gap now down to 0.011s

And Toseland in 3rd!

[macdeb]

Rawwr said:

Sunday, BBC3, 19:30

cheers bloke.

[Dominic H]

Off topic....a bit.
Who was the female 250cc GP rider 2/3 years back, I think she was German and er, blonde.

[Ordinary Bloke]

Eurosport now... 250's with Barbera in 1st at the moment.

More qualifying at 7.45pm tomorrow

[y2blade]

Dominic H said:

Off topic....a bit.
Who was the female 250cc GP rider 2/3 years back, I think she was German and er, blonde.

Katja Poensgen

[FourWheelDrift]

Go on JT !!!!!!!

Bradley on next.

[FourWheelDrift]

Oh my......

125cc - Bradley Smith 1st, Danny Webb 2nd and 15yr old wonderkid Scott Redding 11th.

Only the first day and I know this is going to be a good year.

[sprinter885]

Indeed ! Toseland looking good in first free practice ...but how about young Brad Smith top of the pops in 125's with Danny Webb close behind & Scott redding inside top 10.
Here come the Brits??

[Chipchap]

The Ducrapi top speeds are amazing. Stoner & Melandri at 327 kmh andthe satellite teams at 324 kmh. JT's bike is 16 kmh slower !

Allan

[FourWheelDrift]

And seeing where Melandri (15th), Elias (16th) and Guintoli (18th) ended up compared to Stoner (1st) puts into perspective Casey's ability over the machinery. And the 4 Ducati's were 1,2,3,4 on the top speed charts.

[FourWheelDrift]

Yamaha wake up and smell the roses, a white one from Yorkshire.

Crash.net said:

Friday pm - Toseland to Get Pneumatic Yamaha by Estoril

Yamaha factory chiefs have promised their stunning new star James Toseland: You'll get our new pneumatic-valve engine by Estoril at the latest!

The dramatic pledge came at midnight in Qatar tonight after Toseland had blitzed into third place in the opening night's practising for Sunday's MotoGP on a bike that was nearly 10mph slower down the Losail circuit's 0.664-mile (1,068-metre) straight than the fastest machine on the track, Marco Melandri's Marlboro Ducati.

Toseland's Tech 3 Yamaha, which still uses a valve-spring engine, was also 5.407mph slower through the speed trap than the quickest Yamaha, the pneumatic-valve bike campaigned by Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo.
Toseland and his team-mate Colin Edwards are still using the 2007 valve-spring versions of the YZR-M1 engine, while Lorenzo and his factory team-mate Valentino Rossi benefit from the latest pneumatic technology. But after Toseland's storming performances during winter testing, climaxed by tonight's stirring third place, Yamaha now realise that they must back the 27-year-old Brit to the full. So he should receive the full factory engine at the third round of the 18-round series on the Estoril circuit in Portugal - and it may even come at the second round in Jerez in Spain.

"It's frustrating," Toseland said of his speed handicap as he stood in the Losail paddock at 1am. "But I'm just going to do the best with what I've got. It's just great to be where we are."

The speedtrap breakdown after tonight's session reads:

1st: Marco Melandri (Marlboro Ducati) 327.9kph (203.625mph)
6th fastest: Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) 321.0kph (199.341mph)
16th fastest: James Toseland (Tech 3 Yamaha): 312.3kph (193.938mph)

Comparing Toseland's best sector speeds against those of fastest lapper Casey Stoner, the Brit was only 0.09 seconds slower through T1, 0.121 seconds down in T2, and 0.096 seconds slower in T3. Only in T4, where the track opens up onto the power-sapping final straight, did Stoner increase his advantage to 0.189 seconds.

[Ballistic Banana]

Tis going to be a good year hopefully ...Watched it on eurosport and its on again tomorrow at 8 and then Sunday at 8 too for the main event.

BB

[Johno]

Ballistic Banana said:

Tis going to be a good year hopefully ...Watched it on eurosport and its on again tomorrow at 8 and then Sunday at 8 too for the main event.

BB

Consider though that on Sunday the 125's and 250's start 5pm or so . . .

To see so many british riders on quality kit in their respective classes doing so well makes me so happy to have seen each of the racing in Britain over the years.

It has been a long time coming, and I so hope their race pace delivers results for them.

It will be very depressing to see JT duffed up down the straight every lap, yet on the other hand can you iamgine some of the passes he will make to not get left behind.

Smith, Webb and Redding's results are hugely impressive. Given Bradley and Danny know what the racing is like there is a real chance of a GP victory tomorrow for this island of ours . . .