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Ah thats a shame, another company out of Italian hands.
Lamborghini and Ducati can go jump now, along with all the Jap bikes.
Thank god for Moto Guzzi.
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Ah thats a shame, another company out of Italian hands.
Lamborghini and Ducati can go jump now, along with all the Jap bikes.
Thank god for Moto Guzzi.
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Haha.
Interestingly, after only one round there has already been rumours flying around about Valentino's future after he (politely) bagged out Ducati for not building him the bike he wants. Talk of him not lasting the season, running a satellite Yamaha with Coca Cola backing, Suzuki returning a year early, etc. His line is he'll stay with Ducati and I think he will (certainly for this season, phillip Morris would have heavy consequences written in his contract if he left early) and with Audi's money and engineering resources, it might be his best chance for a competitive bike. Assuming he can beat Hayden and the other Ducatis...
And MV Agusta.
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QUOTE from http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2012/Rossi+set+for+200th+GP+milestone+at+Jerez
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
The Ducati Team travels to Spain this week for one of the most popular events on the world championship calendar, the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez de la Frontera, which will mark the 200th premier-class start for nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi.
Rossi, who had a torrid outing in Qatar despite promising glimpses during pre-season testing, is looking for productive Friday and Saturday sessions to build on the settings found at the recent Jerez test. As the most successful rider at the Andalucian circuit with six premier-class wins, Rossi will be hoping to better his tenth place in Qatar, and not repeat last year´s crash, which took out rival Casey Stoner of the Repsol Honda squad.
The Italian is set to become only the third rider in the 64-year history of motorcycle Grand Prix racing to reach the milestone of 200 starts in the premier-class, along with Alex Barros and Loris Capirossi.
Team mate Nicky Hayden faired better in last year´s wet race taking the third step on the podium, and managed to place his Ducati Desmosedici sixth in Qatar. He had been scheduled to do a full two-day test at Mugello last week to catch up on development time, yet bad weather limited progress significantly. He is however a big fan of the Jerez track and will be looking to put in another fighting performance.
Valentino Rossi
"I’ve always liked the Jerez track a lot, and we certainly must try to do better than in Qatar. By the end of the three-day test in March, we had found a decent setup for the GP12, so we have a base to start from for this track as we prepare the bike for the race. It will be very important to work well during the Friday and Saturday practice sessions, focusing particularly on maintaining a good direction and on taking advantage of what we currently have to work with."
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
The Ducati Team travels to Spain this week for one of the most popular events on the world championship calendar, the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez de la Frontera, which will mark the 200th premier-class start for nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi.
Rossi, who had a torrid outing in Qatar despite promising glimpses during pre-season testing, is looking for productive Friday and Saturday sessions to build on the settings found at the recent Jerez test. As the most successful rider at the Andalucian circuit with six premier-class wins, Rossi will be hoping to better his tenth place in Qatar, and not repeat last year´s crash, which took out rival Casey Stoner of the Repsol Honda squad.
The Italian is set to become only the third rider in the 64-year history of motorcycle Grand Prix racing to reach the milestone of 200 starts in the premier-class, along with Alex Barros and Loris Capirossi.
Team mate Nicky Hayden faired better in last year´s wet race taking the third step on the podium, and managed to place his Ducati Desmosedici sixth in Qatar. He had been scheduled to do a full two-day test at Mugello last week to catch up on development time, yet bad weather limited progress significantly. He is however a big fan of the Jerez track and will be looking to put in another fighting performance.
Valentino Rossi
"I’ve always liked the Jerez track a lot, and we certainly must try to do better than in Qatar. By the end of the three-day test in March, we had found a decent setup for the GP12, so we have a base to start from for this track as we prepare the bike for the race. It will be very important to work well during the Friday and Saturday practice sessions, focusing particularly on maintaining a good direction and on taking advantage of what we currently have to work with."
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Hooray! Round two has finally showed 3 weeks after the championship commenced in Qatar with a bang. Already an expected order has been established with the expected Stoner vs Lorenzo show looking to be fierce and season long with Pedrosa in with his best chance of being the cat amongst the pigeons.
Jerez looks to be equally intriguing as Qatar turned out to be. Stoner has only had one podium at any level at the Spanish track and will be out to avenge his certain podium he missed in controversial circumstances last year but has he got the arm pump that hampered him three weeks ago sorted out?
If Jerez hasn't been kind to Casey, it has been very generous to Lorenzo who has won the past two races there and after victory at Qatar must head into round two supremely confident. He has a bike as potent as any other and must start at least a warm favourite.
Pedrosa heads to Jerez on a positive note after a strong ride to second in Qatar. For once he's fit and on a bike that's fairly sorted and 2012 is looking like his best chance of contending for the MotoGP title.
Ben Spies will want to remember Qatar and learn that crashing Friday and Saturday is not productive for Sunday. Having not finished a race at Jerez in two attempts, expect a solid results for the Ben.
Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso may well become the highlight of the championship as they prove that the person you most want to beat is your teammate. They should once again battle just off the podium probably with Ben Spies.
Pressure is on Ducati to perform after Rossi publicly criticised them on Italian tv recently from a lacklustre start to their campaign. Whilst Ducati have a lot of work ahead of them to get where they need to be, truth be told, Rossi needs to concentrate on beating Hayden and the other Ducatis before anymore outbursts. Would be surprised if they can get any higher than 6th.
Stefan Bradl impressed many with a strong MotoGP debut on his satellite Honda only losing out to the more experienced and highly fancied Alvaro Bautista by a couple of tenths of a second. There should be a good fight between them and the factory Ducatis and perhaps even the satellite Ducatis of Hector Barbera and Karel Abraham in the mid-pack.
Colin Edwards 'won' the first race of the CRT bikes, beating home the much more fancied Randy de Puniet. The Texas Tornado is a wily old fox and won't be underestimated this round. He and Randy are the class of the CRT field but the likes of young axe murderers Danilo Petrucci, Michele Pirro and Yonny Hernandez should be able to give them a run for their money.
So that's my take on round two, which of course goes completely out the window when the rains come on race day again! Overall, I'm really excited for round two, especially after such a pain in the ass wait since the first round. Bring. It. On!
Jerez looks to be equally intriguing as Qatar turned out to be. Stoner has only had one podium at any level at the Spanish track and will be out to avenge his certain podium he missed in controversial circumstances last year but has he got the arm pump that hampered him three weeks ago sorted out?
If Jerez hasn't been kind to Casey, it has been very generous to Lorenzo who has won the past two races there and after victory at Qatar must head into round two supremely confident. He has a bike as potent as any other and must start at least a warm favourite.
Pedrosa heads to Jerez on a positive note after a strong ride to second in Qatar. For once he's fit and on a bike that's fairly sorted and 2012 is looking like his best chance of contending for the MotoGP title.
Ben Spies will want to remember Qatar and learn that crashing Friday and Saturday is not productive for Sunday. Having not finished a race at Jerez in two attempts, expect a solid results for the Ben.
Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso may well become the highlight of the championship as they prove that the person you most want to beat is your teammate. They should once again battle just off the podium probably with Ben Spies.
Pressure is on Ducati to perform after Rossi publicly criticised them on Italian tv recently from a lacklustre start to their campaign. Whilst Ducati have a lot of work ahead of them to get where they need to be, truth be told, Rossi needs to concentrate on beating Hayden and the other Ducatis before anymore outbursts. Would be surprised if they can get any higher than 6th.
Stefan Bradl impressed many with a strong MotoGP debut on his satellite Honda only losing out to the more experienced and highly fancied Alvaro Bautista by a couple of tenths of a second. There should be a good fight between them and the factory Ducatis and perhaps even the satellite Ducatis of Hector Barbera and Karel Abraham in the mid-pack.
Colin Edwards 'won' the first race of the CRT bikes, beating home the much more fancied Randy de Puniet. The Texas Tornado is a wily old fox and won't be underestimated this round. He and Randy are the class of the CRT field but the likes of young axe murderers Danilo Petrucci, Michele Pirro and Yonny Hernandez should be able to give them a run for their money.
So that's my take on round two, which of course goes completely out the window when the rains come on race day again! Overall, I'm really excited for round two, especially after such a pain in the ass wait since the first round. Bring. It. On!
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Lorenzo and Pedrosa will be hard to beat in front of hometown fans.
Honestly, I have struggled to watch MotoGP since Sepang. Still not over Simoncelli's crash.
The tributes at Valencia were very moving, but the bit at the end where they played
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Was really hard to handle.
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Your not alone Caesar every racing fan is not over Simoncelli's horrific accident.
Not a race goes by when i think of Marco.
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It sucks to think about the demise of Sic and that finish to the tribute is particularly moving. Callous or not, I guess I try not to think about it but it's hard not to with the recent crashes and injuries to Joan Lascorz and Brett MacCormick.
The first practices have been run at Jerez and MotoGP were basically washed out with spitting rain until constant rain hit at the end of the session. In Moto2 wet practice, Ant West predicatably finished 4th behind pace setter, class rookie, Johan Zarco. Arthur Sissis was 7th fastest in Moto3 with new wunderkid Romano Fenati fastest. Who'd have thought a youngster could come along to upstage the 'future' of MotoGP in Maverick Vinales?
The first practices have been run at Jerez and MotoGP were basically washed out with spitting rain until constant rain hit at the end of the session. In Moto2 wet practice, Ant West predicatably finished 4th behind pace setter, class rookie, Johan Zarco. Arthur Sissis was 7th fastest in Moto3 with new wunderkid Romano Fenati fastest. Who'd have thought a youngster could come along to upstage the 'future' of MotoGP in Maverick Vinales?
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Chance of rain for most of weekend.
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Vale second fastest in FP2. Seems Ducati have found what they need to be competitive - sprinklers!
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Practice 3 was wet aswell.
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 274.7 1'50.121
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 273.9 1'50.232 0.111 / 0.111
3 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 277.9 1'50.455 0.334 / 0.223
4 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 276.3 1'50.495 0.374 / 0.040
5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 277.0 1'50.692 0.571 / 0.197
6 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 275.9 1'51.601 1.480 / 0.909
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 275.6 1'51.615 1.494 / 0.014
8 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 277.1 1'51.661 1.540 / 0.046
9 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 275.7 1'51.700 1.579 / 0.039
10 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 256.7 1'51.972 1.851 / 0.272
11 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 273.8 1'52.228 2.107 / 0.256
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 273.8 1'52.676 2.555 / 0.448
13 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 258.7 1'52.730 2.609 / 0.054
14 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 256.9 1'52.754 2.633 / 0.024
15 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 272.2 1'52.756 2.635 / 0.002
16 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 258.9 1'53.489 3.368 / 0.733
17 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 260.2 1'53.583 3.462 / 0.094
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 251.0 1'53.595 3.474 / 0.012
19 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 256.3 1'53.612 3.491 / 0.017
20 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 260.0 1'53.820 3.699 / 0.208
21 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 256.2 1'54.618 4.497 / 0.798
http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/SPA/MotoGP/FP3
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 274.7 1'50.121
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 273.9 1'50.232 0.111 / 0.111
3 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 277.9 1'50.455 0.334 / 0.223
4 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 276.3 1'50.495 0.374 / 0.040
5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 277.0 1'50.692 0.571 / 0.197
6 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 275.9 1'51.601 1.480 / 0.909
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 275.6 1'51.615 1.494 / 0.014
8 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 277.1 1'51.661 1.540 / 0.046
9 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 275.7 1'51.700 1.579 / 0.039
10 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 256.7 1'51.972 1.851 / 0.272
11 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 273.8 1'52.228 2.107 / 0.256
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 273.8 1'52.676 2.555 / 0.448
13 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 258.7 1'52.730 2.609 / 0.054
14 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 256.9 1'52.754 2.633 / 0.024
15 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 272.2 1'52.756 2.635 / 0.002
16 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 258.9 1'53.489 3.368 / 0.733
17 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 260.2 1'53.583 3.462 / 0.094
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 251.0 1'53.595 3.474 / 0.012
19 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 256.3 1'53.612 3.491 / 0.017
20 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 260.0 1'53.820 3.699 / 0.208
21 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 256.2 1'54.618 4.497 / 0.798
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I for one am glad Jerez is done with early - clearly Casey's worst track!
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MotoGP Qualifying results:
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 282.1 1'39.532
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 283.5 1'39.667 0.135 / 0.135
3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 282.3 1'40.563 1.031 / 0.896
4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 281.7 1'40.570 1.038 / 0.007
5 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 285.9 1'40.577 1.045 / 0.007
6 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 280.9 1'41.090 1.558 / 0.513
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 284.0 1'41.180 1.648 / 0.090
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 286.9 1'41.447 1.915 / 0.267
9 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 287.3 1'41.550 2.018 / 0.103
10 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 265.6 1'41.700 2.168 / 0.150
11 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 284.2 1'41.724 2.192 / 0.024
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 288.8 1'41.871 2.339 / 0.147
13 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 282.3 1'42.961 3.429 / 1.090
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 267.7 1'43.135 3.603 / 0.174
15 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 268.2 1'43.363 3.831 / 0.228
16 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 266.5 1'44.308 4.776 / 0.945
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 269.5 1'44.467 4.935 / 0.159
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 257.4 1'44.645 5.113 / 0.178
19 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 261.4 1'44.717 5.185 / 0.072
20 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 264.8 1'45.724 6.192 / 1.007
21 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 264.5 1'46.200 6.668 / 0.476
I went to the footy and missed it all, anyone got a rundown of how it all played out?
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 282.1 1'39.532
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 283.5 1'39.667 0.135 / 0.135
3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 282.3 1'40.563 1.031 / 0.896
4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 281.7 1'40.570 1.038 / 0.007
5 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 285.9 1'40.577 1.045 / 0.007
6 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 280.9 1'41.090 1.558 / 0.513
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 284.0 1'41.180 1.648 / 0.090
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 286.9 1'41.447 1.915 / 0.267
9 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 287.3 1'41.550 2.018 / 0.103
10 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 265.6 1'41.700 2.168 / 0.150
11 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 284.2 1'41.724 2.192 / 0.024
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 288.8 1'41.871 2.339 / 0.147
13 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 282.3 1'42.961 3.429 / 1.090
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 267.7 1'43.135 3.603 / 0.174
15 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 268.2 1'43.363 3.831 / 0.228
16 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 266.5 1'44.308 4.776 / 0.945
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 269.5 1'44.467 4.935 / 0.159
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 257.4 1'44.645 5.113 / 0.178
19 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 261.4 1'44.717 5.185 / 0.072
20 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 264.8 1'45.724 6.192 / 1.007
21 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 264.5 1'46.200 6.668 / 0.476
I went to the footy and missed it all, anyone got a rundown of how it all played out?
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Rossi and Edwards were shocking in qualifying .
Stoner lacks pace and he will have his work cut out
Stoner lacks pace and he will have his work cut out
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I'll still expect a podium from Casey, he's a smart racer and I think he'll have a good gameplan, so long as no-one tries on unnecessary stuff around him this year.
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I was impressive with Crutchlow he will win his 1st race in MotoGP soon.
This Moto3 race is getting some casualties 
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Moto3 was chaos! Gutted for Miller and Sissis. Moto2 was really good and surprisingly upright. Now that it has started raining, hopefully it keeps raining for MotoGP.
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That was an amazing stat about it being the 1st Italian in 3 years to win a race in any class
I didn't realise Rossi's drought was that long.
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Thats was a pity about Jack Miller and Arthur Sissis but they will be guns in a few years.
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Great ride by Casey, and a great race.
It looked like Lorenzo was going to get past him with a few laps to go but the great little man timed it to perfection.
Gratz Casey.
It looked like Lorenzo was going to get past him with a few laps to go but the great little man timed it to perfection.
Gratz Casey.
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Well done Casey
