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[redmike34]

Did Rossi finally out-qualify Hayden?

Yep... although I saw Nicky's bike belching smoke several times throughout QP. Anyone hear WTF on that issue? I was watching a Portuguese feed, so I have no idea what was going on...

[Dan]

Was mentioned a few times on British Eurosport. They have no idea what it was..

Much better performance by Rossi this time around. Hope he can contend in the race.

[ninjasquaddie]

Did Rossi finally out-qualify Hayden?

Oh fucking dear me.

[jose_jimenez]

I think Rossi would have qualified better but he was spending some serious time with the hard rear tyre. He was using it yesterday as well and nobody else was. It's a toss up on which rear they will go with and this could be the key factor for the race tomorrow (not for Rossi but for ped, sto, lor, spi, cru). Pedrosa, due to his weight, might be able to make the softer option rear last the length of the race. Going to be a hard pick between tyres for all the riders.

[ninjasquaddie]

Well, Rossi rinsed LTD.

[Gary]

Yeah, he managed to beat his teammate once out of 3 attempts. The stuff heroes are made of

[redmike34]

Rossi was four seconds faster than last year, and Nicky was six. The big problem was that the winner's pace was fourteen seconds faster...

[Simone]

Another race like this and i will be 14 seconds faster to fall asleep

[ninjasquaddie]

Yeah, he managed to beat his teammate once out of 3 attempts. The stuff heroes are made of

Just batting it back, Fanboi.

[Gary]

Me? A Hayden fanboy?

Uh, yeah, right...

[ninjasquaddie]

9 titles. That's what heroes are made of. Don't you start denying history too.

[jose_jimenez]

He did say they have a 'softer' engine to try tomorrow but he wasn't doing backflips over it.

[Gary]

9 titles. That's what heroes are made of. Don't you start denying history too.

I'm not denying history - I'm referring to the present. Rossi was unbelievable for a decade, but he is quite believable now. I have no doubt that on a different bike he would be a different rider, but he isn't too impressive on a Ducati - at least not yet.

He summed it up himself - paraphrasing, but he said he felt like a motorcycle racer today - a slow one.

[Gary]

If you read GPWeek they explained Hayden's issues - no way was he going to make a good showing yesterday.

[jose_jimenez]

Lots of interesting shit here.

http://www.motogp.co...ress conference

Has Ducati finally caved in and started to listen? Laguna is half season and a ways away. Better than no updates at least. 1.5 years gone to "testing".

[Spoone]

Similar article here..
http://www.crash.net...aguna_seca.html

[Jordan L.]

Hmmm...an inline-four crossplane in the pipeline for Ducati?

[jose_jimenez]

Preziosi has caved, finally.

Here is the video version..

http://www.motogp.co...post Estoril GP

“We believe that a bike Valentino likes, is a good bike for all riders,” he said. “We are following the direction he suggests at the best of our capability, which is not enough right now to be faster than Honda. But for sure we will try in the direction that Valentino shows us.”

In terms of machine set-up, Preziosi said that Rossi and crew chief Jerry Burgess always have the final say.

“We give Jeremy 100% freedom to define with Valentino what the best set-up is. As Ducati, our duty is just to supply material.

“We can suggest what our ideas are, but the final decision, day by day, practice by practice, is made by Jeremy speaking with Valentino."

Edited by jose_jimenez, 08 May 2012 - 10:56 AM.

[damo]

Yeah Ducati stubbornly only built about 6 completely new frames for Rossi including a switch to aluminium twin spar for the first time in the company's history. Damn sticks in the mud!

Edited by damo, 08 May 2012 - 10:48 AM.

[tz250w]

They're gonna go stick them in the mud and piss on them after Valentino walks out on the day his contract ends.