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[tz250w]

Guess I'll kick it off...

Moto2 FP1 right now in pouring rain.

And they have tail lights! First time I ever saw that... new for this year?

[tz250w]

MotoGP FP1 was apparently washed out... only 8 riders took to the track and of them only a few pushed for some times. Red flag atm in Moto2, minor crash but the bike was in the middle of the track.

Hope the weather improves... but after watching the Assen WSBK round... maybe it will be better if it continues to pour! lol

Knowing GP though, they'll probably cancel it.

MotoGP FP1 Results

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 261.9 1'48.674
2 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 261.3 1'54.641 5.967 / 5.967
3 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 255.1 1'55.214 6.540 / 0.573
19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 267.5 1'56.398 7.724 / 1.184
54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 256.2 1'56.853 8.179 / 0.455
51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 253.8 1'59.239 10.565 / 2.386
68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 254.4 2'02.868 14.194 / 3.629
5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 232.6 2'05.991 17.317 / 3.123

(did not ride)
1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha
8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati
9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda
11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha
17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati
26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART
46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati
69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati
77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART
99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha

Edited by tz250w, 27 April 2012 - 10:08 AM.

[tz250w]

Well... the forecast is looking mighty gloomy...

http://www.weatheron...Spain/Jerez.htm

Rain and thunderstorms through to Monday.


Again, some of the best racing I've seen in years was in horrible conditions at Assen last weekend. Time for the CRT boys to get wild!

[Gary]

Silva will be framing that time sheet!

And yes Max, taillights are new this season.

[Sharp]

Lorenzo was not happy after FP2!

[Gary]

He's upset about tire wear, but who knows if the race will bring similar conditions?

[Sharp]

He's upset about tire wear, but who knows if the race will bring similar conditions?

Most of the teams seemed to stay out on the one set of wets to get a "feeling" of how they may have to perform in the race. Trying to save them for tomorrow, although I think they get an extra set since it is wet bringing it to five sets total.

[Gary]

They get an extra set if all 4 practice and qualifying sessions are wet. Lorenzo said his went after about 10 laps.

[jose_jimenez]

And they have tail lights! First time I ever saw that... new for this year?

Yes, another new rule. It's so the riders can see each other in poor visibility. It was talked about in the offseason and they tested them in one of the winter tests.

[tz250w]

It's a good idea but... I wonder if some of them aren't a bit too bright? A few even glared over the wet camera lenses as they went by, I'd bet it would be worse on a wet face shield. Seems like it should be a "control unit" given out, or purchased by the teams just to keep them uniform.

At first sight, I thought they were brake lamps! lol That would be horrible... used to scare the piss out of me instructing track days when some dude I was coming up on would suddenly light up his brake lamp (probably riding the rear brake) right in the middle of a straight section.

[banzai132]

Wonder if CE banged himself up? I noticed a grimace when he was standing behind the barriers.

[Dan]

I would say that grimace was when he saw his time on the video screen as well. Must be hurting.

[Gary]

His time barely meets the 107% rule. A grimace is fitting. The bike doesn't look to be working well at all.

Crutchlow very impressive, same for Hayden. Rossi not so much.

[Dan]

He did crash big during the session so that does explain some of the time deficiency. The bike also doesnt seem to work well around that track given some of the pre-season testing times.

[tz250w]

Bummed for Colin...

As for the rest of QP, sucks having to put in fast laps on an iffy track with black clouds overhead. Cal was indeed impressive. Spies needs to sort his head out if he wants to keep that ride (though he did finally put it on the second row). Rossi... well. If he wasn't regretting his decision to go to Ducati before, he sure as hell should be by now.

[MotoMac]

Lorenzo
Spies
Pedrosa
Hayden
Stoner
Lorenzo

[Gary]

I'll post that over in the other thread for you Mac

[tz250w]

Yeah, I figured I'd trip up at least one other old fart with the thread title... lol

[tz250w]

Wow, one hell of a Moto3 race! And one guy has proven he's not a fluke...

[banzai132]

Why did Moto2 only do 17 laps.....I don't speak foreigner and those are all the broadcasts I can get.