Mugello MotoGP #Spoilers#

[Bigdog]

Here are the first practise times for Mugello.
Check out how fast the bikes are, Pedrosa's Honda nearly hit 350 kph. :eek:
Lap times are displayed first then the kph.
Stoner definately has no power advantage now.


GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA ALICE
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'49.870 342.422
2 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'50.065 344.277 0.195
3 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'50.144 340.586 0.274
4 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'50.808 349.288 0.938
5 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'50.891 338.983 1.021
6 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'50.898 340.479 1.028
7 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'51.007 339.836 1.137
8 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'51.030 337.605 1.160
9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'51.206 341.124 1.336
10 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'51.359 342.205 1.489
11 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'51.401 329.167 1.531
12 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'51.823 335.612 1.953
13 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'51.994 335.507 2.124
14 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'52.319 343.402 2.449
15 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'52.403 341.555 2.533
16 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'52.607 337.078 2.737
17 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'52.619 348.050 2.749

[stetto]

Those speeds are massive, thats 100kmh faster then most of us approach turn 1 at the creek and thats not exactly a relaxing feeling

[Big Lunt]

Surprised not to see the Ducati with the higher tops speed??

Pedrosa has the best stature to get that top speed - he can sit in behind the screen no problem!!!

[Jungleboy]

Haha, Toselands bike must be running on 3 cylinders...

only managed to hit 329kph..

Imagine if they kept the 990's how fast they would be going by now :omfg:

[08 ZX10R BULLET]

Surprised not to see the Ducati with the higher tops speed??

Pedrosa has the best stature to get that top speed - he can sit in behind the screen no problem!!!

have a look at p17, kalio on a duke 248kmh. all got to do with the gearing they choose.

[Dave75]

Surprised not to see the Ducati with the higher tops speed??

Pedrosa has the best stature to get that top speed - he can sit in behind the screen no problem!!!

I bet that he only weighs 25kg counts as well!

[wade193]

Such a big variation in speeds. Danny in the slip stream will always pass and even if he is leading he will always have an advantage.
Can't wait for this one :ayyy:

[Captain]

So Bayliss hasn't been able to help Hayden with the Ducati, hey? Good to see Melandri right in the middle too.

[gazujc]

Interesting, even with the 349kmh DP is fourth whilst the supposed top speed superiority of Stoner's Ducati makes him the slowest of the top four in the straight line at the moment. I would be so interested to see a breakdown of top speed times to see whether DP had a tow on that lap or whether it was consistently that high (ditto Kallio)


Lets see what qualifying brings

Anyway, it all means nothing until the end of the race




Garry

[Birdman45]

not gonna be close racing either by the look of it, CE in 5th and a full second off the front. LOL

[Captain]

So Bayliss hasn't been able to help Hayden with the Ducati, hey? Good to see Melandri right in the middle too.
You gotta feel for Hayden ... what would you do if you found yourself in his place?



– (Ducati Marlboro Team) 15th (1’52.403)
“This is a very different circuit to Le Mans and to be honest I was hoping that coming here, to the track where this bike was born, we would be on the pace. Unfortunately we’re not and the truth is we’re struggling again – it’s pretty demoralising because every track we go to at the moment seems to cause us different kinds of problems. Here the worst thing is the bumpiness of the surface, which is unsettling a bike that can already be quite unstable. It is hard to change direction when the bike isn’t planted and that’s a big thing here.”

Plus Vermeulen's pre-race comments. Always interesting :ayyy: I'
d love to see him up the pointy end, seems like a really good bloke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahIfk0d_aKc&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etwowheelsblog%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded

[Big Lunt]

and um yes um so um anyway um............

[Boony]

This race should be a cracker fast track does anyone what the top speeds of the 1000's where round this track i don't remember them being that quick

[Dunno]

Results after FP2

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap

1 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'49.323 340.801
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'49.350 338.983 0.027
3 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'49.517 338.557 0.194
4 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'49.954 335.195 0.631
5 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'49.981 335.091 0.658
6 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'50.034 334.158 0.711
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'50.036 333.333 0.713
8 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'50.154 337.816 0.831
9 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'50.364 336.134 1.041
10 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'50.617 323.256 1.294
11 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'51.017 324.226 1.694
12 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'51.313 341.340 1.990
13 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'51.342 335.925 2.019
14 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'51.392 336.239 2.069
15 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'51.400 324.616 2.077
16 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'51.723 343.511 2.400
17 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'52.108 340.694 2.785




Poor old Nicky is really struggling isnt he :(

[Naked Twin]

Hayden is on the improve:lmao: Anyone still think that changing to ducati is going to make a difference?

No doubt we will here that Stoner got all the good bits, maybe he should race for the satelite team.

Nick

[James]

Is it just a 1 year deal he has with Ducati?
With the results he has been getting, you'd think they would be looking for a new no. 2 for 2010

[*Oggy*]

Is it just a 1 year deal he has with Ducati?
With the results he has been getting, you'd think they would be looking for a new no. 2 for 2010

My Moneys on Mika Kalio....

[Dave75]

I can't wait for this race tonight

[Bigdog]

Here are the grid positions for tonights race:

GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA ALICE
MotoGP Qualifying Practice Classification
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'48.987 338.983
2 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'49.008 336.868 0.021
3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'49.121 331.491 0.134
4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'49.148 336.763 0.161
5 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'49.499 327.371 0.512
6 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'49.547 337.500 0.560
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'49.648 332.001 0.661
8 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'50.073 334.779 1.086
9 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'50.078 338.134 1.091
10 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'50.305 332.205 1.318
11 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'50.405 321.237 1.418
12 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'50.448 336.553 1.461
13 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'50.528 339.836 1.541
14 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'50.537 327.570 1.550
15 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'50.710 339.409 1.723
16 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'50.924 333.539 1.937
17 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'51.008 341.988 2.021

[wade193]

Interesting grid. Lots of surprises there. Its shaping for a great race :ayyy:

[Captain]

The top 5 are all a mess.

[Bigdog]

There is also the threat of rain. That will add another twist to the story.

[Captain]

Check this out (today):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ep1osg6vQ

[triumph]

how good is that . ill say he would have to check his undies when he got back to the pits after that .

[Krack]

Bugger! Warm up times are WET. Stoner top, 2.01.7. Jerez has been the only dry w/e this year. Hope it dries up for the race.

[wade193]

Check this out (today):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ep1osg6vQ

Outrageous!!! the bike was bucking around like something that didn't want to be bucked.

[Boony]

Check this out (today):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7ep1osg6vQ

thats tops:ayyy:

[wade193]

Poor Danny, torn tendons on his hip saving a high side. He will be riding with pain killers.

[1down5up]

Sunday, 31 May 2009
As the MotoGP riders flexed their muscles ahead of the fifth race of the season in Italy it was Ducati rider Casey Stoner who lapped quickest on a wet track.

With rain beginning to fall just at the beginning of the MotoGP warm up in Tuscany the premier class riders went out with their wet tyres on and Casey Stoner emerged as the fastest participant.

Apparently ready for whatever conditions lie ahead, Stoner starts from second on the grid and he will aim for Ducati?s first ever Mugello victory having led the way in the morning by a half second margin from former team-mate Marco Melandri - who was second quickest on his Hayate Racing Kawasaki.

A man always seemingly comfortable in the rain, which in fairness had calmed down by the end of the session, Rizla Suzuki?s Chris Vermeulen was third, with World Champion Valentino Rossi fourth. Rossi?s Fiat Yamaha team-mate and poleman Jorge Lorenzo took no risks, down in 13th place.

The top ten was completed by Suzuki?s Loris Capirossi, Ducati?s Nicky Hayden, LCR Honda?s Randy de Puniet, Yamaha satellite rider Colin Edwards and additional Honda pair Alex de Angelis and Andrea Dovizioso.

[Dunno]

Did anyone see the front tyre on Smiths bike in parc ferme? It was as good as new :eek:

[Captain]

There's a rider in the 250's wearing pink leathers. I can't help it, I keep thinking it's a girl. It's not, is it? :lmao:

[dazzler]

hope not i thought he was just supporting breast cancer:lmao::lmao:

[racegodr1]

What an amazing 250 race!! those last couple of laps...

[Dunno]

There's a rider in the 250's wearing pink leathers. I can't help it, I keep thinking it's a girl. It's not, is it? :lmao:

Mattia Pasini :clap: Man he did well. After what Simoncelli did to Bautista it was good to see Pasini give it to him. That was one of the best last laps ive seen in a while :ayyy:

[*Oggy*]

God... Charlie Cox (Sacked from Aussie Top Gear) is a commentator on the BBC Sport for the race here ?????

WTF ??

[*Oggy*]

Pedrosa had a bad spill yesterday... hurt his hip badly...not sure if they showed that over in Oz...but in the garage he's using a small box to step off to get on the bike..... (no joke.... I'm being serious for once) ........

[stetto]

How good was that 250 race

[*Oggy*]

Lorenzo just binned it on the warm up lap..................................

[racegodr1]

SPOILERS OGGY!!! Ha Ha

[Captain]

NOW you're really are spoiling it mate :cursing: we haven't see that yet!

[*Oggy*]

You'll see him on the grid on second bike....... he's not out... but lookes a bit depleated....

[James]

God... Charlie Cox (Sacked from Aussie Top Gear) is a commentator on the BBC Sport for the race here ?????

WTF ??

He's been doing that for 2 -3 years now. He owns a few radio stations in the Uk too

[*Oggy*]

He's been doing that for 2 -3 years now. He owns a few radio stations in the Uk too

Ah... ok... him and Steve Parrish so looking forward to it........

7-8 laps before a drying line apparently.....

[racegodr1]

Watch Edwards go backwards...Again

[Loco976]

melandri is doing good for kawasaki...

hopefully times will change for us kwakas!

[James]

Poor Pedrosa. Looks like he damaged his leg further.

Shame Suzuki didn't get on the Podium

[Falco]

Last lap with Pasini and Simonchelli was edge of your seat shit!
That whole race of the 250's was simply awesome.

Well done Casey. :clap:

[stetto]

Interesting race, top result for casey. Looked like a few underdogs coulda got up but not to be

[Belinda]

So who won......got kicked out of the pub just as they were getting onto the grid...:cursing: tried to race home but the Eastern Distributer was closed....:cursing::cursing:

Does well done Casey mean he won :ayyy:

Where did Randy finish?

[DAVID]

Yes he did:beer::beer::beer:

[Belinda]

and Randy??

[Boony]

How good are them 250's always entertaining what a last lap.

[Irena]

Watch Edwards go backwards...Again

And Rossi too ...............:crysmiley:


:stirthepot:

[DAVID]

Go rossi

[clarkey]

and Randy??

:lmao::lmao: no wonder they kicked you out of the pub ....:lmao:

[Johnny]

Not a fan of this bike change in the middle of the race shit. Still dont know who makes the call on what tyres, Surely Jeremy Burgess cant get it that wrong, last round, he had Rossi pit three times, with mixed tyres, including a wet and a slick at the same time, this time had two hard compounds that he surely mustve knew would take time to heat and grip, while the others got away with almost half the race gone anyway..

Nah, thats bullshit, start off with one bike, finish off with that bike, cant get the tyres to last ? choose carefully and or tuff titty, thats racing, new tyres mid way through a race, also means new bike, just not right...


Great watching though :D

[Mr Bones]

Yeah mate but they have to squeeze what they can out of every race.
That's the way of sport these days....

Was a pretty exciting race to watch hopefully the rest of the season will go this way to. :ayyy:

[Captain]

What a grumpy old man :lmao:
Who decides? They only said about 20 times that's it's the rider's decision :dohsmiley:

:stirthepot::stirthepot::stirthepot:



Melandri (on the Kawasaki) overtaking Stoner (on the Ducati) early in the race must have put the biggest smile on his face :D
That was really nice to see :ayyy:

[Johnny]

Yeah mate but they have to squeeze what they can out of every race.
That's the way of sport these days....

Was a pretty exciting race to watch hopefully the rest of the season will go this way to. :ayyy:
Too right mate :ayyy: heres to the rest of the season of more of the same ( perhaps dry though) :)


What a grumpy old man :lmao:
Who decides? They only said about 20 times that's it's the rider's decision :dohsmiley:

:stirthepot::stirthepot::stirthepot:


:lmao:

Yeap, I am becoming agrumpy old man huh :baby::lmao: :ayyy:

watched on fta, coverage and commentators are very different to what you get on foxtell etc, All we can here is that Rusty clown having orgasms every time someone overtakes anyone... oops, theres that grumpy old man again :lmao:

edit..Top effort by Melandri, way to stick it up Kwaka for pulling out, and unfortunetly for passing the lemon he was riding last yr to Hayden..

[Captain]

One thing I don't understand (... actually, too many things).
When they change to dry tyres (slicks), why do they go so slow on the first lap - to give the tyres a chance to heat up - when they've been on the warmers?

[senergy]

what will happen next year when they only have one bike?

[Krack]

Cap, it's more about them testing the conditions on those tyres. You could see how tentative they were on the long right before the back straight.

[RIPPERTON]

Melandri (on the Kawasaki) overtaking Stoner (on the Ducati) early in the race must have put the biggest smile on his face :D
That was really nice to see :ayyy:

Overtaking Stoner ????
overtaking Rossi !!!!

That was just unbelievable

[Naked Twin]

One thing I don't understand (... actually, too many things).
When they change to dry tyres (slicks), why do they go so slow on the first lap - to give the tyres a chance to heat up - when they've been on the warmers?

These race tyres need a lot of heat to work properly, warmers only get them closer to where they need to be. (though if they used the RATS ones they would be better off :lmao:) The track temp is also low as it is still drying.

To add to this if you have dual compound tyres with a mainly left (counter clock wise) or right handed track (clockwise) as is the case for most European tracks then you have to wait for the left side to get up to temp especially.

Nick

[Captain]

That great 250 race :ayyy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-RKMwYIrVw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etwowheelsblog%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded

[Dave75]

hey all

I just wanted to say that last nights race was spectacular to watch!

So many riders and teams fighting for the lead over the course of the race was brilliant!

Hats off to Stoner who I thought rode an amazing race.

If the rest of the year is is like this I won't have any nails left on my hands to bite off!

[Dr freedom]

Awesome race.. great to see plenty of lead changing as well. I liked most gettin some wheel spin off the start as well

Again the 250's was the highlight imo.. the last 2 laps in the wet.. gawd they kick ass.

[Jamesy]

The 250's were brilliant and a race to save the footage of.

Motogp is awesome and I swear is getting better every year. Vermuellen was awesome too and with a better motor (next round apparently) will have him not being overtaken on the straights.

[Captain]

That little girl at 3:15 is funny :lmao:

[Bigdog]

Go Stoner, good to see him get up in this one. He now leads the Championship too.

[spotcom]

That was one hell of a race! I don't agree with you, Johnny - I'm loving this stuff. Both this round and the last one had me on the edge of my seat, with the decisions that riders and teams had to make, and the swapping of the lead so many times.

It was brilliant.

Sorry to see Pedrosa bin it so badly - that would have hurt! But very happy with the podium in the end. Go the Aussie!

Also, isn't it great to see so few points separating the top three? That makes for a gripping season. :ayyy:

[Johnny]

That was one hell of a race! I don't agree with you, Johnny - I'm loving this stuff.

All good mate :ayyy:

I was just being a sour puss cause Melandri was doing so well up untill change :cursing:

[Captain]

http://static.blogo.it/motoblog/motogp-2009-mugello-1a-parte/big_toselandedwards6.jpg

http://static.blogo.it/motoblog/motogp-2009-mugello-1a-parte/big_alexdeangelis11.jpg

http://static.blogo.it/motoblog/motogp-2009-mugello-1a-parte/big_alexdeangelis02.jpg

http://static.blogo.it/motoblog/motogp-2009-mugello-2a-parte/big_jorgelorenzo04.jpg

http://static.blogo.it/motoblog/motogp-2009-mugello-2a-parte/big_0jorgelorenzo06.jpg

[spotcom]

Once again, awesome pics, Captain! :ayyy:

[OutOfControl]

Fark....Lorenzo has some lean angle happenin' there..