MotoGP: Brickyard 2011 *Spoiler*

[TheNibbler]

Legendary (and boring) circuit only got better with the new surface (slick as ice)

Things to watch for:
Nicky on GP11.1
Simo first race after Podium
Hurricane around the area could make the surface more grippy







FP1 Results

1. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 1m 43.260s
2. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 1m 43.552s
3. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 43.574s
4. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 43.582s
5. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro 1m 44.236s
6. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 1m 44.362s
7. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda 1m 44.551s
8. Hector Barbera ESP Mapfre Aspar 1m 45.026s
9. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 1m 45.065s
10. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 1m 45.192s
11. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki 1m 45.249s
12. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 45.368s
13. Randy de Puniet FRA Pramac Racing 1m 45.577s
14. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 46.159s
15. Loris Capirossi ITA Pramac Racing 1m 46.484s
16. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 1m 46.643s
17. Toni Elias ESP LCR Honda 1m 47.507s

[tye1138]

Holy shit, Stoner almost hit a gofer!!! He also had a huge moment, saved it on his knee as he did his usual "stoner special" one lap special and put himself on top.

Spies looks very strong, he and Lorenzo led for most of the session, though Spies wound up in 2nd place.

Pedrosa pushed hard and wound up third over-all.

FP2 results:

1 STONER C.Repsol Honda Team 1:40.724
2 SPIES B.Yamaha Factory Racing +0.194
3 PEDROSA D.Repsol Honda Team +0.481
4 LORENZO J.Yamaha Factory Racing +0.737
5 DOVIZIOSO A.Repsol Honda Team +0.812
6 EDWARDS C.Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +0.975
7 SIMONCELLI M.San Carlo Honda Gresini +1.018
8 HAYDEN N.Ducati Team +1.065
9 BAUTISTA A.Rizla Suzuki MotoGP +1.507
10 DE PUNIET R.Pramac Racing Team +1.615
11 ROSSI V.Ducati Team +1.681
12 AOYAMA H.San Carlo Honda Gresini +1.949

[mduc]

Originally Posted by tye1138

Holy shit, Stoner almost hit a gofer!!! He also had a huge moment, saved it on his knee as he did his usual "stoner special" one lap special and put himself on top.

Yes I saw it. I heard the gofer was paid off by Ducati to try and take out the front end of his Honda. Ducati knows first hand it's the only way to slow Stoner down. Good thing Stoner had the skills to ride around little bastard.

[romancommander]

You got to admit, down by gofer woulda been funny.

[Chuckracer]

Cue the Caddyshack Youtube links...

[dv8ryan]

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I think the lap record is getting broken this weekend. Once more rubber get's laid down they'll start picking up a lot more speed. Spies for the victory!!!

[mduc]

Originally Posted by Chuckracer

Cue the Caddyshack Youtube links...

No way Chuck My Gopher is a solid Stoner fan.



Now my mad cow, well he's into shagging porn stars. LOL

[wdietz186]

A gofer! Who/what was the gofer gofing for? Musta been in the pits as there shouldn't be anything on the track to send an employee out to pick up. And doesn't the pit lane have a speed limit? OH! a Gopher! Well they have their own agendas don't they?

[Tard]

Wow. Excellent varmint avoidance maneuver by Stoner. I didn't know gofers were that big, it was quite a size. It almost looked as if it did it on purpose as it ran out then laid down in front of Stoner. I'm glad neither were injured.

Stoner was pushing hard late in that second session, and it wasn't just one hot lap like Pedrosa. Without the gofer incident and that moment he had, he would have strung together several laps in the 1.40's I think.
Casey has never done well at Indy so I reckon he's doing OK considering. Plus we know Stoner doesn't have to do exceedingly well in practice to win races.

I expect the Yamaha's to be strong, because they always are at Indy, plus they're running the new engine this round. Spies did well there last year and is looking good so far.
He'll do well and could quite possibly get his second win for the season in front of his home crowd. I'm pretty sure he'll at least end up on the podium.

The track's a bit of a disaster though being so slippery. Is this the first time there's been racing on it since the resurfacing?
As Stoner said, they have to wait for the track to come to them, because it's impossible to work on set up with the track changing every session as more rubber gets laid down.

[bpracer]

Originally Posted by Chuckracer

Cue the Caddyshack Youtube links...

There is a golf course on the grounds of the track. A coincidence, I think not!

Varmint-cong.