Moto GP Motegi 2011 **SPOILER**

[mduc]

It's Friday morning in Japan!!!

FP1 Results:

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time
1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:47.289
2 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:47.566
3 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Ducati GP11 1:47.732
4 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:47.836
5 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:47.912
6 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V 1:47.942
7 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:48.169
8 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha M1 1:48.197
9 Hector Barbera Aspar Team Ducati GP11 1:48.406
10 Valentino Rossi Ducati Marlboro Ducati GP11 1:48.667
11 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V 1:48.776
12 Alvara Bautista Rizla Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R 1:48.880
13 Randy De Puniet Pramac Racing Ducati GP11 1:48.892
14 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha M1 1:49.385
15 Toni Elias LCR Honda Honda RC212V 1:49.415
16 Karel Abraham Cardion AB MotoRacing Ducati GP11 1:49.813
17 Kousuke Akiyoshi LCR Honda Honda RC212V 1:50.688
18 Shin Ich Itoh Repsol Honda Honda RC212V 1:51.461
19 Damian Cudlin Pramac Racing Ducati GP11 1:53.218

[Dmitry]

Wow! Rossi probably wants his old CF frame back, I assume Nicky is on the old bike?

[Chuckracer]

Holy Crap! What was in Nicky's Wheaties!?

[LAN]

ehh, it's just FP1

[Dmitry]

Originally Posted by Chuckracer

Holy Crap! What was in Nicky's Wheaties!?

Gamma Rays?

[Mad Dog]

Great weather here, almost 30 degrees C. The Motegi area is also nice now, but supposed to be cloudy with 30% chance of rain and much lower temps of around 20 degrees C. So, setup today will probably not be too effective for Sunday. Radiation readings are about 0.08 microsieverts per hour, a bit above normal background radiation before 3/11.
However, Motegi is in the backwoods and prone to rain showers at this time of year. COuld make the race interesting.

[romancommander]

Originally Posted by Chuckracer

Holy Crap! What was in Nicky's Wheaties!?

The Duc won there last year. This GP11.1 version is supposed to be better than last years, and he has telemetry from last year.

[va duc]

Free Practice Two Results (all on Bridgestone tires):

1. Dani PEDROSA, Spain (HONDA), 1:46.790
2. Casey STONER, Australia (HONDA), 1:46.844
3. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Italy (HONDA), 1:46.952
4. Marco SIMONCELLI, Italy (HONDA), 1:47.188
5. Jorge LORENZO, Spain (YAMAHA), 1:47.310
6. Nicky HAYDEN, USA (DUCATI), 1:47.381
7. Hiroshi AOYAMA, Japan (HONDA), 1:47.785
8. Valentino ROSSI, Italy (DUCATI), 1:47.975
9. Hector BARBERA, Spain (DUCATI), 1:48.055
10. Colin EDWARDS, USA (YAMAHA), 1:48.076
11. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Spain (SUZUKI), 1:48.097
12. Randy DE PUNIET, France (DUCATI), 1:48.374
13. Cal CRUTCHLOW, Great Britain (YAMAHA), 1:48.379
14. Ben SPIES, USA (YAMAHA), 1:48.567
15. Toni ELIAS, Spain (HONDA), 1:48.743
16. Karel ABRAHAM, Czech Republic (DUCATI), 1:49.305
17. Kousuke AKIYOSHI, Japan (HONDA), 1:49.464
18. Shinichi ITO, Japan (HONDA), 1:49.673
19. Damian CUDLIN, Australia (DUCATI), 1:51.349

[rcrob]

Originally Posted by Chuckracer

Holy Crap! What was in Nicky's Wheaties!?

Meh, back to WSBK with him, right Chuck

[whippersnapper]

Poor old Damo looked like a track day rider out there. What a difficult situation. Your big chance but on a bike you've never ridden and a track you've never seen. Tough.