Crutchlow is a beast this year. (As is Sykes)
Hopefully Rossi can pull something together tomorrow. crosses fingers 1 second off pole ain’t TOO bad. (All things considered)
I just hope that BS’s won’t be using his reverse gear this round…:rofl
VR out qualified NH this time, which he should, so looks like he is struggling with the bike less than usual.
I find it amazing how similar Rossi & Nicky always are when it comes to their times, and their positions at the track. Seems they finish within 1 of each other nearly every race, and usually the case in qualifying.
Ben Spies needs a killer round. Crutchlow is proving what the Yamaha can do. I’m amazed he out-qualified Lorenzo. It’d be amazing to see Crutchlow on the Tech 3 finish in front of the factory Yamaha’s.
great race for EBR in ama superbike!
Josh was untouchable up front
GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL CIRCUITO ESTORIL
MotoGP Qualifying Practice
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’37.188
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’37.201 0.013 / 0.013
3 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’37.289 0.101 / 0.088
4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1’37.466 0.278 / 0.177
5 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1’37.723 0.535 / 0.257
6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1’37.917 0.729 / 0.194
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’37.943 0.755 / 0.026
8 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 1’38.006 0.818 / 0.063
9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1’38.059 0.871 / 0.053
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 1’38.253 1.065 / 0.194
11 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1’38.265 1.077 / 0.012
12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 1’39.353 2.165 / 1.088
13 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 1’39.398 2.210 / 0.045
14 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 1’39.586 2.398 / 0.188
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 1’40.029 2.841 / 0.443
16 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 1’40.225 3.037 / 0.196
17 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 1’40.387 3.199 / 0.162
18 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 1’40.964 3.776 / 0.577
19 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 1’41.394 4.206 / 0.430
20 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 1’41.486 4.298 / 0.092
21 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 1’41.490 4.302 / 0.004
BS needs to stop using reverse…:rofl
He hasn’t taken your advice yet. :lol
Shame 1st WSBK race was canceled. Gotta watch Race 2 when I get home from work tonight, and hopefully have a Moto2 to watch as well.
MotoGP race was good, but there weren’t any real battles for position throughout the race to make it a great watch. Rossi’s placement was good though, and under 30 seconds off the leader is definitely an improvement.
Hard to come up with excuses when JL on the same machine is fighting for 1st.
Reminds me of an old russian proverb “Hope is always the last to die.”
30 seconds is a life time in racing.:lol
Ben Spies is losing it! That wide line had me shout “WTF ben spies” fighting with the LCR honda… His days are numbered.:Idiots
Stoner is just unstoppable if he gets out ahead it’s like a death sentence.
Crutchlow is really starting to shine, to bad he didn’t have the same breaks as Dovi.
poor CRT bikes are just there to take up space IMO.:rofl
BS said on twitter that he made 4 to 5 big mistakes. NH had a software issue and said things start or stopped activating on the wrong section of the track…
If I were to recommend a race from this weekend, I’d say watch WSBK Race 2.
Race 1 only lasted a couple laps, and Race 2 only lasted 8/16 laps before it was called due to rain, but you’ll be dumbfounded by the rape that Tom Sykes dished out.
He was an ANIMAL
This whole Monza weekend is just weird…:rofl
For WSBK, Tom Sykes has always been a favorite of mine (Note the huge poster that used to hang in my room :crackup) so watching Race 2, I couldn’t help but laugh every lap as he kept putting bus lengths on everyone.
Yeah sykes was fucking GONE 7 second lead by lap 3:eek3
SBK Monza R2 highlight.
Good work BMW! and over all great racing for both races.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUDV6rbxruU[/ame]
As JR demonstrated, the only way to beat the BMW’s this weekend is to pull a half ass dive bomb maneuver and took them out. Good job Rea, you will do just fine in NASCAR and clearly racing motorcycle is not for you.
amazing races! GP is so boring
I cannot believe that finish.
My dad told me when I got home from work this evening, “Final laps of Race 2 was some of the craziest sh** I’ve seen”.
So here I am watching … Sykes falls back to 5th, keeps falling back, huge gap… coming up on the last turn, I’m thinking Good Job Haslam & Melandri, poor Tom Sykes after leading 2/3 of the race. Then BAM! :wow:eek3:eek
Rea did some overly aggressive riding today throughout the whole race. That’s what makes me shake my head at him for that final turn. He sounded to blame Haslam for “turning back into him”. :Idiots
MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2012
Le Mans, Friday, May 18, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 307.5 1’34.321
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 308.0 1’34.908 0.587 / 0.587
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.7 1’35.065 0.744 / 0.157
4 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 299.3 1’35.202 0.881 / 0.137
5 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 308.3 1’35.213 0.892 / 0.011
6 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 303.8 1’35.239 0.918 / 0.026
7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 302.8 1’35.318 0.997 / 0.079
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 304.3 1’35.336 1.015 / 0.018
9 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 303.5 1’35.403 1.082 / 0.067
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 302.4 1’35.829 1.508 / 0.426
11 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 304.3 1’36.291 1.970 / 0.462
12 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 305.3 1’36.500 2.179 / 0.209
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 283.8 1’36.935 2.614 / 0.435
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 284.1 1’37.916 3.595 / 0.981
15 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 282.1 1’38.140 3.819 / 0.224
16 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 287.0 1’38.209 3.888 / 0.069
17 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 289.9 1’38.255 3.934 / 0.046
18 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 284.2 1’38.943 4.622 / 0.688
19 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 273.1 1’39.110 4.789 / 0.167
20 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 284.9 1’39.729 5.408 / 0.619
7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 283.8 1’41.398 7.077 / 1.669
MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2012
Le Mans, Friday, May 18, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 307.6 1’33.740
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 308.5 1’34.005 0.265 / 0.265
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 304.1 1’34.136 0.396 / 0.131
4 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 305.3 1’34.437 0.697 / 0.301
5 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 300.3 1’34.467 0.727 / 0.030
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.3 1’34.585 0.845 / 0.118
7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.3 1’34.610 0.870 / 0.025
8 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 309.2 1’35.079 1.339 / 0.469
9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 302.2 1’35.112 1.372 / 0.033
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 301.8 1’35.132 1.392 / 0.020
11 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 303.6 1’35.201 1.461 / 0.069
12 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 305.8 1’35.787 2.047 / 0.586
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 287.8 1’36.438 2.698 / 0.651
14 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 287.5 1’36.928 3.188 / 0.490
15 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 286.1 1’37.093 3.353 / 0.165
16 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 286.9 1’37.310 3.570 / 0.217
17 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 287.6 1’37.585 3.845 / 0.275
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 273.3 1’38.255 4.515 / 0.670
19 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 286.9 1’38.260 4.520 / 0.005
20 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 284.2 1’38.395 4.655 / 0.135
21 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 286.8 1’39.383 5.643 / 0.988