MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE
MotoGP Qualifying Practice Classification 2012
Le Mans, Saturday, May 19, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 303.7 1’33.638
2 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 306.0 1’33.941 0.303 / 0.303
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.0 1’33.976 0.338 / 0.035
4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 300.8 1’34.104 0.466 / 0.128
5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 302.4 1’34.178 0.540 / 0.074
6 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 299.0 1’34.669 1.031 / 0.491
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 298.5 1’34.907 1.269 / 0.238
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 300.4 1’34.922 1.284 / 0.015
9 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 305.1 1’34.950 1.312 / 0.028
10 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 301.8 1’35.250 1.612 / 0.300
11 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 298.5 1’35.291 1.653 / 0.041
12 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 286.5 1’35.694 2.056 / 0.403
13 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 300.7 1’35.862 2.224 / 0.168
14 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 283.7 1’36.646 3.008 / 0.784
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 283.6 1’37.202 3.564 / 0.556
16 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 279.2 1’37.666 4.028 / 0.464
17 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 281.3 1’37.760 4.122 / 0.094
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 269.5 1’37.767 4.129 / 0.007
19 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 282.0 1’38.198 4.560 / 0.431
20 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 279.3 1’38.511 4.873 / 0.313
21 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 281.8 1’38.658 5.020 / 0.147
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Tech 3 out qualifies the Works team.
My prediction: CS win, JL podium, BS use reverse. :rofl
:Idiots sad how predictable it all is.
Poor Tech3 :ahh
Well … you got 2 parts of it right. JL Podium and BS use Reverse. :lol
BUT WHO COULD PREDICT ROSSI / STONER BATTLE?!
Who can predict who was standing on the #2 Step? W00T! :rockon:w00t:clap
BTW… I hear Moto3 race, 18 people crashed out. That should be interesting to see. Even though I never watch Moto3, I’m gonna check out what happened today. I sadly saw the results of Moto2 before watching it, and I suspect a few of the better races crashed out judging by the results. x_x
Good job Rossi! I think BS would have done much better if he had a better start, launching on the dirty side of the track in the rain is always iffy.
OK I may have to watch this race now! I was going to stop watching GP all together.
I think the rain was an equalizer, making it a race of skill. I wonder if schumi hanging out in rossis garage or the stoner announcement sparked something in him?
Rossi always does better in the wet on the ducati. I didn’t know it was a wet race. I thought rossi was making moves in the dry.
I am pretty sure CS is taking it easy, if it is DP chasing him he might have to take a bit more risk.
Yeah he wasn’t pushing it, the CRT’s slowed him down a bit also.
I fully expect since CS announce his retirement, he will just go defensive for the rest of the season, he will race simply for the points and not wins so he can retire as GP Champ.
NorthWest 200 Superstock highlight:
Balls of steel!
Stoner blames Dorna for quitting sport
Full Article: http://www.bikepoint.com.au/news/2012/road-racers/honda/stoner-blames-dorna-for-quitting-sport-30400
Stoner blames Dorna for quitting sport
In a revealing interview before the Le Mans MotoGP round, Casey Stoner blasted Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta and spoke of his V8 Supercars ambitionsDuring a candid interview with Channel Ten motorsport anchors Greg Rust and former GP winner Daryl Beattie, Casey Stoner revealed his real reasons for quitting MotoGP at the end of the 2012.
The two-time MotoGP champion and Repsol Honda rider explained that his premature exit from the sport was not due to one issue alone but many, including a lack of passion that stemmed from the way Dorna runs the sport.
He said MotoGP chief Carmelo Ezpeleta had made recent decisions with which he could not abide.
“I think they’re [Dorna] partly to blame for the situation they’re in right now,” Stoner told Channel Ten. “The decisions they’ve made and direction they’ve taken this class is not for my liking and a lot of the opinions of himself [Ezpeleta] and everything I’m not agreeing with at all,” he added.
The Australian MotoGP champion revealed that he’d love to see up-and-coming Moto2 rider Marc Marquez take his place in 2013, but rules put in place by Dorna wouldn’t allow it.
“Marc Marquez of course is a perfect candidate [for my ride] but there’s that rookie rule, which in my opinion is another bad decision – no rookies are allowed into a factory team, among many things like that that don’t suit,” Stoner said.
“None of the Moto3 [or] Moto2 riders are allowed to have motorhomes in the paddock, and you know we just wouldn’t have been able to get to where I am today if we weren’t allowed to have our motorhome in our paddock.
“There are a lot of things like that [which I am opposed to] but I think Marc Marquez has got to be the best to come into my position. But unfortunately there’s that rule there that’s holding him back.
When asked about his decision to quit the sport Stoner said it was due to a lack of passion and that it wasn’t influenced by his family.
"It’s got nothing to do with my baby girl or marriage or anything like that. You know, it’s been coming for a few years.
“It started basically back in 2009 when everybody started on about the mystery illness and all the comments and everything going round – and that still come around now – and it showed us what people really thought of us and what we really meant to people, which was nothing.
“Things happen behind our back and [we] realised that this paddock is nothing more than a business, there’s no passion. So it started since then.
“I think that if I do one more year I won’t get on a bike for the next 10 years,” Stoner told Channel Ten’s pre-race TV show.
“As it is now I’m not keen to go anywhere and get on a bike. So I want to get that passion back and I don’t want to lose what I’ve spent my whole life doing – and enjoying – for good.”
Stoner said that he is looking forward to relaxing in 2013 and that beyond that a career in four-wheeled motorsport is likely.
“That’s the point – I don’t want to have any plans,” said the 26-year-old. “I don’t want to have something that I have to do at that time, I just really want to enjoy the time with my family and spend as much time as possible with them.”
Already a keen karter and the owner of a highly modified go-kart, Stoner admitted that racing in the Australian touring car series, V8 Supercars, holds significant appeal.
“I really enjoyed the V8 test I did, to be honest,” he said. “I don’t think it’s ever going to give you the same thrill as what a bike can, but at the same time you’re not risking as much as what you do on a bike and that’s part of it as well.
“The fact is a lot of the people around you don’t realise how much you’re risking every time you’re out on track – every time you’re riding and pushing it to the limit, in bad conditions, with tyres that aren’t giving you good feedback…
“There are lots of things there that when everything isn’t perfect, with four walls around you [in a car] it’s a little better a lot of the time. [V8 Supercars] is something that I’m going to think about for the future. Whether I can or not is something to be seen, but for now I just really want to enjoy the time with my family and Adrianna, so let’s see what happens in the future.”
There’s already speculation that Stoner is in talks to buy his own V8 Supercar team, like the Kelly brothers, so he can run things the way he likes. Watch this space…
For the full interview, check out Ten Sports.
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Published : Monday, 21 May 2012
Interesting look at some of the behind the scenes drama
Looking foward to seeing both WSBK and AMA at miller this weekend. My tivo is gonna be working overdrive as it is every memorial day weekend :lol
wsbk, ama, f1, indy 500, wrc…
the ebr bikes qualified 3 and 4 for ama superbike. hoping for a couple more podiums tomorrow!
drama is the most interesting aspect of GP
GRAN PREMI APEROL DE CATALUNYA
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2012
Barcelona, Friday, June 01, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 335.3 1’42.775
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 335.1 1’42.875 0.100 / 0.100
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 332.9 1’43.008 0.233 / 0.133
4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 333.2 1’43.182 0.407 / 0.174
5 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 334.2 1’43.191 0.416 / 0.009
6 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 334.9 1’43.245 0.470 / 0.054
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 335.1 1’43.246 0.471 / 0.001
8 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 331.8 1’43.315 0.540 / 0.069
9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 335.4 1’43.371 0.596 / 0.056
10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 333.4 1’43.493 0.718 / 0.122
11 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 337.2 1’43.537 0.762 / 0.044
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 329.1 1’43.624 0.849 / 0.087
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 318.7 1’44.915 2.140 / 1.291
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 313.9 1’45.281 2.506 / 0.366
15 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 313.0 1’45.939 3.164 / 0.658
16 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 315.4 1’46.234 3.459 / 0.295
17 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 308.9 1’46.748 3.973 / 0.514
18 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 316.4 1’46.848 4.073 / 0.100
19 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 312.3 1’46.908 4.133 / 0.060
20 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 299.7 1’47.149 4.374 / 0.241
21 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 313.8 1’47.181 4.406 / 0.032
GRAN PREMI APEROL DE CATALUNYA
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2012
Barcelona, Friday, June 01, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 334.0 1’42.099
2 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 333.7 1’42.306 0.207 / 0.207
3 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 334.0 1’42.447 0.348 / 0.141
4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 335.6 1’42.592 0.493 / 0.145
5 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 335.0 1’42.639 0.540 / 0.047
6 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 333.4 1’42.802 0.703 / 0.163
7 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 336.6 1’42.870 0.771 / 0.068
8 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 336.0 1’42.943 0.844 / 0.073
9 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 334.6 1’43.057 0.958 / 0.114
10 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 336.6 1’43.134 1.035 / 0.077
11 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 332.7 1’43.341 1.242 / 0.207
12 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 336.4 1’43.538 1.439 / 0.197
13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 316.6 1’44.738 2.639 / 1.200
14 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 320.7 1’44.771 2.672 / 0.033
15 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 312.0 1’45.631 3.532 / 0.860
16 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 313.8 1’45.868 3.769 / 0.237
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 317.4 1’46.450 4.351 / 0.582
18 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 316.0 1’46.500 4.401 / 0.050
19 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 313.6 1’46.503 4.404 / 0.003
20 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 312.0 1’46.836 4.737 / 0.333
21 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 299.2 1’47.436 5.337 / 0.600
GRAN PREMI APEROL DE CATALUNYA
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2012
Barcelona, Saturday, June 02, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 334.4 1’41.646
2 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 335.0 1’41.966 0.320 / 0.320
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 334.8 1’41.993 0.347 / 0.027
4 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 331.9 1’42.353 0.707 / 0.360
5 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 334.8 1’42.433 0.787 / 0.080
6 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 334.3 1’42.697 1.051 / 0.264
7 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 337.1 1’42.784 1.138 / 0.087
8 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 334.0 1’42.906 1.260 / 0.122
9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 335.6 1’43.123 1.477 / 0.217
10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 333.5 1’43.133 1.487 / 0.010
11 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 333.6 1’43.440 1.794 / 0.307
12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 315.2 1’43.882 2.236 / 0.442
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 322.7 1’43.991 2.345 / 0.109
14 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 329.6 1’44.585 2.939 / 0.594
15 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 315.7 1’44.901 3.255 / 0.316
16 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 315.8 1’45.193 3.547 / 0.292
17 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 312.0 1’45.670 4.024 / 0.477
18 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 314.1 1’45.785 4.139 / 0.115
19 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 315.3 1’45.824 4.178 / 0.039
20 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 298.6 1’45.942 4.296 / 0.118
21 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 310.3 1’46.889 5.243 / 0.947