MotoGP: Easy, peasy, Portugesey (Spoilers)

[fdl3]

Originally Posted by Skowinski

Did Ben have chatter problems again at Jerez...?

I *wish* Ben had chatter problems - never hear a thing from him!

[chasbo]

Ben definitely looking better...good form in FP2. He looks like he is really fighting the bike though.

[swimmer]

Stoner fastest top speed at 204.7mph. Followed by 3 ducatis and then CC and JLo.

[Silver]

David Emmett ‏ @motomatters Arm pump is an unknown for Stoner, hasn't ridden bike hard enough to find out. QP should be better. He slept badly, is quite ill.




Wonder if Honda dudes palms just got sweaty. Last time he was ill he took 3 races off.

[Kropotkin]

Originally Posted by Silver

David Emmett ‏ @motomatters Arm pump is an unknown for Stoner, hasn't ridden bike hard enough to find out. QP should be better. He slept badly, is quite ill.




Wonder if Honda dudes palms just got sweaty. Last time he was ill he took 3 races off.

The only thing making the Honda dudes palms sweaty is thinking that Stoner might retire, and how much they'd have to pay Lorenzo to come take his place.

[Silver]

Originally Posted by kropotkin

the only thing making the honda dudes palms sweaty is thinking that stoner might retire, and how much they'd have to pay lorenzo to come take his place.

[Skowinski]

Originally Posted by BOOTLACE

Leave the goat alone.....

You go sit in the corner and be quiet, ya perv.

Originally Posted by BOOTLACE

He's goin ok at the moment......let's hope whatever it is/was, is gone.

Good to see that, especially in dry FP2. But, oooh boy, is Crutchlow ever breathing down his neck.

[RaY YreKa]

Btw, if you guys in north america can tap British Eurosport, it's BSB, WBSK and MotoGP all day on Sunday.

[advNZer?]

Estoril, Friday, May 04, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'38.396
2 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1'38.717 0.321 / 0.321
3 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'38.742 0.346 / 0.025
4 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'38.797 0.401 / 0.055
5 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1'38.930 0.534 / 0.133
6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'38.959 0.563 / 0.029
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 1'39.029 0.633 / 0.070
8 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 1'39.193 0.797 / 0.164
9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'39.357 0.961 / 0.164
10 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'39.615 1.219 / 0.258
11 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 1'40.207 1.811 / 0.592
12 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'40.898 2.502 / 0.691
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 1'41.088 2.692 / 0.190
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 1'41.634 3.238 / 0.546
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 1'41.638 3.242 / 0.004
16 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 1'41.973 3.577 / 0.335
17 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 1'42.252 3.856 / 0.279
18 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 1'42.587 4.191 / 0.335
19 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 1'42.804 4.408 / 0.217
20 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 1'42.984 4.588 / 0.180
21 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 1'43.665 5.269 / 0.681
Weather Conditions:
| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 17º| Humidity: 70%| Ground: 20º
Records:
Fastest Lap: Lap: 13 Casey STONER 1'38.396 153.0 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2009 Dani PEDROSA 1'36.937 155.3 Km/h
Best Lap: 2008 Jorge LORENZO 1'35.715 157.3 Km/h

[bikerfish]

now we''re talking! spies is up where he should be. hope he stays there! now nicky and rossi need to find the throttle!

[Moronic]

Originally Posted by Silver

David Emmett ‏ @motomatters Arm pump is an unknown for Stoner, hasn't ridden bike hard enough to find out. QP should be better. He slept badly, is quite ill.




Wonder if Honda dudes palms just got sweaty. Last time he was ill he took 3 races off.

Wouldn't bother him, obviously.

It's the bike, remember. He could put anyone on it.

Hope his riders remind him when they fall short of the rostrum.

Of course, someone like that would simply retort that they'd have done worse if they weren't on a Honda.

Bet it's the bike when they're winning; the rider when they're losing.

I recall a comment from Rossi on the Honda days: something like, "At Honda, if you didn't win, it was a disaster."

And why not? If you're on the best bike, you should win.

[MODNROD]

Originally Posted by Moronic

Bet it's the bike when they're winning; the rider when they're losing.

Honda seem to have a habit of doing that, possibly even a tradition!

They win a title when they try hard to produce a ripper bike, get a bit slack the next year or two and allow other brands to catch up, then spit the dummy at the next unfortunate rider who happens to be sitting on a 3yr old bike with a few upgrades, sack him, then build a ripper bike, etc, etc.

[Turder]

Watching RdP harassing satellite-Ducatis is like V4 500 vs. V2 500 back in the twostroke days. GP12 is slowing him down on the corners but then fly away on the straights.

Pedrosa's technical issue looked weird. Engine sounded running okay but instantly parked it. Gearbox issue HRC mechanics sure were quick to salvage the bike.

[scottmoto16]

WOW , that back on shot of Stoner coming on to the straight , sliding it all the way round....

[advNZer?]

GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL CIRCUITO ESTORIL
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2012
Estoril, Saturday, May 05, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'37.326
2 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'37.338 0.012 / 0.012
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1'37.680 0.354 / 0.342
4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'38.086 0.760 / 0.406
5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'38.273 0.947 / 0.187
6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'38.332 1.006 / 0.059
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'38.443 1.117 / 0.111
8 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1'38.558 1.232 / 0.115
9 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 1'38.602 1.276 / 0.044
10 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'38.714 1.388 / 0.112
11 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 1'38.856 1.530 / 0.142
12 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 1'39.361 2.035 / 0.505
13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 1'40.225 2.899 / 0.864
14 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 1'40.374 3.048 / 0.149
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 1'40.561 3.235 / 0.187
16 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 1'40.875 3.549 / 0.314
17 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 1'41.379 4.053 / 0.504
18 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 1'41.772 4.446 / 0.393
19 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 1'42.002 4.676 / 0.230
20 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 1'42.103 4.777 / 0.101
21 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 1'42.145 4.819 / 0.042
Weather Conditions:
| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 16º| Humidity: 72%| Ground: 17º
Records:
Fastest Lap: Lap: 15 Dani PEDROSA 1'37.326 154.7 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2009 Dani PEDROSA 1'36.937 155.3 Km/h
Best Lap: 2008 Jorge LORENZO 1'35.715 157.3 Km/h

http://resources.motogp.com/files/re...df?v1_d19bd6a2 is interesting both rossi and **spies** have top speeds as fast as Dani...around 332-333 kh hr,the will be blowing past Danilo PETRUCCI at sppeds up to 38 km hr faster....think about how fast that will be ,When you are standing on a footpath and people walk past the speed difference is prolly about 4 or 5 km hr
** edit its not spies its barbera who has a 332 and change**(even ABRAHAMS has a 332.5)