2006 MotoGP of Valencia (Bayliss wins) Your thoughts?

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:11 am

The Valencia circuit was completed in 1999, and held rounds of the MotoGP and Spanish Motorcycle championship that same year.

The circuit has several layouts, running anticlockwisewith varying lengths. The MotoGP events are held on a 4km circuit, and although the track is regarded as quite small, the pit complex houses 48 garages whilst the grandstand can hold up to 150, 000 spectators.

Circuit: Comunitat Valencia
Location: Chesta
Length: 4005m
Pole Position: Right
Right Turns: 5
Left Turns: 9
Longest Straight: 876m
Width: 12m

Previous winner: Marco Melandri

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:17 am

Schedule for the 2006 MotoGP of Valencia: (GMT+1)

Friday, 27 October:

09:00 - 09:45 ~ 125cc Free Practice 1
10:00 - 11:00 ~ MotoGP Free Practice 1
11:15 - 12:15 ~ 250cc Free Practice 1
13:15 - 13:45 ~ 125cc Qualifying 1
14:00 - 15:00 ~ MotoGP Free Practice 2
15:15 - 16:00 ~ 250cc Qualifying 1

Saturday, 28 October:

09:00 - 09:45 ~ 125cc Free Practice 2
10:00 - 11:00 ~ MotoGP Free Practice 3
11:15 - 02:15 ~ 250cc Free Practice 2
13:15 - 13:45 ~ 125cc Qualifying 2
14:00 - 15:00 ~ MotoGP Qualifying
15:15 - 16:00 ~ 250cc Qualifying 2

Sunday, 29 October:

08:45 - 09:05 ~ 125cc Warm Up
09:15 - 09:35 ~ 250cc Warm Up
09:45 - 10:05 ~ MotoGP Warm Up
11:00 ~ 125cc Race
12:15 ~ 250cc Race
14:00 ~ MotoGP Race

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:14 am

Free practice times, session 1 & 2 combined:

1 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'32.220
2 - Randy de Puniet ~ 1'32.408
3 - Chris Vermeulen ~ 1'32.786
4 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'33.019
5 - Casey Stoner~ 1'33.080
6 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'33.254
7 - Valentino Rossi ~ 1'33.274
8 - John Hopkins ~ 1'33.369
9 - Shinya Nakano ~ 1'33.394
10 - Troy Bayliss ~ 1'33.433
11 - Colin Edwards ~ 1'33.545*
12 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'33.556
13 - Makoto Tamada ~ 1'33.689
14 - Kenny Roberts Jr ~ 1'33.795
15 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'33.860*
16 - Toni Elias ~ 1'33.954
17 - James Ellison ~ 1'34.323
18 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'34.681
19 - Jose Luis Cardoso ~ 1'35.292
20 - Garry McCoy~ 1'36.076

* time set in FP1.

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:59 pm

Top ten times after FP3:

1 - Valentino Rossi ~ 1'31.817
2 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'31.854
3 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'32.133
4 - Colin Edwards ~ 1'32.302
5 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'32.432
6 - Troy Bayliss ~ 1'32.557
7 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'32.615
8 - John Hopkins ~ 1'32.886
9 - Chris Vermeulen ~ 1'33.087
10 - Makoto Tamada ~ 1'33.204

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:03 am

Qualifying times:

1 - Valentino Rossi ~ 1'31.002
2 - Troy Bayliss ~ 1'31.210
3 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'31.307
4 - Shinya Nakano ~ 1'31.341
5 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'31.378
6 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'31.385
7 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'31.470
8 - Chris Vermeulen ~ 1'31.606
9 - John Hopkins ~ 1'31.663
10 - Colin Edwards ~ 1'31.711
11 - Randy de Puniet ~ 1'31.892
12 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'32.062
13 - Toni Elias ~ 1'32.144
14 - Kenny Roberts Jr ~ 1'32.358
15 - Makoto Tamada ~ 1' 32.467
16 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'32.747
17 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'33.289
18 - Jose Luis Cardoso ~ 1'33.755
19 - James Ellison ~ 1'33.953
20 - Garry McCoy ~ 1'34.811

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:09 am

Hayden is starting next to Pedrosa

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:51 pm

WOOHOO, Congratulations Mr N Hayden, World Champion MotoGP 2006

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:07 am

SMIRK............Trevor Bayliss was dumped by Ducati in 2004,
a/ Because he argued about the direction they were going, in developing the Bike. It was superquick in a straight line, very quick out of corners, but he could not get the thing to go into corners.
B/ It is not a good career move to stand up for your beliefs, if you are getting less money than the Truck Driver.
Troy then spent a year with a Loser Team, who then paid megabucks for Jeremy Burgess, provided Jeremy had The Doctor in his kitbag
Troy went back to a Ducati Superbike and won another title, 2 thirds into the season.
He was drafted in to the MotoGP team this weekend to sub for the injured Sete. The motoGP bike is as similar to the Superbike as a A1gp car is to F1 car. He had 3 days on the bike, which runs different tyres to his Superbike, in fact the only similarity between the bikes is the name.
He qualified second, and lead from start to finish.
That puts things into perspective for me.
Troy Bayliss........

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:22 am

Congratulations to the Kentucky Kid............way to go, Hayden!!

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:35 am

Well done Troy

Congrats to Nicki

Oh Doctor you killed the patient

Lots of timid Honda riders today

Casey

Who's writing these scripts?

I'd have bet my house on Valentino!

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:41 am

Snowy wrote: Who's writing these scripts?
I'd have bet my house on Valentino!

And with all the yellow smoke afterwards I think the organizers were too.....

Hats off to hayden, he kept his cool, when everyone around him thought he would fail...

Great job by Mr Troy, what a ride...

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:24 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:SMIRK............Trevor Bayliss was dumped by Ducati in 2004,
a/ Because he argued about the direction they were going, in developing the Bike. It was superquick in a straight line, very quick out of corners, but he could not get the thing to go into corners.
B/ It is not a good career move to stand up for your beliefs, if you are getting less money than the Truck Driver.
Troy then spent a year with a Loser Team, who then paid megabucks for Jeremy Burgess, provided Jeremy had The Doctor in his kitbag
Troy went back to a Ducati Superbike and won another title, 2 thirds into the season.
He was drafted in to the MotoGP team this weekend to sub for the injured Sete. The motoGP bike is as similar to the Superbike as a A1gp car is to F1 car. He had 3 days on the bike, which runs different tyres to his Superbike, in fact the only similarity between the bikes is the name.
He qualified second, and lead from start to finish.
That puts things into perspective for me.
Troy Bayliss........

Who is Trevor Bayliss??? Sorry if that is a stupid question but I honestly do not know.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:30 pm

Fantastic race. Congrats to Troy Bayliss for winning in such great style.

What a fantastic championship win for Nicky. Even though I am a devoted Rossi fan... since he first joined 125s....... I felt that Nicky really deserved to win this year.

Rossi was a gracious loser.. congratulating Nicky when he won and though he may be upset he seemed to be thankful to his crew.

If only we saw more of this in F1.

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:55 pm

jacfan wrote: Rossi was a gracious loser.. congratulating Nicky when he won and though he may be upset he seemed to be thankful to his crew.

If only we saw more of this in F1.

I think the Dr was a little embarrassed he isn't always that gracious.

Just ask Max Biaggi

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:54 am

jacfan wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:SMIRK............Trevor Bayliss was dumped by Ducati in 2004,
a/ Because he argued about the direction they were going, in developing the Bike. It was superquick in a straight line, very quick out of corners, but he could not get the thing to go into corners.
B/ It is not a good career move to stand up for your beliefs, if you are getting less money than the Truck Driver.
Troy then spent a year with a Loser Team, who then paid megabucks for Jeremy Burgess, provided Jeremy had The Doctor in his kitbag
Troy went back to a Ducati Superbike and won another title, 2 thirds into the season.
He was drafted in to the MotoGP team this weekend to sub for the injured Sete. The motoGP bike is as similar to the Superbike as a A1gp car is to F1 car. He had 3 days on the bike, which runs different tyres to his Superbike, in fact the only similarity between the bikes is the name.
He qualified second, and lead from start to finish.
That puts things into perspective for me.
Troy Bayliss........
Who is Trevor Bayliss??? Sorry if that is a stupid question but I honestly do not know.

Troy was nick-named after the great cricketer, sorry, thght everyone knew that