Pre-season testing

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:07 pm

I will take you up on that offer.

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:51 pm

Four teams and seven riders took to the track yesterday (Monday 5th February) in Malaysia, for MotoGP's second visit to Sepang of 2007.

The teams testing in Sepang were absent from last week's Australian excursion continued their 800cc development in the humid Malaysian conditions, in the first of three testing days.

Test Times, Day one, Sepang:

1 - Colin Edwards ~ 2'02.175
2 - Valentino Rossi ~ 2'02.221
3 - Randy de Puniet ~ 2'02.966
4 - Makoto Tamada ~ 2'03.219
5 - Olivier Jacque ~ 2'03.959
6 - Sylvian Guintoli ~ 2'06.558
7 - Andrew Pitt ~ 2'08.640

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:54 pm

Times; Day Two; Sepang:

1 - Valentino Rossi ~ 2'02.099
2 - Colin Edwards ~ 2'02.118
3 - Randy de Puniet ~ 2'02.554
4 - Makoto Tamada ~ 2'02.745
5 - Olivier Jacque ~ 2'02.761
6 - Sylvian Guintoli ~ 2'05.002
7 - Andrew Pitt ~ 2'07.923

Fastest day one time:
Colin Edwards ~ 2'02.175

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:37 am

Pitty has some work to do

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:11 am

Times; Day two; Sepang:

1 - Colin Edwards ~ 2'00.248
2 - Valentino Rossi ~ 2'00.793
3 - Randy de Puniet ~ 2'02.071
4 - Olivier Jacque ~ 2'02.607
5 - Makoto Tamada ~ 2'03.380
6 - Sylvian Guintoli ~ 2'04.636
7 - Andrew Pitt ~ 2'07.373

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:11 am

Julian Mayo wrote:Pitty has some work to do

Quite a lot indeed......

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:19 am

<T-K> wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:Pitty has some work to do
Quite a lot indeed......

it's a pity.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:14 pm

I think Rossi will be hard to beat.

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:35 am

Julian Mayo wrote:Pitty has some work to do

http://www.crash.net

Andrew Pitt:

The past few days haven't been easy, we've all been working extremely long hours and we haven't made as much progress as we hoped...I think everybody acknowledges the steep learning curve we are currently undertaking but it's difficult not to get frustrated when everyone is working so hard. We are definitely moving forward and I'm hoping to have a couple of days to rest before Qatar, it will be good to share some of the testing with Jeremy out there.

Mike Janes, Team Manager:

A big positive for us here in Sepang has been the tyre testing with Michelin. I'm pleased with the progress we're making on that front, Michelin have been very helpful and we're learning a lot about the tyres - our new working relationship with Michelin has started well and promises well for the future. We have tried out a few different tyre configurations and can now begin characterising the bikes sensitivity to the various tyres.....Although things aren't progressing as fast as I would like, we have made one or two positive developments with the bike in other areas, having worked through some big changes to the set-up over the past three days

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:16 pm

The full 2007 MotoGP grid gathered together for the first time in Qatar yesterday (Tuesday)...when Colin Edwards continued his recent form to lead a Yamaha one-two at the head of the testing timesheets...

Casey Stoner enjoyed the best day of his young Ducati career by setting the third fastest time on the opening day of the Qatar test

Kenny Roberts Jnr was the fastest Honda powered rider on track at Qatar on Tuesday, the former world champion setting the fourth fastest time

MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden hopes he is finally getting to grips with the new RC212V after enjoying his best start yet on a new track, during day one of testing in Qatar. Hayden finished the day in fifth, 0.006secs behind the Honda powered KR212V machine of Kenny Roberts Jr....

Times - Qatar- Tuesday:

1 - Colin Edwards ~ 1'56.774
2 - Valentino Rossi ~ 1'56.891
3 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'56.960
4 - Kenny Roberts ~ 1'57.064
5 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'57.070
6 - John Hopkins ~ 1'57.350
7 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'57.360
8 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'57.370
9 - Alex Barros ~ 1'57.690
10 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'57.700
11 - Randy de Puniet ~ 1'57.730
12 - Marco Melandri~ 1'57.760
13 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'57.800
14 - Shinya Nakano ~ 1'57.850
15 - Chris Vermeulen ~ 1'57.900
16 - Makoto Tamada~ 1'58.408
17 - Olivier Jacque ~ 1'58.740
18 - Toni Elias ~ 1'59.400
19 - Sylvain Guintoli ~ 1'59.740
20 - Shinichi Ito ~ 1'59.966
21 - Andrew Pitt ~ 2'10.677
22 - Jeremy McWilliams ~ 2'10.341

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:12 pm

Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi maintained Yamaha's current pre-season domination by holding their one-two at the top of the Qatar timesheets during the second day of desert action

Shinya Nakano finally has something to cheer after being ranked 14th on day one, he has risen to seventh on the second day....

1 - Colin Edwards ~ 1'56.296
2 - Valentino Rossi ~ 1'56.537
3 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'56.712
4 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'56.874
5 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'57.040
6 - John Hopkins ~ 1'57.065
7 - Shinya Nakano~ 1'57.274
8 - Randy de Puniet ~ 1'57.288
9 - Kenny Roberts ~ 1min 57.504
10 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'57.591
11 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'57.629
12 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'57.698
13 - Chris Vermeulen ~ 1'57.770
14 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'57.999
15 - Alex Barros ~ 1'58.513
16 - Makoto Tamada ~ 1'58.610
17 - Toni Elias ~ 1'58.990
18 - Sylvain Guintoli ~ 1'59.138
19 - Shinichi Ito ~ 1'59.617
20 - Andrew Pitt ~ 2'0.453
Olivier Jacque ~ Did not ride
Jeremy McWilliams ~ Did not ride

Fastest day one time:
Colin Edwards ~ 1'56.774

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:26 pm

I heard Pedrosa was fastest

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:17 am

Those times were for wednesday....sorry if im a bit behind..been tied up at varsity.....

Pedrosa was fastest yesterday...

Thursday test times:

1 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'55.471
2 - John Hopkins ~ 1'55.825
3 - Valentino Rossi ~ 1'55.954
4 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'56.315
5 - Colin Edwards ~ 1'56.371
6 - Randy de Puniet ~ 1'56.753
7 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'56.807
8 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'56.834
9 - Alex Barros ~ 1'56.950
10 - Shinya Nakano~ 1'56.980
11 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'56.980
12 - Makoto Tamada ~ 1'57.232
13 - Toni Elias ~ 1'57.246
14 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'57.269
15 - Chris Vermeulen ~ 1'57.365
16 - Kenny Roberts ~ 1'57.408
17 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'57.497
18 - Sylvain Guintoli ~ 1'58.379
19 - Shinichi Ito ~ 1'58.974
20 - Andrew Pitt ~ 2'0.455
21 - Olivier Jacque ~ 2'2.081
22 - Jeremy McWilliams ~ 2'2.612

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:19 am

Rizla Suzuki's John Hopkins set the pace early on during the final day of the official MotoGP test in Qatar... until a 120mph highside just before lunch left him hospitalised with potential fractures to both his hand and foot.

Hopkins:

I'm feeling pretty beat up at the moment - a 120mph high-side does that to you! I've got bruises on all four limbs and a couple of broken bones. I'm flying straight back to England to see a specialist first thing tomorrow [Friday], and then we'll know a bit more about the injuries. It was a sad way to end the test because we had made good progress here. I am quite happy with the way the three days went and we got through everything we needed to before the crash. I'm sure we'll be in a good position when we come back here in about three weeks and I'll certainly be at the first race - just try and stop me!

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:50 am

Thanks TK