Grand Prix of Qatar - Stoner Wins - Your thoughts?

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:38 pm

Thursday 1st practice results:

1 - Colin Edwards (USA) - FIAT Yamaha Team - YAMAHA - 1'56.665 - 21
2 - Casey Stoner (AUS) - Ducati Marlboro Team - DUCATI - 1'56.745 - 19
3 - Valentino Rossi (ITA) - FIAT Yamaha Team - YAMAHA - 1'56.787 - 22
4 - Carlos Checa (SPA) - Honda LCR - HONDA - 1'57.095 - 23
5 - Loris Capirossi (ITA) - Ducati Marlboro Team - DUCATI - 1'57.270 - 20
6 - John Hopkins (USA) - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - SUZUKI - 1'57.281 - 20
7 - Marco Melandri (ITA) - Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1'57.443 - 21
8 - Shinya Nakano (JPN) - Konica Minolta Honda - HONDA - 1'57.491 - 23
9 - Dani Pedrosa (SPA) - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1'57.705 - 24
10 - Alex Hofmann (GER) - Pramac d'Antin - DUCATI - 1'58.021 - 19
11 - Randy De Puniet (FRA) - Kawasaki Racing Team - KAWASAKI - 1'58.238 - 22
12 - Toni Elias (SPA) - Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1'58.262 - 19
13 - Alex Barros (BRA) - Pramac d'Antin - DUCATI - 1'58.315 - 22
14 - Chris Vermeulen (AUS) - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - SUZUKI - 1'58.559 -22
15 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA) - Team Roberts - KR212V - 1'58.774 - 21
16 - Nicky Hayden (USA) - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1'58.924 - 23
17 - Olivier Jacque (FRA) - Kawasaki Racing Team - KAWASAKI - 1'59.598 - 18
18 - Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) - Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 1'59.679 -18
19 - Andrew Pitt (AUS) Ilmor GP - ILMOR GP - 2'00.587 - 19
20 - Makoto Tamada (JPN) - Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 2'01.495 - 19
21 - Jeremy McWilliams (GBR) - Ilmor GP - ILMOR GP - 2'01.767 - 13

Ed · Post by Ed » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:46 pm

Thursday 2nd practice results:

1 - Valentino Rossi (ITA) - FIAT Yamaha Team - YAMAHA - 1'56.464 - 25
2 - Colin Edwards (USA) - FIAT Yamaha Team - YAMAHA - 1'56.779 - 24
3 - Casey Stoner (AUS) - Ducati Marlboro Team - DUCATI - 1'56.839 - 17
4 - John Hopkins (USA) - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - SUZUKI - 1'56.972 - 19
5 - Carlos Checa (SPA) - Honda LCR - HONDA - 1'56.981 - 22
6 - Dani Pedrosa (SPA) - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1'56.990 - 25
7 - Marco Melandri (ITA) - Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1'57.112 - 24
8 - Loris Capirossi (ITA) - Ducati Marlboro Team - DUCATI - 1'57.247 - 24
9 - Toni Elias (SPA) - Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1'57.382 - 18
10 - Shinya Nakano (JPN) - Konica Minolta Honda - HONDA - 1'57.574 - 22
11 - Alex Barros (BRA) - Pramac d'Antin - DUCATI - 1'57.620 - 21
12 - Chris Vermeulen (AUS) - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - SUZUKI - 1'57.636 -21
13 - Randy De Puniet (FRA) - Kawasaki Racing Team - KAWASAKI - 1'57.686 - 24
14 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA) - Team Roberts - KR212V - 1'57.738 - 21
15 - Nicky Hayden (USA) - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1'57.922 - 22
16 - Alex Hofmann (GER) - Pramac d'Antin - DUCATI - 1'58.206 - 16
17 - Olivier Jacque (FRA) - Kawasaki Racing Team - KAWASAKI - 1'58.523 - 22
18 - Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) - Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 1'58.720 -21
19 - Andrew Pitt (AUS) Ilmor GP - ILMOR GP - 1'59.930 - 16
20 - Jeremy McWilliams (GBR) - Ilmor GP - ILMOR GP - 2'00.125 - 17
21 - Makoto Tamada (JPN) - Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 2'00.188 - 21

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:00 am

Stoner
Rossi
Edwards

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:23 am

Hayden
Edwards
Hopkins

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:25 am

Edwards needs to get out in the sun a tad more

rah · Post by **rah** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:24 pm

Stoner
Rossi
Pedrosa

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:14 am

Firday practice results:

1 - Colin Edwards (USA) - FIAT Yamaha Team - YAMAHA - 1'56.057 - 24
2 - Valentino Rossi (ITA) - FIAT Yamaha Team - YAMAHA - 1'56.272 - 25
3 - Casey Stoner (AUS) - Ducati Marlboro Team - DUCATI - 1'56.540 - 25
4 - John Hopkins (USA) - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - SUZUKI - 1'56.569 - 23
5 - Dani Pedrosa (SPA) - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1'56.686 - 25
6 - Marco Melandri (ITA) - Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1'56.690 - 24
7 - Loris Capirossi (ITA) - Ducati Marlboro Team - DUCATI - 1'56.844 - 22
8 - Nicky Hayden (USA) - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1'56.918 - 24
9 - Chris Vermeulen (AUS) - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - SUZUKI - 1'56.940 -23
10 - Carlos Checa (SPA) - Honda LCR - HONDA - 1'56.996 - 21
11 - Alex Barros (BRA) - Pramac d'Antin - DUCATI - 1'57.027 - 23
12 - Shinya Nakano (JPN) - Konica Minolta Honda - HONDA - 1'57.158 - 24
13 - Randy De Puniet (FRA) - Kawasaki Racing Team - KAWASAKI - 1'57.316 - 22
14 - Toni Elias (SPA) - Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1'57.444 - 21
15 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA) - Team Roberts - KR212V - 1'57.600 - 21
16 - Alex Hofmann (GER) - Pramac d'Antin - DUCATI - 1'57.716 - 22
17 - Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) - Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 1'57.849 -22
18 - Olivier Jacque (FRA) - Kawasaki Racing Team - KAWASAKI - 1'58.393 - 19
19 - Makoto Tamada (JPN) - Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 1'58.979 - 22
20 - Jeremy McWilliams (GBR) - Ilmor GP - ILMOR GP - 1'59.266 - 17
21 - Andrew Pitt (AUS) Ilmor GP - ILMOR GP - 2'00.045 - 14

Ed · Post by Ed » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:25 am

Qualifying results:

1 - Valentino Rossi (ITA) - FIAT Yamaha Team - YAMAHA - 1'55.002 - 26
2 - Casey Stoner (AUS) - Ducati Marlboro Team - DUCATI - 1'55.007 - 18
3 - Colin Edwards (USA) - FIAT Yamaha Team - YAMAHA - 1'55.233 - 24
4 - Toni Elias (SPA) - Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1'55.358 - 20
5 - Dani Pedrosa (SPA) - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1'55.361 - 24
6 - John Hopkins (USA) - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - SUZUKI - 1'55.833 - 22
7 - Loris Capirossi (ITA) - Ducati Marlboro Team - DUCATI - 1'55.851 - 19
8 - Randy De Puniet (FRA) - Kawasaki Racing Team - KAWASAKI - 1'55.933 - 21
9 - Nicky Hayden (USA) - Repsol Honda Team - HONDA - 1'56.041 - 22
10 - Marco Melandri (ITA) - Honda Gresini - HONDA - 1'56.222 - 23
11 - Shinya Nakano (JPN) - Konica Minolta Honda - HONDA - 1'56.306 - 22
12 - Carlos Checa (SPA) - Honda LCR - HONDA - 1'56.609 - 24
13 - Chris Vermeulen (AUS) - Rizla Suzuki MotoGP - SUZUKI - 1'56.639 -24
14 - Olivier Jacque (FRA) - Kawasaki Racing Team - KAWASAKI - 1'56.754 - 21
15 - Alex Barros (BRA) - Pramac d'Antin - DUCATI - 1'56.814 - 22
16 - Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) - Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 1'57.257 -23
17 - Alex Hofmann (GER) - Pramac d'Antin - DUCATI - 1'57.274 - 22
18 - Kenny Roberts Jr (USA) - Team Roberts - KR212V - 1'57.495 - 19
19 - Makoto Tamada (JPN) - Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 - YAMAHA - 1'58.024 - 20
20 - Jeremy McWilliams (GBR) - Ilmor GP - ILMOR GP - 1'59.606 - 17
21 - Andrew Pitt (AUS) Ilmor GP - ILMOR GP - 1'59.725 - 18

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:01 am

Casey and Ducati were robbed!

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:45 am

Snowy wrote:Casey and Ducati were robbed!

What happened???

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:44 pm

Casey Stoner

That big Italian fella :lol

Danny Pedrosa,
on a bcycle built for one

Mr Honda, hulloooooo

T'was Nicky won your Championship................you didn't let him test the 800cc
No one but Danny fits on the bike,
Clutch, brake, gear lever, seat, tank are all custom made to fit Danny , and no one else fits inside the fairings.
I, E. levers, too short for Nicki

What the hell were you thinking Mr Honda?
Thoughts on the Race.
Rossi is a cool, calm professional rider, 3 Times he tried for the "elbow" move, third time, Stoner braked, put Rossi into the "elbow" slot, Rossi decided to "follow home".
Stoner..........has matured.
Caporossi, .......I feel sick every time that guy bites the dust,....so quck.....so calm....so injured....I really hope he doesn't succumb to the "young gun" syndrome, and start outriding himself.
Thoughts on the 800cc bikes.......less moving mass in the internals= higher corner speeds, some of the older riders will be looking for something else to do, voluntary or not, mid season.

Casey Stoner.....I guess neither he, nor his parents will be sleeping in the campervan tonight. They might even get to pay something off the mortgage on the family home

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:58 pm

Excellent race and what a great win for Casey and Ducati. I'm as pleased as punch. Looks like Honda have some work to do and Loris is going to have to work even harder!

Really great opening race of the season, lets see if F1 can top that

I don't fink!

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:04 am

Julian Mayo wrote: Thoughts on the 800cc bikes.......less moving mass in the internals= higher corner speeds, some of the older riders will be looking for something else to do, voluntary or not, mid season.

All those millions spent to slow them down and what happens?

I guess we showed them s@&*^) you can't mess with two wheels we'll always find a way through traffic

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:07 am

That wasn't a rude word by the way, I think we have a rather over zealous auto edit, it tried to slow me down and look what it did? s@&*^!

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 12:09 am

Great race. Stoner seemed to be totally in control from what I saw of it. Valentino did the right thing IMHO and settled for 2nd.
Looking forward to the rest of the season.