2006 MotoGP of Turkey(Melandri wins) Your Thoughts?

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:10 am

Grand Prix of Turkey:

Circuit: Istanbul Park Circuit
Location: Istanbul
Pole Position: Right
Length: 5340m
Longest straight: 720m
Left Turns: 8
Right Turns 6
Width: 21m

Previous winner: Marco Melandri

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:23 am

Times for the GP of Turkey (Local Time)

Friday 28 April:

8:00 - 8:45 ~ 125cc Free Practice 1
9:00 - 10:00 ~ MotoGP Free Practice 1
10:15 - 11:15 ~ 250cc Free Practice 1
12:15 - 12:45 ~ 125cc Qualifying 1
13:00 - 14:00 ~ MotoGP Free Practice 2
14:15 - 15:00 ~ 250cc Qualifying 1

Saturday 29 april:

8:00 - 8:45 ~ 125cc free Practice 2
9:00 - 10:00 ~ MotoGP Free Practice 3
10:15 - 11:15 ~ 250cc Free Practice 2
12:15 - 12:45 ~ 125cc Qualifying 2
13:00 - 14:00 ~ MotoGP Qualifying
14:15 - 15:00 ~ 250cc Qualifying 2

Sunday 30 April:

7:45 - 8:05 ~ 125cc Warm Up
8:15 - 8:35 ~ 250cc Warm Up
8:45 - 9:05 ~ MotoGP Warm Up
11:00 ~ 125cc Main Race
12:15 ~ 250cc Main Race
14:00 ~ MotoGP Main Race

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:24 am

Gibernau
Rossi
Pedrosa

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:11 am

Hayden
Rossi
Pedrosa

rah · Post by **rah** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:08 am

Stoner
Rossi
Pedrosa

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:20 am

Free Practice:

Times FP1:

1 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'54.276
2 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'54.544
3 - Valentino Rossi ~ 1'54.671
4 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'55.126
5 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'55.394
6 - Colin Edwards ~ 1'55.445
7 - Toni Elias ~ 1'55.453
8 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'55.512
9 - Sete Gibernau ~ 1'55.656
10 - John Hopkins ~ 1'55.716
11 - Makoto Tamada ~ 1'55.759
12 - Shinya Nakano ~ 1'55.803
13 - Chris Vermuelen ~ 1'56.131
14 - Randy De Puniet ~ 1'56.959
15 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'57.323
16 - Kenny Roberts jr ~ 1'57.481
17 - Jose Luis Cardoso ~ 1'58.399
18 - James Ellison ~ 1'58.797
19 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'58.801

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:30 am

Times FP 2:

1 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'53.623
2 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'53.861
3 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'53.971
4 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'54.001
5 - Toni Elias ~ 1'54.022
6 - Colin Edwards ~ 1'54.042
7 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'54.055
8 - John Hopkins ~ 1'54.227
9 - Sete Gibernau ~ 1'54.279
10 - Makoto Tamada ~ 1'54.422
11 - Valentino Rossi ~ 1'54.662
12 - Chris Vermuelen ~ 1'54.722
13 - Shinya Nakano ~ 1'54.967
14 - Kenny Roberts jr ~ 1' 55.179
15 - Randy de Puniet ~ 1'55.700
16 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'56.939
17 - James Ellison ~ 1'56.943
18 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'57.467
19 - Jose Luis Cardoso ~ 1'58.007

As you can se, times dropped by half a second in the second session, and I anticipate that we may see some times around the 1'52s mark in tomorrows 3rd practice session.......

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:51 am

Stoner
Hayden
Melandri

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:49 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:Stoner
Hayden
Melandri

Good Call....howd you ever come up with those picks?

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:13 pm

<T-K> wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:Stoner
Hayden
Melandri

Good Call....howd you ever come up with those picks?

entrails of unmentionables..........2 drops of WT...........a scrap of paint from the Cessna..........a curse or epiphet from JV.............a drop of saliva from the Rotti Killer (my pup........eats a sheep a week.......well I'm losing a sheep a week......n he is the shepherd)........a non commitment from Mfer.......a razz from Rah.....a drop of wisdom from Snowy........a conundrom of contention from REChris.........a flake of tobacco from Jim's pipe,.....a dab of Bundy from a comatose Bund's lips.....(theres never a drop n the bottle)
= easy really

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:16 am

Qualifying:

Youngster Chris Vermuelen did a great job of qualifying on pole on a rain soaked circuit in Istanbul, Turkey, taking pole with a time of 2'04.617.

Nicky Hayden who has featured at the top of the time sheets regularly throughout the weekend popped into second position, with Sete Gibernau rounding off the top three, and further confirming that he is one of the best riders when the heavens open up...

Times Qualifying:

1 - Chris Vermuelen ~ 2'04.617
2 - Nicky Hayden ~ 2'04.823
3 - Sete Gibernau ~ 2'05.003
4 - Loris Capirossi ~ 2'05.540
5 - John Hopkins ~ 2'05.570
6 - Randy de Puniet ~ 2'06. 102
7 - Casey Stoner ~ 2'07.277
8 - Shinya Nakano ~ 2'07.294
9 - Colin Edwards ~ 2'07.344
10 - Kenny Roberts jr ~ 2'07.345

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:20 am

Julian Mayo wrote:
<T-K> wrote:
Julian Mayo wrote:Stoner
Hayden
Melandri

Good Call....howd you ever come up with those picks?
entrails of unmentionables..........2 drops of WT...........a scrap of paint from the Cessna..........a curse or epiphet from JV.............a drop of saliva from the Rotti Killer (my pup........eats a sheep a week.......well I'm losing a sheep a week......n he is the shepherd)........a non commitment from Mfer.......a razz from Rah.....a drop of wisdom from Snowy........a conundrom of contention from REChris.........a flake of tobacco from Jim's pipe,.....a dab of Bundy from a comatose Bund's lips.....(theres never a drop n the bottle)
= easy really

Ah.....well when you put it that way.......

rah · Post by **rah** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:09 pm

I wondered were my razz had gone!

Well done to Chris, good to see he does well in the wet.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:50 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:Stoner
Hayden
Melandri

Nearly

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:56 pm

Good to see Marco back to his best

Casey 'stone me!' that was close

Oh Dany boy!

Hay 'is for horses' don ok

a bit tyred I think.

The Dr isn't in the house!!?