MotoGP of Germany-Sachsenring (Rossi Wins) Your Thoughts?

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:17 pm

The Sachsenring was built in 1996 in order to put a stop to the street races that took place on closed public roads, and, although used mainly as a driver training center and road safety station, the Sachsenring also plays host to the German round of the MotoGP calendar.

The first section of the track is a very tight set of corners which is said by many to be better suited to karting than to any other form of racing, and as such, this is known as one of the slowest tracks on the MotoGP calendar.

Circuit: Sachsenring
Location: Chemnitz, Germany
Pole Position: Left
left Turns: 10
Right Turns: 4
Longest Straight: 780m
Length: 3671m
Width: 10m

Previous Winner: Valentino Rossi

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:54 am

Schedule for the MotoGp of Germany (GMT+1)

Friday, 14 July:

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, 15 July:

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, 16 July:

08:45 - 09:05 ~ 250cc Warm Up
09:45 - 10:05 ~ MotoGP Warm Up
09:45 - 10:05 ~ 125cc Warm Up
11:00 ~ 250cc Race
12:30 ~ MotoGP Race
14:00 ~ 125cc Race

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:55 am

1: Edwards
2: Rossi
3: Hayden

cmlean · Post by **cmlean** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:43 pm

Pedrosa
Hayden
Rossi

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:57 am

Dani
Marco
The Dr

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:02 am

Hayden
Pedrosa
Rossi

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:46 pm

Stoner,
Hayden
Rossi
Pedrosa
Melandri

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:20 am

Heres how they line up for tomorrows GP!!!

1 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'21.815
2 - Kenny Roberts~ 1'21.907
3 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'22.083

4 - Shinya Nakano ~ 1'22.273
5 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'22.329
6 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'22.420

7 - Sete Gibernau ~ 1'22.469
8 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'22.577
9 - John Hopkins ~ 1'22.701

10 - Makoto Tamada ~ 1'22.866
11 - Valentino Rossi ~ 1'22.868
12 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'22.964

13 - Randy de Puniet ~ 1'22.974
14 - Chris Vermulen ~ 1'23.050
15 - Colin Edwards ~ 1'23.087

16 - Toni Elias ~ 1'23.660
17 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'24.115
18 - James Ellison ~ 1'24.464

19 - Jose Luis Cardoso ~ 1'24.651

Looks like we have a good race lined up here......

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:17 pm

Stoner has been taken to hospital after a high side in warm up.
A literally last minute descision will be made as to whether he starts. The Doc say no, Stoner says wait. The good news for Stoner is that the factory teams are lining uo to sign him for next year, when the bikes drop to 800cc.
Suzuki is rumoured to be well ahead of the other teams in 800cc development

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:04 am

You're right Julian, Stoner crashed off at the ultra-fast downhill right hander...He hit his head during the accident and, while able to walk away, was sent to hospital for a scan before a decision was made to withdraw from the race....

Another win for Rossi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 - Valentino Rossi
2 - Marco Melandri
3 - Nicky Hayden
4 - Dani Pedrosa
5 - Loris Capirossi
6 - Shinya Nakano
7 - Chris Vermeulen
8 - Sete Gibernau
9 - Carlos Checa
10 - John Hopkins
11 - Toni Elias
12 - Colin Edwards
13 - James Ellison
14 - Jose Luis Cardoso

DNF:
Randy de Puniet - 16min 56.506 secs
Makoto Tamada - JPN 14min 1.468 secs
Kenny Roberts Jr - 14min 1.753 secs
Alex Hofmann - 3min 4.603 secs

DNS:
Casey Stoner

Snowy · Post by **Snowy** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:15 am

A fantastic race!

Excitement all the way, it made the GP in France look decidedly pedestrian.

Ho hum

Rossi was masterful
Marco rode out of his skin as did Nicky and Dani. An outstanding race.

The 250's put on a great show as well.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:21 am

Please explain !
Neurologists, the team, and Casey say he is fit to ride.
The track doctor says he is not.
I wonder if the Doctor is now counting what was in the Repsol bag that was "left in his hotel"..

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:35 am

Julian Mayo wrote:Stoner,
Hayden
Rossi
Pedrosa
Melandri

4outa five aint bad

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:28 pm

Fantastic race and fantastic result.

cmlean · Post by **cmlean** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:25 pm

Reminiscent of a 250 race. Less than a second covering the first 4 placings. Exciting stuff.