MotoGP, Jerez - Test times

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The three day test started today. Tomorrow sees the tradition 40 minute shoot-out with the fastest rider being awarded a BMW Z3. Today's times:

1 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'39.200
2 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'39.444
3 48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'39.528
4 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA 1'39.629
5 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA 1'39.678
6 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'40.165
7 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'40.192
8 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'40.641
9 1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'40.651
10 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP HONDA 1'40.767
11 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'40.843
12 2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'41.352
13 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'41.392
14 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team DUCATI 1'41.703
15 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'41.763
16 13 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'41.821
17 21 John HOPKINS USA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'41.901
18 19 Olivier JACQUE FRA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'42.557
19 59 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'42.652
20 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team DUCATI 1'42.698
21 22 Vittoriano GUARESCHI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'43.435

Team comments:
Rizla Suzuki
Marlboro Ducati
JiR Team Scot Honda
FIAT Yamaha (Rossi)
FIAT Yamaha (Lorenzo)
Honda Gresini
Tech 3 Yamaha
Alice Team Ducati
Kawasaki
LCR Honda

[owdamer]

Nice to see Jt so high up on the list. I just hope he can get similar results when the races start. Very surprised at Haydens time. Almost a full second up? And more importantly, over TWO seconds up on his "team mate". One of the honda mechanics get the bikes mixed up or something?

[Silver]

JT was running second and then third for a good chunk of the day. It was only near the end he dropped down to fifth. Very impressive!

Conversely, Hayden was quite low down and moved up at the end - although he did a huge number of laps (107!).

Pedrosa, I imagine, is still feeling the effect of the broken hand he suffered in the last test.

[Luke_Retrofly]

Yay toesland, i know its high hopes but a GBR podiom ??

Nice to see Rossi up there too

[Silver]

Tomorrow (today?) should be really interesting... 40 minute shoot-out - winner takes a BMW Z4. Makes things a bit more interesting and should be the most telling clue for what the season holds so far.

It's on British Eurosport, live at 1pm.

[owdamer]

Who won the bmw last year? I seem to remember Edwards being fastest, but was that the year before?

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[Stevie B]

Cool thanks for those. Vermeulen is always so sweet in the wet!

BTW, does anyone know a site i can stream Eurosport from? As we only have Freeview at Uni so cant get it..

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That was ominous. Stoner posts the fastest lap quickly and no-one gets anywhere near it...

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Qualifying practice times:

1 1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'49.263
2 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'50.580
3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'50.785
4 13 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'50.799
5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP HONDA 1'51.312
6 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'51.594
7 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'51.894
8 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'51.979
9 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team DUCATI 1'52.058
10 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'52.238
11 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'52.463
12 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA 1'52.755
13 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'52.779
14 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA 1'52.826
15 19 Olivier JACQUE FRA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'53.283
16 48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'53.292
17 22 Vittoriano GUARESCHI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'54.694
18 59 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'57.453
19 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team DUCATI 1'57.698

[Gazdaman]

Pretty sure Rossi won it last year, first thing he did was stand on the roof.

Nice to see JT so high.

Can't wait for motoGP to start again!

Gaz

[Luke_Retrofly]

I take it, it was wet again, shame JT couldnt improve as much as the rest of the guys, but hey its wet and he's on a motogp bike

Nice to see Rossi in 2nd, boo stoner!

he's a fucking good rider, i just dont like him.

Luke

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Yep, it was wet - but the track was drying which made it tricky and there was a dry line in some sections but not others. The final session was red flagged due to high winds.

Team comments so far...

Rizla Suzuki
Marlboro Ducati
Fiat Yamaha (Rossi)
Fiat Yamaha (Lorenzo)
JiR Team Scot Honda
Alice Team Ducati
Kawasaki
Tech 3 Yamaha
Honda Gresini
LCR Honda

[owdamer]

Did anyone notice Haydens kneesliders? Whats that all about then? It looked like he had a carton of yogurt stuck to each knee.

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No, were they big? Riders sometimes have two sets on so that they touch down earlier in the wet.

[TUBZ69]

stoners still setting the benchmark, i mean im a bit of a rossi fan an i hope he wins this yr but you have to take your hat off to the sheer pace of Casey atm, i mean sum riders are quick, but they dont look quick on the bike, stoner on the other hand looks like youve slept with his new wife an butchered his dog!! but still remains consistanly quicker than anyone.....
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[Al]

Its weird how nobody else seems to be able to get on with the Ducati again apart from Stoner.
Melandri and Elias are a couple of my favorite riders so I hope things improve when the season starts.
Elias is nearly 8 seconds a lap slower then Stoner in those last times! thats going to take more the a few tweaks to the set up to sort out surely.
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[TUBZ69]

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Final day's times;
1. Nicky Hayden (USA) Repsol Honda 1'38.848
2. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1'39.252
3. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) JiR Team Scot MotoGP 1'39.313
4. Randy De Puniet (FRA) LCR Honda MotoGP 1'39.351
5. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1'39.568
6. James Toseland (GBR) Tech 3 Yamaha 1'39.727
7. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro 1'39.845
8. Alex De Angelis (RSM) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'39.932
9. Shinya Nakano (JPN) San Carlo Honda Gresini 1'40.333
10. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'40.442
11. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki 1'40.576
12. Anthony West (AUS) Kawasaki Racing 1'41.026
13. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) Alice Team 1'41.177
14. Marco Melandri (ITA) Ducati Marlboro 1'41.292
15. Toni Elias (SPA) Alice Team 1'41.311
16. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda 1'41.699
17. Niccolò Canepa (ITA) Ducati Test 1'42.160
18. John Hopkins (USA) Kawasaki Racing 1'42.970
19. Olivier Jacque (FRA) Kawasaki Racing 1'43.496
20. Vittoriano Guareschi (ITA) Ducati Marlboro Team 1'45.597

Team comments (so far):

Marlboro Ducati
Kawasaki
JiR Team Scot Honda
Alice Team Ducati
Fiat Yamaha (Rossi)
Fiat Yamaha (Lorenzo)
Rizla Suzuki

[Luke_Retrofly]

Hmmm what happened there then .

Well played JT, just behind Rossi and infront of Stoner

Nice to see Hayden up top, as much as I hate his accident, but you've got to feel sorry for him, with a season like last years.

Luke

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