Jerez testing.

Testing is scheduled for 3 days, 3-23 ~ 3-25


 


Day 1  (3-23)


Wet track


 


1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1) 1m 47.423s (Lap 24/39)

2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 48.474s (23/30)

3. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 48.524s (29/38)

4. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (GP13) 1m 48.984s (27/27)

5. Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Test Rider (GP13) 1m 49.292s (39/48)

6. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1) 1m 49.443s (25/36)

7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP13) 1m 49.643s (20/20)

8. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 49.692s (10/19)

9. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 49.790s (27/33)

10. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP13) 1m 50.266s (21/22)

11. Ben Spies USA Pramac Racing (GP13) 1m 50.957s (18/18)

12. Yonny Hernandez COL Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) 1m 51.269s (25/31)

13. Alvaro Bautista ESP Honda Gresini (RC213V) 2m 51.277s (27/31)

14. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB (ART CRT) 1m 51.333s (26/26)

15. Claudio Corti ITA Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 1m 52.034s (31/35)

16. Bradley Smith GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 52.047s (14/14)

17. Danilo Petrucci ITA IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT) 1m 52.180s (11/18)

18. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 1m 52.291s (13/17)

19. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 1m 52.676s (50/56)

20. Colin Edwards USA Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 1m 53.992s (12/17)

21. Bryan Staring AUS Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT) 1m 56.119s (31/37)

22. Lukas Pesek CZE IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT) 1m 56.413s (17/17)

23. Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM CRT) 1m 56.931s (12/12)

NIce seeing Iannone close to his old rival Marquez again. Expect nice duels again from these two, on wet tracks...

Noting that Rossi and Haystack are chasing each other around again. 


 


They haven't painted a Ducati blue just for fun (I mean, those I-talians are funny!) 

According to Vale, it's the tyres....


 


 


(as an aside, Krop's confidant, Jarvis, doesn't seem to rate Mr Farquez. The top three contenders are Jorge, Vale and Dani...)

Marquez may be able to put down really good laps, but I think he rides too aggressively. Watch for his tires going off in the late half of a lot of races.... if he makes it that far without being black flagged after punting Pedrosa off the track.

Marquez sure puts in good laps, and he rides with a great aggressiveness.  He seems to be able to manage the tyres well too. I can't see Pedrosa getting near to him on the track


 


Go Marky!!

Where the haters at!!!! :lol:




and the Marky Mark nambla dudes?

That Rossi ...... must have stolen Marc's <strike>cheater</strike> custom ECU! 


 


P1!?  Great, just great.... The army of sycophant cocksuckers will be on the rampage. 


I suppose you pathetic .......s have waited long enough.  Go enjoy your day in the sun!  Revel in the parasitic joy you somehow derive from someone else's accomplishments.  :....:

Wow! Geonerd likes this!!!!!!!

Ha ha ha ha, he is still the GoAT you ....... fanny!!! You make pinky look literate you thick ....! Ha ha ha ha Geonerd likes everything except this!!!!!!!

:lol:


 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjy_7haflaM

Geonerd

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That Rossi ...... must have stolen Marc's <del>cheater</del> custom ECU! 

 

P1!?  Great, just great.... The army of sycophant cocksuckers will be on the rampage. 

I suppose you pathetic .......s have waited long enough.  Go enjoy your day in the sun!  Revel in the parasitic joy you somehow derive from someone else's accomplishments.  :....:

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You are one angry, bitter little man

JohnnyKnockdown

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You are one angry, bitter little man

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nope.... hes just a ...... like barry

from krops article

Marquez, more forthcoming, had struggled with rear grip, but also with

the Moto2 lines that had become ingrained, and needed to be changed to

accommodate riding a MotoGP bike.

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 what exactly would he need to change though? i thought the moto2 bikes were the exact opposite to ride to the 250s ,especially due to the strange slipper clutch a lot of riders were complaining about that would make the engine brake set in a bit unpredictable and harsh,making the rear very easy to step out under hard braking and thus the way to being fast would be the same thing as with the big power bikes : brake relatively deep and hard into the corner and get to full power as soon as possible?

cliché guevara

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from krops article


 what exactly would he need to change though? i thought the moto2 bikes were the exact opposite to ride to the 250s ,especially due to the strange slipper clutch a lot of riders were complaining about that would make the engine brake set in a bit unpredictable and harsh,making the rear very easy to step out under hard braking and thus the way to being fast would be the same thing as with the big power bikes : brake relatively deep and hard into the corner and get to full power as soon as possible?

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Valentino was always going to be up there come the races anyway.


 


I think the first 2 days of this test, and the previous test, indicate that there may still be tracks which suit yamaha better than honda and vice versa.


 


I don't wish MM ill to the extent of him being injured, but would prefer others to win the championship. It would be surprising whilst he is obviously very fast for him to be in front of rossi, lorenzo and pedrosa all the time even in testing given that bradl and iannone did sometimes beat him in moto2, and I expect the year to be to some extent a learning year even if he is phenomenally good, jorge lorenzo who is phenomenally good and valentino who is even more so having required them.

cliché guevara

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from krops article

 what exactly would he need to change though? i thought the moto2 bikes were the exact opposite to ride to the 250s ,especially due to the strange slipper clutch a lot of riders were complaining about that would make the engine brake set in a bit unpredictable and harsh,making the rear very easy to step out under hard braking and thus the way to being fast would be the same thing as with the big power bikes : brake relatively deep and hard into the corner and get to full power as soon as possible?

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what happened there? see johnny , i do get quoted :lol:

cliché guevara

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from krops article

 what exactly would he need to change though? i thought the moto2 bikes were the exact opposite to ride to the 250s ,especially due to the strange slipper clutch a lot of riders were complaining about that would make the engine brake set in a bit unpredictable and harsh,marking the rear very easy to step out under hard braking and thus the way to being fast would be the same thing as with the big power bikes : brake relatively deep and hard into the corner and get to full power as soon as possible?

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If these guys can feel the difference between a few mm of fork extension through the headstock, then you have to think that the lines they might take to optimise their turn-in point to get the advantage the RCV's supposedly? has, has to be a factor. The common theme has been that you must be inch-perfect to really get those MotoGP times, two feet away from the curbs to allow for the bouncing rear wheel from a Moto2 slipper clutch might not be so good on a RCV.

Or Krop could be wrong, and Mr Rossi et al are just on it at a track they like.

of course taming the 1000cc monster with current gp chassis/tyre technology is something else , but what i meant is that i would guess that the 250 guys probably had a harder time adapting or at least it would take more time because the engine character of their bikes and the lines they were accustomed to were much more different to what is the standard (or at least was the standard in 10/11) in moto2. don't know if the clutch was designed that way intentionally to encourage a bit of sideways entertainment for the fans or whether they have impoved on that tbh

At least there will be some serious competition. And good luck to the yellow horde, it's been a long time between drinks.