Laguna Seca: Practice and Qualifying

Anders GUZZI said:

Ducati 1&2 works for me too.

Was it Philip Island -07 the last time?

It seems it will be very tight top three or four,at least in practice.Really looking forward to tomorrow and Sunday!

Pedrosa and Lorenzo might beat Stoner,i hope not.

Maybe Spies is going to be top american after all,seems like he's got the most to win and not so much to loose as Hayden.Great effort by Spies anyway.

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Yes, PI 2007. At this rate, Ducati are going to hire Capirossi to ride the Marlboro and Nicky will be sent to Pramac or WSBK.

Tikki said:

well thats probably why Ducati is dropping huge cash on Rossi, far beyond the marketing dream the guy is. Rossi can fix the Ducati, he will get that bike setup correctly. I dont think Stoner is all the good and bike development, Hayden has been the primary person for development on the GP10 if I'm correct. I recall them stating the Hayden has done a great job but I guess not good enough. I'm curious how Rossi will change the direction of development to suit his riding style/needs. That's one thing I wish I could hear is the conversations going on in the paddock about bike setup etc. to hear the riders explaining whats going on and how to fix it, what the bike is doing, problems with corners, all of that would be very cool to hear first hand.

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Haha what a joke, as if Hayden is developing the bike for Stoner, he just isn't suited to an 800. Some one else was sooking about Ducati being a one bike team for gods sake talk about clutching at straws to cover for Nicky not being able to ride the duck as good.



Ducati gives both riders the same treatment and Nicky would also say as much, Casey has managed to get the problem with the forks sorted, maybe Nicky is still using the newer model and not the 09 version.



Casey has been getting better and better all year the reason Nicky was ahead was that Casey fell off cause he was pushing harder.



God some ppl crap on.



Cheers



Gecko Hunter.

demingracer said:

It's annoying watching ducati once again become a one bike team. The season started out with the two riders seemingly getting equal treatment and then all of a sudden when the races really started to count it reverts back to a one rider team. For the people that think hayden hasn't got it anymore answer me this, how did he beat stoner at the start of the year? How was he able to be third quick in the first practice and then 15th in qualifying? Why did they have to change the whole bike for the race? Are the engineers on his bike so dumb that they couldn't come up with a decent qualiying setup but all of a sudden they become smart enough to come up with a decent race setup. How come he couldn't even be competitive lately at tracks that he always did well at. If ducati doesn't really want 2 competetive riders on their team then why not just run 1 bike, which is essentially what they have been doing for the last couple of races.



I hope hayden has a competitive bike for laguna because the way this season is going is really pissing me off. Ducati, quit picking the races your going to let him be competitive at.

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You have your head up your ... as simple as that, Barbara was doing better than Nicky for awhile there in Germany, .... he got a better start than both Nicky and Casey.

The Ducati wasn't designed around Casey when he first went there and wiped the track with Capirosi's ... in 07' if anything it was designed around Loris.



I like Nicky his professionalism and his work ethic but your clutching at straws as to why Nicky has lost a bit of the form he had earlier on in the season, Nicky personally apologised to the team for his poor quali result (hats of to him for that).



Perhaps Nicky and his team just can't come to terms with the bike, I wouldn't get to upset yet though its only FP1 and I'm sure Nicky will come good, he loves this place and has done well here before.



Just don't crap on with ........ like this.



Cheers



Gecko Hunter.

1. Pedronic

2. Boner

3. Horegay

4. sPies

5. GOAT

6. Hayden

mylexicon said:

Yes, PI 2007. At this rate, Ducati are going to hire Capirossi to ride the Marlboro and Nicky will be sent to Pramac or WSBK.

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Maybe there was benefit to be on Bridgestones at that weekend,i don't know.

It seems like Nicky is going to be hired,but who knows what happends if Rossi doesn't sign?Maybe they need SOME Italian atleast if they can't get Dovi either.

Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification for everyones information:



1 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati - 265.5 - 1'21.699

2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha - 261.4 - 1'21.932 0.233 / 0.233

3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda - 259.- 2 1'22.225 0.526 / 0.293

4 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda - 259.9 - 1'22.559 0.860 / 0.334

5 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha - 259.2 - 1'22.640 0.941 / 0.081

6 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha - 263.4 - 1'22.660 0.961 / 0.020

7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati - 258.8 - 1'22.902 1.203 / 0.242

8 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha - 259.5 - 1'22.971 1.272 / 0.069

9 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda - 257.9 - 1'23.021 1.322 / 0.050

10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati - 253.9 - 1'23.693 1.994 / 0.672

11 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati - 248.8 - 1'23.825 2.126 / 0.132

12 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda - 247.1 - 1'24.002 2.303 / 0.177

13 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati - 247.3 - 1'24.326 2.627 / 0.324

14 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda - 254.8 - 1'24.615 2.916 / 0.289

15 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki - 252.8 - 1'24.710 3.011 / 0.095

16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki - 237.4 - 1'25.031 3.332 / 0.321

17 95 Roger Lee HAYDEN USA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda - 253.3 - 1'25.432 3.733 / 0.401

Jorge takes pole, Spies finds some speed, Roger gets out of the basement.



Will be an interesting day...

Mmmmmmmmm



1. Pedrobot



2. George



3. The Doctor



4. Stacey Moaner



5. Big Ben

Mick.. Rossi.. 46 No1... :-) said:

Mmmmmmmmm



1. Pedrobot



2. George



3. The Doctor



4. Stacey Moaner



5. Big Ben

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I'm thinking Vale at 4th or 5th. Laguna will be extra punishing for the shoulder and the leg.

Barring a crash from any of them - Pedro, Jorge, Stoner and Spies will in front of Rossi

at the end. Everybody is super motivated this weekend.

Keshav said:

I'm thinking Vale at 4th or 5th. Laguna will be extra punishing for the shoulder and the leg.

Barring a crash from any of them - Pedro, Jorge, Stoner and Spies will in front of Rossi

at the end. Everybody is super motivated this weekend.

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summer break coming up CONTRACT TIME

Who's in who's out i go with Spladers BBC Want a Brit Cal to tech3

Pigeon said:

Who's in who's out i go with Spladers BBC Want a Brit Cal to tech3

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At the moment Dovi is kinda hanging around unsure about next year. Would be a crime if he didn't get a ride and they brought in Crutchlow just for the sake of the BBC. Can't see Crutchlow doing anywhere near as good as Toseland did. Why don't these TV mobs start getting together with a few other sponsors and actually front up a rider. The series needs more riders not the selection of riders based on how many "fans" they can attract



Edit: Good god man I just checked the current standings for WSBK !!! WTF would they want Crutchlow for The guy is languishing down in 10th and thats in WSBK !

BarryMachine said:

At the moment Dovi is kinda hanging around unsure about next year. Would be a crime if he didn't get a ride and they brought in Crutchlow just for the sake of the BBC.

Can't see Crutchlow doing anywhere near as good as Toseland did. Why don't these TV mobs start getting together with a few other sponsors and actually front up a rider. The series needs more riders not the selection of riders based on how many "fans" they can attract

Edit: Good god man I just checked the current standings for WSBK !!! WTF would they want Crutchlow for

The guy is languishing down in 10th

and thats in WSBK !

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if someone has a live link.. pm?.. i'm dyin here!

truent said:

if someone has a live link.. pm?.. i'm dyin here!

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Sorry fella, you are a bad security risk, only 80 posts. I have a minimum requirement of 3,892 posts before Vid. links sent.



Remember "loose lips sink ships" whatho!

BarryMachine said:

Sorry fella, you are a bad security risk, only 80 posts. I have a minimum requirement of 3,892 posts before Vid. links sent.



Remember "loose lips sink ships" whatho!

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Any help?



Gonna take me a while to post 3,800+ stupid posts...

Yes it is ...... sorry if you are legit, but I figure if dumb ole me can find a stream, anyone can, therefore only those who are looking by request ....... are a great security risk. Whether below my stipulated limit of 3892 or not.



The one consolation for me is, in order to not feel an arsehole, that the vid stream will keep running and those watching it will appreciate it. and if you are legit, you will appreciate my actions.

FP

IF you google the correct terms ppl

streams can be found

some ppl dont even get coverage on local tv and streams do go down when the net police are about

its not having a go at ppl just trying to cover the bases for all.wish there was a easier way to do it

try twitter you dont need to join just search there the correct terms for coverage and you find something imo

BarryMachine said:

Sorry fella, you are a bad security risk, only 80 posts. I have a minimum requirement of 3,892 posts before Vid. links sent.



Remember "loose lips sink ships" whatho!

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i found one.. haven't watched one live for a while.. so all my old ones weren't working .. sucks that i'm an hour away from laguna and i gotta watch it in spanish streamed from spain, because our coverage here blows haha.

It's all good. Live motocross from Washougal coming up soon anyways, then will watch laguna on speed this evening. I have a good friend racing today in the 250 class, number 585 Travis Baker. Gotta watch your buds... Besides I can count on you guys to keep me posted on the quali results, right?



No problem sharing the MX link, here it is it your interested: http://www.allisports.com/motocross/live





ps I hate installing software on my work pc to view streams don't trust some of that stuff. sure wish I were at laguna...

From the times in the first two practices looks like it wont be a battle between Rossi and Stoner, Stoner is too fast for that, or Rossi is too slwo.

It looks a fight between Stoner and Lorenzo and between Pedrosa and Dovi.