Le Mans Practice and Qualifying

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babelfish

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• May 18, 2007

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Practice session 1.

1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'35.699
2 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'35.770
3 1 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'35.908
4 7 Carlos CHECA SPA Honda LCR HONDA 1'35.937
5 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'35.951
6 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Honda Gresini HONDA 1'36.009
7 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'36.038
8 21 John HOPKINS USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'36.059
9 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Honda Gresini HONDA 1'36.137
10 4 Alex BARROS BRA Pramac d'Antin DUCATI 1'36.476
11 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'36.830
12 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'36.962
13 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'37.090
14 6 Makoto TAMADA JPN Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'37.142
15 71 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'37.246
16 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN Konica Minolta Honda HONDA 1'37.357
17 66 Alex HOFMANN GER Pramac d'Antin DUCATI 1'37.668
18 10 Kenny ROBERTS JR USA Team Roberts KR212V 1'37.990
19 11 Fonsi NIETO SPA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'39.463

 

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Tom

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West Yorkshire, UK

• May 18, 2007

• #2

GO NICKY !!

 

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babelfish

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• May 18, 2007

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My initial thoughts:
Very close for the 1st session.
Lots of Michelin tyres up front
Suzuki and Kawasaki strugle.

 

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Tom

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• May 18, 2007

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My thoughts are that Pedrosa usually gets stedily faster all weekend, so for him to be fastest on friday morning is a good sign. But Rossi is Rossi so who knows. Stoner is representing for Bridgestone as you would expect, and he doesn't see far behind.

 

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phleg

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• May 18, 2007

• #5

Hell yeah! Nicky boy and is there....very close between rossi and pedrosa

 

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frosty58

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washington DC, USA

• May 18, 2007

• #6

session was damp so we'll see if the order looks similar after a total dry session.

 

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vale4607

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Sydney, Australia

• May 18, 2007

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ May 18 2007, 08:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>session was damp so we'll see if the order looks similar after a total dry session.


Yep, dry track this afternoon will show us a bit more. Good to see the Kentucky Krap up there.

 

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Symon10

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Fingland

• May 18, 2007

• #8

Not dry and Pedrosa was first? Huh?

 

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babelfish

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• May 18, 2007

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (vale4607 @ May 18 2007, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yep, dry track this afternoon will show us a bit more. Good to see the Kentucky Krap up there.

Dry and warmer, only 15 deg C this moring in both air and ground is a bit too cold for the tires.

 

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Franco Fangio

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Den Haag (The Netherlands)

• May 18, 2007

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (phleg @ May 18 2007, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hell yeah! Nicky boy and is there....very close between rossi and pedrosa
Yep!!!!!!!!!!

And I'm very happy about that!!
Hopefully he will have a great weekend, would be great if he'd reached the podium this sunday, I'm gonna be cheering for him!!

But hopefully Rossi will win..

 

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frosty58

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washington DC, USA

• May 18, 2007

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pirkkalan GP @ May 18 2007, 06:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Not dry and Pedrosa was first? Huh?

strange that...

 

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Symon10

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Fingland

• May 18, 2007

• #12

just rained again before practice session - just at end of 125s (go bradley!!). but sun out now...

Hayden and hofmann down at what looked to be same corner..rossi running off track too...

 

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ToniElias

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• May 18, 2007

• #13

Go Me, Go Me

 

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Franco Fangio

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Den Haag (The Netherlands)

• May 18, 2007

• #14

Does anyone know what happened to Hayden???

I read he fell off the bike..or something like that..

Hope it's nothing serious!!!!

 

Goatboy

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Leading

• May 18, 2007

• #15

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ToniElias @ May 18 2007, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Go Me, Go Me

Yeah nice move on Stoner...again

 

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frosty58

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washington DC, USA

• May 18, 2007

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Franco Fangio @ May 18 2007, 07:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Does anyone know what happened to Hayden???

I read he fell off the bike..or something like that..

Hope it's nothing serious!!!!
he crashed... a lowside... then had another off track excursion a little later. it's looking grim for him

 

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ToniElias

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• May 18, 2007

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Goatboy @ May 18 2007, 12:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yeah nice move on Stoner...again

What happened ?

 

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frosty58

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washington DC, USA

• May 18, 2007

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Goatboy @ May 18 2007, 07:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yeah nice move on Stoner...again

nah goat stoner came up on elias !!!!! lorenzo just had a nasty highside!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ToniElias @ May 18 2007, 08:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>What happened ?
stoner came up fast on elias's left. elias was drifting into position & pushed stoner off track.

 

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R-46

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JACKSONVILLE,FLORIDA, U.S.A.

• May 18, 2007

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rossi to get pole. just playin with em now. just wait and see. my crystal ball say's rossi to win and colin 2nd. the others dont matter? let em fight for the scraps.

 

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valentinorossi

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England

• May 18, 2007

• #20

Free practice times (combined) - Le Mans.


Full MotoGP free practice times (1 and 2 combined) from the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, round five of the 2007 world championship.


1. Marco Melandri ITA Gresini Honda (

1min 35.319 secs
2. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 35.467 secs
3. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 1min 35.498 secs
4. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 35.626 secs
5. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (

1min 35.746 secs
6. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (

1min 35.759 secs
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 35.770 secs
8. Toni Elias SPA Gresini Honda (

1min 35.818 secs
9. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 35.908 secs
10. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (

1min 36.044 secs
11. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (

1min 36.139 secs
12. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (

1min 36.352 secs
13. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (

1min 36.491 secs
14. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 36.705 secs
15. Kenny Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 1min 36.770 secs
16. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 36.795 secs
17. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 1min 36.855 secs
18. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (

1min 37.668 secs
19. Fonsi Nieto SPA Kawasaki Racing Team (

1min 38.827 secs

time set in FP1.

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