Motegi 2010 Moto GP...

Add Hayden to the list of crashers.... ...., this place is taking a toll so far.

I'm just happy to see Stoner straight back up there.



Hopefully Nicky gets it sorted as well, I would like to see him put another "Back Yard" move on Whoregay

Wow! Nice to see Rossi show up at the top! I hope he continues his return to form.

This is the story of FP1

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Yup's look's like 2010 championship it's already wrapped up

well hope horhey bike crash / blow up for 5 races than that will be the championship interesting



hahahaha

poor pedrosa...i was just warming up to the guy...hope he has a full recovery



grats to lorenzo



and rossi atop the charts? =( that means he's going to delay getting the surgery done on his shoulder

I won't read too much into this yet - other than at least Rossi is competitive.

Lorenzo hasn't got the new engine yet - obviously because he is down one. Rossi noticed a good improvement.

Hows stoner doing guys?

Going well. He's competitive.

Massive gap to Spies - guess the factory satellite situation makes a massive difference at Motegi.

Happy to finally have a race in almost Sydney time.





1 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 291.6 1'48.174

2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 291.1 1'48.387 0.213 / 0.213

3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 288.9 1'48.474 0.300 / 0.087

4 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team Ducati 289.1 1'48.481 0.307 / 0.007

5 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 286.2 1'49.302 1.128 / 0.821

6 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 279.9 1'49.357 1.183 / 0.055

7 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 288.9 1'49.377 1.203 / 0.020

8 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 285.3 1'49.544 1.370 / 0.167

9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 286.8 1'49.568 1.394 / 0.024

10 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 282.6 1'49.581 1.407 / 0.013

11 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 289.9 1'49.620 1.446 / 0.039

12 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 285.2 1'49.644 1.470 / 0.024

13 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 291.5 1'49.882 1.708 / 0.238

14 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 283.3 1'49.957 1.783 / 0.075

15 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 273.5 1'50.158 1.984 / 0.201

16 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 289.2 1'51.105 2.931 / 0.947

26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 256.2 2'00.131 11.957 / 9.026

Pedrosa's crash seems to have been a TC bug crash -- his throttle remained open, they say.

This ends the title "race". Poor Pedro, we got to feel for him.



But maybe that is not so bad as they say for the show. Now Lorenzo can relax and race more freely, -- and since Rossi looks good, one could even hope for another Rossi-Lorenzo battle.

Maybe with Stoner, Spies and Dovi as spoilers

J4rn0 said:

Pedrosa's crash seems to have been a TC bug crash -- his throttle remained open, they say.

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so what happened?he opened the throttle midcorner and kept it pinned when there was no tc?

lame

Well Rossi seems to be doing better, as do Yamaha overall. But who knows where Dani would be had he stayed on. I wonder if Rossi has been milking his injury a bit or if things will get worse as the weekend goes on. He needs to find some pace to get on terms with Lorenzo, considering his pace was bareley better and he already has the new engine. The title fight is as good as over now so it'll be interesting to see how things go now. If 07 is anything to go by Lorenzo just wont bother at all. It'd be nice to see a good result from a home rider in at least one class this weekend.

Congrats Jorge...championship is pretty much done

Wonder if Pedrosa just pushed it too hard too early. He only completed two laps before it happened. What a shame



Nice to see Rossi on motogp.com's homepage again



Lets see what tomorrow brings

Hayden indicated he had a brake problem to start off practice and lost a lot of time dealing with that. After he gets that sorted and starts getting into a rythm he low sides and looses more time. He seemed optimistic that he can recover tomorrow and he and his team have some clear ideas on how they will improve, so like always, Hayden fans have to wait and see. Go 69!

Honda has revealed that a problem with the throttle cable caused the accident that left Dani Pedrosa was a broken collarbone and almost certainly ended his MotoGP title hopes.



http://crash.net/motogp/news/163807/1/throttle_problem_caused_pedrosa_crash.html

Watching Spies in Motegi interview - they asked him what he thought of the track and he

danced around the question like a Mexican at a hat dance. Clearly - he doesn't think much

of the layout at Motegi.

Ngads said:

Honda has revealed that a problem with the throttle cable caused the accident that left Dani Pedrosa was a broken collarbone and almost certainly ended his MotoGP title hopes.



http://crash.net/motogp/news/163807/1/throttle_problem_caused_pedrosa_crash.html

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It almost had to be something mechanical . They were tooling around at speeds way off the current pace when he went down. But then again, so was Rossi, when he went down. These ....... things have got to go, the sooner the better. I jokingly said yesterday that the riders job these days was hoping and praying sattelite signal wasnt interrupted , it may not be far from the truth.

povol said:

It almost had to be something mechanical . They were tooling around at speeds way off the current pace when he went down. But then again, so was Rossi, when he went down. These ....... things have got to go, the sooner the better. I jokingly said yesterday that the riders job these days was hoping and praying sattelite signal wasnt interrupted , it may not be far from the truth.

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I know electronic rider aids arent popular but be reasonable if you can manage it. Bikes are far more reliable now than they ever have been and its not the first time a rider has been injured as a result of a mechanical failiure.

woody996 said:

I won't read too much into this yet - other than at least Rossi is competitive.

Lorenzo hasn't got the new engine yet - obviously because he is down one. Rossi noticed a good improvement.

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Is Lorenzo saving his new engine for the race, or not using it at all this weekend.

povol said:

Is Lorenzo saving his new engine for the race, or not using it at all this weekend.

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He just said he will be using it later on in the weekend...nothing specific