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Motegi Practice and Qualifying

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Capirex18

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Free practice times (combined) - Motegi.

Full MotoGP free practice times (1 and 2 combined) from the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, round 15 of the 2006 world championship

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 46.981 secs
2. Shinya Nakano JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 47.315 secs
3. Marco Melandri ITA Fortuna Honda 1min 47.449 secs
4. Colin Edwards USA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 47.581 secs
5. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 1min 47.610 secs
6. Toni Elias SPA Fortuna Honda 1min 47.646 secs
7. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 47.731 secs
8. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 47.915 secs
9. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 47.982 secs
10. Kenny Roberts Jr USA Team Roberts 1min 48.002 secs
11. Casey Stoner AUS Honda LCR 1min 48.059 secs
12. Makoto Tamada JPN Konica Minolta Honda 1min 48.160 secs
13. Sete Gibernau SPA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 48.313 secs
14. Kousuke Akiyoshi JPN Team Suzuki MotoGP 1min 48.317 secs
15. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1min 48.389 secs
16. Naoki Matsudo JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 48.722 secs
17. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 49.488 secs
18. James Ellison GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 49.683 secs
19. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 49.761 secs
20. Carlos Checa SPA Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 49.899 secs
21. Jose Luis Cardoso SPA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 51.138 secs


2005 Japanese Grand Prix – 18/09/2005:
Pole position: Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 1min 46.363secs
Fastest lap: Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 1min 47.968secs

From what i saw... the first riders got their spots with qualy tyres... The best pace seemed to me the one of Capirossi...
 
Loris claims he is by far and away the fastest on race tires. We'll see what the rest can do to reel him in.
 
Loris is a tank !
Good to see Hopkins running good even more so on free practice 1 hope he can pull something out for Suzuki and what about those Suzuki wildcard..very good effort i say.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ooost @ Sep 22 2006, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Loris claims he is by far and away the fastest on race tires. We'll see what the rest can do to reel him in.

And he is but no by that much. As far as I can see he is the only one down in '47 lap on race tires. But Rossi is not far behind with a string of mid-low 48's compared to Capirossi's even longer string of low 48's. His fastest laps was on a 3 lap stint on a fresh pair of tires, probably with minimum gas on the tank.
Capirossi can be extreemly fast but has a habit of unconsistency. Right now he might be just a fraction faster than Rossi, but that might change.
Even now I wouldn't bet on Capi. Race, traffic, tire wear...

My predictions:

- Rossi
- Capirossi
- Melandri

Pedrosa seems to strugle with his injury :-(
 
HEY CHECK OUT THE FREE PRACTICE ROUND 2 ROSSI AHEAD OF THEM ALL AGAIN. LOOKING FOR HIM TO KICK A@@ BIG TIME.

R-46
TOMMY HINDS III
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (R-46 @ Sep 22 2006, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>HEY CHECK OUT THE FREE PRACTICE ROUND 2 ROSSI AHEAD OF THEM ALL AGAIN. LOOKING FOR HIM TO KICK A@@ BIG TIME.

R-46
TOMMY HINDS III

Merged R-46's topic into this one.............
Ben.
 
If qualifying again be cancelled, and free practice times not improve on Saturday morning, Ducati's Loris Capirossi would be the biggest loser since he was fastest of all on race tyres, but was bumped back to seventh by those using qualifiers at the end of the Friday afternoon session. That could be the reason why he seemed almost angry to have been knocked from the top of the timesheets. And with the unpredictable weather we might have some surprises.

Loris was right he was the fastest on race tyres.... he did longer runs and had a good race pace. But we'll have to see..

As for Pedrosa he struggled more with the bike pb then with his injury...

We have to see how things are going in the qualify session and then we'll talk
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capirex @ Sep 22 2006, 02:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If qualifying again be cancelled, and free practice times not improve on Saturday morning, Ducati's Loris Capirossi would be the biggest loser since he was fastest of all on race tyres, but was bumped back to seventh by those using qualifiers at the end of the Friday afternoon session. That could be the reason why he seemed almost angry to have been knocked from the top of the timesheets. And with the unpredictable weather we might have some surprises.

Loris was right he was the fastest on race tyres.... he did longer runs and had a good race pace. But we'll have to see..

As for Pedrosa he struggled more with the bike pb then with his injury...

We have to see how things are going in the qualify session and then we'll talk

Looks to me that the Q-tires now are so different from the race tyres that most want to test how the bike work with them before they go out on the last 15 min of the only QP. Considering last QP that might have been a good idea for the Duc guys as well.

Longer and few stints tell me that Capirossi could find little to improve on, and that's ok but it also means that the others have the most improvment potential tomorrow.
 
I tend to ignore q tyres & look instead at the lap analysis on the moto gp site, Capi is indeed fastest on race rubber but Vale isn't far off & I expect a close battle between these 2 for the win
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how many MOTEGI threads are there???
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oh well.....


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"WE NEED YOU ON THE FRONT ROW PLEASE!!!"

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Man, its way too early for a Saturday!!!.............qual is on live at 6am for UK folk
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yamahamer-AL @ Sep 22 2006, 04:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>how many MOTEGI threads are there???
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oh well.....
<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%DING DING DING DING!!!

"PAGING DOCTOR ROSSI!!........ PAGING DOCTOR ROSSI!!!"

"WE NEED YOU ON THE FRONT ROW PLEASE!!!"

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Repeat of Sepang anyone?
 
orrrrriiightttt!

Qualifying Times...
1. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 45.724 secs
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 45.991 secs
3. Marco Melandri ITA Fortuna Honda 1min 46.250 secs
4. Shinya Nakano JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 46.291 secs
5. Sete Gibernau SPA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 46.316 secs
6. Toni Elias SPA Fortuna Honda 1min 46.326 secs
7. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 1min 46.489 secs
8. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 46.512 secs
9. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1min 46.576 secs
10. Colin Edwards USA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 46.726 secs
11. Casey Stoner AUS Honda LCR 1min 46.847 secs
12. Kousuke Akiyoshi JPN Team Suzuki MotoGP 1min 46.958 secs
13. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 47.071 secs
14. Kenny Roberts Jr USA Team Roberts 1min 47.310 secs
15. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 47.451 secs
16. Naoki Matsudo JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 47.826 secs
17. Carlos Checa SPA Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 47.905 secs
18. Makoto Tamada JPN Konica Minolta Honda 1min 48.426 secs
19. James Ellison GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 48.716 secs
20. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 48.748 secs
21. Jose Luis Cardoso SPA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 50.359 secs

if capi gets a good start, he's got this race in the bag.
 
How stoked was Loris when he banged in his pole lap!?........man, he was acting like the race was won already............I love Loris, he comes across as a great guy
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I think Rossi is gonna need to hitch a tow rope onto Loris' Duke tomorrow! He pulled out a monster effort to get the bike on the first row, and even the commentors on eurosport said he looked like he was getting his breath back when he was doing a practice start.

Good to see the green machines doing well, should spice it up a bit.

Looking forward to the race.......should be a cracker, for a change
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Best Man @ Sep 22 2006, 10:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>its gonna be a cracker i can see it now! lets hope shinya can give the home crowd something to shout about
well it is a track favored by bridgestone tyres by all accounts.
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