Sachsenring Practice and Qualifying

2-18 covered by one second.... unbelievable.

Dry
Air: 25°
Ground: 28°
Humidity: 46%

Found it. Morning session already warmer than yesterday afternoon. Should be heading into the 30's, air and on track.

Good close practices, qualifying will be crucial, neither Casey or Rossi want to get caught up with the 'nothing to lose' riders finally coming good. Is Guintoli only running Q tires or what?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (IsraeliRacer @ Jul 14 2007, 07:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>2-18 covered by one second.... unbelievable.

Incredible results hope it’s the same on race day and just as competitive...lets see what QP is like...

Can Stoner break the pole position jinx?

Incrediably close field should make for many good battles throughout the field on race day!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TP70 @ Jul 14 2007, 10:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Can Stoner break the pole position jinx?

Incrediably close field should make for many good battles throughout the field on race day!

Yes he can...a great ride by our boy...Casey rode the wheels of that duke!!!...and hell be right up there race day...my prediction 1. Stroner 2. Rossi 3. Capirossi

1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team ( 1min 22.384 secs
2. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 22.388 secs
3. Marco Melandri ITA Gresini Honda ( 1min 22.397 secs
4. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team ( 1min 22.539 secs
5. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP ( 1min 22.561 secs
6. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 22.605 secs
7. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team ( 1min 22.615 secs
8. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP ( 1min 22.897 secs
9. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 22.958 secs
10. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 1min 22.969 secs
11. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP ( 1min 23.039 secs
12. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team ( 1min 23.056 secs
13. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 23.090 secs
14. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 23.151 secs
15. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 1min 23.182 secs
16. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP ( 1min 23.199 secs
17. Michel Fabrizio ITA Gresini Honda ( 1min 23.491 secs
18. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 23.744 secs
19. Kurtis Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 1min 24.209 secs

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Racejumkie @ Jul 14 2007, 12:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hey SDW, I've missed you. Where you been hiding?

BOT: Oh yeah, its just practice....but an important one because after this we have a race. And we all know how the practice results always gets you extra points.



I missed you too mate, missed everyone..been very busy lately...but just three more weeks and i'm back at the forum full time

well, practice is much more important than quali


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Racejumkie @ Jul 14 2007, 12:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Who's the mod for this thread, is it you SDW? Haha, good luck trying to keep it on topic.

that's exactly what i told IR last night... coz I looked more like the mod than him, nyahahaha, good thing he's now behaved

peace IR!

Stoner to win by 3.23 seconds!

only saw the last 10 seconds. saw depuinet crash and the list of who stands where. did anything else happend in quali that's important to know

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marijke @ Jul 14 2007, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>only saw the last 10 seconds. saw depuinet crash and the list of who stands where. did anything else happend in quali that's important to know
Also didn't see the whole quali, cause someone was rambling on and on

Too bad Randy crashed, he was fast, but I guess he was riding over the limit.

Stoner is just the fastest one all weekend, so no surprise to see him on pole. Dani was close though. Hopefully he can battle with Casey tomorrow.
Rossi disappointed me a little bit tbh, I'd expected more from him, but I guess 2nd row aint that bad. He will fight for the win as well I think, but Stoner looks really fast, so its gonna be hard.

Nicky 14th????

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Franco Fangio @ Jul 14 2007, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Also didn't see the whole quali, cause someone was rambling on and on



Whateva!!

Nicky 12th!!

Well done to Casey, Ducati have done a great job all weekend and hopefully he can convert it into a solid result.

Good qualifying from Dani, how's his race pace looking, it looks like Stoner could run low 123's even breaking into 122's for the race, if he needs to.

Didn't see any of the session so I don't know how consistent everyone was, but you can guarantee Rossi will make the difference tomorrow.

Not bad from DePuniet, considering he's riding a motocross bike and a good effort from West so far, especially when you put it in front of Edwards and Hayden. WTF is up with Hayden's performance? I guess yesterday screwed him up and he hasn't recovered, pretty piss poor if you ask me. Good to see Guintoli rubbing Edwards face it in, I guess running a Q tire every session paid off.

For the race I think we'll see Stoner get his usual good start and if he hits the lead, try to ditch everyone like Assen, in fact it may just be a rerun of Assen for the front 2, with the rest scrapping for 3rd. I hope Rossi has to come through the field, its always great to see him pass coming down the hill and making his 'competitors' look like amateurs.

Sweet!!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Jul 14 2007, 03:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>

Whateva!!
Zal wel!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Son of Doohan @ Jul 14 2007, 03:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Nicky 12th!!
12th??? I thought he was 14th?
I could be wrong though..

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Franco Fangio @ Jul 14 2007, 04:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>12th??? I thought he was 14th?
I could be wrong though..

Unfortunately you were right again (as usual).

Did any one see the HRC bikes pouring tyre smoke??? Apparently the rear wheel at some point touched the lower part of the fairing and when the bikes stopped they started to throw smoke.
Even a little bit of rubber on fire felt from Dani's bike!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teomolca @ Jul 14 2007, 05:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Did any one see the HRC bikes pouring tyre smoke??? Apparently the rear wheel at some point touched the lower part of the fairing and when the bikes stopped they started to throw smoke.
Even a little bit of rubber on fire felt from Dani's bike!


saw this on both hrc bikes.
they changed danis lower fairing and a bit of what looks like rubber fell out on fire.

Not sure what the problem is though.

Has anyone heard how RPD was after his crash. Looked quite bad on TV




<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TP70 @ Jul 14 2007, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Can Stoner break the pole position jinx?

Incrediably close field should make for many good battles throughout the field on race day!


oh i do hope so.

with so many riders close together in quali its gonna be a good race.

all the bikes apart from the ducs seem to lose a lot of time going uphill into last corner . be a close race again.
Stoner missed out last year so see how he goes.
Been quick all weekend straight out of the box and its nice to see capirex back in the mix again

great position for RDP in 4th . looked like he was gonna go quicker beofre he fell. anyone got any news about him???

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Franco Fangio @ Jul 14 2007, 04:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>12th??? I thought he was 14th?

Still within 1 second of pole...but everyone else is still riding better than he is at the moment...

My question for Nicky is how many laps before he pushes too hard and bins it...afterall he has nothing to lose...

great to see marco back up there with some slightly better machinery

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Jul 15 2007, 01:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Unfortunately you were right again (as usual).
I meant Nicky to come 12th in the race. Sorry bout the confusion!

This Race is going to be a cracker!!! Rossi, stoner, pedders, Melandri, hayden and cappers all going for it. Im guessing Hopkins will get his nose wet for a few laps to then bow out like usual