*SPOILERS* Motegi Rd2

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FP 1
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap
1 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'48.545 286.472
2 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'48.601 284.885 0.056
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'48.965 294.117 0.420
4 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'49.382 291.813 0.837
5 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'49.697 289.466 1.152
6 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'49.980 288.615 1.435
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'50.030 278.350 1.485
8 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'50.123 287.769 1.578
9 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'50.209 293.000 1.664
10 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'50.342 289.621 1.797
11 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'50.391 283.315 1.846
12 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'50.393 287.081 1.848
13 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'50.404 286.548 1.859
14 59 Sete GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 1'50.538 284.510 1.993
15 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'50.601 282.648 2.056
16 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'50.669 285.487 2.124
17 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'51.643 290.010 3.098
18 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'51.929 273.141 3.384

Rossi and Stoner line ball, and then a big gap back to the rest.
Lorenzo is the only one anywhere near, and even he is 4/10ths down.

I know its only practice 1, but
Good effort MM
Dani well down.
Hayden 12th - would like to have seen better
Kallio 17th - thought he would do better, + 3.098

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nuts @ Apr 24 2009, 08:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Rossi and Stoner line ball, and then a big gap back to the rest.
Lorenzo is the only one anywhere near, and even he is 4/10ths down.

I know its only practice 1, but
Good effort MM
Dani well down.
Hayden 12th - would like to have seen better
Kallio 17th - thought he would do better, + 3.098

I'd say Lorenzo is in touch....where as the rest of the field is way off...

Kallio will be further up as he gets used to bike on this track so by Qualifying tomorrow.....

Don't forget to use SPOILER tags guys !!!

^ done

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Apr 24 2009, 09:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>^ done
thanks mate.

It can't be good for Hayden to be behind his old team and team mate who's still injured.

i know its only fp1 but both suzukis in front of ALL the hondas...

its early but best Honda 7th just in front of marco.lol

the Dani/RCV not working..

mika had a off i think just caught the highlights of practice not sure how bad it was but will have disrupted his practice

Kallio had a big highside but was OK and back on track at the very end of the session, hence his slow time. No real surprises in the other FP1 times. Usual suspects are at the top... Marco's continuing his strong run on the Hayate - just keep it on the track on raceday MM! Nicky and Perdobot... can they improve?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigAl @ Apr 24 2009, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i know its only fp1 but both suzukis in front of ALL the hondas...



At Honda's ''home'' track

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mjpartyboy @ Apr 24 2009, 10:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>It can't be good for Hayden to be behind his old team and team mate who's still injured.

I am sure the fanboys will be more than happy to give a logical reason for Nicky day 1 performance....

Lap times still high, track very cold--and from now on it might rain.
Stoner looked more consistent than Rossi. Lorenzo is very close to the two 'aliens'.
Dovi and Capirossi need more time to improve, Nicky also.
Edwards on Bridgestones is a new reality!

The 2009 Bridgestone 'rain' have never been used so far, they are going to be new for everybody (and almost all bikes have new frames this year, so it will be interesting).
I'm particularly curious to see how the brand new Ducati CF frame and swingarm are going to behave in wet conditions.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Apr 23 2009, 08:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>

you can now merge?! haha, welcome back
yeah ben fixed it a while ago..... happy days!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Apr 24 2009, 07:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'> yeah ben fixed it a while ago..... happy days!!!

ahhh, the joys of being a mod...this is about the only job we can consistently and happily do all others are stressful enough

This could get interesting. Maybe rossi has decided trying to make stoner overconfident a la laguna seca 2008 is not going to work multiple times. Maybe stoner has finally learnt to be more cagey/tactical. It is possible as always that rossi is just faster on this circuit. In any event I feel somewhat optimistic that a race may occur.

I think if Stoner thinks his race base is okay he won't push to prove anything in FP1. Rossi is the one with something to prove and he seems to be doing that so far but it is early on a very complicated weekend.

Come on Suzuki!!!

Bad news: Hayden is 12th position and 2 seconds behind Stoner

Good news: If Nicky can improve by .3 or .4 he will have an outside shot of sneaking inside the top 5.

Kallio and Capirossi are both underperforming, but Vermeulen is earning his pay.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MigsAngel @ Apr 24 2009, 10:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I am sure the fanboys will be more than happy to give a logical reason for Nicky day 1 performance....
It is known that President Obama does not approve of the the Kentucky mans right wing policy so he secretly had the CIA tamper with his tires at Qatar, this is why Hayden had the highside. Knowing that Hayden's hard working attitude would result in a possible comeback at Motegi, Obama has had the CIA replace Nicky's Japanese umbrella girl with a highly trained agent who specializes in engine performance sabotage. It's clear her work has been extensive already as he has only managed 12th in free practice.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (michaelm @ Apr 24 2009, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This could get interesting. Maybe rossi has decided trying to make stoner overconfident a la laguna seca 2008 is not going to work multiple times. Maybe stoner has finally learnt to be more cagey/tactical. It is possible as always that rossi is just faster on this circuit. In any event I feel somewhat optimistic that a race may occur.
It's FP1, the conditions are not perfect - don't read to much into results