Valencia Qualifying

30 minutes in

stoner is 1 second ahead of the next best

1.5 sec ahead of his teammate

Kawasaki = guh?

Free Practice 1

1 Casey STONER 1'33.083
2 Marco MELANDRI 1'33.762
3 Dani PEDROSA 1'33.881
4 Alex BARROS 1'33.979
5 Chris VERMEULEN 1'34.059
6 Valentino ROSSI 1'34.102
7 Nicky HAYDEN 1'34.226
8 Loris CAPIROSSI 1'34.242
9 Colin EDWARDS 1'34.259
10 John HOPKINS 1'34.315
11 Carlos CHECA 1'34.324
12 Toni ELIAS 1'34.363
13 Sylvain GUINTOLI 1'34.420
14 Makoto TAMADA 1'34.549
15 Randy DE PUNIET 1'34.563
16 Shinya NAKANO 1'34.577
17 Anthony WEST 1'35.000
18 Chaz DAVIES 1'35.029
19 Kurtis ROBERTS 1'35.404

Dry
Air: 17°
Ground: 18°
Humidity: 49%

Fastest Lap: Lap: 24 Casey STONER 1'33.083 154.894 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2006 Loris CAPIROSSI 1'32.924 155.159 Km/h
Circuit Best Lap: 2006 Valentino ROSSI 1'31.002 158.436 Km/h

Stoner sitting right on the lap record. Kawasaki, WTF?

Business as usual for Stoner, about 8/10ths ahead. Looks like my prediction is gonna be right.

Officially sanctioned thread?

Free Practice 1

1 Casey STONER 1'33.083
2 Marco MELANDRI 1'33.762
3 Dani PEDROSA 1'33.881
4 Alex BARROS 1'33.979
5 Chris VERMEULEN 1'34.059
6 Valentino ROSSI 1'34.102
7 Nicky HAYDEN 1'34.226
8 Loris CAPIROSSI 1'34.242
9 Colin EDWARDS 1'34.259
10 John HOPKINS 1'34.315
11 Carlos CHECA 1'34.324
12 Toni ELIAS 1'34.363
13 Sylvain GUINTOLI 1'34.420
14 Makoto TAMADA 1'34.549
15 Randy DE PUNIET 1'34.563
16 Shinya NAKANO 1'34.577
17 Anthony WEST 1'35.000
18 Chaz DAVIES 1'35.029
19 Kurtis ROBERTS 1'35.404

Dry
Air: 17°
Ground: 18°
Humidity: 49%

Fastest Lap: Lap: 24 Casey STONER 1'33.083 154.894 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2006 Loris CAPIROSSI 1'32.924 155.159 Km/h
Circuit Best Lap: 2006 Valentino ROSSI 1'31.002 158.436 Km/h

Stoner sitting right on the lap record. Kawasaki, WTF?

It looks like Barros wants to go out on career ending high or Win and take 9th place off Nicky as well!!

If take Stoner's time out of the equation then you have pretty close result...even as far back as RDP.

Come on Casey - <span style="color:#FF0000Make it 11 in '007!!!

Chaz Davies has been taken to a Valencian hospital after suffering a massive highside in FP1.. He has no broken bones but was complaining of pain in his lower back..

Free Practice 2

1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 32.968 secs
2. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 (D) 1min 33.084 secs
3. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 33.150 secs
4. Marco Melandri ITA Honda Gresini (B) 1min 33.319 secs
5. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 33.501 secs
6. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 33.519 secs
7. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin (B) 1min 33.541 secs
8. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 33.620 secs
9. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 33.650 secs
10. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 33.680 secs
11. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 1min 33.831 secs
12. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 (D) 1min 33.899 secs
13. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 33.972 secs
14. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 34.000 secs
15. Toni Elias SPA Honda Gresini (B) 1min 34.218 secs
16. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 1min 34.352 secs
17. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 34.413 secs
18. Chaz Davies GBR Pramac d'Antin (B) 1min 35.029 secs
19. Kurtis Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 1min 35.335 secs

time set in FP1.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(vale4607 @ Nov 2 2007, 03:00 PM) [snapback]98169[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
Free Practice 2

1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team ( 1min 32.968 secs
2. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 (D) 1min 33.084 secs
3. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 33.150 secs
4. Marco Melandri ITA Honda Gresini ( 1min 33.319 secs
5. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP ( 1min 33.501 secs
6. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team ( 1min 33.519 secs
7. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin ( 1min 33.541 secs
8. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 33.620 secs
9. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 33.650 secs
10. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP ( 1min 33.680 secs
....................



Stoner is as impressive as ever. Discounting Guintoli (qualifying tyre, or Rossi should better change to Dunlop... ) we can see that Michelin only have Pedrosa in front, the rest is a small army of Bridgestones down to Barros in 7th, just ahead of Rossi and Hayden.

Only Pedrosa and Melandri seem capable to ride with Casey, so far. The others are too far. Let's see tomorrow...

Stoner on the gas again!! i noticed Stoner's bike had ''Made in Italy''livery.
Vermeulen 5th in both sessions. [attachmentid=2489]

Theres not alot in it, not as much as i've seen at some other races at this point of the weekend.

I predict a close race.

So I take it here no-one noticed Casey barely improved in FP2? As opposed to everyone else taking leaps and bounds?

It's his style, he starts the weekend close to his limit, and does minuscule improvements, works though.

C'mon Dani and Randy!

CV is doing consistently well. Stoner is going to destroy the field and the race seems to be all in his control. Rossi and Hayden are back but Hayden typically is not in the front group until late in the 3rd session anyway.

Good race coming. Stoner won't be challenged by anyone.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gsfan @ Nov 2 2007, 07:58 PM) [snapback]98241[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
Good race coming. Stoner won't be challenged by anyone.

Somehow I feel that statement creates a contradiction

Apparently Stoner's time is set on a race tire (bridgestone) and the others on qualifying tires..

Erm, Guinters set his time on a Quali.

Everyone else only ever uses Q tyres on Saturday.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(phleg @ Nov 2 2007, 07:40 PM) [snapback]98238[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
So I take it here no-one noticed Casey barely improved in FP2? As opposed to everyone else taking leaps and bounds?

It's his style, he starts the weekend close to his limit, and does minuscule improvements, works though.

C'mon Dani and Randy!


Yeah, standard Stoner to start almost at his full speed. He still looks strong though.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(crvlvr @ Nov 3 2007, 07:02 AM) [snapback]98252[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
Apparently Stoner's time is set on a race tire (bridgestone) and the others on qualifying tires..

stoner is nearly done race pace lap record on first day and on a 800cc....

damm thats amazing, i would say stoner would of won a few races on this 800 last year, considering hayden only won 2 races last year, maybe with the form he is riding this year he could of even won the 06 WC even with an 800 spec bike

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pinky @ Nov 2 2007, 09:31 PM) [snapback]98261[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
stoner is nearly done race pace lap record on first day and on a 800cc....

damm thats amazing, i would say stoner would of won a few races on this 800 last year, considering hayden only won 2 races last year, maybe with the form he is riding this year he could of even won the 06 WC even with an 800 spec bike


seriously?


the 06 WC? ...... ffs pinky, get over yourself, stoner has won the 07 WC but he is not the "new moto gp messiah".....yet..