Wow!

 

Maximum speed reached ..................................................................................

19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   GO&FUN Honda Gresini    HONDA     343.9 kph
46   Valentino ROSSI    ITA     Yamaha Factory Racing    YAMAHA   341.2 kph

Impressive speed !

I'm still getting over Marquez coming off at a not to shabby 209mph at mugello earlier this season and barely batting an eye lid !

Brave men !

Spooky that Lozenzo got a stunning lap but way slower.........................

 

 

 

1   99      Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA Q2  1'27.899         337.9 kph
2   93     Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA Q2 1'28.  128.120           342.5
3   46     Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing YAMAHA Q2    1'28.647          340.1
4   19     Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini HONDA Q2   1'28.713          341.4

Spooky that Lozenzo got a stunning lap but way slower.........................

Faster through the corners.

Faster through the corners.

Well deduced, Batman ;-)

Bet a stage 1 vRS would tash 'um right lads?

Faster through the corners.

 

Indubitably.

 

 Will be very interesting tonight as the Bridgestone rears look to be falling apart after 16 laps or so and they do not usually change tyres/bikes in MotoGP.

Scary speed at that track with the seagulls  :think:  and they go in to that first corner at a fair old rate of knots. Shame about Redding in Moto2. Would have been brilliant to have seen Stoner put in a wild card entry for his favourite track but hey ho. Maybe one day he'll be back.

Pit stops will be made to change bike/tyres by lap 12 as the tyres will not last a full 24 lap race. Should be a laugh!

Scary speed at that track with the seagulls  :think:  and they go in to that first corner at a fair old rate of knots. Shame about Redding in Moto2. Would have been brilliant to have seen Stoner put in a wild card entry for his favourite track but hey ho. Maybe one day he'll be back.

 

The video of Lorenzo hitting and having a seagull stuffed in the side of his fairing and still do a stonking lap (poor seagull) was special.

 

 Rossi, apparently, told a rather flat joke saying he should do it again to go fast which Lorenzo has no sense of humour of course he is too much of a machine.

 

Should be a very interesting race at what many agree is the most challenging track on the calender.   

Pit stops will be made to change bike/tyres by lap 12 as the tyres will not last a full 24 lap race. Should be a laugh!

 

I understood that rules are that you can not change to a bike with the same tyre format so they would have to go out of softs or intermediates but then perhaps there will be special dispensation if they decide it is the hard Bridgestone rear is simple tearing itself apart with super high speeds and long corners spinning up. 

IIRC the bike swap rule says that they cannot change to the spare bike unless it has a different type of tyres.

If they start the race on slicks they can only change to the spare bike if it is fitted with wets or intermediates.

They would not be able to change to different compound slicks.

If the slicks are destroying themselves so quickly, I guess they should all be praying for rain after 10 laps.

WTF was going on with the length of that pit lane speed limit? Those are supposed to end in time for you to get something like racing speed when you rejoin the track!

 

Oh and has everyone finished cleaning the egg off their faces?