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2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« on: January 02, 2012, 12:53:06 pm »
The former MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden broke two ribs and a shoulder blade during a training accident in Kentucky this week, the American's Ducati team said on Thursday.

Hayden suffered the injuries near his home in Owensboro and has since had x-rays, a CT scan and an MRI.

Ducati said no surgery had been scheduled but the 30-year-old rider, who was training for the first time since breaking a wrist in the Valencia Grand Prix in November, would have the fractures assessed by a specialist in California next week.

"Obviously, injuries are never good but it's part of motorcycle racing," Hayden said in a statement released by Ducati. "Just like at Valencia, it was kind of a freak accident. I was starting to train again, like I normally do during the winter, at a private track near my house. I came up behind another rider, and he went to move out of the way.

"I wasn't going that fast, but he clipped my front wheel and I went down and landed pretty hard on my left shoulder, and that was it."

Hayden, who became MotoGP world champion in 2006, added: "It's disappointing, but there's nothing to do about it but heal quickly. Anyway, this doesn't change my expectations for 2012 which, fortunately, is just around the corner."
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 07:56:27 pm »
Just looked up on Wikipedia the 2012 Moto2 Starting List and as everyone can see from my signature on the bottom I'm a diehard Julian Simon fan. To my relief he did get a ride stitched up but it's with a team called Avintia Racing which I have never heard of in my life. Can anyone give me any more details and should I prepare myself for Julian to not be racing at the front this year?
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2012, 09:04:09 am »
After a quick check it looks like Avintia Racing are two teams that have merged (a Moto2 team and a team I'm not sure where they raced) or something. Anyway last season in Moto2 one of them had 3 riders (who raced almost all the round each) finishing the season in 10th, 19th & 28th, so it looks like, if he is good enough, he could do well.

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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2012, 01:59:38 pm »
Ok thanks Kev I really appreciate that. Yeah well by the looks of it it will be a usual Simon year of finishing in the Top 10 or maybe an occasional Top 5 but hell that's good enough for me.

Thanks again :Clap:
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2012, 12:26:25 am »
Qatar Grand Prix Qualifying Results

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike             Time       Gap

 1.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                1m54.634s
 2.  Casey Stoner      Honda                 1m54.855s  + 0.221s  :aus:
 3.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha         1m55.022s  + 0.388s
 4.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                1m55.512s  + 0.878s
 5.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                1m55.637s  + 1.003s
 6.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha         1m55.858s  + 1.224s
 7.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                 1m55.905s  + 1.271s
 8.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati         1m55.983s  + 1.349s
 9.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda             1m56.063s  + 1.429s
10.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati        1m56.198s  + 1.564s
11.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda         1m56.521s  + 1.887s
12.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                1m56.813s  + 2.179s
13.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW     1m57.644s  + 3.010s
14.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia         1m58.266s  + 3.632s
15.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia         1m58.520s  + 3.886s
16.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  1m58.795s  + 4.161s
17.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda     1m59.085s  + 4.451s
18.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia  1m59.195s  + 4.561s
19.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia          1m59.664s  + 5.030s
20.  Ivan Silva        Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  2m00.493s  + 5.859s
21.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia     2m00.757s  + 6.123s
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2012, 07:07:04 am »
Qatar Grand Prix Results - 22 laps:

Pos  Rider             Team/Car                 Time/Gap

 1.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                 42m44.214s
 2.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                    + 0.852s
 3.  Casey Stoner      Honda                    + 2.908s  :aus:
 4.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha           + 17.114s
 5.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha           + 17.420s
 6.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                  + 28.413s
 7.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda           + 28.446s
 8.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda               + 29.464s
 9.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati           + 31.384s
10.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                  + 33.665s
11.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                  + 56.907s
12.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW       + 58.088s
13.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia         + 1m10.650s
14.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  + 1m15.943s
15.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia         + 1m26.733s
16.  Ivan Silva        Avintia FTR-Kawasaki  + 1m43.327s
17.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia  + 1m47.419s
18.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia     + 1m51.882s
19.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda        + 7 laps

Retirements:

     Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              15 laps
     Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati             7 laps
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, 03:34:09 pm »
Not a bad race to kick off the season. Enjoyed the battle at the front but more so the battle between Tech 3 team mates Dovi and Cal. Great to see team mates having a good scrap. Something I would welcome a bit more in F1.

I hope this year doesn't turn out that we're watching who's best at tyre management . I would rather see all out racing rather than which rider can look after they're tyres.

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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2012, 01:37:44 pm »
Jerez MotoGP Results:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                     Time/Gap
 1.  Casey Stoner      Honda                       45m33.897s  :aus:
 2.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                        + 0.947s
 3.  Daniel Pedrosa    Honda                         + 2.063s
 4.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha                 + 2.465s
 5.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha                + 18.100s
 6.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda                + 21.395s
 7.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                    + 28.637s
 8.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                       + 28.869s
 9.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                       + 34.852s
10.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati                + 35.103s
11.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                       + 38.041s
12.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia              + 1m12.728s
13.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia               + 1m18.669s
14.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia       + 1m29.142s
15.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki   + 1m32.478s
16.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW          + 1m40.577s
17.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati                 + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia                  25 laps
     James Ellison     Forward Suter-BMW              24 laps
     Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda              18 laps
     Yonni Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki            0 laps

I was out of town and totally missed this race. Hopefully  :when1_copy: will replay it as it was a pearler from what I have heard.......... go Casey.  :ThumbsUp:
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2012, 05:05:32 pm »
The first couple of laps had me ducking and weaving in my chair  :Clap:. Amazing action with riders showing their skill at close quarters. A tense race and it had me glued to the screen all the way to the end.

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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2012, 07:27:40 pm »
Yes, there was some close quarter racing but very processional with little passing after Stoner took the lead early,...Lorenso put up a challenge and was never very far from the lead but he was never able to pass,..and there was some close racing in the chasing pack at times but nothing really exciting or out of the ordinary and they were never going to catch the leading pair so imho it was never an exciting race.

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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2012, 08:18:51 pm »
Well the media hyped the race then because the by-line on the Yahoo home page called it the "greatest race" (at least according to Stoner). In that case I'll record the replay on One and watch it tomorrow.
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2012, 04:13:33 pm »
Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril

Practice 1:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                 Time       Gap
 1.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m40.813s
 2.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m41.086s  + 0.273s
 3.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m41.502s  + 0.689s
 4.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m41.943s  + 1.130s  :aus:
 5.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m42.230s  + 1.417s
 6.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m42.291s  + 1.478s
 7.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha             1m42.343s  + 1.530s
 8.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m43.078s  + 2.265s
 9.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m43.256s  + 2.443s
10.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m43.265s  + 2.452s
11.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m43.277s  + 2.464s
12.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m43.511s  + 2.698s
13.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m43.527s  + 2.714s
14.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW         1m44.909s  + 4.096s
15.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m45.148s  + 4.335s
16.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m45.636s  + 4.823s
17.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m46.004s  + 5.191s
18.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m46.271s  + 5.458s
19.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m52.429s  + 11.616s
20.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati
21.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha



Practice 2:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                 Time       Gap
 1.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m38.396s  :aus:
 2.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m38.717s  + 0.321s
 3.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m38.742s  + 0.346s
 4.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m38.797s  + 0.401s
 5.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m38.930s  + 0.534s
 6.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m38.959s  + 0.563s
 7.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m39.029s  + 0.633s
 8.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati             1m39.193s  + 0.797s
 9.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m39.357s  + 0.961s
10.  Andrea Dovizioso  Yamaha                    1m39.615s  + 1.219s
11.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m40.207s  + 1.811s
12.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m40.898s  + 2.502s
13.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m41.088s  + 2.692s
14.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m41.634s  + 3.238s
15.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m41.638s  + 3.242s
16.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m41.973s  + 3.577s
17.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m42.252s  + 3.856s
18.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW         1m42.587s  + 4.191s
19.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m42.804s  + 4.408s
20.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m42.984s  + 4.588s
21.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m43.665s  +
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2012, 09:31:51 am »
Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril

Practice 3:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                 Time       Gap
 1.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m37.326s
 2.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m37.338s  + 0.012s  :aus:
 3.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m37.680s  + 0.354s
 4.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m38.086s  + 0.760s
 5.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha             1m38.273s  + 0.947s
 6.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m38.332s  + 1.006s
 7.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m38.443s  + 1.117s
 8.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m38.558s  + 1.232s
 9.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m38.602s  + 1.276s
10.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m38.714s  + 1.388s
11.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati             1m38.856s  + 1.530s
12.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m39.361s  + 2.035s
13.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m40.225s  + 2.899s
14.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m40.374s  + 3.048s
15.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m40.561s  + 3.235s
16.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m40.875s  + 3.549s
17.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m41.379s  + 4.053s
18.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m41.772s  + 4.446s
19.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m42.002s  + 4.676s
20.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m42.103s  + 4.777s
21.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW         1m42.145s  + 4.819s

Qualifying results:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                 Time      Gap
 1.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m37.188s  :aus:
 2.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m37.201s  + 0.013s
 3.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m37.289s  + 0.101s
 4.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m37.466s  + 0.278s
 5.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m37.723s  + 0.535s
 6.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m37.917s  + 0.729s
 7.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha             1m37.943s  + 0.755s
 8.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati             1m38.006s  + 0.818s
 9.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m38.059s  + 0.871s
10.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m38.253s  + 1.065s
11.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m38.265s  + 1.077s
12.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m39.353s  + 2.165s
13.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m39.398s  + 2.210s
14.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m39.586s  + 2.398s
15.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m40.029s  + 2.841s
16.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m40.225s  + 3.037s
17.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m40.387s  + 3.199s
18.  Colin Edwards     Forward Suter-BMW         1m40.964s  + 3.776s
19.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m41.394s  + 4.206s
20.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m41.486s  + 4.298s
21.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m41.490s  + 4.302s
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2012, 07:08:56 am »
Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril

Results - 28 laps:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                    Time/Gap
 1.  Casey Stoner      Honda                      45m37.513s  :aus:
 2.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                       + 1.421s
 3.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                        + 3.621s
 4.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha               + 13.846s
 5.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha               + 16.690s
 6.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda               + 21.884s
 7.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                      + 26.797s
 8.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                      + 33.262s
 9.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                   + 35.867s
10.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati               + 53.363s
11.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    + 1m02.630s
12.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             + 1m20.736s
13.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             + 1m23.483s
14.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR/Honda         + 1m37.905s
15.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia                  + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati                23 laps
     James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia             18 laps
     Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki          16 laps
     Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia          11 laps
     Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki      11 laps

Stoner does it again. Australia seems to like turning out great motorcycle champions and Stoner is on the way to another World Tittle now having taken the overall points lead.

Lorenzo admitted that there was no way he could match Stoner at this race.

Go CS!  :ThumbsUp:  :aus:  :ThumbsUp:
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2012, 09:42:09 am »

Stoner does it again. Australia seems to like turning out great motorcycle champions and Stoner is on the way to another World Tittle now having taken the overall points lead.

Lorenzo admitted that there was no way he could match Stoner at this race.

Go CS!  :ThumbsUp:  :aus:  :ThumbsUp:

You sound quite certain of that MW,...even though we have had only had 3 rounds and there are another 15 rounds to go,...he is only 1 point ahead and I don't believe Lorenzo will give up that easily

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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2012, 09:54:40 am »

Stoner does it again. Australia seems to like turning out great motorcycle champions and Stoner is on the way to another World Tittle now having taken the overall points lead.

Lorenzo admitted that there was no way he could match Stoner at this race.

Go CS!  :ThumbsUp:  :aus:  :ThumbsUp:

You sound quite certain of that MW,...even though we have had only had 3 rounds and there are another 15 rounds to go,...he is only 1 point ahead and I don't believe Lorenzo will give up that easily
I'd prefer to talk up the local guys rather than bring them down. However this local guy is, at least, winning events.

I am expecting an exciting rivalry between CS and JL this season. That makes for good racing.
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2012, 02:50:22 pm »
I'm not talking anybody down,...what I am saying is surely it is a bit early to claim victory or the title after just 3 races when there are still another 15 races to run,..... hopefully there will be plenty of exciting battles to come before either of them can claim the 2012 title,...and it is also too early to discount another rider from challenging.

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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2012, 03:35:47 pm »
From my perspective it's that I am enthusiastic about talking people up; perhaps a bit too much on these boards in the past. I wasn't directing that comment at you but excusing my Aussie jingoism.

I certainly don't think it's over until the fat lady sings and, yes; I think we're in for some 10/10th's racing form this field of riders in 2012.
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« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2012, 12:05:44 am »
French MotoGP at Le Mans:

Practice 1:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                 Time       Gap
 1.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m34.321s  :aus:
 2.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m34.908s  + 0.587s
 3.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha             1m35.065s  + 0.744s
 4.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m35.202s  + 0.881s
 5.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati             1m35.213s  + 0.892s
 6.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m35.239s  + 0.918s
 7.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m35.318s  + 0.997s
 8.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m35.336s  + 1.015s
 9.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m35.403s  + 1.082s
10.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m35.829s  + 1.508s
11.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m36.291s  + 1.970s
12.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m36.500s  + 2.179s
13.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m36.935s  + 2.614s
14.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m37.916s  + 3.595s
15.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m38.140s  + 3.819s
16.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m38.209s  + 3.888s
17.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m38.255s  + 3.934s
18.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m38.943s  + 4.622s
19.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m39.110s  + 4.789s
20.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m39.729s  + 5.408s
21.  Chris Vermeulen   Forward Suter-BMW         1m41.398s  + 7.077s  :aus:

Practice 2:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                 Time       Gap
 1.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m33.740s  :aus:
 2.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m34.005s  + 0.265s
 3.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m34.136s  + 0.396s
 4.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m34.437s  + 0.697s
 5.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m34.467s  + 0.727s
 6.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha             1m34.585s  + 0.845s
 7.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m34.610s  + 0.870s
 8.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati             1m35.079s  + 1.339s
 9.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m35.112s  + 1.372s
10.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m35.132s  + 1.392s
11.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m35.201s  + 1.461s
12.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m35.787s  + 2.047s
13.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m36.438s  + 2.698s
14.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m36.928s  + 3.188s
15.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m37.093s  + 3.353s
16.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m37.310s  + 3.570s
17.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m37.585s  + 3.845s
18.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m38.255s  + 4.515s
19.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m38.260s  + 4.520s
20.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m38.395s  + 4.655s
21.  Chris Vermeulen   Forward Suter-BMW         1m39.383s  + 5.643s  :aus:


Practice 3:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                 Time             Gap
 1.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m33.945s  :aus:
 2.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m34.425s   + 0.480s
 3.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha             1m34.429s   + 0.484s
 4.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m34.456s   + 0.511s
 5.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m34.471s   + 0.526s
 6.  Daniel Pedrosa    Honda                     1m34.636s   + 0.691s
 7.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m34.757s   + 0.812s
 8.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati             1m35.081s   + 1.136s
 9.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m35.261s   + 1.316s
10.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m35.328s   + 1.383s
11.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m35.423s   + 1.478s
12.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m35.468s   + 1.523s
13.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m36.389s   + 2.444s
14.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m36.666s   + 2.721s
15.  Yonni Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m37.138s   + 3.193s
16.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m37.666s   + 3.721s
17.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m37.692s   + 3.747s
18.  James Ellison     Forward Suter-BMW         1m37.940s   + 3.995s
19.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m38.344s   + 4.399s
20.  Chris Vermeulen   Forward Suter-BMW         1m39.507s   + 5.562s  :aus:
21.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m46.663s  + 12.718s


Qualifying:

Pos  Rider             Team/Bike                 Time       Gap
 1.  Dani Pedrosa      Honda                     1m33.638s
 2.  Casey Stoner      Honda                     1m33.941s  + 0.303s  :aus:
 3.  Andrea Dovizioso  Tech 3 Yamaha             1m33.976s  + 0.338s
 4.  Jorge Lorenzo     Yamaha                    1m34.104s  + 0.466s
 5.  Cal Crutchlow     Tech 3 Yamaha             1m34.178s  + 0.540s
 6.  Ben Spies         Yamaha                    1m34.669s  + 1.031s
 7.  Valentino Rossi   Ducati                    1m34.907s  + 1.269s
 8.  Alvaro Bautista   Gresini Honda             1m34.922s  + 1.284s
 9.  Hector Barbera    Pramac Ducati             1m34.950s  + 1.312s
10.  Karel Abraham     Cardion Ducati            1m35.250s  + 1.612s
11.  Nicky Hayden      Ducati                    1m35.291s  + 1.653s
12.  Randy de Puniet   Aspar Aprilia             1m35.694s  + 2.056s
13.  Stefan Bradl      LCR Honda                 1m35.862s  + 2.224s
14.  Michele Pirro     Gresini FTR-Honda         1m36.646s  + 3.008s
15.  Yonny Hernandez   Avintia FTR-Kawasaki      1m37.202s  + 3.564s
16.  James Ellison     Paul Bird Aprilia         1m37.666s  + 4.028s
17.  Aleix Espargaro   Aspar Aprilia             1m37.760s  + 4.122s
18.  Danilo Petrucci   Ioda-Aprilia              1m37.767s  + 4.129s
19.  Ivan Silva        Avintia Inmotec-Kawasaki  1m38.198s  + 4.560s
20.  Mattia Pasini     Speed Master Aprilia      1m38.511s  + 4.873s
21.  Chris Vermeulen   Forward Suter-BMW         1m38.658s  + 5.020s  :aus:
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Re: 2012 MotoGP News and Discussion Thread
« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2012, 10:58:50 pm »
Great ride and win from Jorge.

Awesome racing from Stoner and Rossi. It's good to see The Doctor back in the mix.  :ThumbsUp:

Lorenzo take the championship lead by 8 points.
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