MotoGP - Moto2 - Moto3 2016

[Andy]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Just a heads up. I wear sackcloth and ashes now

*Trolls off to real road racing thread again*

[Cheeveer]

[DoubleFart]

Good riddance, ugly mess.

[kals]

Good riddance, ugly mess.

Was just coming to write almost exactly the same words.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Agreed, the next step would be the ugly multi foil F1 type arrangements that drive up costs more than the performance advantage warrants.

[John]

Finally. Put the wings on the scrapyard where they belong, together with the shark-finned F1 cars of 2008-ish.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Finally. Put the wings on the scrapyard where they belong, together with the shark-finned F1 cars of 2008-ish.

Valencia testing prototype fpr MotoGP?

[John]

This picture, though.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Yeah, was surprised whilst channel hopping on TV before coming online to see we have on FoxSports live coverage of the MotoGP Valencia testing on now.

[Everso Biggyballies]

So Vinales has his Yamaha debut, setting the fastest lap of the day.... and Lorenzo made his debut with Ducati. Viñales' time was 0.020s faster than Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi, who ran both the 2016 and 2017 M1, but whose best lap came on the 2016 bike. Lorenzo did most of the day on the current Ducati, setting 3rd fastest, before trying the 2017 bike for a few minutes at the end of the day.

Marc Márquez was fourth, switching between his 2016 and 2017 Hondas, in front of Andrea Dovizioso, who also rode two specifications of Ducati, and LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow.

Andrea Iannone made his first appearance for Suzuki and took seventh, but to feel at home on his new mount managed a high-speed crash at Turn 10. He managed to finish ahead of Scott Redding, Héctor Barberá and Dani Pedrosa. Incidentally the top 10 covered by just 0.376s.

Full list of best times follows:

MotoGP test at Circuito Ricardo Tormo 15 November 2016
Pos. Driver Team Time Laps
1. M. Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 01:30.930 61
2. V. Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 01:30.950 47
3. J. Lorenzo Ducati Team 01:31.052 60
4. M. Marquez Repsol Honda Team 01:31.102 53
5. A. Dovizioso Ducati Team 01:31.131 54
6. C. Crutchlow LCR Honda 01:31.156 69
7. A. Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar 01:31.165 41
8. S. Redding Octo Pramac Yakhnich 01:31.242 71
9. H. Barbera Avintia Racing 01:31.286 43
10. D. Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 01:31.306 42
11. J. Miller Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 01:31.477 62
12. A. Bautista Aspar Team MotoGP 01:31.674 58
13. M. Pirro Octo Pramac Yakhnich 01:32.068 47
14. A. Espargaro Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 01:32.177 61
15. L. Baz Avintia Racing 01:32.315 42
16. J. Folger Tech 3 01:32.450 52
17. J. Zarco Tech 3 01:32.462 61
18. E. Rabat Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 01:32.578 72
19. P. Espargaro KTM 01:32.613 57
20. B. Smith KTM 01:32.806 52
21. A. Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar 01:32.811 71
22. E. Laverty Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 01:32.935 45
23. K. Abraham Aspar Team MotoGP 01:33.231 59
24. S. Lowes Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 01:33.359 63
25. T. Tsuda Team Suzuki Ecstar 01:34.110 41
26. F. Bagnaia Aspar Team MotoGP 01:36.940 9

[Andy]

Great to see Folger & Zarco on similar level in Tech3 camp

*trolls back to real road racing thread*

[Everso Biggyballies]

MotoGP Valencia Test Day 2

Vinales once again topped the timesheets at Valencia Day 2. (final day) the times haaving been topped eearlier on By Marquez. Vinales was the only rider to go sub 1:30 secs.Doviozo was 3rd for Ducati, with Iannone doing what he does best... setting quick times but destroying the machinery and surroundings, a heavy crash at T12 ending his day.(Without serious injury)
Honda’s Dani Pedrosa was fifth ahead of LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow and Valentino Rossi, who clocked an identical time in seventh.
Jorge Lorenzo was eighth having jumped aboard the 2017 Ducati for the first time.
The top 10 was completed by Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro and Tech 3 Yamaha’s Jonas Folger. (Zarco was next up within hundredths of Folger)
Australia’s Jack Miller suffered an off before clocking a time good enough for 12th position. Good to see KTM continued to improve with Pol Espargaro up in 17th spot.

Alex Rins, on a Suzuki, also went off at T12 into the barriers after only a handful of laps, bringing out the reds for an hour for repairs to the barriers. Rins was carried from the scene by a stretcher and transferred to hospital where he was diagnosed with two compressed vertebrae and expected to be sidelined for a month. Best wishes to him for a full and speedy recovery.

Position Rider Team Time Gap Laps
1 Maverick Vinales Yamaha 1:29.97s – 76
2 Marc Marquez Honda 1:30.17 0.196s 78
3 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1:30.44 0.468s 61
4 Andrea Iannone Suzuki 1:30.59 0.624s 51
5 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1:30.68 0.711s 41
6 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda 1:30.70 0.734s 63
7 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:30.70 0.734s 69
8 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati 1:30.74 0.769s 66
9 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1:30.88 0.910s 61
10 Jonas Folger Tech3 Yamaha 1:30.94 0.973s 63
11 Johann Zarco Tech3 Yamaha 1:31.01 1.040s 61
12 Jack Miller Honda 1:31.06 1.094s 59
13 Scott Redding Pramac Ducati 1:31.11 1.143s 48
14 Alvaro Bautista Aspar Ducati 1:31.18 1.211s 69
15 Hector Barbera Avintia Ducati 1:31.24 1.269s 59
16 Michele Pirro Pramac Ducati 1:31.81 1.841s 40
17 Pol Espargaro KTM 1:31.85 1.878s 70
18 Tito Rabat Honda 1:31.91 1.943s 61
19 Loris Baz Avintia Ducati 1:32.16 2.186s 52
20 Bradley Smith KTM 1:32.53 2.563s 59
21 Eugene Laverty Aprilia 1:32.56 2.593s 57
22 Karel Abraham Aspar Ducati 1:32.69 2.724s 41
23 Takuya Tsuda Suzuki 1:33.30 3.330s 77
24 Alex Rins Suzuki 1:33.76 3.786s 5

[erwin greven]

Brad Binder broke his arm in a test run at Valencia.
http://www.speedweek.com/moto2/news/102 ... ochen.html

[Everso Biggyballies]

Brad Binder broke his arm in a test run at Valencia.

Apparently it was not a major crash but the bike landed on his hand and arm.

[Andy]

Brad Binder broke his arm in a test run at Valencia.

Apparently it was not a major crash but the bike landed on his hand and arm.

Once again.
Lowspeed highsiders are the worst.

[kals]

MotoGP's 'resting bitch face' tried his F1 counterpart's car