2009 FIM MotoGP World Championship Thread: Jerez May 01-03

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Fiat Yamaha Team

Ducati Marlboro Team

Machine: Yamaha YZR-M1

Machine: Ducati Desmocedici GP9

Riders: Valentino Rossi #46, Jorge Lorenzo #99

Riders: Casey Stoner #27, Nicky Hayden #69

Repsol Honda Team

Rizla Suzuki Motogp

Machine: Honda RC212V

Machine: Suzuki GSV-R

Riders: Dani Pedrosa #3, Andrea Dovizioso #4

Riders: Chris Vermeulen #7, Loris Capirossi #65

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team

Pramac Racing Team

Machine: Yamaha YZR-M1

Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP9

Riders: Colin Edwards #5, James Toseland #52

Riders: Mika Kallio #36, Niccolò Canepa #88

San Carlo Honda Gresini Team

Scot Racing Team

Machine: Honda RC212V

Machine: Honda RC212V

Riders: Toni Elías #24, Alex de Angelis #15

Rider: Yuki Takahashi #72

Hayate Racing Team

LCR Honda MotoGP

Machine: Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR

Machine: Honda RC212V

Rider: Marco Melandri #33

Rider: Randy de Puniet #14

Grupo Francisco HernandoTeam

Machine: Ducati Desmosedici GP9

Rider: Sete Gibernau #59





2009 Calender

Round - Date - Grand Prix - Circuit

1 April 12 Qatar Grand Prix ‡ Losail Andrea Iannone
2 April 26 Japanese Grand Prix Motegi
3 May 3 Spanish Grand Prix Jerez
4 May 17 French Grand Prix Le Mans
5 May 31 Italian Grand Prix Mugello
6 June 14 Catalan Grand Prix Catalunya
7 June 27 Dutch TT Assen Report
8 July 5 United States Grand Prix Laguna Seca
9 July 19 German Grand Prix Sachsenring
10 July 26 British Grand Prix Donington
11 August 16 Czech Republic Grand Prix Brno
12 August 30 Indianapolis Grand Prix Indianapolis
13 September 6 San Marino Grand Prix Misano
14 October 4 Portuguese Grand Prix Estoril
15 October 18 Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island
16 October 25 Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang
17 Novermber 8 Valencian Grand Prix

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2009 Spanish MotoGP

Circuito de Jerez

Round III





Lorenzo on pole.

[Elbow]

I'm still watching qualifying lol, so a tad behind but did hear them say that there was a huge chance of rain, so I guess that answers that!

[EJ25RUN]

I'm still watching qualifying lol, so a tad behind but did hear them say that there was a huge chance of rain, so I guess that answers that!

You watching it on Eurosport, BBC, or Speedtv?

No spoilers yet but i watched the 125cc race (lol) and the 250cc ( )

[Elbow]

Eurosport, I will have to check those races out!

[EJ25RUN]

Eurosport, I will have to check those races out!

Hell yeah. I watch 125 and 250 but Motogp got rained out before the race even started.

What's your opinion of Toby and Jules?


Update....race says to be scheduled at 18:45 Eurosport 2 time so that means 1:45 pm for us.

The reason the race was postphoned was 2 reasons.
1. The track is not homoligated to be run in the rain at night. It causes an extreme glare for the riders and the water will mist heavly on the visors causing less vision.

2. The track became way to slippery even for the single wet tire compund used in Motogp. Remember, Michelin is gone and it is now a spec tire series. There is no more running the tires you want or even develop the tire around a specific bike. Now, you are developing the bike around the tire.

I thought getting rid of qualifers was a good idea but i realized that with them gone, it took away the excitement of the last ten mins of the 45 min session. In previous years, the last ten is what made qualifing so good to watch and unpredictable.

Here's Nicky Hayden's off in qualifing. He had to have gotten 6+ feet up in the air. Please don't turn into Marco Milandri this year Nicky *cross fingers*

[David88vert]

Watched the 250 last night, decent start to the year. Can't wait for them to start the GP bikes.

[The Ninja]

Wow, I'm way behind the times. Since when is Hayden riding with Casey Stoner??? Last year I was rootin for Nicky to pound and pound on Hayden but it seemed like he had every single obstacle thrown in his way, and now he's on the same team??? =/ Oh well. And how is Hayden doin? (Gonna have to leave classes early and catch the race, lol... going home now.

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Watched the 250 last night, decent start to the year. Can't wait for them to start the GP bikes.

Eurosport brought up something very important. Simoncelli (who was injured and couldn't race) won a physic battle yesterday because Bautista was the clear favorite.

This is likly to be the last year the 250s race. I feel the 2011 600 deadline will be pushed back to 2010.

Wow, I'm way behind the times. Since when is Hayden riding with Casey Stoner??? Last year I was rootin for Nicky to pound and pound on Hayden but it seemed like he had every single obstacle thrown in his way, and now he's on the same team??? =/ Oh well. And how is Hayden doin? (Gonna have to leave classes early and catch the race, lol... going home now.

So far not good. He's had barely any practice on the Desmo and at the end of quali yesterday, he had an insane high side.

Btw, Nikky needed to get away from Repsol. They are historically biased toward Spanish riders. (Remember Doohan/Crivile ?) And he's not been the teams #1 since 2007.

He's happy at the team so far but taming the GP9 will be the challenge of his career. Only Casey Stoner can do it imo.

[dazn]

hey do you have a link to where you watched the race? obviously i missed it on the tv since it got postponed. they showed the 2008 race in its slot instead.

too bad for nicky, that ducati will take some time to get used to it. stoner does an amazing job holding on to that monster especially as small as he is.

[EJ25RUN]

hey do you have a link to where you watched the race? obviously i missed it on the tv since it got postponed. they showed the 2008 race in its slot instead.

too bad for nicky, that ducati will take some time to get used to it. stoner does an amazing job holding on to that monster especially as small as he is.

pm'd.

[David88vert]

hey do you have a link to where you watched the race? obviously i missed it on the tv since it got postponed. they showed the 2008 race in its slot instead.

They showed it yesterday at 2pm on Speed.

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Spoilers for Japan (Watch it, it was gooden!)












What a race for Lorenzo to get by Rossi. It looked as if Rossi wasn't comfortable as he was doing gymnastics to get the balance through the corners but his fight with Pedrosa was the best of the race. I can't imagine Motogp without the excitement of Rossi.

Oh and Stoner.....what a terrible start so a 4th doesn't seem all that nightmarish.

I'll post results after i see the 250 race. I despise spoilers.

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Qualifying from Jerez results.

MotoGP Qualifying Practice Classification

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Lap time Km/h Gap

1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'38.933 275.721
2 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'38.984 275.650 0.051
3 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'39.415 272.796 0.482
4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'39.642 269.865 0.709
5 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'39.806 272.658 0.873
6 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'39.862 276.568 0.929
7 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'39.926 275.721 0.993
8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'39.966 268.857 1.033
9 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'40.112 276.003 1.179
10 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'40.185 276.356 1.252
11 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki 1'40.381 273.625 1.448
12 59 Sete GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati 1'40.440 270.541 1.507
13 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP Honda 1'40.599 271.766 1.666
14 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'40.670 269.932 1.737
15 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'40.796 267.657 1.863
16 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'40.953 273.764 2.020
17 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Ducati 1'41.238 271.220 2.305
18 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 1'41.253 266.535 2.320


Good pace from the World championship leader.