Sepang MotoGP test

Heavy-Dee · 02-11-2005, 11:15 AM

Soup

Looks like the separation between factory and satelite honda teams still exists. No suprise.

Of an interesting note:

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Comments of note, well, Max Biaggi and Nick Hayden enjoyed one of the more embarrassing moments of 2005 so far when the works HRC duo hit each other in pit-lane whilst entering and leaving their garages, Biaggi's bike being taken away for repair on the back of a truck. Hayden's bike (both works riders using new 2005 factory machines) was also damaged although not terminally but both riders were unharmed. And, Valentino Rossi shook off a bout of Malaysian flu to complete his day (including a Michelin tire test) before retiring to the hotel for an early night.

Crash · 02-11-2005, 11:57 AM

At least Sete is getting the parts he needs. He's the best Honda rider for sure.

Did you notice where CEII was.... He had some set-up problems...

Tamada - Sweet man, had the flu and was kicking ass..

Heavy-Dee · 02-11-2005, 1:26 PM

Tell you what though, Nicky isn't going to loose the championship b/c he didn't work hard enough. The dude is always putting in a ton of laps. The think I worry about is that perhaps he'd be better off trying more changes rather than spending a lot of time on one setup. But then I don't really know what's going on over there.

"HD

Crash · 02-11-2005, 1:48 PM

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Tell you what though, Nicky isn't going to loose the championship b/c he didn't work hard enough. The dude is always putting in a ton of laps. The think I worry about is that perhaps he'd be better off trying more changes rather than spending a lot of time on one setup. But then I don't really know what's going on over there.

"HD

I agree, he does have one hell of a work ethic, but you're right. Is he really working on what's important or is he just trying to ride what he's got and make it work without changing anything.

Scout · 02-12-2005, 2:36 AM

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Did you notice where CEII was.... He had some set-up problems...

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CE's gonna smoke Sete & Biaggi & company this year.

Disparity between lap-times of Soup and CE site:

Unofficial Lap Times:
1. Sete Gibernau (Honda) 2'01.76
2. Alex Barros (Honda) 2'02.12
3. Makoto Tamada (Honda) 2'02.41
4. Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 2'02.47
5. VALENTINO ROSSI (YAMAHA) 2'02.53
6. Carlos Checa (Ducati) 2'02.56
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10. COLIN EDWARDS (YAMAHA) 2'02.98

Davide Brivio, Gauloises Yamaha Team Director
“The first day went quite smoothly for the whole team. We did a good job with the tyres and we are now fine-tuning the bike settings and will continue to work on this over the next two days. We took it quite easy today as we have plenty of time ahead of us!”

I'm sure Rossi won't end testing at #5 either...
Wait and see...

Rios929 · 02-14-2005, 5:50 PM

New Nicky interview with pretty funny pic of the "incident" link

"Hayden: Yeah, a little bit of contact. I was coming in the pits and he pretty much pulled out of his box and ran me over. He has a lot of problems on pit road, running into riders and people. It's not the first he's had contact on pit road with somebody or bike or something. But it was just an accident, no hard feelings or anything. I probably need to pay more attention to what I was doing. He said normally his mechanic signals him when he comes out and nobody was there to signal him, so he thought he could just motor out. That's cool. It was an accident. People do mess up sometimes and that's all good."

deez · 02-14-2005, 8:53 PM

The Yamaha riders weren't using 1 lap qualifiers, Repsol and the Ducati squad were. Don't read too much into the lap times, and remember you can dream all you want, but Rossi is still the man to beat

TGZ13 · 02-14-2005, 8:54 PM

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The Yamaha riders weren't using 1 lap qualifiers, Repsol and the Ducati squad were. Don't read too much into the lap times, and remember you can dream all you want, but Rossi is still the man to beat

Amen

BDA116 · 02-14-2005, 9:21 PM

According to whom were the others using qualifiers? The guy who was getting spanked? Yeah, excuses.
Nicky and Max both set their fast times during extended runs, not one lappers.

deez · 02-14-2005, 9:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BDA116

According to whom were the others using qualifiers? The guy who was getting spanked? Yeah, excuses.
Nicky and Max both set their fast times during extended runs, not one lappers.

"I tried Michelin's qualifying tyre for the first time, there were five kinds of
qualifying tyre and the third one tried - a standard qualifying tyre had
the best feeling and gave me the best lap." - Tamada

If you think he is the only one, then you go with that.

BDA116 · 02-14-2005, 11:41 PM

And I'm sure Colin never put one on his bike the entire time. If Nicky's race distance sim was done entirely on a single lap qualifier, and he still turned those times, maybe he's not the no-talent ass clow, huh?
Colin iss Michelin's main guy - the only one they care about, remember? So I guess he would have no need to test out any qualifiers.
If you want to believe everything he posts, go with that.
I'd rather get my news from multiple unbiases sources.

deez · 02-14-2005, 11:52 PM

What difference does it matter anyway, the Italian will beat all of them anyway, including Nicky and Colin

BDA116 · 02-14-2005, 11:57 PM

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What difference does it matter anyway, the Italian will beat all of them anyway, including Nicky and Colin

Unless he takes himself out, I believe it will happen again, yes.
They can all race for second and third, though.

It must suck knowing that every time you take to the grid, the only shot you have of winning is a mechanical or crash by "the one".
Montoya (what a joke that guy is) and the others know that feeling as well as the MotoGP guys.

deez · 02-15-2005, 12:19 AM

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Unless he takes himself out, I believe it will happen again, yes.
They can all race for second and third, though.

It must suck knowing that every time you take to the grid, the only shot you have of winning is a mechanical or crash by "the one".
Montoya (what a joke that guy is) and the others know that feeling as well as the MotoGP guys.

Yep, I think to most of them 2nd is a win

RRWANTR · 02-15-2005, 12:28 AM

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. If Nicky's race distance sim was done entirely on a single lap qualifier, and he still turned those times, maybe he's not the no-talent ass clow, huh?.

He's not a no talent a$$ clown...but let's see the results, instead of tossing it every other race.....

You byatch about Colin but seem to want drink Nicky's bath water....

deez · 02-15-2005, 12:42 AM

To quote Alonzo (Denzel) in Training Day....

"That's how it starts...."

RRWANTR · 02-15-2005, 12:58 AM

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To quote Alonzo (Denzel) in Training Day....

"That's how it starts...."

What???

The Sook · 02-15-2005, 1:49 AM

I think PI this weekend will be more of a look into where everyone sits. Then again, Col was at my mates hair dresser's wife's baker's house last night playin pool and gettin pissed, so, maybe not. hahaha

BUT, while Biatchi and some others are ALL ABOUT where they are at the end of testing, I know for a fact that Rossi and Colin, and Sete for that matter, are not. They could not give a toss. It's all just about getting the bike up to speed for race day. If Colin has (and from what I hear, he has) the front end sorted on that thing, you better believe that he has no doubts about beating Rossi. I ain't saying I don't, but if you cast your minds back to the "even playing field" at Qatar, Colin spanked him. Anyway, come on, bring it, but either way, we'll see come race day.

Note: Notice that Bayliss, the guy that rides around all problems and doesn't worry about gay things like chatter, is fukin nowhere on the "its still the best bike in the paddock" RCV???????? Hahaha

Heavy-Dee · 02-15-2005, 8:45 AM

Does anyone else get anoyed when people seem to end a lot of their posts with things like "ha haha hahahah" or "weeeeeeeeeeeeeee"?

Just me? Okay, I'll shut up.

HD

Baketech · 02-15-2005, 9:02 AM

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I think PI this weekend will be more of a look into where everyone sits. Then again, Col was at my mates hair dresser's wife's baker's house last night playin pool and gettin pissed, so, maybe not. hahaha

I just get a big boner when I hear that you rub elbows with CE haha....that must be totally phucking awesome....you are a god....haha, it's cool that he doesn't mind when you pimp his name too, haha...

BDA116 · 02-15-2005, 10:47 AM

It will only be a better look into where everyone sits once Colin betters Nicky's time, right? hahahahahahahahaha

RRWANTR · 02-15-2005, 11:03 AM

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It will only be a better look into where everyone sits once Colin betters Nicky's time, right? hahahahahahahahaha

Nope...it'll be a better look when Nicky keeps chucking it away every other race.....

BDA116 · 02-15-2005, 11:16 AM

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Nope...it'll be a better look when Nicky keeps chucking it away every other race.....

..and still consistently runs faster than the great hype.

RRWANTR · 02-15-2005, 11:19 AM

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..and still consistently runs faster than the great hype.

Doesn't really matter if he can't cross the line.