Motegi

we get to watch the races at a respectable hour (1.45pm start NZ time), see Akira Yanagawa in action again and re last week's races, more of the same I hope mokin:

[The Phantom]

Akira! Wooo, forgot he was racing! Thanks Chac.

Network 10 originally scheduled it for 3am Monday morning!!! Morons. Lots of complaints meant a re-schedule to Sunday afternoon, but I'll be watching on Foxtel so I don't have to suffer the "commentary" of Greg Rust and Darryl Beattie

Here's to a great race!

1. Pedrosa
2. Rossi
3. Stoner

I do hope Rossi beats Stoner, I want to see a fight at Phillip Island...

[tha_jackal]

Akira struggling early on, unlike Akiyoshi! Theres a surprise..

Good session in FP2 though, Guintoli had a prang when looking quick (did he have a quali on?) Westy upped his pace a heap from the first session, CV didnt?

Stoner had a go at kicking Checa ala Hopper and even punched his bike a few times for squirming around, how dare it not be perfect, world champions these days..

Rossi's bike shat itself all the way down pit lane and Kurtis Roberts is STILL bringing up the rear, those upgrades musnt have arrived...

Bring on tommorow and QP none the less!

MotoGP Free Practice 2

1. Pedrosa 1m47.86
2. De Puniet 1m48.25
3. Melandri 1m48.35
4. Hopkins 1m48.36
5. Stoner 1m48.44
6. Akiyoshi 1m48.45
7. Capirossi 1m48.49
8. West 1m48.52
9. Hayden 1m48.55
10. Tamada 1m48.58
11. Edwards 1m48.61
12. Nakano 1m48.69
13. Checa 1m48.71
14. Rossi 1m48.78
15. Elias 1m48.88
16. Guintoli 1m49.38
17. Barros 1m49.39
18. Vermeulen 1m49.55
19. Yanagawa 1m50.22
20. Ito 1m50.76
21. Roberts 1m51.56

[ChrisS]

The circuit seems to suit Kawasaki, Kurtis may actually have a chance to finish ahead of someone

[Ranger]

Funny how things turn out when Michelin have an advantage again!

Qualifying results:

Pos  Rider             Bike           Time
 1.  Daniel Pedrosa    Honda     (M)  1:45.864
 2.  Valentino Rossi   Yamaha    (M)  1:46.255  + 0.391
 3.  Nicky Hayden      Honda     (M)  1:46.575  + 0.711
 4.  Randy de Puniet   Kawasaki  (B)  1:46.643  + 0.779
 5.  Toni Elias        Honda     (B)  1:46.804  + 0.940
 6.  Anthony West      Kawasaki  (B)  1:46.912  + 1.048
 7.  Colin Edwards     Yamaha    (M)  1:46.997  + 1.133
 8.  Loris Capirossi   Ducati    (B)  1:47.047  + 1.183
 9.  Casey Stoner      Ducati    (B)  1:47.121  + 1.257
10.  Marco Melandri    Honda     (B)  1:47.136  + 1.272
11.  John Hopkins      Suzuki    (B)  1:47.163  + 1.299
12.  Shinya Nakano     Honda     (M)  1:47.295  + 1.431
13.  Kousuke Akiyoshi  Suzuki    (B)  1:47.316  + 1.452
14.  Carlos Checa      Honda     (M)  1:47.334  + 1.470
15.  Alex Barros       Ducati    (B)  1:47.367  + 1.503
16.  Makoto Tamada     Yamaha    (D)  1:47.714  + 1.850
17.  Chris Vermeulen   Suzuki    (B)  1:47.914  + 2.050
18.  Sylvain Guintoli  Yamaha    (D)  1:48.085  + 2.221
19.  Akira Yanagawa    Kawasaki  (B)  1:48.569  + 2.705
20.  Shinichi Ito      Ducati    (B)  1:49.548  + 3.684
21.  Kurtis Roberts    KR        (M)  1:50.035  + 4.178

Hopefully Stoner doesn't beat Rossi... a title won at Phillip Island will be much sweeter.

[tha_jackal]

Goooo Ant! Highest placed of the Aussies, bring on race day..

[ChrisS]

Did Michelin have the upper hand through out qualifying or did they just put good laps when the qualifiers came on?

[fatman]

Wish I had seen qualifying. looks like it was a pretty interesting hour. The race should also be pretty interesting. Dani could run away with it tho.

I watched the live timing screen on the Motogp website (how desperate am I just to see something!) I was wondering what was going on with some of the riders - Rossi e.g - but then suddenly their lap times came down. Wish we got live coverage of the quals.

I was watching the live timing screen on the Motogp website - how desperate am I just to see something. Wish we got coverage of the quals.