MotoGP - Indianapolis

[NinjaMaster]

So Indianapolis is upon us again. The 2011 season is at a pretty critical moment, particularly for Jorge Lorenzo who dropped to 32 points behind championship leader Casey Stoner after the last round at Brno. He will be hoping for a repeat of last years race where he finished on the podium and Casey crashed out. Dani Pedrosa returns to the U.S. also hoping for a repeat of 2010 where he won the race, especially off the back of an uncharacteristic crash whilst leading the race at the previous round. Ben Spies finished runner-up last year at Indy and will be looking to go one better at the iconic circuit this year. Nicky Hayden comes to his home track after some positive testing of his Ducati GP11.1 that he will run and will be hoping that it allows a more competitive performance than so far this year. And for Valentino Rossi, last rounds race was arguably his most competitive aboard his Ducati this year after some geometry changes, can it be sustained into Indy and the rest of the season or is it a case of Estoril all over again?
Here's hoping for fine weather and close racing.

Also of note, in the build up to the race, 17 year old AMA supersport racer, Elena Myers became the first female (woman?) to ride an 800cc MotoGP bike with some demonstration laps around the Indy circuit - and she looked like she enjoyed them!

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[Allyc85]

Fair play to her, she wasnt hanging about!

Just watching practice on Eurosport and theres no Toby Moody commentating on the 125s. His replacement is doing a decent enough job but wheres Toby?

[Rod Richardson]

QUALIFYING
Moto GP
1 27 Casey Stoner Honda 1'38.850 ==== New lap record on new asphalt surface.
2 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 1'39.373 0.523 0.523 === An inspired ride..
3 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1'39.629 0.779 0.256
4 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1'39.947 1.097 0.318
5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1'40.024 1.174 0.077
6 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 1'40.098 1.248 0.074
7 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 1'40.204 1.354 0.106
8 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati 1'40.244 1.394 0.040
9 19 Alvaro Bautista Suzuki 1'40.333 1.483 0.089
10 8 Hector Barbera Ducati 1'40.360 1.510 0.027
11 35 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 1'40.620 1.770 0.260
12 14 Randy De Puniet Ducati 1'40.815 1.965 0.195
13 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 1'40.925 2.075 0.110
14 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati 1'40.975 2.125 0.050 ====on bike#2 due to crash
15 24 Toni Elias Honda 1'41.030 2.180 0.055 16
17 Karel Abraham Ducati 1'41.085 2.235 0.055
17 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati 1'41.092 2.242 0.007


Moto 2
1 93 Marc Marquez Suter 1'44.038
2 3 Simone Corsi Ftr 1'44.039 0.001 0.001
3 29 Andrea Iannone Suter 1'44.158 0.120 0.119
4 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 1'44.344 0.306 0.186
5 12 Thomas Luthi Suter 1'44.623 0.585 0.279
6 75 Mattia Pasini Ftr 1'44.732 0.694 0.109
7 44 Pol Espargaro Ftr 1'44.785 0.747 0.053
8 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 1'44.794 0.756 0.009
9 34 Esteve Rabat Ftr 1'44.859 0.821 0.065
10 15 Alex De Angelis Motobi 1'44.864 0.826 0.005
11 45 Scott Redding Suter 1'44.865 0.827 0.001
12 16 Jules Cluzel Suter 1'45.043 1.005 0.178
13 51 Michele Pirro Moriwaki 1'45.047 1.009 0.004
14 88 Ricard Cardus Moriwaki 1'45.060 1.022 0.013
15 60 Julian Simon Suter 1'45.062 1.024 0.002


125cc
1 18 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1'48.199
2 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1'48.919 0.720 0.720
3 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 1'48.939 0.740 0.020
4 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1'48.991 0.792 0.052
5 52 Danny Kent Aprilia 1'49.256 1.057 0.265
6 55 Hector Faubel Aprilia 1'49.324 1.125 0.068
7 7 Efren Vazquez Derbi 1'49.490 1.291 0.166
8 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 1'49.608 1.409 0.118
9 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1'49.919 1.720 0.311
10 10 Alexis Masbou Ktm 1'49.994 1.795 0.075
11 44 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 1'50.133 1.934 0.139
12 84 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 1'50.345 2.146 0.212
13 15 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 1'50.549 2.350 0.204
14 26 Adrian Martin Aprilia 1'50.600 2.401 0.051
15 31 Niklas Ajo Aprilia 1'50.604 2.405 0.004

[Rod Richardson]

RESULTS
MOTO GP Great racing.........Stoner extends his points lead........top rides by Spies and Bautista.

1 27 Casey Stoner Honda 46'52.786
2 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 46'57.614 4.828
3 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 47'03.389 10.603
4 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 47'09.362 16.576
5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda
6 19 Alvaro Bautista Suzuki
7 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha
8 14 Randy De Puniet Ducati
9 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda
10 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati
11 35 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha
12 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda
13 24 Toni Elias Honda
14 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati


MOTO 2
1 93 Marc Marquez Suter 45'50.601
2 44 Pol Espargaro Ftr 45'52.490 1.889
3 34 Esteve Rabat Ftr 45'52.911 2.310
4 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3
5 45 Scott Redding Suter
6 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex
7 60 Julian Simon Suter
8 75 Mattia Pasini Ftr
9 36 Mika Kallio Suter
10 40 Aleix Espargaro Pons Kalex
11 29 Andrea Iannone Suter
12 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter
13 19 Xavier Simeon Tech 3
14 3 Simone Corsi Ftr
15 15 Alex De Angelis Motobi


125CC
1 18 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 42'11.978
2 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 42'15.611 3.633
3 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 42'15.715 3.737
4 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia
5 5 Johann Zarco Derbi
6 7 Efren Vazquez Derbi
7 55 Hector Faubel Aprilia
8 44 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia
9 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia
10 84 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia
11 15 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia
12 96 Louis Rossi Aprilia
13 52 Danny Kent Aprilia
14 10 Alexis Masbou Ktm
15 3 Luigi Morciano Aprilia

I want to get know what are the new modification of motorbikes......



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[Rod Richardson]

I want to get know what are the new modification of motorbikes......

Ideally, this is a question that should have been posted on the thread entitled "Hello, Anyone out there?" Sounds funny but it works.

If you want to go right into it you can Google the topic and find out more or research it on the official FIM site. In brief, the specs are as follows............
Technical Specifications for 2012 for the MotoGP class

Capacity up to 1,000cc
Number of maximum cylinders 4
Maximum bore ø 81 mm
Minimum weight 150 kg (up to 800cc) and 153 kg (over 800cc)
Maximum number of engines available for use by each rider 6
Fuel tank capacity 21 liters

[chunder27]

Can't quite believe this but Dorna have signed a deal to keep the GP at this godforasken hole of a place until 2014!!

Worst racetrack I have ever tried watching on in my life! Nice on Dorna

[Allyc85]

I cant believe it either, it is by far the most dull layout of the year and the huge venue looks rediculous with such a small crowd. Looks like we will have 3 US Gps next year and the rest in spain...