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Ace · Post by **Ace** » 08 Jun 2007, 13:26

autosport.com wrote: Rossi tops second session in Spain

By Matt Beer Friday, June 8th 2007, 12:59 GMT

Valentino Rossi snatched the top spot with his final lap of the Friday afternoon practice session in Barcelona - beating John Hopkins and Dani Pedrosa by less than a tenth of a second.

But Pedrosa's morning time remained the best of the day - 0.3 seconds faster than Rossi's afternoon effort - and the Spaniard was also fastest for the majority of second practice despite falling from his bike early on.

Pedrosa lapped in 1:43.391 shortly afternoon the session got underway, but then suffered a low-side at Turn 3 and parted company with his bike as it slid into the gravel.

He escaped uninjured and was able to rejoin later in the hour and complete another 17 laps. His early lap time stood as the fastest of the afternoon until Rossi beat it by 0.072 seconds at the very end of the session, with Hopkins grabbing second at the same time.

Toni Elias continued his promising morning practice form to go fourth quickest, 0.2 seconds off the pace, ahead of championship leader Casey Stoner, whose Ducati teammate Loris Capirossi escaped a trip through the gravel with no ill-effects, but could only manage 14th on the timesheets.

Chris Vermeulen, Marco Melandri, Alex Barros, Colin Edwards and Shinya Nakano filled the remaining top ten positions.

Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:43.313
2. John Hopkins Suzuki 1:43.389 + 0.076
3. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1:43.391 + 0.078
4. Toni Elias Honda 1:43.592 + 0.279
5. Casey Stoner Ducati 1:43.683 + 0.370
6. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1:43.713 + 0.400
7. Marco Melandri Honda 1:43.811 + 0.498
8. Alex Barros Ducati 1:43.857 + 0.544
9. Colin Edwards Yamaha 1:43.865 + 0.552
10. Shinya Nakano Honda 1:44.003 + 0.690
11. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki 1:44.141 + 0.828
12. Nicky Hayden Honda 1:44.267 + 0.954
13. Carlos Checa Honda 1:44.303 + 0.990
14. Loris Capirossi Ducati 1:44.426 + 1.113
15. Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 1:44.466 + 1.153
16. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha 1:44.665 + 1.352
17. Makoto Tamada Yamaha 1:44.743 + 1.430
18. Alex Hofmann Ducati 1:44.880 + 1.567
19. Kenny Roberts Jr KR 1:45.284 + 1.971
20. Kurtis Roberts KR 1:46.153 + 2.840

Rossi is usually faster in second FP. But Pedrosa time from frist practice is still faster then Valentino's time. Ducati's are at the back, I hoping that in qvali will be the same case. :mrgreen:

f1fan24 · Post by **f1fan24** » 08 Jun 2007, 13:29

poor Pedrose I hope He is ok.

Bowsey · Post by **Bowsey** » 09 Jun 2007, 13:33

f1fan24 wrote:I hope not either. is it going to be raining this Weekend?

nah, it says its going to be hot and sunny all weekend

f1fan24 · Post by **f1fan24** » 09 Jun 2007, 13:55

well thats good to hear.

Ace · Post by **Ace** » 09 Jun 2007, 14:20

autosport.com wrote:
Rossi beats de Puniet to pole

By Matt Beer Saturday, June 9th 2007, 12:56 GMT

Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, CatalunyaValentino Rossi has taken pole for the Catalan Grand Prix, with Randy de Puniet achieving a career-best second on the grid despite his knee injury.

De Puniet had to sit out part of qualifying early on to rest his knee, which is badly swollen after his crash at Mugello last week. But when he rejoined the session, de Puniet was the first man to use qualifying tyres and set a stunning 1:41.901, under the existing lap record and a second clear of the rest of the field .

Rossi was the only man capable of beating de Puniet's lap, edging ahead by 0.061 seconds on his first qualifying run and clinching pole position in sweltering conditions at Catalunya.

Local hero Dani Pedrosa came within 0.09 seconds of de Puniet but had to settle for the outside front row spot, ahead of championship leader Casey Stoner, who was fastest during the first half of the session before dropping back when the field switched to qualifiers.

John Hopkins and Colin Edwards complete the second row, while Nicky Hayden briefly snatched third late in the session only to be edged back to seventh.

The Gresini Honda riders will start eighth and ninth, Toni Elias out-qualifying Marco Melandri. Alex Hofmann overcame a troubled practice to complete the top ten for Pramac D'Antin.

Loris Capirossi ended up 17th after having to abandon his primary bike when a problem hit on his first qualifying run. He ran back to the pits in time to rejoin with his spare bike, but hit traffic and could not improve his time.

De Puniet's teammate Olivier Jacque missed the session following his high-speed crash in final practice, but Kawasaki have not yet ruled him out of the race.

Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:41.840
2. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki 1:41.901 + 0.061
3. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1:42.002 + 0.162
4. Casey Stoner Ducati 1:42.117 + 0.277
5. John Hopkins Suzuki 1:42.233 + 0.393
6. Colin Edwards Yamaha 1:42.283 + 0.443
7. Nicky Hayden Honda 1:42.522 + 0.682
8. Toni Elias Honda 1:42.607 + 0.767
9. Marco Melandri Honda 1:42.623 + 0.783
10. Alex Hofmann Ducati 1:42.860 + 1.020
11. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1:42.967 + 1.127
12. Shinya Nakano Honda 1:43.334 + 1.494
13. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha 1:43.557 + 1.717
14. Alex Barros Ducati 1:43.722 + 1.882
15. Carlos Checa Honda 1:43.729 + 1.889
16. Makoto Tamada Yamaha 1:43.947 + 2.107
17. Loris Capirossi Ducati 1:43.948 + 2.108
18. Kenny Roberts Jr KR 1:44.263 + 2.423
19. Kurtis Roberts KR 1:45.223 + 3.383

Go Dani GO GO GO. :mrgreen:

Nice work Randy de Puniet. ;)

f1fan24 · Post by **f1fan24** » 09 Jun 2007, 14:38

well done Ross.

prowler · Post by **prowler** » 11 Jun 2007, 05:17

Amazing race! The best until now.

For about 15 laps 3 drivers were fighting for victory!

Bowsey · Post by **Bowsey** » 13 Jun 2007, 10:39

Very very good race :cheesy: :cheesy: , it was soo close

Ace · Post by **Ace** » 22 Jun 2007, 12:14

Results from frist practice of GBR Donington park GP:

Rains there :-P

Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Casey Stoner Ducati 1:43.749
2. Nicky Hayden Honda 1:43.781 + 0.032
3. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki 1:44.302 + 0.553
4. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1:45.064 + 1.315
5. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1:45.073 + 1.324
6. Alex Barros Ducati 1:45.774 + 2.025
7. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:45.825 + 2.076
8. Anthony West Kawasaki 1:45.922 + 2.173
9. John Hopkins Suzuki 1:46.048 + 2.299
10. Alex Hofmann Ducati 1:46.254 + 2.505
11. Toni Elias Honda 1:46.777 + 3.028
12. Carlos Checa Honda 1:47.027 + 3.278
13. Shinya Nakano Honda 1:47.083 + 3.334
14. Colin Edwards Yamaha 1:47.646 + 3.897
15. Loris Capirossi Ducati 1:47.727 + 3.978
16. Kurtis Roberts KR 1:48.776 + 5.027
17. Marco Melandri Honda 1:48.831 + 5.082
18. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha 1:49.604 + 5.855
19. Makoto Tamada Yamaha 1:51.864 + 8.115

Bowsey · Post by **Bowsey** » 23 Jun 2007, 11:35

This could be an interesting race. With all the Rain we have over here, it cold be like the french race, with lots of bike changes. :cheesy:

Bowsey · Post by **Bowsey** » 23 Jun 2007, 17:32

Here are the quali results from GBR Donington

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 1.  5   EDWARDS   	YAMAHA FIAT   	  1'28"531   	  0.000 km/h  
 2.  46      ROSSI   	YAMAHA FIAT   	1'28"677      + 0'00"146  
 3.  26     PEDROSA   	HONDA REPSOL   1'28"863      + 0'00"332  
 4.  1      HAYDEN   	HONDA REPSOL   	1'29"025      + 0'00"494  
 5.   27   STONER   	DUCATI   	    1'29"061   	  + 0'00"530  
 6.   21   HOPKINS   	SUZUKI   	    1'29"073   	  + 0'00"542  
 7.   7     CHECA   	HONDA LCR   	   1'29"281   	 + 0'00"750  
 8.   14   DE PUNIET   	KAWASAKI   	 1'29"415      + 0'00"884  
 9.  33   MELANDRI   	HONDA GRESINI  1'29"498      + 0'00"967  
10.   24   ELIAS   	HONDA GRESINI    1'29"711      + 0'01"180  
11.   56   NAKANO   HONDA KONICA MINOLTA  1'29"718   + 0'01"187  
12.   71   VERMEULEN   	SUZUKI   	 1'29"793   	+ 0'01"262  
13.   65   CAPIROSSI   	DUCATI   	  1'29"900   + 0'01"369  
14.   66   HOFMANN   DUCATI PRMAC D'ANTIN  1'29"911   + 0'01"380  
15.   4   BARROS   DUCATI PRMAC D'ANTIN   1'30"071   + 0'01"540  
16.   50   GUINTOLI   	YAMAHA TECH 3   1'30"271   + 0'01"740  
17.   13   WEST   	KAWASAKI   	1'30"718       + 0'02"187  
18.   6   TAMADA   YAMAHA TECH 3   	1'30"800   + 0'02"269  
19.   80   Kurtis ROBERTS   KR TEAM ROBERTS   	1'31"543   	+ 0'03"012

danny87 · Post by **danny87** » 24 Jun 2007, 10:29

Pissing it down at Donington

maltafan · Post by **maltafan** » 24 Jun 2007, 13:21

Another win from Casey.

Man this guy is gonna surprise us all.

Unfortunately, I had to go to the airport so I missed the race.

Bowsey · Post by **Bowsey** » 24 Jun 2007, 20:47

maltafan wrote:Another win from Casey.

Man this guy is gonna surprise us all.

Unfortunately, I had to go to the airport so I missed the race.

Well it wasn't a great race in my opinion, just a good one. Wasn't exciting enough

Bowsey · Post by **Bowsey** » 01 Jul 2007, 20:54

Did anyone watch the Race yesterday, Rossi just beat Casey and closed the gap in the championship to 21 points

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1. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 42 mins 37.149 secs
2. Casey Stoner (Australia) Ducati 42:39.058
3. Nicky Hayden (US) Honda 42:43.226
4. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 42:47.614
5. John Hopkins (U.S.) Suzuki 42:50.287
6. Colin Edwards (US) Yamaha 42:52.288
7. Alex Barros (Brazil) Ducati 43:13.224
8. Alex Hofmann (Germany) Ducati 43:18.917
9. Anthony West (Australia) Kawasaki 43:20.754
10. Marco Melandri (Italy) Honda 43:20.945

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