2018 MotoGP Season ****Possible Spoilers ****

1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 158.0 41'52.002
2 20 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 157.7 +3.560
3 16 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 157.5 +6.704
4 13 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 157.4 +9.587
5 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 157.1 +13.570
6 10 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 157.1 +14.231
7 9 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 156.8 +18.201
8 8 53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 156.2 +28.537
9 7 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 156.2 +28.671
10 6 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 156.2 +28.875
11 5 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 156.0 +31.355
12 4 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 155.8 +34.993
13 3 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 155.7 +37.264
14 2 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 155.5 +39.335
15 1 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 155.4 +40.887
16 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 155.0 +48.475
17 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 154.9 +49.995
18 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 154.8 +51.115
19 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 154.5 +59.055
20 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 154.3 +59.747
21 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 154.2 +1'00.513
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42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 156.7 10 Laps
55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 156.0 12 Laps
17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 149.3 12 Laps

 

Standings

1 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 46
2 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 45
3 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha SPA 41
4 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 38
5 Johann ZARCO Yamaha FRA 38
6 Andrea IANNONE Suzuki ITA 31
7 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 29
8 Jack MILLER Ducati AUS 26
9 Tito RABAT Ducati SPA 22
10 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 21
11 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 18
12 Alex RINS Suzuki SPA 16
13 Hafizh SYAHRIN Yamaha MAL 9
14 Pol ESPARGARO KTM SPA 8
15 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia SPA 6
16 Jorge LORENZO Ducati SPA 6
17 Franco MORBIDELLI Honda ITA 6
18 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda JPN 5
19 Scott REDDING Aprilia GBR 4
20 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati SPA 4
21 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati CZE 1
22 Thomas LUTHI Honda SWI
23 Bradley SMITH KTM GBR
24 Xavier SIMEON Ducati BEL

 

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No. I am.

 

Oh.....you're talking about motorcycle riding? You didn't say that.

I did ride an MV Augusta 750 America (I think that's what it was called) once and was very disappointed with the handling.

Might have been one like this. It was a long time ago, and I think they're worth a fortune now

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Independent Team rider Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) rules the roost in the Gran Premio Red Bull de España as actions ends on Friday, with the Argentina GP winner taking to the top in FP2 and leader on the combined timesheets. What does that mean? On a Friday as close as this, it means he was 0.028 clear of Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) in P2, 0.091 ahead of Johann Zarco ( Monster Yamaha Tech 3) and still not even a tenth in front of Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) in fourth.



Spanish GP: MotoGP Free Practice 2

As well as the incredible equality of the top four within a tenth, the top 15 ended Day 1 within a second and the whole grid was covered by two seconds – a tantalising prospect for race day if it remains the same.



Pedrosa: "I'm much better but still not 100%"

The headlines didn’t stop there. 2017 Jerez winner Pedrosa, who is still recovering from a broken wrist, put in a stunning performance once again to not only threaten the top but also show some key consistency – with Zarco just behind him and top Yamaha. Iannone kept his solid form rolling after his rostrum finish in Texas, just ahead of what was another key moment of the day: reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), despite having shown awesome pace throughout both sessions, crashing out towards the end of FP2 – rider ok.



Marquez hits the asphalt at Turn 6 in FP2!

The man right behind Marquez after Day 1 was Championship leader Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), who went fastest in FP1, with his teammate Jorge Lorenzo taking seventh on Friday at the track at which he took his first podium in red in 2017. Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) was the top Independent Team Ducati rider in P8 overall after more solid top ten pace, with Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) taking ninth overall after a late move up from outside provisional Q2 entry.



How do Rossi and Marquez brake?

The man completing the top ten was Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), after the Spaniard put in an incredible charge in FP1 to end that session in third and the day in tenth overall.

Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) was P12 and will have his sights set significantly further up the timesheets on Saturday, as will Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar), who was P14 but missed the Spanish GP in 2017 due to injury, turning a wheel in anger at the venue for the first time this year. Wildcard Mika Kallio, riding a first version of the 2019 machine for Red Bull KTM Factory racing, was P16 on Day 1.

Everything’s open, everything’s close and everything’s set up for a Saturday to remember. Check out Friday’s results here, and make sure to watch as battle commences to decide the grid from 14:10 (GMT +2) on Day 2.

 

Qualy for tonight.

Factory Yamahas are crap this weekend.

1 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 291.3 1'37.653
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 287.8 1'37.912 0.259 / 0.259
3 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 286.2 1'37.956 0.303 / 0.044
4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 287.7 1'37.969 0.316 / 0.013
5 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 289.0 1'37.977 0.324 / 0.008
6 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 284.5 1'37.984 0.331 / 0.007
7 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 287.3 1'37.987 0.334 / 0.003
8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 288.2 1'38.029 0.376 / 0.042
9 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 289.1 1'38.086 0.433 / 0.057
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 287.4 1'38.267 0.614 / 0.181
11 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 287.0 1'38.281 0.628 / 0.014
12 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 284.2 1'38.522 0.869 / 0.241

 

I don't think the prang was lorenzo's fault, but still, why should he give up the position to Dovi? It would have been nice of him, but obviously the team doesn't expect him to.

 

Dovizioso's 2017 success has greatly increased his value on the rider market, and the Italian rejected Ducati's initial offer to stay at the Bologna marque last month as negotiations continue.
Although it is highly likely the two parties will eventually come to terms, Dovizioso has also held discussions with Honda and Suzuki in a bid to pressure Ducati into rewarding him for taking six race wins and mounting a strong challenge to champion Marc Marquez last year.
Dall'Igna said he is keen that negotiations do not go on for much longer, and wants the matter resolved before Ducati's home race takes place on June 3.
"We must resolve this problem as soon as possible," said Dall'Igna during last weekend's World Superbike round at Imola.
"It's not an easy negotiation and it takes time. Definitely by Mugello we will have the definitive answer.
"At the moment our focus is to come to an agreement with Dovizioso. After this we will start to think about other riders."

Lorenzo's Mugello chassis not new

Dovizioso's teammate Jorge Lorenzo sampled a new type of chassis in a private test at Mugello last week, but Dall'Igna admitted the Spaniard was only trying the same frame Dovizioso has used since winter testing.
"Honestly, it wasn't really a new chassis," revealed Dall'Igna. "It was the chassis that Dovizioso has used since the start of the year.
"The difference between the two chassis is not so big and we decided not to use it with Lorenzo until he was in a position to properly evaluate it, and after Jerez we thought it was the right moment to try it."

 

clearly not

 

I don't like him, but by geez Marquez rides like no one else.

I also can't believe that Rossi is almost always beating Vinales.

 

Harsh! They hate each other