Donington Park, UK | MotoGP 2009 (Spoilers)

Circuit Website: http://www.donington-park.co.uk/
Circuit Weather: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1653&links
Google Maps Satellite View: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...52.830099,-1.375179&spn=0.011409,0.043259&t=k

Circuit Info:

Pole Position: Left
Length: 4 023 m / 2.500 miles
Width: 10 m
Right corners: 7
Left corners: 4
Longest straight: 564 m / 0.350 miles

Circuit Records:
MotoGP 1'28. 714 – D. Pedrosa (SPA), ’06, Honda
250cc 1'32.474 – M. Simoncelli (ITA), ’08, Gilera
125cc 1'37.312 – A. Bautista (SPA), ’06, Aprilia

2008 winners:
MotoGP C. Stoner (AUS), Ducati
250cc M. Kallio (FIN), KTM
125cc S. Redding (GBR), Aprilia

Weekend Schedule:

Friday, 24 July 2009
125 FP1 12:40 - 13:40
MotoGP FP1 13:55 - 14:55
250 FP1 15:10 - 16:10

Saturday, 25 July 2009
125 FP2 09:00 - 09:40
MotoGP FP2 09:55 - 10:55
250 FP2 11:10 - 12:10
125 QP 13:00 - 13:40
MotoGP QP 13:55 - 14:55
250 QP 15:10 - 15:55

Sunday, 26 July 2009
125 WUP 09:40 - 10:00
250 WUP 10:10 - 10:30
MotoGP WUP 10:40 - 11:00
125 RACE 12:30
250 RACE 13:45
MotoGP RACE 15:30
Local Time Zone: GMT +1 hour

MotoGP 2008 Race Results:

1 #1 - Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro 25
2 #46 - Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha 20
3 #2 - Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda 16
4 #5 - Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 13
5 #4 - Andrea Dovizioso JIR Team Scot 11
6 #48 - Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha 10
7 #69 - Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda 9
8 #7 - Chris Vermuelen Rizla Suzuki 8
9 #56 - Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda 7
10 #13 - Anthony West Kawasaki Racing 6
11 #24 - Toni Elias Alice Team 5
12 #14 - Randy de Puniet LCR Honda 4
13 #50 - Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team 3
14 #11 - Ben Spies Rizla Suzuki 2
15 #15 - Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda 1
16 #33 - Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro 0
17 #52 - James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha 0
18 #21 - John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing DNF

-jim

 

I approve of this thread.

 

Awwwwwww. Aren't they so cute on their little easter egg bikes...

 

"I like to hug the CaCee!" -- Rossi

"My mum's so proud she's gob smacked!" -- Stoner

"Who cut one!" -- Pedrobot

 

Friday's FP1 Times

1. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1:38.627
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1:38.872
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1:38.917
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 1:39.069
5. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 1:39.105
6. Marco Melandri ITA Hayate Racing Team 1:39.130
7. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 1:39.209
8. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:39.379
9. Toni Elias SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:39.755
10. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 1:40.116
11. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:40.419
12. James Toseland GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:40.522
13. Gabor Talmacsi HUN Scot Racing Team MotoGP 1:40.850
14. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:41.467
15. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 1:41.861
16. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:42.210
17. Niccolo Canepa ITA Pramac Racing 1:42.696

 

Ok Toseland, no excuses pal.

 

Who are we kidding? He's a lame duck at this stage. He'll swap seats with Spies.

 

You know BBC will crawling up his ass all weekend.

 

I think it's too late at this stage as he's consistently underperformed this season. Shame, it seemed like he had potential.

 

jesus, bbc is all over his dick. i couldnt go one minute without them suckin on it

 

tell me about it...

 

if he's lucky. Listen, I love toseland in Motogp, I don't love him losing badly consistently. He needs to go back to BSB, I think he'll even get dusted in WSBK if he's not careful of what bike he gets on.

My predictions for donnington:

1. Toseland
2. rossi
3. canepa


Of course, this won't happen.

 

Then hows that a prediction??

 

bizarre fantasy, prediction, close enough

 

Like the pics Cafe

 

So is Lorenzo headed for Honda?

 

I was happy to see Toseland get his seat in Motogp and I wanted to see him take it to the Italians and Spaniards. I liked it when he showed up in Qatar trading paint with the GP boys! I can't see him being in this next season but who knows. Maybe he'll come to the states and ride some DSB.

 

It would appear so. I'm gonna call Lorenzo and Bautista on Telefonica MoviStar Honda next year. The "satellite" Honda team.

 

Err, he's only 2 spots behind the guy in his 5th or 6th GP season. What'd I miss with JT? Colin drop him in the pits or somethin?

 

I don't know that comparing him to Nicky, is the best thing right now. They could both be sent out to the pasture at anytime, and have new riders replace them and do as well.