Losail, Qatar | MotoGP 2014 (Spoilers)

LOL Bradley Smith got a speeding ticket.

 

I'm telling you Asparagus is the next alien in the making

 

Agreed.

 

FP 1

Final placings


1 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 336.1 1'55.201
2 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 342.9 1'55.667 0.466 / 0.466
3 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 337.3 1'55.816 0.615 / 0.149
4 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 345.7 1'55.996 0.795 / 0.180
5 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 346.0 1'56.020 0.819 / 0.024
6 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 344.0 1'56.332 1.131 / 0.312
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 340.4 1'56.542 1.341 / 0.210
8 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 332.1 1'56.626 1.425 / 0.084
9 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 340.0 1'56.668 1.467 / 0.042
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Drive M7 Aspar Honda 328.6 1'56.670 1.469 / 0.002
11 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 344.4 1'56.682 1.481 / 0.012
12 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 342.4 1'56.726 1.525 / 0.044
13 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Ducati Team Ducati 339.7 1'57.046 1.845 / 0.320
14 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 340.4 1'57.100 1.899 / 0.054
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 340.8 1'57.623 2.422 / 0.523
16 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Honda 330.0 1'57.779 2.578 / 0.156
17 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Drive M7 Aspar Honda 329.9 1'58.182 2.981 / 0.403
18 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Avintia 324.6 1'58.394 3.193 / 0.212
19 45 Scott REDDING GBR GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 324.4 1'58.495 3.294 / 0.101
20 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Avintia 324.6 1'58.732 3.531 / 0.237
21 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA IodaRacing Project ART 327.3 1'59.321 4.120 / 0.589
22 23 Broc PARKES AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 321.4 1'59.328 4.127 / 0.007
70 Michael LAVERTY GBR Paul Bird Motorsport PBM

Weather Conditions:
| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 23º| Humidity: 74%| Ground: 23º
Records:


Fastest Lap:
Lap: 13 Aleix ESPARGARO 1'55.201 168.1 Km/h

Circuit Record Lap:
2008 Casey STONER 1'55.153 168.1 Km/h

Best Lap:
2008 Jorge LORENZO 1'53.927 170.0 Km/h

 

Alvaro is gonna send that thing into the dunes on lap one.

 

Pol, the reigning Moto2 Champion or Aleix, the one who has just one podium finish (3rd) in his career?

 

Wonder if Nicky's garage will get some HRC boxes before Austin? Fighting for 12th or 13th won't be a good look

Can't believe i'm typing this, but Bradley Smith's comments after FP2 were very telling.

 

Summary for those of us poor folk without a video pass?

 

Bradley Smith, via Matt Birt on twitter

 

So is there only one session today?

I can't even express how much I love seeing those results. Nothing like a good upset! Must be March!

 

Going to be another great year for Dani...

 

Dani was fastest of those who didn't test at Qatar this year.

 

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news...lap-record-in-first-motogp-practice-in-qatar/

The open/factory designations listed here conflict with what was reported before. Judging by what we know it appears the rrw article has them wrong, but who knows with the way things have been going...

 

Yea, with the latest development, which was the concessions for factory teams that didn't win a race in the previous year, it seems that Ducati is back to the factory designation.

 

This assumes Dorna even knows their "written on a napkin" rules.

 

Word.




And Bradl's the next alien. Escargo's good, but he ain't no German.

 

Asparagus I assumed was just the default reference to Aleix. Pol needs his own separate one so there's no confusion......like uhhhh Pol-smoker or something.

 

I'd say with the amount of world championships, along with constant rising sales numbers, your blatant hate for Ducati is making your opinion about as valid as getting a hug from a hooker.

But by all means, don't let your closet love for Ducati ruin your blind hate....

 

This series is a clusterfuck. Screw handicapping the championship, what are the chances of Dorna making another rule change midseason? I'd give that 80 percent probability.

Things aren't looking good for my boy Gorgeous.
It's a travesty that any rider of his caliber is hampered by the one size fits all tires.

On the plus side, I'm just gonna go ahead and say it now. 2014 is the Year of the Dani.

 

I felt the same way about Stoner with the tires in 2012, when the Hondas had horrific chatter.

Anyone who is surprised by Lorenzo's performance hasn't been paying any attention during preseason testing. All he's done is complain about the tires not having any edge grip and the Yamaha fueling being too abrupt.