Losail, Qatar | MotoGP 2011 (Spoilers)

It looked like you were insinuating Rossi was only 7/10ths slower than a time that was set on Q's, my bad. Bottom line is, Honda and Yamaha have gotten considerably better than last year, and under Rossi and Burgess's direction,The Duc has taken a big step backwards. Not just Rossi and his shoulder excuse, but Hayden has to be hating life about now. Im sure he was thinking that as competitive as he was late in the season, the addition of Rossi and Burgess might just make them contenders. Its becoming more obvious every day that Stoner is a freak that can ride anything fast, and no one but him can ride the Duc in its current configuration.In Sepang, Rossi said the shoulder was getting better everyday and had gotten all of the motion back that would allow him to move forward. That was after a 40+ lap test day As the competition moved further away, the shoulder has come back into the picture. First it was 2-3 tenths when he was 7tenths back, then 4-5 when he was a second back, now, today, he says its 6-7 tenths as he falls a second and a half off pace after just 15 laps at speed.The big question is, who will fall on the sword, Rossi and Burgess, or Ducati.

 

wow. really? i actually didnt watch a single race on tv last year. after being a dedicated watcher for many many years.

prior to that....i think the only ones that were live were the ones in the us. and those were not on speed.

 

Man, Bens tucking his ears in. :tut:

 

Earbowz.

 

Thanks for that highly fact based post.

They have not forgotten 2011, sounds like Ducati is working and still trying quite bit of development work.

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2011/03/18/ducati_flex_package_the_way_forward_says.html

 

Not so much this year. The Honda front end looks to be working for him. He was stringing together .54-.55 like nobody else lap,after lap after lap....





I need to break out the Fosters beer to celebrate this...

 

Stoner is frighteningly quick. The onboard shots look much like he did on the duc. He's a maniac.

 

Pedrosa will win and win BIG!

Go, Poison dwarf!

 

MotoGP WUP in 15...

they do show this live on motogp.com, BTW...

-jim

 

The race is on at 3 PM Eastern on SPEED, which is the same time as the live showing on MotoGP.com, so I'm thinking the SPEED broadcast will be live.

 

MotoGP video is € 99.95 a year! Cripes, that's a lot of cash.

 

89.95 if you subscribed last year. Fill the needle, Dave...

-jim

 

Yep, but totally worth it, IMO. All the races in all three classes live, or on demand, all the practice sessions, qualifying, interviews, features, for every race. Plus video from prior years. And the HD quality is outstanding. Not to mention not having to see thousands of Progressive commercials with Flo.

 

Pedders won WUP, followed by 27, 1, 11 and 4.

-jim

 

Going to be a good race for the top 6 spots I think

 

Oh just buy it ya tired belly wanker.

 

Will we see any .54's in the race?

 

Who does the commentary on the Motogp subscription?

I would pay the money just to have on demand access to the eurosport coverage of GP and SBK. Love those guys.