Sepang, Malaysia Test One | MotoGP 2010

FYI.... I just cheated and stole the images directly from the prior race thread I ran, and I know they're dated. Sue me.









Circuit website: http://malaysiangp.com.my/node/1/7
Circuit weather: http://weather.msn.com/local.aspx?wealocations=wc:MYXX0031&q=Sepang,+MYS&src=rss
Google satellite map: http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=2.759848,101.736488&spn=0.013524,0.025041&z=16

Very, very excited. New Fiat livery, different team structures. Let's Go !!!!!!!

Day one times, with test riders only:

1 Kosuke Akiyoshi JPN Honda Test Rider 2'04.43
2 Wataru Yoshikawa JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2'06.38
3 Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Suzuki Test Rider 2'06.90
4 Norihiko Fujiwara JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2'07.34
5 Vittoriano Guareschi ITA Ducati Test Rider 2'08.00

I think it's very cool that Guareschi still is on the bikes testing. I can't think of any other team that has the boss wringing the bikes out. Neat situ.....

-jim

 

An AMA Superbike race winner no less. I wonder if there has ever even been a sbk winner managing an AMA team? Suddenly Ducatis decision for him just got a little clearer. Cool.

 

I was coming in here to say this exact thing. Damn cool!

 

Jim,

Thank you again for these threads.. lots of work invested and it shows. Working 14 hrs a day with a newborn at the house there just isn't time to keep up on stuff anymore. These are like having my own private MotoGP RSS feed. Thanks again man these mean a lot to me..

 

I was thinking the exact opposite.

 

Im debating on buying the coverage from motogp.com. Is it worth it?

 

Really? Why? Honestly curious.

Thanks for the props, folks. Here's to another great MotoGP and WSBK season!

-jim

 

Yes

 

+1 Thanks a lot

 

Because it's time for him to get off the bike and let someone else do the job. It's kinda silly, he should be busy enough.

 

Current unofficial times at Sepang as of noon. Thanks, Paolo:

1. Rossi (Yamaha-Fiat) 2.01.411 (giri 15 di 21)
2. Stoner (Ducati-Marlboro) 2.01.902 (12 di 19)
3. Edwards (Yamaha-Monster) 2.01.932 (23 di 24)
4. Capirossi (Suzuki-Rizla) 2.02.102 (21 di 28)
5. Dovizioso (Honda-Repsol) 2.02.630 (18 di 26)
6. Hayden (Ducati-Marlboro) 2.02.792 (22 di 2)
7. Spies (Yamaha-Monster ) 2.03.464 (19 di 23)
8. Lorenzo (Yamaha-Fiat) 2.03.511 (18 di 20)
9. Simoncelli (Honda-Gresini) 2.03.563 (19 di 20)
10. Kallio (Ducati-Pramac) 2.03.666 (31 di 26)
11. Espargarò (Ducati-Pramac) 2.03.670 (21 di 26)
12. Bautista (Suzuki-Rizla) 2.04.050 (15 di 20)
13. Aoyama (Honda-Interwetten) 2.04.266 (26 di 27)
14. De Puniet (Honda-LCR) 2.04.393 (15 di 22)
15. Barbera (Ducati-Aspar) 2.04.703 ((5 di 23)
16. Pedrosa (Honda-Repsol) 2.04.773 (12 di 12)
17. Yamaha T 2.05.732 (16 di 17)
18. Yamaha O 2.06.605 (10 di 15)
19. Melandri (Honda-Gresini) …

-jim

 

A bunch of pics of the "new" Fiat Yamaha livery can be found here: http://www.rideontwo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2588

I'm kinda torn on it. It doesn't seem that "new" enough to me. Mods are free to remove this, if you'd like. Just didn't want to repost a ton of pics over here...

-jim

 

Them's nice pix!!

 

And I have to knock 'em down from the 10Mb range. Those are nice pix. You can read the serial numbers on each grain of dust.

-jim

 

I can see the little "who's" in "whoville" living on that dust!

 

But Nicky and Casey weren't allowed to ride yesterday. Might as well let someone with experience go out, bed things in. He rode ten bikes to do it. When was the last time you heard of a team manager doing that, and especially someone that can actually carry a decent pace?

-jim

 

Why weren't they allowed to test? I haven't had a chance to read any websites in a couple of days.

 

Besides here?

It's a mandated three day test but only started today. The test riders (essentially, based on the new engine rules) were allowed to run the bikes yesterday in order to vet that they were, well, runnable. The FIM wants to ensure they have a viable race package for each. Hence, Ducati had 10 complete bikes. In Malaysia. How nuts is that?

-jim

 

not bad for spies's first time on the track

 

Wow. That's alot of bucks. They should give me one. I'm fast.