I hope you have some spare, because the only way he'll win is if 3/4 of the field crash at the first turn. Even then it'll be a push :smile:
it would appear the crown has slipped... 1. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 40.321s (Lap 4/9) 2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1) 1m 40.736s (7/13) 3. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 41.188s (5/5) 4. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1) 1m 41.307s (9/10) 5. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 41.626s (16/18) 6. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP13) 1m 41.972s (21/21) 7. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP13) 1m 41.988s (10/10) 8. Bradley Smith GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 42.077s (39/44) 9. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (GP13) 1m 42.300s (3/7) 10. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB (ART CRT) 1m 42.314s (15/16) 11. [B]Randy De Puniet FRA Aspar (ART CRT) [B]1m 42.433s (6/6) 12. [B]Yonny Hernandez COL Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) [B]1m 42.514s (8/13) 13. [B]Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Test Rider (GP13) [B]1m 42.871s (25/25) 14. [B]Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* [B]1m 43.149s (23/23) 15. [B]Claudio Corti ITA Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* [B]1m 43.492s (23/29) 16. [B]Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM CRT)* [B]1m 43.600s (21/22) 17. [B]Lukas Pesek CZE IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT)* [B]1m 43.616s (31/32) 18. [B]Bryan Staring AUS Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT) [B]1m 44.535s (19/19) 19. [B]Danilo Petrucci ITA IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT)* [B]1m 44.716s (4/6) 20. [B]Aleix Espargaro ESP Aspar (ART CRT) [B]1m 50.417s (19/19) 21. [B]Colin Edwards USA Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* [B]1m 56.281s (14/14) 22. [B]Hector Barbera ESP Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* [B]1m 56.897s (2/5) * Control ECU.[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B]
Final times for the day. It rained again! Pos Rider Team/Bike Time Gap Laps 1. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha 1m39.511s 30 2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1m39.735s + 0.224s 32 3. Stefan Bradl LCR Honda 1m39.975s + 0.464s 26 4. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m40.105s + 0.594s 42 5. Marc Marquez Honda 1m40.130s + 0.619s 34 6. Andrea Iannone Pramac Ducati 1m40.331s + 0.820s 25 7. Nicky Hayden Ducati 1m40.370s + 0.859s 42 8. Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1m40.516s + 1.005s 30 9. Michele Pirro Ducati 1m40.881s + 1.370s 44 10. Randy de Puniet Aspar Aprilia 1m40.971s + 1.460s 24 11. Bradley Smith Tech 3 Yamaha 1m41.134s + 1.623s 56 12. Aleix Espargaro Aspar Aprilia 1m41.218s + 1.707s 39 13. Claudio Corti Forward FTR-Kawasaki 1m41.443s + 1.932s 44 14. Hiroshi Aoyama Avintia FTR-Kawasaki 1m41.772s + 2.261s 41 15. Lukas Pesek Ioda Suter-BMW 1m41.791s + 2.280s 49 16. Karel Abraham Cardion Aprilia 1m41.864s + 2.353s 36 17. Yonny Hernandez PBM Aprilia 1m42.363s + 2.852s 25 18. Danilo Petrucci Ioda Suter-BMW 1m42.428s + 2.917s 18 19. Michael Laverty PBM-Aprilia 1m42.470s + 2.959s 36 20. Bryan Staring Gresini FTR-Honda 1m43.525s + 4.014s 41 21. Colin Edwards Forward FTR-Kawasaki 1m56.281s + 16.770s 14 22. Hector Barbera Avintia FTR-Kawasaki 1m56.897s + 17.386s 5
2013 Jerez MotoGP Test Overall Times: Crutchlow Leads Yamaha Clean Sweep | MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks
Cant wait for it all to kick off this year, lots of folks with a point to prove. Racing is so much more interesting when VR is on a competitive bike.
and out of the other eye we can see that most on the grid would be competitive on........a competitive bike..
Would they? Would Smithy be challenging for wins on a Honda? Or Bradl or Espagaro? IMO there are probably 6 riders who can challenge for a win, 4 for the title.
Over decades of racing in GP's and Modern moto gp only a select few get the best bikes! nothings changed :smile:
I dont hate Rossi ,in fact I like his happy go lucky character, just dont like the clowny shit he comes out with (maybe thats a contradition) . Always prefered Stoner because of how he rode the bike and his straight talking attitude. As for writing Rossi off nope, never did that , only said that he couldn't develop a bike ,which I think has been proved accurate, you could argue that Ducati didnt listen to him , but I think thats bollocks, he wasnt hired for two years just to pick up squillions. Anyhows back to thread Marquez is coming Stoner-esq style and it's gonna be good to see.
I'll start it now then...........He's still a cock, might get more podiums this year but after 18 races best he's going to see is 3rd