Prediction time! All about tyres and lack of grip from mid race. 1 Lorenzo 2 Pedders 3 Rossi 1 Randy DP crt
Well i reckon and other motogp experts that He will struggle on the Bridgestone type 21 tyres...... He used the type 24 at the tests which is similar to last years tyre... But all other teams voted for type 21. Which have a soft carcass and warm up ane wear out quickly....... I also remember 2008 :wink: But know doudt my mate TP12 will be along later to shoot me down lol Lorenzo will be awesome on them and He looks very confident unlike last year.
And Dani might have some distractions: http://ducatiforum.co.uk/f17/dani-p...ged-exam-fraud-2-april-day-late-982/#post8141
? Stoner won in 08. He binned it in 2010. I read the tyre thing with interest. But I can't see it making that much of a difference to him.
Oh I know that old boy, it was normally me (NedLudd) and you vs TP and Derek in the old place.:biggrin:
Same user name ? TP and me is all just banter Mate, i pitted with TP racing a few times and drank beer! Never got to meet Derek! But behind the scenes He was just in it for the banter. We need Nedludd to join, hope he finds this forum :smile:
Ever the optimist Ok, I'll give you that one but only based on Rossi taking stoner out mid race and jumping back on his mule to finish In reality 1-stoner (riding a unicycle on type 21 tyres) 2- Lorenzo 3- spies
Confusing for us Sprout pickers down here in Worcs lol Not touched a drop of the ruff cider after the last visit to a village cider shed some 20 years ago ended.............................................
OK here goes.... 1 Stoner (no brainer unless someone knocks him off on the first corner) 2 Lorenzo 3 Spies ....and then I'm gonna stick me neck out and say..... 4 Crutchlow
MotoGP Season Opener: Qatar The Qatari desert sky will be lit up on Thursday by artificial lighting as the 2012 MotoGP World Championship starts at Losail International Circuit. So how well are Ducati prepared for the first GP of the season? Valentino Rossi said at the Jerez test 'Our real potential is what you saw in this test; around sixth fastest if everything goes well.' So does that mean the big three of Lorenzo, Stoner & Pedrosa are still on another planet? with Spies and Crutchlow within reach of the GP12 with Dovizioso and Bautista hot on Rossi's heels? The GP12 is a very new bike so there should be a lot of room for growth and Rossi has only tested the bike for 7 days. The machine was a step forward for Ducati but possibly a smaller step than expected. There were some issues uring the second Sepang test with setup that Rossi wasn't too happy about which may halted some much needed progress but things seemed to stady themselves by Jerez. But the start of the season was fast approaching. It will be an interesting first round and many Ducati fans are eager to see how the team progresses through the season. Article Link: http://ducatiforum.co.uk/cms/368-motogp-season-opener-qatar-preview/
Hmm .. depends on the attrition rate I suppose. I can't see him beating the Repsol Hondas, the factory Yamahas or possibly even the Tech 3 Yamahas on the track but then Dovi and Cal can be inconsistent and Cal knows how to crash... Maybe they'll all get to turn 1 and someone will torpedo Stoner and Lorenzo and it'll be GAME ON!
