Ok folks, Round 3 is this weekend. Any bold predictions for this weekend's race? Can Lorenzo repeat? Will Dani podium again? Let's hope Nicky will at least get past the first corner this race and let us see what he can do on the Ducati. According to MotoGP's fantasy pool, I'm # 4740! UGH! I better change my pick selection process. I think I'm liking the throwing darts ritual. It's about as predictable as the races.
If the weather is good, things should be more consistent. One thing to note, Casey has never been on the box at Jerez :wink: Lorenzo, Rossi, and Dani should figure prominently. 1326 for me, if the weather is good I look to make a little surge..... 226 after 2 races would put you in the top 100...I'm camping on 222, going into Jerez......
my guess for the top 4, in this order - rossi, stoner, lorenzo, pedrosa, pretty standard top 4, and i hope hayden and edwards are close behind. i think rossi is itching for a first place finish...
Great qualifying. Looks like Lorenzo holds the hot wrist right now. And Dani had a very impressive qualifying as well. Let's see if he can get his Honda on the podium again. Looks like they'll actually get sunny and warm weather for the race this time, instead of rain. Should be a good race! :thumbsup: 1 LORENZO Jorge SPA 41 16 25 2 ROSSI Valentino ITA 40 20 20 3 STONER Casey AUS 38 25 13 4 DOVIZIOSO Andrea ITA 22 11 11 5 PEDROSA Dani SPA 21 5 16 6 EDWARDS Colin USA 17 13 4 7 KALLIO Mika FIN 16 8 8 8 VERMEULEN Chris AUS 15 9 6 9 DE ANGELIS Alex RSM 13 10 3 10 MELANDRI Marco ITA 12 2 10 11 DE PUNIET Randy FRA 11 6 5 12 CAPIROSSI Loris ITA 9 - 9 13 ELIAS Toni SPA 8 7 1 14 TOSELAND James GBR 7 - 7 15 HAYDEN Nicky USA 4 4 - 16 GIBERNAU Sete SPA 3 3 - 17 CANEPA Niccolo ITA 2 - 2 18 TAKAHASHI Yuki JPN 1 1 -
I'm not really sure where you are getting that info from but here are the official grid positions following qualifying at Jerez: 1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'38.933 18 21 275.7 2 3 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'38.984 20 23 0.051 0.051 275.7 3 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'39.415 17 18 0.482 0.431 272.8 4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'39.642 21 21 0.709 0.227 269.9 5 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'39.806 17 21 0.873 0.164 272.7 6 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'39.862 18 20 0.929 0.056 276.6 7 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'39.926 19 20 0.993 0.064 275.7 8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'39.966 18 22 1.033 0.040 268.9 9 24 Toni ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'40.112 17 19 1.179 0.146 276.0 10 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'40.185 21 22 1.252 0.073 276.4 11 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'40.381 17 20 1.448 0.196 273.6 12 59 Sete GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando DUCATI 1'40.440 16 19 1.507 0.059 270.5 13 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP HONDA 1'40.599 19 21 1.666 0.159 271.8 14 52 James TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'40.670 14 19 1.737 0.071 269.9 15 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'40.796 18 18 1.863 0.126 267.7 16 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'40.953 18 20 2.020 0.157 273.8 17 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'41.238 19 21 2.305 0.285 271.2 18 88 Niccolo CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'41.253 17 20 2.320 0.015 266.5
The race for the second half of the top ten should be enjoyable to watch. I think I spend more time watching those guys then the top 3.
True. The top 3-5 are kind of predictable. But surprises do happen. But you're right, you usually get some better racing back in the pack. On another note, starting in France (in 2 weeks) MotoGP is extending the free practice and qualifying sessions from 45 minutes to 1 hour. Hopefully, this will allow the guys some extra time to make their final tweaks to their bikes.
