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*sigh* 'spose they count in this thread ^
the first test of the 1000cc era is on right now here's the goss.
not long now to the first race
Lorenzo on top at Sepang day one
Sepang MotoGP Test 1 - Day 1 Highlights
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The first day of the Official MotoGP™ Test of 2012 at the Sepang International Circuit finished with the Yamaha Factory Racing rider on top of the timesheet and pleased with his new 1000cc YZR-M1. Stoner sat out the first day of testing and hopes to participate tomorrow.
Jorge Lorenzo was the fastest rider on track Tuesday, the first day of the Official Test at the Malaysian circuit, and the Spaniard was extremely satisfied with the first shakedown aboard the new 1000cc prototype.
Testing primarily changes made to the Yamaha that addressed corner exit speed, Lorenzo set the fastest pace in the morning, and after 30 laps completed the day with a best time of 2’01.657, which was 0.346s faster than closest rival Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo’s team-mate Ben Spies completed the day with the fourth fastest time, a 2’02.234, and tomorrow the pair will continue development work on a new electronics package in addition to testing some new parts.
Pedrosa worked on the chassis set up of his RC213V and tested the new Bridgestone tyres, while his team-mate, Casey Stoner, sat the day out after injuring a muscle in his back warming up in the morning in preparation to ride. While the current World Champion was resting with the aim to make it on track tomorrow, Honda test rider Kousuke Akiyoshi did a short run down on the number 1 bike, completing four laps (and subsequently posting the 14th fastest time of the day). The bikes of the Repsol Honda duo sport differing chassis, each of which have been developed to the specifications of each rider.
With the aim of only getting familiar with the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 motorcycle, Cal Crutchlow completed the day third fastest in the field with a time of 2’02.221, just over a tenth of a second quicker than Valentino Rossi at the controls of the new Ducati GP12.
Rossi completed 43 long anticipated laps aboard the completely redesigned Desmosedici, to post a best time of 2’02.392. Today was the first public appearance of the new machine, which team-mate Nicky Hayden lapped into 10th fastest spot of the day with a time of 2’03.151.
Andrea Dovizioso focused the day on riding with his newly plated collarbone and working on engine management, and the Italian faired well, placing his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine sixth for the day, three tenths behind compatriot Rossi. Hector Barbara followed in the times putting in a lap of 2’02.773 on board his Ducati GP12 of the Pramac Racing team, while Alvaro Bautista completed his very first day of testing the San Carlo Honda Gresini Team bike to rank just fourth hundredths behind Barbara.
MotoGP rookie Stefan Bradl LCR Honda finished a day of familiarizing himself with a MotoGP bike at 11th fastest, a half second behind Hayden. The Moto2 Champion was a tenth of a second ahead of Karel Abraham, whose focus on the Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati was on set up and tyre testing.
The CRT development progress continued, with NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Colin Edwards putting in 12 laps on the BMW-Suter, with much of his time going into electronics development. The Texan paced ahead of Avintia Racing rider Ivan Silva, who also made 12 laps, while test rider Jordi Torres completed 42 at the controls of the BQR-FTR machine.
The completed timesheet for Tuesday is available to view here.
Rossi: "Ducati did a good job in a just a short time"
Sepang MotoGP Test 1 - Valentino Rossi in action
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The Ducati Team took to the track with its Desmosedici GP12 at the test in Sepang on Tuesday, and after official test rider Franco Battaini carried out the shakedown, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden started the important work of finding a base setup.
Ducati Corse Technical Director Filippo Preziosi followed the team’s work from the garage as Valentino Rossi progressed step by step, improving his lap times each outing before finishing with the fifth fastest time, .735 seconds behind that of Jorge Lorenzo.
Nicky Hayden also began working on the setup of the GP12, although his physical condition was still affected by his injury to his left scapula. The American finished the day tenth, having completed 25 laps.
Valentino Rossi 2’02.392 (30 laps)
“I’m happy because first impressions are important, and already in the first few laps, I could tell that I like the bike. Ducati did a good job in a just a short time. The bike is beautiful, but more importantly, it’s nice to ride. The riding position has improved a lot, and it’s better on braking and corner entry. I can brake like I want to and take the lines that I like, and I feel comfortable in general. I was able to ride well and not make mistakes, and there’s a reason for that. It means that the bike can be ridden. It’s more agile in change of direction, and it wheelies much less.”
”We’re 7 tenths back today, and of course there’s still a lot of work to do before we can win. We have to improve in some areas: acceleration, electronics, power delivery and setup. I’d say we’ll be able to make a more accurate assessment at the end of the test, because let’s remember, the bike is just 40 days old. To leave here a second back from the top would be okay because anyway, we know that there’s still much more to be done. But one of the best things from today is that the bike reacts well to changes. That enabled us to drop one or two tenths every outing, which means further progress should be possible.”
Nicky Hayden 2’03.151 (25 laps)
“It’s great to be back at the track with the team, riding a motorcycle. We lost a little time this morning, but I hadn’t planned to ride the whole day anyway. Obviously, I wish my physical condition were better. On one hand I’m happy just to be here and not miss another test after missing the one in Valencia, but I wasn’t able to do a lot of laps, and definitely no long stints. We know how important shoulders are on these bikes, and I didn’t have the strength I would like. The bone itself was okay, but I had a lot of pain in the joint, although there was no problem with the ribs and very few problems with the wrist.”
”Anyway, it was great to try the new bike and get some information. We made a step forward with the feeling at the front while braking and turning, but I need to find more edge grip and rear grip on entry, and a better balance with the electronics. We’ll do some treatment to my shoulder tonight and see how I feel in the morning.”
Pedrosa starts in a good shape, Stoner unable to ride
2012 MotoGP - Sepang Test 1 - Day 1 Interview - Dani Pedrosa
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The Repsol Honda Team officially kicked off the 2012 MotoGP™ season with the first of three days testing at the Sepang International Circuit.
Due to early morning rain, track conditions were not good enough to go out on track until midday when HRC test rider, Kosuke Akiyoshi performed the first 10 laps on Dani Pedrosa’s bike and then jumped onto Casey Stoner’s machine to complete a further 4 laps and confirm that everything was working well.
Pedrosa set the second fastest lap of the day with a 2'02.003 and completed a total of 48 laps on a bike similar to the one he tested in Valencia in November.
Pedrosa was the only Repsol Honda rider on track with the new RC213V as current World Champion Stoner pulled his back while warming up and preparing to go on track for the first time this season. The Australian received treatment from a physiotherapist and after resting he hopes to begin his testing program tomorrow.
Dani Pedrosa:
"Today was good, for the first laps I think it was important for me to come back and just ride again. Of course, the first day I was a little bit stiff, not totally smooth on the bike, but we completed some laps and they were good. Today was mainly a test for myself, to get used to the bike again, recover the feeling, feel the throttle and the brakes after a long time off. The whole day I stayed with the same bike that I tested in Valencia in November and tomorrow the real test will start for us, we will work on the set up and probably try a modified chassis that Honda has brought here according to our requests after Valencia.”
Casey Stoner:
"I was stretching this morning for a good twenty minutes preparing to go out on track for the first time and then all of a sudden, my back just locked up on me. I couldn't move or do anything. I had to call someone to come and help me move into a position that was less painful! Then I had some physio on it straight away, trying to get it better for this afternoon, but it wasn't feeling good. I had some more physio after lunch but it still wasn't easing up, I felt I could have gone out on the bike in the afternoon but we all agreed it would probably make it worse for tomorrow. We have two more days testing here in Sepang, we know the track well and we are getting to know the bike, we just need some time to test the new parts we have here to give feedback to HRC. I think tomorrow the track conditions will be better and as long as my back improves overnight we should get back on schedule with our testing tomorrow."
First day on the Honda RC213V for Bautista
2012 MotoGP - Sepang Test 1 - Day 1 Interview - Alvaro Bautista
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The Gresini Team rider recorded the seventh fastest time on his first day aboard the Honda RC213V.
The 2012 MotoGP season officially got underway today with the first day of preseason testing at Sepang. There was a melancholy feel to the day following the tragic events of October and the memory of Marco Simoncelli remains in the hearts of all those present, as it will for many years to come.
Shortly before lunchtime Álvaro Bautista took to the circuit on board the Honda RC213V for a shakedown that became more and more encouraging as the laps went by. By the end of the session he had completed 45 circulations of the Malaysian track, with some impressive lap times and a positive early feel for the Honda RC213V.
Álvaro Bautista: Best time: 2’02.869 (45 laps)
"This was my first day on the RC213V and I am very pleased with it because I instantly felt comfortable riding a 'thousand'. Obviously after a three-month break from racing it is not easy to get back out there because you have to reset your mind and body to the task and rediscover your pace. We have worked on adapting the bike to my riding style and I have just tried to get confident without worrying about lap times at this early stage.”
"I am satisfied because I am working well with the team and everybody is putting in a lot of effort. Over the next two days we will work on general set-up and the electronics but I am already feeling positive because we are not too far off the fastest times and we haven't started pushing yet.”
MotoGP Sepang Test, Malaysia
Session 1 as of 18:00 - 31/01/12
Analysis
PosRiderTeamFastest lapPrev. GapLead. GapLaps
1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.657 - - 30
2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2:02.003 +0.346 +0.346 48
3 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:02.221 +0.218 +0.564 32
4 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 2:02.234 +0.013 +0.577 28
5 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team 2:02.392 +0.158 +0.735 43
6 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:02.751 +0.359 +1.094 20
7 Hector Barbera Pramac Racing Team 2:02.773 +0.022 +1.116 41
8 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Factory 2:02.829 +0.056 +1.172 32
9 Alvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:02.869 +0.040 +1.212 45
10 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 2:03.151 +0.282 +1.494 33
11 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda 2:03.668 +0.517 +2.011 44
12 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing 2:03.781 +0.113 +2.124 45
13 Franco Bataini Ducati Team 2:04.986 +1.205 +3.329 35
14 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team 2:07.163 +2.177 +5.506 4
15 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing 2:08.240 +1.077 +6.583 21
16 Jordi Torres Avintia Racing 2:10.671 +2.431 +9.014 42
17 Ivan Silva Avintia Racing 2:11.267 +0.596 +9.610 12
not long now to the first race
Lorenzo on top at Sepang day one
Sepang MotoGP Test 1 - Day 1 Highlights
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The first day of the Official MotoGP™ Test of 2012 at the Sepang International Circuit finished with the Yamaha Factory Racing rider on top of the timesheet and pleased with his new 1000cc YZR-M1. Stoner sat out the first day of testing and hopes to participate tomorrow.
Jorge Lorenzo was the fastest rider on track Tuesday, the first day of the Official Test at the Malaysian circuit, and the Spaniard was extremely satisfied with the first shakedown aboard the new 1000cc prototype.
Testing primarily changes made to the Yamaha that addressed corner exit speed, Lorenzo set the fastest pace in the morning, and after 30 laps completed the day with a best time of 2’01.657, which was 0.346s faster than closest rival Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo’s team-mate Ben Spies completed the day with the fourth fastest time, a 2’02.234, and tomorrow the pair will continue development work on a new electronics package in addition to testing some new parts.
Pedrosa worked on the chassis set up of his RC213V and tested the new Bridgestone tyres, while his team-mate, Casey Stoner, sat the day out after injuring a muscle in his back warming up in the morning in preparation to ride. While the current World Champion was resting with the aim to make it on track tomorrow, Honda test rider Kousuke Akiyoshi did a short run down on the number 1 bike, completing four laps (and subsequently posting the 14th fastest time of the day). The bikes of the Repsol Honda duo sport differing chassis, each of which have been developed to the specifications of each rider.
With the aim of only getting familiar with the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 motorcycle, Cal Crutchlow completed the day third fastest in the field with a time of 2’02.221, just over a tenth of a second quicker than Valentino Rossi at the controls of the new Ducati GP12.
Rossi completed 43 long anticipated laps aboard the completely redesigned Desmosedici, to post a best time of 2’02.392. Today was the first public appearance of the new machine, which team-mate Nicky Hayden lapped into 10th fastest spot of the day with a time of 2’03.151.
Andrea Dovizioso focused the day on riding with his newly plated collarbone and working on engine management, and the Italian faired well, placing his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine sixth for the day, three tenths behind compatriot Rossi. Hector Barbara followed in the times putting in a lap of 2’02.773 on board his Ducati GP12 of the Pramac Racing team, while Alvaro Bautista completed his very first day of testing the San Carlo Honda Gresini Team bike to rank just fourth hundredths behind Barbara.
MotoGP rookie Stefan Bradl LCR Honda finished a day of familiarizing himself with a MotoGP bike at 11th fastest, a half second behind Hayden. The Moto2 Champion was a tenth of a second ahead of Karel Abraham, whose focus on the Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati was on set up and tyre testing.
The CRT development progress continued, with NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Colin Edwards putting in 12 laps on the BMW-Suter, with much of his time going into electronics development. The Texan paced ahead of Avintia Racing rider Ivan Silva, who also made 12 laps, while test rider Jordi Torres completed 42 at the controls of the BQR-FTR machine.
The completed timesheet for Tuesday is available to view here.
Rossi: "Ducati did a good job in a just a short time"
Sepang MotoGP Test 1 - Valentino Rossi in action
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The Ducati Team took to the track with its Desmosedici GP12 at the test in Sepang on Tuesday, and after official test rider Franco Battaini carried out the shakedown, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden started the important work of finding a base setup.
Ducati Corse Technical Director Filippo Preziosi followed the team’s work from the garage as Valentino Rossi progressed step by step, improving his lap times each outing before finishing with the fifth fastest time, .735 seconds behind that of Jorge Lorenzo.
Nicky Hayden also began working on the setup of the GP12, although his physical condition was still affected by his injury to his left scapula. The American finished the day tenth, having completed 25 laps.
Valentino Rossi 2’02.392 (30 laps)
“I’m happy because first impressions are important, and already in the first few laps, I could tell that I like the bike. Ducati did a good job in a just a short time. The bike is beautiful, but more importantly, it’s nice to ride. The riding position has improved a lot, and it’s better on braking and corner entry. I can brake like I want to and take the lines that I like, and I feel comfortable in general. I was able to ride well and not make mistakes, and there’s a reason for that. It means that the bike can be ridden. It’s more agile in change of direction, and it wheelies much less.”
”We’re 7 tenths back today, and of course there’s still a lot of work to do before we can win. We have to improve in some areas: acceleration, electronics, power delivery and setup. I’d say we’ll be able to make a more accurate assessment at the end of the test, because let’s remember, the bike is just 40 days old. To leave here a second back from the top would be okay because anyway, we know that there’s still much more to be done. But one of the best things from today is that the bike reacts well to changes. That enabled us to drop one or two tenths every outing, which means further progress should be possible.”
Nicky Hayden 2’03.151 (25 laps)
“It’s great to be back at the track with the team, riding a motorcycle. We lost a little time this morning, but I hadn’t planned to ride the whole day anyway. Obviously, I wish my physical condition were better. On one hand I’m happy just to be here and not miss another test after missing the one in Valencia, but I wasn’t able to do a lot of laps, and definitely no long stints. We know how important shoulders are on these bikes, and I didn’t have the strength I would like. The bone itself was okay, but I had a lot of pain in the joint, although there was no problem with the ribs and very few problems with the wrist.”
”Anyway, it was great to try the new bike and get some information. We made a step forward with the feeling at the front while braking and turning, but I need to find more edge grip and rear grip on entry, and a better balance with the electronics. We’ll do some treatment to my shoulder tonight and see how I feel in the morning.”
Pedrosa starts in a good shape, Stoner unable to ride
2012 MotoGP - Sepang Test 1 - Day 1 Interview - Dani Pedrosa
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The Repsol Honda Team officially kicked off the 2012 MotoGP™ season with the first of three days testing at the Sepang International Circuit.
Due to early morning rain, track conditions were not good enough to go out on track until midday when HRC test rider, Kosuke Akiyoshi performed the first 10 laps on Dani Pedrosa’s bike and then jumped onto Casey Stoner’s machine to complete a further 4 laps and confirm that everything was working well.
Pedrosa set the second fastest lap of the day with a 2'02.003 and completed a total of 48 laps on a bike similar to the one he tested in Valencia in November.
Pedrosa was the only Repsol Honda rider on track with the new RC213V as current World Champion Stoner pulled his back while warming up and preparing to go on track for the first time this season. The Australian received treatment from a physiotherapist and after resting he hopes to begin his testing program tomorrow.
Dani Pedrosa:
"Today was good, for the first laps I think it was important for me to come back and just ride again. Of course, the first day I was a little bit stiff, not totally smooth on the bike, but we completed some laps and they were good. Today was mainly a test for myself, to get used to the bike again, recover the feeling, feel the throttle and the brakes after a long time off. The whole day I stayed with the same bike that I tested in Valencia in November and tomorrow the real test will start for us, we will work on the set up and probably try a modified chassis that Honda has brought here according to our requests after Valencia.”
Casey Stoner:
"I was stretching this morning for a good twenty minutes preparing to go out on track for the first time and then all of a sudden, my back just locked up on me. I couldn't move or do anything. I had to call someone to come and help me move into a position that was less painful! Then I had some physio on it straight away, trying to get it better for this afternoon, but it wasn't feeling good. I had some more physio after lunch but it still wasn't easing up, I felt I could have gone out on the bike in the afternoon but we all agreed it would probably make it worse for tomorrow. We have two more days testing here in Sepang, we know the track well and we are getting to know the bike, we just need some time to test the new parts we have here to give feedback to HRC. I think tomorrow the track conditions will be better and as long as my back improves overnight we should get back on schedule with our testing tomorrow."
First day on the Honda RC213V for Bautista
2012 MotoGP - Sepang Test 1 - Day 1 Interview - Alvaro Bautista
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
The Gresini Team rider recorded the seventh fastest time on his first day aboard the Honda RC213V.
The 2012 MotoGP season officially got underway today with the first day of preseason testing at Sepang. There was a melancholy feel to the day following the tragic events of October and the memory of Marco Simoncelli remains in the hearts of all those present, as it will for many years to come.
Shortly before lunchtime Álvaro Bautista took to the circuit on board the Honda RC213V for a shakedown that became more and more encouraging as the laps went by. By the end of the session he had completed 45 circulations of the Malaysian track, with some impressive lap times and a positive early feel for the Honda RC213V.
Álvaro Bautista: Best time: 2’02.869 (45 laps)
"This was my first day on the RC213V and I am very pleased with it because I instantly felt comfortable riding a 'thousand'. Obviously after a three-month break from racing it is not easy to get back out there because you have to reset your mind and body to the task and rediscover your pace. We have worked on adapting the bike to my riding style and I have just tried to get confident without worrying about lap times at this early stage.”
"I am satisfied because I am working well with the team and everybody is putting in a lot of effort. Over the next two days we will work on general set-up and the electronics but I am already feeling positive because we are not too far off the fastest times and we haven't started pushing yet.”
MotoGP Sepang Test, Malaysia
Session 1 as of 18:00 - 31/01/12
Analysis PosRiderTeamFastest lapPrev. GapLead. GapLaps
1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.657 - - 30
2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2:02.003 +0.346 +0.346 48
3 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:02.221 +0.218 +0.564 32
4 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 2:02.234 +0.013 +0.577 28
5 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team 2:02.392 +0.158 +0.735 43
6 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:02.751 +0.359 +1.094 20
7 Hector Barbera Pramac Racing Team 2:02.773 +0.022 +1.116 41
8 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Factory 2:02.829 +0.056 +1.172 32
9 Alvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:02.869 +0.040 +1.212 45
10 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 2:03.151 +0.282 +1.494 33
11 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda 2:03.668 +0.517 +2.011 44
12 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing 2:03.781 +0.113 +2.124 45
13 Franco Bataini Ducati Team 2:04.986 +1.205 +3.329 35
14 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team 2:07.163 +2.177 +5.506 4
15 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing 2:08.240 +1.077 +6.583 21
16 Jordi Torres Avintia Racing 2:10.671 +2.431 +9.014 42
17 Ivan Silva Avintia Racing 2:11.267 +0.596 +9.610 12
not the tests above but the Yamaha sounds great
now thats your best post in this thread yet !!!!
mate you have no idea how much I would give for the Top Fuel bikes to do a run in front of me while I gotta a scotch in hand atne the local raceway. We haven't had a Top Fuel meet since the 90's Fuckin Bob and Kim Jane cunts
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