Casey just done a 33.2.
That's not bad, Dani did a 32.9 on Sunday and Casey a 33.0 on the Ducati.

32.5 for Jorge, which is true to form for the post race test.

Stoner 2nd and Rossi 6th. Lorenzo is on Race pace n the 32.5s. Stoner is in the low 1.33s and Rossi in the 33.7s. Should be a good season next year

If you believe that you should make yourself a tattoo and "mark it on your body", probably in a year you will be asking yourself why you said that.

Heh you write faster then me.

Thanks for the times, twitter is not allowed at work

Andy

# Po. Name TeamGap First
# 1Lorenzo J. Yamaha Factory Racing 1:32.511
# 2Stoner C.HRC+0.750
# 3Spies B.Yamaha Factory Racing +0.875
# 4Simoncelli M.San Carlo Honda Gresini+1.067
# 5Pedrosa D.Repsol Honda Team+1.211
# 6Rossi V.Ducati Team+1.371
# 7Hayden N.Ducati Team+1.487
# 8Bautista A.Rizla Suzuki MotoGP+1.559
# 9Edwards C.Monster Yamaha Tech 3+1.621
# 10Dovizioso A.Repsol Honda Team+1.772

Stoner maintains his reputation as someone who can go fast imidiately, now also on a new bike

With Pedrosa injured it was almost to be expected he would end up as the fastest Honda rider already on the first day of testing.

My man Spies moves to three tenths behind Lorenzo.

* Po. Name TeamGap First

* 1Lorenzo J. Yamaha Factory Racing 1:32.511
* 2Spies B.Yamaha Factory Racing +0.367
* 3Stoner C.HRC+0.750
* 4Pedrosa D.Repsol Honda Team+0.825
* 5Simoncelli M.San Carlo Honda Gresini+1.067
* 6Rossi V.Ducati Team+1.371
* 7Hayden N.Ducati Team+1.487
* 8Bautista A.Rizla Suzuki MotoGP+1.559
* 9Edwards C.Monster Yamaha Tech 3+1.621
* 10Dovizioso A.Repsol Honda Team+1.772

Spies should start the mind games now if he can ;)

Imagine if the fastest rider is not wearing the new "heavy" #1 number.




Andy

Pretty

Uh, that would require him to be the fastest rider. He is not the fastest, presently.

edit: guise if you want more of these pretty pictures, try the gallery at motogp.com. Click on 'Download Original' for higher res versions. Hope they upload more images later in the day.

http://resources.motogp.com/files/images/x...01.original.jpg

http://resources.motogp.com/files/images/x..._1.original.jpg

OMG

No. Ben's got higher standards than that.

Yeah, he is a straight shooter and will just call him that other mother f....r

The Moto2 results are finally up.

http://www.motogp.com/en/TestResults/Moto2...encia+Test+2011

WOW


# Po. Name TeamGap First

# 1Lorenzo J. Yamaha Factory Racing 1:32.012
# 2Stoner C.HRC+0.763
# 3Spies B.Yamaha Factory Racing +0.866
# 4Simoncelli M.San Carlo Honda Gresini+0.907
# 5Pedrosa D.Repsol Honda Team+0.953
# 6Dovizioso A.Repsol Honda Team+1.178
# 7Edwards C.Monster Yamaha Tech 3+1.501
# 8Bautista A.Rizla Suzuki MotoGP+1.781
# 9Rossi V.Ducati Team+1.870
# 10Puniet R.Pramac Racing Team+1.902

I wonder what the question mark means on Rossi's helmet

Just went out to Turn 13 and watched: STO is blinding through there. SIM looking very good. ROS cautious, but fast. LOR & SPI also very fast

http://twitter.com/motomatters/status/2022658942173185

20 Colin Edwards Tech 3 1.38.70
21 Bradley Smith Tech 3 1.38.70



I don't know what it means though

Andy

He was blinding through t13 on the Ducati this weekend too.

Self-doubt. Identity crisis. All courtesy one Jorge Lorenzo.

Sounds like Tech 3's Moto2 bike needs plenty of development. If they're still running it, that is...

Jonas Folger testing Moto2 bikes though. Looks like doing a 'Scott Redding' is increasingly tempting for those who aren't in the Aprilia charmed circle in 125GP. Although all that said, had a look at his website and he is looking quite lanky these days... perhaps his hormones have already done a Scott Redding. He's someone that the 125cc brains have been watching with quiet enthusiasm for a while though, so here's hoping whatever he does this winter works out for him.

Sofuoglu 7th, Pirro 9th. Anyone think Eugene Laverty and Simon Buckmaster could've backed up the boast they made this summer, that if they were in Moto2, they'd beat the lot of them?

I'm not aware that this is a Qualifying...

Wow Stoner's livery is sublime !
No pics of Spies ?

http://www.motogp.com/en/photos/2010/Ben+S...+Valencnia+test

Matthew Birt on Twitter: Filippo Preziosi said he couldn't believe how precise Rossi's technical comments were on the bike.

And

Stoner said he was blown away by potential of Honda. Only used 2010 bike today but said engine was unbelievably smooth. ...

I always had a feeling, and this is just one of those gut instincts not meant to rubbish anyone, that Stoner wasn't exactly the best at solving problems and developing a bike. The way that Ducati behaved, whether he was running away with a race or running down the order, was just scary. It seems like his fearlessness masked problems.

Motomatters shows a different set of times than Autosport, with Abraham matching Elias' lap and Stoner outdoing Spies. http://motomatters.com/results/2010/11/09/...st_times_l.html

More from Birt: "I'm a little surprised because I expected he would be first." Filippo Preziosi when asked whether he was shocked by Stoner's Honda debut

I hope we get some die casts of these test bikes. Stoner's Honda and Rossi's carbon Ducati are sublime.

I agree, they'd make a lovely pair of bookends. Well that's what I'll tell the missus anyway

Did he say anything else?

That's interesting. Because both Dani and Dovi always said the engine is strong but very agressive power delivery

Unless he tried a new version (of the engine), which I doubt.

Rossi pls go for the screamer.

Agreed - How I have missed the sound of a screaming Duc this year.

Dovi & Dani haven't ridden a Ducati

Rossi only did a single run with it so odds aren't good.

Yes.



I am surprised he didn't mention the breaking. It's an area the RC212V is poor at. Breaking and corner entry.

How did you come to that conclusion? He rode the big bang all day and then put in a run at the end of the day with the screamer. They have all day tomorrow to run the screamer and get comparison data.

Exactly.

Full comment was

" His first comment when he lifted his visor up was a positive one about the power delivery and then he gave some impressive technical details. We certainly have a lot to do to adapt the bike to his riding style but it is really nice and very interesting to work in this way"

Which goes in agreement with what Chubby_deuce said and I agree with. Unintentional dig at Stoner

Talking of Stoner, how will relative lack of technical feedback from him go hand in hand with perhaps what Dani and Dovi might be saying they want? Will they be pulling in different directions with Stoner just riding round anything?

In the Ducati camp they will have a bike eventually molded how Rossi wants it I think, Hayden will get the benefit, it seems more focussed.

Will be interesting to see how the Yamaha develops as well. They managed to setup Jorges bike well last year but how much development input does he put in?

Andy

Some interesting comments from Ben about his side of the garage Autosport article. I don't know if it's just me but with all the rider changes for 2011, I hadn't really thought about new crew as well.

11:15

Po. Name TeamGap First
1Simoncelli M.San Carlo Honda Gresini1:32.497
2Stoner C.HRC+0.507
3Hayden N.Ducati Team+0.733
4Lorenzo J. Yamaha Factory Racing +1.059
5Spies B.Yamaha Factory Racing +1.084
6Dovizioso A.Repsol Honda Team+1.420
7Aoyama H.San Carlo Honda Gresini+1.598
8Rossi V.Ducati Team+1.629
9Barbera H.Paginas Amarillas Aspar+1.984

isnt it just

Not only going to the best bike on the track but the best looking!

That's a one off livery. Once we get into 2011 testing he'll be in full Repsol mode.

Session 2 as of 13:06 - 10/11/10
Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 1:32.179 - - 30
2 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 1:32.322 +0.143 +0.143 49
3 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:32.497 +0.175 +0.318 9
4 Casey Stoner HRC 1:32.582 +0.085 +0.403 23
5 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1:32.626 +0.044 +0.447 15
6 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:32.738 +0.112 +0.559 36
7 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 1:32.942 +0.204 +0.763 37
8 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 1:33.072 +0.130 +0.893 36
9 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:33.325 +0.253 +1.146 34
10 Randy De Puniet Pramac Racing Team 1:33.378 +0.053 +1.199 31
11 Hector Barbera Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1:33.514 +0.136 +1.335 42
12 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:33.733 +0.219 +1.554 28
13 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team 1:33.848 +0.115 +1.669 27
14 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:33.880 +0.032 +1.701 40
15 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing 1:34.475 +0.595 +2.296 29
16 Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team 1:34.495 +0.020 +2.316 37
17 Toni Elias LCR Honda MotoGP 1:34.950 +0.455 +2.771 33

motomatters RDP just spoke to press: Happy with team, happy with bike, said engine was very smooth, not "100%" with his position on the bike.

motomatters RDP also said he'd heard ROS had been struggling with the position on the bike, so it's a common problem.

Spaniard Ruben Xaus is set to become the second rider in the Ten Kate Honda WSB team to ride alongside Brit Jonathan Rea in 2011. The 32 year old Spaniard is reported to have signed a deal this week

How does this guy keep landing plum rides?

I can hardly believe it to be honest. Is the only thing he is bringing positive with him a big bag of cash?

Andy

that would just cover the crashed bikes.

How does this guy keep landing, full stop??