Moto GP - 2017

**LeroyPatrol** · 09-04-17, 12:07 PM

oh George.....slowest Ducati....

**Tiny** · 09-04-17, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by LeroyPatrol

oh George.....slowest Ducati....

but, but, but, what about Hector Barbera, he's the slowest DUC.
& Dovi didn't do much better than George in the end!??
The old Ducs with rookie riders are doing the job? Go Karel!!

The biggest qualy fail then jump to the front end of the grid; have to be Rossi & Pedrosa. Lucky escape compared to Dovi & Lorenzo. All 4 starting out in Q1.

Anyone notice that Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia is in the top 10 again, ahead of the Ducati Factory team!

The start will be very interesting. lol

**ol' boy** · 09-04-17, 08:26 PM

Aprillia ???
Is that a sewing machine?

**LeroyPatrol** · 09-04-17, 09:20 PM

AEsp is doing well on that sewing machine!

**ol' boy** · 10-04-17, 05:24 AM

Boy, do Powercor know just when to get the power back on!

**ol' boy** · 10-04-17, 06:03 AM

Originally Posted by LeroyPatrol

oh George.....slowest Ducati....

Speed not important when you don't even make 1 lap

Bye Bye MM, same as your brother, not a good weekend.

**Tiny** · 10-04-17, 06:17 PM

Wow another classic race, what crashfest. Only 16 finishers???

What's wrong with Crutchlow? he stayed on.lol

Mav first Yamaha rider to win opening 2 races since Wayne Rainey in 1990!

Full results:

GRAN PREMIO MOTUL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINAMotoGP Race Classification 2017

Termas de Río Hondo, Sunday, April 09, 2017

Pos.	Points	Num.	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	25	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	172.6	41'45.060
2	20	46	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	172.4	+2.915
3	16	35	GBR	LCR Honda	Honda	172.4	+3.754
4	13	19	SPA	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	172.2	+6.523
5	11	5	FRA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	171.6	+15.504
6	10	94	GER	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	171.4	+18.241
7	9	9	ITA	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	171.2	+20.046
8	8	45	GBR	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	170.9	+25.480
9	7	43	AUS	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	170.9	+25.665
10	6	17	CZE	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	170.8	+26.403
11	5	76	FRA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	170.8	+26.952
12	4	53	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	169.8	+41.875
13	3	8	SPA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	169.7	+42.770
14	2	44	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	169.7	+43.085
15	1	38	GBR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	169.7	+43.452
16		29	ITA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	169.5	+46.219
Not Classified
		4	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	171.6	11 Laps
		41	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	171.5	11 Laps
		26	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	171.8	12 Laps
		22	GBR	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	168.1	14 Laps
		42	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	164.8	14 Laps
		93	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	171.8	22 Laps
		99	SPA	Ducati Team	Ducati		0 Lap

Weather Conditions:

| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 20º| Humidity: 60%| Ground: 25ºRecords:

Pole Lap:		1'47.512	160.9 Km/h
Fastest Lap:	Lap: 12	1'39.694	173.5 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap:	2015	1'39.019	174.7 Km/h
Best Lap:	2014	1'37.683	177.1 Km/h

**ol' boy** · 10-04-17, 06:33 PM

What is anyones take on Iannone's ride through penalty

I've just watched a few replays, i think he got stiffed myself.

They see its for a Jumped Started
But was it for the tangle with George in the first corner, which wasn't his fault anyway?

**Tiny** · 10-04-17, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by oceanboy

What is anyones take on Iannone's ride through penalty

I've just watched a few replays, i think he got stiffed myself.

They see its for a Jumped Started
But was it for the tangle with George in the first corner, which wasn't his fault anyway?

It was for a supposed jump start, but I can't see anything more than he had a better reaction time to the lights. The officials have more resources to check, but I think he got ripped off.

Certainly can't be the first corner incident with Lorenzo, silly George did a Iannone on Iannone & ran up the back of him. The replays of that showed it clearly as Lorenzos fault.

**ol' boy** · 10-04-17, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Tiny

Certainly can't be the first corner incident with Lorenzo, silly George did a Iannone on Iannone & ran up the back of him. The replays of that showed it clearly as Lorenzos fault.

Well if someone was going to do it, George was well qualified to return serve

**Tiny** · 15-04-17, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by oceanboy

Well if someone was going to do it, George was well qualified to return serve

He served his bike to the gravel.lol

This is a funny read & video.

**ol' boy** · 15-04-17, 05:46 PM

I'm in tears!!!!
Thats funny as

But George is having the last laugh, he is being paid the Grandiose sum of money!

**Tiny** · 16-04-17, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by oceanboy

I'm in tears!!!!
Thats funny as

But George is having the last laugh, he is being paid the Grandiose sum of money!

yes he is.

If you want more of those Dear George letters, there is 5 pages, start at page 5 & work back, very funny stuff.

**ol' boy** · 23-04-17, 06:59 AM

Qualifying

Qualifying 2:
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 2.741s [Lap 7/7] 333km/h (Top Speed)
2. Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 2.871s +0.130s [7/7] 336km/h
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 2m 3.673s +0.932s [7/7] 336km/h
4. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2m 3.866s +1.125s [7/7] 344km/h
5. Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 2m 3.928s +1.187s [6/6] 335km/h
6. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 2m 4.151s +1.410s [5/6] 342km/h
7. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 2m 4.431s +1.690s [3/7] 340km/h
8. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 2m 4.623s +1.882s [3/7] 335km/h
9. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 2m 4.661s +1.920s [3/5] 333km/h
10. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 2m 4.673s +1.932s [6/7] 339km/h
11. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 2m 5.741s +3.000s [5/6] 334km/h
12. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 2m 5.970s +3.229s [4/5] 337km/h

Qualifying 1:
13. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 2m 05.221s 341km/h
14. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 05.231s 332km/h
15. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 2m 05.541s 339km/h
16. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 2m 05.920s 335km/h
17. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 2m 05.931s 339km/h
18. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 2m 06.258s 328km/h
19. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 2m 06.295s 338km/h
20. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* 2m 07.232s 325km/h
21. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 2m 07.601s 329km/h
22. Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 0m 00.000s 0km/h

**Tiny** · 23-04-17, 07:15 PM

Sorry for late reply my friend, been cattle mustering this morning; then watched the qualy & V8's this arvo with a beer in front of the fire.

Awesome practice & qualy, so many fallers due to cold conditions, 22C lol, in Texas.
I watched every practice session & was amazed at how many fell due to the bumps in the corners on track & many due to cooler conditions in FP3.

Good job by MM, so many falls & still pulls the Pole!!
Rins had one fall & broke his wrist, out of the event!!

Mav nearly had pole with an exceptional lap before MM pipped him.
Rossi, pulled another rabbit out of the hat & front row. Wow!

George (JL) is fastest Duc after going thru Q1 again??

**LeroyPatrol** · 23-04-17, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Tiny

yes he is.

If you want more of those Dear George letters, there is 5 pages, start at page 5 & work back, very funny stuff.

they get posted in the duc groups. very funny

**LeroyPatrol** · 23-04-17, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by Tiny

Sorry for late reply my friend, been cattle mustering this morning; then watched the qualy & V8's this arvo with a beer in front of the fire.

Awesome practice & qualy, so many fallers due to cold conditions, 22C lol, in Texas.
I watched every practice session & was amazed at how many fell due to the bumps in the corners on track & many due to cooler conditions in FP3.

Good job by MM, so many falls & still pulls the Pole!!
Rins had one fall & broke his wrist, out of the event!!

Mav nearly had pole with an exceptional lap before MM pipped him.
Rossi, pulled another rabbit out of the hat & front row. Wow!

George (JL) is fastest Duc after going thru Q1 again??

I thought Mav had MM for a moment but MM is just fkn amazing. Zarco did well again. And I had to laugh. I dont' think I heard anything about Ped until the very end and he was sitting in 3rd spot for so long during qual.

**Tiny** · 24-04-17, 11:26 AM

Awesome race, wow!!
Excellent demonstration by MM, unbeatable in America 9 years in a row.
Rossi now leads the championship by 6 points after finishing a well deserved 2nd.
Mav's fall, cost him the lead in the championship!!
George made the top 10 in the race with 9th!
Jack 10th,

MotoGP World Standing 2017

Pos.	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Yamaha	ITA	56
2	Yamaha	SPA	50
3	Honda	SPA	38
4	Ducati	ITA	30
5	Honda	GBR	29
6	Honda	SPA	27
7	Yamaha	FRA	22
8	Yamaha	GER	21
9	Ducati	GBR	21
10	Honda	AUS	21
11	Ducati	ITA	17
12	Ducati	SPA	14
13	Ducati	SPA	12
14	Aprilia	SPA	10
15	Suzuki	ITA	9
16	Ducati	FRA	9
17	Ducati	CZE	8
18	Honda	SPA	8
19	Ducati	SPA	8
20	Suzuki	SPA	7
21	KTM	SPA	2
22	KTM	GBR	1
23	Aprilia	GBR

RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICASMotoGP Race Classification 2017

Austin, Sunday, April 23, 2017

Pos.	Points	Num.	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	93	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	157.9	43'58.770
2	20	46	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	157.7	+3.069
3	16	26	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	157.6	+5.112
4	13	35	GBR	LCR Honda	Honda	157.4	+7.638
5	11	5	FRA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	157.4	+7.957
6	10	4	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	157.1	+14.058
7	9	29	ITA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	157.0	+15.491
8	8	9	ITA	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	156.9	+16.772
9	7	99	SPA	Ducati Team	Ducati	156.8	+17.979
10	6	43	AUS	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	156.8	+18.494
11	5	94	GER	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	156.8	+18.903
12	4	45	GBR	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	156.2	+28.735
13	3	53	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	156.1	+30.041
14	2	8	SPA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	156.0	+31.364
15	1	19	SPA	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	154.0	+1'06.547
16		38	GBR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	153.1	+1'22.090
17		41	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	137.4	2 Laps
Not Classified
		22	GBR	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	153.9	10 Laps
		44	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	150.1	12 Laps
		76	FRA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	155.8	13 Laps
		25	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	155.7	20 Laps
		17	CZE	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	150.6	20 Laps

Weather Conditions:

| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 23º| Humidity: 31%| Ground: 40ºRecords:

Pole Lap:		2'02.741	161.6 Km/h
Fastest Lap:	Lap: 15	2'04.899	158.9 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap:	2014	2'03.575	160.6 Km/h
Best Lap:	2015	2'02.135	162.4 Km/h

**Tiny** · 06-05-17, 08:07 PM

Here we are in Spain at Jerez.

George is on the pace big time, whoa, home track, watch out. Qually will be interesting & so will the race.

**Tiny** · 07-05-17, 10:31 AM

Dani Pedrosa edges out team-mate Marc Marquez to claim a home pole position for the Spanish MotoGP. Cal Crutchlow completes an all-Honda front row...
Iannone from nowhere in practice to 2nd row?
Rossi & George together on 3rd row.

Qualifying 2:
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 38.249s [Lap 6/7] 291km/h (Top Speed)
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 38.298s +0.049s [8/8] 291km/h
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 38.453s +0.204s [6/7] 291km/h
4. Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 38.677s +0.428s [3/7] 292km/h
5. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 38.744s +0.495s [3/8] 291km/h
6. Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 38.861s +0.612s [6/8] 291km/h
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 38.908s +0.659s [6/7] 290km/h
8. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 38.910s +0.661s [6/8] 293km/h
9. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 39.108s +0.859s [8/8] 291km/h
10. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 39.125s +0.876s [3/8] 290km/h
11. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 39.152s +0.903s [5/8] 292km/h
12. Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 39.400s +1.151s [2/5] 288km/h

Qualifying 1:
13. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 39.090s 290km/h
14. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 39.255s 294km/h
15. Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 39.282s 294km/h
16. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 39.321s 291km/h
17. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 39.462s 291km/h
18. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 39.564s 292km/h
19. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 39.678s 294km/h
20. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 39.824s 287km/h
21. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 39.906s 293km/h
22. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* 1m 40.213s 287km/h
23. Takuya Tsuda JPN Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 40.386s 287km/h

Blue Name = Rides for Factory Team.
Red Name = Rides for Satellite Team.
* Rookie

Fastest Practice time:
Dani Pedrosa SPA Honda 1m 38.850s (FP3)

Official Jerez MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha 1m 37.190s (2015)
Fastest race lap:
Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha 1m 38.735s (2015)