Gran Premio d'Italia TIM *spoilers*

[Bundy]

Gran Premio d'Italia TIM *spoilers*



Circuit info

Length: 5.245 m. / 3,259 miles

Width: 14m

Left corners: 6

Right corners: 9

Longest straight: 1.141 m. / 0,709 miles

Constructed: 1974

Introduction:

Located 30km north-east of Florence in the beautiful countryside of Tuscany, Mugello is a modern circuit with excellent facilities. Bought by Ferrari back in 1988, the 5.245km track has been renovated to a high standard and has a growing reputation as one of the world’s most up-to-date, scenic and safest race circuits.

A blend of slow and fast turns with sweeping curves, long straights and off-camber corners make Mugello one of the most challenging circuits for the riders and engineers. Having hosted its first MotoGP event back in 1976 the venue became a permanent fixture in 1991 after extensive refurbishment. Set within a beautiful tree lined Tuscan valley, Mugello also offers ample viewing areas for a particularly boisterous and partisan Italian crowd

MotoGp Records

Fastest Lap 2011 Casey STONER (AUS) Honda 1'48.034 174.8 km/h
Circuit Record 2011 Jorge LORENZO (SPA) Yamaha 1'48.402 174.2 km/h
Best Pole 2011 Casey STONER (AUS) Honda 1'48.034 174.8 km/h
Top Speed 2009 Dani PEDROSA (SPA) Honda 349.3 km/h

www.motogp.com/en/events/Italy/2012

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Riders' Championship

1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 160
2 Dani Pedrosa Honda 146
3 Casey Stoner Honda 140
4 Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha 92
5 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 85
6 Valentino Rossi Ducati 71
7 Álvaro Bautista Honda 67
8 Nicky Hayden Ducati 65
9 Stefan Bradl Honda 62
10 Ben Spies Yamaha 61
11 Héctor Barberá Ducati 53
12 Randy de Puniet ART 24
13 Aleix Espargaró ART 23
14 Michele Pirro FTR 16
15 Mattia Pasini ART 12
16 James Ellison ART 10
17 Danilo Petrucci Ioda 9
18 Colin Edwards Suter 8
19 Yonny Hernández BQR-FTR 6
20 Iván Silva BQR-FTR 5
21 Karel Abraham Ducati 4

Teams' Championship

1 Yamaha 176
= Honda 176
3 Ducati 85
4 ART 37
5 FTR 16
6 Ioda 9
= BQR 9
8 Suter 8
9 BQR-FTR 2

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Stoner needs a good result to stay in the hunt. Interesting to see for the teams' championship that it is all square between Honda and Yamaha...

[crikey]

3 races in 3 weekends, Loving it!

Would be good to see Stoner rebound from his fall and get some points back on JL.

[HDT05]

Go Lorenzo and Yamaha!!!

[Bundy]

Lorenzo ahead comfortably in practice one from Stoner and Pedrosa. Hayden 4th, Monster Yamahas 5th and 6th with Rossi 7th.

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/ITA/MotoGP/FP1

[HDT05]

Lorenzo by half a second!!! Go you good thing, that lap was about a 10th off the lap record by Casey Stoner in 2011. Looks like they will break it I'd say if it stays dry.

[crikey]

Hopefully Stoner tweaks the bike to get closer to JL.

[HDT05]

GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA TIM
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2012


Mugello, Friday, July 13, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 340.8 1'48.076
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 339.9 1'48.107 0.031 / 0.031
3 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 343.6 1'48.157 0.081 / 0.050
4 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 346.7 1'48.254 0.178 / 0.097
5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 340.4 1'48.308 0.232 / 0.054
6 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 339.1 1'48.527 0.451 / 0.219
7 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 339.5 1'48.540 0.464 / 0.013
8 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 340.8 1'48.650 0.574 / 0.110
9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 344.1 1'49.017 0.941 / 0.367
10 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 338.3 1'49.022 0.946 / 0.005
11 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 337.4 1'49.208 1.132 / 0.186
12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 322.1 1'50.015 1.939 / 0.807
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 318.0 1'50.269 2.193 / 0.254
14 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 321.5 1'51.130 3.054 / 0.861
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 316.3 1'51.322 3.246 / 0.192
16 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 320.5 1'51.384 3.308 / 0.062
17 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 327.9 1'51.857 3.781 / 0.473
18 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 321.2 1'51.966 3.890 / 0.109
19 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 302.6 1'52.109 4.033 / 0.143
20 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 317.3 1'52.558 4.482 / 0.449
Weather Conditions:
  |   Track Condition: Dry|   Air: 26º| Humidity: 43%|   Ground: 42º
Records:
Fastest Lap: Lap: 4 Jorge LORENZO 1'48.076 174.7 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2011 Jorge LORENZO 1'48.402 174.2 Km/h
Best Lap: 2011 Casey STONER 1'48.034 174.8 Km/h

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/ITA/MotoGP/FP2

[Bundy]

Lorenzo continues on his merry way...Hayden looking promising for Ducati

[crikey]

Jul 14, 2012 10:28:30 GMT 10 Bundy said:

Lorenzo continues on his merry way...Hayden looking promising for Ducati

Anyone would think his contract was up for renewal

[Bundy]

Jul 14, 2012 16:29:37 GMT 10 crikey said:

Jul 14, 2012 10:28:30 GMT 10 Bundy said:

Lorenzo continues on his merry way...Hayden looking promising for Ducati

Anyone would think his contract was up for renewal

I think you are guaranteed improved performance from any driver whose contract is up for renewal! ;D

But I also think Ducati have made geniune gains...HDT will be happy

[mach24]

I assume Ducati do a lot of testing at Mugello, so they should be on it straight out of the crate.

[HDT05]

Hopefully Ducati can keep gaining, they need to be up there.

GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA TIM
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2012


Mugello, Saturday, July 14, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 337.8 1'47.584
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 341.0 1'47.679 0.095 / 0.095
3 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 337.4 1'47.873 0.289 / 0.194
4 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 339.9 1'47.886 0.302 / 0.013
5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 339.0 1'48.028 0.444 / 0.142
6 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 338.2 1'48.068 0.484 / 0.040
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 339.6 1'48.189 0.605 / 0.121
8 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 342.7 1'48.441 0.857 / 0.252
9 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 338.3 1'48.527 0.943 / 0.086
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 339.8 1'48.740 1.156 / 0.213
11 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 326.5 1'49.234 1.650 / 0.494
12 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 337.6 1'49.310 1.726 / 0.076
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 319.3 1'49.715 2.131 / 0.405
14 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 317.4 1'50.751 3.167 / 1.036
15 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 323.0 1'50.962 3.378 / 0.211
16 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 302.3 1'51.325 3.741 / 0.363
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 314.9 1'51.341 3.757 / 0.016
18 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 319.1 1'51.587 4.003 / 0.246
19 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 322.1 1'51.705 4.121 / 0.118
20 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 326.9 1'51.729 4.145 / 0.024
Weather Conditions:
  |   Track Condition: Dry|   Air: 24º| Humidity: 67%|   Ground: 32º
Records:
Fastest Lap: Lap: 6 Jorge LORENZO 1'47.584 175.5 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2011 Jorge LORENZO 1'48.402 174.2 Km/h
Best Lap: 2012 Jorge LORENZO 1'47.584 175.5 Km/h

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/ITA/MotoGP/FP3
NEW LAP RECORD!!!

[HDT05]

Expect to see Cal Crutchlow make a decision on his future by this weekend, likely going to Ducati. Hayden IMO will leave.

[HDT05]

GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA TIM
MotoGP Qualifying Practice Classification 2012


Mugello, Saturday, July 14, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 342.5 1'47.284
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 342.7 1'47.423 0.139 / 0.139
3 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 342.1 1'47.545 0.261 / 0.122
4 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 343.4 1'47.671 0.387 / 0.126
5 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 338.6 1'47.689 0.405 / 0.018
6 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 340.2 1'47.749 0.465 / 0.060
7 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 339.1 1'47.751 0.467 / 0.002
8 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 339.2 1'47.857 0.573 / 0.106
9 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 340.4 1'48.149 0.865 / 0.292
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 341.8 1'48.502 1.218 / 0.353
11 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 338.6 1'48.894 1.610 / 0.392
12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 327.7 1'49.387 2.103 / 0.493
13 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 326.7 1'49.450 2.166 / 0.063
14 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 321.5 1'50.263 2.979 / 0.813
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 318.7 1'50.610 3.326 / 0.347
16 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 320.2 1'50.812 3.528 / 0.202
17 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 318.7 1'50.953 3.669 / 0.141
18 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 319.2 1'51.242 3.958 / 0.289
19 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 325.9 1'51.348 4.064 / 0.106
20 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 303.3 1'51.473 4.189 / 0.125
Weather Conditions:


  |   Track Condition: Dry|   Air: 28º| Humidity: 48%|   Ground: 46º
Records:
Fastest Lap: Lap: 24 Dani PEDROSA 1'47.284 176.0 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2011 Jorge LORENZO 1'48.402 174.2 Km/h
Best Lap: 2012 Dani PEDROSA 1'47.284 176.0 Km/h

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/ITA/MotoGP/QP

What happened to Lorenzo, was looking good for pole, then pitted? Looks like it may of been a bike issue, because I didn't see anything or hear anything on any Moto GP sites yet.

[Bundy]

WTF about Barbera? 3rd that's almost like a pole

[HDT05]

Pole position for Pedrosa in Mugello thriller


Saturday, 14 July 2012
In a scintillating qualifying session at the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM at Mugello in hot conditions it was Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa who put in a record-beating lap to take pole position for tomorrow’s race ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Héctor Barberá.

A new track record in the low 1.47s held off the charge of Yamaha Factory Racing’s Lorenzo, who had been setting the fastest lap until the final seconds, when a bike problem caused him to pit before completing the lap. He stated afterwards that he lost engine power coming out of the final turn, yet the team had not discovered the root of the problem. Completing the front row is Pramac Racing Team’s Héctor Barberá, who silenced some of his critics by recording his first-ever front row in the MotoGP class.
Row two is headed by another Desmosedici in the form of Ducati Team’s Nicky Hayden, who continues to have good outright pace on the softer option rear tyre. Lining up next to him is Repsol Honda’s Casey Stoner in fifth, who entered the pits a couple of times in the final part of the session as he struggled with set-up on his bike. Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow occupies sixth, despite having crashed at turn 12 with 13 minutes left in the session.
His teammate Andrea Dovizioso leads the third row in seventh, and did well to avoid a near crash towards the end, as he was pushing for a faster time. In eighth, LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl was able to improve on his weekend’s form by finishing in eighth. Lorenzo’s teammate Ben Spies will start from ninth, after suffering a crash in the same place as Crutchlow after switching to the softer rear tyre. Ducati’s Valentino Rossi completes the top ten, as he could not get his bike to work on a track he has won at nine times in his career.
CRT top spot went to Power Electronics Aspar’s Aleix Espargaró, after he had shown the most consistent pace of the new bikes all weekend. NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Colin Edwards, who had been evaluating a new Suter chassis today, qualified in 19th.

www.motogp.com/en/news/2012/italy+mugello+motogp+qp+pedrosa

Hopefully they find the issue with the bike, don't want anymore problems.

[donk]

Jul 14, 2012 16:29:37 GMT 10 crikey said:

Jul 14, 2012 10:28:30 GMT 10 Bundy said:

Lorenzo continues on his merry way...Hayden looking promising for Ducati

Anyone would think his contract was up for renewal

And a number 1 team rider!

[crikey]

Stoner doesn't look settled this weekend, If JL didn't have that bike problem he would have got pole.

Well done to Barbera and Hayden!

[HDT05]

Yep he would've easily had pole, just look at the morning Warm-Up!

GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA TIM
MotoGP Warm Up Classification 2012


Mugello, Sunday, July 15, 2012
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 344.1 1'47.473
2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 340.9 1'47.935 0.462 / 0.462
3 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 340.3 1'47.963 0.490 / 0.028
4 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 339.1 1'47.996 0.523 / 0.033
5 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 341.6 1'48.064 0.591 / 0.068
6 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 338.6 1'48.075 0.602 / 0.011
7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 339.9 1'48.115 0.642 / 0.040
8 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 340.3 1'48.137 0.664 / 0.022
9 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 346.7 1'48.148 0.675 / 0.011
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 342.2 1'48.330 0.857 / 0.182
11 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 336.7 1'49.025 1.552 / 0.695
12 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 323.5 1'49.583 2.110 / 0.558
13 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Speed Master ART 317.3 1'50.136 2.663 / 0.553
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 325.4 1'50.274 2.801 / 0.138
15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 316.6 1'50.854 3.381 / 0.580
16 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 320.6 1'50.957 3.484 / 0.103
17 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 322.5 1'51.074 3.601 / 0.117
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 307.0 1'51.416 3.943 / 0.342
19 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 327.0 1'51.444 3.971 / 0.028
20 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 319.9 1'51.477 4.004 / 0.033
Weather Conditions:
  |   Track Condition: Dry|   Air: 23º| Humidity: 52%|   Ground: 33º
Records:
Fastest Lap: Lap: 5 Jorge LORENZO 1'47.473 175.7 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2011 Jorge LORENZO 1'48.402 174.2 Km/h
Best Lap: 2012 Dani PEDROSA 1'47.284 176.0 Km/h

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/ITA/MotoGP/WUP

[HDT05]

Stoner into the gravel? What happened?

Down in 10th now!

Lorenzo just playing with Pedrosa out front, letting him catch up, then suddenly picks up the pace by 1/2 a second. Go JL!

Spies going crap,

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Great win by Lorenzo, awesome effort!

I'd like to know what happened to Stoner, I'd say it was a bike issue more then anything. Looks like Stoner's Championship is over considering what Lorenzo finishes have been lately.