AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan *spoilers*

[Bundy]

AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan




Circuit info

Length: 4.801 m. / 2,983 miles

Width: 15m

Left corners: 6

Right corners: 8

Longest straight: 762 m. / 0,473 miles

Constructed: 1997

Modified: 1997

Records

MotoGP
Fastest Lap 2011 Casey STONER (AUS) Honda 1'45.267 164.2 km/h
Circuit Record 2011 Dani PEDROSA (SPA) Honda 1'46.090 162.9 km/h
Best Pole 2011 Casey STONER (AUS) Honda 1'45.267 164.2 km/h
Top Speed 2004 Tohru UKAWA (JPN) Honda 310.1 km/

Free Practice One results

1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 290.3 1'46.558
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 297.8 1'46.699 0.141 / 0.141
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 292.2 1'46.919 0.361 / 0.220
4 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 291.6 1'47.316 0.758 / 0.397
5 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 293.4 1'47.328 0.770 / 0.012
6 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 290.6 1'47.366 0.808 / 0.038
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 300.2 1'47.551 0.993 / 0.185
8 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 294.2 1'47.561 1.003 / 0.010
9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 295.8 1'47.637 1.079 / 0.076
10 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 296.9 1'47.786 1.228 / 0.149
11 21 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA JPN Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha 288.1 1'48.390 1.832 / 0.604
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 293.2 1'49.106 2.548 / 0.716
13 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 284.4 1'49.160 2.602 / 0.054
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 287.6 1'49.265 2.707 / 0.105
15 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 282.9 1'49.354 2.796 / 0.089
16 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 283.5 1'50.184 3.626 / 0.830
17 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 272.7 1'50.268 3.710 / 0.084
18 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 289.7 1'50.771 4.213 / 0.503
19 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 276.6 1'51.039 4.481 / 0.268
20 84 Roberto ROLFO ITA Speed Master ART 283.9 1'51.225 4.667 / 0.186
21 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 277.9 1'52.044 5.486 / 0.819
22 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 273.6 1'52.188 5.630 / 0.14

Free Practice Two results

1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 307.8 1'46.088
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 294.1 1'46.190 0.102 / 0.102
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 294.0 1'46.282 0.194 / 0.092
4 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 294.2 1'46.428 0.340 / 0.146
5 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 298.0 1'46.687 0.599 / 0.259
6 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 291.0 1'46.912 0.824 / 0.225
7 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 295.0 1'46.978 0.890 / 0.066
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 297.7 1'46.983 0.895 / 0.005
9 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 293.5 1'46.984 0.896 / 0.001
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 289.6 1'47.592 1.504 / 0.608
11 21 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA JPN Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha 291.3 1'47.801 1.713 / 0.209
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 283.7 1'48.232 2.144 / 0.431
13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 286.1 1'48.470 2.382 / 0.238
14 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 285.3 1'48.757 2.669 / 0.287
15 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 283.2 1'48.770 2.682 / 0.013
16 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 285.5 1'49.539 3.451 / 0.769
17 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 283.5 1'49.652 3.564 / 0.113
18 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 274.9 1'49.770 3.682 / 0.118
19 84 Roberto ROLFO ITA Speed Master ART 287.7 1'50.292 4.204 / 0.522
20 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Avintia Blusens BQR 289.4 1'50.333 4.245 / 0.041
21 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 281.4 1'50.924 4.836 / 0.591
22 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 278.6 1'51.270 5.182 / 0.346

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Good to see Stoner back amongst it competing again

[HDT05]

Pedrosa will walk away with this, Lorenzo seems to be playing the conservative role..Qualifying on Now!

[crikey]

Oct 13, 2012 16:24:41 GMT 10 HDT05 said:

Pedrosa will walk away with this, Lorenzo seems to be playing the conservative role..Qualifying on Now!

How good is it to see Stoner back

[Bundy]

Go Stoner!!

[HDT05]

Stoner wasn't great but I swear the fastest lap he did i literally saw his ankle tearing from the speed he was going, it was hanging off you could say - wow

Great lap by Lorenzo - he absolutely shut little Dani's mouth up!

[crikey]

Not a bad race so far, It will come down to Lorezo and Pedrosa though, Stoner showing true grit just to be out there.

[HDT05]

Well done to Honda and Pedrosa - clearly the better package atm, Yamaha will have their work cut out in the next few races to win this title, and with the form Pedrosa is in I'm not real confident that we can win this title.

[crikey]

Something I did not realise until this race, Is that Yamahaha are on there 6th engine out of 6 allowed per season, Honda are only on there 4th, Could have an impact for Lorenzo.

[HDT05]

Oct 14, 2012 16:22:37 GMT 10 crikey said:

Something I did not realise until this race, Is that Yamahaha are on there 6th engine out of 6 allowed per season, Honda are only on there 4th, Could have an impact for Lorenzo.

Yep, that's right.

They will have to recycle their engines, and as said last race if this comes down to a stupid engine rule that costs Yamaha and Lorenzo the Title I'm sure this will really piss off alot of people, me being one!!

[Bundy]

Congrats to Pedrosa...Lorenzo still banked some much important points which protects his buffer over Pedrosa...

Gutsy ride from Stoner...showed lots of determination to get that 5th which will put him in good stead for PI...

Spies yet again disappointed and in front of what I assume would be the head Yamaha honchos they would be glad that they gave the ride to the steadier hands of Rossi next year...

And on the fact that Honda have used less engines, could that be having an effect on the straight line performance of the Yamahas in that the revs have to be turned down (in order to save engines) so they aren't getting as much torque