COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR *Spoilers*

[HDT05]

COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2013 
Doha, Thursday, April 04, 2013
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 341.7 1'56.685
2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 338.5 1'56.743 0.058 / 0.058
3 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 338.2 1'56.756 0.071 / 0.013
4 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 344.7 1'57.276 0.591 / 0.520
5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 343.0 1'57.538 0.853 / 0.262
6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 340.4 1'57.601 0.916 / 0.063
7 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 343.5 1'57.670 0.985 / 0.069
8 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 344.4 1'57.749 1.064 / 0.079
9 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 325.3 1'57.843 1.158 / 0.094
10 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 341.7 1'57.926 1.241 / 0.083
11 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 328.5 1'58.369 1.684 / 0.443
12 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 340.5 1'58.559 1.874 / 0.190
13 11 Ben SPIES USA Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 341.0 1'58.575 1.890 / 0.016
14 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Blusens FTR 319.1 1'59.608 2.923 / 1.033
15 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 323.2 1'59.633 2.948 / 0.025
16 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing ART 324.3 1'59.758 3.073 / 0.125
17 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 320.6 2'00.341 3.656 / 0.583
18 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Paul Bird Motorsport ART 317.6 2'00.426 3.741 / 0.085
19 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Avintia Blusens FTR 311.4 2'00.563 3.878 / 0.137
20 71 Claudio CORTI ITA NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 321.0 2'01.227 4.542 / 0.664
21 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 317.7 2'01.438 4.753 / 0.211
22 67 Bryan STARING AUS GO&FUN Honda Gresini FTR Honda 317.9 2'01.942 5.257 / 0.504
23 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 317.2 2'02.079 5.394 / 0.137
24 70 Michael LAVERTY GBR Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 318.3 2'02.135 5.450 / 0.056

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2013/QAT/MotoGP/FP1

Pretty happy so far!

[Bundy]

**** look at Crutchlow, he's even ahead of Rossi

I'll wait till qualifying before I am convinced that Honda are slower than Yamaha.

But from these times it is looking like Marquez will be the contender to Lorenzo and not Pedrosa!!

[Bundy]

I wouldn't count your chickens before they hatch HDT - Marquez ahead of Lorenzo in FP3 but it was close only beating him by .001

It will be interesting to see how this new split qualifying system works. Crutchlow is predicting fireworks:

www.crash.net/motogp/news/189529/1/qatar_motogp_crutchlow_expects_exciting_pole_shootout.html

Friday practice 2 (FP3):

1. Marc Marquez
2. Jorge Lorenzo
3. Cal Crutchlow
4. Valentino Rossi
5. Andrea Dovizioso
6. Dani Pedrosa
7. Alvaro Bautista
8. Nicky Hayden
9. Bradley Smith
10. Stefan Bradl

11. Andrea Iannone
12. Ben Spies
13. Aleix Espargaro
14. Hector Barbera
15. Yonny Hernandez
16. Randy De Puniet
17. Colin Edwards
18. Karel Abraham
19. Hiroshi Aoyama
20. Danilo Petrucci
21. Bryan Staring
22. Lukas Pesek
23. Michael Laverty
24. Claudio Corti

www.crash.net/motogp/news/189520/1/qatar_motogp_marc_marquez_does_practice_double.html

[Bundy]

Well HDT you would have to be happy that your man Lorenzo got pole - I was hoping if it was to be a Yamaha it would be Crutchlow. Looking forward to the race though...

[HDT05]

Don't really like the first part of the split-qualifying...fairly booring watching the useless CRT bikes squabble around the track!

But I liked the 15 minutes for the final part, that's much better!

Here's results from Practice 4:


COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 4 Classification 2013 
Doha, Saturday, April 06, 2013
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 333.3 1'55.655
2 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 340.8 1'55.997 0.342 / 0.342
3 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 337.0 1'56.140 0.485 / 0.143
4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 334.6 1'56.161 0.506 / 0.021
5 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 337.3 1'56.312 0.657 / 0.151
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 334.7 1'56.378 0.723 / 0.066
7 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 339.9 1'56.398 0.743 / 0.020
8 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 334.2 1'56.885 1.230 / 0.487
9 11 Ben SPIES USA Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 334.7 1'57.060 1.405 / 0.175
10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 338.0 1'57.063 1.408 / 0.003
11 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 338.7 1'57.118 1.463 / 0.055
12 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 331.3 1'57.453 1.798 / 0.335
13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 318.6 1'57.454 1.799 / 0.001
14 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 318.3 1'58.388 2.733 / 0.934
15 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing ART 315.7 1'58.466 2.811 / 0.078
16 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Paul Bird Motorsport ART 314.2 1'58.466 2.811
17 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Blusens FTR 314.5 1'58.746 3.091 / 0.280
18 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 314.3 1'58.788 3.133 / 0.042
19 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Avintia Blusens FTR 313.0 1'58.816 3.161 / 0.028
20 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 315.4 1'59.118 3.463 / 0.302
21 71 Claudio CORTI ITA NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 307.9 1'59.187 3.532 / 0.069
22 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 314.6 1'59.337 3.682 / 0.150
23 67 Bryan STARING AUS GO&FUN Honda Gresini FTR Honda 313.1 1'59.867 4.212 / 0.530

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2013/QAT/MotoGP/FP4

Qualifying:

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MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2013 
Doha, Saturday, April 06, 2013
Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 335.9 1'54.714
2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 334.7 1'54.916 0.202 / 0.202
3 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 339.8 1'55.151 0.437 / 0.235
4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 336.4 1'55.160 0.446 / 0.009
5 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 340.0 1'55.477 0.763 / 0.317
6 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 339.0 1'55.645 0.931 / 0.168
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 337.7 1'55.711 0.997 / 0.066
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 338.5 1'55.870 1.156 / 0.159
9 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 333.9 1'56.315 1.601 / 0.445
10 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 339.8 1'56.523 1.809 / 0.208
11 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 337.9 1'56.667 1.953 / 0.144
12 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 318.8 1'57.064 2.350 / 0.397

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2013/QAT/MotoGP/Q2

They lined up perfect Bundy! Lorenzo on POLE easily! Watch out! - his race pace is what I'm waiting for, he's got this in the bag if he's on it tonight!

Rossi: didn't expect that poor performance from him, hopefully races better!

Pedrosa: he'll be tough to beat if he gets his corner exit speed fixed.
Crutchlow: he'll be one to watch for the upset.
Marquez: good job from him, race pace is still in question.

[Bundy]

Yeah poor performance from Rossi but it wasn't entirely unexpected - Marquez I thought would be more up there but he's still my tip to beat Pedrosa into 3rd.

1-2 on the grid will be the order IMO when the chequered flag falls

[HDT05]

Apparently Rossi was held up on one of his flyers, but still...

[Bundy]

Apr 7, 2013 22:03:40 GMT 10 HDT05 said:

Apparently Rossi was held up on one of his flyers, but still...

Couldn't see him beating Lorenzo or Crutchlow though - I reckon he will struggle for rear grip as the race unfolds compared to Lorenzo

[HDT05]

Apr 7, 2013 22:29:38 GMT 10 Bundy said:

Apr 7, 2013 22:03:40 GMT 10 HDT05 said:

Apparently Rossi was held up on one of his flyers, but still...

Couldn't see him beating Lorenzo or Crutchlow though - I reckon he will struggle for rear grip as the race unfolds compared to Lorenzo

Exactly Lorenzo is on rails ATM...his race pace is unbelievable...even in testing!

[Bundy]

Apr 7, 2013 22:35:31 GMT 10 HDT05 said:

Apr 7, 2013 22:29:38 GMT 10 Bundy said:

Couldn't see him beating Lorenzo or Crutchlow though - I reckon he will struggle for rear grip as the race unfolds compared to Lorenzo

Exactly Lorenzo is on rails ATM...his race pace is unbelievable...even in testing!

No one can beat him for consistency - the only one that could was Stoner but he's gone now.

Pedrosa's only chance is if the Honda has a clear speed advantage over the Yamaha which it doesn't, so its Lorenzo's to lose - and last time I said that he did, so I hope history repeats

[crikey]

Good race to start the year, Lorenzo was at his best again and ran away with an easy win.

The real race was between Marquez and Pedrosa for the mid race thanks to Rossi making a small mistake early, Rossi's comeback to grab second was awesome, His fight with Marquez was a great battle and Marquez looked at home battling with Rossi.

Marquez is a gun at age 20, Bring on Austin, Honda look strong on that track.

[HDT05]

Yamaha 1-2!!!!!! - Stoked!

Great win by Lorenzo! Class of his own.

Awesome fight between Rossi and Marquez, loved that battle! - who said Rossi didn't have it still

Pedrosa really struggled and it was good to see his teammate kick his arse first race in. Honda is still faster as always down the straights, something I hate about the Yamaha. But a great race hope it continues !!


COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR
MotoGP Race Classification 2013 
Doha, Sunday, April 07, 2013
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 166.4 42'39.802
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 166.0 +5.990
3 16 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.0 +6.201
4 13 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 165.8 +9.473
5 11 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 165.2 +18.764
6 10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 165.0 +22.148
7 9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 164.8 +24.355
8 8 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 164.8 +24.920
9 7 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 164.0 +37.124
10 6 11 Ben SPIES USA Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 163.5 +44.908
11 5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 163.2 +49.809
12 4 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 162.8 +56.495
13 3 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Blusens FTR 162.0 +1'09.599
14 2 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Paul Bird Motorsport ART 161.9 +1'10.742
15 1 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Avintia Blusens FTR 161.8 +1'13.600
16 71 Claudio CORTI ITA NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 160.8 +1'29.444
17 70 Michael LAVERTY GBR Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 160.5 +1'34.341
18 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 160.5 +1'34.683
Not Classified
5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 161.9 7 Laps
9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 160.5 10 Laps
6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 164.8 14 Laps
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 162.4 18 Laps
67 Bryan STARING AUS GO&FUN Honda Gresini FTR Honda 149.2 21 Laps
17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing ART 0 Lap

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics

[Bundy]

Apr 8, 2013 21:01:33 GMT 10 HDT05 said:

Yamaha 1-2!!!!!! - Stoked!

Great win by Lorenzo! Class of his own.

Awesome fight between Rossi and Marquez, loved that battle! - who said Rossi didn't have it still

Pedrosa really struggled and it was good to see his teammate kick his arse first race in. Honda is still faster as always down the straights, something I hate about the Yamaha. But a great race hope it continues !!


COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR
MotoGP Race Classification 2013 
Doha, Sunday, April 07, 2013
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 166.4 42'39.802
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 166.0 +5.990
3 16 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.0 +6.201
4 13 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 165.8 +9.473
5 11 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 165.2 +18.764
6 10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 165.0 +22.148
7 9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 164.8 +24.355
8 8 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 164.8 +24.920
9 7 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 164.0 +37.124
10 6 11 Ben SPIES USA Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 163.5 +44.908
11 5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 163.2 +49.809
12 4 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 162.8 +56.495
13 3 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Blusens FTR 162.0 +1'09.599
14 2 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Paul Bird Motorsport ART 161.9 +1'10.742
15 1 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Avintia Blusens FTR 161.8 +1'13.600
16 71 Claudio CORTI ITA NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 160.8 +1'29.444
17 70 Michael LAVERTY GBR Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 160.5 +1'34.341
18 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 160.5 +1'34.683
Not Classified
5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 161.9 7 Laps
9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 160.5 10 Laps
6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 164.8 14 Laps
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 162.4 18 Laps
67 Bryan STARING AUS GO&FUN Honda Gresini FTR Honda 149.2 21 Laps
17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing ART 0 Lap

www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics

I missed it

Saw the moto3 and moto2 races though and shame for Ant West that he fell off considering that it was the home race for his main sponsor...

But well done Lorenzo - Honda will be licking their wounds after that one

[crikey]

Apr 8, 2013 21:01:33 GMT 10 HDT05 said:

Awesome fight between Rossi and Marquez, loved that battle! - who said Rossi didn't have it still

Bundy did ;D

[Bundy]

Apr 8, 2013 21:59:15 GMT 10 crikey said:

Apr 8, 2013 21:01:33 GMT 10 HDT05 said:

Awesome fight between Rossi and Marquez, loved that battle! - who said Rossi didn't have it still

Bundy did ;D

But can he beat Lorenzo I think that was my point...

[HDT05]

Apr 8, 2013 22:31:02 GMT 10 Bundy said:

Apr 8, 2013 21:59:15 GMT 10 crikey said:

Bundy did ;D

But can he beat Lorenzo I think that was my point...

We'll have to wait to see...Mugello will be great!

[Bundy]

Apr 8, 2013 22:54:25 GMT 10 HDT05 said:

Apr 8, 2013 22:31:02 GMT 10 Bundy said:

But can he beat Lorenzo I think that was my point...

We'll have to wait to see...Mugello will be great!

Judging by the weekend's pace I reckon you'll have a great year regardless

[crikey]

Apr 8, 2013 22:31:02 GMT 10 Bundy said:

Apr 8, 2013 21:59:15 GMT 10 crikey said:

Bundy did ;D

But can he beat Lorenzo I think that was my point...

I know I have the same point Was just revving you up mate

All I can say is it was great to watch the way young Marquez went about his business in the GP, Hope he can keep Lorenzo honest like Stoner did.