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**R-series** · 01-31-2012, 02:03 PM

Latest Test times - courtesy www.crash.net

1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 2.406s (Lap 11/13)
2. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing 2m 2.465s (16/20)
3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda 2m 2.535s (25/26)
4. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team 2m 2.824s (17/22)
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 3.099s (15/15)
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP San Carlo Honda Gresini 2m 3.153s (21/21)
7. Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Test Rider 2m 3.418s (15/15)
8. Hector Barbera ESP Pramac Racing 2m 3.523s (16/16)
9. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team 2m 3.969s (19/19)
10. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda 2m 4.175s (19/19)
11. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing 2m 4.863s (18/18)
12. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2m 4.996s (3/3)
13. Franco Battaini ITA Ducati Test Rider 2m 5.292s (8/12)
14. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda 2m 7.163s (1/4)
15. Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (Suter-BMW CRT) 2m 10.501s (6/8)
16. Ivan Silva ESP Avintia Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 2m 11.267s (12/12)
17. Jordi Torres ESP Avintia Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 2m 12.816s (13/20)

Came to know Casey's not testing anymore after 4 laps due to an old back injury.
Dukes and Yammies seem to be (..in Casey's) back

**prabhubravo** · 01-31-2012, 03:34 PM

1Jorge LorenzoYamaha Factory Racing2:01.657--
2Ben SpiesYamaha Factory Racing2:02.383+0.726+0.72625
3Dani PedrosaRepsol Honda Team2:02.433+0.050+0.77638
4Hector BarberaPramac Racing Team2:02.7730.340+1.11625
5Valentino RossiDucati Team2:02.824+0.051+1.

**pushkarb** · 01-31-2012, 05:11 PM

The CRTs are 7 seconds off!

Something to worry about. I don't think Sepang track is ideal for a CRT, lets see what tomorrow has to tell us. About the electronics, Spalders recommends a basic-kit for sale from the Factory teams.

Vale is looking good. Atleast they seem to have the path to take this time.

The Official twitter accounts of Yamaha MotoGP and Repsol Honda MotoGP are having a jibe at each other

:

YamahaMotoGP: @HRC_MotoGP can Casey come out to play tomorrow?

HRC_MotoGP: @YamahaMotoGP yeah sure, once you've cleaned up the track for him…. ;-)

Yamaha MotoGP
@HRC_MotoGP 4 Yamahas in the top 6, consider the track cleaned )

Repsol Honda Team
@YamahaMotoGP mighty kind of you gents.. thanks.

**prabhubravo** · 02-01-2012, 02:04 AM

^^ the twits were funny...
Ducati looks to be on path...

Stoner was disappointing.. He pulled a back in the morning during his 20 minutes warm up! WTF was he doing in the winter break.. Hibernating?

**TheRedPill** · 02-01-2012, 11:39 AM

It's not looking pretty for the CRTs except for the ART in Valencia. Teams in Sepang haven't been able to test properly due to technical problems...I hope they fix the issues and test.

Colin's team also started testing on 2012 bike today only.

**TheRedPill** · 02-01-2012, 04:51 PM

According to the motogp.com's homepage. Ben has smoked everybody on the field and clocked 1.58.150

1Spies B.1:58.150
2Stoner C.+2.745
3Lorenzo J.+2.918
4Pedrosa D.+3.358
5Crutchlow C.+3.415
6Barbera H.+3.638
7Rossi V.+3.736
8Bautista A.+3.783
9Dovizioso A.+4.010
10Hayden N.+4.204

Superb if true. Forget everybody else and lookout of Speeez

this season

Edit: Corrected times are up. End of day 2

0 Casey Stoner 2:00.895 - - 29
1 Ben Spies 2:01.052 +0.157 +0.157 37
2 Jorge Lorenzo 2:01.068 +0.016 +0.173 40
3 Dani Pedrosa 2:01.508 +0.440 +0.613 35
4 Cal Crutchlow 2:01.565 +0.057 +0.670 42
5 Hector Barbera 2:01.788 +0.223 +0.893 50
6 Valentino Rossi 2:01.886 +0.098 +0.991 44
7 Alvaro Bautista 2:01.933 +0.047 +1.038 46
8 Andrea Dovizioso 2:02.160 +0.227 +1.265 42
9 Nicky Hayden 2:02.354 +0.194 +1.459 41
10 Stefan Bradl 2:02.414 +0.060 +1.519 41

**suren** · 02-01-2012, 06:11 PM

One of the cleanest designs in GP now ! CE is gettin faster ! if he reaches 2:03:00 thats a job well done ! Right now mid 2:05 s

**kingkong** · 02-02-2012, 02:21 AM

times are no surprise..., guess everybody would post their fastest times tomorrow...,

could this year be a Spies-Stoner battle..., should be phenomenal...

**prabhubravo** · 02-02-2012, 02:30 AM

I would be more interested to see where is Ped lining up with the yamahas. If he splits the yamahas today then Honda and Yamaha are on par.. else Yamaha will be the best bike and hard to beat this year...

CE should be closer to the satellites today...

**TheRedPill** · 02-02-2012, 10:35 AM

As expected Stoner did a 1.59 in his second lap in the morning.

1Stoner C.1:59.607
2Pedrosa D.+0.649
3Spies B.+0.978
4Lorenzo J.+1.010
5Rossi V.+1.217
6Barbera H.+1.322
7Crutchlow C.+1.501
8Dovizioso A.+1.650
9Bautista A.+1.777
10Hayden N.+2.122

Rossi still 1.2 seconds behind but not too behind lorenzo, spies and dani as well which is good.
But keep in mind Dovi and Hayden are still recovering from their injuries. Their timing should improve once they are fully fit.

**kingkong** · 02-02-2012, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by prabhubravo View Post

I would be more interested to see where is Ped lining up with the yamahas. If he splits the yamahas today then Honda and Yamaha are on par.. else Yamaha will be the best bike and hard to beat this year...

CE should be closer to the satellites today...

Originally posted by TheRedPill View Post

As expected Stoner did a 1.59 in his second lap in the morning.

Rossi still 1.2 seconds behind but not too behind lorenzo, spies and dani as well which is good.
But keep in mind Dovi and Hayden are still recovering from their injuries. Their timing should improve once they are fully fit.

this settles it..., the Honda seems to be the best bike out there at the moment...,

Rossi should finish +0.5 (casey) if he expects to challenge him...,

there might be another factor for dani being slower for past two days.. here..., Dani's smaller size means he might not be as comfortable as on 800s.., particularly while exiting corners where even bigger riders are complaining..., he would take his time to ride around that....,

EDIT:

2012 Sepang 1 MotoGP Test Day 2 Round Up: Work Starts In Earnest, And Ezpeleta Talks 2013 | MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks

http://motomatters.com/analysis/2012/02/02/2012_sepang_1_motogp_test_day_2_round_up.html

At Ducati, the euphoria had dissipated, but the warm glow remained. Valentino Rossi was a little more realistic about his situation after his second day on the bike, saying that the new bike had solved half of the four or five major problems that the old machine had. He reiterated once again that the biggest problem was solved, however, the front end feel was vastly improved, the situation incomparable to the false dawns he had seen in 2011 with the various chassis changes. To illustrate his point, Rossi posted two photos on his Twitter feed, one from 2011 and one from 2012, taken at the same point, Turn 3. The 2012 photo shows him leaned over further, with the back stepped out further, and no longer perched stiffly atop the bike like a learner.

**prabhubravo** · 02-02-2012, 01:37 PM

1Stoner C.Repsol Honda Team1:59.607
2Lorenzo J.Yamaha Factory Racing+0.591
3Pedrosa D.Repsol Honda Team+0.649
4Spies B.Yamaha Factory Racing+0.888

@kingkong: Yup this is what I was expecting... Presure on Ped though!

**TheRedPill** · 02-02-2012, 03:11 PM

Originally posted by suren View Post

One of the cleanest designs in GP now ! CE is gettin faster ! if he reaches 2:03:00 thats a job well done ! Right now mid 2:05 s

No pics of other CRTs in action?
The chassis is from Suter right? Looks very well finished product from them

@king: Yup 7kgs increase in bike weight isn't small for the smallest rider

Lorenzo's blog: "It hurts me up to my eyebrows" after 4 months away riding a motogp bike.

**prabhubravo** · 02-02-2012, 03:23 PM

....Also he never had the best of the equipment to support,he raced 4 d inferior KTMs during 125s compared 2 hondas & aprilias used by Dani,Lorenzo& Rossi,not being an Italian or Spanish didnt help either.The Stoners lived like Gypsies living inan RV driving 4rom track 2 track.Daryl Beattie said he remembers stoner selling T shirts during raceday to fund his racing.46,being a son of successful GP racer(Graziano) didnt have 2 go through what 27 went through

hmmm.... its all hard work... isnt it...!

**kingkong** · 02-02-2012, 03:50 PM

Originally posted by TheRedPill View Post

No pics of other CRTs in action?
The chassis is from Suter right? Looks very well finished product from them

@king: Yup 7kgs increase in bike weight isn't small for the smallest rider

Lorenzo's blog: "It hurts me up to my eyebrows" after 4 months away riding a motogp bike.

hope the sponsors/colors don't spoil the look of the bike...,

almost every rider reflects lorenzo's sentiments..., maybe its the long break..., maybe its the extra horsepower...

Originally posted by prabhubravo View Post

hmmm.... its all hard work... isnt it...!

yes..., read quite a lot about casey in "ring of fire"..., it has been a tough road.., lots of sacrifices by both him and his parents.., his and davies's family used to live together in a RV..., but then that all is what makes casey what he is today...,

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