Very simple reason bro. No rider could push on the last turn before the straight. Reason being that there was water seeping through the track, from the previous nights rainfall. So everyone was going real slow in the last sector. Even top speeds were down because they could not get the drive out of the last corner.

Edit: Colin Edwards might have fractured in a crash in Qualifying. Damn..

I just hate when someone crashes this bad. Guess a collar bone injury again .
Hope they get well soon.
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Speez, Man wat bad luck, 3 times his hotlap was blocked.

Barbera set his fastest on his 5th lap. Howz the bike working well for him, in terms of laptimes? On - Tow?
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Qualifying times:

1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 37.188s
2. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 37.201s
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 1m 37.289s
4. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 1m 37.466s
5. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 1m 37.723s
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP San Carlo Honda Gresini (RC213V) 1m 37.917s
7. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 1m 37.943s
8. Hector Barbera ESP Pramac Racing (GP12) 1m 38.006s
9. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team (GP12) 1m 38.059s
10. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP12) 1m 38.253s
11. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) 1m 38.265s
12. Aleix Espargaro ESP Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 1m 39.353s
13. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (GP12) 1m 39.398s
14. Randy De Puniet FRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 1m 39.586s
15. Yonny Hernandez COL Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 1m 40.029s
16. Michele Pirro ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT) 1m 40.225s
17. Mattia Pasini ITA Speed Master (ART CRT) 1m 40.387s
18. Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (Suter-BMW CRT) 1m 40.964s
19. James Ellison GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) 1m 41.394s
20. Danilo Petrucci ITA Came IodaRacing (Ioda-Aprilia CRT) 1m 41.486s
21. Ivan Silva ESP Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 1m 41.490s

Fastest practice time:
Dani Pedrosa ESP Honda 1m 37.326s (FP3)

Official Estoril records:
Best lap:
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha 1m 35.715s (2008)
Fastest race lap:
Dani Pedrosa ESP Honda 1m 36.937s (2009)

How abt that:
Rattrapage Ivan Silva Estoril 5/5/12 MotoGP - YouTube

^^ That video is scary!!
Parental Guidance adviced!

But, that was for Friday, right? I was under the assumption that it 'd have dried by Sat. Let's see how it goes.

Interesting views there, Skynight and Caberz.

However, motomatters (Check the link in the previous page - my post) speculates the Desmos to be churning out 285bhp! I don't think there's rule that limits the bhp figures! Duc has the highest in the paddock. And that's why most cannot handle the Desmo! Aggressive power delivery!

Attachment 1:
Scott Jones Photography:
Attachment 2:
Martin Heath Photo.com: Estoril 2012


I think - He can still ride at his best and be among the fastest riders of this planet easily.

^^ correction dude, Killed won't be the right word. It was an accident.

Estoril Race Results

1. Casey Stoner AUS Repsol Honda (RC213V) 45m 37.513s
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 45m 38.934s
3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 45m 41.134s
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 45m 51.359s
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 45m 54.203s
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP San Carlo Honda Gresini (RC213V) 45m 59.397s
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Ducati Team (GP12) 46m 4.310s
8. Ben Spies USA Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 46m 10.775s
9. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGp (RC213V) 46m 13.380s
10. Hector Barbera ESP Pramac Racing (GP12) 46m 30.876s
11. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP12) 46m 40.143s
12. Aleix Espargaro ESP Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 46m 58.249s
13. Randy De Puniet FRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 47m 0.996s
14. Michele Pirro ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT) 47m 15.418s
15. Danilo Petrucci ITA Came IodaRacing (Ioda-Aprilia CRT) 46m 1.358s

DNF:
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (GP12)
James Ellison GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT)
Yonny Hernandez COL Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)
Mattia Pasini ITA Speed Master (ART CRT)
Ivan Silva ESP Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)

I didnt notice. So many Deleted messages .

To be frank it was a boring race. Stoner won the race by the end of first lap. Rossi was good and he seemed very very happy with the result, why woudnt he, Hayden was 36 seconds behind Rossi, I heard he wasnt keeping well, but what a difference a week makes. Now if only Ducati get that new milder more manageable new engine ASAP. I am sure Rossi will sleep well tonight. Spies should be concerned about his factory ride for next year, crutchlow can smell that factory seat.

I am missing the Rossi, Lorenzo, Casey dog fights. To sum it up today's race felt like a procession.

Average and Top speed of top five finishers :-

Casey STONER-Average- 328.8 kmph, Top Speed-329.2 kmph
Jorge LORENZO-Average-327.2 kmph,Top Speed-327.8 kmph
Dani PEDROSA-Average-329.2 kmph,Top Speed-330.2 kmph
Andrea DOVIZIOSO-Average-327.0 kmph,Top Speed-328.3 kmph
Cal CRUTCHLOW-Average-327.9 kmph,Top Speed-330.6 kmph

Rossi was in 1.38 25/28 laps

More Updates 2morrow??

Spies. pure bad luck.

I have a vague theory regarding this but .......... I am too scared to post

Boring Motogp race. Reminded me of the 800s.

Amazing moto 2 and moto 3 races. Heart stopping last lap skirmishes. Awesome stuff.

Only positive thing for rossi is that his qualifying lap times are within one second of the leader. Next step will be to further reduce it to less than 0.5 secs in next race. The progress will be slow but atleast now there is a ray of hope.

Really sorry bro. That was actually the Jerez timing which was posted by mistake.

One of the best capture of yesterdays race