Qatar Test results

[Gazza]

Ben Spies continues to impress. Once again at a circuit he's never ridden before.

1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 55.353 sec [Fri]
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1min 55.402 sec [Thu]
3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 1min 55.879 sec [Fri]
4. Ben Spies USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1min 55.954 sec [Thu]
5. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 56.115 sec [Fri]
6. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 56.195 sec [Fri]
7. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team 1min 56.504 sec [Fri]
8. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 1min 56.504 sec [Fri]
9. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1min 56.540 sec [Thu]
10. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 1min 56.767 sec [Fri]
11. Aleix Espargaro SPA Pramac Racing 1min 56.897 sec [Fri]
12. Alvaro Bautista SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 56.898 sec [Fri]
13. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1min 56.935 sec [Fri]
14. Marco Melandri ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1min 57.222 sec [Fri]
15. Hector Barbera SPA Paginas Amarillas Ducati 1min 57.223 sec [Fri]
16. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1min 57.251 sec [Fri]
17. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1min 57.379 sec [Fri]

[Coddy]

Ben Spies continues to impress. Once again at a circuit he's never ridden before.

I take it the Superpole he got in 2009 WSB round, along with winning both races means he wasn't there?

Stoner will win the race, again. Good to see Hayden has got to grips with the glorified Fiat (in practice at least).

[Gazza]

Ben Spies continues to impress. Once again at a circuit he's never ridden before.

I take it the Superpole he got in 2009 WSB round, along with winning both races means he wasn't there?

Stoner will win the race, again. Good to see Hayden has got to grips with the glorified Fiat (in practice at least).

Oops. I meant to say 'never ridden an M1 before' ........ Honest

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/157830 ... debut.html

[steve]

Stoner will win the race

hopefully not

[Gazza]

Stoner will win the race

hopefully not

I think Coddy's right. Stoner will be back with a vengeance this year and he really likes Qatar.

[huffanpuff]

stoner was gunning it for sure, until he washed out with no vid coverage, honda have some grunt this year with their bikes out running Yamaha and Ducati on te straights, rossi was lucky to be honest to take 1st lorenzo had a cracking run and ben spies done well on his 1st out, i think stoner will take the title this year albeit maybe a slim margin but he'll do it.
was a great dog fight between dovi and lorenzo, hope the season is a close race

[Gazza]

Stoner shat a brick the first time he went past the pits and his pit board said ...'Rossi 2nd'

He gunned it and crashed 4 corners later. Still unable to take the pressure it seems. Had he continued doing what he was already doing I think he'd have probably won.

Vale is the master of getting into the other riders heads.

[Borntobewild]

Brilliant race and start to the season. Let's hope all the others are as exciting as this one was. What a finish eh?

[IZINBARD]

Thanks to Gazza and some internet software purchases and the good old Beeb, I finally managed to see the race.

It downloaded at 1.7kbs

I have tried to tag the file to this post but it is probably too big. Edit. Yep too big