Lone Rider

I see it going the way of testing time sheets....,Bunch of Hondas leading a Bunch of Yamahas, trailed by Rossi and Hayden then comes the CRT machines.
Dani or Casey taking the whole deal.
Hope not but it appears the Hondas are too much again.
Sigh...,it aint working out for Rossi and Ben just might have enuf for the Aliens on good machines. Close but this year.

MotoGP Sepang Test, Malaysia
Session 3 as of 18:00 - 01/03/12 Analysis
Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team 2:00.473 - - 34
2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2:00.648 +0.175 +0.175 40
3 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:00.802 +0.154 +0.329 54
4 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 2:00.877 +0.075 +0.404 51
5 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:00.986 +0.109 +0.513 54
6 Hector Barbera Pramac Racing Team 2:01.231 +0.245 +0.758 66
7 Alvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:01.275 +0.044 +0.802 51
8 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.432 +0.157 +0.959 28
9 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda 2:01.492 +0.060 .019 54
10 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team 2:01.550 +0.058 .077 57
11 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 2:01.609 +0.059 .136 44
12 Franco Battaini Cardion AB Motoracing 2:03.490 .881 +3.017 39
13 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing 2:03.681 +0.191 +3.208 43
14 Yonny Hern?ndez Avintia Racing 2:06.632 +2.951 +6.159 48
15 Ivan Silva Avintia Racing 2:06.785 +0.153 +6.312 53
Session 2 as of 18:00 - 29/02/12 Analysis
Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.285 - - 35
2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 2:01.293 +0.008 +0.008 26
3 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:01.522 +0.229 +0.237 18
4 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:01.695 +0.173 +0.410 22
5 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 2:01.748 +0.053 +0.463 39
6 Hector Barbera Pramac Racing Team 2:01.989 +0.241 +0.704 26
7 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team 2:02.130 +0.141 +0.845 18
8 Franco Battaini Cardion AB Motoracing 2:03.566 .436 +2.281 20
9 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing 2:05.816 +2.250 +4.531 14
10 Ivan Silva Avintia Racing 2:07.532 .716 +6.247 39
11 Yonny Hern?ndez Avintia Racing 2:08.213 +0.681 +6.928 26
Session 1 as of 18:00 - 28/02/12 Analysis
Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team 2:01.761 - - 16
2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2:02.005 +0.244 +0.244 36
3 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing 2:02.436 +0.431 +0.675 22
4 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing 2:02.819 +0.383 .058 31
5 Alvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:02.959 +0.140 .198 24
6 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team 2:03.132 +0.173 .371 55
7 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:03.213 +0.081 .452 27
8 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team 2:03.245 +0.032 .484 39
9 Hector Barbera Pramac Racing Team 2:03.612 +0.367 .851 24
10 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda 2:03.820 +0.208 +2.059 31
11 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:03.830 +0.010 +2.069 23
12 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing 2:05.510 .680 +3.749 25
13 Franco Battaini Cardion AB Motoracing 2:05.563 +0.053 +3.802 11
14 Ivan Silva Avintia Racing 2:08.109 +2.546 +6.348 32
15 Yonny Hernández Avintia Racing 2:08.767 +0.658 +7.006 16

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Murdercycle

I really want Spies to win it!
'MERICA!
or maybe a satellite team.

...but i think casey is pretty infallible.

And i think like most people, I really hope Vale is competitive this year.

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750Rider

When the limited amount of fuel comes into play, most of the bike lap times will be slower

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Buckwheat

Rider strength & endurance will be more important now too.

...so yeah, Spies will give some more close finishes much like what we saw at Valencia last season. And probably Stoner for the championship again?

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PeteN95

Hard to bet against Stoner, but it should be closer this year. I think Spies will be tough over the full race distance, as he has show he can manage his tires well (thanks, Matt!). I also think the Duc will be closer, but not sure about the top of the podium? It will be very interesting to see the CRTs, how close they can get, and whether they get more "help"?

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fastfoodfred

The best thing ducati had going for them was Stoner. Now they have two chumps. Stoner is going to have nearly a perfect season, with only Pedrosa able to occassionally beat him. Spies and George will tie for third. The rest do not matter, all losers.

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LSeca

Pedro will have the fuel advantage on the factory bikes, it will come into play more this year.

Honda takes 1st and 2nd.
Jl 3rd
Rossi 4th

Edwards gets one podium and the only CRT bike to do it all year.

My predictions.

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clay8898

Spies is gonna do things this season.

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TamiJean

As much as i like the yamaha boys stoner looks strong again. Ducati and crt will make podiums if the yamahas and hondas all crash out.

I can see it now. Top 3 comes into crt lapped traffic and crash happens. Rossi ftw

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mulletman

Jorge wins his second title. If you look at the numbers, he's just way too consistent over a race-distance. I doubt anyone else has the pace to stay with him for the entire season, barring injury.

Casey second, Dani third. Then Spies/Dovi/Rossi in no particular order.

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SiCC

consistently slower than stoner on a honda.

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racinjason44

Stoner takes it all, anyone on a CRT bike may as well be riding an EX500.

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Lone Rider

I see the top 4-5 flashing away at the start of a race and then cruising for the win if fuel becomes a issue.
The CRT's might be competitive somewhere in the future, but the riders will not be in the same league...., ever.
Dorna's Carmelo Ezpeleta wants them to be competitive and will work against the factories wishes to make this happen, but there wont be enough fast racers to compete against the Factory guys.
I doubt a CRT bike will ever see the top of the podium and rarely be in the top 5.
As far as Ben....,sigh....,I really want to see him win it all, but not til the Yamaha in the equal of the Honda and then.....,just maybe.

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racinjason44

If ALL the the bikes, CRT or factory, ran the same spec ECU they could do a lot to bridge the gap. Right now with computers being such a big force in racing the team with the best army of laptop junkies is at a pretty big advantage.

Force everyone to run an affordable ($10,000??) spec Magnetti Marelli ECU with limited TC and data acquisition features, then you will put the CRT, satellite, and factory teams a lot closer together. It would also save money on engine development, especially since they are 1000cc bikes. You can only use the power you can put down to the ground. Without the super advanced electronics the difference between a 230 hp bike and a 250 hp bike will be pretty much nill.

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LSeca

There has been talk of a spec ecu, like in F1. I think the CRT teams will get more advantages as the season goes by. Well see...

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Buckwheat

Stoner has yet to test race simulation distance. Yet Jorgays comments regarding his simulation make me question if Danny Boy can go the distance.

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Norainy

The sparce starting grid will be the end to this orginization, but in the meantime. Rossi on the new Duc will win what, his 15th championship?

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mulletman

That's funny, because the man that runs HRC disagrees with you.

http://www.gpone.com/index.php/en/20...-fa-paura.html

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