Heres the times from Sepang, nice 2 c the rizla bikes up top, casey only 10th



1. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2min 2.277 secs
2. Chris Vermulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2min 3.049 secs
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Factory Yamaha Team 2min 3.184 secs
4. Colin Edwards USA Factory Yamaha Team 2min 3.337 secs
5. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 2min 3.413 secs
6. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 2min 3.538 secs
7. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 2min 3.542 secs
8. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 2min 3.620 secs
9. Makoto Tamada JBR Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 3.785 secs
10. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 2min 3.944 secs
11. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 2min 4.003 secs
12. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 2min 4.011 secs
13. Kenny Roberts USA Team Roberts 2min 4.088 secs
14. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR 2min 4.101 secs
15. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda 2min 4.138 secs
16. Marco Melandri ITA Hannspree Honda 2min 4.270 secs
17. Shinichi Ito JPN Ducati Marlboro Team 2min 4.641 secs
18. Toni Elias SPA Hannspree Honda 2min 4.710 secs
19. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 2min 4.718 secs
20. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Tech 3 Yamaha 2min 7.403 secs

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some interesting times.

Ginters right at the bottom

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ummm not sure

Early days yet but promising to see the Rizla boys at the top of the leaderboard. I'm sure Rossi and Hayden will be working hard before the start of the season to get to the front of the leaderboard but with these new bikes who knows who will be quick at the start of the season.

Couldn't help but notice that there was no Ilmor machine testing today, any reason for this?

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Looked for ilmor news but could see anything.

Here's day 2's times

1. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 1.806 secs
2. Colin Edwards USA Factory Yamaha Team (M) 2min 1.930 secs
3. Chris Vermulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 2.275 secs
4. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 2min 2.538 secs
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Factory Yamaha Team (M) 2min 2.619 secs
6. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 2min 2.793 secs
7. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 2min 2.806 secs
8. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 2min 2.948 secs
9. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 2min 3.098 secs
10. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 2min 3.190 secs
11. Marco Melandri ITA Gresini Honda (B) 2min 3.253 secs
12. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 2min 3.633 secs
13. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 2min 3.681 secs
14. Shinichi Ito JPN Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 2min 3.700 secs
15. Kenny Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 2min 3.800 secs
16. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 2min 3.895 secs
17. Toni Elias SPA Gresini Honda (B) 2min 4.124 secs
18. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 2min 4.171 secs
19. Makoto Tamada JBR Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 2min 4.350 secs
20. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 2min 4.892 secs

Preety much the same, always nice to compare. Colin up in 2nd is good news, hope he can win a race this season after coming so close at assen

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appsolutely edwards deserves at least 1 win this year.

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ummm not sure

He's deserved wins right from when he joined moto gp but has never had a bike capable of doing it. It finally seems that Yamaha have caught up and the fact that Colin is so quick at the mo suggests rossi's going to walk the title!

Interesting though is that the yams arnt suited to a track liek sepang at all. Those positions are what you'd expect at a twisty track like assen rather than a high speed circuit like sepang. Having said that, theres a lot of mighty quick corners at sepang that we all know suits the yamaha!

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And some very past corners at assen to

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Yer but you have got feel that the track at Assen was far better in its old guise and not the one used last season

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You wont find anyone in the world who agrees that this version of Assen is better. Well, actually, it could argued that maybe its better for cars now as passing is possible into turn 1, more so than before at least. But generally they've ruined it!

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I won't say ruined it, it's still a good track, imo. It's just not as good as it was. It's a shame assen was one of the very best curcuits and now it's just above average. Compared to Shanghai for exapmle assen is still much better, again imo.

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ummm not sure

yeah but shanghai is a new circuit. All the old tracks are the best, assen, spa, old hockinheim,monza,

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that is (mostly) true, there are one or two new ones that are good. (or that I like)









btw matt nice post count 865 at the moment!

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ummm not sure

Indeed, Turkey is fantastic for example

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Yeah Istanbul is a great track, the races their last year were superb, espcially 250

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the end of the 250 race was amazing. Was it de punier that almost crashed on the last lap? Very scary!

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ummm not sure