Second race of the season, the Suzuki's are showing early speed again, albeit in a wet session (drying towards the end, still about 3 seconds off last years pace).

1 Alex Barros - Camel Honda - Honda RC211V - 1:40.260
2 John Hopkins - Team Suzuki MotoGP - Suzuki GSV-R - 1:40.375
3 Valentino Rossi - Gauloises Yamaha Team - Yamaha YZR-M1 - 1:40.614
4 Sete Gibernau - Team Movistar Honda - Honda RC211V - 1:40.693
5 Kenny Roberts Jnr. - Team Suzuki MotoGP - Suzuki GSV-R - 1:41.500

http://www.superbikeplanet.com...a.htm

Nice to see Sete is on pace and presumably racing with the hurt shoulder. Personally I hope Hopkins is able to stay on pace all weekend, and Nicky can stay on track, so there can be an American on the podium.

Brian

 

Nicky needs to do well; good luck to him

 

Colin needs to get his head out of his *** and start riding

 

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Ask, and ye shall receive. Second Practice times:

1 Alex Barros - Camel Honda - Honda RC211V - 1:38.516
2 Sete Gibernau - Team Movistar Honda - Honda RC211V - 1:39.065
3 Nicky Hayden - Repsol Honda Team - Honda RC211V - 1:39.072
4 Colin Edwards - Gauloises Yamaha Team - Yamaha YZR-M1 - 1:39.144
5 Carlos Checa - Ducati Marlboro Team - Ducati Desmosedici GP-5 - 1:39.200

Ducati finally finds some speed, Suzuki......... doesn't

http://www.superbikeplanet.com...b.htm

Brian

 

Gibernau has yet to land a podium spot in Estoril so that will be interesting to see. Should be a great race overall .

 

Good to see that Nicky seems to have rebounded quickly. Hopefully he will have the confidence and patients to do well in the race. He has already showed he can lay down some fast laps.

 

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Prelim numbers usually never hold up. Just wait till saturday and we'll see.

 

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I thought he had the flu?

 

Hopkins had the flu last week

Brian

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Brian*STi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Second race of the season, the Suzuki's are showing early speed again, albeit in a wet session (drying towards the end, still about 3 seconds off last years pace).

1 Alex Barros - Camel Honda - Honda RC211V - 1:40.260
2 John Hopkins - Team Suzuki MotoGP - Suzuki GSV-R - 1:40.375
3 Valentino Rossi - Gauloises Yamaha Team - Yamaha YZR-M1 - 1:40.614
4 Sete Gibernau - Team Movistar Honda - Honda RC211V - 1:40.693
5 Kenny Roberts Jnr. - Team Suzuki MotoGP - Suzuki GSV-R - 1:41.500

http://www.superbikeplanet.com...a.htm

Nice to see Sete is on pace and presumably racing with the hurt shoulder. Personally I hope Hopkins is able to stay on pace all weekend, and Nicky can stay on track, so there can be an American on the podium.

Brian</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'd love to see the look on Scwantz's face if Hopkins pulls this off.

 

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I'd love to see the look on Scwantz's face if Hopkins pulls this off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Explain.

 

FINAL QUALIFYING

1 Alex Barros - Camel Honda - Honda RC211V - 1:37.202
2 Sete Gibernau - Team Movistar Honda - Honda RC211V - 1:37.329
3 Carlos Checa - Ducati Marlboro Team - Ducati Desmosedici GP-5 - 1:37.456
4 Valentino Rossi - Gauloises Yamaha Team - Yamaha YZR-M1 - 1:37.643
5 Marco Melandri - Team Movistar Honda - Honda RC211V - 1:37.835

Barros continues his domination of the charts this weekend. I guess Ducati found their pace, and I'm sure the fastest straight in MotoGP isn't hurting them either

Hayden is sitting in 9th........

http://www.superbikeplanet.com...f.htm

Brian

 

God, I wish I could watch this live. Should be another amazing race, I cannot wait! Go Honda, screw Rossi.

 

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Just 'cause Kevin has such close ties w/Suzuki. He's officially just an outside consultant now. Anyways.. I know he's totally root'n for Hopper.

 

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w00t!

I'd love to see sete and nicky on the same podium...without valentino.

 

Kind of a weird race as expected. The weather ruined a few days.

Hayden needs to get his **** together.