Yooperbikemike's 2013 MotoGP Thread

[DC2wheels]

Just saw a short clip of MM on the RC213V (MotoGP site)

He looks like he is riding his Moto2 bike- looks comfortable.

He almost had his elbow down.

[yooperbikemike]

Valencia test -- Day 2

1	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1:32.322
2	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	1:32.671	0.349	0.349
3	19	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:32.813	0.491	0.142
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	1:32.956	0.634	0.143
5	6	Alvaro Bautista	Honda	1:33.109	0.787	0.153
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1:33.238	0.916	0.129
7	14	Marc Marquez	Honda	1:33.403	1.081	0.165
8	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Test	1:33.625	1.303	0.222
9	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	1:33.833	1.511	0.208
10	93	Randy De Puniet	ART	1:34.081	1.759	0.248
11	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	1:34.538	2.216	0.457
12	17	Karel Abraham	ART	1:35.309	2.987	0.771
13	9	Danilo Petrucci	Suter BMW	1:35.403	3.081	0.094
14	8	Hector Barbera	FTR Kawasaki	1:39.248	6.926	3.845
15	41	Aleix Espargaro	ART	1:43.517	11.195	4.269
16	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	FTR Kawasaki
17	71	Claudio Corti	FTR Kawasaki
18	5	Colin Edwards	FTR Kawasaki

[mdubya]

I wonder if Piro and Iannone had the latest spec Ducs to test.

Also, I thought Krop said Preziosi was going to speak today. Did I miss it?

[maloosik]

What did I miss about Colin on an FTR Kawi?

[mdubya]

Originally Posted by AziFarniBBC

Rossi on 2010 M1 vs 2013 M1 "It's more powerful obviously as a 1000cc bike, but the rest is fundamentally the same"

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[mdubya]

[mdubya]

Selling his soul.

[Parx400]

Give the poor kid a Factory bike.

[mdubya]

Originally Posted by Parx400

Give the poor kid a Factory bike.

I am pretty sure that is what he has signed on for in that photo.

[Pecha72]

MM is 1.1 secs behind Pedro. On his first time EVER aboard the bike. Shouldn't get too excited about some test laptimes, and first race is light years away. But that won't cool the media frenzy around him, that's for sure.

[Crisis management]

Good news for Stefan, he deserves the support, I'm very impressed with Marquez, maybe my predictions of "getting up to speed over his first season" area bit off!
What about Aragon? Only rumour I can find so far is about Jorge falling off his bike?

Fron the MotoGP site:

"Elsewhere, the Yamaha Factory Racing duo of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi had a difficult session at their test in Aragón, which was marred with rain and a crash for Lorenzo. Lorenzo was fortunately unhurt in the crash. Rossi commented afterwards that he was happy with the bike, and that apart from the increase in power, not much had changed from the last time he rode the 800cc bike in 2010."

[DC2wheels]

Originally Posted by mdubya

I am pretty sure that is what he has signed on for in that photo.

Wonder if it is as "factory" as MM's

[mdubya]

Originally Posted by DC2wheels

Wonder if it is as "factory" as MM's

And MM and Pedrosa will wonder who is getting the good stuff too.

I heard some interesting stuff suggesting that Spies did not have the same spec bike as Lorenzo this year.

Remember 2006 when Hayden was stuck on the 'lab' bike even though he was leading the championship and far preferred the standard factory bike?

[Codewheeney]

After watching the Moto2 race from Valencia, I'm really excited to see Marquez in GP this year. The dude is an aggressive passer, it'll be great to see him mixing it up with whomever he's racing with.

After one of MM's hard passes, the guys on Eurosport were wondering what would happen if he pulled such a move against Colin Edwards* Could be some fireworks, hopefully it's kept clean but aggressive.

JC

* I'd be ecstatic if CE ends up any where near racing MM in 2013.

[dontlr]

Originally Posted by yooperbikemike

Caption Contest

If you're going to be my teammate you've got to loose that silly scarf