MotoGP Qatar Night Race----Podium Predictions??

paddy147

MotoGP and the Qatar Night Race is nearly upon us again.

Time to predict the podium places.

Im going for the following......


1st-Lorenzo
2nd-Marquez
3rd-Rossi.


And for Pedrosa to be either 4th or else crash out while trying to keep with Lorenzo,Marquez and Rossi.:pac::pac::D


Cal Crutchlow to be 4th or 5th (depending on Pedrosa) and Bradley Smith to crash out on his MotoGP debut.


Dovi on the Ducati to be an "also ran" and maybe finish 8th.

honeybadger

what time and channell is it on

paddy147

honeybadger wrote: »

what time and channell is it on

Live on BBC2 on Sunday night from 7:30pm.

MotoGP Race starts at 8pm.:D

serious3

lorenzo
marquez
rossi!
dovvi
bradders in 5th or 6th

jameshayes

Lorenzo
Cruthclow (not that I particularly want him there)
Dovi
Rossi

serious3

jameshayes wrote: »

Lorenzo
Cruthclow (not that I particularly want him there)
Dovi
Rossi

whats wrong with crutchlow?

KamiKazi

serious3 wrote: »

whats wrong with crutchlow?

+1

Crutchlow is fvckin gas

jameshayes

serious3 wrote: »

whats wrong with crutchlow?

just not a fan, some you like, others you don't... not a fan of dovi or lorenzo, or pedrosa actually, boring bastárd... actually, I think I only watch the GP for edwards, marquez(think he'll bin it this race) rossi and hayden

Qatar is a notoriously boring race, so I'll probably record it and watch it in fast forward to make it more interesting!

paddy147

jameshayes wrote: »

just not a fan, some you like, others you don't... not a fan of dovi or lorenzo, or pedrosa actually, boring bastárd... actually, I think I only watch the GP for edwards, marquez(think he'll bin it this race) rossi and hayden

Qatar is a notoriously boring race, so I'll probably record it and watch it in fast forward to make it more interesting!

Should Bradley Smith be there in Tech 3 aswell then????:pac::pac::pac:

paddy147

Top 12 grid places for tomorrows race....grid is now formed by overall timming from all the practice sessions

Dovi ahead of Rossi too.......Yikes.:eek::pac:

Top 12

1-Lorenzo
2-Cal
3-Pedrosa
4-Dovi
5-Bradl
6-Marquez
7-Rossi
8-Bautista
9-Smith
10-Iannone
11-Hayden
12-Espeagaro

kaimera

dani
jorge
cal

can't wait for the season to start

paddy147

3 minutes to race start....here we go.:D

paddy147

Told you Bradley Smith would crash out.:D

kaimera

any non flash streams for smartphones? poxy voice is on

paddy147

Carol Abraham on the Ducati is the 1st man to crash out of a race in 2013...so at least Bradley can be thankfull of that much.


Stefan Bradhl also just crashed.

paddy147

Go on Rossi...hes on a massive charge now.

paddy147

THE DOCTOR IS BACK.:D:D:D


Take that Ducati.:P:D



Lorenzo 1st

Rossi 2nd

Marquez 3rd

Pedrosa 4th.


Pedrossa must be gutted that he was hammered by his Rookie team mate Marquez.

daenerysstormborn3

That was some battle between Marquez and Rossi, so entertaining!

I thought they made carrying another rider a fine worthy offence after Doohan or Schwantz did it years ago?

Fiskar

paddy147 wrote: »

MotoGP and the Qatar Night Race is nearly upon us again.

Time to predict the podium places.

Im going for the following......


1st-Lorenzo
2nd-Marquez
3rd-Rossi.


And for Pedrosa to be either 4th or else crash out while trying to keep with Lorenzo,Marquez and Rossi.:pac::pac::D


Cal Crutchlow to be 4th or 5th (depending on Pedrosa) and Bradley Smith to crash out on his MotoGP debut.


Dovi on the Ducati to be an "also ran" and maybe finish 8th.

You had that almost bang on, fair play !

paddy147

pixiebean22 wrote: »

That was some battle between Marquez and Rossi, so entertaining!

I thought they made carrying another rider a fine worthy offence after Doohan or Schwantz did it years ago?

Imagine if Rossi hadnt have got crossed up earlier in the race and dropped down to 7th..he and Lorenzo would have been battling for the win.:D

Lorenzos parc ferme/pit lane interview to BBC2 was eh "diplomatic" shall we say.;)

paddy147

Fiskar wrote: »

You had that almost bang on, fair play !

Im actually scared by my own thoughts and mental ability now.:D

Fiskar

When is the next race?

daenerysstormborn3

Have to say, it's brilliant seeing Rossi back there. So happy and messing around etc. Delighted for him.

And yeah, fingers crossed we'll see some battling between Rossi and Lorenzo from now on.

Next race is in the US on 21st April.

nerrad1983

Great race and brilliant to see Rossi back in the mix:D

paddy147

Have we ever had a MotoGP world champ over the age of 30??

Would Rossi be the 1st then...if he were to do it this year?

Wonda-Boy

Absolutely gutted for Bradl I really was....cant believe it. You would have got no money in the bookies on Smith crashing out....that was always on the cards, he was a bundle of nerves chatting to the BBC just before the race, like a rabbit in the headlights. As for spies over the entire weekend he is a disaster ffs.

Great race and delighted someone new is in the mix up at the top but still not as exciting as WSB/BSB....Pedrosa was well off tonite all the same. He is alot better then that....

Great to see the season on again all the same.

paddy147

Hats off to Rossi for going so wide and off line down the start/finish straight to pass Cal.

The amount of sand and dust that Rossi threw up was unreal.

I actually thought that Rossis bike would slide out from under him at turn 1,due to all the dust he was kicking up and getting on his tyres.

He still has massive mental ability and race craft and he also showed Marquez that on the final lap too.


Hats off to Rossi and also hats off to Marquez for sticking it to Pedrosa too.

kaimera

jeez, did not expect that from Rossi or Marquez but props for the racing.

poor from Dani.

and Jorge? ffs, easy

one down, roll on Texas!

paddy147

Qatar Race Results.......


1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 42m 39.802s
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 42m 45.792s
3. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 42m 46.003s
4. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 42m 49.275s
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 42m 58.566s
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V) 43m 1.950s
7. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP13) 43m 4.157s
8. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP13) 43m 4.722s
9. Andrea Iannone ITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing (GP13) 43m 16.926s
10. Ben Spies USA Ignite Pramac Racing (GP13) 43m 24.710s
11. Aleix Espargaro ESP Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 43m 29.611s
12. Randy De Puniet FRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 43m 36.297s
13. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 43m 49.401s
14. Yonny Hernandez COL Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) 43m 50.544s
15. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 43m 53.402s
16. Claudio Corti ITA NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 44m 9.246s
17. Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM CRT)* 44m 14.143s
18. Lukas Pesek CZE Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)* 44m 14.485s
Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* DNF
Danilo Petrucci ITA Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)* DNF
Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) DNF
Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) DNF
Bryan Staring AUS Go&Fun Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT)* DNF
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (ART CRT) DNF
* Standard ECU.

Blondie919

Wow! Just finished watching the race, what an outstanding race by Rossi! I never thought I'd see him on a yamaha again but was I very happy to see him back where he belongs! That Marquez lad is damn good!!

KamiKazi

Well that race will shut all the nay sayers up

Rossi finished a mere 6 seconds behind Lorenzo, imagine if he had qualified higher and not went wide at turn 1 that time?

This is gonna be a great season

Max Headroom

Good race for a change...Rossi was the man of the match, but Marquez wasnt going to let him have it easy.....Lorenzo was well happy out front, pity he fcuked off so early....bummer for Cal and Bradl...glad Spies "finished" a race....
Although i never look on that circuit as a guage to the season....roll on Texas....

P.S. race of the weekend had to be the BSB 600's....wow....

KamiKazi

Max Headroom wrote: »

P.S. race of the weekend had to be the BSB 600's....wow....

Cracking racing alright.

Please Kill Me

KamiKazi wrote: »

Well that race will shut all the nay sayers up

You would think!! :rolleyes: But some people are just begrudging f**kers who hate to be proven wrong. If nothing else, that performance showed the problem was the Ducati all along, and not Rossi. Can't wait for COTA on the 21st!!

paddy147

Please Kill Me wrote: »

You would think!! :rolleyes: But some people are just begrudging f**kers who hate to be proven wrong. If nothing else, that performance showed the problem was the Ducati all along, and not Rossi. Can't wait for COTA on the 21st!!

Hayden obviously justs wants to be an "also ran" and have a steady pay cheque each week then....:pac:

He obviously has no wish (in all the years hes now been at Ducati) to be a race winner again and be a contender for a 2nd world title.





Well done Mr Rossi...you sir are an absolute motorbike racing legend and still a powerfull force to be rekoned with.:)

Wonda-Boy

Would love to see Alvara Bautista get a better bike and or better team, I think he is so underated and an absolute quality rider. I almost wish Stoner was back to mix it up again.....I said ALMOST!

paddy147

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Would love to see Alvara Bautista get a better bike and or better team, I think he is so underated and an absolute quality rider. I almost wish Stoner was back to mix it up again.....I said ALMOST!

He may actually be back before too long,judging by the way his car racing exploits are going.

Hes having a shyte time of it racing the V8 saloon cars back in Australia.

Sure he smacked it into the wall on his debut....and hes still moaning and crying too.:pac::D

Max Headroom

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Would love to see Alvara Bautista get a better bike and or better team, I think he is so underated and an absolute quality rider. I almost wish Stoner was back to mix it up again.....I said ALMOST!

I'd love him back...and on a Ducati too............;)

Ayrtonf7

This will be the first year for me watching the Moto GP. So far im already in love with it Absolutly loved your man Marquez yesterday....oooouphh Id say hes got what it takes, his elbows were scraping the track pretty much on every corner.

I have watched a few of last years races, a little confused as to what went wrong with Stoner though ? Why did he leave ?

CJhaughey

Ayrtonf7 wrote: »

I have watched a few of last years races, a little confused as to what went wrong with Stoner though ? Why did he leave ?

He's been racing professionally since he was 14 and has said he had enough of the way MotoGP was going, CRT bikes on the grid, Moto2 and 3 paddocks being separated from the MotoGP paddock etc.
He has a family and he prefers to stay at home, he always did even when he was with LCR he always went back if he had time.
Twice world champ on MotoGP bikes with two different manufacturers, what else has he to prove?

Wonda-Boy

Marquez is quick but you need alot more then speed to be a champion....Dani Pedrosa has speed, but as of yet has no MotoGP title? Which is a shame as he is very good. I can see Marquez taking riders out aswell as himself if he does not relax a bit and use tactics and not just throttle.

But I am so glad he is in there mixing it up.

Please Kill Me

Ayrtonf7 wrote: »

I have watched a few of last years races, a little confused as to what went wrong with Stoner though ? Why did he leave ?

There are a number of reasons (including the fact that his missus had a baby) but I read in an interview that one of the reasons he left was due to the stick he got from fans, throwing abuse (and sometimes drinks bottles) becuase he was such a cry baby. He said he speaks his mind and can't understand why people dislike him so much.

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Marquez is quick but you need alot more then speed to be a champion....Dani Pedrosa has speed, but as of yet has no MotoGP title? Which is a shame as he is very good. I can see Marquez taking riders out aswell as himself if he does not relax a bit and use tactics and not just throttle.

But I am so glad he is in there mixing it up.

Yep, he's one of the most successful riders without a title to his name.

As for Marquez, he's being watched like a hawk due to his "win it or bin it" nature. Hopefully he'll just calm down and get on with it instead of doing damage and causing incidents like he did in Moto2.

paddy147

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Marquez is quick but you need alot more then speed to be a champion....Dani Pedrosa has speed, but as of yet has no MotoGP title? Which is a shame as he is very good. I can see Marquez taking riders out aswell as himself if he does not relax a bit and use tactics and not just throttle.

But I am so glad he is in there mixing it up.

I think MCN has it just right.

...."The fastest MotoGP racer never to win a world title"....


That has got to sit sore with Pedrosa...:pac::D

daenerysstormborn3

Please Kill Me wrote: »

There are a number of reasons (including the fact that his missus had a baby) but I read in an interview that one of the reasons he left was due to the stick he got from fans, throwing abuse (and sometimes drinks bottles) becuase he was such a cry baby. He said he speaks his mind and can't understand why people dislike him so much.



Yep, he's one of the most successful riders without a title to his name.

As for Marquez, he's being watched like a hawk due to his "win it or bin it" nature. Hopefully he'll just calm down and get on with it instead of doing damage and causing incidents like he did in Moto2.

Otherwise known as "talks out his arse".

Ayrtonf7

Awh right, pity about Stoner anyways. Cheers for letting me know.

didnt see a huge problem with Marquez though ... like wreckless or anything. I thought he was excellent for somebodys whos new to MotoGP

Wonda-Boy

Go watch him in the GP2 fookin animal....

CJhaughey

Ayrtonf7 wrote: »

Awh right, pity about Stoner anyways. Cheers for letting me know.

didnt see a huge problem with Marquez though ... like wreckless or anything. I thought he was excellent for somebodys whos new to MotoGP

Have a look for last years Moto2 race in Motegi on a tube site.
Awesome riding.

KamiKazi

Am I the only one that thinks Redding should have been given the second Tech3 GP bike, not Smith?

Hotblack Desiato

Absolutely. Redding has the potential to be a MotoGP world champion, Smith will never amount to anything. At least Redding appears to have the sense not to rush into the top class, a couple of years of experience and getting used to fighting for wins and titles is invaluable, you'd think Smith would have had to have made an impression in Moto2 before moving up.

paddy147

KamiKazi wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks Redding should have been given the second Tech3 GP bike, not Smith?

Spot on there.

I can see Bradders going back to Moto 2 or else getting a shyte ride next year with PBM on a CRT.

Or maybe back to the UK and BSB perhaps.

But the BSB lads would tear him a new ar5ehole...:pac::D

Max Headroom

KamiKazi wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks Redding should have been given the second Tech3 GP bike, not Smith?

e's too much of a geezer...............Bradley is more Motogp material.....;)