MotoGP Qatar Free Practice 1 over....

[bark615]

Wow..... not what i was expecting!  I know it's only practice but this looks exciting!

 

A. Esparagaro with almost a 1/2 sec gap to 2nd!!!

 

After FP1

Espargaro A   1.55.201

Bautista

Smith

Iannone

Esparagaro P

Rossi   +1.34 sec 

EDWARDS 

Lorenzo

Hayden

Marquez

Bradl

 

http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2014/QAT/MotoGP/FP1

 

 

PS: I wouldn't post race results without a spoiler alert.

Edited March 20, 2014 by bark615

[c7fx]

track conditions were bad plus the "open" bikes are able to use soft and medium compounds.

[redkow97]

track conditions were bad plus the "open" bikes are able to use soft and medium compounds.

What was bad about the track conditions?

[blue03636]

That place always has sand on it in the first practice, most of the guys end up going slower because of this. Not trying to take anything away fro espargaro as he has been riding the wheels off of that thing.

[redkow97]

Guess we'll see. Soft tires won't last race distance.

[bark615]

Free Practice 2 starts at 11am tomm, we can resume this discussion then!  

 

Here is a nice break down on crash.net that explains the classes.  Click the link to see the colored names/teams.

 

Factory

Factory w/ concessions (Ducati)

Open 

 

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/201289/1/final-factoryopen-motogp-line-up-revealed.html

 

#4 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici)
#5 Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)
#6 Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V)
#7 Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R)
#8 Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Avintia)
#9 Danilo Petrucci ITA IodaRacing Project (ART)
#17 Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RCV1000R)
#19 Alvaro Bautista ESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V)
#23 Broc Parkes AUS Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART)
#26 Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
#29 Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (Desmosedici)
#35 Cal Crutchlow GBR Ducati Team (Desmosedici)
#38 Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
#41 Aleix Espargaro ESP NGM Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)
#44 Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
#45 Scott Redding GBR Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RCV1000R)
#46 Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)
#62 Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Avintia)
#68 Yonny Hernandez COL Pramac Racing (Desmosedici)
#69 Nicky Hayden USA Drive M7 Aspar (RCV1000R)
#70 Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM-ART)
#93 Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
#99 Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)

Edited March 20, 2014 by bark615

[redkow97]

That place always has sand on it in the first practice, most of the guys end up going slower because of this. Not trying to take anything away fro espargaro as he has been riding the wheels off of that thing.

 

Just saw on RRW.com, Espargaro nearly equaled the circuit record.  If he's doing that on sand, today should be even more impressive.

[bark615]

Free Practice 2 just started!!!! 

 

Watch live timing now!!!     

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

pumped!

[bark615]

FP2 is over... full results here  http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2014/QAT/MotoGP/FP2

 

Nothing really that different today, Esparagaro crushed it again!   The Repsol boys made some progress and that was about it.

[owndjoo]

everyone seems to have made an improvement.  Aleix is just on another level right now... 54's and consistenly lapping at loooow 55's. As long as the tires can last the distance...

[bigd]

I'm excited to see this season underway.

[i-Zapp]

now that was a great race, beginning to end!

[mojocho]

Wow. Very exciting indeed. Haven't been that glued to a race in a while.

[ludwb675]

Great race. I'm bummed Alvero crashed out with a few laps left though. 

[jbot]

alvaro sometimes makes really REALLY shitty moves.

[bigd]

Ended up subscribing to the package due to having cut cable at the house recently. It was great! No stupid commercial breaks right at the time of a pass or something.

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

Ended up subscribing to the package due to having cut cable at the house recently. It was great! No stupid commercial breaks right at the time of a pass or something.

what are you using to stream it?

I have a tablet, roku 3 and a xbox one, not sure if those will work. 

[e-flores]

I hook my computer up directly to my tv with an av cable works great. And I watch on my phone as well. They do a great job with their video subscription. Now I wish F1 would do the same.

[4DAIVI PAI2K5]

I hook my computer up directly to my tv with an av cable works great. And I watch on my phone as well. They do a great job with their video subscription. Now I wish F1 would do the same.

my computer is poopy.

[bigd]

what are you using to stream it?

I have a tablet, roku 3 and a xbox one, not sure if those will work. 

 

Streaming through the pc, and using a chromecast over wi-fi to show on the tv.